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MARCH 21, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTYMORATORIUM. PANNELLA RESUMES HUNGER STRIKE AS OF TONIGHT
Marco Pannella has announced he will resume his hunger strike to get European Governments to honour the solemn and repeated commitments they have made regarding the moratorium on the death penalty.
MARCH 21, 2007NigeriaDEATH PENALTYDEATH ROWS OVERFLOW IN NIGERIA
about 600 people are now crammed into Nigeria's disease-infested death rows.
- MARCH 20, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. COURT REJECTS DEATH SENTENCE APPEALS
Mohammed Hj Muslimin, 34 and Basil Omar, 36, failed in their appeals to the Malaysian Federal Court to have their death sentences by hanging reversed.
- MARCH 20, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING PAKISTANI MINISTER
a court in Pakistan issued the death sentence on two counts to Ghualm Sarwar for shooting dead a provincial minister last month.
- MARCH 20, 2007RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA REGRETS EXECUTION OF IRAQ'S FORMER VICE PRESIDENT
the execution of former Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan will not help restore stability in the country, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mikhail Kamynin told Interfax.
- MARCH 20, 2007IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIAN GUARD SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING JAPANESE BOSS
the Java Bandung district court in West Java, Indonesia, sentenced a man to death for murdering his Japanese employer last year.
- MARCH 20, 2007GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
GEORGIA (USA). HOUSE PASSES DEATH PENALTY BILL
the Georgia House voted 106-65 to approve bill HB185 (see also March 12).
- MARCH 20, 2007NebraskaDEATH PENALTY
by just one vote, 25-24, a bill to repeal the death penalty carried...
by just one vote, 25-24, a bill to repeal the death penalty carried...
- MARCH 20, 2007MissouriDEATH PENALTY
for the 2nd time in less than a year...
for the 2nd time in less than a year, the Missouri Supreme Court has struck down a death sentence over concerns that St. Louis County prosecutors removed blacks from juries for "racially discriminatory reasons."
- MARCH 20, 2007OhioDEATH PENALTY
Kenneth Biros waited more than 6 hours past his scheduled execution...
Kenneth Biros waited more than 6 hours past his scheduled execution time (Tuesday 20 March 2007, 10:00 ) at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville for the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether his sentence should proceed, with the court fina
- MARCH 20, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
the Sapporo District Court in Japan rejected...
the Sapporo District Court in Japan rejected...
- MARCH 20, 2007Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
COUNCIL OF EUROPE BLASTS IRAQI GOV'T OVER HANGING OF EX-OFFICIAL
Europe's human rights watchdog, the Council of Europe, blasted the Iraqi authorities over the hanging of former vice president Taha Yassin Ramadan.
MARCH 20, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ. FORMER SADDAM AIDE EXECUTED IN BAGHDAD
Iraq executed Saddam Hussein's former vice president Taha Yassin Ramadan before dawn as the nation marked the fourth anniversary of the US led war.
MARCH 20, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTYFRANCE, CHINA SIGN EXTRADITION TREATY
France's justice minister said an extradition treaty signed with China would not be applied to people accused of political or military crimes.
MARCH 20, 2007TexasDEATH PENALTYTEXAS. MAN EXECUTED FOR ROBBERY-SLAYING
a man was executed in Texas for fatally shooting a convenience store owner during a robbery in Dallas nearly 10 years ago.
- MARCH 19, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA'S HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCES FOR FOUR CONVICTS
China's highest court has approved four death sentences for violent crimes in its first rulings since being handed the power of final approval on capital punishment earlier this year, state press said.
- MARCH 19, 2007AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
a Covington County jury has unanimously recommended the death penalty...
a Covington County jury has unanimously recommended the death penalty...
- MARCH 19, 2007MissouriDEATH PENALTY
St. Charles County Circuit Judge Lucy Rauch followed the Feb...
St. Charles County Circuit Judge Lucy Rauch followed the Feb...
- MARCH 19, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA EPILEPTIC MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DANGEROUS DRIVING
a court in Beihai, in China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, sentenced a man to death with a two year grace period.
MARCH 19, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA. MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabia executed a convicted murderer in Riyadh. Salem bin Jumaian bin Khalif al-Shummari stabbed
MARCH 19, 2007UtahDEATH PENALTYUTAH (USA). GOVERNOR EXPANDS DEATH PENALTY IN CHILD SLAYING CASES
Utah’s Governor Jon Huntsman signed laws that expand the death penalty in cases
- MARCH 18, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH IN NAOGAON
a court sentenced two brothers to death in a murder case in Bangladesh.
MARCH 17, 2007AlgeriaDEATH PENALTYTOP ALGERIAN REBELS GET DEATH SENTENCE IN ABSENTIA
an Algerian court in Batna province sentenced to death in absentia two former leaders of an al Qaeda-
- MARCH 16, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
TWO IRANIAN ASSASSINS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Majid Kavousifar and his accomplice Hossein Kavousifar...
- MARCH 16, 2007CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
in San Bernardino, Superior Court Judge Michael Smith...
in San Bernardino, Superior Court Judge Michael Smith...
- MARCH 15, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT. ALDE GROUP PUSHES FOR PRESENTATION OF MORATORIUM AT UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Last night, the ALDE group (Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe) approved a proposal
- MARCH 15, 2007IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA PROPOSALS TO ABOLISH CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR DRUG OFFENSES REJECTED
“The Indonesian government firmly rejects proposals to abolish capital punishment for drug offences,” Attorney General Abdul Rahman Saleh said.
- MARCH 15, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA STUDENT SPARED EXECUTION IN FRIEND’S KILLING
a 28 year old student in Saudi Arabia was spared the death sentence after the victim’s family forgave him.
- MARCH 15, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN ORDERS FOUR IRAQI REBELS HANGED
a Jordanian military court sentenced Ziyad Karbouli...
- MARCH 15, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
THREE PAKISTANIS STONED, SHOT DEAD FOR ADULTERY
two men and a woman were stoned and then shot to death in Pakistan for committing adultery after Islamist activists said they caught them in a compromising position.