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- OCTOBER 6, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
Honduran Ambassador to the United States Hugo Noe Pino...
Honduran Ambassador to the United States Hugo Noe Pino is travelling to Tegucigalpa to ask for information regarding the case of a Honduran citizen on death row in Texas
- OCTOBER 5, 2001TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Taiwan is considering reinstating the death penalty...
Taiwan is considering reinstating the death penalty for currency counterfeiters in the face of rampant circulation of fake bills
- OCTOBER 5, 2001FranceDEATH PENALTY
A Paris-based human rights group said that most of...
A Paris-based human rights group said that most of those on death row in the United States had not received a fair trial and called on US Supreme Court judges to declare the death penalty unconstitutional
- OCTOBER 5, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Afghanistan's Taliban authorities said they were willing...
Afghanistan's Taliban authorities said they were willing to put Islamic militant Osama bin Laden on trial before an Islamic court if the United States provides solid proof of his involvement in the September 11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington
- OCTOBER 5, 2001GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that the use of...
The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that the use of the electric chair to execute condemned inmates was unconstitutional and ordered the state to use lethal injection in all future executions
- OCTOBER 5, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistan court asked the military government to explain...
A Pakistan court asked the military government to explain why a Palestinian jailed for the 1986 hijacking of a US plane in which 22 people were killed was extradited to the United States to face further trial after serving his sentence
- OCTOBER 5, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
A Paris-based human rights group said that most of...
A Paris-based human rights group said that most of those on death row in the United States had not received a fair trial and called on US Supreme Court judges to declare the death penalty unconstitutional
- OCTOBER 5, 2001ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Adam Tembo, 29 and Joseph Musonda, 25, two policemen,...
Adam Tembo, 29 and Joseph Musonda, 25, two policemen, both of Kamfinsa mobile unit were sentenced to death by Justice Rueben Mwape of the Kitwe High Court for armed robbery
- OCTOBER 5, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistan court asked the military government to explain...
A Pakistan court asked the military government to explain why a Palestinian jailed for the 1986 hijacking of a US plane in which 22 people were killed was extradited to the United States to face further trial after serving his sentence
- OCTOBER 5, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Ugandan government tabled in Parliament the Suppression...
The Ugandan government tabled in Parliament the Suppression of Terrorism Bill 2001 that seeks to impose a mandatory death sentence for terrorists and any person who aids, finances or supports terrorism
- OCTOBER 5, 2001ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Zimbabwe hanged three convicted murderers in the country's...
Zimbabwe hanged three convicted murderers in the country's first executions since 1998 after their appeals were overturned, the state-run Herald newspaper reported
- OCTOBER 5, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russia is ready to cooperate in the search for and...
Russia is ready to cooperate in the search for and punishment of international terrorists, Dmitry Kozak, deputy head of the presidential administration said in Washington, where he was holding meetings with the US Congress and Supreme Court
- OCTOBER 5, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The National Police Agency announced that it has decided...
The National Police Agency announced that it has decided to start an intensive campaign against organized crime
- OCTOBER 5, 2001MississippiDEATH PENALTY
The case against Mississippi death row inmate Kennedy...
The case against Mississippi death row inmate Kennedy Brewer is being re-investigated after DNA tests performed earlier this year showed that semen removed from the victim's body did not match Brewer's
- OCTOBER 4, 2001BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament congratulated the Union for...
The European Parliament congratulated the Union for having successfully directed the Durban Conference on Racism [August -September 2001] onto the road of compromise
- OCTOBER 4, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A female British journalist arrested by the Taliban...
A female British journalist arrested by the Taliban for illegally entering Afghanistan will face trial for "violating the laws" the country, the Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) reported
- OCTOBER 4, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
The judge presiding over the trial of two Australian...
The judge presiding over the trial of two Australian aid workers in Kabul has been named as an associate of Osama bin Laden and placed on a Reserve Bank of Australia financial blacklist
- OCTOBER 4, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
A female British journalist arrested by the Taliban...
A female British journalist arrested by the Taliban for illegally entering Afghanistan will face trial for "violating the laws" the country, the Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) reported
- OCTOBER 4, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The judge presiding over the trial of two Australian...
The judge presiding over the trial of two Australian aid workers in Kabul has been named as an associate of Osama bin Laden and placed on a Reserve Bank of Australia financial blacklist
- OCTOBER 4, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Many analysts are sceptical that the amended constitution...
Many analysts are sceptical that the amended constitution would lead to dramatic changes
- OCTOBER 4, 2001MexicoDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court ruled all extraditions of Mexican...
The Supreme Court ruled all extraditions of Mexican citizens will require a guarantee the prisoner will not be sentenced to the death penalty or life in prison
- OCTOBER 4, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The 24th conference of European Justice Ministers opened...
The 24th conference of European Justice Ministers opened in Moscow
- OCTOBER 4, 2001TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
The high court in Tanzania 's northern town of Moshi...
The high court in Tanzania 's northern town of Moshi ordered the government to award 300 million Tanzanian shillings ( 337,078 U
- OCTOBER 4, 2001PortugalDEATH PENALTY
Portugal's parliament approved constitutional changes,...
Portugal's parliament approved constitutional changes, including making extradition easier, to improve cooperation in the fight against terrorism
- OCTOBER 4, 2001RwandaDEATH PENALTY
In a unique experiment in grassroots justice, millions...
In a unique experiment in grassroots justice, millions of Rwandans went to the polls to elect the 260,000 men and women who will preside over the community courts that judge thousands of suspected perpetrators of the genocide of 1994
- OCTOBER 4, 2001BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament adopted a resolution in which...
The European Parliament adopted a resolution in which it calls on the Vietnamese authorities to abolish the death sentence (and, in the meantime, guarantee the implementation of a moratorium) and to ratify the second optional protocol to the International
- OCTOBER 4, 2001VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament adopted a resolution in which...
The European Parliament adopted a resolution in which it calls on the Vietnamese authorities to abolish the death sentence (and, in the meantime, guarantee the implementation of a moratorium) and to ratify the second optional protocol to the International
- OCTOBER 4, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's former prosecutor-general Ayatollah Morteza...
Iran's former prosecutor-general Ayatollah Morteza Moqtada'i defended the execution of Islamic punishments in public, saying they help deter the rise of crime in society
- OCTOBER 4, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The ruling Millennium Democratic Party urged the government...
The ruling Millennium Democratic Party urged the government to take sterner measures against organized crime, Party Spokesman Chon Yong-hak said
- OCTOBER 4, 2001MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Ah Kow was hanged for drug related crimes
Ah Kow was hanged for drug related crimes