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- APRIL 2, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
TEXAS, USA. MURDER RATE INCREASES IN STATE WITH HIGHEST EXECUTION RATE
the number of homicides in Houston, Texas, rose nearly 25 % during the first 3 months of 2006, compared with the same period last year, despite a multimillion-dollar police effort in the city's most crime-ridden areas, the Houston Chronicle reported.
- APRIL 2, 2006Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. THREE SRI LANKANS FACE EXECUTION FOR ROBBERY
three Sri Lankan nationals were reported to be at risk of imminent execution. Their cases had been referred to Saudi Arabia’s Head of State, King Abdullah Bin ‘Abdul ‘Aziz Al-Saud, to decide whether to grant clemency or to ratify their sentences, a report
- APRIL 1, 2006FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Joseph Smith, convicted of abducting, raping and killing 11-year-old Carlie Brucia...
Joseph Smith, convicted of abducting, raping and killing 11-year-old Carlie Brucia...
- APRIL 1, 2006BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
BOTSWANA. MAN SECRETLY PUT TO DEATH IN APRIL 2006
Modisane Ping was executed in secret in Botswana. Ping was found guilty of killing his girlfriend and her six-year-old son.
- MARCH 31, 2006NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR STEALING BICYCLE
a 35-year-old man, Umaru Auta, was sentenced to death by hanging for stealing a bicycle. Auta had been arrested by the police in 1999 in a village near Toro, in Nigeria’s Bauchi State, and arraigned on a three-count charge of robbery, assault and unlawful
- MARCH 31, 2006FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Circuit Judge William Blackwell sentenced Eaglin this morning at the Charlotte County Justice Center in Punta Gorda.
Circuit Judge William Blackwell sentenced Eaglin at the Charlotte County Justice Center in Punta Gorda.
- MARCH 31, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. PIPELINE OIL THIEVES FACE DEATH PENALTY
Chinese police vowed to clamp down on pipeline oil theft, even threatening to impose the death penalty. According to police oil theft cost the industry more than 1bn yuan ($124.6m, £71.8m) and led to 2,877 arrests.
- MARCH 31, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. MAN GETS DEATH FOR RAPING, KILLING 3-YR-OLD DAUGHTER
a New Delhi court sentenced to death 26-year-old Sheikh Noor Hussain for raping and killing his three-year-old daughter. Additional sessions judge S.K. Kaushik awarded capital punishment to Hussain for murder and also read out a life sentence, the maximum
- MARCH 31, 2006TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN. GOVERNMENT TO KEEP CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
TAIWAN. GOVERNMENT TO KEEP CAPITAL PUNISHMENT March 31, 2006: the government of Taiwan has no plans to abolish capital punishment but will further step up measures to meet high public expectations for better public order, Premier Su Tseng- chang said.
- MARCH 31, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. SUPREME COURT STAYS DEATH SENTENCE AWARDED TO VARANASI GUIDE
India’s Supreme Court stayed a death sentence awarded to a guide for killing a female New Zealand tourist at Varanasi in 1997.
- MARCH 30, 2006AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON. DEATH PENALTY DROPPED AGAINST PLO HEAD
a Lebanese military court dropped a death penalty against the head of the Palestine Liberation Organisation in the country.
- MARCH 30, 2006AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
AUSTRALIA. PRIME MINISTER URGED TO OPPOSE DEATH PENALTY
Australia should publicly oppose the death penalty for terrorists if it expects to be taken seriously in its efforts to save Australians from death row, senior defence lawyer Lex Lasry said.
- MARCH 30, 2006MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. FORMER SOLDIER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Sita Raman, a 32 year old former soldier, was sentenced to death for murdering his friend by stabbing him twice in the neck at Nilai, near Bernama, Malaysia.
- MARCH 30, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH BY A COURT IN DHAKA FOR MURDER
three people were sentenced to death in Dhaka, Bangladesh, for raping and murdering a woman. The court also fined the three convicts - Nazrul Islam, 29, Mozibor Rahman, 23 and Habibur Rahman (absconding) - Tk 10,000 each.
- MARCH 30, 2006MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE ON INDONESIAN NATIONAL FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Malaysia’s Court of Appeal upheld a High Court decision to send an Indonesian man to the gallows for trafficking in cannabis.
- MARCH 30, 2006RwandaDEATH PENALTY
RWANDA. DEATH PENALTY COULD BE WAIVED - KAGAME
the Rwandan government will consider lifting capital punishment on genocide suspects whose extradition is subject to the condition that they will not face the death penalty, President Paul Kagame said.
- MARCH 30, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. CONVICTION OF LJ ACTIVISTS IN SECTARIAN KILLING CASE SET ASIDE
the Sindh High Court (SHC), Pakistan, set aside the convictions to four activists of the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi group after acquitting them of charges of sectarian killing. Mohammad Ajmal alias Akram Lahori, Attaullah, Mohammad Azam and Malik Tassaduq H
- MARCH 29, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
TEXAS. KEVIN KINCY EXECUTED IN TEXAS
Kevin Kincy, a former pizza delivery man with a long criminal record, was executed for the robbery and slaying of a Houston-area man 13 years ago.
- MARCH 29, 2006AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN. CHRISTIAN CONVERT GRANTED ASYLUM IN ITALY
Abdur Rahman, an Afghan Christian convert who had faced the death penalty for abandoning Islam, arrived in Italy and was granted asylum.
- MARCH 29, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR 71 YEAR OLD
the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence handed down to Kazutoshi Takahashi, a 71-year-old man, for a 1998 double-murder in Yokohama.
- MARCH 29, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. DEATH ROW CHRISTIANS SEEK PRESIDENTIAL PARDON
three Indonesian Christians facing execution by firing squad due within days had submitted a second request for a presidential pardon.
- MARCH 29, 2006MissouriDEATH PENALTY
Travis Glass, who in 2002 received a death sentence for the 2001 murder of 13-year-old Steffini Wilkins...
Travis Glass, who in 2002 received a death sentence for the 2001 murder of 13-year-old Steffini Wilkins, has been given a new day in court regarding the death penalty.
- MARCH 28, 2006AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN. CHRISTIAN CONVERT FACING DEATH TO BE RELEASED, US SAYS
Afghanistan will free Abdur Rahman, a man who faced the death penalty for converting to Christianity, following Western pressure for his release, US State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said. Rahman, 40, was jailed this month for rejecting Islam and
- MARCH 28, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. LEADER OF ORGANIZED CRIME RING SENTENCED TO DEATH
Zhao Chun, leader of an organized crime ring in the suburban county of Shenyang, capital of Northeast China's Liaoning Province, was sentenced to death for crimes including murder.
- MARCH 28, 2006South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
in Columbia, the South Carolina state Senate has endorsed making rapists eligible for the death penalty.
in Columbia, the South Carolina state Senate has endorsed making rapists eligible for the death penalty.
- MARCH 28, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE
Hossain Ali Mondol was sentenced to death by a court in Khulna, Bangladesh, for strangulating his wife Morjina to death in Dumuria on July 28 in 2003.
- MARCH 28, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. TOKYO HIGH COURT REJECTS ASAHARA'S APPEAL OF DEATH SENTENCE
the Tokyo High Court rejected former doomsday cult leader Shoko Asahara's appeal of his death sentence, bringing him a step closer to hanging for a nerve gas attack on Tokyo and other assaults that killed 27 and injured thousands
- MARCH 28, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCES IN MUSHARRAF'S ATTACK CASE
a court in Pakistan rejected appeals of four air force employees against their death sentences...
- MARCH 28, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. CHINA BANS SALES OF HUMAN ORGANS
China's Health Ministry explicitly banned sales of human organs in an apparent attempt to clean up the country's lucrative but laxly regulated transplant business.
- MARCH 27, 2006KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
KYRGYZSTAN. DEATH ROW INMATES PETITION PRESIDENT
over 20 Kyrgyz prisoners sentenced to death have appealed to President Kurmanbek Bakiyev requesting their convictions be re-examined in a letter published by the local media.