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- MARCH 23, 1999El SalvadorDEATH PENALTY
On March 23, Raul Ernesto Cruz Leon, a Salvadoran national...
On March 23, Raul Ernesto Cruz Leon, a Salvadoran national who confessed earlier in March in Havana's Provincial Tribunal, was convicted of terrorism and sentenced to death for a string of 1997 bombings in hotels and a restaurant, which killed an Italian
- MARCH 23, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On March 23, it was reported that 10 people were executed...
On March 23, it was reported that 10 people were executed after 8 separate cases for murder, selling women and robbery, including a case in which a taxi driver was killed for about 100 yuan ($12)
- MARCH 22, 1999GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
On March 22, Georgia acceded to the Second Optional...
On March 22, Georgia acceded to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty
- MARCH 22, 1999LebanonDEATH PENALTY
On 22 March, the North's Prosecution Committee recommended...
On 22 March, the North's Prosecution Committee recommended that a woman Hiba Abdel-Razzaq Maasarani, 41, be sentenced to death for shooting her husband, businessman Adel Fouad Traboulsi, 46, in his sleep in 1997
- MARCH 21, 1999IraqDEATH PENALTY
On March 21, about 180 Iraqis were executed in Basra's...
On March 21, about 180 Iraqis were executed in Basra's al-Sabkhah suburb, and 56 others were executed in the province's security prison on March 23, the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution, an Iran-based leading dissident group, reported on April 1
- MARCH 20, 1999Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
On March 20, Abdullah bin Ali bin Abdullah Al Owaija,...
On March 20, Abdullah bin Ali bin Abdullah Al Owaija, a Saudi, was executed for shooting to death Hayat bint Saad bin Muslih Al Mutairi, a Saudi girl
- MARCH 19, 1999UkraineDEATH PENALTY
On March 19, Ukrainian citizen Volodymyr Mynko, charged...
On March 19, Ukrainian citizen Volodymyr Mynko, charged with robbing and murdering US Peace Corps volunteer, Viktor Verlow, was sentenced to death by the Chernihiv Regional Court
- MARCH 19, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On March 19, in New Delhi, the Supreme Court ordered...
On March 19, in New Delhi, the Supreme Court ordered the death sentence for Dharampal, who was convicted for raping the daughter of his neighbor and while on bail murdered 5 members of the rape victim's family with his brother Nirmal's help in the village
- MARCH 19, 1999MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
On March 19, Singapore hanged two Malaysians and a...
On March 19, Singapore hanged two Malaysians and a Singaporean for drug trafficking
- MARCH 19, 1999SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
On March 19, Singapore hanged 3 men, 2 Malaysians and...
On March 19, Singapore hanged 3 men, 2 Malaysians and a Singaporean, for possession of a small amount of the drug diamorphine and a about 2kg of cannabis
- MARCH 19, 1999MassachusettsDEATH PENALTY
On March 19, Cardinal Bernard Law and three other Catholic...
On March 19, Cardinal Bernard Law and three other Catholic bishops in Massachusetts issued a joint statement condemning the death penalty
- MARCH 17, 1999IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
On March 17, convicted killer Andrew Kokoraleis was...
On March 17, convicted killer Andrew Kokoraleis was put to death by lethal injection, just hours after Gov