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- MARCH 21, 2003GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
Mutual Support Group (GAM), a Guatemalan human rights...
Mutual Support Group (GAM), a Guatemalan human rights group, said death-squad agents linked to the state committed nine summary executions in the first two months of the year
- MARCH 21, 2003TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The Tajik newspaper Vecherniy Dushanbe reported that...
The Tajik newspaper Vecherniy Dushanbe reported that Tajikistan was considering the abolition of the death penalty for women
- MARCH 20, 2003SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Yen May Woen, 36, who was caught in Singapore on 8...
Yen May Woen, 36, who was caught in Singapore on 8 May 2002 with 120 sachets of heroin in a black sling bag, was sentenced to death for drug trafficking
- MARCH 20, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A court in Gujranwala, Pakistan, condemned four people...
A court in Gujranwala, Pakistan, condemned four people to death for murder
- MARCH 20, 2003CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
There is no need for a death penalty moratorium in...
There is no need for a death penalty moratorium in California - even though there are more than 600 people on death row - because there are no problems with the sentencing process, according to a report released by a group of prosecutors
- MARCH 20, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Huntsville, Keith Clay was executed tonight, becoming...
In Huntsville, Keith Clay was executed tonight, becoming the 300th inmate put to death in Texas since the state resumed the death penalty 20 years ago
- MARCH 20, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The EU External Relations Council expressed serious...
The EU External Relations Council expressed serious concern over China's lack of respect for human rights, particularly the death penalty and torture, arbitrary detention, repression of all kinds (freedom of expression, religion and association) and actio
- MARCH 20, 2003BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
At the UN Commission on Human Rights convening in Geneva...
At the UN Commission on Human Rights convening in Geneva Bulgaria expressed its firm conviction that the abolition of the death penalty represented a milestone in the progressive evolution of universal human rights standards
- MARCH 20, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
The EU External Relations Council expresses serious...
The EU External Relations Council expresses serious worries at Iran's violations of human rights, particularly the lack of respect for freedom of expression, attacks against the Press, the imprisonment of journalists, intellectuals and students, applicati
- MARCH 20, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
The EU External Relations Council expresses serious...
The EU External Relations Council expresses serious worries at Iran's violations of human rights, particularly the lack of respect for freedom of expression, attacks against the Press, the imprisonment of journalists, intellectuals and students, applicati
- MARCH 20, 2003United NationsDEATH PENALTY
At the UN Commission on Human Rights convening in Geneva...
At the UN Commission on Human Rights convening in Geneva Bulgaria expressed its firm conviction that the abolition of the death penalty represented a milestone in the progressive evolution of universal human rights standards
- MARCH 20, 2003European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The EU External Relations Council expressed serious...
The EU External Relations Council expressed serious concern over China's lack of respect for human rights, particularly the death penalty and torture, arbitrary detention, repression of all kinds (freedom of expression, religion and association) and actio
- MARCH 19, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed three men for killing taxi drivers in...
China executed three men for killing taxi drivers in and around the nation's capital, the official Xinhua News Agency reported
- MARCH 19, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Two convicted armed robbers were publicly hanged in...
Two convicted armed robbers were publicly hanged in the western city of Khorramabad, the Persian daily Kayhan reported
- MARCH 19, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Five people were sentenced to death in two separate...
Five people were sentenced to death in two separate murder cases by fast-track tribunals in Dhaka under the Woman and Child Repression Prevention Act
- MARCH 19, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
A pregnant woman found guilty of murder was saved from...
A pregnant woman found guilty of murder was saved from the hangman's noose by her unborn baby
- MARCH 19, 2003PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
A York jury sentenced Noel Montalvo, 36, to death for...
A York jury sentenced Noel Montalvo, 36, to death for the April 19, 1998 killings of Miriam Asencio, 44, and Manuel Ramirez Santana , 37
- MARCH 19, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Cibinong District Court sentenced two men to death...
The Cibinong District Court sentenced two men to death for murdering a man and then mutilating his body to conceal their crime on 20 June 2002
- MARCH 18, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Houston, a jury in state District Judge Jeannine...
In Houston, a jury in state District Judge Jeannine Barr's court, handed down a death sentence to Timothy Adams, , 34, who admittedly killed his 19-month-old son, Timothy Jr
- MARCH 18, 2003Governo Federale degli Stati UnitiDEATH PENALTY
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- MARCH 18, 2003MarylandDEATH PENALTY
The Maryland Senate rejected by a single vote, 24-23,...
The Maryland Senate rejected by a single vote, 24-23, a bill that would have reinstated a two-year moratorium on the death penalty
- MARCH 18, 2003FloridaDEATH PENALTY
In Tampa, Hillsborough County Circuit Judge J
In Tampa, Hillsborough County Circuit Judge J
- MARCH 18, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
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- MARCH 18, 2003OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Walanzo Deon Robinson was executed
Walanzo Deon Robinson was executed
- MARCH 18, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The European Union said it would raise its concerns...
The European Union said it would raise its concerns over China's human rights record, including its frequent use of the death penalty, at this month's annual gathering of the UN Human Rights Commission
- MARCH 18, 2003Governo Federale degli Stati UnitiDEATH PENALTY
A decorated Gulf War veteran who claimed his exposure...
A decorated Gulf War veteran who claimed his exposure to Iraqi nerve gas caused him to rape and kill a female soldier was executed by injection at a federal prison
- MARCH 18, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The European Union said it would raise its concerns...
The European Union said it would raise its concerns over China's human rights record, including its frequent use of the death penalty, at this month's annual gathering of the UN Human Rights Commission
- MARCH 18, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
That a Vietnamese man who raped and murdered a 48-year-old...
That a Vietnamese man who raped and murdered a 48-year-old woman was sentenced to death, Agence France-Presse reported
- MARCH 18, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Ten thousand Muslim fundamentalists marched in protest...
Ten thousand Muslim fundamentalists marched in protest through the northern Nigerian city of Kano to urge authorities to apply strict Islamic law, including stonings and other punishments
- MARCH 18, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An anti-terrorist court sentenced to death three child...
An anti-terrorist court sentenced to death three child kidnappers