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- DECEMBER 17, 2002DEATH PENALTY
In its "2001 Human Rights Report," the Korean Bar Association...
In its "2001 Human Rights Report," the Korean Bar Association said the U
- DECEMBER 17, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The head of a Chinese kindergarten was sentenced to...
The head of a Chinese kindergarten was sentenced to death for mixing rat poison in salt at a rival school and making 70 children seriously sick, Xinhua news agency said
- DECEMBER 17, 2002CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Canada proposed dropping the words "human rights" from...
Canada proposed dropping the words "human rights" from its foreign-aid strategy for China, angering activists and raising questions about the direction of one of its most expensive aid programs
- DECEMBER 17, 2002OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
In McAlester, Ernest Carter died at 6:14 p
In McAlester, Ernest Carter died at 6:14 p
- DECEMBER 17, 2002DelawareDEATH PENALTY
The state Supreme Court has overturned a death sentence...
The state Supreme Court has overturned a death sentence given to 42-year-old Joseph Williams who fatally shot his girlfriend
- DECEMBER 17, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Jordan's military court convicted a Palestinian in...
Jordan's military court convicted a Palestinian in the killing of a Jordanian diplomat in Beirut in 1994 and sentenced him to death
- DECEMBER 17, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
Jordan's military court convicted a Palestinian in...
Jordan's military court convicted a Palestinian in the killing of a Jordanian diplomat in Beirut in 1994 and sentenced him to death
- DECEMBER 17, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Three Saudi men were beheaded in public with a sword...
Three Saudi men were beheaded in public with a sword after being found guilty of an armed robbery
- DECEMBER 17, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China agreed to issue unconditional invitations to...
China agreed to issue unconditional invitations to UN investigators to go to China and study issues of torture, religious freedom and arbitrary detention, a US envoy said after two days of human-rights talks
- DECEMBER 17, 2002DEATH PENALTY
China agreed to issue unconditional invitations to...
China agreed to issue unconditional invitations to UN investigators to go to China and study issues of torture, religious freedom and arbitrary detention, a US envoy said after two days of human-rights talks
- DECEMBER 16, 2002TurkmenistanDEATH PENALTY
The EU Presidency released the following declaration:...
The EU Presidency released the following declaration: the EU regrets the violence committed during the reported assassination attempt against President Niyazov on November 25 in Ashgabat and offers its sympathy to the innocent victims
- DECEMBER 16, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Regarding the implementation of the death penalty on...
Regarding the implementation of the death penalty on those convicted of raping minors, a New Straits Times article stated that: "the death penalty may not act as a deterrent
- DECEMBER 16, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Thirty former condemned men from around the United...
Thirty former condemned men from around the United States marched against a biting wind in a 37-mile relay from Joliet to Chicago, Illinois
- DECEMBER 16, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's parliament voted a watered-down law defining...
Iran's parliament voted a watered-down law defining political offences in a bid to fix strict limits for judicial action
- DECEMBER 16, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran and the European Union kicked off their formal...
Iran and the European Union kicked off their formal dialogue on human rights in Tehran, part of landmark discussions linking negotiations on trade to thorny political issues, a European diplomat said
- DECEMBER 16, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Iran and the European Union kicked off their formal...
Iran and the European Union kicked off their formal dialogue on human rights in Tehran, part of landmark discussions linking negotiations on trade to thorny political issues, a European diplomat said
- DECEMBER 15, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's reformist parliament approved a bill banning...
Iran's reformist parliament approved a bill banning the torture of prisoners on after an earlier version was rejected by a hardline constitutional watchdog, parliamentarians said
- DECEMBER 15, 2002DEATH PENALTY
US DEATH SENTENCES DECLINE FOR THIRD YEAR
December 15, 2002: the number of people sentenced to death in the United States plummeted by almost a third last year to 155, its lowest level since 1973, according to a report released Sunday by the Justice Department.
- DECEMBER 14, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A court sentenced four judicial interrogators to four...
A court sentenced four judicial interrogators to four years in jail for killing an alleged smuggler by using torture to get him to confess, Modabber newspaper reported
- DECEMBER 13, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Anthony Ler was hanged at dawn on in Changi Prison
Anthony Ler was hanged at dawn on in Changi Prison
- DECEMBER 13, 2002OregonDEATH PENALTY
Marion County Circuit Judge Don Dickey, who ruled in...
Marion County Circuit Judge Don Dickey, who ruled in April 2001 that Randall Loyal Smith, 48, did not receive a fair sentencing hearing, accepted an amended sentence giving Smith life in prison without the possibility of parole
- DECEMBER 13, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Badr bin Ghazi al-Utaibi was publicly beheaded for murder
Badr bin Ghazi al-Utaibi was publicly beheaded for murder
- DECEMBER 13, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Anthony Ler was hanged at dawn in Changi Prison
Anthony Ler was hanged at dawn in Changi Prison
- DECEMBER 13, 2002DEATH PENALTY
HANDS OFF CAIN ASKS FOR IMMEDIATE PROTECTION OF DEPORTED SYRIAN
December 13, 2002: Hands Off Cain has asked the Italian government for clarifications on the matter as well as immediate moves to protect a Syrian citizen detained with his family for four days at Italy’s Milan-Malpensa airport before being repatriated, i
- DECEMBER 12, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International said it was "gravely concerned"...
Amnesty International said it was "gravely concerned" that up to 115 people faced imminent execution for their alleged role in the January 2001 assassination of the former president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Laurent-Desire Kabila
- DECEMBER 12, 2002OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
In McAlester, Jay Wesley Neill, who killed 4 people...
In McAlester, Jay Wesley Neill, who killed 4 people in one of Oklahoma's deadliest bank robberies, was put to death
- DECEMBER 12, 2002AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
In Atmore, at 6:27 p
In Atmore, at 6:27 p
- DECEMBER 12, 2002CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Judge Thomas Hastings affirmed a jury's death verdict...
Judge Thomas Hastings affirmed a jury's death verdict returned on October 9 against Cary Stayner
- DECEMBER 12, 2002New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
With 13 people on death row in New Jersey and against...
With 13 people on death row in New Jersey and against the hopes of death penalty opponents, the state Assembly postponed a planned vote on a creating a commission to study executions in the Garden State
- DECEMBER 11, 2002MississippiDEATH PENALTY
At Parchman, Jessie Derrell Williams, 51, was executed...
At Parchman, Jessie Derrell Williams, 51, was executed for the Jan