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- JULY 11, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN HANGED FOR MURDER
an Iranian man convicted of murder has been hanged in the western city of Boroujerd in Lorestan province, the official news agency IRNA reported.
- JULY 11, 2006AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
AUSTRALIA. PRESS ASIA TO END DEATH PENALTY, LABOUR PARTY
Australia's Labor party demanded Australia press regional nations to abolish the death penalty, as three Bali bombers and two Australian drug smugglers sat on death row in Asia.
- JULY 11, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN PUBLICLY HANGED FOR ABDUCTION, RAPE
a man found guilty of snatching and raping scores of young girls with the help of his wife was hanged in public in the central Iranian city of Isfahan.
- JULY 11, 2006DEATH PENALTY
a potential juror in a death penalty case cannot be stricken solely because...
a potential juror in a death penalty case cannot be stricken solely because...
- JULY 11, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
Derrick Sean O'Brien was executed in the Texas death chamber this evening for the torture...
Derrick Sean O'Brien was executed in the Texas death chamber this evening for the torture, rape and strangling of 2 teenage girls 13 years ago. O'Brien was 1 of 6 members of a fledgling street gang arrested in the slayings of Elizabeth Pena, 16, and Jenni
- JULY 11, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. DEATH PENALTY FOR MAN CONVICTED OF KILLING FELLOW INMATE
a District and Sessions Court in Sagar, India, sentenced to death one person and awarded life imprisonment to two others charged with a murder that took place in Sagar central jail.
- JULY 10, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. SIX PROTESTANT PASTORS CONDEMNED TO DEATH
The Chinese justice system has condemned six Protestant leaders to death for homicide and fraud.
- JULY 10, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. BALI BOMBERS' EXECUTION SET
three men on death row for the Bali bombings will be executed by firing squad at the end of the month, according to the Denpasar prosecutors office.
- JULY 10, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD ON FIVE FOR RAPE, MURDER
the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh confirmed the death sentence awarded to five of the six people condemned for the murder of Shazneen Tasnim Rahman.
- JULY 9, 2006JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR DEMANDS DEATH PENALTY FOR HOTEL BOMBERS
the public prosecutor of Jordan's State Security Court demanded the death penalty for the suspected Iraqi female bomber Sajeda al-Rishawi and six other defendants over charges linked to the triple Amman hotel bombings on November 9.
- JULY 9, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. HIGH COURT COMMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF 14 YEAR OLD
the High Court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, annulled the death sentence awarded to 14-year-old M. Raushan Mondol by the Nari-O-Shishu Adalot, Jhenidah, for rape and murder, rendering the death sentence as void.
- JULY 8, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN HANGED FOR RAPE
an Iranian man convicted on two counts of raping minors has been hanged in the northern city of Shahrud.
- JULY 7, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. GUARD EXECUTED FOR INMATE'S DEATH
it was reported that a prison warden in northeast China was executed for beating and ordering other guards to torture an inmate to death.
- JULY 7, 2006BurundiDEATH PENALTY
BURUNDI. ARMY TO PROBE EXECUTION OF 23 REBELS
Burundi's army will investigate allegations that its troops executed 13 holdout rebels who were training in a village outside the capital, army spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Adolphe Manirakiza said.
- JULY 6, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO MEN HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
two Iranian men convicted of drug trafficking were hanged in the southern city of Kerman, reports said.
- JULY 6, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. MURDER CONVICT EXECUTED
a murder convict was hanged to death in Balochistan’s Machh Jail this morning.
- JULY 6, 2006ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
Philip Bocharski will die for the May 1995 stabbing death of 84-year-old Freeda Brown.
Philip Bocharski will die for the May 1995 stabbing death of 84-year-old Freeda Brown.
- JULY 6, 2006MissouriDEATH PENALTY
a man tried 5 times for the slaying of a woman 15 years ago was sentenced to death...
a man tried 5 times for the slaying of a woman 15 years ago was sentenced to death by Judge Joseph Dandurand
- JULY 6, 2006TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
TANZANIA. DEATH CONSIDERED FOR RAPISTS
alarmed by a surge in sex crimes, Tanzanian lawmakers considered the introduction of the death penalty, castration and caning for convicted rapists.
- JULY 6, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. TEAM SAYS CHINA HARVESTS FALUN GONG ORGANS
a respected Canadian human rights lawyer and a former Canadian cabinet member lent their weight to charges that China has been killing Falun Gong dissidents so it can use their organs.
- JULY 5, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. PM MALIKI SAYS HOPES SADDAM EXECUTED SOON
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said he hoped former President Saddam Hussein, under trial for crimes against humanity, would be executed soon.
- JULY 5, 2006BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN SEEKS DEATH PENALTY FOR THREATS TO PUBLIC SAFETY, UTILITIES
Parliament has approved the death penalty for jeopardising public safety or damaging public utilities during its initial stages of review of the first anti-terrorism draft law in Bahrain.
- JULY 5, 2006DEATH PENALTY
a man on death row for nearly two decades must be offered...
a man on death row for nearly two decades must be offered a post-trial plea deal that would effectively take the death penalty off the table, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.
- JULY 5, 2006New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
in a 4-3 ruling, the New Jersey Supreme Court vacated Anthony DiFrisco's death sentence...
in a 4-3 ruling, the New Jersey Supreme Court vacated Anthony DiFrisco's death sentence and sent the case back to trial court so he can be sentenced to life in prison.
- JULY 4, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. COURT UPHOLDS EIGHT DEATH SENTENCES FOR HEROIN SMUGGLING
a Vietnamese court upheld the death sentences of eight people, including two women, for trafficking heroin from neighbouring Laos and Cambodia, a court official said.
- JULY 4, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. THREE PEOPLE HANGED IN GUJRANWALA CENTRAL JAIL
brothers Ilyas and Ghulam Abbas and their cousin Asif were hanged till death at Gujranwala central jail, Pakistan, for the murder of five people.
- JULY 4, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. GOVERNMENT REFUSES EU REQUEST TO CANCEL DEATH PENALTY
Indonesia refused the demand of the ambassadors of the European Union to revoke the country's death penalty.
- JULY 4, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN SENTENCED TO 10 TIMES EXECUTION
a court in southern Iran has sentenced a man to ten times execution, the official news agency reported.
- JULY 4, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. FIVE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
the Sialkot Additional District and Sessions Court, Pakistan, sentenced five men to death...
- JULY 4, 2006UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. PARLIAMENT CONSIDERS DEATH PENALTY FOR KNOWINGLY INFECTING MINORS WITH HIV
the parliament of Uganda was considering a bill that could impose the death penalty for people with HIV/AIDS who knowingly infected those under the age of 18.