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MAY 17, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTYTEXAS, USA. HERRON EXECUTED FOR MURDERS
Jermaine Herron, a man convicted in the shooting deaths of a woman and her son in 1997 was executed, hours after a court rejected his appeal that the drugs used in lethal injections cause excessive pain.
MAY 17, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTYTHE PHILIPPINES. HOUSE STARTS DEBATES ON BILL ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY
the House Representatives began floor debates on the abolition of the death penalty in the country as contained in a bill certified as urgent by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
- MAY 16, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
TEXAS, USA. DEATH ROW APPEAL DENIED
the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals voted 5-4 to lift a stay of execution it issued on May 15 for Derrick S. O'Brien. O'Brien had been scheduled to die May 16; a new execution date was to be set at a hearing in July.
- MAY 16, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. DEATH PENALTY UPHELD FOR FUKUOKA NURSE CONVICTED OF MASTERMINDING KILLINGS
the Fukuoka High Court upheld the death sentence for a former nurse convicted of masterminding murders that she and three other nurses carried out to obtain insurance payouts.
- MAY 16, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. 4 MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
a multimillionaire and three contract killers were sentenced to death in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, for killing a business rival and injuring two others. Another 11 accomplices received jail terms up to life imprisonment.
- MAY 16, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. SISTANI RENOUNCES FATWA ON GAYS
rights campaigners were claiming a moral victory after Iraq's Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani appeared to renounce a fatwa calling for the killing of homosexuals "in the most severe way".
- MAY 16, 2006GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
the death sentence of a man convicted of killing a Baldwin County deputy has been overturned.
the death sentence of a man convicted of killing a Baldwin County deputy has been overturned.
- MAY 16, 2006MissouriDEATH PENALTY
the Missouri Supreme Court struck down Vincent McFadden's death sentence in the Todd Franklin case...
the Missouri Supreme Court struck down Vincent McFadden's death sentence in the Todd Franklin case, citing racial bias by prosecutors.
- MAY 16, 2006NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA. THREE POLICEMEN SENTENCED TO DEATH
an Orlu High Court in Nigeria presided over by Justice Benjamin Ahanonu Njemanze, sentenced to death three out of the six policemen for deliberately shooting a man to death while on duty.
- MAY 16, 2006WisconsinDEATH PENALTY
the state Senate has passes a death penalty resolution, identical to one already approved by the Assembly.
the state Senate has passes a death penalty resolution, identical to one already approved by the Assembly.
- MAY 16, 2006TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
TENNESSEE. GOVERNOR HALTS PLANNED EXECUTION
Tennessee's governor gave a 15-day reprieve to Sedley Alley just hours before his scheduled execution for killing a female US Marine, giving his lawyers time to seek DNA testing they say could exonerate him.
MAY 16, 2006RussiaDEATH PENALTYRUSSIA. BESLAN REBEL COMMITTED TERRORISM, JUDGE
a Russian judge said the only surviving member of the group that seized a school and 1,300 hostages in the town of Beslan in 2004 had committed an act of terrorism, as he began reading his verdict in the trial.
- MAY 15, 2006UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER OF INFANT
a panel of three judges of the Court of Appeal unanimously ruled that the trial judge, Lugadya Atwooki, who presided over the High Court sitting in Mbale, Uganda, on November 11, 2002, had rightly sentenced Zubairi Waira, in his sixties, to death.
- MAY 15, 2006United StatesDEATH PENALTY
the Supreme Court agreed to decide whether old cases are affected...
the Supreme Court agreed to decide whether old cases are affected by a 2-year-old ruling reiterating that the Constitution guarantees a criminal defendant the right to confront his accusers.
- 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 14, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTYBRITAIN. 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 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 13, 2006IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. 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 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, 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 PENALTYVIETNAM. 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, 2006United NationsDEATH PENALTYUNITED 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