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- APRIL 16, 2007DEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA. PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION SEEKS TO END DEATH PENALTY
a Nigerian presidential commission has submitted a string of bold proposals to President Olusegun Obasanjo that could transform the penal system in Nigeria overnight
- APRIL 16, 2007GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
the Senate Judiciary Committee just delivered a unanimous...
the Senate Judiciary Committee just delivered a unanimous...
- APRIL 16, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
a political prisoner, identified as Kaled Zarkandi...
a political prisoner, identified as Kaled Zarkandi...
APRIL 16, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED FOR RAPING MINORS
a Saudi man convicted of raping minors was executed by beheading in Riyadh, the
APRIL 16, 2007NigeriaDEATH PENALTYthe Presidential Commission on the Administrative Reform...
the Presidential Commission on the Administrative Reform...
APRIL 16, 2007South AfricaDEATH PENALTYSOUTH AFRICA NOT TO BRING BACK DEATH PENALTY
the South African government would not resort to the death penalty in spite of high
- APRIL 15, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified as Homayoon, 25...
a man, identified as Homayoon, 25...
- APRIL 14, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRANIAN COURT OVERTURNS DEATH SENTENCE
Iran's Supreme Court overturned a death sentence against a hard-line Islamic vigilante for murdering a couple for immoral behavior in southeastern Iran, one of the victims' lawyers said
- APRIL 14, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran hanged a prisoner identified as Habib in the northern town of Manjeele...
Iran hanged a prisoner identified as Habib in the northern town of Manjeele...
APRIL 14, 2007RwandaDEATH PENALTYRWANDA. PRESIDENT KAGAME AND FORMER EU ENVOY DISCUSS DEATH PENALTY
the former European Union Special Representative for the Great Lakes Region, Mr
- APRIL 13, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN DEATH SENTENCE FINAL IN TAKEFUJI CASE
the Japanese Supreme Court finalised the death sentence it upheld last month against Mitsuhiro Kobayashi,
- APRIL 13, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI EXECUTED IN TABUK FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
the Saudi news agency SPA website carried a Saudi Interior Ministry statement saying that Hamdan Bin-Ayyad Bin-Sulayman al-Mas'udi, a Saudi national, had been executed in Tabuk
- APRIL 13, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA THREE AWARDED CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Additional district sessions judge D. Krishna Raja awarded capital punishment to Loganathan, 44, Sankar, 25, and Abdul Rehman, 32, for murdering silver merchant Mohan Rao, 50, his wife Sheela, 37, and son Prabhu, 13.
- APRIL 13, 2007Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
TWO DRC SOLDIERS GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR JOURNALIST MURDER
two Democratic Republic of Congo soldiers were sentenced to death by a military court for the murder of a Congolese journalist and his wife.
- APRIL 13, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
MAN FACES DEATH OVER SEX WITH FOUR STEPDAUGHTERS
a Pakistani man faces death by stoning in the United Arab Emirates for committing adultery with four of his stepdaughters, a local newspaper reported.
- APRIL 13, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
Ramezan Ebrahimi was publicly hanged in the city of Kerman...
Ramezan Ebrahimi was publicly hanged in the city of Kerman...
- APRIL 13, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
a political prisoner, identified as Hossein Farhoudeh...
a political prisoner, identified as Hossein Farhoudeh...
- APRIL 13, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
sentenced to death for the murder of a man who attempted to blackmail her....
sentenced to death for the murder of a man who attempted to blackmail her...
APRIL 13, 2007TunisiaDEATH PENALTYTUNISIA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
a Tunisian man was sentenced to death for the rape and murder last year of British
APRIL 13, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTYDEATH PENALTY: DECISION BY ITALIAN COUNCIL OF MINISTERS. BONINO DISSENTS
the Italian Minister of the European Policies Emma Bonino told Radio Radicale she is
APRIL 13, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTYDEATH PENALTY. D'ALEMA TO PRESENT ITALIAN PROPOSAL FOR ABOLITION TO EU
"The Italian Council of Ministers gave Minister of Foreign Affair Massimo D'Alema the task of presenting the proposal for the abolition of the death penalty and the corresponding moratorium at the next EU Council of General Affairs on April 23rd. This is
- APRIL 12, 2007South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR SERIAL KILLINGS
the South Korean Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that sentenced a man to death for a series of murders.
- APRIL 12, 2007TexasDEATH PENALTY
Christopher Devon Jackson, convicted of killing a man...
Christopher Devon Jackson, convicted of killing a man...
- APRIL 12, 2007MissouriDEATH PENALTY
Missouri House backs death penalty for police killers...
Missouri House backs death penalty for police killers...
- APRIL 11, 2007FloridaDEATH PENALTY
in Panama City, Circuit Judge Michael Overstreet issued a death sentence...
in Panama City, Circuit Judge Michael Overstreet issued a death sentence...
- APRIL 11, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH ONE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN JHALAKATI
a man was sentenced to death in Jhalakati, Bangladesh.
- APRIL 11, 2007ColoradoDEATH PENALTY
the House Appropriations Committee approved...
the House Appropriations Committee approved...
APRIL 11, 2007TexasDEATH PENALTYTEXAS (USA). MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER, RAPE OF TEEN
Texas executed a man by lethal injection for the 1993 rape and murder of a 17-year-old girl.
- APRIL 10, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE SAUSAGE SELLER SPARED EXECUTION
a Chinese roadside sausage seller was given a suspended death sentence for slitting a government inspector's throat
- APRIL 10, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN MAN GIVEN DEATH FOR MURDER-ROBBERY DURING PAROLE
the Japanese Supreme Court upheld the death sentence handed to Shozo Nishiyama, 54, for killing a woman in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, in 1992 while he was on parole from a life sentence for murder and robbery.