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- JUNE 21, 2005MoldovaDEATH PENALTY
MOLDOVA. PRESIDENT URGES PARLIAMENT TO ELIMINATE DEATH PENALTY FROM CONSTITUTION
Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin suggested that parliament make urgent amendments to the constitution in order to ban death penalty.
- JUNE 21, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Irshad alias Achoo was hanged to death in Gujranwala Central Jail, Pakistan, after being convicted of killing Rasheed Ahmed over a minor dispute at Jaton, in the in Gujranwala area, in 1994.
- JUNE 21, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. DEATH PENALTY FOR POLL CHEATERS SOUGHT
Senator Jose "Jinggoy" Estrada had filed a bill seeking to amend the Omnibus Election Code (OEC) whereby capital punishment would be imposed on candidates found to have engaged in election fraud.
- JUNE 21, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTNCED TO DEATH IN A DOUBLE MURDER CASE IN CHITTAGONG
M. Saleh Noor, 40, was condemned to death by an Additional Sessions court in Chittagong, Bangladesh, for killing his wife and their four-month-old daughter.
- JUNE 21, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
AUSTRALIA. DEADLOCK OVER CHINA DEATH PENALTY
it was reported that a man suspected of murdering a Chinese student and leaving her body to rot for six months in a Canberra apartment could get away with the crime because Australian authorities were refusing to help the investigation, fearing he could b
- JUNE 21, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. FILM ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENTWITHDRAWN FROM CINEMA IN WEST BENGAL
a film, which questions the West Bengal government's stand on the hanging of rape and murder convict Dhananjoy Chatterjee in August 2004, was withdrawn from a state-run theatre with its director alleging that this was done at the behest of the chief minis
- JUNE 21, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. GUANGDONG COURT SENTENCES TWO TO DEATH FOR TRAFFICKING
it was reported that recently, the Dongguan City Intermediate People's Court, China, sentenced to death Li Shaobo, a 26 year old Yunnan native;
- JUNE 20, 2005PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
UNITED STATES. SUPREME COURT TOSSES DEATH SENTENCE
the US Supreme Court ordered a new trial for Ronald Rompilla, a Pennsylvania man on death row for a 1988 murder, ruling that his lawyers had failed to properly represent him.
- JUNE 20, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. COUNTRY STILL STONING WOMEN, SAYS NOBEL LAUREATE
Shirin Ebadi, a leading Iranian human rights lawyer and Nobel Laureate, said that the hardline Islamic regime was still using medieval punishments on its people, including the stoning of women for adultery and the torture of dissidents.
- JUNE 20, 2005GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the death sentence for a Georgia inmate.
the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the death sentence for a Georgia inmate.
- JUNE 20, 2005TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. TAIWANESE NATIONAL SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE
Chen Kun Sung, a Taiwanese national was sentenced to death for killing his wife. It was alleged that Chen, 69, used a hammer and a knife to kill his 28-year-old Vietnamese wife after he became jealous while listening to her talking on the telephone with a
- JUNE 19, 2005Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. GOVERNMENT’S HANGING DECISION AN ACT OF DESPERATION, CATHOLIC NEWS
the Government's decision to resume hangings is an act of desperation and political expediency, according to a page one editorial in Trinidad and Tobago’s Catholic News.
- JUNE 17, 2005DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS, USA. PERRY SIGNS SENTENCING OPTION INTO LAW
Governor Rick Perry signed a law to give juries the option of sentencing murderers to life without parole - a measure some believe will lead to fewer executions in the No. 1 death penalty state.
- JUNE 17, 2005AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
for the 2nd time since a jury recommended that former state trooper George Martin be sentenced to life...
for the 2nd time since a jury recommended that former state trooper George Martin be sentenced to life without parole for burning his wife to death for money, a judge has condemned him to death.
- JUNE 17, 2005OhioDEATH PENALTY
a jury in Cleveland recommended the death sentence for Delano Hale Jr
a jury in Cleveland recommended the death sentence for Delano Hale Jr
- JUNE 17, 2005UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. DEATH PENALTY WILL NOT END CRIME, EDITORIAL
“It is extremely important to take note of the fact that death penalty is not a punishment because the culprit is never given chance to reform. Death penalty contravenes the constitution and other international laws.
- JUNE 17, 2005DEATH PENALTY
Gov. Rick Perry signed a law to give juries the option of sentencing murderers to life without parole
Gov. Rick Perry signed a law to give juries the option of sentencing murderers to life without parole
- JUNE 17, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. TRIO EXECUTED FOR KNIFE MURDER OF PARTY OFFICIAL
three men were executed in northern China for killing a Communist Party official in a random knife attack that they intended as a practice run for a planned robbery, according to state media.
- JUNE 16, 2005JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. MAN EXECUTED FOR RAPE
a 31-year-old man convicted by the Criminal Court of Amman, of raping his niece, was executed at dawn at the Suwaqa Correctional and Rehabilitation Centre.
- JUNE 16, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN MUNSHIGANJ
a man by the name of Sobhan was sentenced to death and five others were sentenced to life imprisonment by a District and Sessions court in Munshiganj, Bangladesh, after being convicted of murder
- JUNE 16, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN CONVICTED OF STEALING CULTURAL RELICS HAS DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED TO LIFE
the Shanxi Provincial Higher People's Court, China, sentenced Zheng Xiaolin, 44, to life imprisonment overturning the Taiyuan City Intermediate People's Court decision sentencing Zheng to death in 1999 for illegally digging up ancient tombs and smuggling
- JUNE 16, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR GAMBLING AWAY STATE ASSETS
it was reported that Xu Shuirong, former manager of the sales department of Yuhang District Communications Real Estate Co, China, was sentenced to death and deprived of all political rights for life after being convicted of illigally obtaining 4m yuan of
- JUNE 15, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE
Monor Miah, 32, was condemned to death by a Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal in Sylhet, Bangladesh, after being convicted of killing his wife.
- JUNE 15, 2005DEATH PENALTY
- JUNE 15, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. INDIAN WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING
a Bangladesh court has sentenced an Indian woman to death for attempting to traffic a four-year-old boy out of the country, a court official said.
- JUNE 15, 2005SyriaDEATH PENALTY
SYRIA. HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS ASK FOR DEMOCRATIC REFORMS AND THE ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY
the Committee for the Defense of Democratic Liberties and Human Rights in Syria (CDF) addressed a letter to an EU delegation visiting the country advancing proposals for the improvement of human rights and civil society in Syria.
- JUNE 15, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. ANOTHER “MURDER VICTIM” REAPPEARS AFTER KILLER EXECUTED
it was reported by the Yangcheng Evening News that a woman thought to have been murdered in the 1980s reappeared in China, 16 years after the man convicted of killing had been executed.
- JUNE 15, 2005OhioDEATH PENALTY
Lucas County Common Pleas Judge Denise Ann Dartt accepted a jury's recommendation...
Lucas County Common Pleas Judge Denise Ann Dartt accepted a jury's recommendation...
- JUNE 15, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE
Monor Miah, 32, was condemned to death by a Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal in Sylhet, Bangladesh, after being convicted of killing his wife.
- JUNE 15, 2005CanadaDEATH PENALTY
CANADA. POLICE CHIEF COMES OUT AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY
the death penalty has no place in Canada's criminal justice system, even when dealing with brutal killers such as Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka, Toronto police Chief Bill Blair said at the unveiling of a plaque commemorating the city's first jail and "h