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- APRIL 8, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
SPAIN. MPS URGE PHILIPPINES TO SPARE CONVICTED RAPIST ON DEATH ROW
a delegation of legislators from Spain urged Philippines President Gloria Arroyo on to spare the life of Paco Larranaga, scion of a Spanish-Filipino clan sentenced to death for the rape and murder of two young women.
- APRIL 8, 2005SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
according to Mr Shanmugam Murugesu...
according to Mr Shanmugam Murugesu...
- APRIL 7, 2005ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
a Pima County Superior Court jury gave James Granvil Wallace, 55, 3 death terms
a Pima County Superior Court jury gave James Granvil Wallace, 55, 3 death terms
- APRIL 7, 2005MaliDEATH PENALTY
MALI. COURT HANDS DOWN FIVE DEATH SENTENCES OVER RELIGIOUS CLASH
a court in Mali condemned five people to death and dozens to prison for their part in a religious clash that killed 10 people.
- APRIL 7, 2005JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. SUPREME COURT GIVES GO-AHEAD TO EXECUTE FIRST DOOMSDAY CULT MEMBER
Japan's Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Kazuaki Okazaki, a former officer of the Aum Supreme Truth doomsday cult, giving the green light for the first execution of a member of the sect that attacked the Tokyo subway with nerve gas in 1995.
- APRIL 7, 2005FinlandDEATH PENALTY
COUNCIL OF EUROPE. FRATTINI PROPOSES EUROPEAN ANTI DEATH PENALTY DAY
speaking in Helsinki at the conference for Ministers of Justice of the Council of Europe, the European Union Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security Franco Frattini relaunched the idea that EU member states should hold a day of protest against the
- APRIL 7, 2005IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. COUNTRY CONSIDERING CARRYING OUT EXECUTIONS BY INJECTION
Indonesia was considering using lethal injection as a means of carrying out the death sentence instead of the current practice of shooting by firing squad, the country's attorney general said. Attorney General Abdul Rahman Saleh said he would meet with th
- APRIL 7, 2005JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. PROSECUTORS APPEAL REOPENING CASE FOR DEATH ROW INMATE MASARU OKUNISHI
prosecutors in Japan filed an appeal against a ruling by the Nagoya High Court for a retrial of Masaru Okunishi, a death row inmate convicted of murdering five women in a wine poisoning case in Nabari, Mie Prefecture, in 1961.
- APRIL 7, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCE WITH REPRIEVE IN GUN MAKING AND TRAFFICKING CASE
a court in Haikou, sentenced Li Pingsheng, 30, to death with two years reprieve for making and trafficking 33 guns. Li refitted and produced revolvers and other types of pistols for illegal profits.
- APRIL 7, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
an Iranian Christian is facing the death penalty in an Islamic court, according to the human rights group Christian Solidarity Worldwide.
an Iranian Christian is facing the death penalty in an Islamic court, according to the human rights group Christian Solidarity Worldwide.
- APRIL 6, 2005South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Horry County jurors deliberated about 2 hours...
Horry County jurors deliberated about 2 hours...
- APRIL 6, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN. PRESIDENT PUTS EXECUTION OF JUVENILE ON HOLD
President Salih stopped the execution of Hafiz Ibrahim in Taiz, Yemen, at the last moment. Ibrahim, 17, was convicted in 2004 of killing a man and was due to be executed the day the president intervened.
- APRIL 6, 2005South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA. STATE RIGHTS BODY SUPPORTS ENDING DEATH PENALTY
South Korea's human rights watchdog said it supported a bill before parliament calling for the abolition of the death penalty.
- APRIL 6, 2005JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. MAN ON DEATH ROW SINCE 1972 TO GET RETRIAL IN 1961 MURDER CASE
the Nagoya High Court, Japan, decided to allow a retrial for Masaru Okunishi, who had been on the death row since 1972 when he was convicted of murdering five women in a wine poisoning case in Nabari, Mie Prefecture, in 1961, citing new evidence that coul
- APRIL 6, 2005GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
GUATEMALA. DEATH PENALTY UNDER REVIEW
it was reported that Guatemala, one of the last Latin American nations with capital punishment, was considering doing away with it.
- APRIL 6, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCE UPHOLDED FOR FORMER PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION GROUP DIRECTOR
the Liaoning Provincial Higher People's Court ‘recently’ upheld the death sentence passed to Xia Renfan, 56-year-old former president of Shenyang Passenger Transportation Group Co, for corruption, embezzlement of public funds and bribery.
- APRIL 6, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
Sohrab Mohammad and Ahmad B. were publicy hanged in Iran for murder.
Sohrab Mohammad and Ahmad B. were publicy hanged in Iran for murder.
- APRIL 5, 2005DEATH PENALTY
by a 19-12 vote - 2 votes shy of the required two-thirds to bring...
by a 19-12 vote - 2 votes shy of the required two-thirds to bring...
- APRIL 5, 2005FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Glen Ocha was executed in Florida State Prison near Starke
Glen Ocha was executed in Florida State Prison near Starke
- APRIL 5, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. COUNTRY EXECUTES NINE TIMES MORE PEOPLE THAN REST OF WORLD, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
China accounted for about 90 percent of the 3,797 legally sanctioned executions in 25 countries across the world in 2004, the human rights group Amnesty International said, warning that most of those executed did not have fair trials.
- APRIL 5, 2005Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
PAPUA NEW GUINEA. BISHOP CALLS FOR DEATH FOR GUN-RELATED CRIMES
the head of the Gutnius Lutheran Church, Bishop David Piso, called for capital punishment in Papua New Guinea for people convicted of gun-related offences. Bishop Piso, said the government had been given the power to enforce the law with capital punishmen
- APRIL 5, 2005IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Fabianus Tibo, Dominggus Dasilva and Marinus Riwu were sentenced to death in Indonesia
Fabianus Tibo, Dominggus Dasilva and Marinus Riwu were sentenced to death in Indonesia
- APRIL 5, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, Rezayi Hasan, 37, was executed in Saveh, Iran.
a man, Rezayi Hasan, 37, was executed in Saveh, Iran.
- APRIL 4, 2005GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Superior Court Judge John Lee Parrott overturned the murder conviction
Superior Court Judge John Lee Parrott overturned the murder conviction
- APRIL 4, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. SIX SOMALI NATIONALS EXECUTED
Saudi Arabia executed a gang of six Somali men convicted of abducting and robbing taxi drivers in the Red Sea port of Jeddah. The six men had lured taxi drivers to a remote spot where they hit them and threatened them with knives before robbing them and t
- APRIL 4, 2005Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
DRC. MAN CONDEMNED TO DEATH OVER KABILA’S MURDER DIES
Nico Bavurha, one of the men sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo for the assassination of Laurent Kabila, died on April 1 at Mama yemo hospital in Kinshasa where he had been transferred following a long period of illness in prison.
- APRIL 4, 2005North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
UK. BBC AIRS FILM OF NORTH KOREAN PUBLIC EXECUTION
the BBC broadcast footage purportedly showing the public execution of North Koreans caught trying to flee the country. The videotape obtained exclusively by the BBC was reportedly filmed clandestinely in a village near the North's border with China a mont
- APRIL 4, 2005JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR ISLAMISTS OVER ATTACK PLOTS
Jordan's state security court upheld death sentences against Abu Hoshar and Osama Sammar, two Islamist militants convicted of plotting attacks against Jewish and Western tourists during millennium celebrations.
- APRIL 4, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. TIBET COURT GIVES DEATH SENTENCE WITH REPRIEVE FOR FUR AND SKIN SMUGGLING OF ENDANGERED SPECIES
the Lhasa City Intermediate People's Court sentenced three people to death with reprieve for smuggling the skins of 1,393 endangered species including the skins of Bangladesh tigers and 581 leopards.
- APRIL 3, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DIE FOR MURDER
a man named as Morshed was sentenced to death in Comilla, Bangladesh, for the murder of a rickshaw puller about six years previously.