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- JANUARY 1, 2001New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
New Jersey does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
New Jersey does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded but does forbid the execution of juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 2001New YorkDEATH PENALTY
New York forbids the execution of the mentally retarded,...
New York forbids the execution of the mentally retarded, except for murders by prisoners, and prohibits the execution of juveniles by requiring that the offender be "more than 18" at the time of the crime
- JANUARY 1, 2001IndianaDEATH PENALTY
Indiana forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
Indiana forbids the execution of the mentally retarded but does not forbid the execution of juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 2001OregonDEATH PENALTY
Oregon does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Oregon does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded but does forbid the execution of juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 2001North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
North Carolina does not forbid the execution of juvenile...
North Carolina does not forbid the execution of juvenile offenders but does have life without parole
- JANUARY 1, 2001PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
Pennsylvania does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Pennsylvania does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded or juvenile offenders but does have life without parole
- JANUARY 1, 2001LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
Louisiana does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Louisiana does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded or juvenile offenders but does have life without parole
- DECEMBER 31, 2000BahrainDEATH PENALTY
Bahrain executed Shi'ite activist Isa Ahmed Qambar...
Bahrain executed Shi'ite activist Isa Ahmed Qambar for killing a policeman, the first such move against an anti-government protester since political unrest erupted in the Gulf Arab state in 1994
- DECEMBER 31, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Special Rapporteur has continued to follow the...
The Special Rapporteur has continued to follow the situation in Chechnya, where Russian government forces are reported to be committing grave human rights violations, including deliberate and targeted extrajudicial executions of unarmed civilians
- DECEMBER 29, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
At least 24 Uighur Muslims from the Xinjiang Uighur...
At least 24 Uighur Muslims from the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region were executed in 2000 on charges of separatism
- DECEMBER 29, 2000KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
Rep. Tom Burch (D-Louisville), who in 1974 voted to...
Rep. Tom Burch (D-Louisville), who in 1974 voted to reinstate the death penalty because he believed it was a deterrent, said he now intends to introduce legislation to abolish capital punishment in Kentucky. "I was just wrong," said Burch of his 1974 vote
- DECEMBER 28, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Guangdong Provincial Higher People's Court upheld...
The Guangdong Provincial Higher People's Court upheld a September 24 sentence to death handed out by the Intermediate People's Court of Shanwei City to seven principal members of a 12-men criminal ring, including Zhuo Zhenyuan