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- MARCH 24, 2004KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
In Kenton County, Circuit Judge Douglas Stephens followed...
In Kenton County, Circuit Judge Douglas Stephens followed the Jury's recommendations and sentenced Fred Furnish to death for a 2nd time for the July 25, 1998 robbery and murder of Ramona Jean Williamson
- MARCH 24, 2004MinnesotaDEATH PENALTY
The state Senate Crime Prevention and Public Safety...
The state Senate Crime Prevention and Public Safety Committee, defeated a plan to reinstate the death penalty
- MARCH 24, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Bishop Desmond Tutu spent...
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Bishop Desmond Tutu spent about 45 minutes with inmate Dominique Green on Texas death row in Livingston's Polunsky Prison Unit
- MARCH 24, 2004DEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA. APPEAL OF COUPLE SENTENCED TO BE STONED POSTPONED
March 24, 2004: 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 23, 2004OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
In McAlester, Hung Thanh Le, the Vietnamese refugee...
In McAlester, Hung Thanh Le, the Vietnamese refugee was executed at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary
- MARCH 23, 2004PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
The death sentence for a man who strangled his 2nd...
The death sentence for a man who strangled his 2nd wife was vacated by the state Supreme Court
- MARCH 23, 2004HaitiDEATH PENALTY
Five policemen suspected of taking part in summary...
Five policemen suspected of taking part in summary executions were placed in solitary confinement by Haitian National Police administrators, said the human rights group National Coalition for the Rights of Haitians (NCRH)
- MARCH 23, 2004South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The majority of South Koreans support capital punishment...
The majority of South Koreans support capital punishment but remain uncertain about its effectiveness in preventing crimes, a state-run commission said in a survey
- MARCH 23, 2004United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The family and supporters of Linda Carty, a British...
The family and supporters of Linda Carty, a British woman on death row in Texas for murder, called on British Prime Minister Tony Blair to intervene
- MARCH 23, 2004DEATH PENALTY
The family and supporters of Linda Carty, a British...
The family and supporters of Linda Carty, a British woman on death row in Texas for murder, called on British Prime Minister Tony Blair to intervene
- MARCH 23, 2004South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
"As the April elections loom, marking 10 years of democracy,...
"As the April elections loom, marking 10 years of democracy, several political parties are voicing support for the death penalty as a way of reducing crime in a fresh bid to win votes
- MARCH 23, 2004AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
The Australian Coalition Against the Death Penalty...
The Australian Coalition Against the Death Penalty (ACADP) received hundreds of messages from Australians offering support for Nguyen Tuong Van, 23, a Melbourne man sentenced to death in Singapore after being found guilty of smuggling almost 400 grams of
- MARCH 23, 2004SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
The Australian Coalition Against the Death Penalty...
The Australian Coalition Against the Death Penalty (ACADP) received hundreds of messages from Australians offering support for Nguyen Tuong Van, 23, a Melbourne man sentenced to death in Singapore after being found guilty of smuggling almost 400 grams of
- MARCH 22, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Farhad and Mansur Muhammadi, two Iranian brothers who...
Farhad and Mansur Muhammadi, two Iranian brothers who hijacked a Russian plane to Oslo in 1993, were allowed to remain in Norway temporarily, but would not receive permanent resident permits, the Norwegian government said
- MARCH 22, 2004VenezuelaDEATH PENALTY
The streets of the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, saw...
The streets of the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, saw large-scale political demonstrations as the opposition took to the streets to demand respect for human rights
- MARCH 22, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Xu Lijie, 42, was sentenced to death by the Bozhou...
Xu Lijie, 42, was sentenced to death by the Bozhou City Intermediate People's Court of east China's Anhui Province
- MARCH 22, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International called for a moratorium on the...
Amnesty International called for a moratorium on the death penalty in China, saying the country's dysfunctional criminal justice system meant many innocent people were being executed
- MARCH 22, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Ho Van Thanh, a 47-year-old man, was sentenced to death...
Ho Van Thanh, a 47-year-old man, was sentenced to death by the Ho Chi Minh City People's Court, Vietnam, for murdering a man while in a drunken rage
- MARCH 22, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
Rodrigo Hernandez, 30, has been convicted to death...
Rodrigo Hernandez, 30, has been convicted to death for the February 1994 rape and slaying of Susan Verstegen, 25
- MARCH 22, 2004NorwayDEATH PENALTY
Farhad and Mansur Muhammadi, two Iranian brothers who...
Farhad and Mansur Muhammadi, two Iranian brothers who hijacked a Russian plane to Oslo in 1993, were allowed to remain in Norway temporarily, but would not receive permanent resident permits, the Norwegian government said
- MARCH 22, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Ten people convicted of violent robbery and kidnapping...
Ten people convicted of violent robbery and kidnapping were sentenced to death in southern China's Shenzhen city, with four of them given the death penalty with a two-year reprieve
- MARCH 22, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six leading members of a gang of robbers were handed...
Six leading members of a gang of robbers were handed death death sentences in Shenzhen, China
- MARCH 22, 2004BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
The campaign had been spearheaded by the London law...
The campaign had been spearheaded by the London law firm Simons Muirhead and Burton, which represented three of the four men appeal including, Charles Matthews, from Trinidad, and Lennox Boyce and Jeffrey Joseph, from Barbados
- MARCH 22, 2004JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that hundreds of death row prisoners...
It was reported that hundreds of death row prisoners in Trinidad, Barbados and Jamaica could win a reprieve if an unprecedented privy council hearing beginning in London ruled that the mandatory death penalty for murder was unconstitutional
- MARCH 22, 2004BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that hundreds of death row prisoners...
It was reported that hundreds of death row prisoners in Trinidad, Barbados and Jamaica could win a reprieve if an unprecedented privy council hearing beginning in London ruled that the mandatory death penalty for murder was unconstitutional
- MARCH 22, 2004JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
(continues from above)The appeal was the culmination...
(continues from above)The appeal was the culmination of a strategy deployed over the last six years by English lawyers working free of charge on behalf of Caribbean death row inmates
- MARCH 22, 2004JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that hundreds of death row prisoners...
It was reported that hundreds of death row prisoners in Trinidad, Barbados and Jamaica could win a reprieve if an unprecedented privy council hearing beginning in London ruled that the mandatory death penalty for murder was unconstitutional
- MARCH 22, 2004BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
The appeal was the culmination of a strategy deployed...
The appeal was the culmination of a strategy deployed over the last six years by English lawyers working free of charge on behalf of Caribbean death row inmates
- MARCH 22, 2004United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that hundreds of death row prisoners...
It was reported that hundreds of death row prisoners in Trinidad, Barbados and Jamaica could win a reprieve if an unprecedented privy council hearing beginning in London ruled that the mandatory death penalty for murder was unconstitutional
- MARCH 22, 2004United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The campaign had been spearheaded by the London law...
The campaign had been spearheaded by the London law firm Simons Muirhead and Burton, which represented three of the four men appeal including, Charles Matthews, from Trinidad, and Lennox Boyce and Jeffrey Joseph, from Barbados