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- APRIL 14, 2006CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
more than a decade after the kidnap, rape and murder of a 9-year-old girl...
more than a decade after the kidnap, rape and murder of a 9-year-old girl, Superior Court Judge Michael Smith ordered Dean Eric Dunlap to die by lethal injection.
- APRIL 14, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN EXECUTED FOR 7 MURDERS
a man was executed in Guang'an, Sichuan Province, for killing seven people during a series of robberies at company vaults, banks and a jewelry shop after a jail break.
- APRIL 13, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN HANGED FOR ADULTERY, DRUG DEALING
an Iranian man convicted of a number of crimes including drug dealing, adultery and sexual harassment has been hanged in public in the northern province of Qazvin, the Etemad Melli newspaper said.
- APRIL 13, 2006NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
NETHERLANDS. IRANIAN GAYS CAN STAY - FOR THE TIME BEING
the Netherlands Parliament has rebuffed a call by Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk to end a moratorium on the deportation of gay asylum seekers from Iran.
- APRIL 13, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. REINSTATED DEATH PENALTY RAISES DEEP MORAL QUESTIONS
"In Saddam's time and in all times the death penalty is not good. There is no justice and sometimes innocent people are killed without good reason," Baghdad resident Omar Abdul Aziz told IPS.
- APRIL 13, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT. COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE FOR PAKISTANI ACCUSED OF HEROIN SMUGGLING
Kuwait’s Court of Appeals commuted into life imprisonment the death sentence issued against Fadhl H., a Pakistani man charged with smuggling heroin into the country.
- APRIL 13, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Morteza, 20...
a man, identified only as Morteza, 20...
- APRIL 12, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
the Nghe An People’s Court, central Vietnam, sentenced Tran Van Hoi, 34, to death for drug trafficking.
- APRIL 12, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. COURT ADMITS APPEALS IN MUSHARRAF ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT CASE
the Pakistan Supreme Court admitted for regular hearing the appeals of four junior Air Force officers and a civilian against their death sentences for their involvement in an assassination attempt on President General Pervez Musharraf in 2003.
- APRIL 12, 2006AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN. THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN KANDAHAR FOR ABDUCTION AND MURDER
a court in Afghanistan awarded capital punishment to three people convicted of abducting and later killing a child in the southern province of Kandahar. Abdul Shakoor, 20, hailing from Farha, Baryalai Almas, 19, from Parwan and Musa Khan, 19, from Kunar w
- APRIL 12, 2006Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
PAPUA NEW GUINEA. DEATH PENALTY COULD BE ABOLISHED
new Justice Minister Bire Kimisopa said during a press conference in Port Moresby that Papua New Guinea was not yet ready to impose the death penalty.
- APRIL 11, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. 2002 BALI BOMBER RELATIVES WAIVE DEATH PENALTY APPEAL
the family of Imam Samudra, a man convicted for the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings, said they will not pursue clemency on his behalf, allowing the Indonesian government to carry out his death sentence, according to a spokesman for the attorney general.
- APRIL 11, 2006RwandaDEATH PENALTY
RWANDA. MPANGA PRISON FOR DEATH ROW INMATES
the recently constructed state-of-the-art Mpanga maximum security prison in the Southern Province has been earmarked by the Ministry of Internal Security to accommodate death row inmates and those who have been condemned to life imprisonment.
- APRIL 11, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. DON’T EXECUTE CATHOLICS, SULAWESI POLICE CHIEF
the Police Chief of Central Sulawesi, Brigadier General Oegroseno, has called on the Office of the Attorney General (AGO) to cancel the execution of Fabianus Tibo, Dominggus da Silva and Marinus Riwu.
- APRIL 11, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ROBBERY WITH MURDER
the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's Court sentenced Zheng Yanpeng to death for murder and robbery.
- APRIL 11, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TEACHERS CONDEMN EXECUTION OF POLITICAL PRISONERS
in a public statement released in Tehran, teachers supporting the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran condemned the death warrant issued against Valiollah Feiz-Mahdavi in Gohardasht Prison, west of Tehran.
- APRIL 11, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
TEXAS. INMATE ORDERED TO TAKE MEDS SO HE CAN BE EXECUTED
a judge who halted an execution because the inmate was mentally ill has agreed to force the man to take anti-psychotic medication so he can be put to death.
- APRIL 11, 2006CubaDEATH PENALTY
"Right now there are around 50 people either sentenced to, or eligible for, the death sentence...
"Right now there are around 50 people either sentenced to, or eligible for, the death sentence," opposition leader Elizardo Sánchez said.
- APRIL 11, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. EXECUTION OF POLITICAL PRISONERS IN IRAN CONDEMNED IN NEW YORK
the Iranian community in New York condemned the execution of political prisoners in Iran in a demonstration outside the UN headquarters.
- APRIL 11, 2006MexicoDEATH PENALTY
MEXICO. MEXICO TO ASK TEXAS TO COMMUTE MEXICAN PRISONER'S DEATH SENTENCE
the president of Mexico's National Human Rights Commission asked Texas officials to commute a death sentence to life in prison for Angel Maturino Resendiz, a Mexican prisoner convicted of raping and killing a Houston doctor.
- APRIL 10, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. RANDOM TRANSPLANT OF ORGANS FROM CRIMINALS "UNTRUE"
a senior Chinese health official described a report about China's random transplant of organs from executed criminals as "untrue" and a "malicious slander".
- APRIL 10, 2006CanadaDEATH PENALTY
CANADA. BEAUTY QUEEN LAUNCHES QUEST TO SAVE NAMESAKE FROM DEATH SENTENCE IN IRAN
a Canadian beauty queen's campaign to save the life of an Iranian teenager was drawing worldwide interest, with more than 7,000 people signing a petition.
- APRIL 10, 2006NevadaDEATH PENALTY
James Chappell, sentenced to death for murdering his ex-girlfriend...
James Chappell, sentenced to death for murdering his ex-girlfriend - after he was mistakenly released from jail - won a new penalty hearing from the Nevada Supreme Court.
- APRIL 9, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. CONVICTED MURDERER HANGED
an Iranian man convicted of murder was hanged in southern Kerman province.
- APRIL 9, 2006RwandaDEATH PENALTY
RWANDA. VILLAGE COURTS COULD PASS DEATH SENTENCES, DAILY TELEGRAPH
human rights groups claim that the village courts, set up in Rwanda in 2001 to deal with a crippling backlog of genocide cases, are being hijacked by villagers using the pretence of genocide allegations to settle land disputes and family feuds.
- APRIL 9, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SERIAL KILLINGS, RAPE
an anti-terrorism court in the central Pakistani town of Bahawalpur sentenced convicted serial killer and rapist Abdul Razzaq to death, the Daily Times newspaper reported.
- APRIL 9, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
an Iranian man...
an Iranian man...
- APRIL 8, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. PM CALLS FOR AMENDING CAPITAL PUNISHMENT LAWS
Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai called for a review of capital punishment while authorities sought to replace the firing squad with remotely-fired weapons to shield the troops from any trauma.
- APRIL 8, 2006FranceDEATH PENALTY
USA. MOTHER OF SEPTEMBER 11 VICTIM OPPOSES DEATH PENALTY FOR MOUSSAOUI
Alice Hoagland's son, Mark Bingham was killed on September 11 as he joined with fellow United Airlines passengers to ground a plane that may have been headed toward the White House.
- APRIL 8, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran. International organizations condemn executions in Iran
four international human rights organizations issued a joint statement calling for a halt on the execution of political prisoners in Iran and to save the life of Valiollah Feiz-Mahdavi.