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- FEBRUARY 11, 2004JordanDEATH PENALTY
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According to "Jordan Times", the Court of Cassation ratified a July 2003 Criminal Court ruling sentencing Ibtisam H
- FEBRUARY 11, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Speedy Trial Tribunal in Dhaka, Bangladesh, convicted...
A Speedy Trial Tribunal in Dhaka, Bangladesh, convicted eight people, sentencing six of them to death and and two others to life imprisonment for killing th former chairman of Bakhil Union Parisad
- FEBRUARY 11, 2004OhioDEATH PENALTY
British Prime Minister Tony Blair stepped dramatically...
British Prime Minister Tony Blair stepped dramatically into the Kenny Richey case - promising "to make inquiries myself" about the Scot on Death Row in Ohio
- FEBRUARY 11, 2004United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
British Prime Minister Tony Blair stepped dramatically...
British Prime Minister Tony Blair stepped dramatically into the Kenny Richey case - promising "to make inquiries myself" about the Scot on Death Row in Ohio
- FEBRUARY 11, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The European Union filed a diplomatic protest in the...
The European Union filed a diplomatic protest in the form of a "demarche" before the Department of Foreign Affairs in a bid to stop the scheduled 14 executions due in the Philippines in the month of February
- FEBRUARY 11, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The European Union filed a diplomatic protest in the...
The European Union filed a diplomatic protest in the form of a "demarche" before the Department of Foreign Affairs in a bid to stop the scheduled 14 executions due in the Philippines in the month of February
- FEBRUARY 11, 2004NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Jama'atu Nasril Islam (JNI), an influential Nigerian...
The Jama'atu Nasril Islam (JNI), an influential Nigerian Islamic body, warned Amnesty International to stop interfering in Islamic religion in the name of human rights campaigns
- FEBRUARY 11, 2004AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
In Talladega, the same jury that convicted Jimmy Lee...
In Talladega, the same jury that convicted Jimmy Lee Brooks Jr
- FEBRUARY 11, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
Edward Lagrone, 46, was executed for a triple slaying...
Edward Lagrone, 46, was executed for a triple slaying where one of the victims was a 10-year-old girl pregnant with his child
- FEBRUARY 10, 2004AustriaDEATH PENALTY
Around 50 persons demonstrated against California Governor...
Around 50 persons demonstrated against California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in the main square of the city of Graz, Austria
- FEBRUARY 10, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Hanoi People's Court in Vietnam sentenced to death...
The Hanoi People's Court in Vietnam sentenced to death Nguyen Van Tuyen, 40, after finding him guilty of stabbing his partner in the neck with a screwdriver and beating her with a hoe on July 4, 2003
- FEBRUARY 10, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Ho Chi Minh City Supreme People's Court, Vietnam,...
The Ho Chi Minh City Supreme People's Court, Vietnam, ruled that the death sentence handed down to Huynh Van Gioi, 20, in November 2003 should stand
- FEBRUARY 10, 2004AustriaDEATH PENALTY
Austrian Second President of Parliament and SPÖ presidential...
Austrian Second President of Parliament and SPÖ presidential candidate Heinz Fischer welcomed the news that the US Supreme Court had ordered a new trial for convicted murderer Kevin Cooper, who had been scheduled to die by lethal injection
- FEBRUARY 10, 2004AustriaDEATH PENALTY
Around 50 persons demonstrated against California Governor...
Around 50 persons demonstrated against California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in the main square of the city of Graz, Austria
- FEBRUARY 10, 2004CubaDEATH PENALTY
A leading dissident group unveiled a list of proposals...
A leading dissident group unveiled a list of proposals it planned to submit to local Cuban government representatives in favor of free speech, private business ownership and the formation of labor unions
- FEBRUARY 10, 2004DEATH PENALTY
Austrian Second President of Parliament and SPÖ presidential...
Austrian Second President of Parliament and SPÖ presidential candidate Heinz Fischer welcomed the news that the US Supreme Court had ordered a new trial for convicted murderer Kevin Cooper, who had been scheduled to die by lethal injection
- FEBRUARY 10, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A speedy trial court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced...
A speedy trial court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced six people to death and four to life imprisonment for the murder of police officer Konokuzzaman in the capital
- FEBRUARY 10, 2004AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
A court in Kabul, Afghanistan, convicted two Afghans...
A court in Kabul, Afghanistan, convicted two Afghans for the murder of Bettina Goislard, a 29 year old French UN staffer and sentenced them to death
- FEBRUARY 10, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Fast-track courts in Bangladesh had sentenced some...
Fast-track courts in Bangladesh had sentenced some 100 people to death in two years but not a single hanging was carried out due to delays in the appeals system, a law ministry spokesman said
- FEBRUARY 10, 2004RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Debates on death penalty for terrorism should be unemotional...
Debates on death penalty for terrorism should be unemotional and linked to the current events and Russia's international commitments, heads of Duma committees said
- FEBRUARY 10, 2004KenyaDEATH PENALTY
"More than half of the countries of the world no longer...
"More than half of the countries of the world no longer authorise the death penalty for any crime
- FEBRUARY 10, 2004DEATH PENALTY
South Dakota should continue to allow the death penalty...
South Dakota should continue to allow the death penalty to be imposed for some horrible crimes, the state Senate decided
- FEBRUARY 9, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China rejected criticism of its treatment of Tenzin...
China rejected criticism of its treatment of Tenzin Deleg Rinpoche, a Tibetan Buddhist monk, who was convicted in a fatal bombing, saying he was prosecuted according to the law
- FEBRUARY 9, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Ho Chi Minh City Supreme People's Court, Vietnam,...
The Ho Chi Minh City Supreme People's Court, Vietnam, ruled that the death sentence handed down to Huynh Van Gioi in November 2003 for murdering a 10-year-old girl should stand
- FEBRUARY 9, 2004United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Asylum seekers in Northern Ireland were being sent...
Asylum seekers in Northern Ireland were being sent home to imminent death due to Government failures, an Amnesty International report entitled 'Get it right: How Home Office Decision Making Fails Refugees' claimed
- FEBRUARY 9, 2004NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The use of the death penalty in Nigeria violates women's...
The use of the death penalty in Nigeria violates women's human rights by curbing their right to a fair trial and by exposing them to homicide charges for abortion-related offences, the rights group Amnesty International said in a report
- FEBRUARY 9, 2004CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
In Chicago, 1 of the death row inmates pardoned by...
In Chicago, 1 of the death row inmates pardoned by former Gov
- FEBRUARY 9, 2004IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Acting on a jury's recommendation, a Cook County judge...
Acting on a jury's recommendation, a Cook County judge sentenced Ricardo Harris to death for the May 13, 1999 slayings of Dipak Patel and Ambalal Patel, 2 store employees
- FEBRUARY 9, 2004DEATH PENALTY
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- FEBRUARY 9, 2004South DakotaDEATH PENALTY
Senators voted 23-11 to pass the measure, which would...
Senators voted 23-11 to pass the measure, which would prevent the execution of those who were 16 or 17 at the time they committed a crime