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- JULY 10, 2007CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Chester Dewayne Turner, 40, a convicted serial killer...
Chester Dewayne Turner, 40, a convicted serial killer...
JULY 10, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTYMORATORIUM. D’ALEMA THANKS SOUTH AFRICA FOR SUPPORT
Italian Foreign Affairs Minister Massimo D'Alema publicly thanked his South African colleague Nkosazama Dlamini Zuma for the African country’s support for the proposed UN Moratorium against capital punishment.
JULY 10, 2007RwandaDEATH PENALTYRWANDA. SENATE APPROVES DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION
the Rwandan Senate approved a bill to abolish the death penalty, according to
JULY 10, 2007IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. 20 CRIMINALS SENTENCED TO DEATH: JUDICIARY SPOKESMAN
judiciary spokesman Alireza Jamshidi announced that 20
JULY 10, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA. CHINA EXECUTES EX-FOOD AND DRUG CHIEF
the execution of former State Food and Drug Administration director Zheng Xiaoyu
- JULY 9, 2007BrazilDEATH PENALTY
MORATORIUM. D’ALEMA THANKS LULA FOR CO-SPONSORING THE RESOLUTION
'We thank the Brazilian Government of President Lula for its decision to be a co-sponsor of the resolution for the Moratorium on capital punishment that the EU intends
- JULY 9, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR MURDER
Iranian authorities executed Navid Parham, 22, by hanging in public, in a street in the southern city of Shiraz.
- JULY 9, 2007KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA. CALL FOR ABOLITION AS THOUSANDS AWAIT EXECUTION
politicians from leading parties and prominent human rights activists
- JULY 9, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iranian authorities hanged a man identified by local media as Hassan Madadi.
- JULY 9, 2007North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
a Wake County jury decided to sentence Byron Waring to death.
a Wake County jury decided to sentence Byron Waring to death.
- JULY 9, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OUTRAGED AT REPORTED STONING
Amnesty International expressed outrage at the reported execution by stoning of Ja’far Kiani on 5 July...
- JULY 9, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
HUSBAND HANDED DEATH PENALTY FOR DOWRY MURDER
a court in Panchagarh, Bangladesh, awarded the death penalty to a man for killing his wife for dowry on July 31, 2004
- JULY 8, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR RAPE
Iran hanged a rapist in the central city of Arak, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.
- JULY 7, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE COURT SENTENCES THREE
three professional hitmen were sentenced to death after being found guilty of multiple murders by a court in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
- JULY 7, 2007Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKAN DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED
the death sentence of a Sri Lankan army major caught spying for the Tamil Tiger rebels was commuted to life imprisonment by the country's president.
- JULY 7, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
Akbar A., 23, was hanged in the city of Isfahan, Iran, for rape.
Akbar A., 23, was hanged in the city of Isfahan, Iran, for rape.
- JULY 6, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE DRUG OFFICIAL GETS DEATH SENTENCE
a former department head at China's State Food and Drug Administration agency was sentenced to death on charges of bribery and neglecting official duties.
- JULY 6, 2007Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO. DEATH SENTENCE FOR KNIFE ATTACK ON NEIGHBOUR
in Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago, Marvin Nedd, 23, of Longdenville was convicted of
- JULY 5, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. RAILWAY ACCOUNTANT GETS DEATH FOR FRAUD
Zhang Ning, the former chief accountant of the Lanzhou Railway Bureau in western China...
- JULY 5, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: TOP COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE OF MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING 2
the Supreme Court in Japan upheld the death sentence of Kunihiko Hamakawa...
- JULY 5, 2007JordanDEATH PENALTY
the Court of Cassation in Jordan annulled...
the Court of Cassation in Jordan annulled...
JULY 5, 2007SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA. GOVERNMENT CARRIES OUT PUBLIC EXECUTION IN MOGADISHU
government forces in Somalia publicly executed two men, one of them a soldier
JULY 5, 2007IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. ADULTERER STONED TO DEATH
a man convicted of adultery was stoned to death in a village in northwestern Iran, the first time judiciary has confirmed such an execution in five years.
JULY 5, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA. CHINESE JUDGE SAYS DEATH PENALTY APPLIED UNEVENLY ACROSS NATION, SEEKS TO UNIFY STANDARDS
China's top court will ensure the death penalty is applied uniformly across the
- JULY 4, 2007KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA. SENTENCED TO HANG FOR MOBILE PHONE THEFT
a man in Kenya was sentenced to death for stealing personal effects, including a mobile phone, worth 15,000 shillings (225 dollars), judicial sources said.
- JULY 3, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN TO HANG POLITICAL PRISONER ON JULY 4
the death sentence of Khaled Hardani, a political prisoner since 2000, was reaffirmed on May 31, 2007.
- JULY 3, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
3 MEN HANGED AT FAISALABAD DISTRICT JAIL
three men convicted of murder were hanged in Faisalabad district jail in Pakistan.
JULY 3, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ. MAN EXECUTED FOR ROLE IN 2003 IMAM ALI BLAST
Iraqi Justice Ministry spokesman Busho Ibrahim said Oras Muhammad Abdul-Aziz
JULY 3, 2007BotswanaDEATH PENALTYBOTSWANA. GOVERNMENT SLAMMED OVER 'SECRET' EXECUTIONS
the human rights movement in Botswana has issued a joint report on what it calls "hasty and secretive
- JULY 2, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
4 SENTENCED TO DEATH BY IRAQI COURT
the Central Criminal Court of Iraq, a forum in which US troops