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- SEPTEMBER 27, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. SAUDI EXECUTED FOR HOMICIDE
saudi authorities executed a Saudi national for killing a compatriot by shooting him after running over him with his car.
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2005OhioDEATH PENALTY
OHIO, USA. MAN INVOLVED IN $40 ROBBERY EXECUTED
the state of Ohio executed Herman Ashworth, a 32-year-old man who admitted killing another man in a $40 robbery and had waived most of his appeals, saying he deserved to die.
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2005IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. AUTHORITIES POSTPONE EXECUTION OF TWO BROTHERS FOR MURDER
Indonesian authorities postponed the scheduled execution of two brothers on death row for a premeditated triple murder.
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. COURT UPHOLDS SARABJIT SINGH'S DEATH SENTENCE
Pakistan's Supreme Court upheld a death sentence imposed on Sarabjit Singh, an alleged Indian spy, for a bombing that killed four people in 1990, court officials said.
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: DEATH SENTENCE NO LONGER MANDATORY FOR DRUG SMUGGLERS
Saudi Arabia redefined its drug trafficking laws, giving discretionary powers to judges and allowing them to hand down jail sentences instead of awarding the death penalty, the Jeddah-based Saudi Gazette reported.
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. TWO PEOPLE KILLED FOR DEATHS OF JAPANESE TOURISTS
an intermediate court in the city of Xian, China, on orders from the Shaanxi Province Supreme People's Court, executed Hai Ting and Cao Xiude, two men convicted of killing three Japanese tourists during a robbery.
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN EXECUTED FOR PREMEDITATED KILLING
Saudi authorities executed a Saudi national for killing a man by running over him with his car.
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2005PolandDEATH PENALTY
POLAND. EUROPEAN OFFICIALS WARN POLAND AGAINST INTRODUCING DEATH PENALTY
European officials said that Poland would be in clear breach of its international commitments if the winners of the parliamentary elections were to reintroduce the death penalty.
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. 12 DEATH ROW CONVICTS GET 90-DAY REPRIEVE
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo granted 12 death row convicts a 90-day reprieve, rescheduling their date of execution by lethal injection from October to January 2006. In a memorandum to Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez and Bureau of Corrections Director
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. TWO MEN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabia executed two Saudi men convicted in separate cases of murder, the country’s Interior Ministry said.
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. CONVICTED DRUG TRAFFICKER HANGED
an Iranian man convicted of drug trafficking was hanged in the northern city of Sari, in Iran’s Mazandaran province, the Kayhan daily reported.
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. YOUNG MAN HANGED FOR RAPE
a young man was publicly hanged at a riverside in the Iranian town of Kashan, south of the capital, the country’s state-run news agency reported.
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2005EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT. TWO GANG LEADERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
a Cairo court sentenced two gang leaders to death and 58 defendants to prison terms varying between three years to life for involvement in kidnappings and violence in 2004 in Nakhilah, about 320km south of Cairo.
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2005GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
The Guatemalan penal code (1973) provides for the death penalty for parricide, aggravated homicide and assassination of the President or Vice-President.
The Guatemalan penal code (1973) provides for the death penalty for parricide, aggravated homicide and assassination of the President or Vice-President.
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2005BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty has been in force in Botswana since the country became independent in 1966.
The death penalty has been in force in Botswana since the country became independent in 1966.
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2005AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
a judge rejected the jury's call for a sentence of life without parole and sentenced Kerry Spencer, 25, to death
a judge rejected the jury's call for a sentence of life without parole and sentenced Kerry Spencer, 25, to death
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2005CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
a jury recommended that Manuel Bracamontes be executed
a jury recommended that Manuel Bracamontes be executed
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2005DEATH PENALTY
ALABAMA, USA. MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER OF FAMILY OF THREE
John W. Peoples Jr., a man convicted of killing a family of three and driving off in their vintage sports car, was executed by lethal injection.
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2005MoldovaDEATH PENALTY
MOLDOVA. CONSTITUTIONAL COURT APPROVES BILLS BANNING DEATH PENALTY
the Constitutional Court of Moldova approved two draft laws concerning amendments to Article 24 Paragraph 3 of the constitution and providing for the abolition of the death penalty.
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2005South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Robert Conyers, on death row since 1994, has been sentenced to life in prison without parole
Robert Conyers, on death row since 1994, has been sentenced to life in prison without parole
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2005AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
a jury found Tierra Capri Gobble, 21, guilty of capital murder
a jury found Tierra Capri Gobble, 21, guilty of capital murder in the death of her 4-month-old son, Phoenix Cody Parrish, and recommended the death penalty.
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2005DEATH PENALTY
in Atmore, John W. Peoples Jr. was executed for killing a Pell City family of 3 in 1983.
in Atmore, John W. Peoples Jr. was executed for killing a Pell City family of 3 in 1983.
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2005MississippiDEATH PENALTY
in Jackson, the Mississippi Supreme Court has dismissed the death sentence of Stephen Virgil McGilberry
in Jackson, the Mississippi Supreme Court has dismissed the death sentence of Stephen Virgil McGilberry
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. TWO MEN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Liang Guanzhong, a former police chief in Hohhot in China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, was executed together with Wei Jin, a contract killer, after being convicted of the murdering his mistress.
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. YEMENI, SAUDI EXECUTED FOR RAPE, KIDNAPPING AND THEFT
a Yemeni and a Saudi national were beheaded by the sword in Riyadh after being convicted of kidnapping and raping a woman and stealing her money and jewelry, the Saudi interior ministry said.
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. SCHIZOPHRENIC HAS DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED
Huzairin Azmi, a chronic schizophrenic, escaped the gallows when the Malaysian High Court acquitted him of murder on the grounds of insanity. Justice Datuk Abdull Hamid Embong, however, said that since Azmi, 21, had caused the death of a person, he would
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. FORCED TO FLEE COUNTRY, HE RISKED THE DEATH PENALTY FOR BEING GAY
the Persian Gay & Lesbian Organization has released photos and details of a 22 year old man it says was given 100 lashes for being gay.
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2005UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
UZBEKISTAN. UZBEK REBELLION TRIAL STARTS AMID COVER-UP CHARGES
prosecutors accused 15 Uzbek men of plotting rebellion in the eastern town of Andizhan but human rights groups questioned the credibility of their trial and said Uzbekistan was covering up a massacre.
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. MAN HANGED FOR RAPE AND MURDER OF SEVEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL
Niaz Ahmed, a man sentenced to death for raping and killing a seven-year-old girl, was executed in eastern Pakistan after President Gen. Pervez Musharraf turned down his plea for clemency.
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2005VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. TWO DRUG TRAFFICKERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
the People's Court of northern Phu Tho province, Vietnam, sentenced to death two women for trafficking and possessing drugs.