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- MAY 23, 2002Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Equatorial Guinea's public prosecutor has urged a court...
Equatorial Guinea's public prosecutor has urged a court to sentence to death or to 30 years, Felipe Ondo Obiang and Guillermo Nguema Ela, both leaders of the illegal Democratic Republican Force (FDR), and Emilio Ndong Biyogo of the Popular Union, a legal
- MAY 23, 2002South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
A Dorchester County jury sentenced 21-year-old Marion...
A Dorchester County jury sentenced 21-year-old Marion Bowman Jr
- MAY 23, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A court in Tehran sentenced Mohammed Baksheh to execution
A court in Tehran sentenced Mohammed Baksheh to execution
- MAY 22, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Johnny Joe Martinez, 29, was executed in Huntsville...
Johnny Joe Martinez, 29, was executed in Huntsville despite an unusual plea from the victim's mother that his sentence be commuted to life in prison
- MAY 22, 2002HungaryDEATH PENALTY
The outgoing prime minister, Viktor Orban, said that...
The outgoing prime minister, Viktor Orban, said that Hungary should re-introduce the death penalty
- MAY 22, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The terrorist act on the Armenian Parliament on October...
The terrorist act on the Armenian Parliament on October 27, 1999, was a premeditated coup d'etat, a victim, the Chairman of the Parliamentary Commission for State and Legal Affairs Victor Dallakian stated at a court hearing on the case
- MAY 22, 2002HungaryDEATH PENALTY
Outgoing Hungarian Justice Minister Ibolya David,...
Outgoing Hungarian Justice Minister Ibolya David, referring to the European Union's ban on the death penalty, said that death penalty cannot be a yardstick of democracy under any circumstances
- MAY 22, 2002BelarusDEATH PENALTY
The Speaker of the lower chamber of the Belarus parliament...
The Speaker of the lower chamber of the Belarus parliament Vadim Popov expressed doubt that "Belarussians will support the ban on capital punishment" in the wake of the terrorist attacks in the United States and Russia
- MAY 22, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
Sudan's state security force arrested 25 university...
Sudan's state security force arrested 25 university students on charges including trying to overthrow the government, which can carry the death penalty, the pro-government Akbar al-Youm newspaper reported
- MAY 22, 2002AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Eunice Davis, sister of one of the victims of the 1963...
Eunice Davis, sister of one of the victims of the 1963 bombing at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama told CNN that she did not want the death penalty for the defendant in a new trial on the case
- MAY 22, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Shirzad Gholami, a convicted murderer was publicly...
Shirzad Gholami, a convicted murderer was publicly hanged in Karaj, west of the capital Tehran
- MAY 22, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Chen was sentenced to death by the Shanghai No
Chen was sentenced to death by the Shanghai No
- MAY 22, 2002HungaryDEATH PENALTY
Interior Minister Designate Monika Lamperth is not...
Interior Minister Designate Monika Lamperth is not considering the idea of re-introducing death penalty raised by outgoing Prime Minister Viktor Orban
- MAY 22, 2002HungaryDEATH PENALTY
Peter Barandy, Justice Minister Designate by the parliament's...
Peter Barandy, Justice Minister Designate by the parliament's Constitutional Affairs Committee, said he was against the death penalty and he considered this morning's radio statement by [outgoing Prime Minister] Viktor Orban astoundingly irresponsible
- MAY 22, 2002HungaryDEATH PENALTY
Hungary's ousted Prime Minister Viktor Orban, shaken...
Hungary's ousted Prime Minister Viktor Orban, shaken by the country's bloodiest bank robbery, said he favoured bringing back the death penalty
- MAY 22, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is set to sign a...
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is set to sign a tough anti-drug law that would make the possession of a mere 10 grams (0
- MAY 21, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A sentence of death was executed by firing squad in...
A sentence of death was executed by firing squad in HCMC on Taiwanese Chen Chi Tien who was arrested in May 1995 in the city when producing heavy narcotics (methamphetamines) under cover of a soap factory
- MAY 21, 2002RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Rwandan-backed rebels in the Democratic Republic of...
Rwandan-backed rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo are still arresting and executing suspected dissidents a week after a mutiny in the rebel-held eastern city of Kisangani, a U
- MAY 21, 2002TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
The Ho Chi Minh City firing squad ended the life of...
The Ho Chi Minh City firing squad ended the life of Chen Chi Tian from Taiwan, aged 48, who was accused of processing methamphetamine chlohydrate(MA), a dangerous kind of addictive substance
- MAY 21, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
A 27-year-old woman fell to the floor when the Tangerang...
A 27-year-old woman fell to the floor when the Tangerang District Court handed down the death penalty for her attempt to smuggle a kilogram of heroin into Indonesia from Nepal
- MAY 21, 2002Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
RCD-Goma authorities denied they executed soldiers...
RCD-Goma authorities denied they executed soldiers and policemen arrested during the mutiny in Kisangani - the Congolese town under the RCD-Goma (Congolese Rally for Democracy, supported by Rwanda) and accused the Kinshasa government of waging a campaign
- MAY 21, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkish Foreign Minister Ismail Cem at a government...
Turkish Foreign Minister Ismail Cem at a government leaders' meeting proposed alternatives allowing Kurdish language broadcasting and the lifting of the death penalty amid Turkish efforts to meet EU membership criteria
- MAY 21, 2002RwandaDEATH PENALTY
RCD-Goma authorities denied they executed soldiers...
RCD-Goma authorities denied they executed soldiers and policemen arrested during the mutiny in Kisangani - the Congolese town under the RCD-Goma (Congolese Rally for Democracy, supported by Rwanda) and accused the Kinshasa government of waging a campaign
- MAY 21, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Uighur exile groups claimed that Chinese authroties...
Uighur exile groups claimed that Chinese authroties have detained as many as 3,000 people in Xinjiang since September [2001], with scores also executed for alleged terrorist activities
- MAY 21, 2002Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Rwandan-backed rebels in the Democratic Republic of...
Rwandan-backed rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo are still arresting and executing suspected dissidents a week after a mutiny in the rebel-held eastern city of Kisangani, a U
- MAY 21, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
A US judge smoked marijuana and now the appeals of...
A US judge smoked marijuana and now the appeals of two men he sentenced to death have spread alarm through the courts that the case will open up a disturbing new target for defence lawyers - the private lives of judges and prosecutors
- MAY 21, 2002PeruDEATH PENALTY
A lawyer for Vladimiro Montesinos denied Peru's jailed...
A lawyer for Vladimiro Montesinos denied Peru's jailed former spy chief had ordered the execution of 14 rebel hostage-takers at the climax of a 1997 hostage siege in Lima
- MAY 21, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Ho Chi Minh City firing squad ended the life of...
The Ho Chi Minh City firing squad ended the life of Tram Huy, a 68 year old Vietnamese-Chinese, who was accused of processing methamphetamine chlohydrate(MA), a dangerous kind of addictive substance
- MAY 21, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Philippine Labour Secretary Patricia Santo Tomas said...
Philippine Labour Secretary Patricia Santo Tomas said she would ask the Saudi Arabian government to spare the lives of three overseas Filipino workers sentenced to execution in the Middle East kingdom during the six-day visit to Saudi Arabia from May 23 t
- MAY 21, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Philippine Labour Secretary Patricia Santo Tomas said...
Philippine Labour Secretary Patricia Santo Tomas said she would ask the Saudi Arabian government to spare the lives of three overseas Filipino workers sentenced to execution in the Middle East kingdom during the six-day visit to Saudi Arabia from May 23 t