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- MARCH 8, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Khan Muhammad Chachar was sentenced to death by...
Khan Muhammad Chachar was sentenced to death by...
- MARCH 8, 2007New MexicoDEATH PENALTY
in Santa Fe, a bill to abolish the death penalty...
in Santa Fe, a bill to abolish the death penalty...
- MARCH 8, 2007TexasDEATH PENALTY
a Fort Bend County jury, in 400th District Judge Clifford Vacek's court...
a Fort Bend County jury, in 400th District Judge Clifford Vacek's court...
- MARCH 8, 2007TexasDEATH PENALTY
in San Antonio, 379th District Judge Bert Richardson sentenced...
in San Antonio, 379th District Judge Bert Richardson sentenced...
- MARCH 8, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN SECOND CONVICT TO BE HANGED IN DISTRICT JAIL LARKANA ON FRIDAY
Wali Muhammad s/o Ghulam Qadir Bhutto, convicted for killing Ghulam Fareed s/o Din Muhammad Bhutto on January 27, 1992 will to be hanged in Central Jail, Larkana, on Friday March 09 at 6.30a.m.
MARCH 8, 2007TunisiaDEATH PENALTYTUNISIA. JOURNALISTS PLEA FOR ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY
Tunisian journalists published their plea for the abolition of the death penalty from the country's statute
MARCH 8, 2007KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF GIRLFRIEND
after more than two years of trial, a Nairobi court found James Love Mwangongo guilty of murdering his
- MARCH 7, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
YOUNG MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
the Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal Court, in Bangladesh...
MARCH 7, 2007IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN HANGS FIVE MEN CONVICTED OF MURDER
Iran executed five men convicted of murder, the semi-official
MARCH 7, 2007DEATH PENALTYHANDS OFF CAIN DEDICATES MARCH 8 TO IRANIAN WOMEN
inspired by Iranian Nobel Prize Shrin Ebadi's plea, Hands Off Cain decided to dedicate this year's International Women's Day, March 8, to all Iranian woman, particularly to the activists arrested last Sunday.
MARCH 7, 2007TexasDEATH PENALTYTEXAS. MAN EXECUTED AFTER 25 YEARS ON DEATH ROW
a man who spent 25 years on Texas death row was executed by lethal injection for a 1980 murder but only after prison officials had to carry him to the death chamber.
MARCH 7, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTYITALIAN SENATE APPROVED FULL ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY FROM ITS CONSTITUTION
the Italian Senate approved a draft law to modify article 27 of the Constitution (226 votes in favour, 12 abstained and no votes contrary). The law is designed to abolish the death penalty also from wartime military laws.
- MARCH 6, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE, FINE FOR MURDER
the Pakistan Additional District and Sessions Court awarded the death sentence and a Rs.100,000 fine to Rustam Ali of Saddar Chishtian for murder.
MARCH 6, 2007United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE. PAKISTANI MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SHARJAH
the United Arab Emirates Appeal Court upheld the death sentence against a 22 year old Pakistani man,
MARCH 6, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA. DEATH PENALTY FOR TERRORISM OFFENCES
Those convicted of terror acts that cause death will now face the mandatory death penalty.
MARCH 6, 2007TexasDEATH PENALTYTEXAS (USA). ROBERT PEREZ EXECUTED FOR DOUBLE SLAYING
Texas executed a San Antonio man condemned to death for the murders of two rivals in a 1994 gang leadership dispute.
MARCH 6, 2007GhanaDEATH PENALTYGHANA FREES OR COMMUTES SENTENCES OF 1,206 PRISONERS
Ghana’s President, John Kufuor, freed or commuted the sentences of 1,206 prisoners to mark the 50th
- MARCH 5, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR CANNY ONG'S KILLER
the Court of Appeal, in Malaysia, upheld the death sentence on a former aircraft cabin cleaning supervisor for the rape and murder of IT analyst Canny Ong Lay Kian.
- MARCH 5, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
SUJAN MURDER CASE: HC SET ASIDE DEATH SENTENCE OF ONE PERSON
as the state counsel failed to prove the murder charges, the High Court set aside a verdict awarded by the Speedy Trial Tribunal on March 17 2004 in Dhaka.
- MARCH 5, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
DISTRICT (JHANG): AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
the Pakistan Additional Session Court awarded the death sentence to a man...
- MARCH 5, 2007South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
the S.C. Supreme Court reverses death penalty ruling...
the S.C. Supreme Court reverses death penalty ruling for the first man in state to receive death sentence for killing fetus.
MARCH 5, 2007TexasDEATH PENALTYTEXAS HOUSE APPROVES DEATH PENALTY FOR HARDCORE REPEAT OFFENDERS
approved by the state House of Representatives, Texas is trying to pass a Bill to harshly prosecute child
- MARCH 4, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH PRESIDENT REJECTS MERCY PETITIONS OF SIX MILITANTS
Bangladesh President Iajuddin Ahmed has rejected the mercy petitions of six of the seven top militants of the banned Jamaatul Mujaheedin Bangladesh (JMB) facing the gallows for killing two judges in November 2005.
MARCH 3, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA. MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabia executed a man convicted of murder. Miftah bin Hilal al-Fahmi was executed in the province
- MARCH 2, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. BSF CONSTABLE GETS DEATH SENTENCE
a head un of the Border Security Force has been sentenced to death for murdering two officers of the force at Rajnagar border outpost last year.
- MARCH 2, 2007TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
the Tennessee Supreme Court has reversed...
the Tennessee Supreme Court has reversed the death penalty of a man who pleaded guilty to fatally beating 2 women.
MARCH 2, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ. EXECUTIONS PUT ON HOLD
efforts to stop the imminent execution of three Iraqi women seem to have had an effect, as the executions of
MARCH 2, 2007MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCO. HUGE AMNESTY SIGNALS HISTORIC DAY
King Mohammed VI of Morocco has pardoned almost 9,000 prisoners, on the occasion of the birth on February 28 of his daughter Lalla Khadija, the Justice ministry affirmed.
- MARCH 1, 2007FloridaDEATH PENALTY
FLORIDA (USA). COMMISSION RECOMMENDS CHANGES TO LETHAL INJECTION PROCESS
The Florida commission charged with examining the state’s botched execution of Angel Diaz has urged
- MARCH 1, 2007TexasDEATH PENALTY
Guidry again sentenced to death in 1994 slaying Howard Paul Guidry...
Guidry again sentenced to death in 1994 slaying Howard Paul Guidry...