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- APRIL 26, 2004DEATH PENALTY
SB 224, a measure to raise the minimum age for the...
SB 224, a measure to raise the minimum age for the death penalty to 18 , won preliminary Senate approval today (see also April 13 and 21, 2004)
- APRIL 26, 2004FloridaDEATH PENALTY
A jury unanimously recommended that Quawn Franklin...
A jury unanimously recommended that Quawn Franklin - already serving 6 life sentences - be sentenced to death for the slaying of Jerry Lawley
- APRIL 26, 2004North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Jonathan Gregory Hoffman will receive a new trial after...
Jonathan Gregory Hoffman will receive a new trial after the prosecutor who convinced a jury to convict him admitted in court that critical evidence had been withheld at his 1996 trial
- APRIL 26, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
it was unlikely that Saddam would be tried within the next few months...
it was unlikely that Saddam would be tried within the next few months...
- APRIL 25, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
The following are some replies to questions on the...
The following are some replies to questions on the death penalty put to Kazuhiko Tokoro, specialist in criminal policy and professor emeritus at Rikkyo (St
- APRIL 25, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
"I don't think that the government should use public...
"I don't think that the government should use public opinion as an excuse [to retain the death penalty],'' said Kyoko Otani, a Tokyo-based lawyer who had defended five death-row inmates
- APRIL 25, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a number of girls were arrested en masse
a number of girls were arrested en masse
- APRIL 24, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Ma Jiajue was sentenced to death deprived of his political...
Ma Jiajue was sentenced to death deprived of his political rights for life by the Kunming Intermediate People's Court, in southwest China's Yunnan Province, after he was convicted of killing four fellow students
- APRIL 24, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Habiganj, Bangladesh, sentenced Moram Ali...
A court in Habiganj, Bangladesh, sentenced Moram Ali to death in absentia and five others to life imprisonment for killing a man in 1997
- APRIL 24, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Nguyen Quoc Tuan, 26, had been...
It was reported that Nguyen Quoc Tuan, 26, had been sentenced to death the previous week in Vietnam's southern Ca Mau province for killing his wife's brother after a family dispute
- APRIL 23, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Fukushima District Court, Japan, sentenced Kiyoshi...
The Fukushima District Court, Japan, sentenced Kiyoshi Ishii, a 63-year-old man, to death for setting a house on fire and killing a couple inside after quarreling with them on June 6, 2000
- APRIL 23, 2004European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Cowen, welcomed...
The Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Cowen, welcomed the adoption by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights of a resolution against the death penalty
- APRIL 23, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Hiroshima High Court sentenced a 51-year-old Shozo...
The Hiroshima High Court sentenced a 51-year-old Shozo Nishiyama to death for committing murder and robbery in 1992 while on parole after receiving a life term for a 1973 murder
- APRIL 23, 2004DEATH PENALTY
The Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Cowen, welcomed...
The Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Cowen, welcomed the adoption by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights of a resolution against the death penalty
- APRIL 23, 2004IrelandDEATH PENALTY
The Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Cowen, welcomed...
The Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Cowen, welcomed the adoption by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights of a resolution against the death penalty
- APRIL 23, 2004United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Falun Gong members sued Chinese Commerce Minister Bo...
Falun Gong members sued Chinese Commerce Minister Bo Xilai in US federal court for acts of genocide and torture which they said he carried out against them while a provincial governor
- APRIL 23, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Falun Gong members sued Chinese Commerce Minister Bo...
Falun Gong members sued Chinese Commerce Minister Bo Xilai in US federal court for acts of genocide and torture which they said he carried out against them while a provincial governor
- APRIL 23, 2004South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
In Columbia, at the Capital Punishment Facility at...
In Columbia, at the Capital Punishment Facility at Broad River Correctional Institution, Jason Scott Byram, 38, was executed at 6:15 p
- APRIL 23, 2004DEATH PENALTY
UN. FIRST IRAQI ACT WITHOUT SADDAM WAS TO BACK A RESOLUTION FOR A UN MORATORIUM
April 23, 2004: the resolution for a moratorium on executions, with view to complete abolishment of the death penalty, was approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 21 and was co-sponsored by a record number of 76 countries.
- APRIL 22, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Van Duc Vo, a Vietnamese-American man accused of plotting...
Van Duc Vo, a Vietnamese-American man accused of plotting to blow up the Vietnamese Embassy in Bangkok in 2001, was ordered extradited to Thailand to face terrorism-related charges
- APRIL 22, 2004DEATH PENALTY
Van Duc Vo, a Vietnamese-American man accused of plotting...
Van Duc Vo, a Vietnamese-American man accused of plotting to blow up the Vietnamese Embassy in Bangkok in 2001, was ordered extradited to Thailand to face terrorism-related charges
- APRIL 22, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Bangladeshi court sentenced a mother and her two...
A Bangladeshi court sentenced a mother and her two sons to death for killing the elder son's wife over a dowry dispute
- APRIL 22, 2004New HampshireDEATH PENALTY
In Concord, the New Hampshire House voted 272-72 to...
In Concord, the New Hampshire House voted 272-72 to raise the minimum age for the death penalty to 18
- APRIL 22, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
Inmate's death sentence overturned for 2nd time --...
Inmate's death sentence overturned for 2nd time -- Court cites inadequate defense during trial for 1980 Houston murders Max Soffar, who claimed he had falsely confessed involvement in the July 1980 murders of three youths in a Houston bowling alley has be
- APRIL 21, 2004ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Armenia was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the...
Armenia was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 21, 2004NicaraguaDEATH PENALTY
Nicaragua was a cosponsor of the resolution on the...
Nicaragua was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 21, 2004AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
Albania was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Albania was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 21, 2004NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
Netherlands was a cosponsor and voted in favour of...
Netherlands was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 21, 2004KiribatiDEATH PENALTY
Kiribati was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Kiribati was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 21, 2004EstoniaDEATH PENALTY
Estonia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Estonia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights