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- MARCH 21, 2005FranceDEATH PENALTY
USA. GOVERNMENT URGES JUDGE TO SET DATE FOR MOUSSAOUI TRIAL
the US government asked a federal judge to set an October start date for the much-delayed trial of accused September 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui.
- MARCH 21, 2005United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA. CATHOLIC BISHOPS CAMPAIGN AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
US Catholic bishops launched a campaign against the death penalty and presented new data suggesting support for capital punishment among American Catholics had fallen sharply in recent years to below 50 percent. Washington Archbishop Theodore McCarrick to
- MARCH 20, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. THREE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Muhibur Rahman, Billal Ahmed and Abdul Latif were sentenced to death by a court in Sylhet, Bangladesh, for killing a day-labourer in the Jaintapur district.
- MARCH 20, 2005IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. WOMAN EXECUTED FOR TRIPLE MURDERS
an Indonesian woman, 49-year-old Astini, was executed in the East Java capital of Surabaya after spending eight years in jail for a series of murders in which three women were killed and mutilated
- MARCH 20, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. STATE EXECUTES WITH ‘DEATH VANS’
the death van is an inconspicuous blue-and-white police vehicle that parks near the courtroom when its services are required by the Chinese judicial system. Inside it is fitted with a couch that can be raised or lowered like an operating table, set in the
- MARCH 19, 2005BrazilDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT SEEKING CLEMENCY FOR DRUG SMUGGLER
Brazil's President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, was to make a special appeal to Indonesia for clemency for Marco Archer Cardoso Moreira, a Brazilian national condemned to death for drug smuggling.
- MARCH 18, 2005BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
LIBYA. EU BACKS CAMPAIGN TO FREE BULGARIAN NURSES CONDEMNED TO DEATH
a European Union official backed Bulgaria’s attempts to secure the release of five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya for the infection of hundreds of children with the AIDS virus.
- MARCH 18, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. FOUR GANG-RAPE SUSPECTS REARRESTED
Pakistani authorities acting on the orders of the president and prime minister rearrested four men involved in a high-profile gang-rape case after an appeal by the alleged victim, Mukhtiar Mai.
- MARCH 18, 2005South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
in a Richland County courtroom, Circuit Judge G. Thomas Cooper sentenced...
in a Richland County courtroom, Circuit Judge G. Thomas Cooper sentenced the 25-year-old Quincy Allen to death for the 2002 slayings of Dale Evonne Hall and Jedediah Harr.
- MARCH 18, 2005FloridaDEATH PENALTY
in Vero Beach, Judge Robert Hawley has vacated the death sentence...
in Vero Beach, Judge Robert Hawley has vacated the death sentence Rodney Lowe received 14 years ago after he was convicted of the 1st-degree murder of a clerk at a convenience store.
- MARCH 18, 2005MexicoDEATH PENALTY
MEXICO. SENATE VOTES TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
the Mexican Senate voted overwhelmingly to explicitly forbid the death penalty, which had not been imposed in the country since 1961.
- MARCH 17, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. GANG-RAPE VICTIM APPEALS TO MUSHARRAF FOR JUSTICE
Mukhtiar Mai, a Pakistani gang-rape victim, appealed to President Pervez Musharraf on to order the re-arrest of four of her alleged attackers, who had been freed from jail despite a court decision to reconsider their acquittal.
- MARCH 17, 2005AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN. 4 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN ATTACKS ON FOREIGNERS
an Afghan court sentenced four people to death for planning two attacks in 2004 that killed 12 people, including four Americans, a senior judge said, blaming both incidents on Al Qaeda.
- MARCH 17, 2005NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
the High Court in central Nigeria’s Plateau State sentenced
the High Court in central Nigeria’s Plateau State sentenced
- MARCH 16, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. LAWYERS APPEAL DEATH CONVICTION, CITING NAME MIX-UP
a Bangladeshi with the same nickname as a murder suspect was mistakenly tried and sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit, his lawyers told a court.
- MARCH 16, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. BEIJING'S FORMER COMMUNICATION OFFICIAL SENTENCED TO DEATH WITH 2-YEAR REPRIEVE
Bi Yuxi, the former deputy director of Beijing Communication Bureau, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for taking bribes and embezzling state-owned assets in Beijing.
- MARCH 16, 2005CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Alfred A. Delucchi imposed...
San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Alfred A. Delucchi imposed...
- MARCH 16, 2005AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Circuit Judge George Green overruled a jury's recommendation...
Circuit Judge George Green overruled a jury's recommendation and imposed the death sentence for Vernon Lamar Yancey.
- MARCH 16, 2005DEATH PENALTY
Judges and juries would have to be absolutely certain of a person's guilt...
Judges and juries would have to be absolutely certain of a person's guilt before imposing the death penalty in a bill that cleared the Illinois House.
- MARCH 16, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN CONVICTED OF KILLING CHILDREN WHIPPED THEN EXECUTED IN PUBLIC
Mohammed Bijeh, a man convicted of raping and murdering 16 boys was lashed 100 times, and then hanged in front of a large, angry Iranian crowd who pelted him with stones and scuffled with police.
- MARCH 16, 2005MissouriDEATH PENALTY
MISSOURI. STANLEY HALL EXECUTED
Stanley Hall, a man convicted of throwing a woman to her death off a Mississippi River bridge, was executed by the state of Missouri. Hall, 37, was pronounced dead at 12:06 a.m. following an injection of lethal chemicals at the Potosi Correctional Center.
- MARCH 16, 2005United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA. “I STILL SUPPORT THE DEATH PENALTY”, BUSH
in a news conference President Bush urged stated his support for the death penalty. The following is a transcript of his remarks:
- MARCH 16, 2005CubaDEATH PENALTY
CUBA. FOR SOME HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS, IT’S A HAPPY ISLAND, D’ELIA
Hands Off Cain responds to the petition signed by 200 intellectuals in defence of the Cuban regime by bringing at the forefront the grave violations of human rights perpetrated by Castro’s regime.
- MARCH 16, 2005North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
a firing squad fires a few shots. In the distance...
a firing squad fires a few shots. In the distance, the blurry North Korean figures condemned to die for attempting to escape the totalitarian nation slump over, lifeless.
- MARCH 16, 2005SudanDEATH PENALTY
Amir Ahmed Tagelsir was executed by hanging at Kober Prison...
Amir Ahmed Tagelsir was executed by hanging at Kober Prison, in Sudan, for the 2002 murder of his friend Omer Bashir Hassan Artoli
- MARCH 15, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
two men named as Arman and Telu were sentenced to death in absentia
two men named as Arman and Telu were sentenced to death in absentia
- MARCH 15, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. GOVERNMENT REGRETS SAUDI BEHEADINGS
the Philippines said it regretted the beheadings of four Filipinos convicted of murdering a compatriot in Saudi Arabia, but had no complaints about the conduct of the trial.
- MARCH 15, 2005OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
the state of Oklahoma has executed Jimmie Ray Slaughter.
the state of Oklahoma has executed Jimmie Ray Slaughter.
- MARCH 15, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
UN. ITALIAN UNDERSECRETARY BONIVER CONDEMNS TORTURE
speaking at the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, holding its annual meet in Geneva, Italian Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Margherita Boniver condemned torture stating that “no economic, political, cultural, social or religious reason can ju
- MARCH 14, 2005BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
EU. LIBYA URGED TO RELEASE BULGARIAN NURSES
the European Union appealed to Libya to free the five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor condemned to death after being found guilty of infecting 426 children with the HIV virus