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- FEBRUARY 11, 2002OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
The House Judiciary Committee voted 7-4 to send to...
The House Judiciary Committee voted 7-4 to send to the full House HB 2635
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002BelarusDEATH PENALTY
Seven people were sentenced to death in Belarus in...
Seven people were sentenced to death in Belarus in 2001, and 11 others got life in prison, Valyantsin Sukala, chairman of the Supreme Court of Belarus, told reporters
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty should be restored in Russia and...
The death penalty should be restored in Russia and executions should be public, LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky declared at a round-table meeting titled 'The Abolishment of the Death Penalty Moratorium'
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002NamibiaDEATH PENALTY
Five alleged UNITA and/or Caprivi Liberation Army (CLA)...
Five alleged UNITA and/or Caprivi Liberation Army (CLA) guerrillas were arrested and instantly killed by Namibian Defence Force (NDF) troops
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russian President Vladimir Putin gave Russia's state...
Russian President Vladimir Putin gave Russia's state prosecutors a tongue-lashing for allowing thousands of violent criminals to walk free and told them to improve the conviction rate for serious crimes
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002IsraelDEATH PENALTY
The Palestinian Media Centre web site said Israeli...
The Palestinian Media Centre web site said Israeli occupation forces executed 13-year-old Samir Abu Mayala from Al-Thuri neighbourhood of occupied East Jerusalem after shooting him in the shoulder
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
A court in Kyrgyzstan condemned two men to death for murder
A court in Kyrgyzstan condemned two men to death for murder
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
The Palestinian Media Centre web site said Israeli...
The Palestinian Media Centre web site said Israeli occupation forces executed 13-year-old Samir Abu Mayala from Al-Thuri neighbourhood of occupied East Jerusalem after shooting him in the shoulder
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002UkraineDEATH PENALTY
The lawyer of a Ukrainian citizen sentenced to death...
The lawyer of a Ukrainian citizen sentenced to death in the United Arab Emirates on February 9 for murder is preparing an appeal
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
The lawyer of a Ukrainian citizen sentenced to death...
The lawyer of a Ukrainian citizen sentenced to death in the United Arab Emirates on February 9 for murder is preparing an appeal
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Thirty-five convicted drug traffickers were executed...
Thirty-five convicted drug traffickers were executed in Saudi Arabia in 2000, in most cases after swift, secret trials without lawyers or juries
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
An international campaign has begun on behalf of five...
An international campaign has begun on behalf of five leaders of a defiant evangelical Christian group who were given death sentences in December 2001 under China's 1999 anti-cult law
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
A Bexar County jury took less than 2 hours to sentence...
A Bexar County jury took less than 2 hours to sentence Frank Garcia Jr
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz, speaking at a meeting...
Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz, speaking at a meeting entitled Turkey's Place in the EU organized by the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Istanbul, stated that the banning of capital punishment was included among Turkey's middle term goals in the Nation
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
A three-member military court in Jordan sentenced a...
A three-member military court in Jordan sentenced a Jordanian-American man to death after convicting him on charges that he planned to bomb tourist sites during millennium celebrations
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002DEATH PENALTY
THE MONSTER OF ROSTOV – I DID IT FOR LOVE
February 11, 2002: a theatrical work on Andrei Chikatilo, the ‘monster of Rostov’ convicted of cannibalism in Ukraine will show in Rome on February 16 and 17.
- FEBRUARY 10, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The use of ecstasy, a prohibited drug said to be popular...
The use of ecstasy, a prohibited drug said to be popular among the affluent, will soon be among the list of offences meriting the death penalty, Senate President Franklin M
- FEBRUARY 10, 2002PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
Alan Pursell, then 22, was sent to death row for the...
Alan Pursell, then 22, was sent to death row for the July 23, 1981 killing of 8 years old Christopher Brine
- FEBRUARY 10, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme court stayed the execution of the only...
The Supreme court stayed the execution of the only woman on death row in Tihar Jail
- FEBRUARY 10, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
A Sudanese appeals court overturned a sentence of death...
A Sudanese appeals court overturned a sentence of death by stoning for a pregnant Christian woman accused of adultery, and sent the case back to the lower court for fresh sentencing, court documents showed
- FEBRUARY 9, 2002United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
A Russian and a Ukrainian were sentenced to death in...
A Russian and a Ukrainian were sentenced to death in Dubai for murdering an Indian jeweller during a robbery in which they made off with $US1
- FEBRUARY 9, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain,...
Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain, is expected to have her conviction reduced to manslaughter
- FEBRUARY 9, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
A Russian and a Ukrainian were sentenced to death in...
A Russian and a Ukrainian were sentenced to death in Dubai for murdering an Indian jeweller during a robbery in which they made off with $US1
- FEBRUARY 9, 2002UkraineDEATH PENALTY
A Russian and a Ukrainian were sentenced to death in...
A Russian and a Ukrainian were sentenced to death in Dubai for murdering an Indian jeweller during a robbery in which they made off with $US1
- FEBRUARY 9, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Vladimir Kalamanov, presidential human rights envoy...
Vladimir Kalamanov, presidential human rights envoy in Chechnya, expressed mixed feelings about the ban on the death penalty in Russia
- FEBRUARY 9, 2002CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
Cambodia said it would pursue its own plans for a Khmer...
Cambodia said it would pursue its own plans for a Khmer Rouge trial after the United Nations pulled out of talks on setting up a special court to try leaders blamed for 1
- FEBRUARY 9, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Chinese traffic police officer Tan Zhiwei was sentenced...
Chinese traffic police officer Tan Zhiwei was sentenced to death for embezzling 20 million yuan (HK$18
- FEBRUARY 9, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A Tehran court condemned a man to death
A Tehran court condemned a man to death
- FEBRUARY 8, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Gov. George Ryan used his amendatory veto to strip...
Gov. George Ryan used his amendatory veto to strip anti-terrorism legislation passed last fall that would make terrorism a capital offense in Illinois. The anti-terrorism measure was pushed by Atty
- FEBRUARY 8, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The Virginia Senate unanimously approved a bill that...
The Virginia Senate unanimously approved a bill that would bar the execution of mentally retarded people convicted of capital crimes