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- JULY 17, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a man was sentenced to death in Tehran
a man was sentenced to death in Tehran
- JULY 16, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A man was sentenced to death for hiring a hitman to...
A man was sentenced to death for hiring a hitman to murder his wife in order to profit from an insurance payout
- JULY 16, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Le Xuan Hoc, a 24-year-old unemployed man, was sentenced...
Le Xuan Hoc, a 24-year-old unemployed man, was sentenced to death by firing squad in Vietnam after being convicted of killing and robbing an elderly woman
- JULY 16, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
At least seven people were executed in China after...
At least seven people were executed in China after being found guilty of crimes including murder, embezzlement and poisoning, state media reported
- JULY 16, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
"We are an Oriental people and it is the will of the...
"We are an Oriental people and it is the will of the people," said an Iraqi judge who whipped up a storm this week by condemning three men to death even before a ban on capital punishment had been officially lifted
- JULY 16, 2004OhioDEATH PENALTY
In Akron, a jury has recommended that Donald Lavell...
In Akron, a jury has recommended that Donald Lavell Craig be put to death for the Feb
- JULY 16, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Beaumont, a federal prisoner serving a life sentence...
In Beaumont, a federal prisoner serving a life sentence was sentenced to death for the Jan
- JULY 15, 2004South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that the governing Uri Party was preparing...
It was reported that the governing Uri Party was preparing to submit legislation that if enacted would put an end to the death penalty in South Korea
- JULY 15, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
Thousands of demonstrators protested in Baghdad and...
Thousands of demonstrators protested in Baghdad and the holy cities of Najaf and Kerbala, calling for the death penalty for former president Saddam Hussein
- JULY 15, 2004SenegalDEATH PENALTY
Senegal's government approved a bill to abolish the...
Senegal's government approved a bill to abolish the death penalty
- JULY 14, 2004Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
Two Trinidadian men were sentenced to die by hanging...
Two Trinidadian men were sentenced to die by hanging for the murder of a former BBC anchorwoman, her mother and her brother-in-law
- JULY 14, 2004TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Turkish parliament ratified a draft law changing...
The Turkish parliament ratified a draft law changing the expressions of ''execution of death sentence'' and ''death sentence'' in laws as ''heavy life imprisonment'' in order to conform to recent constitutional amendments
- JULY 14, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Yang Fengrui, deputy secretary-general of the National...
Yang Fengrui, deputy secretary-general of the National Narcotics Control Commission, defended China's frequent use of the death penalty against drug traffickers amid stepped-up efforts to control growing narcotics use
- JULY 14, 2004New ZealandDEATH PENALTY
A poll showed that nearly a third of adult New Zealanders...
A poll showed that nearly a third of adult New Zealanders want the death penalty back
- JULY 14, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Do Van Tien, a 28 year old Vietnamese...
It was reported that Do Van Tien, a 28 year old Vietnamese farmer, will face a firing squad for stabbing to death his wife and her mother while in an alcoholic rage
- JULY 14, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Human rights campaigners said that the Indonesian policy...
Human rights campaigners said that the Indonesian policy of upholding the death sentence for drug traffickers was politically motivated in a bid to defend the corrupt legal system that failed to stop trafficking in the first place
- JULY 14, 2004CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
In Bakersfield, Larry Kusuth Hazlett Jr
In Bakersfield, Larry Kusuth Hazlett Jr
- JULY 14, 2004CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
The California Supreme Court upheld a previous court's...
The California Supreme Court upheld a previous court's ruling of guilt for Richard Bert Stewart, 40, but said that evidence of improper jury selection compelled it to reverse the death sentence
- JULY 14, 2004OhioDEATH PENALTY
In Lucasville, Stephen Vrabel was executed
In Lucasville, Stephen Vrabel was executed
- JULY 14, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a prisoner was hanged at Khazar Square in the city of Sari, northern Iran.
a prisoner was hanged at Khazar Square in the city of Sari, northern Iran.
- JULY 13, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Indian embassy asked Indonesian authorities to...
The Indian embassy asked Indonesian authorities to spare the life of Ayodhya Prasad Chaubey, an Indian national who was facing a firing squad for drug trafficking
- JULY 13, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Indian embassy asked Indonesian authorities to...
The Indian embassy asked Indonesian authorities to spare the life of Ayodhya Prasad Chaubey, an Indian national who was facing a firing squad for drug trafficking
- JULY 13, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Muslim has been executed on charges of seeking independence...
A Muslim has been executed on charges of seeking independence for China's Muslim-majority northwestern region of Xinjiang and making explosives, a court official said
- JULY 13, 2004KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
Ghanem Abdullah al-Mutairi, a Kuwaiti convicted of...
Ghanem Abdullah al-Mutairi, a Kuwaiti convicted of premeditated murder, was executed in Kuwait city
- JULY 13, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The fourth additional district court of Indore, India,...
The fourth additional district court of Indore, India, sentenced to death a man named Ganesh, accused of killing his wife and four children on April 9, 2002
- JULY 13, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Mahmud Kazeminia, convicted of...
It was reported that Mahmud Kazeminia, convicted of killing a man of 17 with the intention of stealing his motorcycle, was brought down from the gallows after he confessed to another murder before his sentence of hanging was carried out in Dezful, Iran
- JULY 13, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
Foreign Minister Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz met with his...
Foreign Minister Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz met with his Iraqi counterpart Hoshiar Zebari in Brussels to dissuade the Iraqi government from using capital punishment
- JULY 13, 2004KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
Roziyev Abdurakhman and Ibragimov Rakhman were sentenced...
Roziyev Abdurakhman and Ibragimov Rakhman were sentenced to death and another two to long prison terms in southern Kyrgyzstan, the Kyrgyz independent fergana
- JULY 13, 2004PolandDEATH PENALTY
Foreign Minister Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz met with his...
Foreign Minister Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz met with his Iraqi counterpart Hoshiar Zebari in Brussels to dissuade the Iraqi government from using capital punishment
- JULY 13, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
in Tehran, a 23-year-old named Erfan was sentenced to death
in Tehran, a 23-year-old named Erfan was sentenced to death