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- JULY 24, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Iranian dissident Hashem Aghajari, sentenced to five...
Iranian dissident Hashem Aghajari, sentenced to five years in jail for insulting Islam, complained that a portion of his sentence was almost as bad as the death sentence initially imposed on him
- JULY 24, 2004United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Abu Hamza could not be sent from Britain to the US...
Abu Hamza could not be sent from Britain to the US to face terrorism charges because any guarantee given by the US government not to execute him was worthless, a court was told
- JULY 24, 2004United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Abu Hamza could not be sent from Britain to the US...
Abu Hamza could not be sent from Britain to the US to face terrorism charges because any guarantee given by the US government not to execute him was worthless, a court was told
- JULY 23, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Yulin City Intermediate People's Court in Guangxi...
The Yulin City Intermediate People's Court in Guangxi province, southern China, convicted 52 people for baby trafficking, sentencing the two ringleaders, Xie Deming and Cui Wenxian, to death in a case that came to light after they were caught transporting
- JULY 23, 2004MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
Jamal Abdel-Khaleq Bazazi, a 23 year old Moroccan man,...
Jamal Abdel-Khaleq Bazazi, a 23 year old Moroccan man, was reportedly sentenced to death for killing a jeweler in 2002 so he could rob him of money with which he could buy rockets he would use to attack the US Embassy
- JULY 23, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Chinese court sentenced two businessmen to death...
A Chinese court sentenced two businessmen to death and gave life sentences to three others accused of murdering a billionaire in eastern China
- JULY 23, 2004LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Jamal Abdel-Khaleq Bazazi, a 23 year old Moroccan man,...
Jamal Abdel-Khaleq Bazazi, a 23 year old Moroccan man, was reportedly sentenced to death for killing a jeweler in 2002 so he could rob him of money with which he could buy rockets he would use to attack the US Embassy
- JULY 23, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesia's constitutional court upheld an appeal which...
Indonesia's constitutional court upheld an appeal which could throw all trials of convicted Bali bombers into doubt
- JULY 23, 2004FloridaDEATH PENALTY
A three-judge panel of the 11th U
A three-judge panel of the 11th U
- JULY 23, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
Criminal District Court Judge Charles Carver recommended...
Criminal District Court Judge Charles Carver recommended that a higher court commute Walter Bell Jr
- JULY 23, 2004ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Senate deputy speakers Cesare Salvi and Lamberto Dini...
Senate deputy speakers Cesare Salvi and Lamberto Dini and Senators-for-life Francesco Cossiga and Rita Levi-Montalcini were the first signatories of the motion in which the Italian Senate asks the government to withhold collaboration from the Iraqi author
- JULY 23, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Le Minh Thua, a 32-year-old man, was executed by firing...
Le Minh Thua, a 32-year-old man, was executed by firing squad in Vietnam for killing and then raping a woman
- JULY 23, 2004DEATH PENALTY
SENEGAL. CABINET APPROVES BILL FOR ABOLITION
July 23, 2004: Senegal’s government approved a bill to abolish the death penalty on July 15. The same day, President Abdoulaye Wade, who had brought up the bill in the Cabinet meeting, decided to propose it to Parliament.
- JULY 22, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Truong Si Kien, a 23-year-old farmer, was sentenced...
Truong Si Kien, a 23-year-old farmer, was sentenced to death in Vietnam for killing a friend in order to steal his motorbike
- JULY 22, 2004ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A Thai appeal court quashed death sentences against...
A Thai appeal court quashed death sentences against two men from hill tribes for the murder of an Australian tourist and the rape of his girlfriend
- JULY 22, 2004OhioDEATH PENALTY
Summit County Common Pleas Court Judge Patricia A
Summit County Common Pleas Court Judge Patricia A
- JULY 22, 2004VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
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Mark W
- JULY 22, 2004ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HOC Secretary General Sergio D'Elia and Elisabetta...
HOC Secretary General Sergio D'Elia and Elisabetta Zamparutti, editor of HOC's 2004 Report on the Death Penalty Worldwide, brought the capital punishment issue to the attention of the Human Rights Committee of the Italian Chamber of Representatives
- JULY 21, 2004SenegalDEATH PENALTY
An Indonesian court on sentenced Seck Osmane, a Senegalese...
An Indonesian court on sentenced Seck Osmane, a Senegalese man, to death for heroin trafficking
- JULY 21, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indonesian court on sentenced Seck Osmane, a Senegalese...
An Indonesian court on sentenced Seck Osmane, a Senegalese man, to death for heroin trafficking
- JULY 21, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Five men were sentenced to death, four in absentia,...
Five men were sentenced to death, four in absentia, by a District court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, after they were found guilty of murdering a father and his son at Keraniganj
- JULY 21, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Indian government announced it had no plans to...
The Indian government announced it had no plans to abolish the death sentence
- JULY 21, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Two sisters were sentenced to death in Vietnam after...
Two sisters were sentenced to death in Vietnam after being convicted of a double murder and robbery
- JULY 21, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Crockett, Barney Ronald Fuller Junior was sentenced...
In Crockett, Barney Ronald Fuller Junior was sentenced to death by a Houston County jury after pleading guilty to the May 14, 2003 shooting deaths of 43-year-old Nathan Copeland and 39-year-old Annette Copeland
- JULY 21, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
Joe Lee Guy, 32, who was convicted and sentenced to...
Joe Lee Guy, 32, who was convicted and sentenced to death in 1994 for his part in a robbery-murder, was sentenced to life in prison
- JULY 21, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
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- JULY 21, 2004SudanDEATH PENALTY
A Sudanese media centre close to the government said...
A Sudanese media centre close to the government said that 200 members of pro-government militias accused of ethnic cleansing in Darfur had been tried and that some had received death sentences
- JULY 21, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China has executed two separatists from its muslim...
China has executed two separatists from its muslim Uighur ethnic minority and jailed 16 to terms ranging from five years to life on charges of damaging national security
- JULY 21, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. SIX PEOPLE HANGED, REPORTS
Arshad-ollah and Mohammad Ali were put to death on July 10
- JULY 20, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Four main culprits of a 60-member organized crime ring...
Four main culprits of a 60-member organized crime ring were executed in Shaoyang city, central-south China's Hunan Province