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- JANUARY 9, 2003PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
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- JANUARY 9, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Seven people were executed immediately after a public...
Seven people were executed immediately after a public sentencing rally in the southern Chinese city of Sanya
- JANUARY 9, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Indian Federal Cabinet approved its Government's...
The Indian Federal Cabinet approved its Government's decision to give a sovereign assurance to Portugal that Abu Salem, wanted in connection with the 1993 Mumbai blasts, would not be given capital punishment if he is extradited to India
- JANUARY 9, 2003BahamasDEATH PENALTY
The Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme...
The Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, Sir Dennis Byron, called for careful consideration to be given to the capital punishment debate
- JANUARY 9, 2003MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
The Cabinet agreed to proposed stricter penalties such...
The Cabinet agreed to proposed stricter penalties such as the death penalty for rapists who cause death and child rapists
- JANUARY 9, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Defence lawyers for those found guilty of killing Congolese...
Defence lawyers for those found guilty of killing Congolese President Laurent Kabila officially requested that his son and successor Joseph pardon them
- JANUARY 9, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Congo's former colonial ruler Belgium called for President...
Congo's former colonial ruler Belgium called for President Joseph Kabila to annul death sentences dished out on January 7 to those found guilty of murdering his father
- JANUARY 9, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
The state-run daily Sedaye Edalat reported that two...
The state-run daily Sedaye Edalat reported that two men were sentenced to death in the southern port city of Boushehr
- JANUARY 9, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Mexico filed a complaint against the United States...
Mexico filed a complaint against the United States in the International Court of Justice charging that American officials have violated the rights of all 54 Mexicans on death row in the United States and asking that their executions be commuted
- JANUARY 9, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Mexico filed a complaint against the United States...
Mexico filed a complaint against the United States in the International Court of Justice charging that American officials have violated the rights of all 54 Mexicans on death row in the United States and asking that their executions be commuted
- JANUARY 9, 2003DEATH PENALTY
ITALIAN PREMIERE OF DEATH PENALTY FILM LA GOCCIA
January 9, 2003: ´La Goccia´ starring famed Italian actor Remo Girone and directed by rookie Marco Lanzafame premiered today in Bagheria, Sicily. The film is dedicated to Hands Off Cain
- JANUARY 8, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saud bin Jebran bin Qalet al-Shahrani, convicted of...
Saud bin Jebran bin Qalet al-Shahrani, convicted of murdering his wife and mother-in-law was beheaded by sword in the southwestern province of Assir
- JANUARY 8, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indian sessions court in Tuticorin sentenced three...
An Indian sessions court in Tuticorin sentenced three brothers to death for hacking to death five of their relatives after a quarrel in 2001
- JANUARY 8, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
La Goccia starring famed Italian actor Remo Girone...
La Goccia starring famed Italian actor Remo Girone and directed by rookie Marco Lanzafame premiered in Bagheria, Sicily
- JANUARY 8, 2003SpainDEATH PENALTY
The executive committee of the Spanish Federation of...
The executive committee of the Spanish Federation of Islamic Religious Entities (Federación Española de Entidades Religiosas Islámicas - FEERI) formally requested Saudi Arabia to abolish death-by-stoning
- JANUARY 8, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The executive committee of the Spanish Federation of...
The executive committee of the Spanish Federation of Islamic Religious Entities (Federación Española de Entidades Religiosas Islámicas - FEERI) formally requested Saudi Arabia to abolish death-by-stoning
- JANUARY 8, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
An appeals court in Ho Chi Minh City upheld a death...
An appeals court in Ho Chi Minh City upheld a death sentence for Nguyen Thanh Long, 52, convicted last year of raping two girls
- JANUARY 8, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A Vietnamese court condemned Pham Van Thuan to death...
A Vietnamese court condemned Pham Van Thuan to death for trafficking 8 kilograms of heroin from neighbouring Laos into Vietnam, said a court official in Nam Dinh province, 100 kilometres south of Hanoi
- JANUARY 8, 2003TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the National...
Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the National Commission on Human Rights Saidamir Zuhurov said in an interview with Asia-Plus that work was under way aimed at reducing the application of capital punishment in Tajikistan, but was quoted as saying that
- JANUARY 8, 2003TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Deputy Prime Minister Saidamir Zuhurov told reporters...
Deputy Prime Minister Saidamir Zuhurov told reporters that a public opinion poll on the attitude of citizens towards the possibility of declaring a moratorium on or abolishing capital punishment had been conducted in Tajikistan in 2002
- JANUARY 8, 2003TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The first deputy chairman of the Tajik Supreme Court,...
The first deputy chairman of the Tajik Supreme Court, Mahmadali Vatanov declared that the number of death sentences passed in the country in 2002 had decreased compared with previous years
- JANUARY 8, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Assi Dehlavi was hanged in the south-western city of Ahwaz
Assi Dehlavi was hanged in the south-western city of Ahwaz
- JANUARY 8, 2003ConnecticutDEATH PENALTY
The Report of the Connecticut Commission on the Death...
The Report of the Connecticut Commission on the Death Penalty was submitted to the Connecticut General Assembly
- JANUARY 8, 2003ConnecticutDEATH PENALTY
Following the 6 July 2001 law barring the death penalty...
Following the 6 July 2001 law barring the death penalty for those with mental retardation, a death penalty Commission was set up to see if there was inequality in the system with regards to race and economic background of defendants
- JANUARY 7, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesian police recommended to prosecutors that Amrozi...
Indonesian police recommended to prosecutors that Amrozi be tried under Article 6 of Indonesia's anti-terrorism decree, which carries various punishments, including the death penalty
- JANUARY 7, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
A former aide to the late Congolese President Laurent-Desire...
A former aide to the late Congolese President Laurent-Desire Kabila, Colonel Eddy Kapend, was sentenced to death for killing the president
- JANUARY 7, 2003MarylandDEATH PENALTY
Blacks who kill whites are significantly more likely...
Blacks who kill whites are significantly more likely to face the death penalty in Maryland than are blacks who kill blacks or white killers, according to a state-sponsored study
- JANUARY 7, 2003KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
According to a public opinion poll conducted by "Komkon-2...
According to a public opinion poll conducted by "Komkon-2 Eurasia", 57,6% of persons polled support the preservation of the death penalty, 40,8% want its abolishment, 1,6 % had no opinion on the matter
- JANUARY 7, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International called on Democratic Republic...
Amnesty International called on Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila to commute the death sentences passed on 26 people for their alleged role in the assassination of President Laurent Kabila in January 2001
- JANUARY 7, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
State run newspapers reported that a young mother and...
State run newspapers reported that a young mother and her 16 year-year-old son would be hanged on charges of killing a man with "sleeping pills