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- SEPTEMBER 3, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. CHIEF JUSTICE IN SUPPORT OF DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUGS CONVICTS
Chairman of the Indonesian Supreme Court, Bagir Manan, expressed his support for the imposition of death penalty for drugs convicts.
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran hanged a man, Hamid Hosna’i, for drug-related crime.
Iran hanged a man, Hamid Hosna’i, for drug-related crime.
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2006AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN. MAN PUBLICLY EXECUTED IN HELMAND
the Taliban publicly executed a man for his alleged involvement in a murder case in the Garmsir district of southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province.
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. THREE MEMBERS OF CRIME RING SENTENCED TO DEATH
Ren Jianying, Tang Weitao and Tang Yongli were sentenced to death by the Xi'an Intermediate People's Court in China’s Shaanxi Province for their involvement in a crime ring responsible for 22 robberies, 28 thefts and one murder from 2000 to 2004.
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. HIGH COURT OVERTURNS DEATH SENTENCES HANDED DOWN TO MONKS FOR MURDER
the Gujarat High Court, India, commuted the death sentences handed down to four swami’s into life imprisonment and acquitted a fifth defendant in the case.
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR MILITANTS
a Bangladeshi court upheld the death sentence handed down three months previously against seven Islamist militants over the killing of two judges in a bomb attack in 2005.
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. COURT CONVICTS SHIITE MILITANT
a Pakistan court convicted and sentenced to death a Shiite Muslim militant of organizing the bombing of a Sunni gathering that killed 39 people in 2004.
- AUGUST 31, 2006KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
KAZAKHSTAN. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF OPPOSITION LEADER
former security officer Rustam Ibragimov, one of the two key defendants in the murder trial of opposition leader Altynbek Sarsenbaev, was sentenced to death.
- AUGUST 31, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY ON SISTERS FOR CHILD MURDER
India's Supreme Court upheld the death penalty for two sisters convicted of kidnapping 13 children to join a gang of thieves and murdering at least five of them.
- AUGUST 31, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. SIX AWARDED DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER OF COUPLE
a court in Moulvibazar, Bangladesh...
- AUGUST 31, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. COMPANY DIRECTOR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SWINDLING
a Vietnamese court in Hanoi announced a death sentence on director of the Hai Phu Son joint stock company, Pham Duy Luat, on charges of swindling to appropriate land buyers' money.
- AUGUST 31, 2006Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. BORDER GUARD BEHEADED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
a border guard officer has been beheaded for drug trafficking, press reports said. Khalaf bin Faheed al-Inizi was found guilty of smuggling a large quantity amphetamines.
- AUGUST 31, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
Derrick Frazier was executed for the the June 26...
Derrick Frazier was executed for the the June 26...
- AUGUST 31, 2006OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Oklahoma executed a confessed child murderer for the beating death...
Oklahoma executed a confessed child murderer for the beating death of his 13-month-old daughter. James Patrick Malicoat, 31, was condemned for beating Tessa Leadford to death on February 21, 1997 while the girl's mother was at work.
- AUGUST 30, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN WRONGLY SENTENCED TO DEATH RELEASED AFTER TWO YEARS
a Bangladesh court overturned the sentence of Shah Alam Babu, a man who was wrongfully convicted of murder and condemned to death. Delivering its verdict, the High Court also ordered the trial judge in the case to be stripped of his judicial powers.
- AUGUST 30, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. SIX MEN TO WALK GALLOWS FOR MURDER
six men were sentenced to death for murder by a Speedy Trial Tribunal in Barisal, Bangladesh.
- AUGUST 30, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. TOMB RAIDERS GET SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCES
a Chinese court handed suspended death sentences to two people for stealing from an ancient tomb...
- AUGUST 29, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ROBBERY, MURDER
a court in Vietnam’s highland province of Lam Dong sentenced to death two men after they mugged and murdered a taxi driver in June 2006.
- AUGUST 29, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
the Jhargram Fast Track Court, India, sentenced to death Birbal Mahato, his cousin Prabir Mahato and grandfather Sudhir Mahato of Chhoto Salboni, West Midnapore.
- AUGUST 29, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPE AND MURDER OF MINOR
INDIA. HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPE AND MURDER OF MINOR August 29, 2006: the Allahabad High Court upheld the death sentence handed down to Bantu by the Agra additional Sessions court in 2004 for the rape and murder of a minor girl. Bantu
- AUGUST 29, 2006OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Eric Allen Patton, 49, was executed at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary.
Eric Allen Patton, 49, was executed at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary. Patton was pronounced dead at 6:10 p.m..
- AUGUST 29, 2006AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
a jury voted 11 to 1 to recommend the death penalty for Jason Michael Sharp.
a jury voted 11 to 1 to recommend the death penalty for Jason Michael Sharp.
- AUGUST 29, 2006DEATH PENALTY
a jury voted 11 to 1 to recommend the death penalty for Jason Michael Sharp.
a jury voted 11 to 1 to recommend the death penalty for Jason Michael Sharp.
- AUGUST 29, 2006KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
22 YEAR OLD INDIAN AWAITS DEATH IN KUWAIT JAIL
was reported that Shoukath, a 22-year-old Indian from the state of Kerala, was on death row in Kerala after surviving a suicide pact with a Nepali girl he had a love affair with. Shoukath had been imprisoned since December 2005. However, he had only recen
- AUGUST 28, 2006Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. TWO SOLDIERS BEHEADED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
two Saudi soldiers were beheaded with a sword after being convicted of drug smuggling, the Saudi interior ministry said.
- AUGUST 28, 2006BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
LIBYA. DEATH PENALTY SOUGHT IN HIV CASE
Libyan prosecutor Omar Abdulkhaleq demanded the death penalty for five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor on trial for the second time on charges that they infected hundreds of children with the HIV virus.
- AUGUST 28, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. CHRISTIANS ON DEATH ROW SEEK CLEMENCY
three Christian militants facing execution in Indonesia after being convicted of leading a mob that killed Muslims made a fresh appeal to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, presidential spokesman Andi Mallarangeng said
- AUGUST 28, 2006KansasDEATH PENALTY
District Judge Hannelore Kitts followed the April 21 recommendation of a jury...
District Judge Hannelore Kitts followed the April 21 recommendation of a jury, and sentenced Sidney Gleason was to death.
- AUGUST 28, 2006DEATH PENALTY
District Judge Hannelore Kitts followed the April 21 recommendation of a jury...
District Judge Hannelore Kitts followed the April 21 recommendation of a jury...
- AUGUST 26, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. DRUG TRAFFICKER PUBLICLY HANGED
an Iranian man convicted of drug trafficking was publicly hanged in the south-eastern town of Iranshahr...