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- NOVEMBER 3, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Iranian state radio reported that Nader Sepah, who...
Iranian state radio reported that Nader Sepah, who was convicted of armed robbery, "immoral acts" and clashing with security forces was hanged in public in Khorramabad, located in the western province of Lorestan
- NOVEMBER 3, 2002AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Sidi Bel Abbes court, sitting in criminal session,...
The Sidi Bel Abbes court, sitting in criminal session, handed down the death penalty in absentia to elements from the terrorist group made up of "emir" Djilali D
- NOVEMBER 3, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Ettelaat newspaper reported that a drug trafficker...
Ettelaat newspaper reported that a drug trafficker found with close to a kilogram of heroin, named as Mohammad Keramti, was hanged in Tabriz jail, situated in the northwestern area of Iran
- NOVEMBER 3, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The Information Service of the Student Movement Co-Ordination...
The Information Service of the Student Movement Co-Ordination Committee for Democracy in Iran (SMCCDI) said a person had been executed in the City of Tabriz
- NOVEMBER 3, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Iranian reformist legislators said they wanted to replace...
Iranian reformist legislators said they wanted to replace death by stoning with another form of punishment following European criticism of the practice
- NOVEMBER 3, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's parliament approved a bill providing for equal...
Iran's parliament approved a bill providing for equal "blood money" compensation to be paid for the deaths or injuries of non-Muslim Iranians as Muslims, a move aimed at protecting the rights of Iran's religious minorities
- NOVEMBER 2, 2002KansasDEATH PENALTY
In Olathe, jurors recommended the death penalty for...
In Olathe, jurors recommended the death penalty for John Robinson Sr
- NOVEMBER 2, 2002KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
The Court of Appeals, headed by Judge Ahmed Al-Ajeel,...
The Court of Appeals, headed by Judge Ahmed Al-Ajeel, upheld the Criminal Court's ruling of the death penalty against three of the defendants accused of killing the child, Amna, and sentenced the fourth female defendant for life imprisonment
- NOVEMBER 1, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
A Dallas County jury took less than 3 hours to decide...
A Dallas County jury took less than 3 hours to decide on the death penalty in the retrial of a woman accused of killing and then robbing her neighbor
- NOVEMBER 1, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Another 17 people have been executed on the mainland...
Another 17 people have been executed on the mainland as part of a crackdown on crime ahead of the crucial Communist Party meeting congress
- NOVEMBER 1, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Authorities in Vietnam arrested three Australian sisters...
Authorities in Vietnam arrested three Australian sisters at a southern airport on charges that two of the girls, aged 12 and 14 respectively, were trying to smuggle out heroin
- NOVEMBER 1, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Gary Jones, 53, of Southall, west London, was arrested...
Gary Jones, 53, of Southall, west London, was arrested at Bangkok airport when customs officials found 2
- NOVEMBER 1, 2002South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Pan Africanist Congress general secretary Thami ka...
Pan Africanist Congress general secretary Thami ka Plaatje called for the death penalty for suspects in the Soweto bombings case
- NOVEMBER 1, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded two Saudi men convicted of murder,...
Saudi Arabia beheaded two Saudi men convicted of murder, the official Saudi Press Agency reported
- NOVEMBER 1, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
November 12-20, 2002: 17 women from the village of...
November 12-20, 2002: 17 women from the village of Munwashi, 80 km north of Nyala in Darfour, Western Sudan, were convicted of adultery and each sentenced to 100 lashes of the whip
- OCTOBER 31, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
An elderly man will remain on death row after the Tokyo...
An elderly man will remain on death row after the Tokyo High dismissed his appeal, ruling that a confession he gave to a 1988 double murder was unreliable but his guilt could be proved from other evidence
- OCTOBER 31, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A local court has sentenced a youth to capital punishment...
A local court has sentenced a youth to capital punishment for raping and murdering a minor school girl, last year
- OCTOBER 31, 2002LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
The Lithuanian parliament ratified an extradition treaty...
The Lithuanian parliament ratified an extradition treaty with China regulating the handing over of persons to another country for criminal amenability or a jail term
- OCTOBER 31, 2002Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
By the UN Special Rapporteur probing conditions in...
By the UN Special Rapporteur probing conditions in the DRC, Iulia Motoc, said that there had been some progress in government-held territory in the form of measures linked to a moratorium on the death penalty, the freeing of 300 child soldiers, and the li
- OCTOBER 31, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A 29-year-old Nigerian man who confessed to committing...
A 29-year-old Nigerian man who confessed to committing fornication last June was Thursday given 100 strokes of the cane, under the controversial Islamic Sharia law
- OCTOBER 31, 2002OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
An Oklahoma County jury has recommended Alfred Brian...
An Oklahoma County jury has recommended Alfred Brian Mitchell, 29, be sentenced to death for the Jan
- OCTOBER 31, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A medical student found guilty of kidnapping and murder...
A medical student found guilty of kidnapping and murder was hanged in public in a stadium of northern Iran, Ettelaat newspaper reported
- OCTOBER 31, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Twenty-eight people were executed over a two-day period...
Twenty-eight people were executed over a two-day period for murder and other violent crimes after sentencing rallies in two mainland Chinese cities
- OCTOBER 31, 2002United NationsDEATH PENALTY
By the UN Special Rapporteur probing conditions in...
By the UN Special Rapporteur probing conditions in the DRC, Iulia Motoc, said that there had been some progress in government-held territory in the form of measures linked to a moratorium on the death penalty, the freeing of 300 child soldiers, and the li
- OCTOBER 30, 2002MaliDEATH PENALTY
The Malian parliament has reacted to the crisis in...
The Malian parliament has reacted to the crisis in Cote d'Ivoire
- OCTOBER 30, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
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- OCTOBER 30, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Only four Miss World contestants will boycott the beauty...
Only four Miss World contestants will boycott the beauty contest due to be held in Nigeria on December 7 in protest against the death sentence given to Amina Lawal
- OCTOBER 30, 2002OhioDEATH PENALTY
In Columbus, voting 4-3 the Ohio Supreme Court tossed...
In Columbus, voting 4-3 the Ohio Supreme Court tossed out the death penalty sentence of convicted cop killer Tony Gross, saying alternate jurors tainted the deliberations
- OCTOBER 30, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Xu Baosheng, former general manager of a state-owned...
Xu Baosheng, former general manager of a state-owned securities company in Baoji City, northwest China's Shaanxi province, was executed in Baoji on after being convicted of taking bribes and embezzling public funds
- OCTOBER 30, 2002DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
Akhmed Zakayev, one of Chechen rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov's...
Akhmed Zakayev, one of Chechen rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov's closest associates, was arrested on October 26 in Denmark after Moscow accused him of involvement in the theater siege and other "terror attacks