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- SEPTEMBER 10, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan's Supreme Court has ruled that the death penalty...
Pakistan's Supreme Court has ruled that the death penalty can be awarded to a defendant in a murder case even when the fatal shot is not attributed to him
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2002South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Crowds gathered outside the Magistrate's Court in the...
Crowds gathered outside the Magistrate's Court in the South African town of Newcastle called for the death penalty for four people arrested in connection with the murder of a pastor
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
After a cacophony of screams and shouted abuse and...
After a cacophony of screams and shouted abuse and a hail of cans, coins and eggs, the man accused of the murder of two young girls made his first appearance in court in the United Kingdom
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
A Clayton County judge granted Keith D
A Clayton County judge granted Keith D
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Huntsville, Tony Lee Walker was executed
In Huntsville, Tony Lee Walker was executed
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Provincial Higher People's Court in Hebei sentenced...
The Provincial Higher People's Court in Hebei sentenced 10 human traffickers from Yunnan Province to death, the Xinhua Daily Telegraph reported
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Sharif Kadir, a 56-year-old jobless man sentenced to...
Sharif Kadir, a 56-year-old jobless man sentenced to death for drug trafficking, escaped the gallows when the Court of Appeal allowed his appeal
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The director of the information centre of the Russian-Chechen...
The director of the information centre of the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society, Imran Ezhiyev, provided statistics of crimes committed by Russian occupiers on the territory of Chechnya between July 15 and August 15
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that a new burial site of residents...
It was reported that a new burial site of residents of the Chechen Republic was found in a former stud farm in the village of Goragorskiy in Nadterechnyy District
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
US attorney general, and the European Union's justice...
US attorney general, and the European Union's justice and interior ministers are to meet in Copenhagen on September 14-15 to take stock of progress on sharing intelligence and combating terrorism since the September 11 attacks
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
A 30-year-old unemployed man was sentenced to death...
A 30-year-old unemployed man was sentenced to death by the Criminal Court on conviction of killing an on-duty police officer and injuring several others in a series of four armed robberies taking place in September 1998
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigerian Foreign Minister Sule Lamido has added to...
Nigerian Foreign Minister Sule Lamido has added to the controversy over the Islamic legal code, Sharia, being practised in parts of the country by describing the law as "competent and right"
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Higher People's Court of Hebei province rejected...
The Higher People's Court of Hebei province rejected appeals lodged by 10 child abductors and upheld their death sentences, according to Xinhua's Web site
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
September 6-10, 2002: eight people sentenced to death...
September 6-10, 2002: eight people sentenced to death were executed in Gansu (northwest) and Guizhou (southeast) provinces in China
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
US attorney general, and the European Union's justice...
US attorney general, and the European Union's justice and interior ministers are to meet in Copenhagen on September 14-15 to take stock of progress on sharing intelligence and combating terrorism since the September 11 attacks
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2002ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Safiya Hussaini, the Nigerian woman sentenced to death...
Safiya Hussaini, the Nigerian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery in Nigeria, and saved in part by worldwide mobilisation in her favour, has become a citizen of Rome
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh sentenced five persons to death,...
A court in Bangladesh sentenced five persons to death, four to life in jail and two others to five years rigorous imprisonment for murdering a youth in broad daylight in 1999
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Safiya Hussaini, the Nigerian woman sentenced to death...
Safiya Hussaini, the Nigerian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery in Nigeria, and saved in part by worldwide mobilisation in her favour, has become a citizen of Rome
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Five men were sentenced to death, four to life term...
Five men were sentenced to death, four to life term in jail and two others to five years rigorous imprisonment for murdering a youth in 1999
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Yangcheng Evening News reported that Shaoguan Intermediate...
The Yangcheng Evening News reported that Shaoguan Intermediate People's Court, in Guangdong Province, sentenced Xiao Zhuoming to death
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Yangcheng Evening News reported that Shaoguan Intermediate...
The Yangcheng Evening News reported that Shaoguan Intermediate People's Court, in Guangdong Province, tried two false value-added tax invoice issuance cases, sentencing Pan Guangshi, his son Pan Yingping and his daughter-in-law, Luo Mei, to death
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A man convicted of murdering his wife was hanged in...
A man convicted of murdering his wife was hanged in a prison in north-eastern Iran
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
Nationalist Action Party (MHP) applied to the Constitutional...
Nationalist Action Party (MHP) applied to the Constitutional Court requesting the annulment of six articles of the EU Adjustment Law and asking the court to stop their enforcement
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Rome conferred honorary citizenship on a Nigerian woman...
Rome conferred honorary citizenship on a Nigerian woman who was sentenced to death by stoning by an Islamic court but acquitted on appeal after an international outcry
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Muslim leaders in northern Nigeria condemned the honorary...
Muslim leaders in northern Nigeria condemned the honorary citizenship conferred on Safiya Hussaini by the Rome city council, and accused Italian leaders of seeking to convert her to Christianity
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Rome city council said that Safiya was a "symbol...
The Rome city council said that Safiya was a "symbol of our commitment to fighting the inequality of women and defending human rights around the world
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2002IraqDEATH PENALTY
The Regay Kurdistan newspaper reported that the human...
The Regay Kurdistan newspaper reported that the human rights office of the Iraqi Communist Party declared the deaths of 18 citizens executed by the regime
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The World Organisation against Torture (OMCT) said...
The World Organisation against Torture (OMCT) said official Iranian media reported 250 executions since the beginning of 2002
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh sentenced five persons to death,...
A court in Bangladesh sentenced five persons to death, four to life in jail and two others to five years rigorous imprisonment for murdering a youth in broad daylight in 1999
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China's harsh crackdown on crime executed unknown thousands...
China's harsh crackdown on crime executed unknown thousands of prisoners in 2002 in judicial processes in which torture was common and lawyers rare