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- OCTOBER 2, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Mohammad, 23...
a man, identified only as Mohammad, 23...
- OCTOBER 1, 2006NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA GRANTS REPRIEVE TO MORE THAN 100 DEATH ROW PRISONERS
more than 100 Nigerians condemned to death had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment as part of independence day celebrations in the West African country.
- OCTOBER 1, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. COURT STAYS EXECUTION OF MILITANTS
Bangladesh's Supreme Court ordered a stay of execution for seven Islamist militants sentenced to death for bomb attacks that killed at least 30 people in 2005, said Fazlul Karim, secretary of the Supreme Court.
- OCTOBER 1, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MINOR SENTENCED TO HANG
a 17 year old boy was sentenced to death in Iran for murder, the Etemad daily reported.
- OCTOBER 1, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. DEATH SENTENCE CONVERTED INTO LIFE FOR FOUR IN KIDNAPPING CASE
the Sindh High Court, Pakistan, commuted into life imprisonment the death penalty handed down to four people involved in a kidnap for ransom case.
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA EXECUTES FUGITIVE FARMER FOR 1996 MURDERS
a farmer convicted of killing his former fiancée and four members of her family was executed in east China's Jiangxi Province.
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. 2 MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH
the Anti Terrorist Court in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, sentenced to death Abdul Rehman alias Shah Ji for killing a man who showed resistance to a robbery attempt.
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO BROTHERS HANGED IN PUBLIC
two Iranian brothers convicted of murder have been hanged publicly in the western province of Lorestan, the official news agency IRNA said.
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
UNITED NATIONS. UN EXPERT SEEKS END TO DEATH PENALTY FOR CHILDREN
countries where capital punishment is practiced should exempt children under 18 -- or adults convicted while minors -- from the death penalty, a UN human rights expert report said.
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2006DelawareDEATH PENALTY
the Third US Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned the death sentence of Jack F. Outten Junior.
the Third US Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned the death sentence of Jack F. Outten Junior.
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2006DEATH PENALTY
the judge who effectively shut down California's death row in February...
the judge who effectively shut down California's death row in February said on Friday his ruling on whether the state's use of lethal injection is legal would hinge on evidence of how alert an inmate is as the toxic drugs take effect.
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2006AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Ruling Jerry Jerome Smith is mentally retarded, the Alabama Court of Criminal...
Ruling Jerry Jerome Smith is mentally retarded, the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals reversed the man's death sentence for a 1996 crack-house shooting that left 3 people dead.
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR CHILD ABUSE AND MURDER
R. Senthil, 27, accused of sexually exploiting two children, both brothers, and killing one of them, was sentenced to death by a District Principal and Sessions Court in India.
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA EXECUTES FORMER LAWMAKER ON CORRUPTION, RAPE CHARGES
Sang Yuechun, president of Jigang Industrial and Trade Group Corp. and a former deputy to China's legislature, was executed in the northeastern province of Jilin on charges of rape, weapons possession and misappropriating 120 million yuan (US$15 million;
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2006AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
UNITED STATES. AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL HICKS WILL NOT BE EXECUTED, BUT NO TIME FRAME ON HIS TRIAL
it was reported that the US government had given assurances to Australia’s Attorney-General Philip Ruddock that David Hicks would not face the death penalty, but the US had still given no timeframe on when his trial was due.
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. ONE SENT TO GALLOWS, FIVE GET LIFE TERM FOR MURDER
a District Speedy Trial Tribunal in Bagerhat, Bangladesh, sentenced Bahadur Bepari to death and five others, including a woman, to life imprisonment for murder.
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE ON MAN FOR MURDER OF 2
the Tokyo High Court upheld the death sentence on a man for killing two pachinko parlor employees in Gunma Prefecture in 2003.
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2006ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND. SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST MAJOR CHALERMCHAI
Thailand’s Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s decision to convict and sentence to death Major Chalermchai Majchaklam for murdering a Yasothon governor in 2001.
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
USA. CONGRESS HOLDS FIRST HEARING ON ORGAN HARVESTING
as many as 41,500 healthy people who practice Falun Gong became involuntary victims of organ transplants and murdered between 2002 and 2005, according to a report that was presented before the U.S. Congress.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2006AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
a Calhoun County jury decided the man who killed his grandparents should get the death penalty.
a Calhoun County jury decided the man who killed his grandparents should get the death penalty.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. FAMILY OF EXECUTED MAN DEMAND NEW AUTOPSY
the family and lawyers of Dominggus da Silva presented a letter to police...
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. DEATH SENTENCE FOR EX-GANGSTER UPHELD
the Tokyo High Court, Japan, upheld a death sentence against a former gang member who was convicted of shooting dead five other gangsters in December 2003.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. DEATH PENALTY TO THREE MEMBERS OF KALBAILAIYA GANG
a court in India sentenced to death three members of the ‘Kalbailaiya’ gang for murder.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST ARSONIST UPHELD
the Tokyo High Court, Japan, rejected an appeal by an arsonist who was sentenced to death by a lower court for killing four people by setting fire to their home in Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture, in 2003.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2006MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. DEATH ROW INMATE FILES MOTION AGAINST LENGTH OF EXECUTION WAIT
it was reported that Malaysia's longest serving death row prisoner, Sapuan Hanim, has filed a motion with the Federal Court to commute his death sentence on the basis that for the past 15 years he had suffered from mental anguish and the pressure of wakin
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. ORGAN SALES 'THRIVING', BBC NEWS REPORT
the sale of organs taken from executed prisoners appears to be thriving in China, an undercover investigation by the BBC found.
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2006SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. BODY PARTS CASE: LEONG'S APPEAL AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE DISMISSED
Singapore's Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal by Leong Siew Chor against the death sentence received for murder.
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2006CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
CALIFORNIA, USA. GUARDS BUNGLED WILLIAMS EXECUTION: OFFICIAL
a Californian official admitted that state prison guards had bungled the recent controversial execution of former gang leader Stanley Williams, but denied that lethal injection constituted cruel and unusual punishment.
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. GANG LEADER RECEIVES DEATH SENTENCE
Xiong Xinxing was sentenced to death for charges including heading an underground organization and causing the death of a man in Jiujiang in Central China's Jiangxi Province.
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MUSLIM JOURNALIST FACES DEATH PENALTY FOR PRINTING PRO-ISRAEL ARTICLES
a court in Bangladesh was scheduled to try a Muslim journalist for writing articles favourable to Israel.