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- FEBRUARY 16, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
On February 16, Mahmoud Alizadeh Tabatabai, Khatami's...
On February 16, Mahmoud Alizadeh Tabatabai, Khatami's representative on drug issues, said "executing drug smugglers is not a suitable way to fight drugs and our ten-year experience shows that this has not been a solution
- FEBRUARY 15, 1999RussiaDEATH PENALTY
On February 15, Justice Minister Pavel Krasheninnikov...
On February 15, Justice Minister Pavel Krasheninnikov said that amendments to the Criminal Code to replace the death penalty with life imprisonment will be ready by March
- FEBRUARY 15, 1999TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
On February 15, the Turkish Secret Service arrested...
On February 15, the Turkish Secret Service arrested Ocalan while he was on his way to the airport, and the next day he was already a prisoner in the island penitentiary of Imrali, in the Sea of Marmara, where he was the only inmate with 5,000 guards keepi
- FEBRUARY 15, 1999CubaDEATH PENALTY
On February 15, President Fidel Castro said broader...
On February 15, President Fidel Castro said broader use of the death penalty was needed to save the island's socialist revolution
- FEBRUARY 12, 1999RussiaDEATH PENALTY
On February 12, Anatoly Pristavkin said that all Russia's...
On February 12, Anatoly Pristavkin said that all Russia's death-row convicts will have their sentences commuted to life imprisonment or lengthy prison terms by June
- FEBRUARY 12, 1999IndiaDEATH PENALTY
On February 12, the Maharashtra Control of Organized...
On February 12, the Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Ordinance, 1999, was signed by President K
- FEBRUARY 12, 1999LebanonDEATH PENALTY
On February 12, Bananya Nadim Abdullah, a woman aged...
On February 12, Bananya Nadim Abdullah, a woman aged 24, was sentenced to death after pleading guilty to enlisting the help of 2 young shoeshine boys to kill her stepson near Zghorta in 1994
- FEBRUARY 12, 1999CubaDEATH PENALTY
On February 12, an official organ of the Communist...
On February 12, an official organ of the Communist Party in Las Tunas announced that two death sentences had been ratified by the Tribunal Supremo Popular
- FEBRUARY 12, 1999RwandaDEATH PENALTY
On February 12, a court of first instance in Rushashi,...
On February 12, a court of first instance in Rushashi, Kigali Rural Prefecture held a joint trial of 30 people accused of genocide and other crimes against humanity, committed in Tare Commune of Kigali Rural Prefecture in 1994
- FEBRUARY 9, 1999South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
On February 9, Federal Alliance spokesman Jan Bosman...
On February 9, Federal Alliance spokesman Jan Bosman said that the Government's idea of releasing 2000 more "petty" criminals showed that the Government was not serious about the war on crime, and was soft on crime itself
- FEBRUARY 9, 1999UgandaDEATH PENALTY
On February 9, Johnson Kamya Wavamunno, Semei Mwesigwa...
On February 9, Johnson Kamya Wavamunno, Semei Mwesigwa Bonde and Private Paddy Baryeijuka, were sentenced to death for murder and robbery of US$240,000, the property of Barclays Bank, on February 29,1996
- FEBRUARY 8, 1999Vatican CityDEATH PENALTY
On February 8, Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo, the Vatican...
On February 8, Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo, the Vatican ambassador to the United States, sent a letter to California Governor Gray Davis to appeal for clemency for Thai citizen Jaturun Siripongs