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- DECEMBER 14, 2001JordanDEATH PENALTY
The Jordanian cabinet changed the law on so-called...
The Jordanian cabinet changed the law on so-called honour crimes - when a man kills a woman relative accused of dishonouring the family - doing away with an exemption from the death penalty for those convicted
- DECEMBER 14, 2001IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Death row inmate Andrew Maxwell, who has long claimed...
Death row inmate Andrew Maxwell, who has long claimed that police tortured him into confessing the 1986 murder of a cabdriver, pleaded guilty in a deal that spares his life in exchange for dropping those allegations
- DECEMBER 14, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Executions in the U
Executions in the U
- DECEMBER 14, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Yufen, a former manager in Changchun, the capital...
Li Yufen, a former manager in Changchun, the capital of Jilin Province, northeast China, was executed for embezzling over 90 million yuan (11 million U
- DECEMBER 14, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The Taliban staged so many public executions during...
The Taliban staged so many public executions during their five years in power that Supreme Court Judge Zalmai Payeda lost count
- DECEMBER 13, 2001AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika commuted the...
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika commuted the death sentence of 116 prisoners, Algerian radio reported
- DECEMBER 13, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Treason was the worst possible crime against Australia,...
Treason was the worst possible crime against Australia, but the Adelaide man caught fighting for the Taliban should not face the death penalty, RSL president Peter Phillips said
- DECEMBER 13, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
There wide support for David Hick's [an Australian...
There wide support for David Hick's [an Australian captured fighting with the Taliban] execution
- DECEMBER 13, 2001BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
European Parliament approved a resolution on EU judicial...
European Parliament approved a resolution on EU judicial cooperation with the United States in combating terrorism (Doc
- DECEMBER 13, 2001FinlandDEATH PENALTY
The Finnish parliament said it would refuse to extradite...
The Finnish parliament said it would refuse to extradite a person to a third country if threatened by the death penalty or "other inhumane treatment"
- DECEMBER 13, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
Presiding Judge Yoshimasa Kawabe of the Tokyo High...
Presiding Judge Yoshimasa Kawabe of the Tokyo High Court affirmed the Tokyo District Court's 1998 death sentence against Kazuaki Okazaki, 41, finding him guilty of killing in 1989 Yokohama lawyer Tsutsumi Sakamoto, 33, his wife Satoko, 29, and their 1-yea
- DECEMBER 13, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
As 35-year-old Safiya Hussaini's death sentence by...
As 35-year-old Safiya Hussaini's death sentence by stoning continues to generate controversies across the globe, it appears the adultery case promises to test the restoration of Islamic law in 12 northern states
- DECEMBER 13, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos [Dr Anthony Olubunmi...
The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos [Dr Anthony Olubunmi Okogie] offered to die for a mother of five sentenced to death by stoning by a Muslim sharia court in northwest Sokoto state which convicted her of sex outside marriage
- DECEMBER 13, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International welcomed the announcement that...
Amnesty International welcomed the announcement that Pakistani President Musharraf will commute the death sentences of around 100 young offenders
- DECEMBER 13, 2001ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
The Financial Gazette described the Public Order and...
The Financial Gazette described the Public Order and Security Bill (POSB) as a "nefarious piece of legislation
- DECEMBER 13, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Ankara State Security Court [DGM] condemned Ali...
The Ankara State Security Court [DGM] condemned Ali Gulmez, the so-called Black Sea regional secretary of a leftist organization, to death for attempting to disrupt the constitutional and basic order of the country through the activities and actions he ca
- DECEMBER 13, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
New powers to investigate and detain foreign terrorist...
New powers to investigate and detain foreign terrorist suspects were approved by Parliament
- DECEMBER 13, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
An angry crowd called for the reinstatement of the...
An angry crowd called for the reinstatement of the death penalty during the court appearance of an Eastern Cape child rapist Vusumzi Stena
- DECEMBER 13, 2001CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Superior Court Judge Ronald E
Superior Court Judge Ronald E
- DECEMBER 13, 2001DEATH PENALTY
An Assembly committee unanimously approved a sweeping...
An Assembly committee unanimously approved a sweeping anti-terrorism package that would increase criminal penalties for terrorist acts
- DECEMBER 13, 2001Governo Federale degli Stati UnitiDEATH PENALTY
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In Manhattan U
- DECEMBER 13, 2001Governo Federale degli Stati UnitiDEATH PENALTY
Paris lawyer Isabelle Coutant-Peyre, the lawyer and...
Paris lawyer Isabelle Coutant-Peyre, the lawyer and fiancee of the man known as Carlos the Jackal said today that she will represent Zacarias Moussaoui, the French citizen indicted for conspiracy in the Sept
- DECEMBER 13, 2001DEATH PENALTY
NUMBER OF EXECUTIONS FALLS FOR SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR
December 13, 2001: executions in the United Sates continue to decline. The pattern can be partly attributed to states re-examining the fairness of capital punishment.
- DECEMBER 12, 2001FranceDEATH PENALTY
Isabelle Coutant-Peyre, defence attorney for Moroccan-born...
Isabelle Coutant-Peyre, defence attorney for Moroccan-born French citizen Zacarias Moussaoui, the first suspect indicted in the United States for the September 11 terrorist attacks, will solicit the repatriation of the French national
- DECEMBER 12, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
Vincent Edward Cooks has been executed in the Huntsville...
Vincent Edward Cooks has been executed in the Huntsville death chamber for the Feb
- DECEMBER 12, 2001FranceDEATH PENALTY
Isabelle Coutant-Peyre, defence attorney for Moroccan-born...
Isabelle Coutant-Peyre, defence attorney for Moroccan-born French citizen Zacarias Moussaoui, the first suspect indicted in the United States for the September 11 terrorist attacks, will solicit the repatriation of the French national
- DECEMBER 12, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Terrorist David Hicks, 26-year-old Adelaide man, captured...
Terrorist David Hicks, 26-year-old Adelaide man, captured in Afghanistan by Northern Alliance troops, could be guilty of treason
- DECEMBER 12, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said the US would...
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said the US would not let any coalition members' objections to the death penalty get in the way of punishing al-Qaeda or Taliban members
- DECEMBER 12, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Spectral but alive, more than a thousand prisoners...
Spectral but alive, more than a thousand prisoners of the Taliban emerged from a Kandahar jail with tales of torture, starvation and executions inflicted by guards who have since been allowed to join the new administration
- DECEMBER 12, 2001CzechiaDEATH PENALTY
The Czech state attorney proposed to the Prague Municipal...
The Czech state attorney proposed to the Prague Municipal Court to decide against the extradition of Uzbek dissident Mohammed Solih to Uzbekistan