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- JUNE 20, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
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- JUNE 20, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six people convicted of homicide and robbery were executed...
Six people convicted of homicide and robbery were executed at Fuyang City in east China's Zhejiang Province
- JUNE 20, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Supreme Court bars executing mentally retarded
June 20, 2002: the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that executions of mentally retarded criminals are "cruel and unusual punishment," violating the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution.
- JUNE 19, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Four convicted murderers - Davood Nazari, Akbar Alinejad,...
Four convicted murderers - Davood Nazari, Akbar Alinejad, Saeid Massoumi and Mohammed Lashgari - were hanged inside a prison in the capital city Tehran
- JUNE 19, 2002SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
A new Penal Code was adopted in Montenegro that replaced...
A new Penal Code was adopted in Montenegro that replaced death penalty with 40 years in jail
- JUNE 19, 2002SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
The government effectively blocked any future attempts...
The government effectively blocked any future attempts to bring back the death penalty in Slovakia by approving a proposal to ratify the protocol No 13 [concerning the abolition of the death penalty] to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights an
- JUNE 19, 2002KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
A Kazakh citizen was sentenced to the death penalty...
A Kazakh citizen was sentenced to the death penalty for double homicide and attempted murder by an Aktyubinsk regional court in western Kazakhstan
- JUNE 19, 2002KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Human rights activists are calling for the soonest...
Human rights activists are calling for the soonest introduction of a moratorium on the death penalty and a further abolition of it in Kazakhstan
- JUNE 19, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Courts in Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam received...
Courts in Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam received 17,986 cases in the first six months of 2002, of which 56
- JUNE 19, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The official note on the execution of the death penalty...
The official note on the execution of the death penalty passed against Salih Izzet Erdis, the ringleader of the illegal IBDA-C [Islamic Great Eastern Raiders Front] organization, has been submitted to the [National] Assembly Speaker's Office
- JUNE 19, 2002LaosDEATH PENALTY
A People's Court in Laos condemned three drug traffickers...
A People's Court in Laos condemned three drug traffickers to death
- JUNE 19, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Justice and Development Party (AK Party) leader Recep...
Justice and Development Party (AK Party) leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that they would not say 'yes' to the proposal of the Democratic Left Party (DSP) regarded with abolishment of death sentence, noting that their party prepared a constitutional amend
- JUNE 19, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Deputy Prime Minister and Motherland Party (ANAP) leader...
Deputy Prime Minister and Motherland Party (ANAP) leader Mesut Yilmaz said that he was losing his hope about fulfilment of European Union (EU) criteria
- JUNE 19, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Judicial organs in Qinghai Province, with the approval...
Judicial organs in Qinghai Province, with the approval of the Supreme People's Court, executed Chen Zhiqing (7115 1807 3237), cadre of the State Treasury Office of the Bank of China, Xining Branch, a legal newspaper from Shaanxi Province reported
- JUNE 19, 2002DEATH PENALTY
MONTENEGRO: DEATH PENALTY REPLACED BY 40 YEAR JAIL TERM
June 19, 2002: the new penal code stipulates 40 years in prison as the maximum punishmentil
- JUNE 18, 2002New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
Terrorists could face the death penalty in New Jersey...
Terrorists could face the death penalty in New Jersey under a new law signed by Gov
- JUNE 18, 2002BurundiDEATH PENALTY
The criminal court in Ngozi (northern Burundi) has...
The criminal court in Ngozi (northern Burundi) has tried several cases in its current session
- JUNE 18, 2002JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
The head of the Police Federation, Steve Brown, called...
The head of the Police Federation, Steve Brown, called for a resumption of hanging in the face of increased criminal activity
- JUNE 18, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three drug dealers were executed in Dongguan, south...
Three drug dealers were executed in Dongguan, south China's Guangdong province
- JUNE 18, 2002NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
The Dutch government has launched a criminal inquiry...
The Dutch government has launched a criminal inquiry into Muslim clerics accused of inciting violence from mosques in Holland
- JUNE 18, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Six men were sentenced to death for murder of a young...
Six men were sentenced to death for murder of a young housewife about two years ago
- JUNE 18, 2002UkraineDEATH PENALTY
Deputy Prosecutor-General Oleksiy Bahanets that each...
Deputy Prosecutor-General Oleksiy Bahanets that each year the number of premeditated and group murders has been on the rise since the moratorium on capital punishment was announced in Ukraine
- JUNE 18, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A man was hanged in public in Bandar Gaz, Iran
A man was hanged in public in Bandar Gaz, Iran
- JUNE 18, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
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- JUNE 18, 2002SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
The Cabinet's Legislative Council recommended ministers...
The Cabinet's Legislative Council recommended ministers to approve the draft proposal to close Protocol No
- JUNE 18, 2002NorwayDEATH PENALTY
Politicians and pilots denounced a ruling that give...
Politicians and pilots denounced a ruling that give asylum to two grenade-wielding Iranian hijackers who forced a plane to divert to Oslo in 1993
- JUNE 18, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Politicians and pilots in Norway denounced a ruling...
Politicians and pilots in Norway denounced a ruling that gave asylum to two grenade-wielding Iranian hijackers who forced a plane to divert to Oslo in 1993
- JUNE 17, 2002CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Norman Tarle agreed...
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Norman Tarle agreed with the jury's recommendation of the death penalty for William Lee Wright Jr
- JUNE 17, 2002MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
Three Saudis suspected of planning suicide attacks...
Three Saudis suspected of planning suicide attacks against United States and British warships were arraigned in a Moroccan court
- JUNE 17, 2002Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
UN Security Council extended the mission in Democratic...
UN Security Council extended the mission in Democratic Republic of Congo until 30 June 2003, unanimously adopting resolution 1417 (2002)