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- MARCH 26, 2004PolandDEATH PENALTY
More than three-quarters of Poles questioned in a poll...
More than three-quarters of Poles questioned in a poll by the CBOS opinion center thought the death penalty should be reintroduced for the most serious crimes
- MARCH 26, 2004ItalyDEATH PENALTY
A delegation of Italian Radicals, led by MEP Emma Bonino,...
A delegation of Italian Radicals, led by MEP Emma Bonino, held talks in Baghdad with the Iraqi Justice Minister, among others
- MARCH 26, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Abdul-Karim al-Ghoraid, a 21-year-old convicted Saudi...
Abdul-Karim al-Ghoraid, a 21-year-old convicted Saudi murderer, escaped death by seconds when he was forgiven by his victim's father as he knelt down before the executioner's sword
- MARCH 26, 2004DEATH PENALTY
A delegation of Italian Radicals, led by MEP Emma Bonino,...
A delegation of Italian Radicals, led by MEP Emma Bonino, held talks in Baghdad with the Iraqi Justice Minister, among others
- MARCH 26, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
A delegation of Italian Radicals, led by MEP Emma Bonino,...
A delegation of Italian Radicals, led by MEP Emma Bonino, held talks in Baghdad with the Iraqi Justice Minister, among others
- MARCH 26, 2004DelawareDEATH PENALTY
Robert E
Robert E
- MARCH 26, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Toyama District Court, Japan, sentenced Minoru...
The Toyama District Court, Japan, sentenced Minoru Ito to death for murdering a gang boss and his wife in Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture, in July 2000
- MARCH 26, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
Tomoaki Takanezawa and Mitsunori Onogawa were sentenced...
Tomoaki Takanezawa and Mitsunori Onogawa were sentenced to death at the Saitama District Court, Japan, for murdering two pachinko parlor workers
- MARCH 26, 2004DEATH PENALTY
Robert E
Robert E
- MARCH 26, 2004NevadaDEATH PENALTY
Lawrence Colwell Jr
Lawrence Colwell Jr
- MARCH 25, 2004South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
South Korea was trying to confirm reports that about...
South Korea was trying to confirm reports that about 100 North Korean refugees at a detention centre in China were on hunger strike to protest plans to repatriate them
- MARCH 25, 2004KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev signed amendments to...
Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev signed amendments to the country's Criminal Code abolishing the death penalty for the attempted murder of a statesman or public official, for the attempted murder of an official in the judicial or investigative branches and f
- MARCH 25, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Hoang Thi Dan, a 46 year old woman convicted of drug...
Hoang Thi Dan, a 46 year old woman convicted of drug trafficking, was sentenced to death by the People's Court in Hai Phong city, northern Vietnam, for illegally transporting and trafficking drugs
- MARCH 25, 2004RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Vladimir Lukin, the commissioner for human rights in...
Vladimir Lukin, the commissioner for human rights in the Russian Federation, said that Russia should ratify a Council of Europe protocol that forbade capital punishment
- MARCH 25, 2004RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Vladimir Lukin, the commissioner for human rights in...
Vladimir Lukin, the commissioner for human rights in the Russian Federation, said that Russia should ratify a Council of Europe protocol that forbade capital punishment
- MARCH 25, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
The European Union warned Tehran on that it had seen...
The European Union warned Tehran on that it had seen little progress in Iran's human rights dossier, which Brussels had effectively made a precondition to improved trade ties
- MARCH 25, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An Indian court in Bhuj town in Gujarat state sentenced...
An Indian court in Bhuj town in Gujarat state sentenced four Pakistani men to death for "waging war" against India after they were caught smuggling the deadly explosive RDX into the country in 1999
- MARCH 25, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indian court in Bhuj town in Gujarat state sentenced...
An Indian court in Bhuj town in Gujarat state sentenced four Pakistani men to death for "waging war" against India after they were caught smuggling the deadly explosive RDX into the country in 1999
- MARCH 25, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Sendai District Court, Japan, sentenced 40-year-old...
The Sendai District Court, Japan, sentenced 40-year-old Shu Takahashi to death and four other people to life imprisonment for murder, robbery and other charges
- MARCH 25, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
South Korea was trying to confirm reports that about...
South Korea was trying to confirm reports that about 100 North Korean refugees at a detention centre in China were on hunger strike to protest plans to repatriate them
- MARCH 25, 2004North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
South Korea was trying to confirm reports that about...
South Korea was trying to confirm reports that about 100 North Korean refugees at a detention centre in China were on hunger strike to protest plans to repatriate them
- MARCH 25, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
The European Union warned Tehran on that it had seen...
The European Union warned Tehran on that it had seen little progress in Iran's human rights dossier, which Brussels had effectively made a precondition to improved trade ties
- MARCH 25, 2004New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
In Trenton, the state Supreme Court overturned 4-3...
In Trenton, the state Supreme Court overturned 4-3 the death sentence of John Chew
- MARCH 25, 2004PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
A man convicted of beating a man with a baseball bat...
A man convicted of beating a man with a baseball bat has been sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole -- despite previously being sentenced to death
- MARCH 24, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Sylhet, Bangladesh, sentenced Fazal Khan...
A court in Sylhet, Bangladesh, sentenced Fazal Khan to death and two brothers, Arshod and Waris Khan, to life imprisonment for murder case
- MARCH 24, 2004NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigeria´s Niger State Sharia Appeal Court postponed...
Nigeria´s Niger State Sharia Appeal Court postponed for almost a month the appeal of a young couple of former lovers who were sentenced to be stoned to death
- MARCH 24, 2004SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
The following is an editorial entitled " Singapore's...
The following is an editorial entitled " Singapore's Grim Parade Of Death" published in the Australian pubilcation 'The Age'
- MARCH 24, 2004AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
The following is an editorial entitled " Singapore's...
The following is an editorial entitled " Singapore's Grim Parade Of Death" published in the Australian pubilcation 'The Age'
- MARCH 24, 2004ThailandDEATH PENALTY
British teenager Alan Connell narrowly escaped the...
British teenager Alan Connell narrowly escaped the death penalty in Thailand when a court commuted his sentence to life imprisonment for trafficking thousands of ecstasy pills
- MARCH 24, 2004United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
British teenager Alan Connell narrowly escaped the...
British teenager Alan Connell narrowly escaped the death penalty in Thailand when a court commuted his sentence to life imprisonment for trafficking thousands of ecstasy pills