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- APRIL 7, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. SADDAM ADMITS TO EXECUTION ORDER
subjected to cross-examination for the first time, former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein admitted that he had signed an order of execution for 148 men and boys with only a cursory glance at the evidence.
- APRIL 7, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. FORMER NORWEGIAN PM URGES IRAN NOT TO HANG DISSIDENT
former Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik appealed to the Iranian government not to go ahead as planned with the execution of long-time political prisoner Valiollah Feyz-Mahdavi.
- APRIL 6, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. FALUN GONG BODIES CARVED UP FOR ORGANS
the Falun Dafa Information Center revealed that, in response to public exposure, officials in China had begun a massive, deadly campaign to destroy evidence of concentration camps holding practitioners of Falun Gong; at the camps, the Falun Gong were kill
- APRIL 6, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN PUBLICLY HANGED FOR MURDER
an Iranian man convicted of murder was publicly hanged in southern Kerman province.
- APRIL 6, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. PROPAGANDA BOSS, WEALTHY BUSINESSMAN GET SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCES
China handed a former city propaganda chief and an influential businessman suspended death sentences, state media said.
- APRIL 6, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR 3 CATHOLICS
Indonesia's Supreme Court announced that the death sentence of three Catholics from Poso was irrevocable.
- APRIL 6, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. HIT-AND-RUN DRIVER EXECUTED
Fu Zhongtao, a man convicted of hitting and dragging a nine-year-old girl to her death with a luxury car, was executed by lethal injection in northeast China.
- APRIL 6, 2006FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Broward Circuit Judge Susan Lebow sentenced Gabby Tennis...
Broward Circuit Judge Susan Lebow sentenced Gabby Tennis to death for the stomping murder of 91-year-old Albert Vessella Tennis, 21...
- APRIL 6, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
a Bexar County jury sentenced Ronnie Joe Neal to death after rejecting...
a Bexar County jury sentenced Ronnie Joe Neal to death after rejecting his claim that he suffers mental retardation. The same jury convicted Neal, 35, of capital murder last month.
- APRIL 5, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. WOMAN GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE FOR BURNING DAUGHTER-IN-LAW
a court in Moga, in the Indian state of Punjab, sentenced to death a woman exactly a month after burning her daughter-in-law to death in a fit of rage.
- APRIL 5, 2006RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. COUNCIL OF EUROPE URGES RUSSIA TO ABOLISH CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
the Council of Europe's envoys urged Russia to fulfill its pledge to abolish the death penalty as it prepared to take over the rotating presidency in the continent's top human rights body.
- APRIL 5, 2006AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN. ISLAMIC LEGAL EXPERT DEFENDS DEATH PENALTY FOR APOSTASY
Sher Ali Zarifi, head of religious jurisprudence in Afghanistan’s Science Academy of leading intellectuals, defended the death penalty for Muslims who converted to other religions, as debate continued over the case of a Christian convert who fled to Italy
- APRIL 5, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. LAWMAKERS APPROVE ANTI-TERRORISM BILL
Philippine lawmakers approved an anti-terrorism bill after libertarian legislators watered it down by blocking the death penalty as punishment for deadly attacks.
- APRIL 5, 2006PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
the Washington County district attorney has agreed to withdraw the death penalty...
the Washington County district attorney has agreed to withdraw the death penalty against a man who has spent decades on death row for a woman's death.
- APRIL 4, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. 12 ANSAR AL-ISLAM MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
a court in Iraq's northern Kurdistan region sentenced to death 12 members of militant group Ansar al-Islam for numerous killings and explosions, an Arbil judiciary official said.
- APRIL 4, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. FIVE MILITANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH
a Pakistani anti-terrorism court sentenced five militants from an Al-Qaeda-linked group to death for a 2002 attack on a prison van which killed a policeman and a prisoner.
- APRIL 4, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE
a Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal in Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh, convicted ‘Bulbul of Jhautali’ and sentenced him to death for killing his wife.
- APRIL 4, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION. EU HAILS PHILIPPINE LEADER'S RESTRAINT ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
the European Union welcomed Philippine President Gloria Arroyo's decision to commute the sentences of dozens of inmates on death row.
- APRIL 4, 2006South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA. ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY, CATHOLIC, OTHER RELIGIOUS LEADERS URGE GOVERNMENT
the Pan-Religion Union for the Abolition of the Death Penalty held a press conference in South Korea’s National Assembly building and released a statement calling for an urgent end to capital punishment.
- APRIL 4, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. LOCAL LASHKAR-E-JHANGVI LEADER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
an anti-terrorism court in eastern Punjab province, Pakistan, sentenced to death Naveed Akhtar, local leader of the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi group, after finding him guilty of killing a Shia leader and his son.
- APRIL 4, 2006FranceDEATH PENALTY
COUNCIL OF EUROPE. EUROPE SLAMS RULING FOR MOUSSAOUI'S EXECUTION
COUNCIL OF EUROPE. EUROPE SLAMS RULING FOR MOUSSAOUI'S EXECUTION April 4 2006: the Council of Europe slammed the decision to make would-be Al-Qaeda suicide pilot Zacarias Moussaoui eligible for execution in the United States, calling it "as sad as it was
- APRIL 4, 2006FranceDEATH PENALTY
FRANCE. MOUSSAOUI'S MOTHER: LIFE TERM WORSE THAN DEATH
the mother of Zacarias Moussaoui, who had been ruled eligible for the death penalty, said a life sentence would be as bad as execution.
- APRIL 4, 2006North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
a man convicted of murder in the death of a police officer was sentenced to death...
a man convicted of murder in the death of a police officer was sentenced to death by a jury that initially recommended a life sentence.
- APRIL 4, 2006DEATH PENALTY
information is power seems to be the approach taken with a new state Department of Corrections Web site.
information is power seems to be the approach taken with a new state Department of Corrections Web site. Prison officials say they are trying to give the public more access to information about inmates housed in the Alabama prison system.
- APRIL 4, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. COURT FINALIZES DEATH SENTENCE FOR KOBE MAN
the death sentence handed down by the Kobe District Court in Japan to 66-year-old Muneteru Yamamoto for killing and robbing his cousin and his cousin's wife in July 2004 was finalized.
- APRIL 3, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. SUPREME COURT TO REVIEW DEATH SENTENCES ISSUED BY LOWER COURTS
responding to intense public criticism over the high rate of executions, China's apex court established three new criminal tribunals to review certain types of death sentence passed by provincial courts.
- APRIL 3, 2006FranceDEATH PENALTY
UNITED STATES. MOUSSAOUI MAY BE EXECUTED FOR 9/11 CRIMES
a US jury found Zacarias Moussaoui eligible for the death penalty, and the convicted Sept. 11 conspirator shouted as he was led out of the court: "You'll never get my blood. God curse you all."
- APRIL 3, 2006AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
ALGERIA. DEATH PENALTY TO APPEAR IN NEW PENAL CODE
Algeria’s new criminal code, approved by the council of ministers and currently under parliamentary scrutiny, still included references to the death penalty, reported AGR news agency.
- APRIL 3, 2006AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
AUSTRALIA. GOVT LOBBIES CHINESE PREMIER ON DEATH PENALTY
the Australian Federal Government raised with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao the case of a man facing the death penalty in China over the murder of a Canberra university student.
- APRIL 3, 2006South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA. MAJORITY SUPPORT CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, POLL
according to a nationwide poll conducted by a South Korean broadcasting company in March 2006, 46.1 percent of the 625 respondents supported capital punishment, while 37.9 percent opposed it.