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- JULY 3, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Ali A
Mohammad Ali A
- JULY 2, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
An Tehran court sentenced three men - Keyvan Razaghi,...
An Tehran court sentenced three men - Keyvan Razaghi, Kamran Razaghi and Hamdollah Zaheri - to death
- JULY 1, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A 25-year-old married man, Gawata Lababa Turun, accused...
A 25-year-old married man, Gawata Lababa Turun, accused of impregnating his sister-in-law Nasifatu Umaru, 16, escaped being sentenced to death by stoning because of the failure by the prosecution to produce four witnesses against him
- JULY 1, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Qin Zusheng, convicted of attacking tourists in downtown...
Qin Zusheng, convicted of attacking tourists in downtown Guilin City, a well-known tourist destination in south China, was executed
- JULY 1, 2002PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
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- JULY 1, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Two men were condemned to death in Mashdad, an Iranian...
Two men were condemned to death in Mashdad, an Iranian newspaper reported
- JULY 1, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
International human rights groups expressed concern...
International human rights groups expressed concern over what they describe as a "sharp increase" in death sentences in 2002 in the Darfur region of western Sudan
- JULY 1, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Federal death penalty overturned
July 1, 2002: a U.S. district judge in New York ruled the federal death penalty unconstitutional Monday, saying it violates the due process rights of defendants and that innocent people have been put to death.
- JUNE 30, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A man was hanged inside a prison in Karaj, near Tehran,...
A man was hanged inside a prison in Karaj, near Tehran, for murder
- JUNE 30, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Police Commander in Khorasan Province Brig-Gen Eskandar...
Police Commander in Khorasan Province Brig-Gen Eskandar Mo'meni said that the police have seized five tons of narcotics in the first quarter of the Iranian year which started 21 March
- JUNE 30, 2002KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
Three Bangladeshis were hanged at Nayif Palace after...
Three Bangladeshis were hanged at Nayif Palace after being convicted of killing a Sri Lankan woman
- JUNE 30, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Three Bangladeshis were hanged at Nayif Palace after...
Three Bangladeshis were hanged at Nayif Palace after being convicted of killing a Sri Lankan woman
- JUNE 30, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
A new anti-drugs book, offers a rare glimpse of the...
A new anti-drugs book, offers a rare glimpse of the chilling end awaiting drug dealers
- JUNE 30, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Two executions were carried out in different Iranian cities
Two executions were carried out in different Iranian cities
- JUNE 29, 2002BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
The High Court of Barbados granted a stay of execution...
The High Court of Barbados granted a stay of execution for four prisoners who were to have been hanged on July 2 in the Caribbean nation's first executions since 1984
- JUNE 29, 2002BelarusDEATH PENALTY
Belarus's opposition parties intends to act together...
Belarus's opposition parties intends to act together in the event the government calls a national referendum to extend Belarusian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka's presidential term
- JUNE 29, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Four people, Saeid, Siamak, Babak and an unidentified...
Four people, Saeid, Siamak, Babak and an unidentified man were sentenced to death in Tehran
- JUNE 29, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that provision...
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that provision that the terrorist convicts who were sentenced to death penalty and whose punishment was commuted to life imprisonment would not benefit from conditional release could be included in a law that would b
- JUNE 28, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Three men were executed for child rape in June, including...
Three men were executed for child rape in June, including a teacher convicted of raping six girls aged seven and eight
- JUNE 28, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Anti Terrorists Courts disposed off 78 cases during...
Anti Terrorists Courts disposed off 78 cases during the past three months
- JUNE 28, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Frank and Laurel Gilford finally put to rest the demons...
Frank and Laurel Gilford finally put to rest the demons associated with the murder of Mr Gilford's sister Yvonne in Saudi Arabia in 1996 as the new children's day surgery unit at the Women's and Children's Hospital [in Adelaide, Australia] was inaugurated
- JUNE 28, 2002CanadaDEATH PENALTY
China's alleged smuggling mastermind, Lai Changxing,...
China's alleged smuggling mastermind, Lai Changxing, will not have to stay in jail as he keeps up his fight to remain in Canada as a political refugee
- JUNE 28, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China's alleged smuggling mastermind, Lai Changxing,...
China's alleged smuggling mastermind, Lai Changxing, will not have to stay in jail as he keeps up his fight to remain in Canada as a political refugee
- JUNE 28, 2002United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
An appeals court in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)...
An appeals court in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has upheld the death sentences of two nationals for raping an Egyptian woman, 28, at her home
- JUNE 28, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Additional Session Judge, Rawalpindi Pervez Ali Shah...
Additional Session Judge, Rawalpindi Pervez Ali Shah has awarded death sentence to the murderer
- JUNE 28, 2002ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Italy intends to front the campaign for a global moratorium...
Italy intends to front the campaign for a global moratorium on executions through a UN resolution following the defeat of the same proposal at the UN General Assembly in 1999, the Italian Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs Mario Baccini said at the launc
- JUNE 28, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Southern Bangkok Criminal Court found Vinai Charoensrisomboon,...
The Southern Bangkok Criminal Court found Vinai Charoensrisomboon, alias To Texas, guilty of the premeditated murders of three members of the Mangkornhong family and sentenced him to death penalty
- JUNE 28, 2002MarylandDEATH PENALTY
Anne Arundel County Circuit Court Judge Robert H
Anne Arundel County Circuit Court Judge Robert H
- JUNE 28, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Three male convicts at Bang Kwang Central Prison in...
Three male convicts at Bang Kwang Central Prison in Nonthaburi were executed a prison official said
- JUNE 28, 2002KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
It was held a session of " roundtable", where the issues,...
It was held a session of " roundtable", where the issues, concerning justice ministry's cooperation with mass media in resolution of actual problems of legal culture forming in the society