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- NOVEMBER 13, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
In Peoria, a jury of 7 men and 5 women deliberated...
In Peoria, a jury of 7 men and 5 women deliberated almost 9 hours before sentencing Dale W
- NOVEMBER 13, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
William Putman was executed for the deaths of a couple,...
William Putman was executed for the deaths of a couple, David Hardin and Katie Hardin on July 10, 1980
- NOVEMBER 13, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Attending the Miss World contest in Nigeria this month...
Attending the Miss World contest in Nigeria this month would be a bold statement against the treatment of women in the country, according to Australia's representative Nicole Gazal
- NOVEMBER 13, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court of Appeals approved punishments given...
The Supreme Court of Appeals approved punishments given to Necdet Yuksel and Rustu Aytufan, the suspects of the Umut Case, by commuting their death sentence to life imprisonment while it annulled punishments of eight other suspects including Ferhan Ozmen
- NOVEMBER 13, 2002SpainDEATH PENALTY
With an article published by El Mundo, Emma Bonino,...
With an article published by El Mundo, Emma Bonino, former EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid, reacted strongly to the resolution approved by a commission of Spanish Parliamentarians and Senators calling for a boycott of the Miss World contest by the co
- NOVEMBER 13, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Embattled President Mohammad Khatami broke his silence...
Embattled President Mohammad Khatami broke his silence over the sentencing to death for blasphemy of Hashem Aghajari, a prominent academic and close ally
- NOVEMBER 13, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
State prosecutor-general Ayatollah Abdolnabi Namazi...
State prosecutor-general Ayatollah Abdolnabi Namazi said that the dossier of Hashem Aghjari should go through its legal procedure and that everyone should accept the final verdict of the law
- NOVEMBER 13, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Hashem Aghajari refused to appeal his sentence in a...
Hashem Aghajari refused to appeal his sentence in a defiant challenge to the Islamic republic's hardline judiciary, his lawyer said
- NOVEMBER 13, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Around 2,500 students gathered at a Tehran university...
Around 2,500 students gathered at a Tehran university burst into prolonged applause when a speaker announced Hashem Aghajari's decision not to appeal his death sentence for blashpemy
- NOVEMBER 13, 2002DEATH PENALTY
AGHAJARI “READY TO DIE”, STUDENTS IN TEHRAN CONTINUE PROTEST
November 13, 2002: Hashem Aghajari, a prominent intellectual condemned to death for blasphemy has refused to appeal his sentence in a defiant challenge to the Islamic republic´s hardline judiciary, his lawyer said Wednesday."Twenty years ago, when I was o
- NOVEMBER 12, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
A jury in the court of state District Judge Debbie...
A jury in the court of state District Judge Debbie Stricklin deliberated for less than 2 hours before agreeing on the death sentence for Ronald James Hamilton Jr
- NOVEMBER 12, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court awarded capital punishment to seven people...
A court awarded capital punishment to seven people in a murder case
- NOVEMBER 12, 2002AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
A tribunal has turned down the appeal from Abdullah...
A tribunal has turned down the appeal from Abdullah Shah a notorious Afghan commander sentenced to death for killing dozens of people, including three of his wives and five of his children
- NOVEMBER 12, 2002SpainDEATH PENALTY
South Africa is refusing to extradite the last fugitive...
South Africa is refusing to extradite the last fugitive Patty Hearst kidnapper - unless the US guarantees he will not be executed
- NOVEMBER 12, 2002South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
South Africa is refusing to extradite the last fugitive...
South Africa is refusing to extradite the last fugitive Patty Hearst kidnapper - unless the US guarantees he will not be executed
- NOVEMBER 12, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian man found guilty of kidnapping and rape...
An Iranian man found guilty of kidnapping and rape was publicly hanged in the central holy city of Qom, the Abrar newspaper reported
- NOVEMBER 11, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Miss United States Rebekah Rebels said: "I decided...
Miss United States Rebekah Rebels said: "I decided that the best thing for us to do was to take a stance, a positive stance and come over to Africa and support her (Amina Lawal), instead of staying at home
- NOVEMBER 11, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigerian officials celebrated as a planeload of beauty...
Nigerian officials celebrated as a planeload of beauty queens arrived for the Miss World pageant which had been threatened by a mass boycott over the country's Islamic stoning sentences
- NOVEMBER 11, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigerian officials celebrated on Monday as a planeload...
Nigerian officials celebrated on Monday as a planeload of beauty queens arrived for the Miss World pageant, which had been threatened by a mass boycott over the country's Islamic stoning sentences
- NOVEMBER 11, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Some political leaders in Pakistan urged the US to...
Some political leaders in Pakistan urged the US to spare Mir Aimal Kasi's life
- NOVEMBER 11, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
More than 200 people protested in Pakistan against...
More than 200 people protested in Pakistan against the scheduled execution of a Pakistani convicted of murdering two CIA staff in the United States
- NOVEMBER 11, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Human-rights groups in Uganda stepped up their campaign...
Human-rights groups in Uganda stepped up their campaign against the death penalty, with several of them submitting strong memoranda to the Constitution Review Commission urging for its removal from the statute books
- NOVEMBER 11, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, issued...
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, issued a veiled warning he might have to call on "the forces of the people" to step in if the main pillars of Iran's power structure were unable to solve major problems, the BBC reported
- NOVEMBER 11, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's hardline-controlled judiciary stood behind the...
Iran's hardline-controlled judiciary stood behind the sentencing to death of a prominent pro-reform academic, hitting out at parliamentary efforts to have the ruling quashed
- NOVEMBER 10, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A man was condemned to death by a court for killing...
A man was condemned to death by a court for killing his wife in 1993
- NOVEMBER 10, 2002NorwayDEATH PENALTY
Miss Norway, one of the women planning to boycott the...
Miss Norway, one of the women planning to boycott the contest, to return to the fold as contestants gathered in London last night
- NOVEMBER 10, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Five convicted drug traffickers were hanged in a prison...
Five convicted drug traffickers were hanged in a prison in the Tehran satellite city of Karaj, Kayhan reported
- NOVEMBER 10, 2002RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Rwandan delegates who reviewed the country's pre-draft...
Rwandan delegates who reviewed the country's pre-draft constitution in a national constitutional conference over the weekend rejected a proposal to abolish the death penalty
- NOVEMBER 10, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds of Iranian students protested for a second...
Hundreds of Iranian students protested for a second day, outraged at a death sentence for blasphemy imposed on a reformist academic that has ignited a battle for political control of the Islamic Republic
- NOVEMBER 10, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's pro-reform parliamentary majority protested...
Iran's pro-reform parliamentary majority protested against the death sentence imposed on dissident academic Hashem Aghajari, then passed the first draft of controversial legislation intended to curb the powers of their hardline opponents in the judiciary