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- APRIL 28, 2008BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN: FINAL APPEAL REJECTED
a Bangladeshi cook will be executed in Bahrain after the Cassation Court...
- APRIL 28, 2008JapanDEATH PENALTY
PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR CAPITAL PUNISHMENT GROWS IN JAPAN
the principles and taboos that Japan maintained with regard to capital punishment are being broken in succession.
- APRIL 28, 2008KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: KERALA YOUTH SAVED FROM GALLOWS IN KUWAIT
after months of suspense, Simil, a youth from Kerala, India, who was sentenced to death in Kuwait for inadvertently killing a fellow Indian worker, was pardoned.
- APRIL 28, 2008ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
Judge William Story has accepted the recommended death sentence for Gregory Decay
Judge William Story has accepted the recommended death sentence for Gregory Decay
- APRIL 28, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI SAYS BEHEADINGS OF SYRIANS NOT POLITICAL
Saudi Arabian Justice Minister Abdullah al-Sheikh said there was nothing political behind recent beheadings of Syrians in the ultra-conservative kingdom, amid strained ties between the two countries.
- APRIL 28, 2008NebraskaDEATH PENALTY
A Douglas County jury has recommended the death penalty for Roy Ellis
A Douglas County jury has recommended the death penalty for Roy Ellis
- APRIL 28, 2008GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Superior Court Judge Gary McCorvey has ordered a new trial for Larry Lee
Superior Court Judge Gary McCorvey has ordered a new trial for Larry Lee
- APRIL 28, 2008IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIAN DEATH ROW PRISONER HONOURED FOR WORK AGAINST DRUGS
Indonesian Justice and Human Rights Minister Andi Mattalatta presented an award to a death row inmate for speaking out against drugs inside the prison.
- APRIL 28, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH PENALTY CANNOT BE AWARDED FOR HIGH TREASON
capital punishment cannot be awarded for high treason under Article 6 of the Constitution because of a lacuna in the High Treason Punishment Act, 1973, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Senator Dr Babar Awan said.
- APRIL 27, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
two men were hanged for drug trafficking in the main prison of Qom, Iran. The prisoners were identified only as Mahmood, 47, and Ghodrat, 56.
- APRIL 27, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTANI TALIBAN PUBLICLY EXECUTE ALLEGED CRIMINAL
Pakistani Taliban militants publicly executed an alleged criminal involved in kidnappings for ransom in a tribal area bordering Afghanistan, witnesses said
- APRIL 27, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: BENCH COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE
the Madras High Court Bench in India commuted the death sentence imposed on a 25 year old man to life imprisonment.
- APRIL 27, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN YOUTH WHO KILLED LOVE RIVAL FACES EXECUTION
a 17 year old Iranian youth who knifed and killed a rival suitor for a girl was sentenced to death by a court in Tehran.
- APRIL 25, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA HEARS DEATH ROW DEFENSE BY VIDEO FOR FIRST TIME
China's top court interrogated a death penalty defendant via a video link for the
- APRIL 25, 2008TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN. CABINET MEMBER AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
Taiwanese premier Liu Chao-shiuan recently announced a list of names that will
- APRIL 25, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI BEHEADS PAKISTANIS, SYRIAN FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
two Pakistanis and a Syrian convicted of smuggling drugs were beheaded by the
- APRIL 25, 2008OhioDEATH PENALTY
Raymond Smith is mentally retarded and cannot be executed, county Common Pleas Judge Christopher Rothgery ruled today.
Raymond Smith is mentally retarded and cannot be executed, county Common Pleas Judge Christopher Rothgery ruled today.
- APRIL 25, 2008NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA. SUPREME COURT CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE
the Supreme Court in Lagos, Nigeria, confirmed the death sentence of Abdullahi Ada, who, eight years ago,
- APRIL 25, 2008JordanDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OBTAINS SECRET VIDEO SHOWING HORROR OF BEHEADING
Amnesty International received secretly filmed grisly footage of a man being beheaded in Saudi Arabia.
- APRIL 25, 2008European UnionDEATH PENALTY
EU APPEALS TO US STATE OF KENTUCKY TO STOP EXECUTIONS
the European Union appealed to the governor of the US state of Kentucky...
- APRIL 25, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: CONVICT APPEALS IN ALADI ARUNA MURDER CASE
a convict sentenced to death in the Aladi Aruna Murder Case filed an appeal against his conviction before the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court in India.
- APRIL 24, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
BROTHERS HANGED FOR KILLING RELATIVES
four brothers were hanged in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province for murdering their relatives eight years ago.
- APRIL 24, 2008ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
Jurors recommended the death sentence for Gregory Decay
Jurors recommended the death sentence for Gregory Decay
- APRIL 24, 2008FranceDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. EXTRADITION TREATIES WITH AUSTRALIA, FRANCE SET
China's top legislature approved extradition treaties with Australia and France. The treaty
- APRIL 24, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 12 MEN TO WALK GALLOWS FOR MURDER IN BAGERHAT
twelve people were sentenced to death, one of them in absentia, for the murder of a shrimp gher owner out of enmity at Rampal, Bangladesh, about seven years ago.
- APRIL 24, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY TO RELEASE INDIA-SPECIFIC DEATH PENALTY REPORT
human rights watchdog Amnesty International India and the People’s Union for Civil Liberties, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, will release a Report on Death Penalty on May 2.
- APRIL 23, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS FIVE FOR MURDER
Iran hanged five men convicted of murder in Tehran's Evin prison, the Fars news
- APRIL 23, 2008JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. COURT'S DEATH RULING A KEY VERDICT
a ruling handed down by the Hiroshima High Court to a 27 year old man who
- APRIL 23, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN PARDONS FIVE CONVICTED OF MURDER
five people convicted of murder in Iran were pardoned by the victims' families "in the last
- APRIL 22, 2008JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPANESE MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERS HE COMMITTED AS TEENAGER
a Japanese court overturned two earlier rulings and sentenced a man to death for