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- JANUARY 1, 2004MinnesotaDEATH PENALTY
Minnesota abolished the death penalty in 1911
Minnesota abolished the death penalty in 1911
- JANUARY 1, 2004DEATH PENALTY
New York forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
New York forbids the execution of the mentally retarded and prohibits the execution of juveniles by requiring that the offender be "more than 18" at the time of the crime
- JANUARY 1, 2004TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
Tennessee forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
Tennessee forbids the execution of the mentally retarded and juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 2004ConnecticutDEATH PENALTY
Connecticut abolished the death penalty for mentally...
Connecticut abolished the death penalty for mentally retarded in 2001 and forbid also the execution of juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 2004IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Illinois does forbid the execution of the mentally...
Illinois does forbid the execution of the mentally retarded and juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 2004DEATH PENALTY
Kentucky forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
Kentucky forbids the execution of the mentally retarded but allows the execution of juvenile offenders of 16 years and above
- JANUARY 1, 2004MichiganDEATH PENALTY
Michigan has not had the death penalty since 1847
Michigan has not had the death penalty since 1847
- JANUARY 1, 2004DEATH PENALTY
Ohio does forbid the execution of the mentally retarded...
Ohio does forbid the execution of the mentally retarded and juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 2004West VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
West Virginia abolished the death penalty in 1965
West Virginia abolished the death penalty in 1965
- JANUARY 1, 2004IowaDEATH PENALTY
Iowa does not have the death penalty
Iowa does not have the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2004DEATH PENALTY
New Mexico forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
New Mexico forbids the execution of the mentally retarded and juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 2004DEATH PENALTY
Maryland forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
Maryland forbids the execution of the mentally retarded and juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 2004HawaiiDEATH PENALTY
Hawaii does not have the death penalty, having abolished...
Hawaii does not have the death penalty, having abolished it in 1956 before becoming a state
- JANUARY 1, 2004FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Florida does not forbid the execution of juvenile offenders...
Florida does not forbid the execution of juvenile offenders from the age of 17
- JANUARY 1, 2004DEATH PENALTY
Washington forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
Washington forbids the execution of the mentally retarded and juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 2004DEATH PENALTY
New Jersey does forbid the execution of the mentally...
New Jersey does forbid the execution of the mentally retarded and juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 2004DEATH PENALTY
South Carolina allows the execution of juvenile offenders...
South Carolina allows the execution of juvenile offenders of 16 years and above, but forbids the execution of mentally retarded
- DECEMBER 31, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
The Nyala criminal court, Sudan, sentenced Issa Ismaeal...
The Nyala criminal court, Sudan, sentenced Issa Ismaeal Sabeel, a 27 year-old farmer living in Mahajrea, to death by hanging after convicting him of murder under Article 130 of the Penal Code
- DECEMBER 31, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Four hundred inmates are on the death row in Luzira...
Four hundred inmates are on the death row in Luzira Prisons, Uganda, Henry Tugume, the officer-in-charge of the prison, said
- DECEMBER 30, 2003MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
The High Court sentenced to death a 28-year-old father...
The High Court sentenced to death a 28-year-old father of three after finding him guilty of murdering a 30-year-old waiter
- DECEMBER 30, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shanghai No 1 Intermediate People's Court sentenced...
The Shanghai No 1 Intermediate People's Court sentenced Wang Siyuan to death for manslaughter
- DECEMBER 30, 2003NevadaDEATH PENALTY
In Carson City, the Nevada Supreme Court today granted...
In Carson City, the Nevada Supreme Court today granted a new penalty hearing for Edward G
- DECEMBER 30, 2003KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Life imprisonment as punishment will be introduced...
Life imprisonment as punishment will be introduced in Kazakhstan as from January 1, 2004
- DECEMBER 30, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Falun Gong cult follower who poisoned and killed...
A Falun Gong cult follower who poisoned and killed 15 innocent people was given death penalty by a court in east China's Zhejiang province, the website of the official news agency Xinhua said
- DECEMBER 30, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Pattani Provincial Court in Thailand sentenced...
The Pattani Provincial Court in Thailand sentenced Sakkariya Yimahama, a Muslim man, to death for killing a policeman in Pattani
- DECEMBER 30, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Kenyan police came under fire for the execution of...
Kenyan police came under fire for the execution of a 13-year-old boy, whom witnesses say was gunned down by police officers on Christmas Day
- DECEMBER 29, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
An ex-deputy police chief in southern Vietnam who shot...
An ex-deputy police chief in southern Vietnam who shot a Communist Party cadre with a machine gun during a meeting to punish him for being disorganised had been executed, officials said
- DECEMBER 29, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Hainan International Investment Group's former chairman...
Hainan International Investment Group's former chairman Li Yaoqi was executed in the Hainan provincial capital of Haikou after being convicted of amassing a huge fortune while his state-owned investment company went bankrupt, Xinhua news agency reported
- DECEMBER 29, 2003ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Spare [1997 military coup leader] Captain Solo and...
Spare [1997 military coup leader] Captain Solo and all those on the death row, [opposition] Patriotic Front president Michael Sata urged [Zambian] President [Levy] Mwanawasa
- DECEMBER 29, 2003AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
The Afghan ambassador to Australia strongly denied...
The Afghan ambassador to Australia strongly denied suggestions that asylum seekers sent home had been killed, and threatened legal action against those making such claims