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- NOVEMBER 21, 2005DEATH PENALTY
CZECH REPUBLIC. MOST CZECHS FOR CAPITAL PUNISHMENT – POLL
57 percent of Czechs want capital punishment to exist in the Czech Republic
- NOVEMBER 21, 2005SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. NO PLANS TO CHANGE DEATH PENALTY BY HANGING
Singapore said it would continue to execute convicted criminals by hanging amid growing international criticism over its use of the death penalty to deter crime like murder and drug trafficking.
- NOVEMBER 20, 2005TexasDEATH PENALTY
TEXAS, USA. INVESTIGATION SUGGESTS WRONG MAN EXECUTED , HOUSTON CHRONICLE
a decade after Ruben Cantu was executed for capital murder, the only witness to the crime is recanting and his co-defendant says Cantu, then 17, wasn't even with him that night.
- NOVEMBER 20, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. A RUSH TO EXECUTIONS
“China has a brutally efficient system of capital punishment. Sentences can be carried out within months of conviction, sometimes in mobile lethal-injection vans.
- NOVEMBER 19, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran denounced as politically motivated a resolution passed by the UN General Assembly
Iran denounced as politically motivated a resolution passed by the UN General Assembly
- NOVEMBER 18, 2005MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
MOROCCO. KING PARDONS 10,000 PRISONERS
King Mohammed of Morocco pardoned or reduced the prison sentences of 10,000 people to mark the 50th anniversary of independence, Justice Ministry officials said.
- NOVEMBER 18, 2005VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. MAN EXECUTED FOR ZOO MURDER
Do Cong Toan, a hired assassin, was executed in Vietnam by a Ho Chi Minh city firing squad for the slashing to death Dang Vu Thang, the deputy chief of the HCM city zoo’s accounting department, in August 2001.
- NOVEMBER 18, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
UNITED NATIONS. UN VOICES SERIOUS CONCERN ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN IRAN
the UN General Assembly passed a resolution expressing "serious concern" about human rights violations in Iran, including the use of torture and public executions, and called on Tehran to end the abuses.
- NOVEMBER 18, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. THREE MEN CONVICTED OF RAPE HANGED
three Iranian men convicted of raping and kidnapping a male in his late teens were hanged in the western Iranian city of Kermanshah.
- NOVEMBER 18, 2005North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Elias Syriani, 67, was executed by injection at Central Prison.
Elias Syriani, 67, was executed by injection at Central Prison.
- NOVEMBER 18, 2005ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
Cody James Martinez, 23, was sentenced to death.
Cody James Martinez, 23, was sentenced to death.
- NOVEMBER 18, 2005MississippiDEATH PENALTY
former death row inmate Stephen Virgil McGilberry...
former death row inmate Stephen Virgil McGilberry has been resentenced to 4 consecutive life sentences without parole.
- NOVEMBER 18, 2005ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
ARMENIA. DEATH PENALTY IS STATE'S MAJOR CRIME, OMBUDSWOMAN
Armenian Ombudswoman Larissa Alaverdyan, speaking at a session held by the Expert Council dealing with motions by people sentenced to life imprisonment, said she viewed the death penalty as the state's major crime.
- NOVEMBER 18, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. FORMER PUBLICITY OFFICIAL GETS SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR TAKING BRIBES
Gao Yong, former head of the Chinese Communist Party publicity department at the Chengdu municipal committee in southwest China's Sichuan Province, received a suspended death sentence by the Intermediate People's Court in Neijiang for taking bribes valued
- NOVEMBER 18, 2005Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
DRC. TWO SOLDIERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF PRIEST
two soldiers from the Democratic Republic of Congo were sentenced to death in Kinshasa by a military tribunal for the murder of a Belgian Jesuit priest.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2005SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. EXECUTION DATE SET FOR AUSTRALIAN MAN CONVICTED OF DRUG SMUGGLING
Singapore will hang 25-year-old Australian drug smuggler Nguyen Tuong Van on December 2, despite numerous pleas by Canberra for clemency, his Australian lawyer Lex Lasry said.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
MEXICO. PRESENTATION OF HANDS OFF CAIN’S 2005 REPORT – THE DEATH PENALTY WORLDWIDE
the presentation of the Spanish edition of Hands Off Cain’s 2005 report – The Death Penalty Worldwide took place in Mexico City.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2005North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
UNITED NATIONS. UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONCERNED ABOUT N. KOREA RIGHTS RECORD
the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution expressing serious concern about the precarious human rights and humanitarian situation in North Korea, but South Korea abstained and China voted against. The vote was 84 in favor, 22 against with 62 abstention
- NOVEMBER 17, 2005DEATH PENALTY
a serial killer sentenced to death after murdering and dismembering 5 women...
a serial killer sentenced to death after murdering and dismembering 5 women returned to a Long Island courtroom, where a judge revised his sentence to life without parole.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2005TexasDEATH PENALTY
in Fort Worth , jurors decided that Edward Lee Busby Jr. should die for abducting...
in Fort Worth , jurors decided that Edward Lee Busby Jr. should die for abducting, robbing and killing Laura Lee Crane.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2005UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
UZBEKISTAN. "WE ALL MERIT DEATH PENALTY" - UZBEK RIOT GUILTY
Uzbek TV broadcast a special programme covering the final day, on the 14th, of the court trial of 15 men charged with organizing an uprising in the eastern town of Andijon earlier in the year. Before the verdicts and sentences were announced, three of the
- NOVEMBER 17, 2005TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
LAOS. TWO TAIWANESE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
a Lao court sentenced to death two Taiwanese men for drug trafficking.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION. EU PASSES RESOLUTION ASKING MERCY FOR SPANIARD ON DEATH ROW
the European Parliament adopted a resolution asking the President of the Philippines, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, to exercise her powers by granting an absolute pardon to European citizen Francisco Larranaga, condemned to death for rape and murder.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2005JordanDEATH PENALTY
Jordan is planning to abolish the death penalty.
Jordan is planning to abolish the death penalty.
- NOVEMBER 16, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
MEXICO. PRESENTATION OF HANDS OFF CAIN’S 2005 REPORT – THE DEATH PENALTY WORLDWIDE
the presentation of the Spanish edition of Hands Off Cain’s 2005 report – The Death Penalty Worldwide will take place tomorrow in Mexico City.
- NOVEMBER 16, 2005SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN. TWO TROOPS TO HANG FOR DARFUR MURDER
it was reported that two Sudanese soldiers were sentenced to death by a special court set up to try crimes in the country's western strife-torn Darfur region for murdering a civilian there.
- NOVEMBER 16, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. FOUR PEOPLE HAVE DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED
a division bench of the Kerala High Court, India, commuted into life imprisonment the death penalties of four people accused in the Panniyannur Chandran murder case in 1996.
- NOVEMBER 16, 2005OhioDEATH PENALTY
Portage County Common Pleas Judge John Enlow sentenced James Trimble to death by lethal injection.
Portage County Common Pleas Judge John Enlow sentenced James Trimble to death by lethal injection.
- NOVEMBER 16, 2005FloridaDEATH PENALTY
jurors voted 8-4, to recommend execution for Gabby Tennis, 25.
jurors voted 8-4, to recommend execution for Gabby Tennis, 25.
- NOVEMBER 16, 2005AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
in Birmingham, a Jefferson County jury in a unanimous decision recommended...
in Birmingham, a Jefferson County jury in a unanimous decision recommended the death penalty for Kenneth Eugene Billips.