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- JANUARY 27, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The United States raised concern regarding the execution...
The United States raised concern regarding the execution of Lobsang Dhondup, a Tibetan activist convicted following a string of bomb blasts in southwestern China
- JANUARY 27, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer...
Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer met with his Indonesian counterpart, Hassan Wirajuda, for talks regarding the death penalty meted out to Ang Kiem Soel, a Dutch national caught operating two ecstasy plants in the outskirts of Jakarta
- JANUARY 27, 2003NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer...
Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer met with his Indonesian counterpart, Hassan Wirajuda, for talks regarding the death penalty meted out to Ang Kiem Soel, a Dutch national caught operating two ecstasy plants in the outskirts of Jakarta
- JANUARY 27, 2003DelawareDEATH PENALTY
The Delaware Supreme Court overturned the death sentence...
The Delaware Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of Sadiki Garden, 27, ruling the trial judge did not adequately weigh the jury's recommendation of life in prison
- JANUARY 27, 2003ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
Tracy Hampton, 33, a white supremacist was sentenced...
Tracy Hampton, 33, a white supremacist was sentenced to death in the murders of Tanya Ramsdell, 19; her unborn child; and her boyfriend, Charles Findley, 25, on May 17, 2001
- JANUARY 27, 2003European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The European Union criticized Uzbekistan, during Cooperation...
The European Union criticized Uzbekistan, during Cooperation Council meeting, for its failure to respect the human rights of prisoners and for its usage of the death penalty
- JANUARY 26, 2003MarylandDEATH PENALTY
Lt. Gov. Michael S
Lt. Gov. Michael S
- JANUARY 26, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Police in western China executed a Tibetan activist...
Police in western China executed a Tibetan activist for a string of bomb attacks in support of Tibetan independence, despite an international outcry over the fairness of his trial, the MISNA news agency website reported
- JANUARY 25, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Three people were sentenced to death for murder in...
Three people were sentenced to death for murder in southern Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City and neighbouring Can Tho province
- JANUARY 25, 2003South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
A federal judge has overturned the death sentence of...
A federal judge has overturned the death sentence of a man convicted of killing 2 girls in their elementary school classroom and wounding two teachers 14 years ago in Greenwood
- JANUARY 24, 2003ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
A Pima County Jury voted the death penalty for John...
A Pima County Jury voted the death penalty for John Michael Harper
- JANUARY 24, 2003MissouriDEATH PENALTY
23-year-old Travis Glass was sentenced in Columbia
23-year-old Travis Glass was sentenced in Columbia
- JANUARY 24, 2003FloridaDEATH PENALTY
After 16 years on death row, Rudolph Holton stepped...
After 16 years on death row, Rudolph Holton stepped out from a prison's razor wire fences
- JANUARY 24, 2003UtahDEATH PENALTY
Judge Leslie Lewis threw out the death sentence of...
Judge Leslie Lewis threw out the death sentence of Elroy Tillman, 67, because his defence was denied access to key evidence involving a trial witness who received immunity
- JANUARY 24, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain noted that the date for the appeal of...
Hands Off Cain noted that the date for the appeal of Amina Lawal's case has been set for March 25
- JANUARY 24, 2003CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
The death sentence of Fred Berre Douglas, 74, was overturned...
The death sentence of Fred Berre Douglas, 74, was overturned by a federal appeals court
- JANUARY 24, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
John Gummer, UK Conservative MP, met county sheriffs,...
John Gummer, UK Conservative MP, met county sheriffs, district attorneys and parole board members in Austin, Texas, to plea for the life of British born Jackie Elliott, on death row following a 1987 conviction for raping and murdering a woman
- JANUARY 24, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Indian Deputy Prime Minister L
Indian Deputy Prime Minister L
- JANUARY 24, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Miyazaki District Court in southern Japan sentenced...
The Miyazaki District Court in southern Japan sentenced to death Yasutoshi Matsuda, 34
- JANUARY 24, 2003FranceDEATH PENALTY
Indian Deputy Prime Minister L
Indian Deputy Prime Minister L
- JANUARY 24, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
John Gummer, UK Conservative MP, met county sheriffs,...
John Gummer, UK Conservative MP, met county sheriffs, district attorneys and parole board members in Austin, Texas, to plea for the life of British born Jackie Elliott, on death row following a 1987 conviction for raping and murdering a woman
- JANUARY 24, 2003PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
House Committee on Foreign Relations chairman Apolinario...
House Committee on Foreign Relations chairman Apolinario Lozada Jr
- JANUARY 24, 2003BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
A Botswana appeals court reserved judgement on death...
A Botswana appeals court reserved judgement on death row inmate, Lehlohonolo Kobedi's case
- JANUARY 24, 2003DEATH PENALTY
HOC URGES UN MORATORIUM AS AMINA´S STONING APPEAL IS SET FOR MARCH
January 24, 2003: Hands Off Cain noted that the date for the appeal of Amina Lawal’s case has been set for March 25. The case caused a huge international outcry last year, but HOC says that many more stonings and executions occur worldwide that do not att
- JANUARY 24, 2003UtahDEATH PENALTY
Third District Judge Leslie Lewis vacated the death...
Third District Judge Leslie Lewis vacated the death sentence of Elroy Tillman, ruling that the defense for Utah's oldest and longest-serving death-row inmate was denied access to important evidence during his 1983 murder trial
- JANUARY 23, 2003AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Morgan County Circuit Judge Glenn Thompson rejected...
Morgan County Circuit Judge Glenn Thompson rejected a jury's recommended penalty of life in prison without parole and sentenced Daniel Wade Moore, 28, to death for the March 12, 1999 murder of 39-year-old Karen Tipton
- JANUARY 23, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A Nigerian High Court at Owerri condemned to death...
A Nigerian High Court at Owerri condemned to death by hanging seven men standing trial before it in connection with the beheading of an 11 year-old boy, Ikechukwu Okonkwo, at the Otokoto Hotel near Owerri in 1996
- JANUARY 23, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
Iraq's Revolution Command Council [RCC] issued a decree...
Iraq's Revolution Command Council [RCC] issued a decree stipulating that any person who commits theft as stated in Penal Code No 11 of 1969, using weapons in wartime, shall be executed
- JANUARY 23, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Hedayat Mostowfi, a member of the National Council...
Hedayat Mostowfi, a member of the National Council of Resistance of Iran's Foreign Affairs Committee, said that the EU's open attitude to Iran only encouraged the human rights violations
- JANUARY 23, 2003North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
The North Carolina Supreme Court stayed the execution...
The North Carolina Supreme Court stayed the execution of convicted killer Henry Lee Hunt on Wednesday, less than 36 hours before the Lumbee Indian was scheduled to die