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- MAY 18, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Falun Gong denounce abuses by Chinese authorities
May 18, 2001: “We are not a religion, nor are we a political party or ever intend to become one,” Erping Zhang, international spokesman for Falun Gong, said in Rome
- MAY 18, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Falun Gong denounce abuses by Chinese authorities
May 18, 2001: “We are not a religion, nor are we a political party or ever intend to become one,” Erping Zhang, international spokesman for Falun Gong, said in Rome
- MAY 17, 2001North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Governor Easley ratified a law approved by the Parliament...
Governor Easley ratified a law approved by the Parliament that would allow prosecutors to seek life in prison without parole for a 1st-degree conviction even when aggravating circumstances are present
- MAY 17, 2001TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Premier Chang Chun-hsiung said formation of a new policy...
Premier Chang Chun-hsiung said formation of a new policy will require a public consensus
- MAY 17, 2001BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
The High Court ordered Lehlohonolo Bernard Kobedi's...
The High Court ordered Lehlohonolo Bernard Kobedi's retrial, a South African man who was due to hang for murder
- MAY 17, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Tokyo High Court sentenced Kaoru Okashita, 54,...
The Tokyo High Court sentenced Kaoru Okashita, 54, a former real estate broker, to death for murdering Ume Endo, 82, an apartment owner, in Tokyo on October 1, 1989, after swindling her out of land by forging a sales contract
- MAY 17, 2001TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Taiwan's Justice Minister Chen Ding-nan said he planned...
Taiwan's Justice Minister Chen Ding-nan said he planned to abolish the death sentence before his term ends in 2004
- MAY 17, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Circuit Judge Peter Dearing sentenced to death James...
Circuit Judge Peter Dearing sentenced to death James Belcher, 41, for the 1996 death of 29-year-old Jennifer Embry
- MAY 17, 2001CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
San Joaquin County Judge Michael Garrigan sentenced...
San Joaquin County Judge Michael Garrigan sentenced Wesley Shermantine Jr
- MAY 17, 2001CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Only a handful of California prisoners are taking advantage...
Only a handful of California prisoners are taking advantage of a new state law allowing them to use DNA testing to try to prove their innocence, according to the attorney general's office
- MAY 16, 2001AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
A new law "On extraditing criminals" adopted by the...
A new law "On extraditing criminals" adopted by the Milli Maclis [parliament] states that "in case of death penalty, a criminal can be extradited only if the demanding country gives enough guarantees that the punishment will not be carried out
- MAY 16, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The court in Zhoushan City in east China's Zhejiang...
The court in Zhoushan City in east China's Zhejiang Province found that a woman, Miao Saixian, 59, cheated 46 people out of a total of 6