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- JULY 21, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Three men were hanged in prison in Tehran
Three men were hanged in prison in Tehran
- JULY 21, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Ahmad Najafi was sentenced to death in Tehran
Ahmad Najafi was sentenced to death in Tehran
- JULY 20, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Three convicted murderers, Amir T
Three convicted murderers, Amir T
- JULY 20, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The death sentence awarded on July 17 by a Lahore district...
The death sentence awarded on July 17 by a Lahore district and sessions court to a Christian, Anwar Kenneth, accused of blasphemy, drew outrage from human rights bodies within and outside the country
- JULY 20, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Philippine President Gloria Arroyo ordered an offensive...
Philippine President Gloria Arroyo ordered an offensive against the country's top smugglers and said they would be charged with economic sabotage, punishable by death
- JULY 20, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Death by "mysterious means," not by lethal injection,...
Death by "mysterious means," not by lethal injection, is slowly decimating the ranks of death-row convicts
- JULY 19, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
America is ready to drop its demand for Pakistan to...
America is ready to drop its demand for Pakistan to extradite Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the British-born Muslim extremist sentenced to death for masterminding the kidnap and murder of the American journalist Daniel Pearl
- JULY 19, 2002CzechiaDEATH PENALTY
A majority of Czechs or 56
A majority of Czechs or 56
- JULY 19, 2002HungaryDEATH PENALTY
A majority of Czechs or 56
A majority of Czechs or 56
- JULY 19, 2002New ZealandDEATH PENALTY
A return to capital punishment is "certainly not" Alliance...
A return to capital punishment is "certainly not" Alliance [a coalition of the New Labour Party, Democratic Party, New Zealand Liberal Party, and Mana Motuhake] policy, despite it being advocated by West Coast-Tasman election candidate Dick Hitchens, a pa
- JULY 19, 2002PolandDEATH PENALTY
A majority of Czechs or 56
A majority of Czechs or 56
- JULY 19, 2002IsraelDEATH PENALTY
A prominent West Bank rabbi is facing police investigation...
A prominent West Bank rabbi is facing police investigation for suggesting that Israeli soldiers who refuse to serve in the occupied territories might be liable for execution under Jewish religious law
- JULY 19, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani Christian who claimed he was Jesus Christ...
A Pakistani Christian who claimed he was Jesus Christ and called Islam a fake religion was convicted of blasphemy and sentenced to death by hanging
- JULY 19, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The leader of the militant outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed,...
The leader of the militant outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, who was sentenced to death in kidnap-slaying of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl filed an appeal in Sindh High Court, saying he has been convicted on the basis of "fake,
- JULY 19, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A senior Pakistani investigator said DNA tests confirmed...
A senior Pakistani investigator said DNA tests confirmed that a decapitated body found in a shallow grave in Karachi in May is that of kidnapped American reporter Daniel Pearl
- JULY 19, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
America is ready to drop its demand for Pakistan to...
America is ready to drop its demand for Pakistan to extradite Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the British-born Muslim extremist sentenced to death for masterminding the kidnap and murder of the American journalist Daniel Pearl
- JULY 19, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Intermediate People's Court in Chaozhou, Guangdong...
The Intermediate People's Court in Chaozhou, Guangdong Province, sentenced Chen Zuolong, alleged head of a triad organization, to death, the Guangzhou Daily reported
- JULY 18, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A carpenter who raped and killed his nephew will be...
A carpenter who raped and killed his nephew will be executed by being thrown off a cliff in a sack, said an Iranian newspaper
- JULY 18, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
The Senate Judiciary Committee took the 1st step toward...
The Senate Judiciary Committee took the 1st step toward reforming the nation's death penalty system Thursday, approving a measure aimed at giving inmates greater access to DNA testing to prove their innocence and ensuring they have competent counsel at tr
- JULY 18, 2002FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Circuit Judge Williams Parsons agreed sentenced former...
Circuit Judge Williams Parsons agreed sentenced former death row inmate Jerry Rogers to life in prison for the murder of David Smith in January 1982
- JULY 18, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
A jury took 90 minutes Monday to decide that convicted...
A jury took 90 minutes Monday to decide that convicted child molester Jesse Joe Hernandez, 37, should die by injection for beating a 10-month-old boy to death with a flashlight last year while baby-sitting him
- JULY 18, 2002Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
Outgoing Chief Justice Michael de La Bastide said that...
Outgoing Chief Justice Michael de La Bastide said that while the death sentence is a "cruel and unusual punishment" in violation of basic human rights provisions, it could only be changed by parliament
- JULY 18, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Zacarias Moussaoui -- the only person charged in the Sept
Zacarias Moussaoui -- the only person charged in the Sept
- JULY 18, 2002DEATH PENALTY
LAWYER’S ENDEAVOUR SAVES CHINESE MAN FROM EXECUTION WITH FOUR MINUTES TO GO
July 18, 2002: a Chinese man sentenced to death for murder was saved from the executioner´s bullet with only four minutes to spare because of the persistence of his lawyer and an available mobile phone.
- JULY 17, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Metropolitan Sessions Judge Shahidul Islam handed down...
Metropolitan Sessions Judge Shahidul Islam handed down the death sentence to Mohammad Monir Hossain Liton, 21 and Mohammad Abu Sayeed, 20 who were on the dock, quiet and unnerved for killing Shihab, a schoolboy, in the city on February 7, 2001
- JULY 17, 2002KenyaDEATH PENALTY
The Court of Appeal has ordered the re-trial of a man...
The Court of Appeal has ordered the re-trial of a man who has been languishing in prison for the last six years awaiting to be hanged
- JULY 17, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
The special court in Nyala town, South Darfur State,...
The special court in Nyala town, South Darfur State, has sentenced 87 convicts to death and imprisonment of one accused for 10 years and acquitted eight defendants due to lack of evidence
- JULY 17, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded a murderer the official Saudi...
Saudi Arabia beheaded a murderer the official Saudi Press Agency reported
- JULY 17, 2002MississippiDEATH PENALTY
Tracy Alan Hansen was executed by lethal injection at 6:32 p
Tracy Alan Hansen was executed by lethal injection at 6:32 p
- JULY 17, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Jonathan Marcus Green stood motionless as a Montgomery...
Jonathan Marcus Green stood motionless as a Montgomery County 8-man, 4-woman jury sentenced him to death by lethal injection