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- AUGUST 19, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Following the retrieval of the dead bodies of Jessica...
Following the retrieval of the dead bodies of Jessica and Holly Chapman, two ten year old girls who had disappeared earlier on in the month, the Daily Mail newspaper printed an article by Mary Kenny pushing for the re-introduction of the death penalty
- AUGUST 19, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
In an editorial in the Daily Mirror, Tony Parsons that...
In an editorial in the Daily Mirror, Tony Parsons that to deal with the killers of Jessica and Holly Chapman "the answer is obvious - bring back the death penalty
- AUGUST 19, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Amina Lawal Kurami, a single mother of 30, had her...
Amina Lawal Kurami, a single mother of 30, had her appeal rejected by an Islamic high court in northern Nigeria and thus came one step closer to being stoned to death for having sex out of wedlock
- AUGUST 19, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Additional Session Judge (Third Court) of Comilla...
The Additional Session Judge (Third Court) of Comilla Md Ansar Ali found Parvin Akhter guilty of murdering her step-daughter by strangulation and sentenced her to death
- AUGUST 19, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson said China needed to rely on political reform rather than repression to deal with growing social unrest
- AUGUST 19, 2002United NationsDEATH PENALTY
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson said China needed to rely on political reform rather than repression to deal with growing social unrest
- AUGUST 18, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A 17-year-old, Milad B
A 17-year-old, Milad B
- AUGUST 18, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Nurse Wendy Alsford spent her working life confronting...
Nurse Wendy Alsford spent her working life confronting illness, frailty and death as she cared for society's sick in hospitals across Britain
- AUGUST 18, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The four Chechen policemen who died in the village...
The four Chechen policemen who died in the village of Martan-Chu on August 16 were killed by rebels in keeping with a verdict of a Shariah court, head of the Urus-Martan district administration Shirvani Yasayev told Interfax
- AUGUST 18, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A new political party, the Kapatiran sa Pangkalahatang...
A new political party, the Kapatiran sa Pangkalahatang Kabutihan (KPK) or Political Movement for the Common Good, was launched in the Philippines offering voters a purported "alternative" for the 2004 polls
- AUGUST 18, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Legal Daily reported that a court in Liuzhou, southwest...
The Legal Daily reported that a court in Liuzhou, southwest Guangxi Province, executed Ma Lin and Jiang Baolin, respectively chairman and president of Sanmeng Industry and Trade Ltd Co
- AUGUST 17, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Twelve minors are still languishing on death row in...
Twelve minors are still languishing on death row in the Philippines despite a Supreme Court resolution ordering their transfer to the medium security compound of the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) in Muntinlupa
- AUGUST 17, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Hossein was given a death sentence by a court in Tehran
Hossein was given a death sentence by a court in Tehran
- AUGUST 17, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Deputy Chairman Sevket...
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Deputy Chairman Sevket Bulent Yahnici sent a letter to Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit to demand that normal convict status be prepared for Abdullah Ocalan, the head of the terrorist organization, and that he be transferred t
- AUGUST 17, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A Thai and an Indian, namely Saelow Praset, 55, and...
A Thai and an Indian, namely Saelow Praset, 55, and Ayodya Praset Combay, 57, both sentenced to death for trying to smuggle heroin into Indonesia, expressed complaints to the press over the long delay concerning the reply to their application for a Presid
- AUGUST 17, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A senior Iranian cleric called for the execution of...
A senior Iranian cleric called for the execution of a university professor who claimed that Islamic fundamentalism had taken hold of the country's ruling elite
- AUGUST 17, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
A Thai and an Indian, namely Saelow Praset, 55, and...
A Thai and an Indian, namely Saelow Praset, 55, and Ayodya Praset Combay, 57, both sentenced to death for trying to smuggle heroin into Indonesia, expressed complaints to the press over the long delay concerning the reply to their application for a Presid
- AUGUST 17, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A Thai and an Indian, namely Saelow Praset, 55, and...
A Thai and an Indian, namely Saelow Praset, 55, and Ayodya Praset Combay, 57, both sentenced to death for trying to smuggle heroin into Indonesia, expressed complaints to the press over the long delay concerning the reply to their application for a Presid
- AUGUST 17, 2002MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds turned out in the Mexican border town of Piedras...
Hundreds turned out in the Mexican border town of Piedras Negras for the funeral of a Mexican man executed in Texas [on August 14] for the 1988 killing of an undercover cop
- AUGUST 17, 2002MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds turned out in the Mexican border town of Piedras...
Hundreds turned out in the Mexican border town of Piedras Negras for the funeral of a Mexican man executed in Texas [on August 14] for the 1988 killing of an undercover cop
- AUGUST 17, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Nine people convicted of violent robberies, in four...
Nine people convicted of violent robberies, in four of which their victims died, were executed in Beijing, media said
- AUGUST 16, 2002Governo Federale degli Stati UnitiDEATH PENALTY
In Alexandria, Va
In Alexandria, Va
- AUGUST 16, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A man accused of shooting dead and butchering two Mormon...
A man accused of shooting dead and butchering two Mormon missionaries should be extradited to Texas to face murder charges, a London court ruled
- AUGUST 16, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A man accused of shooting dead and butchering two Mormon...
A man accused of shooting dead and butchering two Mormon missionaries should be extradited to Texas to face murder charges, a London court ruled
- AUGUST 16, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
A Special Police Constable attached to Kikooge Police...
A Special Police Constable attached to Kikooge Police Post in Uganda's Nakasongola district was sentenced to death for murder
- AUGUST 16, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippines Senate will rush the passage of a bill...
The Philippines Senate will rush the passage of a bill repealing the death penalty before the first execution of a death convict under the Arroyo administration in October
- AUGUST 16, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
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- AUGUST 16, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
A Denton jury recommends death sentence
A Denton jury recommends death sentence
- AUGUST 16, 2002AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Wilson Earl Robitaille was sentenced to death during...
Wilson Earl Robitaille was sentenced to death during his sentencing hearing in Cullman County Circuit Court
- AUGUST 16, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The court in northern Hung Yen province sentenced four...
The court in northern Hung Yen province sentenced four women and one man to death after they were found guilty of drug trafficking