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- DECEMBER 12, 2003KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
A Kuwaiti criminal court sentenced 'Akhtar', a Pakistani...
A Kuwaiti criminal court sentenced 'Akhtar', a Pakistani national, to death on charges of smuggling heroin into the country
- DECEMBER 12, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Thailand carried out its first executions by lethal...
Thailand carried out its first executions by lethal injection after abolishing the firing squad, putting to death three drug traffickers and a murderer at the notorious Bang Kwang jail, officials said
- DECEMBER 12, 2003PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Philippine President Gloria Arroyo said her decision...
Philippine President Gloria Arroyo said her decision to lift a moratorium of nearly four years on the death penalty was meant to send a tough message to jailed kidnapping masterminds not to "ply their evil trade" behind bars
- DECEMBER 12, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Ngo Minh, 33, committed suicide after being sentenced...
Ngo Minh, 33, committed suicide after being sentenced to death for drug trafficking in Vietnam's central province of Khanh Hoa, police said
- DECEMBER 12, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Wang Jiande, Wang Jianfu and Chen Guo, three members...
Wang Jiande, Wang Jianfu and Chen Guo, three members of a criminal gang, were executed in south-eastern China's Fujian province after a court convicted them of murder, armed robbery and other violent crimes, the People's Court Daily reported
- DECEMBER 12, 2003CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
In Santa Ana, Orange County, a jury recommended the...
In Santa Ana, Orange County, a jury recommended the death penalty for a man who shot and killed a sheriff's deputy
- DECEMBER 12, 2003ColoradoDEATH PENALTY
In Jefferson County, William "Cody" Neal, whose death...
In Jefferson County, William "Cody" Neal, whose death sentence was overturned as a result of a U
- DECEMBER 11, 2003RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Ella Pamfilova, head of the presidential human rights...
Ella Pamfilova, head of the presidential human rights commission, declared her opposition to lifting Russia's moratorium on capital punishment
- DECEMBER 11, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
William Irvan, 37, was sentenced to death for raping...
William Irvan, 37, was sentenced to death for raping and killing Michele Shadbolt, a 23-year-old mother, in her home Feb
- DECEMBER 11, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Four people were given death sentences, suspended for...
Four people were given death sentences, suspended for two years, and 30 others were jailed for up to life in a case involving a huge amount of illegal caffeine, state media reported
- DECEMBER 11, 2003CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
Tran The Trung, 49, a Cambodian citizen of Vietnamese...
Tran The Trung, 49, a Cambodian citizen of Vietnamese origin, was executed by firing squad at dawn at the Thu Duc execution ground in southern Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City for drug trafficking
- DECEMBER 11, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Tran The Trung, 49, a Cambodian citizen of Vietnamese...
Tran The Trung, 49, a Cambodian citizen of Vietnamese origin, and Quach Kim Thuan, 41, were executed by firing squad at dawn at the Thu Duc execution ground in southern Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City for drug trafficking
- DECEMBER 11, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Pham Van Khoe, 54, and Nguyen Thanh Quy, 22, were executed...
Pham Van Khoe, 54, and Nguyen Thanh Quy, 22, were executed by firing squad at dawn at the Thu Duc execution ground in southern Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City for murder
- DECEMBER 11, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Vu Quang Hiep, 28, was sentenced to death by a court...
Vu Quang Hiep, 28, was sentenced to death by a court in Hanoi for shooting dead a rival gangster on behalf of a friend trying to reclaim a debt
- DECEMBER 11, 2003MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Low Soo Song, a 51 year old unemployed man, was sentenced...
Low Soo Song, a 51 year old unemployed man, was sentenced to death by the Malaysian High Court for discharging a shot from a firearm while committing robbery
- DECEMBER 11, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
3 prisoners were to have been executed this week in Texas
3 prisoners were to have been executed this week in Texas
- DECEMBER 10, 2003DominicaDEATH PENALTY
So far this year, nearly 200 people had died at the...
So far this year, nearly 200 people had died at the hands of the Dominican police in extra-judicial executions, the National Human Rights Commission said
- DECEMBER 10, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
Saddam Hussein will be tried in absentia by the Iraqi...
Saddam Hussein will be tried in absentia by the Iraqi war crimes tribunal formally established in Baghdad, and could face the death penalty if found guilty of crimes against humanity, the Iraqi Governing Council said
- DECEMBER 10, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A man in southern China's Guangxi province was sentenced...
A man in southern China's Guangxi province was sentenced to death for killing two people and injuring 10 others in a spate of rat-poisoning incidents
- DECEMBER 10, 2003PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A Philippine court sentenced six men to death for kidnapping...
A Philippine court sentenced six men to death for kidnapping two ethnic Chinese sisters and their driver, just five days after President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo ended a moratorium on capital punishment
- DECEMBER 10, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Three Iranian prisoners convicted of murder were hanged...
Three Iranian prisoners convicted of murder were hanged in a jail in Tehran, one of whom killed and dissected his brother and niece, the Entekhab daily reported
- DECEMBER 10, 2003LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Lebanon's pardoning commission refused to commute the...
Lebanon's pardoning commission refused to commute the death penalty for 31 convicts, who risk being hanged if President Emile Lahoud does not excuse them
- DECEMBER 10, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Ignoring appeals from human rights groups, Vietnam...
Ignoring appeals from human rights groups, Vietnam sentenced at least 100 people to death up to December 8 and the country's get-tough-on-crime policy showed no signs of letting up
- DECEMBER 10, 2003TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Local human rights advocates in Taiwan called on the...
Local human rights advocates in Taiwan called on the government to abolish capital punishment as the world marked Human Rights Day
- DECEMBER 9, 2003PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
In a press statement, Davao Archbishop and President...
In a press statement, Davao Archbishop and President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines President Fernando R
- DECEMBER 9, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Speedy Trial Court in Chittagong, Bangladesh, sentenced...
The Speedy Trial Court in Chittagong, Bangladesh, sentenced five people to death, including four Bangladesh Chhatra League activists, and nine others to life imprisonment for the abduction and murder Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Nurul Islam
- DECEMBER 9, 2003PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
Today in Delaware County when the District Attorney's...
Today in Delaware County when the District Attorney's office announced that it is dropping charges against Yarris for the 1981 rape and murder of Linda Mae Craig
- DECEMBER 9, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Ngo Minh, 33, and Cao Ton, 45, were sentenced to death...
Ngo Minh, 33, and Cao Ton, 45, were sentenced to death in Vietnam after being found guilty by a court in the central province of Khanh Hoa of trafficking more than 32
- DECEMBER 9, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Daxiao, former director of the Civil Affairs Bureau...
Li Daxiao, former director of the Civil Affairs Bureau of Xiajin County, in east China's Shandong Province, was sentenced to death with a reprieve for murder
- DECEMBER 9, 2003AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
A Bangladeshi gay couple seeking to stay in Australia...
A Bangladeshi gay couple seeking to stay in Australia because they fear death at home won a landmark appeal in the High Court and a refugee tribunal was told to re-evalutate their claim