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- SEPTEMBER 30, 2003BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
HOC MEETS PRODI AND FRATTINI AS EUROPEAN MISSION ENDS
September 30, 2003: the European mission conducted by George Ryan together with Leroy Orange came to an end on Monday in Brussels.
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2003FloridaDEATH PENALTY
The Florida Supreme Court set aside a Wednesday deadline...
The Florida Supreme Court set aside a Wednesday deadline for inmates to request DNA testing of evidence that could prove their innocence
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Italian EU Presidency remained committed to the...
The Italian EU Presidency remained committed to the objective of seeing adopted a worldwide moratorium on capital executions, said Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, speaking in Brussels during a meeting with a Hands Off Cain delegation which inclu
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Italian EU Presidency remained committed to the...
The Italian EU Presidency remained committed to the objective of seeing adopted a worldwide moratorium on capital executions, said Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, speaking in Brussels during a meeting with a Hands Off Cain delegation which inclu
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The European mission conducted by former governor of...
The European mission conducted by former governor of Illinois and current Hands Off Cain Honorary President George Ryan, together with Leroy Orange, ex death row inmate who is alive thanks to the moratorium on executions introduced by the governor in his
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2003BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
The European mission conducted by former governor of...
The European mission conducted by former governor of Illinois and current Hands Off Cain Honorary President George Ryan, together with Leroy Orange, ex death row inmate who is alive thanks to the moratorium on executions introduced by the governor in his
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Dinh Son Hai, a 22 year old Vietnamese man, was sentenced...
Dinh Son Hai, a 22 year old Vietnamese man, was sentenced to death after being convicted by a court in southern Binh Duong province of murdering his friend Ho Viet Quoc in December 2002, in order to steal his motorcycle and jewellery
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A court in Vietnam's southern province of Dong Nai...
A court in Vietnam's southern province of Dong Nai handed down the death penalty to Dinh Quang Tuan for stabbing and beating to death his neighbour, Kieu Thi Phung, in June 2003, while trying to rob her motorbike and jewellery
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2003ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers welcomed...
The Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers welcomed Armenia's ratification of the sixth protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights, the committee's chairman, Moldovan Foreign Minister Nicolae Dudau, said
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2003ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers welcomed...
The Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers welcomed Armenia's ratification of the sixth protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights, the committee's chairman, Moldovan Foreign Minister Nicolae Dudau, said
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2003PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
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- SEPTEMBER 28, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
It was reported Iran's judiciary drafted a bill which...
It was reported Iran's judiciary drafted a bill which would raise the minimum age for death sentences to 18 from 15
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Monsef Ali and his cousin Mobarrak Ali of Sukhbilash...
Monsef Ali and his cousin Mobarrak Ali of Sukhbilash village in Rangunia, Bangladesh, were sentenced to death by an Additional District and Sessions Court, together with four others, who were sentenced to life imprisonment, for killing two neighbours in R
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
"One thing the United States and China agree on is...
"One thing the United States and China agree on is the death penalty," said Jerome A
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2003Guinea-BissauDEATH PENALTY
A bloodless coup in September 2003 ousted president...
A bloodless coup in September 2003 ousted president Kumba Yala
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2003Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Papua New Guinea's National Court in Wabag, Enga Province,...
Papua New Guinea's National Court in Wabag, Enga Province, imposed the death penalty on Kepaka Langa, a 28-year-old man, after finding him guilty of wilfully murdering a pastor's son in an ambush in 2002
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
U.S. District Judge Vanessa Gilmore ordered a new trial...
U.S. District Judge Vanessa Gilmore ordered a new trial for convicted killer Howard Paul Guidry after determining that his confession was involuntary and should not have been allowed to be used in his trial
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Fadl Mullah Nour Mohammad, Pakistani found guilty of...
Fadl Mullah Nour Mohammad, Pakistani found guilty of drug trafficking heroin, was beheaded by the sword in the Saudi Arabia
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Fadl Mullah Nour Mohammad, Pakistani found guilty of...
Fadl Mullah Nour Mohammad, Pakistani found guilty of drug trafficking heroin, was beheaded by the sword in the Saudi Arabia
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Maurizio Turco and Marco Cappato (both Lista Bonino...
Maurizio Turco and Marco Cappato (both Lista Bonino MEPs), together with Ottavio Marzocchi, deposited an interrogation request at the European Parliament aimed at finding out what measures the European Council and the European Commission would take regard
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
On the motion approved by the Italian Senate, asking...
On the motion approved by the Italian Senate, asking the government, representing the EU, to present at the UN a resolution for a universal moratorium on executions, HOC President Marco Pannella declared: "A Senate composed of yes men from the majority al
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Hasan Yousefi, an Iranian man convicted of murdering...
Hasan Yousefi, an Iranian man convicted of murdering four people, was publicly hanged in a square in the north-western city of Maragheh, the Kayhan newspaper reported, quoting a statement from the West Azarbaijan province's judiciary
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2003North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
In Gastonia, a new jury sentenced Jeff Duke to death...
In Gastonia, a new jury sentenced Jeff Duke to death a 2nd time for the same crime -- killing 2 men
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2003IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
When Illinois lawmakers decided to overhaul the state's...
When Illinois lawmakers decided to overhaul the state's death penalty system, they included a strong message to police officers: Lie on the stand and lose your badge
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2003North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Twice-convicted murderer Joseph Earl Bates was executed...
Twice-convicted murderer Joseph Earl Bates was executed today
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty for Mamoru Takuma, who stabbed eight...
The death penalty for Mamoru Takuma, who stabbed eight children to death and injured 15 others at Ikeda Primary School in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, in 2001, was finalised after he dismissed his lawyers' appeal of the sentence to the Osaka High Court
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Australian politicians united in welcoming a Nigerian...
Australian politicians united in welcoming a Nigerian appeal court decision to spare Amina Lawal from death by stoning
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2003SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Singapore executed two convicted Malaysian heroin traffickers...
Singapore executed two convicted Malaysian heroin traffickers despite protests by human rights group Amnesty International
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Foreign ministers from the 54-nation Commonwealth "spontaneously...
Foreign ministers from the 54-nation Commonwealth "spontaneously applauded" the decision of a Nigerian appeals court to spare the life of Amina Lawal, sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, Australian foreign minister Alexander Downer said
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2003MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Singapore executed two convicted Malaysian heroin traffickers...
Singapore executed two convicted Malaysian heroin traffickers despite protests by human rights group Amnesty International