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- FEBRUARY 3, 2004DEATH PENALTY
Austrian Foreign Minister Benita Ferrero-Waldner said...
Austrian Foreign Minister Benita Ferrero-Waldner said she was "disappointed" by her compatriot Arnold Schwarzenegger because he refused to spare the life of death row inmate Kevin Cooper
- FEBRUARY 3, 2004OhioDEATH PENALTY
A murderer who lost his appeal that lethal injection...
A murderer who lost his appeal that lethal injection was cruel and unusual punishment was executed at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility after prison workers struggled to find veins to insert the deadly chemical mix
- FEBRUARY 3, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Colonel Safania, Commander of the Anti-Vice Campaign
Colonel Safania, Commander of the Anti-Vice Campaign
- FEBRUARY 2, 2004Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
In a letter to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Council...
In a letter to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly President Peter Schieder appealed for clemency in the case of death row inmate Kevin Cooper: "Since you took office as Governor, you have shown mercy and humanity in
- FEBRUARY 2, 2004DEATH PENALTY
In a letter to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Council...
In a letter to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly President Peter Schieder appealed for clemency in the case of death row inmate Kevin Cooper: "Since you took office as Governor, you have shown mercy and humanity in
- FEBRUARY 2, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Iranian prisoners, even on death row, can have their...
Iranian prisoners, even on death row, can have their sentences lightened if they learn the Koran, the Muslim holy book, by heart, the prison service chief Seyed Morteza Bakhtiari said
- FEBRUARY 2, 2004MissouriDEATH PENALTY
The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in St
The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in St
- FEBRUARY 2, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Guangzhou Ribao newspaper reported that the Nanchang...
The Guangzhou Ribao newspaper reported that the Nanchang Intermediate People's Court in Jiangxi Province, China, sentenced Jiang Heping, 51, chairman of the Jiangxi Paper Group Co, to death with two years reprieve for accepting bribes and possessing huge
- FEBRUARY 1, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The widow of Daniel Pearl, the murdered journalist,...
The widow of Daniel Pearl, the murdered journalist, called for hmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the British-born Islamic militant behind his killing, to be executed in Pakistan
- FEBRUARY 1, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Luohe City Intermediate People's Court, China, sentenced...
Luohe City Intermediate People's Court, China, sentenced Yang Xinhai, 38, for killing 67 people and raping 23 women since 1999 in Henan, Shandong, Anhui and Hebei provinces
- FEBRUARY 1, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that the Sichuan Higher People's Court,...
It was reported that the Sichuan Higher People's Court, China, confirmed the death sentence for Xiao Hongbo, a low-level bank officer who embezzled 4
- FEBRUARY 1, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a man was sentenced to punishment by retribution in the city of Bojnourd
a man was sentenced to punishment by retribution in the city of Bojnourd
- FEBRUARY 1, 2004North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
North Korea has killed political prisoners in gas chambers
North Korea has killed political prisoners in gas chambers
- JANUARY 31, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
The death sentences for three youngsters were carried out
The death sentences for three youngsters were carried out
- JANUARY 31, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
one man was sentenced to flogging.
one man was sentenced to flogging.
- JANUARY 30, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Tokyo District Court in Japan sentenced Masami...
The Tokyo District Court in Japan sentenced Masami Tsuchiya, a former senior member of the Aum Shinri Kyo doomsday cult, to death for his role in making the poison used in a 1995 gas attack on Tokyo's subway that killed 12 people
- JANUARY 30, 2004NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Ikeja High Court, Nigeria, sentenced to death five...
The Ikeja High Court, Nigeria, sentenced to death five Lagos State secondary school students to death for killing businessman Daniel Obi on February 1, 1995 in the Ajegunle area of the state
- JANUARY 30, 2004SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
36 percent of the people executed in Singapore between...
36 percent of the people executed in Singapore between 1993 and 2003 were foreigners, the Home Affairs Ministry said as it released a second defence of its capital punishment laws following a scathing Amnesty International report
- JANUARY 29, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Quezon City Regional Trial Court, the Philippines,...
The Quezon City Regional Trial Court, the Philippines, sentenced eight men, including two Chinese, to death by lethal injection for abducting four Chinese children six years ago
- JANUARY 29, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The European Union reiterated their call to abolish...
The European Union reiterated their call to abolish death penalty in the Philippines following the Supreme Courts one-month suspension on the execution of convicted kidnappers Roberto Lara and Roderick Licayan
- JANUARY 29, 2004EgyptDEATH PENALTY
The High State Security Court, Egypt, commuted the...
The High State Security Court, Egypt, commuted the death sentence of Anwar Hamed Abbas, an Islamic militant, to life in prison
- JANUARY 29, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Quezon City Regional Trial Court, the Philippines,...
The Quezon City Regional Trial Court, the Philippines, sentenced eight men, including two Chinese, to death by lethal injection for abducting four Chinese children six years ago
- JANUARY 29, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Special Court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, convicted 11...
A Special Court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, convicted 11 people for murder, sentencing seven of them to death and giving life imprisonment to four others
- JANUARY 29, 2004Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
Lithuania's permanent Ambassador to the Council of...
Lithuania's permanent Ambassador to the Council of Europe, Neris Germanas, submitted the ratification writs of the Protocol No
- JANUARY 29, 2004LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
Lithuania's permanent Ambassador to the Council of...
Lithuania's permanent Ambassador to the Council of Europe, Neris Germanas, submitted the ratification writs of the Protocol No
- JANUARY 29, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Terming them as a
Terming them as a "threat and grave danger to the society at large," the Indian Supreme Court sentenced to death four members of the forest brigand Veerappan's gang for killing 22 policemen and injuring 14 others in a landmine blast in Karnataka in April,
- JANUARY 29, 2004DEATH PENALTY
The European Union reiterated their call to abolish...
The European Union reiterated their call to abolish death penalty in the Philippines following the Supreme Courts one-month suspension on the execution of convicted kidnappers Roberto Lara and Roderick Licayan
- JANUARY 29, 2004MassachusettsDEATH PENALTY
U.S. District Judge Mark Wolf ordered the execution...
U.S. District Judge Mark Wolf ordered the execution of Gary Lee Sampson, formally imposing a December 23, 2003 (see) jury's death sentence
- JANUARY 29, 2004OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
A Tulsa County jury says Wesley Deion Jones should...
A Tulsa County jury says Wesley Deion Jones should die for 2 slayings at a convenience store
- JANUARY 29, 2004WashingtonDEATH PENALTY
In Olympia, the state Supreme Court has overturned...
In Olympia, the state Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence of a man convicted in the 1998 killing of his boss