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- MAY 21, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI EXECUTES PAKISTANI FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Saudi Arabia executed Pakistani national Amin-Allah Khan Wali in the eastern...
- MAY 21, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN 1 GETS DEATH PENALTY OVER FRAUD-RING MURDERS
the Chiba District Court sentenced a man to death and two others to life imprisonment over the deaths of four people in 2004 following infighting in a billing fraud ring...
- MAY 21, 2007MissouriDEATH PENALTY
the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed a St. Louis death penalty case today...
the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed a St. Louis death penalty case today...
MAY 21, 2007VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM. HO CHI MINH CITY COURT UPHOLDS DEATH FOR FIVE DRUG TRAFFICKERS
a court in Ho Chi Minh City Monday rejected appeals against death sentences
MAY 20, 2007KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT. PAKISTANI HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A Pakistani national convicted of drug trafficking has been hanged in Kuwait, officials said.
- MAY 19, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA DEATH SENTENCE FOR CHILD RAPE
District Sessions Judge Renu Sharma awarded the death sentence to Dilip Bankar.
- MAY 19, 2007GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
GUYANA MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR WIFE'S MURDER
Doodnauth Ramsaywack who was on trial in the High Court for the murder of his wife was sentenced to death after the jury returned a unanimous verdict.
- MAY 19, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING WIFE AND SON
the judge of a Rourkela fast track court, Sobhan Kumar Das...
- MAY 19, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Misfer bin Ali al-Khathami was executed in the Southern region of Aseer...
- MAY 18, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA SAUDI CONVICT ESCAPES EXECUTION AT LAST MOMENT
a Saudi convict escaped execution by decapitation in the Saudi city of Taif.
- MAY 18, 2007IndianaDEATH PENALTY
in Evansville, jurors deliberated for less than an hour before...
in Evansville, jurors deliberated for less than an hour before...
- MAY 18, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Satyam Kumar, an Indian soldier...
Satyam Kumar, an Indian soldier...
- MAY 18, 2007TexasDEATH PENALTY
Texas sex offenders who are twice convicted of raping children...
Texas sex offenders who are twice convicted of raping children...
MAY 18, 2007LibyaDEATH PENALTYAFRICAN PARLIAMENTARIANS BACK LIBYAN DEATH SENTENCE ON BULGARIANS
African parliamentarians backed death sentences imposed in Libya on five Bulgarian nurses and a
MAY 18, 2007DEATH PENALTYIRAN. FIVE EXECUTED FOR MURDER, DRUG SMUGGLING
Three people convicted of murder and two others found guilty of drug smuggling were hanged in Iran, AFP reported.
- MAY 17, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
TWO HANGED IN IRAN FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
two men found guilty of drug smuggling were hanged in Iran, the newspaper Tehran Emrouz reported.
- MAY 17, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI EXECUTES TWO MEN FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Saudi Arabia executed two Pakistani men, Layakat Ali Alf and Ghani Kal Hadret...
- MAY 17, 2007ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
Bradley County Circuit Court Judge Bynum Gibson sentenced...
Bradley County Circuit Court Judge Bynum Gibson sentenced...
- MAY 17, 2007MissouriDEATH PENALTY
Missouri lawmakers passed a bill protecting the anonymity...
Missouri lawmakers passed a bill protecting the anonymity of the state's executioners and allowing them to sue anyone - even a news organization - who discloses their names.
MAY 17, 2007NigeriaDEATH PENALTYSHARIA STONING FOR NIGERIAN MAN
A Sharia court in Nigeria's north-eastern Bauchi State has sentenced a man to death for raping two teenage
- MAY 16, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI BEHEADS MAN FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Saudi Arabia has beheaded Saudi national Jalal Al-Marhoun in the northern region of Al-Jawf for smuggling drugs into the kingdom, the ministry said.
- MAY 16, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
THREE HANGED IN IRAN FOR MURDER
three people convicted of murder were hanged in Iran, the newspaper Tehran Emrouz reported.
- MAY 16, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TERRORISM
three Iraqis - Ahmad Hassan Ali, 25, Jasim Muhammad Hilal, 32, and Ali Asama'Ail Abrahim...
- MAY 16, 2007EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
two Ethiopian citizens, Ali Mohammed Ali and Adel Adam Aman...
two Ethiopian citizens, Ali Mohammed Ali and Adel Adam Aman...
- MAY 16, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Jamalodine B., 35...
a man, identified only as Jamalodine B., 35...
MAY 16, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA DIPLAYES BODIES OF 2 ETHIOPIANS BEHEADED FOR ARMED ROBBERY AND MURDER
Saudi authorities beheaded two Ethiopians convicted of killing a Saudi national in an armed robbery and
MAY 16, 2007KazakhstanDEATH PENALTYKAZAKHSTAN SET TO "VIRTUALLY" ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
at today's joint session of the Kazakhstan parliament's two chambers, President Nursultan Nazarbayev
MAY 16, 2007NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA FREES ELDERLY PRISONERS BEFORE POWER SHIFT
Nigeria has granted an amnesty to all prisoners over 70 and to those over 60 who have been on death row
MAY 16, 2007TexasDEATH PENALTYTEXAS (USA). MAN EXECUTED IN DEPUTY DEATH
Kansas prison escapee was executed for fatally shooting a sheriff's deputy who was trying to pull him over for stealing $22.50 worth of gasoline from a service station.
- MAY 15, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a court in central China has sentenced Li Litian, a policeman...
a court in central China has sentenced Li Litian, a policeman...