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- NOVEMBER 23, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian man was hanged publicly in a square in the...
An Iranian man was hanged publicly in a square in the north-western city of Tabriz after being convicted of raping 23 girls ranging in age from six to 11, the Kayhan newspaper reported
- NOVEMBER 23, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A court in northeast China sentenced three people to...
A court in northeast China sentenced three people to death for defrauding 6,400 people through investment schemes, state media said
- NOVEMBER 23, 2003New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
A Camden County jury was unable to reach a unanimous...
A Camden County jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict on whether a convicted killer should be executed for two of three murders in a January 1995 dispute over how a marijuana distribution operation
- NOVEMBER 23, 2003LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
A day after finding Kellen Parker, 20, guilty of 1st-degree...
A day after finding Kellen Parker, 20, guilty of 1st-degree murder, a Jefferson Parish jury could not agree Sunday whether to sentence him to death, meaning he automatically will be sentenced to life in prison without parole
- NOVEMBER 22, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Heron Varela Flores, a Mexican soldier facing the death...
Heron Varela Flores, a Mexican soldier facing the death penalty for killing a superior, rejected a decision by President Vicente Fox to spare his life
- NOVEMBER 22, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
7 people were tried for an attack on a village belonging...
7 people were tried for an attack on a village belonging to the Reziegat tribe on 1 July 2003
- NOVEMBER 21, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three men were executed in Guangdong for robbery and...
Three men were executed in Guangdong for robbery and murder immediately after being sentenced at mass sentencing rallies held on November 21 at seven different locations in the provincial capital, Guangzhou, the Xinxi Shibao newspaper said
- NOVEMBER 21, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A drug addict from Beijing and three people from southern...
A drug addict from Beijing and three people from southern China's Guangdong province were executed for drug-related crimes, state media reported
- NOVEMBER 21, 2003ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
Judge Brian Hauser of Maricopa County Superior Court,...
Judge Brian Hauser of Maricopa County Superior Court, who imposed the death penalty on Efren Medina, has changed his mind and ordered that he be resentenced
- NOVEMBER 21, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
The Mexican armed forces announced that they were in...
The Mexican armed forces announced that they were in favour of formally ending the use of the death penalty in their country - where no one has been executed since 1942 - and of adjusting military law to modern times
- NOVEMBER 21, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Changjiang, a hired assassin, was executed after...
Li Changjiang, a hired assassin, was executed after being convicted of the murder of the woman who hired him
- NOVEMBER 21, 2003PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Sen. Robert Barbers urged Philippine President Arroyo...
Sen. Robert Barbers urged Philippine President Arroyo to lift the moratorium on the implementation of the death penalty following the increasing cases of heinous crimes, particularly illegal drugs and kidnapping for ransom. "I call on the President to lif
- NOVEMBER 21, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Longview a jury decided to sentence Mario Rashad...
In Longview a jury decided to sentence Mario Rashad Swain,24, to death in connection with the killing of Lola Nixon, 46, in December 2002 while burglarizing her Longview home
- NOVEMBER 21, 2003DEATH PENALTY
MEXICAN MILITARY WANTS TO PUT AN END TO THE DEATH PENALTY
November 21, 2003: the Mexican armed forces announced that they are in favour of formally ending the use of the death penalty in their country.
- NOVEMBER 20, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds of prisoners on death row in the Caribbean...
Hundreds of prisoners on death row in the Caribbean were given new hope as the Privy Council in Britain declared the mandatory death penalty in Trinidad and Tobago unconstitutional
- NOVEMBER 20, 2003Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds of prisoners on death row in the Caribbean...
Hundreds of prisoners on death row in the Caribbean were given new hope as the Privy Council in Britain declared the mandatory death penalty in Trinidad and Tobago unconstitutional
- NOVEMBER 20, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Huntsville, Robert Henry, 41, was executed
In Huntsville, Robert Henry, 41, was executed
- NOVEMBER 20, 2003DEATH PENALTY
A convicted murderer asked for his victim's forgiveness...
A convicted murderer asked for his victim's forgiveness as he avoided a jury-imposed death sentence because of issues tied to his nationality
- NOVEMBER 19, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Ngo Van Da, a 27 year old unemployed man, was sentenced...
Ngo Van Da, a 27 year old unemployed man, was sentenced to death in Vietnam for killing his brother-in-law and the man's two children after he thought they were encouraging his wife to file for divorce
- NOVEMBER 19, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Intermediate People's Court of Changsha, capital...
The Intermediate People's Court of Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, has sentenced Zhang Xiufa to death with a two-year reprieve and confiscated all his personal property for accepting huge bribes
- NOVEMBER 19, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Mexican President Vicente Fox's office said he would...
Mexican President Vicente Fox's office said he would reject the death penalty handed down by a military court against Heron Varela Flores, a 24-year-old lieutenant found guilty in a court martial of murdering a senior officer
- NOVEMBER 19, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
More than 98 per cent of Daily Express readers who...
More than 98 per cent of Daily Express readers who took part in a phone poll suppored the reintroduction of capital punishment for "cold-blooded killings"
- NOVEMBER 19, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Delhi High Court acquitted Sunil Kumar Mandal,...
The Delhi High Court acquitted Sunil Kumar Mandal, a man who had been sentenced to death by an Additional Sessions Court on November 2, 2001, for burning his wife for dowry
- NOVEMBER 19, 2003CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
The Vietnamese President Tran Duc Luong commuted the...
The Vietnamese President Tran Duc Luong commuted the death penalty to life imprisonment for two Cambodian nationals, according to official sources
- NOVEMBER 19, 2003OhioDEATH PENALTY
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- NOVEMBER 19, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
The Dubai Supreme Court confirmed the June 1st death...
The Dubai Supreme Court confirmed the June 1st death sentences given to two of six Iranian drug smugglers who set fire to a boat containing two tonnes of cannabis as an anti-narcotics squad approached them off the Dubai coast
- NOVEMBER 19, 2003United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
The Dubai Supreme Court confirmed the June 1st death...
The Dubai Supreme Court confirmed the June 1st death sentences given to two of six Iranian drug smugglers who set fire to a boat containing two tonnes of cannabis as an anti-narcotics squad approached them off the Dubai coast
- NOVEMBER 19, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Vietnamese President Tran Duc Luong commuted the...
The Vietnamese President Tran Duc Luong commuted the death penalty to life imprisonment for two Cambodian nationals, according to official sources
- NOVEMBER 18, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Allahabad High Court, India, commuted nine out...
The Allahabad High Court, India, commuted nine out of thirteen death sentences and acquitted the four remaining convicts of their death sentences
- NOVEMBER 18, 2003UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International urged Uzbekistan to stop using...
Amnesty International urged Uzbekistan to stop using the death penalty and accused the ex-Soviet republic of executing dozens of people annually without giving them access to a proper justice system