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- APRIL 24, 2003Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
Bosnia and Herzegovina was a cosponsor of the resolution...
Bosnia and Herzegovina was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003MonacoDEATH PENALTY
Monaco was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Monaco was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Bulgaria was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Bulgaria was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Georgia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Georgia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003San MarinoDEATH PENALTY
San Marino was a cosponsor of the resolution on the...
San Marino was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003PolandDEATH PENALTY
Poland was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution...
Poland was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003CroatiaDEATH PENALTY
Croatia was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the...
Croatia was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
United Kingdom was a cosponsor and voted in favour...
United Kingdom was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003SwedenDEATH PENALTY
Sweden was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution...
Sweden was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003FranceDEATH PENALTY
France was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution...
France was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003RomaniaDEATH PENALTY
Romania was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Romania was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003SloveniaDEATH PENALTY
Slovenia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Slovenia was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 24, 2003DEATH PENALTY
THE UN COMMISSION SAYS YES TO THE MORATORIUM AND TO THE ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY
24 April 2003: a resolution for a moratorium on capital executions and the abolition of the death penalty has been approved, for the seventh consecutive year, at the UN Commission on Human Rights with 24 votes in favour, 10 abstentions and 18 votes again
- APRIL 23, 2003CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
In Santa Ana, jurors recommended the death penalty...
In Santa Ana, jurors recommended the death penalty for Victor Miranda-Guerrero, convicted of raping and murdering 29-year-old Bridgette Ballas, who was attacked Nov
- APRIL 23, 2003YemenDEATH PENALTY
A Yemeni court set the date of the verdict on Hammoud...
A Yemeni court set the date of the verdict on Hammoud Murshid Hassan Ahmad's appeal against a death sentence for murder for May 26 after a short court session on April 19
- APRIL 23, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Tokyo High Court upheld the death sentence for...
The Tokyo High Court upheld the death sentence for Kazuo Shinozawa, a man convicted of burning six women to death during the robbery of a jewellery store in Utsunomiya in June 2000
- APRIL 23, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
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- APRIL 23, 2003YemenDEATH PENALTY
Abdullah al-Nashri, a Yemeni man who killed three nuns...
Abdullah al-Nashri, a Yemeni man who killed three nuns from Mother Theresa's order, was executed by firing squad
- APRIL 22, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shanghai No 1 Intermediate People's Court announced...
The Shanghai No 1 Intermediate People's Court announced its verdict in an ivory smuggling case, imposing the death penalty on Li Wenjian, with a two-year probation, and sentencing Liang Zhiqiang to life imprisonment
- APRIL 22, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Sergio D'Elia, Secretary of Hands Off Cain, declared:...
Sergio D'Elia, Secretary of Hands Off Cain, declared: "Obasanjo's re-election is today the best guarantee in Nigeria for the life of Amina Lawal and others who risk being sentenced to death by the political use of Sharia law as applied by the twelve north
- APRIL 22, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Outgoing President of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo has...
Outgoing President of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo has been re-elected in the first round of the presidential elections
- APRIL 22, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Sergio D'Elia, Secretary of Hands Off Cain, declared:...
Sergio D'Elia, Secretary of Hands Off Cain, declared: "Obasanjo's re-election is today the best guarantee in Nigeria for the life of Amina Lawal and others who risk being sentenced to death by the political use of Sharia law as applied by the twelve north
- APRIL 22, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Outgoing President of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo has...
Outgoing President of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo has been re-elected in the first round of the presidential elections
- APRIL 22, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
Juan Rodriguez Chavez was executed inside the Huntsville...
Juan Rodriguez Chavez was executed inside the Huntsville "Walls" Unit
- APRIL 22, 2003MissouriDEATH PENALTY
The Missouri Supreme Court unanimously overturned the...
The Missouri Supreme Court unanimously overturned the death sentence of Ernest Lee Johnson, 42, convicted of killing 3 people in 1994, because his attorney did not present adequate evidence that he might be mentally retarded
- APRIL 22, 2003ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe welcomed a vote by the Armenian...
The Council of Europe welcomed a vote by the Armenian parliament to lift the death penalty for most crimes as a step in the right direction towards Armenian membership of the council
- APRIL 22, 2003Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe welcomed a vote by the Armenian...
The Council of Europe welcomed a vote by the Armenian parliament to lift the death penalty for most crimes as a step in the right direction towards Armenian membership of the council
- APRIL 22, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO REELECTED
April 22, 2003: Outgoing President of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo has been re-elected in the first round of the presidential elections. The fact is confirmed by the election results published by the national independent electoral commission of Abuja.
- APRIL 22, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
The Senate rejected a bill that would have allowed...
The Senate rejected a bill that would have allowed juries to sentence a convicted murderer to life without the possibility of parole
- APRIL 21, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Three men named as Sohel Dewan, Billal and Manik were...
Three men named as Sohel Dewan, Billal and Manik were sentenced to death for murdering Badsha Mia, a businessman, on 8 August 2002