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- JANUARY 9, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. 2 EXECUTED IN PUBLIC FOR MURDER
Two men, identified only as Mojtaba and Mohammad-Hossein, were
- JANUARY 9, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH SENTENCE ACQUITTED
the Orissa High Court in India waived a death sentence ordered six months ago by the Malkangiri Additional Sessions court.
JANUARY 9, 2008IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. THREE EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran regime hanged three, in public, for drug trafficking, in Birjand, capital of South Khorasan province bordering Afghanistan, state-run Fars News Agency reported.
JANUARY 9, 2008OhioDEATH PENALTYOHIO (USA). GOVERNOR COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE
Death row inmate John Spirko, 61, wanted a pardon or the chance to
- JANUARY 8, 2008EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
five Ethiopians detained in Sudan could face detention without trial, torture
five Ethiopians detained in Sudan could face detention without trial, torture
- JANUARY 8, 2008SudanDEATH PENALTY
four Eritreans detained in Sudan could face detention without trial, torture
four Eritreans detained in Sudan could face detention without trial, torture
- JANUARY 8, 2008DEATH PENALTY
SUDAN. ERITREANS AND ETHIOPIANS FACE RISK OF EXECUTION IF RETURNED HOME
A number of Eritreans and Ethiopians detained in Sudan could face detention
- JANUARY 8, 2008MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. BILL COLLECTOR SENTENCED TO DEATH
a bill collector was sentenced to death by a High Court
- JANUARY 8, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO HANGED FOR MURDER
Iran hanged two men convicted of murder in the northern city of Tonkabon
- JANUARY 8, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: BIHAR COURT SENTENCES THREE TO DEATH FOR MURDER
a fast track court in Bihar, India, sentenced three people to death and 18 others to life imprisonment for murdering three villagers 8 years ago.
- JANUARY 8, 2008MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: HOUSEWIFE APPEALS SENTENCE AFTER 6 YEARS ON DEATH ROW
a housewife on death row in Malaysia appealed her sentence because the trial judge delayed writing the grounds of judgment.
- JANUARY 8, 2008KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: APPEAL HEARING OF DEATH ROW CONVICT ADJOURNED
the Court of Appeals in Kuwait adjourned the hearing on the mental abilities of a Kuwaiti man, identified as Mohammed H., who was sentenced to death for premeditated murder.
- JANUARY 8, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
the ex-director of the Chinese State Administration of Food and Medicine...
the ex-director of the Chinese State Administration of Food and Medicine...
JANUARY 8, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA. CONVICTED MURDERER BEHEADED
Saudi Arabia beheaded a convicted murderer, the interior ministry said
- JANUARY 7, 2008KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
in Washington the Supreme Court heard arguments on Monday in the Baze v. Rees case.
in Washington the Supreme Court heard arguments on Monday in the Baze v. Rees case.
- JANUARY 7, 2008OhioDEATH PENALTY
Kenny Richey, the Scot who spent 2 decades on death row for a crime...
Kenny Richey, the Scot who spent 2 decades on death row for a crime...
- JANUARY 7, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH FOR CHILD MURDERS
a fast track court in Jalandhar, India, sentenced a “serial baby killer” to death. The man allegedly killed over 20 children, mostly migrants, after kidnapping them.
- JANUARY 7, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN GETS SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR FATAL DETONATOR BLAST
a court in Hohhot in northern China imposed the death penalty with a two year reprieve on a man who was held responsible for a detonator blast that killed five people at the end of 2006.
- JANUARY 6, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS TWO FOR MURDER, ONE IN PUBLIC
Iran publicly hanged former police official Abolfazl R in the central city of Arak for stabbing a man to death and raping his fiancée in the mountains outside Arak in December 2005, the report said.
- JANUARY 6, 2008PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
PHILIPPINES: SC AFFIRMS RAPE CONVICTION OF 2 MEN
the Philippine Supreme Court affirmed the conviction of two sexual offenders who were both found guilty of incestuous rape, but downgraded the penalty imposed on them from death to life imprisonment.
- JANUARY 5, 2008AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
CHURCH URGES AUSTRALIAN GOVT TO OPPOSE DEATH PENALTY
the Catholic Church is stepping up its pressure on the Australian federal government to ensure that it maintain consistency in opposing the use of the death penalty, regardless of who is being executed.
- JANUARY 5, 2008LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
the U. S. Supreme Court will decide if a man convicted of raping his 8-year old stepdaughter...
the U. S. Supreme Court will decide if a man convicted of raping his 8-year old stepdaughter...
- JANUARY 4, 2008DEATH PENALTY
NORTH KOREA.
A co-operative farm chief once honoured by North
- JANUARY 4, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH FOR THREE IN LAHSUNA MASSACRE
a Fast Track court in Patna, India, sentenced three members of an outlawed organisation to death in connection with the Lahsuna massacre around four years ago.
- JANUARY 4, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: AIADMK MEN ON DEATH ROW GET MORE TIME
three AIADMK party men, sentenced to death in India for the 2002 Dharmapuri bus burning in which three women were killed, got a short reprieve after the Tamil Nadu government told the high court that capital punishment would be implemented only after the
- JANUARY 4, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
TWO YOUTHS TO BE EXECUTED IN IRAN FOR POSSIBLE ‘GAY’ RAPE
unconfirmed reports coming from Iran suggest that two youths are facing a brutal execution in the southern city of Shiraz.
- JANUARY 4, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY CONDEMNS CHINA OVER LETHAL INJECTION
Amnesty International condemned China's decision to expand lethal injections to replace execution by gunshot in the year of the Beijing Olympics, saying the real focus should be on abolishing the death penalty.
JANUARY 4, 2008European UnionDEATH PENALTYEU WELCOMES UZBEKISTAN'S ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
the European Union praised Uzbekistan for abolishing the death
JANUARY 4, 2008IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN EXECUTES MAN FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Iranian authorities handed over the body of Abdul Qayyum to Taftan police
- JANUARY 3, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER ACCUSED
a Sessions court in Ashoknagar, India, awarded capital punishment to a rape and murder accused as well as imposing a Rs 50,000 fine.