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- DECEMBER 11, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
Japanese mass murderer Masumi Hayashi, who shocked...
Japanese mass murderer Masumi Hayashi, who shocked the nation when she killed four people and sickened 63 by poisoning curry served at a local festival in 1998, must be hanged, a court in Wakayama ruled
- DECEMBER 11, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
James Collier, 56, was executed
James Collier, 56, was executed
- DECEMBER 11, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Death row academic Hashem Aghajari filed a complaint...
Death row academic Hashem Aghajari filed a complaint against the Judiciary with the Majlis Article 90 Commission, IRNA quoted the press as saying
- DECEMBER 11, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
The proposal to impose the death penalty on child rapists...
The proposal to impose the death penalty on child rapists in Malaysia will now be tabled early in January 2003 to accommodate the views of the various parties concerned
- DECEMBER 11, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Australia said it was "pleased" with a first round...
Australia said it was "pleased" with a first round of discussions in Tehran with Iran on thorny human rights issues, saying the talks would continue
- DECEMBER 11, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Australia said it was "pleased" with a first round...
Australia said it was "pleased" with a first round of discussions in Tehran with Iran on thorny human rights issues, saying the talks would continue
- DECEMBER 11, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi defended capital...
Iran's Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi defended capital punishment in the country, saying it exists in many other countries, ahead of political and trade talks with the European Union
- DECEMBER 11, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Iran's Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi defended capital...
Iran's Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi defended capital punishment in the country, saying it exists in many other countries, ahead of political and trade talks with the European Union
- DECEMBER 11, 2002DEATH PENALTY
JAPANESE WOMAN TO HANG FOR CURRY KILLINGS
December 11, 2002: Wakayama mass murderer Masumi Hayashi, who shocked the nation when she killed four people and sickened 63 by poisoning curry served at a local festival in 1998, must be hanged, a court ruled Wednesday.
- DECEMBER 10, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Women and Family Development Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat...
Women and Family Development Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil said the death penalty may not be the best solution to curbing rape and incest, however, heavier punishment was called for given the increase in sex crimes perpetrated against children
- DECEMBER 10, 2002JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
In a statement issued to commemorate International...
In a statement issued to commemorate International Human Rights Day, Amnesty International Jamaica described capital punishment as cruel, inhumane and degrading punishment, stating that it opposes without reservation, the death penalty and views plans to
- DECEMBER 10, 2002JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
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Justice Minister A
- DECEMBER 10, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Times of India reported that Justice BJ Odoki,...
The Times of India reported that Justice BJ Odoki, Chief Justice of Uganda, said that rape was considered the most heinous in his country
- DECEMBER 10, 2002North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Desmond Carter, 35, was executed at 2:17 a
Desmond Carter, 35, was executed at 2:17 a
- DECEMBER 10, 2002North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
In Windsor, a Bertie County judge threw out the 1998...
In Windsor, a Bertie County judge threw out the 1998 murder conviction of death row inmate Alan Gell and ordered a new trial
- DECEMBER 10, 2002OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
In McAlester, an Army veteran who killed 4 people during...
In McAlester, an Army veteran who killed 4 people during a 1990 robbery was executed
- DECEMBER 10, 2002DEATH PENALTY
No death row inmates would be executed until a special...
No death row inmates would be executed until a special commission takes a second look at the state's capital-punishment system under a bill passed by a state Assembly committee
- DECEMBER 10, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Some 100 Iranian protestors staged mock executions...
Some 100 Iranian protestors staged mock executions outside a meeting of EU foreign ministers, to protest an EU decision to launch trade talks with Tehran
- DECEMBER 10, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Some 100 Iranian protestors staged mock executions...
Some 100 Iranian protestors staged mock executions outside a meeting of EU foreign ministers, to protest an EU decision to launch trade talks with Tehran
- DECEMBER 9, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russian human rights commissioner Oleg Mironov stated...
Russian human rights commissioner Oleg Mironov stated that if Chechen opposition leader Akhmed Zakayev were to be extradited from Denmark to Russia his trial must be open
- DECEMBER 9, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
The New Straits Times revealed that a proposal to hang...
The New Straits Times revealed that a proposal to hang child rapists would be tabled in the Cabinet on December 18, despite strong objections from 30 non-governmental organisations
- DECEMBER 9, 2002LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Beirut Chief Investigating Magistrate Hatem Madi requested...
Beirut Chief Investigating Magistrate Hatem Madi requested death sentences for two men convicted of murdering a physician
- DECEMBER 9, 2002IsraelDEATH PENALTY
The Israeli Shin Bet Security Service arrested a man...
The Israeli Shin Bet Security Service arrested a man it says was the sniper who shot 10-month-old Shalhevet Pass, and Jewish settler leaders called for the death penalty
- DECEMBER 9, 2002FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Linroy Bottoson, an inmate who believed he was locked...
Linroy Bottoson, an inmate who believed he was locked in a battle between Satan and Jesus Christ, was executed for the kidnapping, robbery and slaying of the Eatonville postmistress 23 years ago
- DECEMBER 9, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Human Rights in China, a New York based human rights...
Human Rights in China, a New York based human rights group, said that the case in which a Tibetan monk and a follower, Tenzin Delek and Lobsang Dhondup, had been sentenced to death over a bombing should be heard again
- DECEMBER 8, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
A group of Muslim clerics issued a fatwa calling for...
A group of Muslim clerics issued a fatwa calling for a death sentence on Indonesian Muslim scholar Ulil Abshar-Abdalla because of a published newspaper article they deemed blasphemous
- DECEMBER 8, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six members of a gang that smuggled more than 100 kilograms...
Six members of a gang that smuggled more than 100 kilograms of heroin into China were sentenced to death in Guangdong province, which borders Hong Kong, the official Xinhua News Agency reported
- DECEMBER 8, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
In an editorial in the Sunday Mail Baidura Ahmad addressed...
In an editorial in the Sunday Mail Baidura Ahmad addressed the rising debate in the country regarding implementation of the death penalty for child rapists
- DECEMBER 7, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Baton-wielding security forces arrested at least 60...
Baton-wielding security forces arrested at least 60 people in the Iranian capital, a city official said, as thousands gathered in and around Tehran University to call for political reform
- DECEMBER 6, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported by Xinhua News Agency that fifty members...
It was reported by Xinhua News Agency that fifty members of three criminal rings were sentenced to death or various prison terms by the No