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- FEBRUARY 1, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On February 1, 8 people were executed in Beijing for...
On February 1, 8 people were executed in Beijing for murder, rape and robbery
- FEBRUARY 1, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On the same day, a local court in south China handed...
On the same day, a local court in south China handed down sentences ranging from imprisonment to death to 14 Myanmarese pirates charged with raiding a Taiwanese cargo ship and setting its 19 crew members adrift in the Andaman Sea
- FEBRUARY 1, 1999South DakotaDEATH PENALTY
In February, a bill to abolish capital punishment...
In February, a bill to abolish capital punishment passed in committee but was defeated in the House of Representatives by a vote of 47-23
- JANUARY 30, 1999PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
On January 30, a senator said courts had sentenced...
On January 30, a senator said courts had sentenced 51 men to death
- JANUARY 29, 1999BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
On January 29, the request to extradite Turkish citizen,...
On January 29, the request to extradite Turkish citizen, Yakup Kyursat Yilmaz, was rejected by the District Court of Varna because he faces the death sentence in Turkey
- JANUARY 29, 1999TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
On January 29, the request to extradite Turkish citizen,...
On January 29, the request to extradite Turkish citizen, Yakup Kyursat Yilmaz, was rejected by the District Court of Varna in Bulgaria because he faces the death sentence in Turkey (see: Bulgaria)
- JANUARY 29, 1999Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
On January 29, Attorneys General of 12 countries, furious...
On January 29, Attorneys General of 12 countries, furious over the new British court decision curbing death sentences, signed a statement in Trinidad advising their governments to withdraw from the Inter-American Human Rights Convention and the UN Covenan
- JANUARY 29, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On January 29, in a smuggling trial the Huaiyin Municipal...
On January 29, in a smuggling trial the Huaiyin Municipal Intermediate Court in Jiangsu Province gave Huang Ning a death sentence that was suspended for 2 years
- JANUARY 29, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The same day, 21 people were executed in southwestern...
The same day, 21 people were executed in southwestern Chongqing for murder and robbery after a public sentencing ceremony which drew a crowd of three hundred
- JANUARY 29, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On January 29, authorities in China's southern boomtown...
On January 29, authorities in China's southern boomtown of Shenzhen, a freewheeling special economic zone plagued by drugs, prostitution and organized crime, executed Zhang Guojin and 5 members of his criminal extortion gang shortly after sentencing them
- JANUARY 28, 1999GreeceDEATH PENALTY
On 28 January, a prosecutor in the northern Greek city...
On 28 January, a prosecutor in the northern Greek city of Kavala charged Georgos Skiadopoulos, 23, a Greek sailor, with murdering Julie Scully, 30, a model from Mansfield, New Jersey, cutting off her head and deceiving the police by declaring her missing
- JANUARY 28, 1999Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
On January 28, the Privy Council, which declined to...
On January 28, the Privy Council, which declined to hear the case two years ago, heard an appeal filed by Indravani Pamela Ramjattan, aged 36