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- MARCH 9, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. CHIEF JUSTICE PLEDGES TO IMPROVE DEATH PENALTY REVIEW PROCESS
China will further refine the death penalty review process this year, Chief Justice Xiao Yang told the on-going annual session of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature.
- MARCH 9, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA ARRESTS 800,000 FOR 'ENDANGERING STATE SECURITY'
China arrested more than 800,000 people last year for endangering state security or for being involved in activities regarded as separatist, terrorist or extremist, a top official.
- MARCH 8, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING THREE JAPANESE
Hai Ting and Cao Xiude, two Chinese men who were charged with murdering three Japanese tourists in Xi'an, capital city of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, were sentenced to death by the Xi'an Intermediate People's Court.
- MARCH 8, 2005DEATH PENALTY
George Hopper, a hitman convicted of killing a woman in a murder-for-hire scheme...
George Hopper, a hitman convicted of killing a woman in a murder-for-hire scheme, apologized for his crime as he lay strapped to a gurney awaiting the lethal injection, the fourth execution this year in Texas.
- MARCH 8, 2005OhioDEATH PENALTY
the state of Ohio executed William Smith, a 47-year-old man convicted of killing a woman in 1987, after a court rejected a claim that he suffered from brain damage.
the state of Ohio executed William Smith, a 47-year-old man convicted of killing a woman in 1987, after a court rejected a claim that he suffered from brain damage.
- MARCH 7, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. THREE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
three men were sentenced to death for shooting down two people in the Sherpur district of Bangladesh during a gang attack.
- MARCH 7, 2005BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
BOTSWANA. CLERIC PLANS MASSIVE CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY
the vice president of the Botswana Christian Council (BCC), Reverend Kebinang Moenga, said he intended to launch a massive war against the government on the issue of capital punishment.
- MARCH 7, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. HIGH COURT CONVERTS TIKA RAM'S DEATH PENALTY TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
the High Court in New Delhi, India, commuted into life imprisonment the death penalty passed on Tika Ram for the 1994 murders of five members of the Sharmas family in the city's Vasant Kunj area.
- MARCH 7, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. DECISION ON HANAFI'S APPEAL AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE DEFERRED
the Malaysian Court of Appeal postponed indefinitely the decision on the appeal by Hanafi Mat Hassan against his death sentence for killing computer engineer Noor Suzaily Mukhtar.
- MARCH 7, 2005MissouriDEATH PENALTY
Johnny Johnson, 26, was sentenced to death by injection.
Johnny Johnson, 26, was sentenced to death by injection.
- MARCH 7, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER PUBLICLY BEHEADED
Saudi Arabia executed a convicted Saudi murderer in the southwestern al-Baha region
- MARCH 7, 2005DEATH PENALTY
USA. BUSH ADMINISTRATION QUITS PACT USED IN CAPITAL CASES
the Bush administration decided to pull out of an international agreement that opponents of the death penalty have used to fight the sentences of foreigners on death row in the United States, officials said.
- MARCH 7, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
the Judiciary in the city of Karaj, Iran, issued death sentences for two young men
the Judiciary in the city of Karaj, Iran, issued death sentences for two young men
- MARCH 6, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. THREE MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
an Additional district and sessions court in Bangladesh sentenced Abdul Hamid, Zahid Hasan and Hafizul to death for the murder of a motor cyclist.
- MARCH 6, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. DEATH PENALTY FOR RAPE CONVICTS
a fast-track court in India sentenced to death two men named Ramniwas and Balbir after convicting them of raping and murdering a nursing student.
- MARCH 6, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. INDIAN NATIONAL BEHEADED FOR MURDER
Malaya Maroti Bajantra, an Indian man convicted of murdering his compatriot, was beheaded in the Hafar al-Batin town in Saudi Arabia. Bajantra killed Hakim Ahmed Pasha and robbed him, said a report by the country's Interior Ministry.
- MARCH 4, 2005AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
AUSTRALIA. GOVERNMENT TO INTERVENE FOR CORBY IN BALI DRUG CASE
Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said he would personally intervene in the case of Australian woman Schapelle Corby
- MARCH 4, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
the Kolkata high, India, confirmed the death sentences handed down to three people, Alok Nath Dutta, Mrinal Dutta and Shiv Shankar Roy, for killing a relative over a property dispute.
- MARCH 4, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. RIGHTS GROUPS SLAM GANG RAPE VERDICT
Pakistani human rights groups criticised the government and police after a court overturned the convictions of five men sentenced to death in a high-profile gang-rape case.
- MARCH 4, 2005United StatesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED KINGDOM. BRITON 'MAY FACE EXECUTION' IF EXTRADITED TO US
Babar Ahmad, a British terrorist suspect, could face the death penalty or imprisonment in Guantánamo Bay if extradited to the US, his lawyers said.
- MARCH 4, 2005IdahoDEATH PENALTY
Azad Abdullah, convicted of killing his wife, is headed to death row for the Oct. 5, 2002 murder of Angie
Azad Abdullah, convicted of killing his wife, is headed to death row for the Oct. 5, 2002 murder of Angie
- MARCH 4, 2005DEATH PENALTY
A Bessemer jury has recommended 11-1 the death penalty for Aundra Marshall.
A Bessemer jury has recommended 11-1 the death penalty for Aundra Marshall.
- MARCH 4, 2005IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. GOVERNMENT DOES ABOUT TURN ON ISSUE OF INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
only a week since announcing the intention of adhering to the Statute of Rome and thus also to the International Court of Justice, the provisional government of Iraq announced the withdrawal of such an initiative with a new decree, stated the Italian grou
- MARCH 4, 2005CroatiaDEATH PENALTY
CROATIA. REPRESENTATIVES OF HANDS OFF CAIN AND OF THE TRANSNATIONAL RADICAL PARTY VISIT THE COUNTRY'S PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC
the President of Croatia Stjepan Mesic gave his approval to the initiatives presented by Hands Off Cain and the Transnational Radical Party, engaged in bringing about a universal moratorium on executions, and gave his support to efforts for the obtainment
- MARCH 4, 2005MexicoDEATH PENALTY
US. BUSH ORDERS COURTS TO GIVE FOREIGN NATIONALS ON DEATH ROW FURTHER REVIEW
the White House has ordered state courts to consider the complaints of 51 Mexican foreign nationals on death row in the United States, International Herald Tribune reported.
- MARCH 3, 2005JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. DEATH PENALTY SOUGHT FOR COUPLE OVER KILLING OF 7 IN FUKUOKA
prosecutors in Japan demanded the death penalty for a man and a woman in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, accusing them of killing seven people including the woman's own relatives in the late 1990s.
- MARCH 3, 2005JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR OKASHITA
Japan's Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for Kaoru Okashita, a 58 year old man convicted of murdering two people
- MARCH 3, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. 2 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING LAGUNA MAYOR
two men charged with killing a Laguna mayor, his driver, and a policeman were sentenced to death in the Philippines.
- MARCH 3, 2005Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA. MINISTER'S WIFE AND THREE OTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
N. Mary Juliet Monica Fernando, wife of Christian and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Milroy Fernando and three other accused were sentenced to death in Sri Lanka by Colombo High Court judge Upali Abeyaratne after a jury turned in a guilty verdict in the m
- MARCH 3, 2005CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
one of two men sentenced to death after the prosecutor argued...
one of two men sentenced to death after the prosecutor argued...