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54,510 ARTICLES · 1998—2026The news from the three battles.
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- FEBRUARY 10, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Liga Veneta (northern autonomist party) senator Antonio...
Liga Veneta (northern autonomist party) senator Antonio Serena tabled a parliamentary question to the Prime Minister probing the ethics of having photographs of American death row prisoners plastered on billboards all over Italian cities
- FEBRUARY 9, 2000JapanDEATH PENALTY
Hiroaki Hidaka, 37, was given the death sentence for...
Hiroaki Hidaka, 37, was given the death sentence for murdering four women over a five-month period in 1996
- FEBRUARY 9, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Following this campaign the American states of Missouri...
Following this campaign the American states of Missouri and North Carolina decided to sue Benetton whilst the Sears chain of shops decided not to sell Benetton products following pressure from pro-death penalty groups
- FEBRUARY 9, 2000ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Ovanes Ovanesyan, the Chairman of the Parliamentary...
Ovanes Ovanesyan, the Chairman of the Parliamentary Commission on Foreign Relations, speaking in favour of the abolition of the death penalty in Armenia, said that in his opinion the issue should be decided by a national referendum
- FEBRUARY 9, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Kurdistan Workers party (PKK) formally abandoned...
The Kurdistan Workers party (PKK) formally abandoned its 15-year separatist rebellion in south-east Turkey and adopted the democratic political programme pleaded for by its imprisoned leader, Abdullah Ocalan
- FEBRUARY 9, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Attorney General Jay Nixon filed a lawsuit in Circuit...
Attorney General Jay Nixon filed a lawsuit in Circuit Court, accusing the Italian clothing company Benetton and Gonzaga University law professor Speedy Rice of deceiving the state in their use of inmates at Potosi Correctional Center
- FEBRUARY 9, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon filed a lawsuit...
Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon filed a lawsuit in Circuit Court, accusing the Italian clothing company Benetton and Gonzaga University law professor Speedy Rice of deceiving the state in their use of inmates at the Potosi Correctional Centre
- FEBRUARY 8, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Two villagers from Seulunyok, Tanah Luas in North Aceh...
Two villagers from Seulunyok, Tanah Luas in North Aceh were abducted from their home and executed by four armed civilians
- FEBRUARY 8, 2000LesothoDEATH PENALTY
Private Tlala Ranchobe, one of 38 soldiers from the...
Private Tlala Ranchobe, one of 38 soldiers from the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) facing charges of mutiny went on trial
- FEBRUARY 8, 2000IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
The Portuguese Presidency on behalf of the European...
The Portuguese Presidency on behalf of the European Union welcomed the decision taken by Governor George Ryan of Illinois to declare a moratorium on all pending executions in that state and expressed its hope that this decision may constitute an important
- FEBRUARY 7, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
On February 7, 2000, court officials confirmed that...
On February 7, 2000, court officials confirmed that more than 100 death penalty cases were awaiting confirmation
- FEBRUARY 7, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Additional District and Sessions Judge Biplob Goshwami...
Additional District and Sessions Judge Biplob Goshwami sentenced Dulal Mridha, 35, to death by hanging for killing his wife, Piara Begum, over a dowry dispute on May 12, 1998 and burying the body behind his house