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- AUGUST 3, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Pro-European politicians won a landmark victory in...
Pro-European politicians won a landmark victory in Turkey with the passage of legislative reforms that delighted human rights activists
- AUGUST 3, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The European Union (EU) Commission welcomed the adoption...
The European Union (EU) Commission welcomed the adoption of the third European Union (EU) Reform Package by the Turkish Parliament as an important signal of the determination of the majority of Turkey's political leaders towards further alignment to the v
- AUGUST 2, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The HCMC People's Court sentenced to death Bui Minh...
The HCMC People's Court sentenced to death Bui Minh Hai and Ta Kim Tien after convicting them of murder in the fatal shooting of one man during a gold store robbery
- AUGUST 2, 2002BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
Caribbean Justice, a group working for the abolition...
Caribbean Justice, a group working for the abolition of the death penalty, condemned plans by Barbados to amend its constitution in order to circumvent death penalty rulings by the British Privy Council, the highest court in the country
- AUGUST 2, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Hong Kong drug trafficker Chung Bi-shing, 34, was sentenced...
Hong Kong drug trafficker Chung Bi-shing, 34, was sentenced to death by a Shenzhen court after being caught trying to smuggle 1
- AUGUST 2, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A business man was sentenced to death by the High Court...
A business man was sentenced to death by the High Court for murdering a motor spare parts shop assistant outside a pub in Taman Thivy Jaya in Rasah here last year
- AUGUST 1, 2002KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
Larry Osborne, 22, was freed after a jury acquitted...
Larry Osborne, 22, was freed after a jury acquitted him in a second trial of murdering an 82-year-old man and his 76-year-old wife in December 1997
- AUGUST 1, 2002MissouriDEATH PENALTY
U.S. District Judge Catherine Perry of St
U.S. District Judge Catherine Perry of St
- AUGUST 1, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A 20-year-old woman acquitted of drug charges in a...
A 20-year-old woman acquitted of drug charges in a lower court has been sentenced to death by the Appeals Court that upheld a prosecution appeal against the Criminal Court's verdict
- AUGUST 1, 2002GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
Guatemalan Ambassador to the Organization of American...
Guatemalan Ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS) Arturo Duarte told the body that his government plans to abolish the death penalty
- AUGUST 1, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Fifth additional district and sessions judge Surendra...
Fifth additional district and sessions judge Surendra Prasad Sharma awarded death sentence to five persons and rigorous life imprisonment to four other accused in connection with a murder case
- AUGUST 1, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Ping from Haozhou city, Anhui province, was sentenced...
Li Ping from Haozhou city, Anhui province, was sentenced to death by Haozhou Intermediate People's Court in February last year for the murder of farmer Li Jinggang in 1993
- AUGUST 1, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
The High Court fixed October 7 for the trial of a 13-year-o...
The High Court fixed October 7 for the trial of a 13-year-o ld boy charged with the murder of his tuition teacher's 11-year-old daughter in May this year
- AUGUST 1, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
One of four men accused of a high-profile gang rape...
One of four men accused of a high-profile gang rape in Pakistan said he was married to the woman at the time of the alleged offence
- AUGUST 1, 2002United NationsDEATH PENALTY
United Nations human rights chief Mary Robinson urged...
United Nations human rights chief Mary Robinson urged the United States to lift the death sentences on two men in Texas who were under 18 when they committed murder
- AUGUST 1, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court ordered justice and prison officials...
The Supreme Court ordered justice and prison officials to remove 12 minors from Death Row, saying it was against the law to treat youth offenders as hardened criminals
- AUGUST 1, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Group Acting Chairman...
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Group Acting Chairman Koray Aydin said that they would submit a motion to exclude four articles from the text in European Union (EU) adjustment bill
- AUGUST 1, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
United Nations human rights chief Mary Robinson urged...
United Nations human rights chief Mary Robinson urged the United States to lift the death sentences on two men in Texas who were under 18 when they committed murder
- JULY 31, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A court in Shiraz, southern Iran, condemned Rahim S
A court in Shiraz, southern Iran, condemned Rahim S
- JULY 31, 2002ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Italy refused to extradite a Rumanian national to Turkey...
Italy refused to extradite a Rumanian national to Turkey to face murder charges
- JULY 31, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Fraudsters who allegedly siphoned off millions of dollars...
Fraudsters who allegedly siphoned off millions of dollars in tax payments in the Philippines can expect harsh penalties, possibly even the death sentence, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said
- JULY 31, 2002ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Italy refused to extradite a Rumanian national to Turkey...
Italy refused to extradite a Rumanian national to Turkey to face murder charges
- JULY 31, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
A group of Japanese lawmakers asked Justice Minister...
A group of Japanese lawmakers asked Justice Minister Mayumi Moriyama to clear the way for abolishing the death penalty
- JULY 31, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russia lashed out at Saudi Arabia for handing down...
Russia lashed out at Saudi Arabia for handing down light jail sentences to two Chechens who hijacked a Russian plane at knifepoint last year, saying the verdict could make the kingdom look like a "breeding ground for potential terrorists
- JULY 31, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The verdict handed down by Saudi Arabia's Shariah Court...
The verdict handed down by Saudi Arabia's Shariah Court to the hijackers of a Russian aircraft suggests that the court practices double standards, the deputy head of the Russian governmental administration Alexei Volin stated
- JULY 31, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The woman at the centre of a brutal gang-rape case...
The woman at the centre of a brutal gang-rape case which shocked Pakistan made her first appearance at the trial of four men accused of raping her and 10 others charged as accomplices
- JULY 31, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Russia lashed out at Saudi Arabia for handing down...
Russia lashed out at Saudi Arabia for handing down light jail sentences to two Chechens who hijacked a Russian plane at knifepoint last year, saying the verdict could make the kingdom look like a "breeding ground for potential terrorists
- JULY 31, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The verdict handed down by Saudi Arabia's Shariah Court...
The verdict handed down by Saudi Arabia's Shariah Court to the hijackers of a Russian aircraft suggests that the court practices double standards, the deputy head of the Russian governmental administration Alexei Volin stated
- JULY 31, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Parliamentary Justice Commission approved late...
The Parliamentary Justice Commission approved late on the day the bill on adjusment with the EU
- JULY 31, 2002DEATH PENALTY
US DEATH ROW INMATES MOUNT APPEALS
July 31, 2002: a number of US death row inmates deemed mentally retarded have filed appeals following the Supreme Court ruling that executions of mentally retarded criminals are "cruel and unusual punishment".