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- NOVEMBER 18, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
The US Supreme Court broadened its review of the death...
The US Supreme Court broadened its review of the death penalty, agreeing to consider when death row inmates with bad lawyers deserve a second chance
- NOVEMBER 17, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court convicted two people, one in absentia, and...
A court convicted two people, one in absentia, and sentenced them to death for killing a housewife and her son during robbery in their house here in 2000
- NOVEMBER 17, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Court in Thailand ordered that a couple...
The Criminal Court in Thailand ordered that a couple who were arrested and detained for embezzling over Bt1
- NOVEMBER 17, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Court ordered that a couple who were arrested...
The Criminal Court ordered that a couple who were arrested and detained for embezzling over Bt1
- NOVEMBER 17, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Students claimed a victory for freedom of speech as...
Students claimed a victory for freedom of speech as Iran's supreme leader ordered a review of the death sentence against dissident academic Hashem Aghajari
- NOVEMBER 17, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Khayali Khan, 30, and Shahzad, 28, two prisoners serving...
Khayali Khan, 30, and Shahzad, 28, two prisoners serving life sentences were tortured to death by officials of the Kasur District Jail
- NOVEMBER 16, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Women and Family Development Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat...
Women and Family Development Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil supported the move to introduce the death penalty for child rapist, saying that stiffer penalty was what the public wanted but the Bar Council and women groups maintained their stand a
- NOVEMBER 16, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Justice Augustine Kania of the High Court has convicted...
Justice Augustine Kania of the High Court has convicted and sentenced to death a Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) an Local Defence Unit (LDU) soldier after finding them guilty of murder
- NOVEMBER 16, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian man convicted of murder and robbery was...
An Iranian man convicted of murder and robbery was hanged in a prison near the capital Tehran, the Seday-e-Edalat newspaper reported
- NOVEMBER 15, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Malaysia is considering the death penalty for child...
Malaysia is considering the death penalty for child rapists after a series of sexual assaults on children, including infants, a cabinet minister was quoted as saying
- NOVEMBER 15, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Magistrate Lisa Hannan has ordered the extradition...
Magistrate Lisa Hannan has ordered the extradition to Singapore of a British businessman, Michael McCrea, accused of a grisly double murder and ordered him to remain in custody pending receipt of a Singaporean surrender warrant
- NOVEMBER 15, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International has called on authorities in...
Amnesty International has called on authorities in Fiji to prosecute those who suppressed the military mutiny in November 2000, as well as those who staged it
- NOVEMBER 15, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
The Cabinet is due to discuss stiffer sentences for...
The Cabinet is due to discuss stiffer sentences for rapists, including the death penalty, in a fortnight and if comments from the country's de facto law minister are any indication, the proposal to hang offenders will be endorsed by Prime Minister Mahath
- NOVEMBER 15, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Magistrate Lisa Hannan has ordered the extradition...
Magistrate Lisa Hannan has ordered the extradition to Singapore of a British businessman, Michael McCrea, accused of a grisly double murder and ordered him to remain in custody pending receipt of a Singaporean surrender warrant
- NOVEMBER 15, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Armenia should built state without death penalty, advisor...
Armenia should built state without death penalty, advisor to RA minister of home affairs, head of task force of reformation of RA Criminal Code Mikael Grigoryan said
- NOVEMBER 15, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Nikolay Arustamyan, a representative of the Armenian...
Nikolay Arustamyan, a representative of the Armenian Justice Ministry, said that today there were 42 people sentenced to death and expecting their sentence to be commuted to life imprisonment in connection with the death penalty moratorium announced in Ar
- NOVEMBER 15, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Softly chanting "There is no God but Allah" until he...
Softly chanting "There is no God but Allah" until he lost consciousness, a Pakistani man was put to death by injection on November 14 for the slayings of two CIA employees in 1993
- NOVEMBER 15, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Softly chanting "There is no God but Allah" until he...
Softly chanting "There is no God but Allah" until he lost consciousness, a Pakistani man was put to death by injection on November 14 for the slayings of two CIA employees in 1993
- NOVEMBER 15, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds of hardline demonstrators in Tehran called...
Hundreds of hardline demonstrators in Tehran called for the execution of Hashem Aghajari, a popular academic and ally of President Mohammad Khatami sentenced to death for blasphemy
- NOVEMBER 14, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Fort Worth, Heliberto Chi, 23, was sentenced to...
In Fort Worth, Heliberto Chi, 23, was sentenced to die by lethal injection for the March 24, 2001, robbery and fatal shooting of Armand Paliotta, 56
- NOVEMBER 14, 2002VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
In Jarratt, Mir Aimal Kasi, whose real name was Aimal...
In Jarratt, Mir Aimal Kasi, whose real name was Aimal Khan Kasi, was executed by injection for the 1993 slayings of two CIA employees in what he said was a protest of U
- NOVEMBER 14, 2002KansasDEATH PENALTY
In Wichita Reginald Carr, 25, and his brother, Jonathan,...
In Wichita Reginald Carr, 25, and his brother, Jonathan, 22, were sentenced to death for the killing of 4 people in December 2000
- NOVEMBER 14, 2002North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
In Greensboro, a Guilford County Superior Court jury...
In Greensboro, a Guilford County Superior Court jury sentenced John Henry Thompson, 34, to death for the March 31, 2001 shooting of Kenneth Bruhmuller
- NOVEMBER 14, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
A Fiji military court sentenced the leader of a failed...
A Fiji military court sentenced the leader of a failed mutiny to death but court officials said the sentence was automatically commuted to life in prison
- NOVEMBER 14, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani protesters burned the US flag and called...
Pakistani protesters burned the US flag and called for a strike in the home town of a Muslim militant due to be executed later in the day in the United States
- NOVEMBER 14, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani protesters burned the US flag and called...
Pakistani protesters burned the US flag and called for a strike in the home town of a Muslim militant due to be executed later in the day in the United States
- NOVEMBER 14, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indonesian who confessed to being part of the devastating...
An Indonesian who confessed to being part of the devastating bomb attacks on Bali in October has no fear of the death penalty, content he achieved what he set out to do, police said
- NOVEMBER 14, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The central council of the Islamic Students Association...
The central council of the Islamic Students Association of Shahid Saduqi's Medical Science University in Yazd sent an open letter to Ayatollah Hashemi-Shahrudi, calling on him to resign from his post as head of the Judiciary, following the death sentence
- NOVEMBER 13, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
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"I really appreciate the support of the contestants who have offered to boycott for me
- NOVEMBER 13, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
In the 410th state District Court, a jury sentenced...
In the 410th state District Court, a jury sentenced Keith Steven Thurmond to death for the Sept