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- DECEMBER 1, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Religious activity grew not only among the five main religions...
Religious activity grew not only among the five main religions...
- NOVEMBER 30, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
1,000TH EXECUTION IN THE U.S. AND CITIES AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY, D’ELIA: LETS NOT FORGET THE SLAUGHTER IN CHINA AND THOSE CONDEMNED TO DEATH IN IRAN, VIETNAM AND NORTH KOREA
Hands Off Cain adhered to the demonstration in Rome on November 30 in front of the United States embassy to mark the 1,000th US execution since the Supreme Court reintroduced the death penalty in 1976.
- NOVEMBER 30, 2005AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL NGUYEN 'READY TO DIE'
Nguyen Tuong Van, an Australian heroin trafficker on death row in Singapore still had his sense of humor just days before his scheduled execution on December 2, his lawyer said.
- NOVEMBER 30, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDERING WIFE
Saudi national Hadi Bin-Umayr Bin-Muhammad al-Manjahi was executed in Al-Qahmah, in Saudi Arabia’s Asir region, after being found guilty of shooting dead his Saudi wife Zaynah Bint-Yahya Bin-Abdallah Bin-Mashari following an argument.
- NOVEMBER 30, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. SIX PEOPLE FROM SAME FAMILY HANGED FOR MURDER
six men from the same family were hanged in Pakistan for the 1989 killing of three men they believed had insulted some of their womenfolk.
- NOVEMBER 30, 2005CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
CALIFORNIA, USA. COURT DECLINES TO STAY STANLEY WILLIAMS’ EXECUTION
the California Supreme Court refused to stop the execution due on December 13 of Stanley "Tookie" Williams, the 51-year-old founder of the notorious Crips gang, who is set to die by lethal injection at California's San Quentin prison on December 13.
- NOVEMBER 30, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN. CUTULI CASE, ITALIAN EMBASSY AWAITS CONFIRMATION OF DEATH SENTENCES
it was reported that the Italian embassy in Kabul may ask for the commutation into life imprisonment of the death sentences handed down to brothers Zar Jan and Abdul Wahid for the murders of Maria Grazia Catulli and three other journalists in November 200
- NOVEMBER 30, 2005FloridaDEATH PENALTY
the Duval County jury that convicted John Mosley Jr. of 2 counts of 1st-degree murder...
the Duval County jury that convicted John Mosley Jr. of 2 counts of 1st-degree murder earlier this month took, recommended that he be sentenced to a life term for killing his former girlfriend and be put to death for killing her 10-month-old son.
- NOVEMBER 30, 2005CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
a jury called for the death penalty for Adrian Camacho
a jury called for the death penalty for Adrian Camacho
- NOVEMBER 30, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. CITIES LIGHT UP MONUMENTS AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
over 380 towns around the world joined forces to condemn the death penalty, as the United States prepared to carry out its 1,000th execution since reinstating capital punishment 30 years ago.
- NOVEMBER 30, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
according to the www.komitedefa.org website, during the month of November...
according to the www.komitedefa.org website, during the month of November...
- NOVEMBER 30, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
according to the ”Iranian Human Rights Activist Groups in EU and North America...
according to the ”Iranian Human Rights Activist Groups in EU and North America...
- NOVEMBER 29, 2005United StatesDEATH PENALTY
VIRGINIA. GOVERNOR STOPS MILESTONE U.S. EXECUTION
Gov. Mark Warner spared the life of a convicted killer who would have been the 1,000th person executed in the United States since the Supreme Court allowed capital punishment to resume in 1976. The governor commuted Robin Lovitt's death sentence to life
- NOVEMBER 29, 2005ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA. PRESIDENT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCES OF 12 CONVICTS
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa commuted death sentences handed down on 12 criminals convicted for violent crimes including murder, commissioner of prisons Jethro Mumbuwa announced.
- NOVEMBER 29, 2005United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
the Supreme Court threw out a decision that erased...
the Supreme Court threw out a decision that erased the conviction and death sentence of a U.S.-British citizen in a fatal fire.
- NOVEMBER 29, 2005ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
in Phoenix, a man identified by DNA evidence four years ago in an unsolved 1987...
in Phoenix, a man identified by DNA evidence four years ago in an unsolved 1987 rape and murder was sentenced to death.
- NOVEMBER 29, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. FIVE TRIBAL MILITANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH
a Pakistani court sentenced five tribal militants to death for killing six people in an attack in southwestern Pakistan.
- NOVEMBER 29, 2005LibyaDEATH PENALTY
Libya could quash death sentences
Libya could quash death sentences
- NOVEMBER 29, 2005MexicoDEATH PENALTY
MEXICO. SUSPECTS FACING LIFE TERMS CAN BE EXTRADITED, SUPREME COURT
Mexico's Supreme Court ruled that suspects facing life in prison can be extradited, overturning a 4-year-old ban that had prevented many of the country's most-notorious criminals from being sent to the US to face justice.
- NOVEMBER 29, 2005VietnamDEATH PENALTY
the Hanoi firing squad executed 31-year-old Ngo Thanh Lam for embezzling...
the Hanoi firing squad executed 31-year-old Ngo Thanh Lam for embezzling more than US$4.6 million while he worked for a bank in 2003.
- NOVEMBER 29, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTY
Fuad ‘Ali Mohsen al-Shahari was executed by firing squad in Taiz.
Fuad ‘Ali Mohsen al-Shahari was executed by firing squad in Taiz.
- NOVEMBER 29, 2005BelarusDEATH PENALTY
Viktor I. Tikhikh, was sentenced to death, in Belarus.
Viktor I. Tikhikh, was sentenced to death, in Belarus.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2005OhioDEATH PENALTY
John Hicks, 49, died by injection at 10:20 a.m. at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility.
John Hicks, 49, died by injection at 10:20 a.m. at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. SIGNATURES COLLECTED IN PARLIAMENT TO SAVE STANLEY WILLIAMS
Italy’s deputies and senators are also collecting signatures to ask California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to grant clemency to Stanley Williams, scheduled to be executed on December 13.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2005DEATH PENALTY
OHIO, USA. US SUPREME COURT RULES AGAINST KENNY RICHEY
an appeals court was wrong to throw out the conviction and death sentence of British citizen Kenneth Richey in a fire that killed an Ohio toddler, the US Supreme Court said.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. SIXTEEN 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.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2005ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
Eric Nance was put to death by lethal injection
Eric Nance was put to death by lethal injection in the Cummins unit of the Arkansas State Penitentiary in Varner Monday night around 9:30.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. TWO MEN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabia executed two men who were convicted of murder, bringing to six the number of people put to death in the conservative Muslim kingdom in the last week.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. NINE SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER DHAKA MURDERS
a court in Bangladesh sentenced nine people to death for the grisly murders of a businessman and his son. In March 2005, the mutilated bodies of Shamsul Alam, a clothes merchant, and his son, Russel, were found in a forest near the capital, Dhaka. Only on
- NOVEMBER 28, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
italy. CIAMPI, LETTA AND TUTU BACK S.EGIDIO
"The Italian government confirms its commitment on a death penalty moratorium, as per UN proposal", according to Cabinet Undersecretary Gianni Letta, in his message to the "Sant'Egidio" Catholic NGO on the eve of the 4th International Death Penalty Abolit