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- MAY 15, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI EXECUTED IN MECCA REGION FOR MURDER
the Saudi Arabian Interior Ministry issued a statement announcing that the Court of Cassation upheld the death sentence against Ahmad Bin-Abdallah Bin-Abd-al-Hadi al-Harbi, a Saudi national who was convicted of stabbing to death Abduh Bin-Yusuf Bin-Abduh
- MAY 15, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA BEHEADS INDIAN FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Saudi Arabia beheaded an Indian man convicted of drug smuggling, the Interior Ministry said in a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency.
- MAY 15, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: KILLER SENTENCED TO DEATH
judge Abdul Ghayas Nausherwani of the anti Terrorism Court-II in Quetta, Pakistan, awarded the death sentence to a man for murder.
- MAY 15, 2007CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
the Schwarzenegger administration has submitted a revised procedure to carry out the death penalty.
the Schwarzenegger administration has submitted a revised procedure to carry out the death penalty.
- MAY 15, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Iraq's main criminal court sentenced three Iraqi teenagers to hang after they were convicted of murdering a fellow detainee at Camp Cropper, a US military prison camp just outside Baghdad that houses thousands of detainees.
- MAY 15, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIAN WOMAN FACING DEATH IN CHINA FOR SMUGGLING DRUGS
Umi Azlim Mohamad Lazim, a 24 year old woman from Kelantan, was sentenced to death by the Guangzhou High Court in China for trafficking in 2,983 grammes of heroin.
- MAY 15, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
TWO HANGED FOR RAPE IN GUJRANWALA CENTRAL JAIL
two men convicted of gang rape were hanged in Gujranwala Central Jail in Pakistan.
- MAY 14, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTANI BEHEADED IN SAUDI ARABIA
Pakistani national Seraj Mohamed Abdul Mohamed was beheaded after being convicted of smuggling an undisclosed amount of heroin he had hidden in his stomach.
- MAY 14, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
FOUR NATIONALS EXECUTED IN SAUDI ARABI FOR MURDER
four Saudi Arabians were beheaded by the sword after being convicted of rape and murder.
- MAY 14, 2007NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA COURT SENTENCES HOUSEWIFE TO DEATH BY HANGING
a Bauchi High Court sentenced Hussaina Muhammad, 23, a housewife, to death by hanging for killing her two year old step son Tajuddeen Muhammad.
- MAY 14, 2007IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
a Fulton County jury sentenced a man to death for a shooting spree triggered by a failed teenage romance.
a Fulton County jury sentenced a man to death for a shooting spree triggered by a failed teenage romance.
- MAY 14, 2007New YorkDEATH PENALTY
with police-union and association groups looking on...
with police-union and association groups looking on, the Senate passed 37-24, on a largely party-line vote, a death-penalty bill for cop-killers.
- MAY 14, 2007United StatesDEATH PENALTY
the US Supreme Court made it more difficult for death row prisoners to challenge their sentences...
the US Supreme Court made it more difficult for death row prisoners to challenge their sentences...
MAY 14, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA. IRAQI BEHEADED FOR SMUGGLING HASHISH
an Iraqi national was beheaded by the sword after being convicted of smuggling hashish into the ultra-conservative kingdom, the interior ministry said.
MAY 14, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTYMORATORIUM: ITALY AND GERMANY IN CHARGE OF WRITING RESOLUTION
at the end of the Meeting of EU Ministers of Foreign Affairs, the Italian Vice Premier Massimo D'Alema announced that the EU ministers have unanimously given Italy and the German presidency the task to prepare the text for the resolution on the moratorium
MAY 14, 2007IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. 15 DRUG TRAFFICKERS HANGED
Iran publicly hanged 15 men convicted of drug trafficking in the northeastern city of Mashhad in Khorasan Razavi province.
- MAY 13, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI BEHEADS TWO PAKISTANIS FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
two Pakistanis found guilty of drug trafficking were beheaded by the sword in Saudi Arabia, the interior ministry said.
- MAY 13, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI BEHEADS NATIONAL FOR MURDER
Mufreh bin Ahmad al-Missbali Assiri, a Saudi convicted of murder...
- MAY 11, 2007NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: SUPREME COURT ANNULS TWO DEATH VERDICTS
the Nigerian Supreme Court unanimously annulled the death sentence of police officer Simon Edibo...
- MAY 11, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. FOUR EXECUTED FOR SMUGGLING DRUGS
Saudi Arabia beheaded three Pakistani men and a Nigerian by the sword after convicting them of drug trafficking.
- MAY 11, 2007CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Contra Costa Superior Court Judge Peter Spinetta sentenced Joseph Cordova...
Contra Costa Superior Court Judge Peter Spinetta sentenced Joseph Cordova...
- MAY 11, 2007ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
in a unanimous decision, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco...
in a unanimous decision, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco...
MAY 11, 2007GuyanaDEATH PENALTYGUYANA. THREE BROTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
three brothers were sentenced to death for the kidnap, rape and murder of a 32-year-old woman after they
MAY 11, 2007UzbekistanDEATH PENALTYUZBEKISTAN. NO EXECUTIONS SINCE 2005 - MINISTER
Not a single person sentenced to death has been executed in Uzbekistan since 2005, Justice Minister Fozilzhon Otakhonov told Interfax.
MAY 11, 2007OklahomaDEATH PENALTYOKLAHOMA (USA). MC CARTY FREED FROM DEATH ROW
Curtis Edward McCarty, who had been sentenced to die three times and has spent 21 years on Oklahoma's
- MAY 10, 2007UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA UPDF SOLDIER TO HANG FOR MURDER, ROBBERY
the division court martial in Mbarara, Uganda, has sentenced a UPDF soldier to death by hanging after he was found guilty of murder and robbery charges.
- MAY 10, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED
Saudi Arabian authorities beheaded a Pakistani man convicted of drug smuggling, the interior ministry said in
MAY 10, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTYMORATORIUM. D’ELIA AND MECACCI: D’ALEMA MUST ANNOUNCE HE HAS THE RESOLUTION TEXT READY
“Yesterday’s ‘rumours’ originated from diplomatic sources in Brussels who confirmed that the EU Presidency intended to postpone all possible decisions until June. This passes the baton to the Portuguese President and makes the presentation of the Resoluti
MAY 10, 2007New JerseyDEATH PENALTYNEW JERSEY: PANEL SEEKS END OF DEATH PENALTY
a State Senate committee passed a bill that would make New Jersey the first state to abolish the death penalty since states began reinstating their capital punishment laws more than three decades ago.
- MAY 9, 2007TexasDEATH PENALTY
Texas bucked the national trend last year as the major crime...
Texas bucked the national trend last year as the major crime rate dropped 5.3 %, according to Texas Department of Public Safety statistics released.