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- MARCH 3, 2004WyomingDEATH PENALTY
Governor Freudenthal has signed a bill outlawing the...
Governor Freudenthal has signed a bill outlawing the death penalty for children under 18
- MARCH 3, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Lin Qimu and Xia Yuechang were executed in China for causing an explosion.
Lin Qimu and Xia Yuechang were executed in China for causing an explosion.
- MARCH 3, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Ardeshir Afshinzadeh, a 25 year old film editor who had been transferred
Ardeshir Afshinzadeh, a 25 year old film editor who had been transferred
- MARCH 3, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
the head of the first branch of Baneh's public court, Judge Hosseinpour issued...
the head of the first branch of Baneh's public court, Judge Hosseinpour issued...
- MARCH 2, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
With approval from the Supreme People's Court of China,...
With approval from the Supreme People's Court of China, brothers Liao Shaohui and Liao Shaowu, both in their thirties, were executed after being convicted of forging value-added invoices
- MARCH 2, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
Yuji Kubota, a former insurance salesman who tried...
Yuji Kubota, a former insurance salesman who tried to fake his own death, was sentenced to die by the Kushiro District Court, Japan, for murdering a couple that had taken out a policy with his firm
- MARCH 2, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Beijing court sentenced taxi driver Li Pingping to...
A Beijing court sentenced taxi driver Li Pingping to death for killing seven people, three of which he dismembered, and sentenced his wife to 15 years in prison for serving as his accomplice and harbouring loot
- MARCH 2, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Twenty-three-year-old Thai national Nothanam M
Twenty-three-year-old Thai national Nothanam M
- MARCH 2, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Mohamad Abdul Hafeez, a Pakistani sentenced to death...
Mohamad Abdul Hafeez, a Pakistani sentenced to death in Indonesia for attempting to smuggle 995 grams of heroin into the country from Karachi in May 2001, said his death sentence was too harsh
- MARCH 2, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Mohamad Abdul Hafeez, a Pakistani sentenced to death...
Mohamad Abdul Hafeez, a Pakistani sentenced to death in Indonesia for attempting to smuggle 995 grams of heroin into the country from Karachi in May 2001, said his death sentence was too harsh
- MARCH 2, 2004ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Twenty-three-year-old Thai national Nothanam M
Twenty-three-year-old Thai national Nothanam M
- MARCH 2, 2004United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Mexican President Vicente Fox will complain to President...
Mexican President Vicente Fox will complain to President Bush about the pending execution in Oklahoma of a Mexican double murderer when the pair meet this weekend, Mexican officials said
- MARCH 2, 2004MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Defying an order from the judicial arm of the United...
Defying an order from the judicial arm of the United Nations and the request of its state attorney general, in a 3-2 decision the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals sceduled a May 18 execution date for Osvaldo Torres, a Mexican prisoner sentenced to death
- MARCH 2, 2004MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Defying an order from the judicial arm of the United...
Defying an order from the judicial arm of the United Nations and the request of its state attorney general, in a 3-2 decision the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals sceduled a May 18 execution date for Osvaldo Torres, a Mexican prisoner sentenced to death
- MARCH 1, 2004JordanDEATH PENALTY
A 24-year-old woman, convicted of murdering two children...
A 24-year-old woman, convicted of murdering two children in March 2002, was executed at dawn, in Jordan
- MARCH 1, 2004NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigeria said that it was looking for ways to "decongest"...
Nigeria said that it was looking for ways to "decongest" the death row sections of its jails, where 458 prisoners were awaiting execution, some of them for more than 20 years
- MARCH 1, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Dhafer Iqbal Qadhi Kalim, a Pakistani convicted of...
Dhafer Iqbal Qadhi Kalim, a Pakistani convicted of smuggling an undisclosed amount of heroin, was beheaded by the sword in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah, the Saudi interior ministry said, announcing the first execution in the country this year
- MARCH 1, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Dhafer Iqbal Qadhi Kalim, a Pakistani convicted of...
Dhafer Iqbal Qadhi Kalim, a Pakistani convicted of smuggling an undisclosed amount of heroin, was beheaded by the sword in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the Saudi interior ministry said, announcing the first execution in the country this
- MARCH 1, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Four men including three brothers were sentenced to...
Four men including three brothers were sentenced to death for stabbing to death Harun Gazi, 28, at Kholisha in the Patuakhali area of Banlgadesh, "approximately a year ago"
- MARCH 1, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Vo Thanh Trung, a 24-year-old unemployed man, was sentenced...
Vo Thanh Trung, a 24-year-old unemployed man, was sentenced to death by firing squad by a court in Vietnam's southern province of Can Tho after being convicted of murdering his neighbour, Huynh Van Quy, in October 2003
- MARCH 1, 2004RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International declared itself very concerned...
Amnesty International declared itself very concerned at the prospect of renewed judicial executions in Burundi
- MARCH 1, 2004BurundiDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International declared itself very concerned...
Amnesty International declared itself very concerned at the prospect of renewed judicial executions in Burundi
- MARCH 1, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Since the enforcement of the 1997 narcotics and psychotropic...
Since the enforcement of the 1997 narcotics and psychotropic substances law, the Tangerang District Court, Indonesia handed down death sentences against 23 people, six women, five Indonesians and the rest foreigners, who were arrested at the Soekarno Hatt
- MARCH 1, 2004DEATH PENALTY
A three-judge panel of the 6th U
A three-judge panel of the 6th U
- MARCH 1, 2004DEATH PENALTY
More than 1/2 of Michigan voters say they'd support...
More than 1/2 of Michigan voters say they'd support changing the state constitution to allow the death penalty for people convicted of 1st degree murder
- MARCH 1, 2004JordanDEATH PENALTY
a Jordanian woman convicted of murdering two children was hanged
a Jordanian woman convicted of murdering two children was hanged
- MARCH 1, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
in March 2004 Xinjiang's chairman Ismail Tiliwaldi asserted the campaign had improved security...
in March 2004 Xinjiang's chairman Ismail Tiliwaldi asserted the campaign had improved security...
- FEBRUARY 29, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh sentenced to death in absentia...
A court in Bangladesh sentenced to death in absentia Salauddin Akhter for killing his sister-in-law
- FEBRUARY 29, 2004ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Catholic Archbishop of Lusaka Medardo Mazombwe and...
Catholic Archbishop of Lusaka Medardo Mazombwe and Zambia Episcope Conference (ZEC) general secretary Fr
- FEBRUARY 28, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
the body of Ismail Yousefi, an Iranian asylum seeker...
the body of Ismail Yousefi, an Iranian asylum seeker who had been deported to Iran from Norway