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- NOVEMBER 1, 2005DEATH PENALTY
THE BAHAMAS. POLICE CHIEF WANTS HANGINGS
"I am an advocate of hanging and it’s a pity that it’s [not being carried out]," Commissioner of Police Paul Farquharson told The Bahama Journal.
- NOVEMBER 1, 2005ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
the Supreme Court of Zambia commuted the death sentences handed down to Roderick Tembo...
the Supreme Court of Zambia commuted the death sentences handed down to Roderick Tembo, a police officer, and Mutemwa Mutoloka, an accomplice, for aggravated robbery and instead sentenced them to 20 years imprisonment with hard labour.
- NOVEMBER 1, 2005ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA. SUPREME COURT IMPOSES DEATH SENTENCE ON POLICE OFFICER
Patson Mwale, a police officer who killed a suspect in Lusaka, Zambia, was condemned to death by the Supreme Court following his appeal against the Lusaka High Court verdict in which he was sentenced to a 20-year jail term.
- NOVEMBER 1, 2005VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. NGUYEN VAN THO SENTENCED TO DEATH
a court in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, handed down a death sentence to Nguyen Van Tho, alias Captain Tho for his involvement in killing a policeman named Phan Le Son and another man named Ho Phuoc Hung.
- NOVEMBER 1, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International reported that two men are at risk of imminent execution, in Yemen.
Amnesty International reported that two men are at risk of imminent execution, in Yemen.
- OCTOBER 31, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. PAKISTANI SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR INDIA FORT ATTACK
a Delhi court sentenced to death Mohammad Ashfaq, a Pakistani, over a militant attack at New Delhi's famous 17th Century Red Fort in December 2000.
- OCTOBER 31, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE AND MURDER
the Manjeri Fast Track Court in Malappuram, India, sentenced a man to death after convicting him of raping and murdering a 12-year-old schoolgirl.
- OCTOBER 31, 2005AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
AUSTRALIA. VIETNAMESE LEADER PLEADS TO STOP HANGING OF NGUYEN TUONG VAN
the state of Victoria’s most senior Vietnamese leader called on Australian Prime Minister John Howard to state unequivocally that Melbourne's Nguyen Tuong Van should not hang in Singapore.
- OCTOBER 31, 2005AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
AUSTRALIA. PARLIAMENT PLEADS FOR LIFE OF NGUYEN TUONG VAN ON DEATH ROW IN SINGAPORE
Australia's parliament passed a motion calling on Singapore not to hang Nguyen Tuong Van, a 25 year old Australian convicted of drug trafficking, but Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said he would not jeopardise relations with the city state over the iss
- OCTOBER 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...
- OCTOBER 29, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. 'RUSSIAN PLOTTER' PASSPORT PROBE
it was reported that Russia was seeking consular access to Akhlas Ahmed Akhlak, a Russian man who Pakistan had sentenced to death for allegedly plotting to kill President Pervez Musharraf.
- OCTOBER 29, 2005ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN. COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST JARALLAH'S ASSASSIN
Yemen’s Supreme Court upheld the death sentence handed down to Ali Ahmad Jarallah
- OCTOBER 29, 2005JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. COURT OVERTURNS DEATH SENTENCE FOR INSURANCE MONEY MURDER
the Sendai High Court, Japan, sentenced Toshio Hosoya to life in prison for killing his wife and her mother to obtain insurance money, overturning a lower court's death sentence on the grounds that the crime had not been a carefully worked out plan.
- OCTOBER 29, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. UNION LAW MINISTER IN FAVOUR OF DEATH PENALTY, CALLS FOR DEBATE
the Indian government is yet to take a decision on the abolition of the death penalty and is going by the Supreme Court’s guideline that it be awarded in only in the rarest of rare cases, said Union law minister H R Bhardwaj.
- OCTOBER 28, 2005KansasDEATH PENALTY
Shawnee County District Judge Matthew Dowd imposed the death penalty on Phillip Cheatham
Shawnee County District Judge Matthew Dowd imposed the death penalty on Phillip Cheatham
- OCTOBER 28, 2005TexasDEATH PENALTY
Charles Victor Thompson was again sentenced to death
Charles Victor Thompson was again sentenced to death for the 1998 slayings of his ex-girlfriend and her new love interest.
- OCTOBER 28, 2005TexasDEATH PENALTY
Potter County jurors sentenced Travis Trevino Runnels to death
Potter County jurors sentenced Travis Trevino Runnels to death
- OCTOBER 28, 2005SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
AUSTRALIA. NGUYEN CLEMENCY 'A POLITICAL PROBLEM', MINISTER
Australians have to respect Singapore's decision to execute Van Tuong Nguyen, a Melbourne man convicted of heroin trafficking, federal Human Services Minister Joe Hockey said.
- OCTOBER 28, 2005SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. EXECUTIONER WANTS OUT BUT CAN'T FIND REPLACEMENT
it was reported that Singapore's chief executioner Darshan Singh, the man due to execute convicted Australian drug trafficker Nguyen Tuong Van, was a 73-year-old grandfather who could not retire because no-one would take his job.
- OCTOBER 28, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN - Two death sentences for the murder of Maria Grazia Cutuli and three other journalists
an Afghan court ruled that two brothers should be executed for their involvement in the killing of four journalists in 2001.
- OCTOBER 28, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. MANILA COURT SENTENCES THREE MILITANTS TO DEATH
a Philippine court sentenced three Muslim militants, including an Indonesian, to death for the bombing of a bus that killed four people in Manila on February 14, 2005.
- OCTOBER 28, 2005VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. APPEAL COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCES ON VIETNAM'S LARGEST DRUG CASE
an appeal court in the Vietnamese midland province of Phu Tho upheld death sentences to six defendants and life sentences to eight others in Vietnam's largest drug case...
- OCTOBER 28, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. CBCP RESTATES CALL TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
reiterating its call for the government to abolish death penalty, the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines-Episcopal Commission on Prison and Pastoral Care (CBCP-ECPPC) pushed for reforms in the current penal system and called on the faithful to
- OCTOBER 28, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION: EP CALLS ON CHINA TO CANCEL ALL SENTENCES AGAINST TENZIN DELEK RINPOCHE
in a resolution adopted in Strasbourg, the European Parliament again expressed concern about human rights in China, and in Tibet in particular.
- OCTOBER 28, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
it was reported that recently, a court in China sentenced to death Wang Renyou...
it was reported that recently, a court in China sentenced to death Wang Renyou...
- OCTOBER 27, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. 6 MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF CO-VILLAGER
an Additional District and Sessions court in Manikganj, Bangladesh, sentenced to death six men for killing a neighbour at Garakol, Sadar district.
- OCTOBER 27, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF WIFE
the Noakhali district court, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Arifur Rahman for murdering his young wife after failing to obtain dowry from her parents at Char Bata, Subarna Char district.
- OCTOBER 27, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. 14-YEAR-OLD BOY FACES EXECUTION
a 14-year-old Egyptian boy faces execution in Saudi Arabia after a flawed trial in which he was convicted for the murder of another child, Human Rights Watch said.
- OCTOBER 27, 2005AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
a jury voted 10-2 in recommending the death penalty for Jeremy Bryan Jones
a jury voted 10-2 in recommending the death penalty for Jeremy Bryan Jones
- OCTOBER 27, 2005FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Daniel Ely Perez, who fatally stabbed a woman during a robbery...
Daniel Ely Perez, who fatally stabbed a woman during a robbery, will get a new sentencing hearing, the Florida Supreme Court decided.