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- JULY 8, 2005JapanDEATH PENALTY
APPEAL BY FIVE-TIME KILLER AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE REJECTED
Japan’s Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Yasutoshi Kamata, a 64-year-old man, against the death sentence for murdering a 9-year-old girl and four women between 1985 and 1994.
- JULY 8, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. SEVEN PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN JIANGSU FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
seven people were sentenced to death and another to death with reprieve by the Wuxi Municipal Intermediate People's Court in east China's Jiangsu Province following what police described as the largest drug trafficking case cracked in the province.
- JULY 7, 2005IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. COUNTRY PREPARES TO EXECUTE TWO BROTHERS FOR TRIPLE MURDER
Indonesian authorities would soon execute two brothers on death row for a premeditated triple murder during a robbery in the island of Sumatra in 2002, Antasari Azhar, chief prosecutor of West Sumatra province, said.
- JULY 7, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MONEY SAVES PALESTINIAN TEENAGER FROM EXECUTION
it was reported that a Palestinian teenager on death row in Saudi Arabia on charges of killing her Saudi husband at the age of 13 would walk free within days after her in-laws accepted "blood money".
- JULY 7, 2005FloridaDEATH PENALTY
the Florida Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of Donny Crook...
the Florida Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of Donny Crook...
- JULY 7, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
a court in Sherpur, sentenced Israfil, 27, of Dohalia village in Nalitabari to death by hanging for murder.
- JULY 7, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO HANG FOR RAPE
the district court in Manikganj, sentenced Refaj Uddin, 34, to death in absentia for raping a minor girl leading to her death.
- JULY 7, 2005NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CONDEMNS RECOMMENDATIONS TO EXECUTE JUVENILES
as the National Political Reform Conference in Nigeria prepared to reconvene in the upcoming week, Amnesty International condemned the recommendations by its Committee on Judicial and Legal Reform that juveniles should be executed when they had committed
- JULY 7, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. COURT SENTENCES TWO PAKISTANIS TO DEATH FOR SMUGGLING HEROIN
a lower court in Dhaka sentenced to death two Pakistani nationals, Rais Khan of Karachi and Alekjan of Peshwar after finding them guilty of smuggling 24 kg of heroin into the country on September 20, 1999.
- JULY 7, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
the District and Sessions Court in Chitradurga, sentenced to death Siddaruda, 30, after convicting him of brutally murdering an engineer of the Zilla Panchayat sub-division.
- JULY 7, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN DOUBLE MURDER CASE
Panney Lal was sentenced to death by a court while his father Indrasan and mother Anari Devi were sentenced to life imprisonment for their involvement in the case of two women murdered following a dispute over a drain at Samaysthan village, Badhalganj, on
- JULY 7, 2005FijiDEATH PENALTY
FIJI. MAJORITY FAVOUR DEATH PENALTY, POLL
a snap poll was conducted on the streets of Suva and Lautoka over sentences handed out be Fiji's justice system.
- JULY 6, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. THREE MEN PUBLICLY HANGED FOR 'ARMED ROBBERY'
three men who had been condemned to death for armed robbery were hanged in the Qasemabad district of Mashhad, Iran.
- JULY 6, 2005IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
in Cook County, Judge Fred Suria has imposed the death penalty
in Cook County, Judge Fred Suria has imposed the death penalty
- JULY 6, 2005NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA. COURT DROPS TREASON CHARGE AGAINST YOUNG FOOTBALLERS
a Nigerian court found 53 young men who attempted to stage a football tournament in honour of the defunct separatist "Republic of Biafra" not guilty of treason, saving them from the gallows.
- JULY 6, 2005Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
PRESIDENT URGED TO PREVENT RETURN OF DEATH PENALTY AFTER 29 YEAR MORATORIUM
Amnesty International issued a statement saying it was gravely concerned at reports that Sri Lanka was set to carry out its first execution in 29 years and called on the country's president to prevent the resumption of executions in the country.
- JULY 6, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, Gafarzadeh Mohsen, was executed in Salmas, Iran
a man, Gafarzadeh Mohsen, was executed in Salmas, Iran
- JULY 5, 2005DEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN EXECUTED FOR KILLING SLEEPING WIFE
Sultan al-Laqmani, a Saudi man, was executed in the western city of Medina for attacking and killing his wife as she slept, the Saudi Interior Ministry said.
- JULY 5, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. FIVE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
a Speedy Trial Tribunal in Natore, Bangladesh, sentenced five men to death by hanging in the Maju murder case.
- JULY 5, 2005RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. SUPPORT FOR CAPITAL PUNISHMENT DECREASING, POLL
the number of supporters of capital punishment in Russia is steady on the descent, a Levada Center opinion poll found in the middle of June, having questioned 1,600 Russian men and women in 128 cities and communities in 46 regions.
- JULY 5, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. COUPLE HANGED FOR MURDER
an Iranian couple, Roya, 28, and Mohammad, 30, accused of murder were hanged at dawn in the main prison in Isfahan (central Iran), according to a state-run daily.
- JULY 5, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN CONVICTED OF RAPE HANGED IN PUBLIC
an Iranian man convicted of rape was hanged in public in Salmas, northwestern Azarbaijan province, the Shargh daily reported.
- JULY 5, 2005New ZealandDEATH PENALTY
NEW ZEALAND. LAWMAKER CONDONES STONING GAYS
Ashraf Choudhary, a Muslim lawmaker in Prime Minister Helen Clark's government, said he condoned the stoning executions of homosexuals and adulterers as prescribed by strict Islamic law.
- JULY 5, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. DESPATCH RIDER LOSES APPEAL AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE IN FEDERAL COURT
the Federal Court dismissed the appeal of Mohamad Yazri Minhat against the death sentence imposed by the High Court which found him guilty of trafficking 133 kg of cannabis.
- JULY 5, 2005United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
UK. FOREIGN OFFICE UNABLE TO HAND OVER SADDAM EVIDENCE
it was reported that British Ministers were refusing to hand over evidence of Saddam Hussein's war crimes to Iraqi prosecutors - for fear of breaching his human rights.
- JULY 5, 2005LiberiaDEATH PENALTY
LIBERIA. DEATH PENALTY FOR RITUALISTIC KILLERS, CHAIRMAN BRYANT
the Chairman of the Transitional Government Charles Gyude Bryant disclosed that under the transitional arrangement, there would be no room for impunity for any Liberian engaging in ritualistic activities when found guilty.
- JULY 5, 2005JapanDEATH PENALTY
SUPPORTERS PETITION FOR RETRIAL OF BOXER 25 YEARS ON DEATH ROW
supporters of Iwao Hakamada, a former professional boxer who had been on death row for 25 years handed the Japanese Supreme Court a petition with 2,880 signatures demanding a retrial.
- JULY 5, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Sultan al-Laqmani, a saudi national, was hanged in the city of Medina
Sultan al-Laqmani, a saudi national, was hanged in the city of Medina
- JULY 4, 2005Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA. FIVE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING JUDGE
five men were sentenced to hang for killing Sarath Ambepitiya, a Sri Lankan judge who had handed down heavy sentences on gangsters.
- JULY 4, 2005MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
MOROCCO. TWO RADICAL ISLAMISTS SENTENCED TO DEATH
a Moroccan court sentenced two radical Islamists to death and jailed four of their followers for life on charges that included killing five Moroccans, one of them Jewish.