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- MAY 4, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's hardline judiciary hastened to play down a provincial...
Iran's hardline judiciary hastened to play down a provincial judge's confirmation of a death sentence for blasphemy on dissident academic Hashem Aghajari, saying the verdict was not final
- MAY 4, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Wife of the jailed university professor Hashem Aghajari...
Wife of the jailed university professor Hashem Aghajari questioned the veracity of the death sentence issued in her husband's case
- MAY 4, 2004Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Fearing possible death penalty they could face after...
Fearing possible death penalty they could face after being extradited to Equatorial Guinea, 70 accused mercenaries held in Zimbabwe Tuesday appealed to South Africa through their lawyers to intervene to block their extradition
- MAY 4, 2004South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Fearing possible death penalty they could face after...
Fearing possible death penalty they could face after being extradited to Equatorial Guinea, 70 accused mercenaries held in Zimbabwe Tuesday appealed to South Africa through their lawyers to intervene to block their extradition
- MAY 4, 2004KenyaDEATH PENALTY
The High Court in Nakuru, Kenya, sentenced to death...
The High Court in Nakuru, Kenya, sentenced to death 28-year-old James Mwangi Gichomo after convicting him of slitting his employer's throat and drinking his blood
- MAY 4, 2004ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Fearing possible death penalty they could face after...
Fearing possible death penalty they could face after being extradited to Equatorial Guinea, 70 accused mercenaries held in Zimbabwe Tuesday appealed to South Africa through their lawyers to intervene to block their extradition
- MAY 4, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a man was hanged in public at 8 am Sunday
a man was hanged in public at 8 am Sunday
- MAY 4, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran daily reported that a prisoner, 43, was hanged
Iran daily reported that a prisoner, 43, was hanged
- MAY 3, 2004FranceDEATH PENALTY
On April 8, a bill was very discreetly proposed for...
On April 8, a bill was very discreetly proposed for the reintroduction of the death penalty for those guilty of committing "terrorist acts"
- MAY 3, 2004Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
Security forces and pro-government militias in Ivory...
Security forces and pro-government militias in Ivory Coast killed at least 120 people, including many innocent civilians, in a two-day crackdown on a banned opposition protest in March, a United Nations report said
- MAY 3, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian court reimposed the death sentence for blasphemy...
An Iranian court reimposed the death sentence for blasphemy against university professor and dissident Hashem Aghajari
- MAY 3, 2004DEATH PENALTY
Security forces and pro-government militias in Ivory...
Security forces and pro-government militias in Ivory Coast killed at least 120 people, including many innocent civilians, in a two-day crackdown on a banned opposition protest in March, a United Nations report said
- MAY 3, 2004UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Ugandan Ministry of Justice and Constitutional...
The Ugandan Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs stated that the death penalty would only be replaced with life imprisonment for those who defiled girls between 10 to 17 years, those found guilty of defiling girls under nine years of age would s
- MAY 3, 2004MassachusettsDEATH PENALTY
An 11-member panel of scientists, prosecutors and legal...
An 11-member panel of scientists, prosecutors and legal experts appointed on September 2003 (see) by Gov
- MAY 3, 2004South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Shawn Paul Humphries is entitled to a new sentencing...
Shawn Paul Humphries is entitled to a new sentencing because his lawyers failed to object when the prosecutor compared the value of the killer's life to that of his victim, a federal appeals court in Richmond, Va
- MAY 3, 2004ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain Secretary Sergio d’Elia heavily criticised...
Hands Off Cain Secretary Sergio d’Elia heavily criticised...
- MAY 2, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Cook Alauddin Munshi, 30, caretaker Mehdi Mamun Rana,...
Cook Alauddin Munshi, 30, caretaker Mehdi Mamun Rana, 28, and to hired killers Nasiruddin, 26 and Emdadul Haq, 27 were sentenced to death by a Speedy Trial Tribunal in Dhaka, Bangladesh for the murder of Sultana Khan Panni, 70-year old wife of former depu
- MAY 2, 2004MexicoDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that relatives of Osvaldo Torres, a...
It was reported that relatives of Osvaldo Torres, a Mexican awaiting execution in the US state of Oklahoma, would submit 12,500 signatures to the Prison Pardons Board on his behalf to strengthen their plea for a stay of execution
- MAY 2, 2004MexicoDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that relatives of Osvaldo Torres, a...
It was reported that relatives of Osvaldo Torres, a Mexican awaiting execution in the US state of Oklahoma, would submit 12,500 signatures to the Prison Pardons Board on his behalf to strengthen their plea for a stay of execution
- MAY 2, 2004North MacedoniaDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan condemned the killing of seven Pakistani immigrants...
Pakistan condemned the killing of seven Pakistani immigrants by Macedonian police in a staged anti-terrorism action, saying the act was a "heinous" crime and a "diabolical plot" aimed at impressing the US
- MAY 2, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
the Jomhouri-Islami reported that Hassan Pirdadeh Piranvand was hanged in public
the Jomhouri-Islami reported that Hassan Pirdadeh Piranvand was hanged in public
- MAY 2, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a prisoner, named Abolghassem, was hanged in Salman Farsi Street
a prisoner, named Abolghassem, was hanged in Salman Farsi Street
- MAY 1, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Prince Fahd bin Nayef, a minor Saudi prince aged 19,...
Prince Fahd bin Nayef, a minor Saudi prince aged 19, was saved from the executioner's sword by a last-minute pardon by the father of the teenager he murdered
- APRIL 30, 2004TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Tajikistan is to suspend the death penalty, its president...
Tajikistan is to suspend the death penalty, its president said, making Uzbekistan the only country among the five ex-Soviet Central Asian states to carry out capital punishment
- APRIL 30, 2004UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Ugandan government would soon replace death sentences...
The Ugandan government would soon replace death sentences on capital offences with long jail terms, the minister of justice and constitutional affairs, Janat Mukwaya said
- APRIL 30, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six were sentenced to death in Beijing for collectively...
Six were sentenced to death in Beijing for collectively killing six prostitutes after having sex with them
- APRIL 30, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Pabna, Bangladesh, sentenced Dulal Hossain...
A court in Pabna, Bangladesh, sentenced Dulal Hossain to death for killing his wife
- APRIL 30, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Indian serial killer Shashi Shekhar was ordered to...
Indian serial killer Shashi Shekhar was ordered to serve consecutive life terms after a judge told him the death sentence was not punishment enough for his crimes
- APRIL 30, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Huang Jianhu was sentenced to death in Taiyuan, in...
Huang Jianhu was sentenced to death in Taiyuan, in northern China's Shanxi province, for premeditated murder, rape and armed robbery after he was convicted of killing 12 prostitutes between 1997 and 2003
- APRIL 30, 2004ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Apisit Nanthapisit, the leader of a gang that abducted...
Apisit Nanthapisit, the leader of a gang that abducted and brutally killed an insurance manager in May 2003, was sentenced to death by a Criminal Court in Thailand, while two accomplices received life imprisonment