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FEBRUARY 22, 2006TaiwanDEATH PENALTYCHINA. TWO TAIWANESE EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
two Taiwanese nationals convicted of drug trafficking were executed in southern China's Guangdong province after being convicted of possessing 12 kilograms (26.4 pounds) of the methamphetamine ice.
FEBRUARY 22, 2006CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUNITED STATES. CALIFORNIA HOLDS OFF MORALES EXECUTION
the US state of California has cancelled the execution of Michael Morales over ethical issues surrounding the lethal injection method. The state told courts it could not comply with an order for a medical professional to administer a lethal dose of barbit
FEBRUARY 22, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTYTHE PHILIPPINES. ARROYO: I'LL WORK TO SCRAP DEATH PENALTY
for the first time since taking office in 2001, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo categorically stated that she was for scrapping capital punishment and that she would see to the immediate passage of legislation to abolish the Death Penalty Law.
FEBRUARY 22, 2006United StatesDEATH PENALTYUNITED STATES. SUPREME COURT REJECTS NEW ALIBI EVIDENCE AT SENTENCING
convicted murderers facing the death penalty do not have a constitutional right at sentencing to offer new evidence seeking to cast doubt on their guilt, the US Supreme Court ruled unanimously.
- FEBRUARY 21, 2006South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA. JUSTICE MINISTRY TO RECONSIDER DEATH PENALTY
the Justice Ministry announced today it will review the possibility of replacing capital punishment with life imprisonment without parole or pardon to meet the rising number of calls on enhancing the protection of human rights.
- FEBRUARY 21, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. DEATH SENTENCES UPHELD FOR GANG MEMBERS
two gang members had their death sentences upheld at the Baoding Municipal Intermediate People's Court in North China's Hebei Province.
- FEBRUARY 21, 2006NevadaDEATH PENALTY
Nevada's death row population dropped to 82 last week after a negotiation...
Nevada's death row population dropped to 82 last week after a negotiation between prosecutors and convicted murderer Steven Kaczmarek.
FEBRUARY 21, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN. 11 MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT
a Pakistani court sentenced 11 militants to death for an assassination attempt on Lieutenant General Ahsan Saleem Hayat in 2004 in which 11 people were killed.
FEBRUARY 21, 2006ArizonaDEATH PENALTYARIZONA, US. LAWMAKERS APOLOGIZE TO THE 100TH PERSON FREED FROM DEATH ROW
several members of the Arizona House and Senate recently offered apologies to Ray Krone, a former Arizona death row inmate who was freed in 2002 following new DNA tests.
FEBRUARY 21, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTYHANDS OFF CAIN. STOP WITH THE HYPOCRISY OF THE HUMANENESS OF LETHAL INJECTION
Hands Off Cain Treasurer Elisabetta Zamparutti made the following statement regarding the events surrounding the case of Michael Angelo Morales: “States which have recently passed from the electric chair, from hanging or from death by firing squad to tha
- FEBRUARY 20, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. CULT LEADER FIT TO APPEAL AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE
Shoko Asahara, the former leader of the cult responsible for the deadly 1995 nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway moved a step closer to the gallows when a psychiatrist ruled that he was mentally fit to continue his appeal against the death penalty.
- FEBRUARY 20, 2006TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN. JUSTICE MINISTRY WORKING TO REDUCE EXECUTION RATE
while the government of Taiwan had not been able to achieve its goal of abolishing the death penalty, it had managed to lower the number of executions, the Ministry of Justice said.
- FEBRUARY 20, 2006TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
it was reported that a former Taipei County senior high school teacher...
it was reported that a former Taipei County senior high school teacher...
- FEBRUARY 20, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. BALI NINE APPEAL AGAINST DEATH SENTENCES
Andrew Chan, 22, and Myuran Sukumaran, 24, sentenced to death for trafficking heroin in the Indonesian resort island of Bali and seven others given life imprisonment for their involvement in the smuggling ring filed appeals in the Indonesian justice syste
- FEBRUARY 20, 2006NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. APPEALS COURT REJECTS APPLICATION TO OVERTURN DEATH SENTENCE OF 2 MEN
the Singapore Appeals Court rejected the application of two men to have their death sentence overturned.
- FEBRUARY 20, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. HIGH COURT AWARDS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR RAPE
the Guwahati High court, India, confirmed the death sentence, awarded to Mithu Kalita, for murdering and raping a minor girl in Morigaon.
- FEBRUARY 20, 2006JordanDEATH PENALTY
a Criminal Court in Jordan sentenced two men to death for the 2004 rape and murder of a man.
a Criminal Court in Jordan sentenced two men to death for the 2004 rape and murder of a man.
FEBRUARY 20, 2006Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTYTURKEY. PROTOCOL NO. 13 RATIFIED
Turkey ratifies Protocol No. 13 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, concerning the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances.
- FEBRUARY 19, 2006AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
AUSTRALIA. AFP UNDER FIRE OVER VIETNAM DRUG ARREST
Australian Federal Police were facing fresh controversy over their policy of giving information to foreign police in cases that could end in the death penalty.
FEBRUARY 19, 2006IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. 22-YEAR-OLD MAN HANGED IN PRISON
a young man from the town of Ardebil, north-western Iran, was hanged in prison.
- FEBRUARY 18, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. SEVEN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER ATTACK ON VILLAGERS
four men were sentenced to death in China for organising and carrying out an attack in June 2005 that killed six villagers protesting about the seizure of their land for a power plant.
- FEBRUARY 18, 2006VenezuelaDEATH PENALTY
VENEZUELA. GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATES 744 EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTIONS
Venezuela's Attorney General's Office said that it was investigating 744 cases of extrajudicial executions by members of the regional police in the eastern state of Bolivar.
FEBRUARY 18, 2006AustraliaDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM. PRESIDENT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCES OF TWO AUSTRALIANS
Vietnamese President Tran Duc Luong commuted the death sentences imposed on two convicted Australian heroin traffickers to life imprisonment, Australia's Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said.
FEBRUARY 18, 2006IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. EXECUTION OF MINORS TO CONTINUE
a judge at Tehran’s Appellate Court announced that the Islamic Republic would continue to issue death verdicts for juvenile delinquents “without considering other available options”.
- FEBRUARY 17, 2006DEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO MEN EXECUTED IN SOUTHERN CITY
two men accused of murder were hanged in the southern city of Shiraz, the state-run news agency ISNA reported.
- FEBRUARY 17, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO MEN HANGED IN IRAN
two men convicted of rape and kidnapping were hanged in southwestern and southern Iran.
- FEBRUARY 17, 2006CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declined to grant clemency to a rapist-murderer scheduled to die Tuesday
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declined to grant clemency to a rapist-murderer scheduled to die Tuesday at San Quentin State Prison for murdering a girl in 1981.
- FEBRUARY 17, 2006North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Jeremy Dushane Murrell, 26, was sentenced to death
Jeremy Dushane Murrell, 26, was sentenced to death in Forsyth Superior Court for killing Lawrence Matthew Harding, 19.
- FEBRUARY 17, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. SUPREME COURT STAYS DEATH SENTENCE OF SWAMI SHRADHANANDA
India’s Supreme Court stayed the death sentence of Swami Shradhananda, convicted of murdering his wife Begum Shakereh Namazi, a member of the royal family of Mysore.
- FEBRUARY 17, 2006RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. BESLAN ATTACKER SHOULD BE SENTENCED TO DEATH - NORTH OSSETIAN LEADER
Nurpashi Kulayev, the sole surviving member of the group that seized Beslan school No. 1 in September 2004, deserves the death penalty, North Ossetian leader Taimuraz Mamsurov said.