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- JULY 14, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On July 14, the Higher People's Court of South China's...
On July 14, the Higher People's Court of South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region announced the result of its second-instance trial of Li Chenglong, former deputy mayor of Guigang City, and upheld a lower court ruling of the death penalty
- JULY 13, 1999LebanonDEATH PENALTY
On July 13, Tripoli's Criminal Court postponed the...
On July 13, Tripoli's Criminal Court postponed the trial of Ali Qaddour, 22, a man accused of raping and murdering an 8-year-old boy, Ahmad Mohammed Sidawi, in May and dumping his body in the sea, until the judiciary's vacation ended in October
- JULY 9, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On July 9, the police's storming of a Tehran University...
On July 9, the police's storming of a Tehran University dormitory sparked mass protests, which highlighted the struggle between reformists and conservatives in the Government
- JULY 8, 1999IraqDEATH PENALTY
On July 8, as reported by London-based newspaper Al-Sharq...
On July 8, as reported by London-based newspaper Al-Sharq al-Awsat, Bayan Jabr, representative of the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Syria and Lebanon, said that after the haphazard arrests made in the wake of the incidents that occurred in
- JULY 8, 1999FloridaDEATH PENALTY
On July 8, Florida executed Allen Lee Davis, the first...
On July 8, Florida executed Allen Lee Davis, the first man to die in the new electric chair
- JULY 7, 1999PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
On July 7, Dante Piandiong, Jesus Moralles and Archie...
On July 7, Dante Piandiong, Jesus Moralles and Archie Bulan were executed
- JULY 7, 1999UkraineDEATH PENALTY
On July 7, the Ukrainian Parliament demanded that the...
On July 7, the Ukrainian Parliament demanded that the death sentence passed on Kurd leader Abdullah Ocalan be reversed
- JULY 7, 1999ThailandDEATH PENALTY
On July 7, Decha Suwannasuk, 38, was executed by machine...
On July 7, Decha Suwannasuk, 38, was executed by machine gun at Bang Khwang prison for raping and killing his 4-year-old daughter in July 1997
- JULY 7, 1999Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
On July 7, President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah signed a peace...
On July 7, President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah signed a peace deal with Sierra Leone's rebel leader Foday Sankoh in Togo, lifting the death sentence imposed on him for treason and giving the rebels seats in government
- JULY 5, 1999MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
On July 5, Deputy Home Minister Azmi Khalid, speaking...
On July 5, Deputy Home Minister Azmi Khalid, speaking after flagging off and taking part in an "Anti-Dadah Walkathon," said: "When the death penalty was introduced in the early 1980s, many called it 'barbaric' but today even the United Nations and the Uni
- JULY 3, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On July 3, 37-year-old Zhao Lianrong, who murdered...
On July 3, 37-year-old Zhao Lianrong, who murdered 8 girls in Beijing, was sentenced to deathby the Beijing No
- JULY 3, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On July 3, 4 people were given death sentences for...
On July 3, 4 people were given death sentences for being members of a smuggling ring that sold thousands of skins and parts of endangered tigers, leopards, snakes and other animals through the post