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- 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, 1999LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
The only execution in Louisiana in 1999 was of Dobie...
The only execution in Louisiana in 1999 was of Dobie Gillis Williams, executed at the Louisiana State Penitentiary on January 8 for the bloody 1984 murder of Sonja Knippers
- JANUARY 8, 1999LouisianaDEATH 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
- JANUARY 7, 1999JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
On January 7, the Constitutional Court, comprising...
On January 7, the Constitutional Court, comprising Chief Justice Lensley Wolfe, Justice Cooke and Justice Karl Harrison, heard and dismissed a motion filed by Neville Lewis against his prison conditions and the 6-month limit set by Governor General Howard
- JANUARY 6, 1999LatviaDEATH PENALTY
On January 6, the Latvian Parliament moved a step closer...
On January 6, the Latvian Parliament moved a step closer to abolishing capital punishment, just as the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence imposed on a convicted murderer
- JANUARY 6, 1999Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
On January 6, Majed bin Mohammed bin Miqbil Al Dayel,...
On January 6, Majed bin Mohammed bin Miqbil Al Dayel, a Saudi, was executed for raping a boy