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- FEBRUARY 27, 2006MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. PRISON OFFICER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF INMATE
Azhar Che Wil, an officer of Penor Prison, was sentenced to death by the High Court in Kauntan, Malaysia, for the murder of a 19-year-old detainee.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2006MarylandDEATH PENALTY
in Greenbelt, Judge Peter Messitte accepted the NOVEMBER 10...
in Greenbelt, Judge Peter Messitte accepted the NOVEMBER 10, 2005 (see) jury's recommendation for capital punishment for 23-year-old Kenneth Jamal Lighty.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2006GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
GUYANA. NFA WOMEN DEMAND RESUMPTION OF DEATH PENALTY
the women's section of the National Front Alliance demanded the reintroduction of the death penalty for murder while condemning what it called the "brutal execution'' of a woman taxi driver, Seeraji Singh. In a press release, the women noted that there ha
- FEBRUARY 27, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. FIVE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN DOUBLE MURDER CASE
five people were sentenced to death, in Bagladesh, in a double murder case involving the deaths of a grandmother and her grandchild at Kamrangir Char, near Dhaka
- FEBRUARY 27, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER
an additional sessions court in Bhind in India’s Madhya Pradesh state, sentenced to death Vijay Singh for the murder of Anil Mahto and his son Madan Mahto.
FEBRUARY 27, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA. PROVINCE TAPS THIEVES WITH EXECUTION
Courts in China's southern province of Guangdong will introduce harsher penalties, including death, to deter motorcycle-riding purse snatchers who sometimes chop off the hands of victims who resist, the Yangcheng Evening News said.
FEBRUARY 27, 2006LaosDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM. LAOS MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
the Quang Ninh provincial first instance court, Vietnam, sentenced to death Xom Phon, a 30-year-old Laotian, for trafficking over 70 cakes of heroin and 4,000 tablets of Methamphetamine from Lao to northern Quang Ninh province late in 2005.
FEBRUARY 27, 2006YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN. MAN EXECUTED FOR US MISSIONARY KILLINGS
Abed Abdulrazzak Kamel, convicted of killing three US Christian missionaries in southern Yemen in 2002, was executed by firing squad. Kamel shot dead a surgeon and two of her colleagues at a Baptist mission hospital in the town of Jibla.
FEBRUARY 27, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA. 8,000 EXECUTIONS EVERY YEAR, SCHOLAR AT THE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
the number of executions in China is a state secret, but Liu Renwen, a scholar at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said he agreed with estimates in academic circles that the figure was likely to be about 8,000 a year.
- FEBRUARY 26, 2006South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA. FORMER PRESIDENT CALLS FOR ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung called for scrapping the death penalty as his nation showed signs of ending the controversial practice.
- FEBRUARY 25, 2006OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has thrown out the death sentence...
the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has thrown out the death sentence for a man convicted of killing his seven-year-old former stepdaughter.
- FEBRUARY 25, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. FIVE GANG MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
the Etawah Court in Kanpur, India, sentenced to death five alleged members of underworld don Chhota Rajan’s gang in connection with a 2002 murder.
- FEBRUARY 25, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Alireza, 29, has been hanged at Golpaygan...
a man, identified only as Alireza, 29, has been hanged at Golpaygan...
FEBRUARY 25, 2006AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN. COURT SENTENCES FORMER SPY CHIEF TO DEATH
an Afghan court sentenced former spy chief Assadullah Sarwari to death for killing hundreds of people during communist rule, the first such punishment for war crimes after decades of conflict in the country.
- FEBRUARY 24, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. DEATH PENALTY CASES TO BE HEARD IN OPEN COURT
all death penalty appeals must be heard in an open court from the latter half of this year to better protect human rights, China's chief justice Xiao Yang announced.
- FEBRUARY 24, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR MAN CONVICTED OF TWO MURDERS
Japan’s Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for Masuo Yamaguchi, convicted of two murders and robbery in 1994 and 1995 in Gifu and Mie prefectures.
- FEBRUARY 24, 2006RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. RUSSIANS IN FAVOUR OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, POLL
seventy-four percent of Russian citizens interviewed in a survey said they considered death sentences acceptable, 15% took the opposite view, and ten per cent were undecided.
- FEBRUARY 24, 2006LebanonDEATH PENALTY
FRANCE. AUTHORITIES REFUSES TO EXTRADITE SYRIAN OVER HARIRI MURDER
French legal authorities refused to extradite to Lebanon an ex-Syrian intelligence officer to answer questions about the murder of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq el-Hariri.
- FEBRUARY 24, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CONDEMNS IRAN'S EXECUTIONS
Amnesty International expressed its outrage over an "alarming rate" of executions in Iran, particularly the use of the death penalty against children.
- FEBRUARY 23, 2006IowaDEATH PENALTY
a bill to reinstate Iowa's death penalty is still alive after getting approval today from the House Judiciary Committee.
a bill to reinstate Iowa's death penalty is still alive after getting approval today from the House Judiciary Committee.
- FEBRUARY 23, 2006AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Circuit Judge Laura Petro has sentenced William Bruce Marshall to death
Circuit Judge Laura Petro has sentenced William Bruce Marshall to death for killing his teenage stepdaughter.
- FEBRUARY 23, 2006FloridaDEATH PENALTY
the Florida Supreme Court unanimously ordered the acquittal of a death row inmate...
the Florida Supreme Court unanimously ordered the acquittal of a death row inmate, saying prosecutors had not proved he killed 2 neighbors.
- FEBRUARY 23, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. GUJARAT HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPE AND MURDER OF MINOR
the Gujarat High Court in Ahmedabad, India, upheld a lower court judgement sentencing Ramesh Rathod, 31, to death for kidnapping, raping and murdering a 10-year-old girl in Surat city in 1999.
- FEBRUARY 23, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
an unidentified man was hanged in Iran for murder.
an unidentified man was hanged in Iran for murder.
FEBRUARY 23, 2006IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. MAN HANGED FOR RAPE
an Iranian man convicted of rape was hanged in a prison in the northern city of Qazvin, the Etemad Melli newspaper reported.
- FEBRUARY 22, 2006MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. DEATH PENALTY NEEDED TO FIGHT DRUG SCOURGE, PM
punitive measures like the death penalty for drug trafficking are needed to eradicate the scourge, Malaysian PM Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said.
- FEBRUARY 22, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. ARROYO CRITIC LAUDS PRESIDENT’S CALL TO SCRAP DEATH PENALTY
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's call to scrap the death penalty in the Philippines gained appreciation even from her critics at the House of Representatives.
- FEBRUARY 22, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. SINDH HIGH COURT MAINTAINS DEATH SENTENCE OF LJ ACTIVISTS
the anti-terrorism appellate (ATA) bench of the Sindh High Court (SHC) in Karachi, Pakistan, upheld the death sentence of two Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LJ) activists and enhanced to death the life term of a third for killing a director of laboratories of the min
- FEBRUARY 22, 2006Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Serviceman sentenced to death for murder
the military court of the Uvira Garrison, DRC, sentenced a soldier to death and two others to terms of imprisonment after convicting them of murder and the distribution of arms.
- FEBRUARY 22, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a woman, identified only as Zahra
a woman, identified only as Zahra