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- AUGUST 30, 2003AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
In Albertville, Circuit Judge Tim Jolley sentenced...
In Albertville, Circuit Judge Tim Jolley sentenced Rick Belisle, 34, to death in the May 19, 1999 capital murder of Joyce Moore, 51
- AUGUST 30, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Three people were sentenced to death and one to life...
Three people were sentenced to death and one to life imprisonment by the Kolkata city sessions court, India, for murder
- AUGUST 30, 2003MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Jefri Ibrahim, a 26 year old welder, was sentenced...
Jefri Ibrahim, a 26 year old welder, was sentenced to death by the Malaysian High Court for trafficking 1,7 kg of cannabis on August 10, 2001
- AUGUST 29, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A court in Vietnam's southern Long An province sentenced...
A court in Vietnam's southern Long An province sentenced four men and a woman to death for running a drug-trafficking network that smuggled heroin and opium into the country from Cambodia
- AUGUST 29, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Herbert Bwangalo, 34, Jackson Kuyoka, 28, and Charles...
Herbert Bwangalo, 34, Jackson Kuyoka, 28, and Charles Lule, 29, were sentenced to death by a court in Uganda for killing Benon Mmaali on suspicion that he was a thief
- AUGUST 29, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Ayub Hazara was sentenced to death on four...
Muhammad Ayub Hazara was sentenced to death on four counts by a Special court for Anti terrorist Activities after being found guilty of gunning down his wife, her parents and a nearby driver
- AUGUST 29, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A father and son were acquitted of heroin-trafficking...
A father and son were acquitted of heroin-trafficking charges, but the father's mistress and two accomplices in the same gang were sentenced to death
- AUGUST 29, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Thanh Vu, a 27 year old man convicted of raping...
Nguyen Thanh Vu, a 27 year old man convicted of raping and murdering a seven year old girl in southern Vietnam, was sentenced to death by the provincial People's Court in the southern Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang
- AUGUST 28, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
A Japanese court sentenced to death Mamoru Takuma,...
A Japanese court sentenced to death Mamoru Takuma, a 39-year-old man who killed eight children after running amok with a butcher's knife in an elementary school in 2001
- AUGUST 28, 2003NevadaDEATH PENALTY
A Washoe County jury sentenced Robert McConnell, 31,...
A Washoe County jury sentenced Robert McConnell, 31, to death for the murder of Brian Pierce, his former girlfriend's fiancé
- AUGUST 28, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
A jury sentenced Ray McArthur Freeney, 29, to death...
A jury sentenced Ray McArthur Freeney, 29, to death for raping and killing 2 prostitutes, Kirschalynne S
- AUGUST 28, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and other...
Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and other ministers said that Mamoru Takuma, who murdered eight children and injured 13 others and two teachers in a stabbing frenzy at an Osaka elementary school, deserved the death penalty he was given by the Osa
- AUGUST 27, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A Nigerian Islamic court said it would wait another...
A Nigerian Islamic court said it would wait another four weeks to pass judgement in the case of Amina Lawal, a single mother sentenced to be stoned to death for adultery
- AUGUST 27, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Indian Supreme Court imposed the death penalty...
The Indian Supreme Court imposed the death penalty on Keraj Ram, a man who, having doubts regarding his wife's fidelity, killed "in a cruel and diabolic manner" his wife, children and brother-in-law
- AUGUST 27, 2003DEATH PENALTY
NIGERIAN STONING TRIAL ADJOURNED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 25
August 27, 2003: a Nigerian Islamic court said it would pass judgement in the case of Amina Lawal, a single mother who has been sentenced to be stoned to death for adultery, in four weeks time.
- AUGUST 26, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Two Pakistani men convicted of drug trafficking were...
Two Pakistani men convicted of drug trafficking were beheaded in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabian city
- AUGUST 26, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Two Pakistani men convicted of drug trafficking were...
Two Pakistani men convicted of drug trafficking were beheaded in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabian city
- AUGUST 26, 2003MaliDEATH PENALTY
Fousseyni Thera, 27, a Malian man, who had his five-year-old...
Fousseyni Thera, 27, a Malian man, who had his five-year-old son's throat slit in order to conjure up good luck, was sentenced to death
- AUGUST 26, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International slammed the execution in Jordan...
Amnesty International slammed the execution in Jordan of Jamal Darwish Fatayri
- AUGUST 26, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
According to Jordan Times, the Jordanian Court of Cassation...
According to Jordan Times, the Jordanian Court of Cassation upheld a September 2002 Criminal Court ruling sentencing three men to death for robbing and murdering a jewellery store owner in Irbid in May 2000
- AUGUST 26, 2003ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
The Arizona Supreme Court on overturned the death sentence...
The Arizona Supreme Court on overturned the death sentence of a man who murdered his 13-year-old stepdaughter during a domestic dispute with his wife
- AUGUST 26, 2003MissouriDEATH PENALTY
In Jefferson City, the Missouri Supreme Court overturned...
In Jefferson City, the Missouri Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of Christopher Simmons, who was 17 when he killed a woman a decade ago
- AUGUST 25, 2003YemenDEATH PENALTY
A Yemeni court sentenced Mohsen Yehya Monassar, 42,...
A Yemeni court sentenced Mohsen Yehya Monassar, 42, to death by firing squad
- AUGUST 25, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Hafizur Rahman, a 36 year old Bangladeshi man convicted...
Hafizur Rahman, a 36 year old Bangladeshi man convicted of killing his wife and two sons, was condemned to death for the triple-murder
- AUGUST 25, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
Jamal Darwish Fatayri, an Iraqi-born Jordanian linked...
Jamal Darwish Fatayri, an Iraqi-born Jordanian linked to Palestinian militant Abu Nidal, was hanged at dawn at Swaqa prison south of Amman, Jordan
- AUGUST 24, 2003TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
The Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals upheld the...
The Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals upheld the opinion of 24 jurors in 2 separate trials that Ricky Thompson, convicted in the 1989 shooting death of his 21-year-old wife, Nina Vann Thompson, should die in the state's death chamber
- AUGUST 24, 2003South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The savage rape and murder of three generations of...
The savage rape and murder of three generations of a family during a carjacking in which a baby was executed in front of her mother has led to widespread calls for the return of the death penalty in South Africa, the Sunday Telegraph reported
- AUGUST 23, 2003DEATH PENALTY
A man who was convicted of raping his 8-year-old stepdaughter...
A man who was convicted of raping his 8-year-old stepdaughter was sentenced to death
- AUGUST 23, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A District and Sessions court in Bangladesh sentenced...
A District and Sessions court in Bangladesh sentenced to death Ali Hossain, 22 and his younger brother Babu, for murder
- AUGUST 23, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh sentenced nine people to death,...
A court in Bangladesh sentenced nine people to death, including three brothers, after convicting them of killing a 42-year-old man