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JUNE 29, 2006MoldovaDEATH PENALTYMOLDOVA. PARLIAMENT EXLUDES DEATH PENALTY FROM CONSTITUTION
Moldova's parliament unanimously supported the definitive exclusion from the country's Constitution of Paragraph 3 of Article 24 allowing the use of death penalty in exceptional cases.
JUNE 29, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ. 22 EXECUTIONS AND 260 DEATH SENTENCES IN TWO YEARS
Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri-al-Maliki said that courts in the country had sentenced 260 people to death in the past two years.
JUNE 29, 2006United StatesDEATH PENALTYGUANTANAMO. US TOP COURT DECLARES GUANTANAMO TRIBUNALS ILLEGAL
in a sharp rebuke of President George W. Bush's tactics in the war on terrorism, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down as unlawful the military tribunal system set up to try Guantanamo prisoners.
JUNE 29, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN. 4 MEN HANGED FOR GANG RAPE OF CHRISTIAN WOMAN
Shehzad Ahmad, 29, Muhammad Ashraf, 34, Mubarik Ali, 28, and Umer Hayat, 32, were hanged in Pakistan for gang-raping a teenaged Christian girl at gunpoint in the central city of Faisalabad on November 7, 1999.
- JUNE 28, 2006TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
Sedley Alley, 50, was pronounced dead at 2:12 a.m. at the state's death chamber...
Sedley Alley, 50, was pronounced dead at 2:12 a.m. at the state's death chamber at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in west Nashville.
- JUNE 28, 2006RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. MOST RUSSIANS AGAINST ABOLISHMENT OF DEATH PENALTY, SPEAKER
Russia has not formally abolished the death penalty because such a move would not get the support of the majority of the population, the speaker of Russia's upper house of parliament said.
- JUNE 28, 2006MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. BAR COUNCIL RENEWES CALL FOR DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION
the Bar Council renewed its call for the abolishment of capital punishment in Malaysia reasoning that the death penalty is a cruel and extreme form of punishment.
- JUNE 28, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. FIVE WOMEN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY STONING IN PAST TWELVE MONTHS
the mullahs' regime has sentenced a woman, Ashraf Kalhori, to death by stoning, according to reports received.
JUNE 28, 2006IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY STONING
JUNE 28, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA. 52 EXECUTED ON ANTI-DRUG DAY
according to reports from the Chinese government's state-run media organization, Xinhua News Agency, China has executed in the last week as many as 52 people found guilty of drug law violations.
- JUNE 27, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. TWO MEN EXECUTED FOR INTERNET CAFE FIRE
two men were executed for an arson attack at an Internet cafe in Longchuan County, in southern China's Guangdong Province.
- JUNE 27, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. DEATH SENTENCE FINALISED FOR MAN IN MURDER-ROBBERY CASE
Japan's Supreme Court finalised a death sentence for a Chinese man by upholding a high court ruling on him over a murder-robbery on May 25...
- JUNE 27, 2006NepalDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. AUTHORITIES TO EXECUTE 16 DRUG OFFENDERS, INCLUDING 10 FOREIGNERS
Indonesian authorities were preparing to execute 16 people on death row for drug trafficking, an official said.
- JUNE 27, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. DEATH SENTENCE FOR HOMELESS MAN COMMUTED TO LIFE
the Tokyo High Court commuted the death penalty of Yoshio Ando to life in prison for the 1999 murders of three homeless men in Tokyo, citing his ''diminished'' mental capacity at the time of the crime due to the influence of amphetamines.
- JUNE 27, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
a Harris County jury sentenced Demetrius Dwayne Smith, 29, to death for the March 24, 2005...
a Harris County jury sentenced Demetrius Dwayne Smith, 29, to death for the March 24, 2005...
- JUNE 27, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
serial killer Angel Maturino Resendiz, linked to at least 15 murders near railroad tracks around the country, was executed in Huntsville. In his final statement, Resendiz asked for forgiveness. Resendiz, 46, was pronounced dead at 8:05 p.m..
serial killer Angel Maturino Resendiz, linked to at least 15 murders near railroad tracks around the country, was executed in Huntsville. In his final statement, Resendiz asked for forgiveness. Resendiz, 46, was pronounced dead at 8:05 p.m..
- JUNE 27, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CANADIAN EXTRADITED FROM UZBEKISTAN FACES POSSIBLE DEATH PENALTY IN CHINA
Canadian citizen Huseyincan Celil was extradited from Uzbekistan to China where he may be executed for founding a political party to represent a minority ethnic group in Xinjiang province, Canada's foreign affairs spokeswoman Kim Girtel told AFP. Celil, 3
JUNE 27, 2006North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA. THREE PUBLICLY EXECUTED
Good Friend, a support organization for North Korea with news from internal sources, revealed that on May 17th and 19th, public executions were administered on the riverbanks of the Susung creek next to the Sunam market in Chongjin.
JUNE 27, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ. SAVING SADDAM FROM EXECUTION IS OPPORTUNITY FOR ITALY FOLLOWING DECISION TO WITHDRAW TROOPS, ROSE IN THE FIST
“What is the Italian government’s intention regarding the offer made by Marco Pannella for a special appointment to save Saddam from execution, and with Saddam’s life, the life of the rights and the civility which he massacred during 50 years of bloody ru
- JUNE 26, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. OILFIELD FIRM CHIEF SENTENCED TO DEATH
China sentenced to death Li Rongxing, the former president of a firm connected with the country's number-two oil field, for taking bribes and embezzling nearly 37 million yuan ($4.62 million).
- JUNE 26, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. DEATH FOR MAN CONVICTED OF BURNING WIFE AND KIDS
the Bombay High Court, India, upheld the death sentence handed by a trial court to Ajit Singh Gujral for burning his wife and three children in their Sher-e-Punjab flat in Andheri.
- JUNE 26, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. PROSECUTORS SEEK APPROVAL FOR EXECUTION OF BALI BOMBERS
prosecutors in Indonesia sought permission from the justice minister to execute the three Bali bombers on death row, the attorney-general's office said.
- JUNE 26, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN HANGED IN PUBLIC FOR MURDER
an Iranian man convicted of murder was hanged in public in the southern city of Shiraz.
- JUNE 26, 2006SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA. ISLAMISTS TO STONE RAPISTS TO DEATH
Somalia's newly powerful Islamists said they will stone to death five rapists, in what some fear is the latest sign of a plan to install a hardline Islamic authority like Afghanistan's Taliban.
- JUNE 26, 2006OhioDEATH PENALTY
in Summit County a jury recommended Clarence Fry be executed...
in Summit County a jury recommended Clarence Fry be executed for the July 31, 2005 murder of his former girlfriend, Tamela Hardison, 41.
JUNE 26, 2006MissouriDEATH PENALTYMISSOURI, USA. FEDERAL JUDGE HALTS EXECUTIONS
a federal judge halted executions in Missouri until the state makes sweeping changes to ensure that inmates do not suffer excruciating pain when they are put to death.
JUNE 26, 2006DEATH PENALTYIRAN. SIX MEN HANGED
an Iranian man convicted of murder was hanged in public in the southern city of Shiraz.
- JUNE 25, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG MAKING IN NORTHWEST CHINA
two people were sentenced to death for manufacturing illegal drugs in northwest China.
- JUNE 25, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
two men identified as Nasser and Saeed were hanged in public in the southern city of Shiraz
two men identified as Nasser and Saeed were hanged in public in the southern city of Shiraz
- JUNE 25, 2006SyriaDEATH PENALTY
SYRIA. COURT COMMUTES MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MEMBER'S DEATH SENTENCE
a Syrian court sentenced a member of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to death, but then commuted the verdict to a 12-year prison term, The National Organization for Human Rights in Syria said