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- FEBRUARY 7, 2003New YorkDEATH PENALTY
US Attorney General John Ashcroft has directed federal...
US Attorney General John Ashcroft has directed federal prosecutors in New York and Connecticut to seek the death penalty in a dozen cases in which they had recommended lesser sentences
- FEBRUARY 7, 2003United StatesDEATH PENALTY
US Attorney General John Ashcroft has directed federal...
US Attorney General John Ashcroft has directed federal prosecutors in New York and Connecticut to seek the death penalty in a dozen cases in which they had recommended lesser sentences
- FEBRUARY 6, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
Henry Dunn Jr
Henry Dunn Jr
- FEBRUARY 6, 2003OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
A Grady County jury has recommended the death penalty...
A Grady County jury has recommended the death penalty for Mexican national Isidro Marquez-Burrola, 41, for the February 13, 2002 murder of his his estranged wife Enruquenta Marquez
- FEBRUARY 6, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
A Grady County jury, in Oklahoma, has recommended the...
A Grady County jury, in Oklahoma, has recommended the death penalty for Mexican national Isidro Marquez-Burrola, 41, for the February 13, 2002 murder of his his estranged wife Enruquenta Marquez
- FEBRUARY 6, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Texas said it would ignore a World Court order demanding...
Texas said it would ignore a World Court order demanding it stay the executions of 2 Mexicans, Cesar Robert Fierro Reyna and Roberto Moreno Ramos
- FEBRUARY 6, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Four people were sentenced to death and four others...
Four people were sentenced to death and four others sentenced to life imprisonment in the Murder Case of Gopal Krishna Muhuri
- FEBRUARY 6, 2003SloveniaDEATH PENALTY
The Slovenian Ministry for Foreign Affairs joined the...
The Slovenian Ministry for Foreign Affairs joined the expressions of deep regret addressed at China upon the execution of the former Tibetan monk Lobsang Dhondup which took place despite appeals of the international community
- FEBRUARY 6, 2003North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
"Back in the North, first-time escapees are mostly...
"Back in the North, first-time escapees are mostly set free; but repeaters are banished, often with their entire families, to Soviet-style concentration camps
- FEBRUARY 6, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Slovenian Ministry for Foreign Affairs joined the...
The Slovenian Ministry for Foreign Affairs joined the expressions of deep regret addressed at China upon the execution of the former Tibetan monk Lobsang Dhondup which took place despite appeals of the international community
- FEBRUARY 6, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
Texas said it would ignore a World Court order demanding...
Texas said it would ignore a World Court order demanding it stay the executions of 2 Mexicans, Cesar Robert Fierro Reyna and Roberto Moreno Ramos
- FEBRUARY 6, 2003United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Texas said it would ignore a World Court order demanding...
Texas said it would ignore a World Court order demanding it stay the executions of 2 Mexicans, Cesar Robert Fierro Reyna and Roberto Moreno Ramos
- FEBRUARY 6, 2003United NationsDEATH PENALTY
Texas said it would ignore a World Court order demanding...
Texas said it would ignore a World Court order demanding it stay the executions of 2 Mexicans, Cesar Robert Fierro Reyna and Roberto Moreno Ramos
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
The International Court of Justice ruled that three...
The International Court of Justice ruled that three of the Mexican nationals on death row in the United States should be granted a temporary stay of execution
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Gov. Jeb Bush lifted the stay of execution for Amos...
Gov. Jeb Bush lifted the stay of execution for Amos King and rescheduled his execution for Feb. 26, saying DNA testing didn't produce any new evidence in the case
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003MissouriDEATH PENALTY
Kenneth Kenley was executed by injection early today...
Kenneth Kenley was executed by injection early today in the Potosi Correctional Center
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
The 4th U
The 4th U
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Bangladeshi man identified as Sagar was sentenced...
A Bangladeshi man identified as Sagar was sentenced to death for murdering his wife Salma Khatun, 24, with a hammer on January 21, 1999
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Peter Esinyeni Aroto and Eric Ebeno Ebei, both of Kenya,...
Peter Esinyeni Aroto and Eric Ebeno Ebei, both of Kenya, were sentenced to death by the Nairobi High Court after pleading guilty to murder
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003United StatesDEATH PENALTY
State lawmakers gave final approval to a bill that...
State lawmakers gave final approval to a bill that would restore Idaho's death penalty, which was overturned last year by a US Supreme Court ruling
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
Lawyers and supporters of Jackie Elliott, a UK national...
Lawyers and supporters of Jackie Elliott, a UK national convicted of a murder in Texas in 1986, reacted furiously to his execution, saying the US legal system had refused even to look at compelling evidence pointing to his innocence or to allow more time
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Lawyers and supporters of Jackie Elliott, a UK national...
Lawyers and supporters of Jackie Elliott, a UK national convicted of a murder in Texas in 1986, reacted furiously to his execution, saying the US legal system had refused even to look at compelling evidence pointing to his innocence or to allow more time
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
A UN report said that death squads responsible for...
A UN report said that death squads responsible for executions in Ivory Coast were linked to government officials in the country
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that the Jharkhand High Court had recently...
It was reported that the Jharkhand High Court had recently commuted the death sentences of Saiyad Rizwan and Chaitali Bhowmick, husband and wife, to life imprisonment
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Norbert Vollertsen, in an editorial on the plight of...
Norbert Vollertsen, in an editorial on the plight of North Korean refugees, wrote: "I interviewed several hundred North Korean defectors in Seoul, as well as near the Chinese-North Korean border, plus in several other locations where they are hiding
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Head of the Fatwa Committee of the Indonesian Ulemas...
Head of the Fatwa Committee of the Indonesian Ulemas Council (MUI), KH Ma'ruf Amin, affirmed the council's support for the upholding of the death sentences handed down to drug traffickers
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003BelarusDEATH PENALTY
Vitaly Staver has been executed in Belarus, OSCE reported
Vitaly Staver has been executed in Belarus, OSCE reported
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
Two lawmakers want to give juries the option of sentencing...
Two lawmakers want to give juries the option of sentencing capital murderers to life in prison with no chance of parole
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003IdahoDEATH PENALTY
State lawmakers gave final approval to a bill that...
State lawmakers gave final approval to a bill that would restore Idaho's death penalty, which was overturned last year by a US Supreme Court ruling
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003United NationsDEATH PENALTY
A UN report said that death squads responsible for...
A UN report said that death squads responsible for executions in Ivory Coast were linked to government officials in the country