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- AUGUST 18, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR ‘INDIAN SPY’
Pakistan's Supreme Court upheld the death sentence awarded to Sarabjit Singh, alleged to be an agent of India’s Research and Analysis Wing and involved in five bomb blasts in Pakistan.
- AUGUST 18, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR EX-AUM SENIOR MEMBER
the Tokyo High Court upheld a lower court's death sentence for former AUM Shinrikyo senior member Masami Tsuchiya for producing nerve gas used in the cult's mass murder of 20 people.
- AUGUST 18, 2006North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
North Carolina executed Samuel Flippen for the beating death of his 2-year-old stepdaughter 12 years ago.
North Carolina executed Samuel Flippen for the beating death of his 2-year-old stepdaughter 12 years ago. Flippen was pronounced dead at 2:11 a.m.
- AUGUST 17, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MENTALLY ILL DRIVER WHO KILLED FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH WITH REPRIEVE
Lin Qingqi, a driver whose car hit a group of people, killing four and injuring 22 in Kunming in Southwest China's Yunnan Province, was sentenced to death, suspended for two years.
- AUGUST 17, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
Richard Hinojosa, 44, was executed for the May 10, 1994 abduction...
Richard Hinojosa, 44, was executed for the May 10, 1994 abduction, rape and fatal stabbing of 29-year-old Terry Wright.
- AUGUST 17, 2006OhioDEATH PENALTY
Donald Lavell Craig has been sentenced to death for the Jan...
Donald Lavell Craig has been sentenced to death for the Jan. 19, 1995 kidnapping, raping and strangling of 13-year-old Malissa Nicole Thomas.
- AUGUST 16, 2006RwandaDEATH PENALTY
RWANDA MAY REVIEW DEATH PENALTY
Rwanda is to consider a proposal to scrap the death penalty for genocide suspects living in exile.
- AUGUST 16, 2006United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. THIRD EXECUTION DELAY FOR MAN ON DEATH ROW
PAKISTAN. THIRD EXECUTION DELAY FOR MAN ON DEATH ROW August 16, 2006: Mirza Tahir Hussain, on death row in Pakistan for killing a taxi driver, was granted a stay of execution till October 1. Hussain, 36, had spent half his life in jail after being con
- AUGUST 16, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. MAN HANGED FOR MURDER
Mushtaq Ahmed, 58, was hanged in New Central Prison, Pakistan, for murder.
- AUGUST 16, 2006JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY FOR SOME CRIMES SYMBOLIC AT BEST, FIDH
the Jordanian Government's decision to abolish the death penalty for some crimes is a positive but insufficient step, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) said as it released the preliminary findings of a fact-finding mission that visited
- AUGUST 15, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. DHAKA BOMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
three Islamists were sentenced to death and five others jailed for life for a series of bombings in Bangladesh.
- AUGUST 15, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran. International outcry saved a woman sentenced to death in Iran
following an international campaign to save the life of Ashraf Kalhori, a woman sentenced to death by stoning in Iran, the judiciary stopped the sentence being carried out.
- AUGUST 15, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. THREE MEN PUBLICLY HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
three Iranian men convicted of drug trafficking were hanged in public in the southeastern cities of Zabol and Zahedan.
- AUGUST 14, 2006ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
in Phoenix, the Arizona Supreme Court overturned a man’s death sentence...
in Phoenix, the Arizona Supreme Court overturned a man’s death sentence...
- AUGUST 14, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Miyarash, 23...
a man, identified only as Miyarash, 23...
- AUGUST 12, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. PROSECUTOR EXECUTED FOR KILLING WIFE
Chen Ping, a former chief prosecutor in Qindu district, northwest China's Shaanxi province, was put to death for drugging his wife and then stabbing her to death.
- AUGUST 12, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN PUBLICLY HANGED FOR RAPE, MURDER
an Iranian man convicted of raping and murdering a five-year-old boy in March 2004 was hanged in public in the north-western city of Tabriz, the Kayhan newspaper reported.
- AUGUST 11, 2006PeruDEATH PENALTY
PERU. HIGHEST JUSTICE OFFICIAL AGAINST DEATH PENALTY FOR CHILD RAPISTS
Peru's Attorney General Adelaida Bolivar rejected the implantation of capital punishment for murdering child rapists because "the sanctions in our country for these cases are already severe."
- AUGUST 11, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. BOMBAY HC CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPE, MURDER
the Bombay High Court confirmed the death sentence awarded to Arjun Laxman Jogadia alias Abdul Rehman Shaikh, 35, for the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl.
- AUGUST 11, 2006Vatican CityDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA DELAYS CHRISTIAN MILITANT EXECUTIONS
Indonesia delayed until after August 17 the execution of three Christian militants convicted of killing Muslims, national police chief Sutanto told reporters. Fabianus Tibo, Marianus Riwu and Dominggus Silva were to face a firing squad just after midnight
- AUGUST 11, 2006CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
the death penalty of a man convicted of kidnapping and murdering...
the death penalty of a man convicted of kidnapping and murdering...
- AUGUST 11, 2006MontanaDEATH PENALTY
David Dawson was put to death by lethal injection at Montana State Prison at 12:06 a.m.
David Dawson was put to death by lethal injection at Montana State Prison at 12:06 a.m.
- AUGUST 11, 2006KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
Phillip L. Brown has been sentenced to death by a Warren County jury.
Phillip L. Brown has been sentenced to death by a Warren County jury.
- AUGUST 10, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA .HANGING CONFIRMED IN BORIVLI DOUBLE MURDER
the Bombay High court, India...
- AUGUST 10, 2006KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
PROSECUTORS SEEK DEATH PENALTY IN TRIAL FOR MURDER OF KAZAKH
Prosecutors have asked for the death penalty for Erzhan Utembaev, former head of the administration of Kazakhstan's Senate, and Rustam Ibragimov, a former law-enforcement officer, for their alleged roles in the murder of Kazakh opposition leader Altynbek
- AUGUST 10, 2006CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Wayne Adam Ford should be sentenced to death for the slayings...
Wayne Adam Ford should be sentenced to death for the slayings...
- AUGUST 10, 2006KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
a jury recommended the death penalty for Taquan C. Neblett.
a jury recommended the death penalty for Taquan C. Neblett.
- AUGUST 10, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
describing an elaborate scheme of quotas, financial perks...
describing an elaborate scheme of quotas, financial perks, and central government involvement, a former Chinese policeman said authorities were stealing organs from people detained in China
- AUGUST 9, 2006PolandDEATH PENALTY
POLAND. PRESIDENTIAL CHANCELLERY WRITES TO COUNCIL OF EUROPE ON DEATH PENALTY
Undersecretary of State at the Presidential Chancellery Andrzej Krawczyk has written to Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly head Rene van der Linden that President Lech Kaczynski had not presented any initiative of reintroducing the death penalty in
- AUGUST 9, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. CONVICTED SUNNI MILITANT EXECUTED
a Sunni extremist convicted of killing a Shia political leader ten years ago was executed in in Pakistan's central Punjab province.