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- APRIL 29, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Taichung High Court, China, sentenced ship captain...
The Taichung High Court, China, sentenced ship captain Wang Chung-hsing to death and a crewman Ke Ching-sung to life imprisonment for manslaughter after seven women from the Chinese mainland drowned after being thrown overboard
- APRIL 29, 2004MexicoDEATH PENALTY
With Mexican convict Osvaldo Torres set to be put to...
With Mexican convict Osvaldo Torres set to be put to death in the US state of Oklahoma in three weeks, his family and local politicians, buoyed by a ruling from the International Court of Justice, began stepping up activities they hoped would prevent the
- APRIL 29, 2004UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International (AI) issued a report in which...
Amnesty International (AI) issued a report in which it voiced concern over the destinies of people sentenced to death in Uzbekistan
- APRIL 29, 2004Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Zimbabwe agreed to hand over to Equatorial Guinea 70...
Zimbabwe agreed to hand over to Equatorial Guinea 70 men accused of plotting a coup against President Teodoro Obiang Nguema
- APRIL 29, 2004ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Zimbabwe agreed to hand over to Equatorial Guinea 70...
Zimbabwe agreed to hand over to Equatorial Guinea 70 men accused of plotting a coup against President Teodoro Obiang Nguema
- APRIL 29, 2004South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Zimbabwe agreed to hand over to Equatorial Guinea 70...
Zimbabwe agreed to hand over to Equatorial Guinea 70 men accused of plotting a coup against President Teodoro Obiang Nguema
- APRIL 29, 2004GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Judge John B
Judge John B
- APRIL 29, 2004DelawareDEATH PENALTY
A Sussex County Superior Court jury recommended that...
A Sussex County Superior Court jury recommended that Linda Lou Charbonneau be executed for orchestrating the 2001 murders of her husband and ex-husband
- APRIL 29, 2004OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
With Mexican convict Osvaldo Torres set to be put to...
With Mexican convict Osvaldo Torres set to be put to death in the US state of Oklahoma in three weeks, his family and local politicians, buoyed by a ruling from the International Court of Justice, began stepping up activities they hoped would prevent the
- APRIL 28, 2004EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Hassan Ramadhan Mahmoud, a shoe-shiner, and his cousin...
Hassan Ramadhan Mahmoud, a shoe-shiner, and his cousin Ramadhan Mohammed Abu el-Magd Azab were sentenced to death after being found guilty of killing Mahmoud's wife's four-year-old daughter from her first marriage
- APRIL 28, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's hardline judiciary ordered a ban on the use...
Iran's hardline judiciary ordered a ban on the use of torture which human rights groups said the Islamic Republic's security organisations routinely used to extract confessions
- APRIL 28, 2004North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
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The U
- APRIL 28, 2004OhioDEATH PENALTY
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- APRIL 27, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Speedy Trial Tribunal in Barisal, Bangladesh, sentenced...
The Speedy Trial Tribunal in Barisal, Bangladesh, sentenced Sultan Hawlader, a 35 year old resident of Bhabanipur village in Babuganj, to death and sentenced four of his family members to life imprisonment after convicting them of murder
- APRIL 27, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Seikh Abdul Muyeed and his first wife Monwara Begum...
Seikh Abdul Muyeed and his first wife Monwara Begum were sentenced to death by the District court in Madaripur, Bangladesh, for killing Muyeed's second wife, Bela Begum, 20 for dowry
- APRIL 27, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Cracking down on rat poison that had been used for...
Cracking down on rat poison that had been used for mass murder, a court in China's Henan province issued a suspended death sentence to Fan Yuemin for making and selling the toxin
- APRIL 27, 2004LibyaDEATH PENALTY
Despite recent progress, Libya continued to violate...
Despite recent progress, Libya continued to violate basic human rights and a "climate of fear" persisted in the country, Amnesty International said in a report, entitled "Libya: Time to make human rights a reality," issued in Brussels as Libyan leader Moa
- APRIL 27, 2004United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Nearly 60 per cent of Britons waned the death penalty...
Nearly 60 per cent of Britons waned the death penalty restored for terrorists who kill, an ICM poll for the BBC found
- APRIL 27, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
two Iranian men named Zolfali Derebalai and Ali Derebalai were hanged
two Iranian men named Zolfali Derebalai and Ali Derebalai were hanged
- APRIL 27, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
on the order of Judge Hozan presiding the 1089th Branch of the penal court,
on the order of Judge Hozan presiding the 1089th Branch of the penal court,
- APRIL 27, 2004FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Senate passed SB 224
Senate passed SB 224
- APRIL 26, 2004Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Hong Kong signed an agreement with Thailand that allows...
Hong Kong signed an agreement with Thailand that allows convicts from either country to serve their sentences at home, provided the offence they have committed is a crime in both places
- APRIL 26, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Dheeb bin Mohammed bin Bashir al-Qahtani was executed...
Dheeb bin Mohammed bin Bashir al-Qahtani was executed in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, after being convicted of killing another Saudi in a row over money
- APRIL 26, 2004CubaDEATH PENALTY
With the adoption on April 22 a resolution on the situation...
With the adoption on April 22 a resolution on the situation in Cuba after its emergency debate, the European Parliament again called on the Cuban authorities to immediately release all political detainees
- APRIL 26, 2004TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
In an appeal to the Tajik government, Amnesty International...
In an appeal to the Tajik government, Amnesty International (AI) urged the government not to execute seven members of a group headed by the rebel commander, Rahmon Sanginov
- 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 26, 2004European UnionDEATH PENALTY
With the adoption on April 22 a resolution on the situation...
With the adoption on April 22 a resolution on the situation in Cuba after its emergency debate, the European Parliament again called on the Cuban authorities to immediately release all political detainees
- APRIL 26, 2004FloridaDEATH 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)