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- FEBRUARY 1, 1999El SalvadorDEATH PENALTY
In February, Archbishop Fernando Saenz Lacalle quietly...
In February, Archbishop Fernando Saenz Lacalle quietly approached Guatemalan leaders, seeking clemency for two Salvadoran men, Dimas Samayoa Garcia and Lucas Revolorio Samayoa, who were arrested in Adelanto, Guatemala, on February 5, and convicted on Febr
- FEBRUARY 1, 1999Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
In February, the Congolese Rally for Democracy, RCD,...
In February, the Congolese Rally for Democracy, RCD, Martial Court, handed down death sentences to 11 people, including 7 involved in the alleged Makobola massacre
- FEBRUARY 1, 1999UruguayDEATH PENALTY
In February, it was reported that Uruguay was likely...
In February, it was reported that Uruguay was likely to accept Egypt's request to extradite Said Hazan al Mohammed, who was arrested at the end of January attempting to enter Uruguay from Brazil allegedly with a false Malaysian passport
- FEBRUARY 1, 1999EgyptDEATH PENALTY
In February, it was reported that Uruguay was likely...
In February, it was reported that Uruguay was likely to accept Egypt's request to extradite Said Hazan al Mohammed, who was arrested at the end of January while attempting to enter Uruguay from Brazil, allegedly with a false Malaysian passport
- FEBRUARY 1, 1999EgyptDEATH PENALTY
In February, two people were hanged in a Cairo jail,...
In February, two people were hanged in a Cairo jail, Sayed Abdel Hameed Mohammed was convicted for kidnapping and raping a young woman, and Mohsen El Husseini Osman for murdering an entrepreneur
- FEBRUARY 1, 1999GhanaDEATH PENALTY
At the beginning of February, 4 civilians, Alex Offei,...
At the beginning of February, 4 civilians, Alex Offei, Kwame Ofori Appiah, Sylvester Addai Dwomoh and John Owusu Boakye, convicted of conspiracy and treason in 1994 against the Government of President Jerry Rawlings, were sentenced to death in Accra by a
- FEBRUARY 1, 1999RwandaDEATH PENALTY
In February, the Cyangugu genocide court, in Rwanda's...
In February, the Cyangugu genocide court, in Rwanda's southwest, sentenced 3 people to death after finding them guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity
- FEBRUARY 1, 1999South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
On February 1, the Mpumalanga Agricultural Union President...
On February 1, the Mpumalanga Agricultural Union President Lourie Bosman called for the reinstatement of the death penalty after Anna van der Berg was murdered in front of her Steynsdraai farmhouse near Carolina on January 30, by unidentified attackers wh
- FEBRUARY 1, 1999ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
In February, the CCJP called on the Government to reduce...
In February, the CCJP called on the Government to reduce the death penalty to life imprisonment in conformity with the declaration of Zambia as a Christian nation
- FEBRUARY 1, 1999ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
Johnie Michael Cox, 42, a triple-murderer who claimed...
Johnie Michael Cox, 42, a triple-murderer who claimed that he might be immune to the poisons used to kill death row inmates was executed by injection on 2 February
- FEBRUARY 1, 1999United StatesDEATH PENALTY
A Gallup Poll taken in February, 1999, found that...
A Gallup Poll taken in February, 1999, found that 71% of those surveyed favored the death penalty for someone convicted of murder, while only 22% were against it
- FEBRUARY 1, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
At the beginning of February, the Intermediate People's...
At the beginning of February, the Intermediate People's Court in Shaoguan city gave the death sentence to 24-year-old Hua Zhiwei, ringleader of a group which gang-raped 14 women on 10 occasions