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- JANUARY 23, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Liao Shaohui and Liao Shaowu, brothers from Guangdong...
Liao Shaohui and Liao Shaowu, brothers from Guangdong Province, were sentenced to death, deprived of political rights and had their property confiscated by the Second Intermediary People's Court of Beijing for falsely issuing value added tax invoices wort
- JANUARY 23, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A Nigerian Islamic court ruled that Amina Lawal, the...
A Nigerian Islamic court ruled that Amina Lawal, the Nigerian woman sentenced to be stoned to death for bearing a child out of wedlock, will begin her latest appeal on March 25
- JANUARY 23, 2003Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
A Papua New Guinean court has sentenced a man to death...
A Papua New Guinean court has sentenced a man to death by hanging for the murder of two teenage boys - the fifth person to face the death penalty in the South Pacific nation in the past 12 years
- JANUARY 23, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Grand Khadi Aminu Ibrahim Katsina, the chief judge...
Grand Khadi Aminu Ibrahim Katsina, the chief judge presiding over the case of Amina Lawal, a woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, said of fornication that ''The best deterrent is the death sentence, for people to see what happens to a fornica
- JANUARY 23, 2003European UnionDEATH 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 22, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Bangladeshi man was sentenced to hang for burning...
A Bangladeshi man was sentenced to hang for burning a woman with acid, in the second death penalty handed down for the crime this month
- JANUARY 22, 2003MarylandDEATH PENALTY
Eight months after Maryland's governor declared a moratorium...
Eight months after Maryland's governor declared a moratorium on executions, a judge agreed to sign a death warrant, allowing the first capital case to move forward under new Gov
- JANUARY 22, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Huntsville, Robert Lookingbill, 37, was executed
In Huntsville, Robert Lookingbill, 37, was executed
- JANUARY 22, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A convict identified as Abdul Quader alias Kela Quader,...
A convict identified as Abdul Quader alias Kela Quader, 30, was sentenced to death for killing another prisoner in 1999
- JANUARY 22, 2003JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
Court of Appeal Judge Seymour Panton expressed concern...
Court of Appeal Judge Seymour Panton expressed concern over decisions handed down by the London-based Privy Council, saying that while the English Speaking Caribbean's highest court had served the region well in the past, in recent years it had not been c
- JANUARY 22, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
Six Iraqi women who said they or their families were...
Six Iraqi women who said they or their families were brutalised by Saddam Hussein's dictatorship called for the Iraqi leader to be indicted for war crimes, and said regime change was the only way to save their desperate nation
- JANUARY 22, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
Sudan's Government angrily dismissed rebel demands...
Sudan's Government angrily dismissed rebel demands that Islamic or Sharia law should not be enforced in the capital, Khartoum
- JANUARY 22, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Federico Estevez, political science professor at Mexico's...
Federico Estevez, political science professor at Mexico's National Autonomous University Estevez, said that a poll by the Reforma newspaper indicated about 55 percent of Mexicans favor the death penalty, which is unconstitutional in the country except in
- JANUARY 22, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's foreign minister was harangued over human rights...
Iran's foreign minister was harangued over human rights by European parliamentarians and protesters in Brussels, but pleaded for more time to reform a culture deeply rooted in tradition
- JANUARY 22, 2003European UnionDEATH PENALTY
Iran's foreign minister was harangued over human rights...
Iran's foreign minister was harangued over human rights by European parliamentarians and protesters in Brussels, but pleaded for more time to reform a culture deeply rooted in tradition
- JANUARY 22, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China retains the death penalty because the public...
China retains the death penalty because the public still supports the ultimate punishment, but Beijing has taken steps to restrict its use and turn to more humane ways of executing criminals, said Law professor He Jiahong of the People's University in Bei
- JANUARY 22, 2003DEATH PENALTY
MARYLAND´S EXECUTION MORATORIUM TO END WHEN JUDGE SIGNS WARRANT
January 22, 2003: eight months after Maryland´s governor declared a moratorium on executions, a judge agreed to sign a death warrant, allowing the first capital case to move forward under new Gov. Robert Ehrlich.
- JANUARY 22, 2003DEATH PENALTY
MARYLAND´S EXECUTION MORATORIUM TO END WHEN JUDGE SIGNS WARRANT
January 22, 2003: eight months after Maryland´s governor declared a moratorium on executions, a judge agreed to sign a death warrant, allowing the first capital case to move forward under new Gov. Robert Ehrlich.
- JANUARY 22, 2003DEATH PENALTY
MARYLAND´S EXECUTION MORATORIUM TO END WHEN JUDGE SIGNS WARRANT
January 22, 2003: eight months after Maryland´s governor declared a moratorium on executions, a judge agreed to sign a death warrant, allowing the first capital case to move forward under new Gov. Robert Ehrlich.
- JANUARY 21, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The Department of Foreign Affairs in the Philippines...
The Department of Foreign Affairs in the Philippines stated that there were nineteen Filipino nationals awaiting execution in Saudi Arabian prisons
- JANUARY 21, 2003LibyaDEATH PENALTY
Libya agreed to commute the death sentences imposed...
Libya agreed to commute the death sentences imposed on a Nigerian and three Ghanaians convicted of murdering a Libyan, Nigerian officials said
- JANUARY 21, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Libya agreed to commute the death sentences imposed...
Libya agreed to commute the death sentences imposed on a Nigerian and three Ghanaians convicted of murdering a Libyan, Nigerian officials said
- JANUARY 21, 2003GhanaDEATH PENALTY
Libya agreed to commute the death sentences imposed...
Libya agreed to commute the death sentences imposed on a Nigerian and three Ghanaians convicted of murdering a Libyan, Nigerian officials said
- JANUARY 21, 2003KansasDEATH PENALTY
In Olathe, Judge John Anderson III accepted a recommendation...
In Olathe, Judge John Anderson III accepted a recommendation made by jurors on Nov
- JANUARY 21, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
North Koreans arrested by China while trying to escape...
North Koreans arrested by China while trying to escape by boat are likely to be jailed and could face death, their supporters said as Beijing warned aid groups away from helping the refugees
- JANUARY 21, 2003North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
North Koreans arrested by China while trying to escape...
North Koreans arrested by China while trying to escape by boat are likely to be jailed and could face death, their supporters said as Beijing warned aid groups away from helping the refugees
- JANUARY 21, 2003United NationsDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Mexico had asked the International...
It was reported that Mexico had asked the International Court of Justice to block the execution of 54 Mexican nationals in the United States, pending a ruling on whether their consular rights were violated
- JANUARY 21, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Tensin Deleg Rinpoche, a Tibetan monk sentenced to...
Tensin Deleg Rinpoche, a Tibetan monk sentenced to death, with Lobsang Dhondup, after being found guilty of involvement in a spate of bomb blasts in western China, denied that he played any role in the attacks
- JANUARY 21, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Saying it had exhausted other alternatives, Mexico...
Saying it had exhausted other alternatives, Mexico appealed to the World Court to stop the execution of 51 of its citizens in the United States
- JANUARY 21, 2003United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Saying it had exhausted other alternatives, Mexico...
Saying it had exhausted other alternatives, Mexico appealed to the World Court to stop the execution of 51 of its citizens in the United States