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- DECEMBER 21, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
John Walker, the American Taleban fighter, admitted...
John Walker, the American Taleban fighter, admitted that he joined Arab mercenaries financed by Osama bin Laden and attended a training camp run by the al-Qaeda leader
- DECEMBER 21, 2001MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
State narcotics chief Supt Othman Harun said having...
State narcotics chief Supt Othman Harun said having small amounts of drugs does not mean that pushers can escape the gallows
- DECEMBER 21, 2001ComorosDEATH PENALTY
Two mercenaries among the 13 who on December 19 raided...
Two mercenaries among the 13 who on December 19 raided Moheli island, were indicted in Moroni for "breach of national security"
- DECEMBER 21, 2001IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Four people were sentenced to death for the murder...
Four people were sentenced to death for the murder of Rajwinder Kaur's husband and in-laws
- DECEMBER 21, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A shari'ah court in Sokoto State, northern Nigeria,...
A shari'ah court in Sokoto State, northern Nigeria, ordered the amputation of the right hands and left legs of two convicted armed robbers
- DECEMBER 21, 2001AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Louis Griffin, 36, once sent to Alabama's death row...
Louis Griffin, 36, once sent to Alabama's death row has been found innocent at his retrial for a 1992 killing
- DECEMBER 21, 2001PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
Specialists in criminal and constitutional law say:...
Specialists in criminal and constitutional law say: chances slim for Abu-Jamal retrial
- DECEMBER 21, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
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- DECEMBER 21, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A salesman who channelled millions of yuan into phony...
A salesman who channelled millions of yuan into phony bank accounts was recently sentenced to death by the Intermediate People's Court of Changchun City in northeast China's Jilin Province
- DECEMBER 21, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A bank director was sentenced to death by a court in...
A bank director was sentenced to death by a court in south China for embezzling 21
- DECEMBER 21, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
The videotape of an interview with Walker that has...
The videotape of an interview with Walker that has been shown on CNN appears to have erased whatever sympathy some in government had expressed earlier for Walker as possibly a misguided naif
- DECEMBER 21, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
John Walker, the American Taleban fighter, admitted...
John Walker, the American Taleban fighter, admitted that he joined Arab mercenaries financed by Osama bin Laden and attended a training camp run by the al-Qaeda leader
- DECEMBER 20, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
A Jakarta court sentenced former President Suharto's...
A Jakarta court sentenced former President Suharto's grandson Ari Sigit to two months and 22 days in jail for illegal possession of firearms
- DECEMBER 20, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Following a death warrant signed by the Beijing Municipal...
Following a death warrant signed by the Beijing Municipal Higher People's Court president, the Beijing Municipal No 2 Intermediate People's Court escorted a number of condemned criminals to the execution ground for execution, including Cheng Zhanming, a k
- DECEMBER 20, 2001TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
December 20-21, 2001: a two-day international conference,...
December 20-21, 2001: a two-day international conference, entitled "The death penalty: pros and cons", opened in Dushanbe on December 20
- DECEMBER 20, 2001CubaDEATH PENALTY
With President Fidel Castro presiding, Cuban lawmakers...
With President Fidel Castro presiding, Cuban lawmakers unanimously approved an expanded antiterrorism law that reaffirmed the use of the death penalty for the most extreme acts of terror
- DECEMBER 20, 2001CubaDEATH PENALTY
The Venezuelan Supreme Court (TSJ) approved a request...
The Venezuelan Supreme Court (TSJ) approved a request for the extradition of alleged anti-Castro terrorist Luis Posada Carriles, who is jailed in Panama on charges of conspiring to kill the Cuban leader
- DECEMBER 20, 2001VenezuelaDEATH PENALTY
The Venezuelan Supreme Court (TSJ) approved a request...
The Venezuelan Supreme Court (TSJ) approved a request for the extradition of alleged anti-Castro terrorist Luis Posada Carriles, who is jailed in Panama on charges of conspiring to kill the Cuban leader
- DECEMBER 20, 2001PanamaDEATH PENALTY
The Venezuelan Supreme Court (TSJ) approved a request...
The Venezuelan Supreme Court (TSJ) approved a request for the extradition of alleged anti-Castro terrorist Luis Posada Carriles, who is jailed in Panama on charges of conspiring to kill the Cuban leader
- DECEMBER 20, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
The Florida Supreme Court overturned the capital conviction...
The Florida Supreme Court overturned the capital conviction of Joseph Ramirez, saying it was based on the "extraordinary claim" of a police technician who testified that he could identify the murder weapon as the defendant's knife to the exclusion of ever
- DECEMBER 20, 2001TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
According to a Voice and Vision [of Iran] correspondent...
According to a Voice and Vision [of Iran] correspondent from Dushanbe, participants of the two-day conference said the number of those executed in Tajikistan in 2000 was 65, and a total of 100 people were executed in 2001
- DECEMBER 20, 2001EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
With a stroke of his pen, King Mswati commuted the...
With a stroke of his pen, King Mswati commuted the death sentences of four convicted murderers on November 13, and reduced the number of inmates on death row from 13 to nine
- DECEMBER 20, 2001PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
Pennsylvania officials temporarily blocked a U
Pennsylvania officials temporarily blocked a U
- DECEMBER 19, 2001CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
The death sentence of William Charles Payton, who stabbed...
The death sentence of William Charles Payton, who stabbed Pamela Montgomery to death in 1980, will be reviewed
- DECEMBER 19, 2001Governo Federale degli Stati UnitiDEATH PENALTY
Zacarias Moussaoui was brought to the federal court...
Zacarias Moussaoui was brought to the federal court where he will face charges of taking part in the conspiracy to attack New York City and Washington
- DECEMBER 19, 2001PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
Leroy Stallworth, 26, was resentenced to life in prison...
Leroy Stallworth, 26, was resentenced to life in prison for killing on Jan
- DECEMBER 19, 2001PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
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- DECEMBER 19, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
The House approved legislation to implement 2 international...
The House approved legislation to implement 2 international anti- terrorism treaties over the objections of some Democrats who warned that the creation of new death penalties could cause problems with American allies
- DECEMBER 19, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Three Iranians, convicted of murder, were sent to the...
Three Iranians, convicted of murder, were sent to the gallows at the Tehran Qasr Prison, while the fourth was pardoned while the noose was on his neck
- DECEMBER 19, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
An appeal court upheld a lower court ruling that sentenced...
An appeal court upheld a lower court ruling that sentenced a former newspaper deliveryman to death for murdering a woman and her elderly mother in Tokyo after they refused to lend him money