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- SEPTEMBER 15, 2003Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
Four people were sentenced to death in Belarus in 2002,...
Four people were sentenced to death in Belarus in 2002, but no one was executed, Belarussian Deputy Interior Minister and head of the Investigation Committee Leonid Glukhovsky said at a joint seminar of the Belarus National Assembly and the Parliamentary
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shanghai No 2 Intermediate People's Court sentenced...
The Shanghai No 2 Intermediate People's Court sentenced to death Zhang Liangwu for murder
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2003ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
A 22-year-old Navajo man convicted of stabbing to death...
A 22-year-old Navajo man convicted of stabbing to death a woman and her granddaughter has become the only Native American in the country who's facing execution by federal authorities
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2003TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
Gov. Phil Bredesen this morning granted a 4-month reprieve...
Gov. Phil Bredesen this morning granted a 4-month reprieve in the execution of Phillip Workman, citing a federal criminal investigation that might be related to the case. Although Attorney General Paul Summers said he is confident that the facts of the ca
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2003OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
An Oklahoma County jury recommended death for James...
An Oklahoma County jury recommended death for James Pavatt, 49, for the Nov
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2003ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
The Arizona Supreme Court has overturned the death...
The Arizona Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence of Kajornsak Prasertphong saying ha must be resentenced by a jury, not a judge because of a change in Arizona law
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Dhaher bin Nahar Al-Chemmari, a Saudi national accused...
Dhaher bin Nahar Al-Chemmari, a Saudi national accused of smuggling an unknown quantity of hashish into the country, was beheaded by sword in the eastern Saudi province of Hafr Al-Baten
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2003YemenDEATH PENALTY
A Yemen court sentenced Ali al-Jarallah's, a Muslim...
A Yemen court sentenced Ali al-Jarallah's, a Muslim extremist, to death
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Yuan Gang, a convicted police killer, was put to death...
Yuan Gang, a convicted police killer, was put to death in eastern China's Zhejiang province immediately after the provincial high court issued the execution order, state press reported
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
The death sentence of Kazumi Taga, a 53 year old Japanese...
The death sentence of Kazumi Taga, a 53 year old Japanese man, was reduced to life in prison through a plea bargain after he admitted to killing his wife and daughter
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
Shinji Mukai, a 42 year old Japanese man convicted...
Shinji Mukai, a 42 year old Japanese man convicted of murdering three people, including a mother and her child, was executed by hanging in what was Japan's first execution in a year
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Eight members of a gang specializing in highway robberies...
Eight members of a gang specializing in highway robberies were executed in central China's Henan province, state media said
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2003CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
The death sentence of a Japanese man was reduced to...
The death sentence of a Japanese man was reduced to life in prison through a plea bargain after he admitted to killing his wife and daughter in 2000
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International Japan denounced the Justice Ministry's...
Amnesty International Japan denounced the Justice Ministry's latest execution of a prisoner, the third person to be hanged under Justice Minister Mayumi Moriyama, which also drew a lawmaker protest
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2003ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
A woman convicted of killing her husband of 17 years...
A woman convicted of killing her husband of 17 years was cleared after the Pima County Attorney's Office admitted its prosecutor intentionally withheld documents that could have helped her case
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2003North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Henry Lee Hunt, 58, was pronounced dead at 2:17 a
Henry Lee Hunt, 58, was pronounced dead at 2:17 a
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Lagos states Governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu, worried by...
Lagos states Governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu, worried by the incessant cultist clashes in the state's tertiary institutions, particularly Lagos State University, disclosed the introduction of capital punishment to any student cultist apprehended
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Jahangir Hossain Bhuiyan was sentenced to death in...
Jahangir Hossain Bhuiyan was sentenced to death in absentia by the District and Sessions Court in Chandpur, Bangladesh, for killing his two sisters by throwing them into the Meghna river
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Muslim Right Congress warned that the proposed...
The Muslim Right Congress warned that the proposed abolition of death penalty was aimed at allowing the killers of the former Attorney - General and Minister of Justice, Chief Bola Ige to escape the hangman's noose
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Imam Samudra, the Islamic militant who masterminded...
Imam Samudra, the Islamic militant who masterminded the bombing of two Bali nightclubs which killed 202 people, was sentenced to death
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2003AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
The Australian government welcomed the conviction and...
The Australian government welcomed the conviction and death sentence imposed on Bali bomber Imam Samudra
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
"The subject of capital punishment is controversial...
"The subject of capital punishment is controversial and emotional," wrote Gabriel Osu in the Vanguard, "it is no longer considered as an appropriate form of punishment for murder or other serious crimes because it continues the cycle of violence; it is no
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Australian government welcomed the conviction and...
The Australian government welcomed the conviction and death sentence imposed on Bali bomber Imam Samudra
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2003KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev was reported...
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev was reported as advocating the gradual abolition of the death penalty, urging that his position be explained to the public
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
Larry Hayes, 54, was executed tonight for the 1999...
Larry Hayes, 54, was executed tonight for the 1999 murders of his wife and another woman
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
Hearings ordered for 10 on death row
Hearings ordered for 10 on death row
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2003ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
With the ratification on 9 September 2003 of the 6th...
With the ratification on 9 September 2003 of the 6th Protocol to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms the death penalty can only be applied in times of war or in the imminence of war
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2003ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Armenia's 131-seat national assembly on September 9,...
Armenia's 131-seat national assembly on September 9, 2003 voted to unconditionally abolish the death penalty in peacetime
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Nasser Shiragha, the head of a convicted gang of armed...
Nasser Shiragha, the head of a convicted gang of armed robbers, was hanged in Tehran, the official Iran paper reported, adding that 11 other members of the group would also soon be executed
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2003ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The Armenian parliament voted to abolish the death...
The Armenian parliament voted to abolish the death penalty after the country came under pressure from the Council of Europe to meet its obligations to international treaties