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- JANUARY 14, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On 14 January, Vice President of the Supreme People's...
On 14 January, Vice President of the Supreme People's Court Liu Jiachen awarded medals of honor to the Guangdong High Court and the Guangzhou Intermediate Court, for sentencing Hong Kong gangster Cheung Tze-keung to death in December 1998, a case that dre
- JANUARY 13, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On January 13, Li Yubao, an unemployed worker from...
On January 13, Li Yubao, an unemployed worker from Anhui Province, was executed in Shanghai after being convicted of killing on February 12, 1998 a Shanghai passenger with a knife during a quarrel at Huainan Railway Station
- JANUARY 12, 1999MaliDEATH PENALTY
On January 12, the Bamako Criminal Court ruled that...
On January 12, the Bamako Criminal Court ruled that Mali's ousted dictator, Moussa Traorè, his wife Mariam and her brother Abramane Doua Cissoko were guilty of illegally enriching themselves from state coffers to the tune of 202 million CFA francs ($357,5
- JANUARY 11, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On January 11, the Supreme Court halted executions...
On January 11, the Supreme Court halted executions ordered by military courts in Karachi until it ruled on their validity
- JANUARY 10, 1999Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
On January 10, Prime Minister Bill Skate said the killing...
On January 10, Prime Minister Bill Skate said the killing of a prime-ministerial staff member Mark Tigat on January 9, during a robbery, would have an impact on the Prime Minister's Department, because he was a well- respected member of the staff
- JANUARY 10, 1999PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
On January 10, Cardinal Jaime Sin, Manila's Archbishop...
On January 10, Cardinal Jaime Sin, Manila's Archbishop and one of the most influential leaders in the largely Roman Catholic country, urged the people to seek guidance from the Vatican's teachings opposing the death penalty
- JANUARY 10, 1999SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
On January 10, an Islamic court based at the former...
On January 10, an Islamic court based at the former Ifka Xalan Shaambo building sentenced Abdullahi Mustaf Salad to death for shooting dead two girls, Sadiyo Dahir Hashi, 22, and Maryam Abdi Ibrahim, 18
- JANUARY 9, 1999CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Jaturun Siripongs, a 43-year-old Thai national, practicing...
Jaturun Siripongs, a 43-year-old Thai national, practicing Buddhist, jailhouse artist and model prisoner, was executed at San Quentin on January 9 for a double murder at an Orange County grocery store in 1981
- JANUARY 9, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On January 9, Sun Maobeng, former governor of the Ningbo...
On January 9, Sun Maobeng, former governor of the Ningbo city branch of the People's Bank of China, was handed a suspended death sentence for bribery (more than $80,000) by a court in southeastern Zhejiang Province
- JANUARY 8, 1999JapanDEATH PENALTY
On January 8, in Osaka, prosecutors demanded the death...
On January 8, in Osaka, prosecutors demanded the death penalty for Yasutoshi Kamata, 58, for murdering a 9-year-old girl and 4 women and abandoning their bodies in the mountains in Nara and Osaka Prefectures between 1985 and 1994
- JANUARY 8, 1999PakistanDEATH PENALTY
On January 8, Pakistan's Supreme Court issued an interim...
On January 8, Pakistan's Supreme Court issued an interim order to stop any executions imposed by military courts in from being carried out until the following week
- JANUARY 8, 1999DEATH PENALTY
Shareef Cousin, who had been sentenced to death as...
Shareef Cousin, who had been sentenced to death as a juvenile offender, had his conviction overturned and charges dropped on January 8