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- OCTOBER 3, 2003AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
The Alabama Supreme Court has thrown out the death...
The Alabama Supreme Court has thrown out the death sentence of Phillip Wayne Tomlin
- OCTOBER 2, 2003CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
In San Francisco, a federal appeals court declared...
In San Francisco, a federal appeals court declared unconstitutional a 2000 law that requires federal prisoners or those on supervised release to give blood samples for the FBI's DNA databank
- OCTOBER 2, 2003IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
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- OCTOBER 2, 2003United StatesDEATH PENALTY
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- OCTOBER 2, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Amanullah alias Shahbaz had his death sentence for...
Amanullah alias Shahbaz had his death sentence for murder reduced to ten years rigorous imprisonment by a division bench of the Sindh High Court in Pakistan
- OCTOBER 2, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Mushtaq Ahmed and Jind Wadda were sentenced to death...
Mushtaq Ahmed and Jind Wadda were sentenced to death by the No
- OCTOBER 2, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Ali Ghufron, alias Mukhlas, one of the main organisers...
Ali Ghufron, alias Mukhlas, one of the main organisers of the October 12, 2002 Bali bombings which killed 202 people, was sentenced to death by firing squad in Indonesia
- OCTOBER 2, 2003LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
"For the crime of aggravated rape, this court sentences...
"For the crime of aggravated rape, this court sentences you to death
- OCTOBER 1, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indian court sentenced to death a man, identified...
An Indian court sentenced to death a man, identified only as Poonaji, who was convicted of burning his wife, four daughters and a neighbour to death in a fit of rage
- OCTOBER 1, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Iranian courts sentenced three men to death for, in...
Iranian courts sentenced three men to death for, in at least two of the cases, having contacts with outlawed political organisations, the Paris-based International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) said in a statement
- OCTOBER 1, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Three Iranian MPs wrote to the head of the judiciary...
Three Iranian MPs wrote to the head of the judiciary calling for the freeing of Afsaneh Noruzi, a young woman sentenced to death for killing a man who was attempting to rape her, press reports said
- OCTOBER 1, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe lamented the lack of progress...
The Council of Europe lamented the lack of progress in efforts to persuade the United States and Japan to abolish the death penalty and again warned that their observer status at the pan-European rights body was at risk
- OCTOBER 1, 2003PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippine government reiterated that it would...
The Philippine government reiterated that it would still resort to capital punishment on " high-profile drug dealers" despite its announcement of a "moratorium on the death penalty" under the Arroyo administration
- OCTOBER 1, 2003AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Qabel Ould Abderrahman Abderrahim, an Afghan found...
Qabel Ould Abderrahman Abderrahim, an Afghan found guilty of smuggling heroin, was beheaded by sword on Wednesday in Saudi Arabia's city of Jeddah
- OCTOBER 1, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Qabel Ould Abderrahman Abderrahim, an Afghan found...
Qabel Ould Abderrahman Abderrahim, an Afghan found guilty of smuggling heroin, was beheaded by sword on Wednesday in Saudi Arabia's city of Jeddah
- OCTOBER 1, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
A 19-year-old identified only as Alireza was executed...
A 19-year-old identified only as Alireza was executed in the southwestern town of Marvdasht, the Yas-e No paper reported
- OCTOBER 1, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
From this date all those who engaged in the illegal...
From this date all those who engaged in the illegal making, buying, selling, transporting or storing of tetramine, a hyper-toxic rat poison, and other prohibited hyper-toxic chemicals, would face serious punishment including the death penalty, Xinhua News
- OCTOBER 1, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Ottaviano del Turco, senator for the left-wing SDI...
Ottaviano del Turco, senator for the left-wing SDI (Italian Socialist Democrats) and Hands Off Cain member, tabled a parliamentary question on the presentation of a resolution calling for a worldwide moratorium on executions to the UN General Assembly
- OCTOBER 1, 2003OhioDEATH PENALTY
In Lebanon, a Warren County jury has recommended that...
In Lebanon, a Warren County jury has recommended that Rocky Lee Barton should die for the shotgun slaying of his wife, which preceded his effort to kill himself
- OCTOBER 1, 2003United StatesDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe lamented the lack of progress...
The Council of Europe lamented the lack of progress in efforts to persuade the United States and Japan to abolish the death penalty and again warned that their observer status at the pan-European rights body was at risk
- OCTOBER 1, 2003United StatesDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe lamented Wednesday the lack of...
The Council of Europe lamented Wednesday the lack of progress in efforts to persuade the United States and Japan to abolish the death penalty and again warned that their observer status at the pan-European rights body was at risk
- OCTOBER 1, 2003Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe lamented the lack of progress...
The Council of Europe lamented the lack of progress in efforts to persuade the United States and Japan to abolish the death penalty and again warned that their observer status at the pan-European rights body was at risk
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed at least 18 people in the run-up to...
China executed at least 18 people in the run-up to National Day, including five members of the same family and the notorious leader of a massive prostitution ring, state media reported
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2003MissouriDEATH PENALTY
In Jefferson City, the Missouri Supreme Court overturned...
In Jefferson City, the Missouri Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of a convicted triple murderer today because the sentence had been imposed by a judge, not a jury
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Fort Worth, jurors decided that Billy Jack Crutsinger,...
In Fort Worth, jurors decided that Billy Jack Crutsinger, 48, should die for slaying an elderly mother and daughter earlier this year
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Du Huikai, Dai Yingqiang, and Shi Xiaoqiang were sentenced...
Du Huikai, Dai Yingqiang, and Shi Xiaoqiang were sentenced to death by the Luoyang Intermediate People's Court for kidnapping, murder and robbery
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2003LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is indicative of the government's...
The death penalty is indicative of the government's failure to face social problems, said Father Louis Khawand, president of the Religious Education Center in the Maronite monastery of Mashmoushe, Jezzine, in an interview with Beirut's The Daily Star
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Shaggier Ahmed was sentenced to death on three counts...
Shaggier Ahmed was sentenced to death on three counts by a District and Sessions court in Pakistan for murdering his wife, his father-in-law and his mother-in-law in 2002
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2003SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Tan Chee Wee, 30, was sentenced to death by a court...
Tan Chee Wee, 30, was sentenced to death by a court in Singapore for murdering a woman during a house robbery on 9 January 2003
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Ugandan Attorney General replied to the constitutional...
The Ugandan Attorney General replied to the constitutional petition against the death penalty, saying the petitioners' right to life was not absolute