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- MARCH 27, 2006DEATH PENALTY
many adults in the United States are in favour of capital punishment for specific crimes...
many adults in the United States are in favour of capital punishment for specific crimes, according to a poll by Princeton Survey Research Associates for the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press. 65 % of respondents support the death penalty f
- MARCH 27, 2006MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
MOROCCO. THIRTY DEATH ROW PRISONERS GO ON "OPEN-ENDED HUNGER STRIKE"
thirty detainees sentenced to death in the central prison in Kenitra, Morocco...
- MARCH 27, 2006AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
AUSTRALIA. AFP BOSS OPPOSED TO DEATH PENALTY
Australian Federal Police (AFP) Commissioner Mick Keelty said he was personally opposed to the death penalty, despite his agency's role in the Bali Nine drug case. The AFP had faced continued criticism over allegations its officers could have arrested the
- MARCH 27, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesia. Second clemency request for Catholics sentenced to death over Poso violence
the families of three Indonesian Catholics—Fabianus Tibo, Dominggus “Domi” da Silva and Marinus Riwu—sentenced to death for their alleged role in the 2000 Poso violence wrote to Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, appealing for clemency. Throug
- MARCH 27, 2006TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN. PROSECUTORS STARE DEATH IN THE FACE
Chang Chin-tu , a prosecutor at the Kaohsiung bureau of the Taiwan High Prosecutors' Office, who had been in charge of executions for eight years, told reporters that all prisoners received anaesthesia and were unconscious before being shot. "Prisoners wh
- MARCH 26, 2006AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN. COURT DROPS TRIAL OF CHRISTIAN AMID DOUBTS OVER HIS MENTAL STATE
an Afghan court dropped its case against Abdul Rahman, a Christian who faced execution for converting from Islam, referring the matter to Kabul's top prosecutor for a final decision, court spokesman Wakil Omari said.
- MARCH 26, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. EXECUTION BY TALIBAN UNDER SHARIA
local Taliban in South Waziristan, Pakistan, executed a 25-year-old man under Islamic law (Sharia) for killing a taxi driver. The execution was the first case tried under Sharia in the tribal areas
- MARCH 25, 2006AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN. POPE CALLS ON KARZAI TO SPARE AFGHAN CHRISTIAN CONVERT
Pope Benedict XVI asked Afghan President Hamid Karzai to pardon Abdul Rahman, an Afghan man facing execution for converting to Christianity.
- MARCH 25, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
UNITED KINGDOM. MAN 'FACES DEATH IF EXPELLED' TO IRAN
an Iranian man will be executed for owning a satellite television system if he is sent home, MP Clare Short told Britain’s House of Commons. Short pleaded with Ministers to reconsider the case of the man and his family, after the Home Office ordered his d
- MARCH 25, 2006OhioDEATH PENALTY
Joe D'Ambrosio is entitled to a new trial because prosecutors...
Joe D'Ambrosio is entitled to a new trial because prosecutors withheld evidence that could have exonerated him, U.S. District Judge Kathleen O'Malley ruled. O'Malley ruled that D'Ambrosio must be released within 6 months or given a new trial.
- MARCH 24, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. WOMAN EXECUTED FOR TRAFFICKING 31 BABY BOYS
a Chinese woman was executed for trafficking 31 children, the Supreme Court said, after another two men were sentenced to death earlier this week for kidnapping and selling baby boys.
- MARCH 24, 2006AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN. CLERICS URGE EXECUTION OF CONVERT
senior Muslim clerics demanded that Abdul Rahman, an Afghan man on trial for converting from Islam to Christianity, be executed, warning that if the government caved in to Western pressure and freed him, they would incite people to "pull him into pieces."
- MARCH 24, 2006JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
JAMAICA. HANG CONVICTED CHILD KILLERS, SENATOR MUNROE
Jamaican Government senator Trevor Munroe advocated the hanging of convicted child killers.
- MARCH 24, 2006VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
in Richmond, a federal appeals court ordered a new sentencing hearing...
in Richmond, a federal appeals court ordered a new sentencing hearing...
- MARCH 23, 2006AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN. KARZAI SAYS CONVERT WILL NOT BE EXECUTED – CANADA
Afghan President Hamid Karzai assured Canada that Abdur Rahman, a man facing possible execution for converting to Christianity, would not be put to death, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said.
- MARCH 23, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. HUMAN RIGHTS AGENCY: POLICE EXECUTED SUSPECTS
the Philippines' human rights commission recommended a criminal investigation for the alleged summary executions of several terror suspects by police assaulting a prison after a botched escape attempt.
- MARCH 23, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. HALABJA PROTESTERS MAY FACE DEATH PENALTY
it was reported that demonstrators who torched a monument to the victims of a gas attack on Halabja faced the death penalty if convicted, according to a judge investigating the incident.
- MARCH 23, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. WOMAN AND HER LOVER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF HUSBAND
the Kollam Ad Hoc I Sessions Court in India’s Kerala state sentenced to death Binitha Kumari, 35, and her lover Raju, 38, for the murder of the Binitha’s husband Vidhukumaran Thampi on April 18, 2000.
- MARCH 23, 2006MissouriDEATH PENALTY
a jury decided that Vincent McFadden...
a jury decided that Vincent McFadden, 25, - already facing 1 death penalty - should be sentenced to another for the unrelated murder of his former girlfriend's sister.
- MARCH 22, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
TEXAS. INMATE EXECUTED FOR DEATH OF TODDLER
Robert Salazar Jr., a man convicted of beating his girlfriend's 2-year-old daughter to death because she was crying, was executed by lethal injection.
- MARCH 22, 2006NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA. MAN TO DIE BY HANGING FOR KILLING OWN DAUGHTER
a Sapele High Court in Nigeria’s Delta State sentenced a 34-year-old brick-layer, Justice Igbame, to death by hanging for killing his three-year-old daughter with a kitchen knife.
- MARCH 22, 2006AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN. GOVERNMENT SAYS COURT TO DECIDE FATE OF CONVERT
under mounting international pressure over the case of Abdur Rahman, a man facing the death penalty for converting to Christianity, Afghanistan said that its judiciary alone would decide the case.
- MARCH 22, 2006JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. NINE MILITANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Jordan sentenced to death nine Islamist militants for their part in 2002 riots in the southern city of Maan in which seven people were killed.
- MARCH 22, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. SHRINE BOMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Abdul Halim and Muhammad Aslam, two men who carried out a bombing which killed 47 people at a Shia shrine in Pakistan in 2005, were sentenced to death.
- MARCH 22, 2006RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. OFFICIAL AGAINST EXECUTIONS
Chairman of the Russian Federation Council, Sergei Mironov, uttered his support to the banning of executions in Russia.
- MARCH 22, 2006South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA. SERIAL KILLER SUPPORTS DEATH PENALTY
serial killer Yoo Young-chul said he objected to a recent move to abolish capital punishment in South Korea. Yoo's claim came amid controversy about the death penalty, which reemerged following the Justice Ministry's consideration to replace capital punis
- MARCH 21, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. DEATH SENTENCE METED VIA NEW FAST-TRACK PROCESS
the Kobe District Court sentenced 65-year-old Mineteru Yamamoto to death for robbing and killing a couple in 2004 in what was believed to be the first death sentence handed down by a court through streamlined trial procedures.
- MARCH 21, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. JAPAN'S RICH BUY ORGANS FROM EXECUTED CHINESE PRISONERS
hundreds Hundreds of well-off Japanese and other nationals are turning to China's burgeoning human organ transplant industry, paying tens of thousands of pounds for livers and kidneys, which in some cases have been harvested from executed prisoners and so
- MARCH 21, 2006Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. POLICEMAN SENTENCED TO HANG FOR MURDER
Constable Dave Burnett, a Trinidad and Tobago police officer with 13 years experience, was sentenced to hang after being found guilty of the murder.
- MARCH 21, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. FORMER CUSTOMS OFFICER EXECUTED FOR CORRUPTION
Phung Long That, or Bay That, a former senior customs officer who had taken bribes and abetted one of the country’s largest smuggling scandals back in late 1997, was executed by firing squad in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City.