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- DECEMBER 6, 2005JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. LAWMAKERS PROPOSE ALTERNATIVE TO DEATH PENALTY
Japanese lawmakers opposed to the death penalty said they would propose mandatory life in prison for capital cases in a bid to dent overwhelming public support for capital punishment.
- DECEMBER 6, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. GOVERNMENT HAS NO PLANS TO REPLACE DEATH SENTENCE BY HANGING
it was reported that the government of Malaysia had no plans to replace the death penalty by hanging with other methods of executions such as using the electric chair or lethal injection even though studies on other options had been undertaken.
- DECEMBER 6, 2005KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA. CONDEMNED PRISONER APPEALS FOR ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
Peter Kamau Ndung'u, a prisoner condemned to death, appealed to the Kenyan government to abolish the death penalty.
- DECEMBER 5, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HANDS OFF CAIN ENTRUSTS PRESIDENT CIAMPI WITH STANLEY ‘TOOKIE’ WILLAIMS APPEAL
Secretary of Hands Off Cain Sergio D’Elia delivered to Italy’s President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi the appeal signed by Italy’s Parliamentarians and Regional Presidents to California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger for the suspension of the scheduled execution
- DECEMBER 5, 2005MarylandDEATH PENALTY
MARYLAND, USA. WESLEY BAKER EXECUTED FOR KILLING TEACHER'S AIDE
convicted murderer Wesley Eugene Baker was executed in Maryland for fatally shooting a teacher's aide in front of two of her grandchildren. Baker, 47, died by lethal injection at 9:18 pm EST (0218 GMT) at the Maryland Diagnostic and Classification Center
- DECEMBER 5, 2005MississippiDEATH PENALTY
in Yazoo City, a jury decided that Earnest Lee Hargon should get the death penalty.
in Yazoo City, a jury decided that Earnest Lee Hargon should get the death penalty.
- DECEMBER 5, 2005LibyaDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. SENATOR APPEALS TO GOVERNMENT TO URGENTLY UNDERTAKE ACTIONS IN SUPPORT OF BULGARIANS ON DEATH ROW IN LIBYA
Tana de Zulueta, a senator for the Green Party group in Italy's senate, sent a parliamentary request to the Italian Government for urgent actions to help the Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya. De Zulueta officially asked the Government what mea
- DECEMBER 5, 2005SudanDEATH PENALTY
Abd Alaziz Omer was executed at Kassala Prison, Port Sudan.
Abd Alaziz Omer was executed at Kassala Prison, Port Sudan.
- DECEMBER 4, 2005IraqDEATH PENALTY
the UN said that Saddam Hussein's trial would
the UN said that Saddam Hussein's trial would
- DECEMBER 3, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HOC. ITALIAN ‘GOVERNORS’ PRESENT CLEMENCY APPEAL FOR STANLEY ‘TOOKIE’ WILLIAMS
the press conference for the presentation of the appeal by Italy’s ‘Governors’ to ask California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger clemency for Stanley ‘Tookie’ Williams, scheduled to be put to death on December 13, was held in Rome at Hands Off Cain’s headq
- DECEMBER 3, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. TRIBUNAL RULES AGAINST EXTRADITION OF CIPRIANI TO CONNECTICUT
the Regional Administrative Tribunal (TAR) of Latina, Italy, suspended the extradition to the United States of Benedetto Cipriani, an Italian-American national charged with killing three people in the US.
- DECEMBER 3, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN. AL-DAILAMY HAS DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD
Yahia Al-Dailami and Mohamed Ahmed Miftah had their sentences upheld by a Criminal Court in Yemen.
- DECEMBER 2, 2005DEATH PENALTY
NORTH CAROLINA. KENNETH LEE BOYD BECOMES 1,000TH PERSON EXECUTED IN U.S. SINCE 1977
a convicted murderer was put to death in the nation's 1,000th execution since capital punishment resumed in 1977. Kenneth Lee Boyd, 57, received a lethal injection and was pronounced dead at 2:15 a.m., said state Department of Correction spokeswoman Pam W
- DECEMBER 2, 2005AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. SINGAPORE HANGS AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL NGUYEN, THOUSANDS MOURN
Singapore executed Australian national Nguyen Tuong Van just before dawn despite repeated pleas by Australia's government for clemency.
- DECEMBER 2, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HOC. PRESS RELEASE TO PRESENT PETITION FOR ‘TOOKIE’ WILLIAMS
there will be the presentation of the petition signed by the italian governors to California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to halt the executions of Stanley “Tookie” Williams, whose execution is scheduled on december 13th.
- DECEMBER 2, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. 53 PARLIAMENTARIANS SIGN WILLIAMS APPEAL
53 parliamentarians have so far given their support to Hands Off Cain’s appeal aimed at California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to halt the scheduled execution Stanley Williams.
- DECEMBER 2, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. CHINA TO 'TIDY UP' TRADE IN EXECUTED PRISONERS' ORGANS
China broke its silence to admit for the first time that the organs of executed prisoners were sold to foreigners for transplant.
- DECEMBER 2, 2005JapanDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION. JAPAN TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
the European Union renewed its call on Japan to abolish the death penalty.
- DECEMBER 2, 2005FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Nathan Joe Ramirez's sentence was commuted to life in prison without parole.
Nathan Joe Ramirez's sentence was commuted to life in prison without parole.
- DECEMBER 2, 2005North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Kenneth Lee Boyd, 57, was put to death by lethal injection at Central Prison in Raleigh.
Kenneth Lee Boyd, 57, was put to death by lethal injection at Central Prison in Raleigh.
- DECEMBER 2, 2005South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Shawn Humphries was put to death by lethal injection
Shawn Humphries was put to death by lethal injection night in the Broad River Correctional Institution Humphries was pronounced dead at 6:18 p.m.
- DECEMBER 2, 2005AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Jeremy Bryan Jones was sentenced to death in Mobile for the Sept. 17...
Jeremy Bryan Jones was sentenced to death in Mobile for the Sept. 17, 2004 rape and murder of Lisa Marie Nichols, 44 whose slaying led authorities to link him to more than 10 other killings.
- DECEMBER 2, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
Ahmed ben Mohamed al-Chater, a Saudi Arabian convicted of murder, was decapitated
- DECEMBER 2, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. CIVIL SERVANT SENTENCED TO DEATH ON GRAFT IN THREE GORGES RELOCATION
Du Jiang, a civil servant from Wushan County, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, was sentenced to death with a two years' reprieve for embezzling and misappropriating public funds set aside for relocation in the Three Gorges Reservoir.
- DECEMBER 2, 2005KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
it was reported that Kyrgyz parliamentarians
it was reported that Kyrgyz parliamentarians
- DECEMBER 2, 2005Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
MYANMAR. TORTURE 'STATE POLICY'
in a published report entitled ‘The darkness we see: Torture in Burma's interrogation centres and prisons’, it was alleged that the Burmese junta was torturing political prisoners to crush dissent and that at least five political detainees had been tortur
- DECEMBER 2, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. MALAYSIA BACKS SINGAPORE DECISION TO EXECUTE AUSTRALIAN
Malaysia's Foreign Minister supported Singapore's decision to execute Australian heroin trafficker Nguyen Tuong Van, saying the death penalty was a necessary legal deterrent.
- DECEMBER 1, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. EIGHTEEN REGIONAL PRESIDENTS SIGN WILLIAMS APPEAL
two more of Italy’s regional ‘Governors’ added their support to the appeal aimed at California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in order to halt the execution of Stanley Williams, scheduled to take place on December 13.
- DECEMBER 1, 2005JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR 60-YR-OLD MAN FOR MURDER
the Sapporo High Court, Japan, upheld a lower court ruling that sentenced a 60-year-old man to death for killing a couple in Hokkaido in 1988.
- DECEMBER 1, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
detention of "underground" Catholic bishops, priests...
detention of "underground" Catholic bishops, priests...