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- NOVEMBER 3, 2003NevadaDEATH PENALTY
Dorion Lee Daniel's death sentence, for the 1997 execution-style...
Dorion Lee Daniel's death sentence, for the 1997 execution-style slayings of Mark Payne and Frederick Washington and attempted murders of 2 others following an argument over $10, was overturned by the Nevada Supreme Court
- NOVEMBER 3, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
The Nyala criminal court in Sudan sentenced three men...
The Nyala criminal court in Sudan sentenced three men to death by hanging after being convicted of murder under Article 130 of the Penal Code (1991)
- NOVEMBER 2, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Additional District and Sessions Court in Daska,...
The Additional District and Sessions Court in Daska, Pakistan, sentenced Sajjad Ahmad to death for murder
- OCTOBER 31, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Pham Tan Luong, 20, was sentenced to death by Gia Lai...
Pham Tan Luong, 20, was sentenced to death by Gia Lai People's Court for murder
- OCTOBER 31, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Jiangmen Intermediate People's Court, in Guangdong...
The Jiangmen Intermediate People's Court, in Guangdong Province, China, sentenced to death 53 year old Xie Jianzhuo, deputy director of the Jiangmen urban district government general office, for embezzling 12
- OCTOBER 30, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Additional District and Sessions Court in Jessore,...
The Additional District and Sessions Court in Jessore, Bangladesh, sentenced five people to death by hanging for killing a man after abducting him
- OCTOBER 30, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Minister of Justice and Human Rights Yusril Ihza Mahendra...
Minister of Justice and Human Rights Yusril Ihza Mahendra said that Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri had commuted the death sentence of convicted murderer Harnoko Dewantoro, alias Oki, to life imprisonment
- OCTOBER 30, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Thalasserry district and sessions court, India,...
The Thalasserry district and sessions court, India, sentenced to death M
- OCTOBER 29, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Tran Van Khoa, a 50-year old Vietnamese man convicted...
Tran Van Khoa, a 50-year old Vietnamese man convicted of the murder of his grandfather, was executed in the central Binh Dinh province
- OCTOBER 29, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Speedy Trial Court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced...
A Speedy Trial Court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Saidul, 20, Adel, 22, and Badiul after convicting them of murder
- OCTOBER 29, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International urged the European Union to rethink...
Amnesty International urged the European Union to rethink its China policy, saying the Asian country's economic success overshadows a justice system plagued with human rights abuses
- OCTOBER 29, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
"The Bangladeshi government has, to some extend, come...
"The Bangladeshi government has, to some extend, come out of the legacy of the British colonial judicial system as a total of 183 sensational cases have been settled under the landmark law "Speedy Trial Act" and 274 criminals sentenced to death in one and
- OCTOBER 29, 2003MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
M. Kathavarayan, 54, was sentenced to death by the...
M. Kathavarayan, 54, was sentenced to death by the Malaysian High Court for trafficking 937.8g of cannabis
- OCTOBER 29, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International urged the European Union to rethink...
Amnesty International urged the European Union to rethink its China policy, saying the Asian country's economic success overshadows a justice system plagued with human rights abuses
- OCTOBER 29, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Tokyo District Court, Japan, sentenced Tomomasa...
The Tokyo District Court, Japan, sentenced Tomomasa Nakagawa, a senior figure of the Aum Supreme Truth cult, to death for multiple murder in the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin gas attack and 10 other crimes
- OCTOBER 29, 2003MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said he rejected...
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said he rejected Islamic criminal laws prescribing amputations and death by stoning introduced by the hardline Islamic Party in the country's north-eastern Terengganu state
- OCTOBER 29, 2003TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Taipei Minister without Portfolio Hsu Chih-hsiung said...
Taipei Minister without Portfolio Hsu Chih-hsiung said that an anti-terrorism law approved by the country's Cabinet that included the death penalty did not contradict the government's goal of abolishing executions
- OCTOBER 29, 2003TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
An anti-terrorism law envisaging the death penalty...
An anti-terrorism law envisaging the death penalty was approved by the Taipei Cabinet
- OCTOBER 29, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Pham Thanh Tuan, a 40 year old man who pretended to...
Pham Thanh Tuan, a 40 year old man who pretended to be a doctor of traditional medicine, was executed in southern Vietnam for fatally poisoning four people and robbing them
- OCTOBER 29, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Delhi High court, India, acquitted two people originally...
The Delhi High court, India, acquitted two people originally sentenced to death in the December 13, 2001, terrorist attack on Parliament, lecturer Sayed Abdul Rahman Geelani and Afsan Guru, a woman
- OCTOBER 29, 2003MissouriDEATH PENALTY
John Clayton Smith, 42, was put to death by injection...
John Clayton Smith, 42, was put to death by injection at the Potosi Correctional Center in the July 5, 1997 fatal stabbings of his former girlfriend, Brandie Kearns, 22, and her stepfather, Wayne Hoewing, 51
- OCTOBER 28, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Since independence in 1945, Indonesian courts had sentenced...
Since independence in 1945, Indonesian courts had sentenced a total of 70 people to death with 11 of them already executed, an Attorny General's Office (AGO) spokesman said
- OCTOBER 28, 2003KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
The Kuwaiti Court of Appeals court commuted to life...
The Kuwaiti Court of Appeals court commuted to life in prison the death sentence against Sami al-Mutairi, a 25 year old Kuwaiti who killed an American civilian and wounded another in a highway ambush in January 2003
- OCTOBER 28, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Huu Hau, 23, was sentenced to death in southern...
Nguyen Huu Hau, 23, was sentenced to death in southern Vietnam for killing a 16-year-old girl after she repeatedly spurned his advances
- OCTOBER 28, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Hu Qineng, an official convicted in what was called...
Hu Qineng, an official convicted in what was called the biggest corruption case in southwest China's Chongqing municipality, was executed for embezzlement
- OCTOBER 28, 2003LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is an effective form of punishment...
The death penalty is an effective form of punishment and should not abolished, said one of Lebanon's leading magistrates, Ghassan Rabah
- OCTOBER 28, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's reformist parliament accused the hardline judiciary...
Iran's reformist parliament accused the hardline judiciary of a cover-up in the case of the Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi, who died in July 2003 from a blow to the head while in custody
- OCTOBER 28, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
George Kelly, hanged in the UK for murder was the victim...
George Kelly, hanged in the UK for murder was the victim of a miscarriage of justice which must be "deeply regretted", the Court of Appeal said
- OCTOBER 28, 2003MissouriDEATH PENALTY
The state Supreme Court lifts 3 more death sentences
The state Supreme Court lifts 3 more death sentences
- OCTOBER 27, 2003ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
A Zambian High Court sentenced Felix Mulela, a Christian...
A Zambian High Court sentenced Felix Mulela, a Christian church pastor, and his wife, Sharon Mulela, to death by hanging after finding them guilty of killing their domestic worker, Sara Soko, in 2000