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- MAY 14, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
BRITAIN. FOREIGN SECRETARY PLEADS WITH MUSHARRAF TO SPARE TOURIST CONDEMNED TO HANG
it was reported that new British Foreign Secretary, Margaret Beckett, will make a personal plea to President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan to spare the life of Mirza Tahir Hussain, from Leeds, due to be hanged at dawn at the Adiala central jail in Rawalpin
- MAY 14, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. SADDAM READY FOR HANGMAN
former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has resigned himself to being sent to the gallows. "I am ready to die," he told his lawyer and confidante in an interview in his Baghdad prison. "I am not scared of execution."
- MAY 14, 2006South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH AFRICA. POLL REVEALS MAJORITY OF SOUTH AFRICANS SUPPORT DEATH PENALTY
many adults in South Africa believe capital punishment should be implemented again, according to a poll by Research Surveys.
- MAY 14, 2006JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
JAMAICA. DEATH PENALTY 'STALEMATE' REMAINS
"As long as the law remains as it is, nobody is going to be hanged in Jamaica. Nobody," Justice Minister Senator A.J. Nicholson was reported to have said.
- MAY 13, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. FIRST KNOWN EXECUTION OF A CHILD OFFENDER IN 2006
Majid Segound, 17-year old, and an unnamed 20-year old male were executed by hanging in Khorramabad, the capital of Iran’s Lorestan province.
- MAY 13, 2006FloridaDEATH PENALTY
a jury recommended the death penalty for William F. Davis.
a jury recommended the death penalty for William F. Davis.
- MAY 13, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. FARMER GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING SCHOOL HEADMASTER
a farmer from East China's Zhejiang Province was sentenced to death for murdering the headmaster of his son's school in a dispute over the boy's behavior and punishment.
- MAY 13, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. RIGHTS GROUP URGES EU TO PRESSURE IRAN TO STOP EXECUTION
a Tehran-based group, Human Rights Activists in Iran, called on the European Union to pressure Iran to suspend the imminent execution of a long-time political prisoner.
- MAY 12, 2006KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
a Warren County Circuit court jury sentenced Phillip L. Brown to death
a Warren County Circuit court jury sentenced Phillip L. Brown to death
- MAY 12, 2006CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
in Riverside, Superior Court Judge Christian F. Thierbach handed down...
in Riverside, Superior Court Judge Christian F. Thierbach handed down...
- MAY 12, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. BUS CONDUCTOR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR STRANGLING TEENAGER
a female bus conductor from Beijing was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for strangling a teenage girl who was suspected of not paying the full fare.
- MAY 12, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. MUSHARRAF ATTACKER ALLOWED TO APPEAL AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE
the Pakistan Supreme Court permitted an appeal to be filed by Naik Arshad Mahmood, a man sentenced to death for his involvement in an assassination bid on President Pervez Musharraf.
- MAY 12, 2006KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA. CROWD DEMANDS DEATH FOR BRITISH ARISTOCRAT OVER KILLING
hundreds of Kenyan protesters called for the death penalty against a British aristocrat accused of killing a suspected poacher, a year after he was involved in an earlier fatal shooting.
- MAY 11, 2006United NationsDEATH PENALTY
UNITED NATIONS. UN ELECTS 47 NATIONS TO NEW HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
six nations with poor human rights records are among those that have been elected to a new Human Rights Council at the United Nations, although notorious violators that had belonged to the predecessor Human Rights Commission did not succeed in winning pla
- MAY 11, 2006MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. 34,000 PEOPLE SIGN PETITION AGAINST TOOK LENG HOW'S DEATH SENTENCE
the fate of convicted murderer Took Leng How will be known within three months, as a last-ditch effort to spare him from the gallows reaches the President. Some 34,000 people have signed a petition against Took's death sentence, due to be submitted to Pre
- MAY 11, 2006MissouriDEATH PENALTY
a Pettis County jury recommended a death sentence for Ernest Lee Johnson...
a Pettis County jury recommended a death sentence for Ernest Lee Johnson, the man convicted of killing 3 employees during a botched robbery on Feb. 12, 1994. The victims were Mable Scruggs, 57, Fred Jones, 58 and Mary Bratcher, 46.
- MAY 11, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. THREE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN DRUGS CASE
the People's Court of Hanoi handed down the death penalty to three men convicted of trafficking heroin.
- MAY 11, 2006ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA. TWO TO HANG FOR MURDER
the Kitwe High Court, Zambia, sentenced to death Evans Mumba, 42, and Ronald Mwaba, 24, after convicting them of murder.
- MAY 10, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HOC: NEW UN COUNCIL RISKS LOOSING CREDIBILITY
on the election of the new Human Rights Council at the United Nations, Hands Off Cain Treasurer Elisabetta Zamparutti stated: “The presence of totalitarian regimes such as China, Saudi Arabia and Cuba amongst the nations elected as members of the new Huma
- MAY 10, 2006Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. TWO INDIANS TO BE BEHEADED
an Islamic court in Saudi Arabia has awarded capital punishment to two Indians for smuggling narcotics into the kingdom about two-and-a-half years ago, reports reaching from Damam said.
- MAY 10, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. DEATH FOR GANG CHIEF IN MURDER
the Shanghai Higher People's Court upheld a death sentence for gang leader Qi Bing for murder in a bathhouse attack.
- MAY 10, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. FIVE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER
a Special Tribunal in Bogra, Bangladesh, sentenced five people to death for rape and murder.
- MAY 10, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. ARROYO COMMUTES SENTENCE OF 79 CONVICTS
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has commuted to life imprisonment the death sentence of 79 convicts
- MAY 10, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. LAHORE “BRICK KILLER” SENTENCED TO DEATH
an anti-terrorism court in the Pakistani city of Lahore sentenced to death Aamir Qayum, an alleged serial killer convicted of murder.
- MAY 9, 2006OhioDEATH PENALTY
in Dayton, a Montgomery County jury has recommended the death penalty for Duane Short murder trial.
in Dayton, a Montgomery County jury has recommended the death penalty for Duane Short murder trial.
- MAY 9, 2006PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
Robert Peter Zook Jr. deserves the death penalty for murdering two persons in July 1985, prosecutors and the victims' families argue. But he's not going to get it.
Robert Peter Zook Jr. deserves the death penalty for murdering two persons in July 1985...
- MAY 9, 2006DelawareDEATH PENALTY
U.S. District Judge Sue Robinson halted the execution of a convicted ax murderer until the Supreme Court rules on a challenge filed by a Florida inmate who claims lethal injection is unconstitutional.
U.S. District Judge Sue Robinson halted the execution of a convicted ax murderer until...
- MAY 9, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
UNITED KINGDOM. 'I'LL DIE IF YOU SEND ME HOME TO IRAN'
Fatema Torabi, a teacher who fears being stoned to death in Iran after being accused of adultery there appealed to Scottish judges to save her.
- MAY 9, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. SUPREME COURT RULES AGAINST POSO DEATH ROW PRISONERS
Indonesia’s Supreme Court turned down a second appeal by three Christian men sentenced to death for helping to incite sectarian conflict in Poso, Central Sulawesi, in 2000.
- MAY 9, 2006IndianaDEATH PENALTY
in Evansville, Senior Judge William J. Brune changed a man's death sentence...
in Evansville, Senior Judge William J. Brune changed a man's death sentence for killing his estranged wife and 2 children to life in prison, after ruling the man was mentally retarded.