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- JULY 20, 2001MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Oklahoma Gov
Oklahoma Gov
- JULY 20, 2001OmanDEATH PENALTY
Police said that three Pakistanis convicted of drug...
Police said that three Pakistanis convicted of drug trafficking have been executed by firing squad at the main prison in al-Manouwama a suburb in the capital Muscat
- JULY 20, 2001DEATH PENALTY
MASS HANGINGS IN IRAN
July 20, 2001: Iranian and foreign media have reported a mass hanging in a Tehran prison on Wednesday, but gave conflicting reports on the number of people put to death.
- JULY 20, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Ira Einhorn, the ex-hippie guru at the centre of a...
Ira Einhorn, the ex-hippie guru at the centre of a controversial extradition case between France and the United States was extradited to the US to face trial for the murder of his former girlfriend
- JULY 19, 2001WashingtonDEATH PENALTY
Henry Lewis Marshall will get a new trial, the Washington...
Henry Lewis Marshall will get a new trial, the Washington Supreme Court ruled
- JULY 19, 2001IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Illinois Governor George H
Illinois Governor George H
- JULY 19, 2001PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
An inmate sentenced to death for killing a police officer...
An inmate sentenced to death for killing a police officer waited too long before disclosing another man's confession in the 1981 shooting, a judge ruled in refusing to order testimony from the man
- JULY 18, 2001JordanDEATH PENALTY
An unidentified man was hanged in Jordan for murder
An unidentified man was hanged in Jordan for murder
- JULY 18, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
A convicted murderer was hanged in the southern city...
A convicted murderer was hanged in the southern city of Shiraz, bringing to nine the number of executions made public in Iran on the same day, the conservative Jaam-e Jam paper reported
- JULY 18, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Eight Iranians sentenced to death for murder were hanged...
Eight Iranians sentenced to death for murder were hanged at dawn in Tehran's Ghasr prison, jail authorities said
- JULY 18, 2001NamibiaDEATH PENALTY
The Namibian army confirmed that its soldiers shot...
The Namibian army confirmed that its soldiers shot dead a member of the Kxoe community in the last week
- JULY 18, 2001ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International (AI)demanded that the Zambian...
Amnesty International (AI)demanded that the Zambian government commute the death sentences given to the 59 soldiers convicted for the 1997 coup attempt
- JULY 18, 2001JordanDEATH PENALTY
A 39-year-old soldier, identified only as A
A 39-year-old soldier, identified only as A
- JULY 18, 2001BelarusDEATH PENALTY
The administration of the Northern Cemetery outside...
The administration of the Northern Cemetery outside Minsk denied reports that the cemetery has a special area where the bodies of executed people are buried
- JULY 18, 2001OhioDEATH PENALTY
Reginald Wilkinson, director of the Ohio Department...
Reginald Wilkinson, director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation, said that the state should execute condemned inmates by lethal injection only and retire the electric chair because malfunctions could prove too stressful for prison staffers
- JULY 18, 2001ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
A majority of the justices on the Arizona Supreme Court...
A majority of the justices on the Arizona Supreme Court say judges should be allowed to consider any "residual doubt" on their part when imposing sentencing
- JULY 18, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Saeed Salem Mubarak, a Yemeni, executed in public in...
Saeed Salem Mubarak, a Yemeni, executed in public in Hadramawt
- JULY 18, 2001AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Circuit Judge P
Circuit Judge P
- JULY 17, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The European Union praised Russia's President Vladimir...
The European Union praised Russia's President Vladimir Putin for upholding a moratorium on the death penalty
- JULY 17, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded two Saudi men for abducting and...
Saudi Arabia beheaded two Saudi men for abducting and raping a boy after getting drunk
- JULY 17, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
In a unanimous ruling, the Oklahoma Court of Criminal...
In a unanimous ruling, the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals struck down the conviction and death sentence handed down against Richard Eugene Glossip in a jury trial before Oklahoma County District Judge Richard W
- JULY 17, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Jerald Wayne Harjo, 40, was put to death by injection
Jerald Wayne Harjo, 40, was put to death by injection
- JULY 17, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The head of the country's Pardons Commission was quoted...
The head of the country's Pardons Commission was quoted as saying that the moratorium on the death penalty in Russia, imposed despite strong public opposition, has not triggered a rise in crime
- JULY 17, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigeria's police chiefs vowed to stamp out the practice...
Nigeria's police chiefs vowed to stamp out the practice by vigilante groups of executing suspected robbers, BBC reported
- JULY 17, 2001DEATH PENALTY
CAMBODIAN SENATE TO DEBATE KHMER ROUGE TRIAL LAW
July 17, 2001: a senior Cambodian official said Cambodian senators are set to debate - and approve - long-awaited legislation early next week to try former leaders of the Khmer Rouge genocide.
- JULY 16, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Viktor Pokhmelkin, a member of the Union of Rightist...
Viktor Pokhmelkin, a member of the Union of Rightist Forces (SPS), welcomed Vladimir Putin's statement that the death penalty will agian come into force in Russia
- JULY 16, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
A Loya Jirga [assembly of elders] of North Waziristan...
A Loya Jirga [assembly of elders] of North Waziristan tribesman at Ladha Tehsil ordered the execution of an Afghan accused of murder
- JULY 16, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Loya Jirga [assembly of elders] of North Waziristan...
A Loya Jirga [assembly of elders] of North Waziristan tribesman at Ladha Tehsil ordered the execution of an Afghan accused of murder
- JULY 15, 2001TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Iranian radio reported that two men charged with attempting...
Iranian radio reported that two men charged with attempting to kill the mayor of the Tajik capital Dushanbe in February 2000 were sentenced to death
- JULY 15, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Taleban radio reported that two murderers had been...
Taleban radio reported that two murderers had been publicly executed at the Abu Nasar sports field in Farah Province