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- OCTOBER 10, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
a court in Thalassery in the Indian state of Kerala, sentenced to death four Communist Party of India (CPI-M) activists
a court in Thalassery in the Indian state of Kerala, sentenced to death four Communist Party of India (CPI-M) activists
- OCTOBER 10, 2004North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Russell Holden Jr., sentenced to death 19 years ago, has had the sentence vacated
Russell Holden Jr., sentenced to death 19 years ago, has had the sentence vacated
- OCTOBER 10, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
an Iranian man named Mohammad D. was hanged in public
an Iranian man named Mohammad D. was hanged in public
- OCTOBER 9, 2004United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Congress passed and sent legislation to President Bush...
Congress passed and sent legislation to President Bush that would give rape victims and convicted felons greater access to DNA testing
- OCTOBER 8, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The Court of Cassation in Saudi Arabia dropped the...
The Court of Cassation in Saudi Arabia dropped the death sentence for three men accused of taking part in a series of armed robberies targeting a number of local Saudi banks and replaced it with imprisonment, but upheld the death sentence for a fourth sus
- OCTOBER 8, 2004LibyaDEATH PENALTY
The Bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council...
The Bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) decided that the PACE Legal Affairs and Human Rights Committee would draw up a special report on the case of five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya on AIDS infection charg
- OCTOBER 8, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippine Supreme Court reaffirmed the death sentence...
The Philippine Supreme Court reaffirmed the death sentence on Gerry H
- OCTOBER 8, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
The Bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council...
The Bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) decided that the PACE Legal Affairs and Human Rights Committee would draw up a special report on the case of five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya on AIDS infection charg
- OCTOBER 8, 2004LibyaDEATH PENALTY
The Bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council...
The Bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) decided that the PACE Legal Affairs and Human Rights Committee would draw up a special report on the case of five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya on AIDS infection charg
- OCTOBER 8, 2004North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Sammy Crystal Perkins was executed today at Central...
Sammy Crystal Perkins was executed today at Central Prison in Raleigh, Perkins was convicted in 1993 of raping and smothering Jo Jo Moore to death in her grandmother's Hopkins Drive home
- OCTOBER 7, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A fast track court in Godhra in the Indian state of...
A fast track court in Godhra in the Indian state of Gujarat, sentenced to death Ratansinh alias Anupsinh Chauhan after convicting him of raping and murdering a six year old girl on August 16, 2003
- OCTOBER 7, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Sohel and Raju Roy were sentenced to death by a Speedy...
Sohel and Raju Roy were sentenced to death by a Speedy Trial Tribunal and two others were sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty of killing Saiful Islam in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, on September 5, 2003
- OCTOBER 7, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Japan Federation of Bar Associations started its...
The Japan Federation of Bar Associations started its annual human rights meeting in Miyazaki, southwestern Japan, focusing mainly on the issue of capital punishment
- OCTOBER 7, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A court in Delhi, India, sentenced a 59-year-old man...
A court in Delhi, India, sentenced a 59-year-old man to death and his two young sons to life imprisonment in a triple murder case at Saket in South Delhi in 1998
- OCTOBER 7, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
There were no defined lines when it came to sentencing...
There were no defined lines when it came to sentencing a person to capital punishment or life imprisonment, and the decision was largely up to the judge to make, the Japan Federation of Bar Associations (JFBA) said, adding that it could not say for certai
- OCTOBER 6, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Chinese court sentenced two people to death and another...
A Chinese court sentenced two people to death and another to life in jail after they were convicted of smuggling the pelts of nearly 1,400 endangered animals into Tibet
- OCTOBER 6, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian woman was sentenced to death for murdering...
An Iranian woman was sentenced to death for murdering and chopping up her drug addict husband who allegedly tried to rape her daughter
- OCTOBER 6, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
"It's now time for Indonesia to abolish the death penalty
"It's now time for Indonesia to abolish the death penalty
- OCTOBER 6, 2004RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Konstantin Kosachev, the head of the Russian State...
Konstantin Kosachev, the head of the Russian State Duma Committee for Foreign Affairs, said that the Russian delegation didn't intend to raise the question of introduction of the death penalty for terrorists at the current regular "We've discussed the iss
- OCTOBER 6, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
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- OCTOBER 6, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court, India, confirmed...
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court, India, confirmed the death sentence by the Kollam Sessions Court awarded to Rama Subramanian alias Mani for murdering his employer- a widow and her three children
- OCTOBER 6, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Four prisoners were hanged in Tonekabon (northern Iran)...
Four prisoners were hanged in Tonekabon (northern Iran) National Council of Resistance of Iran reported
- OCTOBER 6, 2004United NationsDEATH PENALTY
It was revealed in a report submitted by the Kenyan...
It was revealed in a report submitted by the Kenyan government to the United Nation's Human Rights Committee that there are 1,900 prisoners on death row in the country, 200 of which had exhausted their attempts to have the sentence commuted to life
- OCTOBER 6, 2004KenyaDEATH PENALTY
It was revealed in a report submitted by the Kenyan...
It was revealed in a report submitted by the Kenyan government to the United Nation's Human Rights Committee that there are 1,900 prisoners on death row in the country, 200 of which had exhausted their attempts to have the sentence commuted to life
- OCTOBER 6, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
the Supreme Court upheld the death sentences of two young men
the Supreme Court upheld the death sentences of two young men
- OCTOBER 6, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's female soccer fans will be forced to
Iran's female soccer fans will be forced to
- OCTOBER 5, 2004JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
The Jamaican government brought to Parliament an amendment...
The Jamaican government brought to Parliament an amendment to the Offences against the Person Act to give judges greater sentencing discretion in capital murder convictions after July's ruling by the Privy Council that the death penalty was not mandatory
- OCTOBER 5, 2004UgandaDEATH PENALTY
A seminar analysing the investigations of the International...
A seminar analysing the investigations of the International Criminal Court (ICC) into the conflict in northern Uganda, heard that LRA rebel leader, Joseph Kony and his allies would never be given a death sentence
- OCTOBER 5, 2004JordanDEATH PENALTY
The Court of Cassation in Jordan has commuted the death...
The Court of Cassation in Jordan has commuted the death sentence passed against Raed Hijazi, a convicted Al Qaeda terrorist, to 20 years imprisonment, judicial sources said
- OCTOBER 5, 2004Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
The top military court in Democratic Republic of Congo...
The top military court in Democratic Republic of Congo sentenced former military prosecutor Colonel Alamba Mungako and 10 other people to death in a murder trial