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- MARCH 11, 2004BelarusDEATH PENALTY
Belarus may announce a moratorium on the death penalty,...
Belarus may announce a moratorium on the death penalty, or even abolish it, the Belarussian Constitutional Court said
- MARCH 11, 2004LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
In its concluding remarks on the second periodic report...
In its concluding remarks on the second periodic report of Lithuania, which was considered in November 1997, the UN Human Rights Committee noted with great interest that the State had undertaken major reforms of the legal system, including repeal of preve
- MARCH 11, 2004LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
In its concluding remarks on the second periodic report...
In its concluding remarks on the second periodic report of Lithuania, which was considered in November 1997, the UN Human Rights Committee noted with great interest that the State had undertaken major reforms of the legal system, including repeal of preve
- MARCH 11, 2004KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed a law...
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed a law amending the country's Criminal Code, Criminal Proceedings Code and the Penal Code as a follow up to the decree signed by him on December 17, 2003, instituting the moratorium on capital punishment
- MARCH 11, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
Gov. Rick Perry has commuted the death sentence of...
Gov. Rick Perry has commuted the death sentence of a Houston killer deemed retarded by the courts in a decision that was considered inevitable under a 2002 Supreme Court ruling prohibiting execution of mentally deficient inmates. Robert Smith, 36, who was
- MARCH 11, 2004DEATH PENALTY
In Raleigh, an Army appeals court set aside the death...
In Raleigh, an Army appeals court set aside the death sentence of Army Sgt
- MARCH 11, 2004LaosDEATH PENALTY
christians in Laos have been told they will be killed
christians in Laos have been told they will be killed
- MARCH 10, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China might strip lower courts of the power to impose...
China might strip lower courts of the power to impose the death penalty as the Beijing News reported that the People's Supreme Court said it was "considering taking back the right to approve death sentences"
- MARCH 10, 2004KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki commuted into life imprisonment...
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki commuted into life imprisonment all death sentences in the country
- MARCH 10, 2004South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The Democratic Alliance slammed Independent Democrats...
The Democratic Alliance slammed Independent Democrats leader Patricia de Lille's reaction to its leader's stance on the death penalty, describing her actions as a "flip-flop and "exposing her as the hypocrite she is"
- MARCH 10, 2004NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Recent revelation by the Federal Government that 458...
Recent revelation by the Federal Government that 458 condemned men have been in various prisons in some parts of the country, awaiting the hangman for the past 20 years and above, is a sad commentary on our judicial process
- MARCH 10, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China's top legal experts vowed there would be no let-up...
China's top legal experts vowed there would be no let-up in the war on graft, warning that even ranking officials should not consider themselves above the law
- MARCH 10, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Members of the Regional Tibetan Youth Congress (RTYC)...
Members of the Regional Tibetan Youth Congress (RTYC) and the Regional Tibetan Women's Association from Bylakuppe, Hunsur, Kollegal, and Mysore staged a candlelight demonstration at the Town Hall in Mysore, India, to draw public attention to the death sen
- MARCH 10, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Members of the Regional Tibetan Youth Congress (RTYC)...
Members of the Regional Tibetan Youth Congress (RTYC) and the Regional Tibetan Women's Association from Bylakuppe, Hunsur, Kollegal, and Mysore staged a candlelight demonstration at the Town Hall in Mysore, India, to draw public attention to the death sen
- MARCH 10, 2004CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Joseph Anthony Barrett was given a death penalty sentence...
Joseph Anthony Barrett was given a death penalty sentence by a jury in the Imperial County Courthouse in El Centro
- MARCH 10, 2004GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
A federal jury in Gainesville sentenced William LeCroy Jr
A federal jury in Gainesville sentenced William LeCroy Jr
- MARCH 10, 2004ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Zimbabwe said 64 suspected mercenaries aboard a plane...
Zimbabwe said 64 suspected mercenaries aboard a plane seized in Harare could be executed for what it claimed was a western plot to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea
- MARCH 10, 2004Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Zimbabwe said 64 suspected mercenaries aboard a plane...
Zimbabwe said 64 suspected mercenaries aboard a plane seized in Harare could be executed for what it claimed was a western plot to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea
- MARCH 10, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
according to the intelligence and public relations department of Khuzistan province's judiciary...
according to the intelligence and public relations department of Khuzistan province's judiciary...
- MARCH 9, 2004KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Delegates at the constitutional review conference in...
Delegates at the constitutional review conference in Kenya decided that the death penalty would be abolished except in case of murder, child molestation and any other matters established by legislation
- MARCH 9, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China's security tsar quietly ordered fewer executions...
China's security tsar quietly ordered fewer executions in keeping with a drive by the new leadership to cultivate a gentler image for the authoritarian government, two independent sources said
- MARCH 9, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Abdul Motaleb was executed by hanging at midnight in...
Abdul Motaleb was executed by hanging at midnight in Comilla Central Jail, Bangladesh
- MARCH 9, 2004CubaDEATH PENALTY
Two groups of Cuban dissidents announced they were...
Two groups of Cuban dissidents announced they were starting a campaign to gather petitions for a moratorium on the death penalty on the communist-ruled island
- MARCH 9, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia's first independent human rights organisation...
Saudi Arabia's first independent human rights organisation won royal blessing in the latest sign of political reform within the conservative Muslim kingdom
- MARCH 9, 2004Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
The Burma Lawyers' Council (BLC), a Thailand-based...
The Burma Lawyers' Council (BLC), a Thailand-based Burmese legal advocacy group, issued an urgent appeal to the international community on behalf of nine people who were sentenced to death by a Rangoon court in November 2003
- MARCH 9, 2004ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
A jury sentenced David Lamar Anthony, 55, to 3 death...
A jury sentenced David Lamar Anthony, 55, to 3 death sentences for the 2001 murder of his wife and 2 stepchildren
- MARCH 9, 2004OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
In McAlester, David Jay Brown was put to death
In McAlester, David Jay Brown was put to death
- MARCH 9, 2004VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
Prince William County Circuit Judge LeRoy F
Prince William County Circuit Judge LeRoy F
- MARCH 8, 2004North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Human Rights Watch accused China of shirking its responsibilities...
Human Rights Watch accused China of shirking its responsibilities by seeking to classify North Korean refugees as illegal immigrants and return them to almost certain persecution
- MARCH 8, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Human Rights Watch accused China of shirking its responsibilities...
Human Rights Watch accused China of shirking its responsibilities by seeking to classify North Korean refugees as illegal immigrants and return them to almost certain persecution