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- AUGUST 13, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Sudanese national was beheaded for the stabbing death...
A Sudanese national was beheaded for the stabbing death of a Saudi during a fight
- AUGUST 13, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Seventeen members of the al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf...
Seventeen members of the al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf group were sentenced to death for kidnapping nurses from a hospital in the southern Philippines three years ago
- AUGUST 12, 2004DEATH PENALTY
The state has agreed it will not seek to execute a...
The state has agreed it will not seek to execute a Mexican man whose attorneys say he is mentally retarded, and in return the inmate will drop appeals of his murder conviction
- AUGUST 12, 2004NevadaDEATH PENALTY
Terry Jess Dennis, resolute to the end about not wanting...
Terry Jess Dennis, resolute to the end about not wanting any appeals, was executed tonight at the Nevada State Prison for strangling a woman in 1999
- AUGUST 12, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Four leaders of a crime gang in southern China were...
Four leaders of a crime gang in southern China were sentenced to death after being convicted of a series of offences including injuries and one killing
- AUGUST 12, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian convicted of murdering his father-in-law...
An Iranian convicted of murdering his father-in-law has been hanged in Tehran's main Evin prison, a newspaper reported
- AUGUST 12, 2004EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Egyptian national Sayed Faruq Ibrahim was sentenced...
Egyptian national Sayed Faruq Ibrahim was sentenced to death for strangling to death the four-year-old boy of an Omani diplomat after a breaking into a house in April 2004
- AUGUST 12, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
the Thai embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, asked the Legal Counsel...
the Thai embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, asked the Legal Counsel...
- AUGUST 11, 2004DEATH PENALTY
The state Senate voted to alter the sentencing provisions...
The state Senate voted to alter the sentencing provisions of the state's death penalty law to remove procedures declared unconstitutional in June by the state's highest court
- AUGUST 11, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Smith County, Tracy Lane Beatty, 43, was sentenced...
In Smith County, Tracy Lane Beatty, 43, was sentenced to death this afternoon for murdering his mother and burying her body in their backyard
- AUGUST 11, 2004VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
A closely divided U-S Supreme Court today lifted a...
A closely divided U-S Supreme Court today lifted a stay of execution for James Edward Reid
- AUGUST 11, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
A Harris County jury sentenced Robert Aaron Acuna to...
A Harris County jury sentenced Robert Aaron Acuna to death for killing his elderly neighbours last year
- AUGUST 11, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
the European Union expressed dismay at Indonesia's first execution...
the European Union expressed dismay at Indonesia's first execution...
- AUGUST 11, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Dhananjoy Chatterjee, an Indian man due to be hanged on August 14...
Dhananjoy Chatterjee, an Indian man due to be hanged on August 14...
- AUGUST 11, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
Tariq Aziz, the jailed former deputy prime minister...
Tariq Aziz, the jailed former deputy prime minister...
- AUGUST 11, 2004South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Supreme Court justice nominee Kim Young-ran said...
Supreme Court justice nominee Kim Young-ran said...
- AUGUST 11, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
prisoners taken by British forces were liable to be executed by the Iraqi authorities
prisoners taken by British forces were liable to be executed by the Iraqi authorities
- AUGUST 11, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a young boy named Maham was sentenced to death
a young boy named Maham was sentenced to death
- AUGUST 10, 2004Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed four men including Cai Xiong, a Hong...
China executed four men including Cai Xiong, a Hong Kong resident, for counterfeiting and smuggling fake currency
- AUGUST 10, 2004AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
In Bessemer, Circuit Judge Teresa Petelos sentenced...
In Bessemer, Circuit Judge Teresa Petelos sentenced Michael Lee Brown to death for the October 2001 killing of Betty Kirkpatrick, 66
- AUGUST 10, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian man convicted of murder has been hanged...
An Iranian man convicted of murder has been hanged publicly in Shabankareh, a town in the southern Gulf province of Bushehr, the government daily Iran reported
- AUGUST 10, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China should consider using the death penalty less...
China should consider using the death penalty less widely for corruption cases and abolishing it altogether for non-violent crimes, the semi-official China News service quoted legal experts as saying
- AUGUST 10, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
Denmark says its forces in Iraq will no longer hand...
Denmark says its forces in Iraq will no longer hand over prisoners to Iraqi authorities after the interim government reinstated the death penalty
- AUGUST 10, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
India's Cabinet voted to repeal a tough anti-terrorism...
India's Cabinet voted to repeal a tough anti-terrorism law that critics say violates human rights and is often misused by authorities to punish political opponents
- AUGUST 10, 2004DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
Denmark says its forces in Iraq will no longer hand...
Denmark says its forces in Iraq will no longer hand over prisoners to Iraqi authorities after the interim government reinstated the death penalty
- AUGUST 10, 2004United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Denmark says its forces in Iraq will no longer hand...
Denmark says its forces in Iraq will no longer hand over prisoners to Iraqi authorities after the interim government reinstated the death penalty
- AUGUST 10, 2004DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
Danish Defense Minister Soeren Gade said that...
Danish Defense Minister Soeren Gade said that...
- AUGUST 10, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Le Linh Liem, a 35-year-old man, was sentenced to death by firing squad
Le Linh Liem, a 35-year-old man, was sentenced to death by firing squad
- AUGUST 10, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a man named Rezaul Haq Raja was hanged in Bangladesh for murder
a man named Rezaul Haq Raja was hanged in Bangladesh for murder
- AUGUST 10, 2004UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Yusuf Zhumayev and Azizbek Karimov were executed in secret.
Yusuf Zhumayev and Azizbek Karimov were executed in secret.