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- JULY 10, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Sydney lawyer, Rod McGeoch, who led Sydney's successful...
Sydney lawyer, Rod McGeoch, who led Sydney's successful bid to host the 2000 Olympic Games opposed China winning the bid for the 2008 event
- JULY 10, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
A Federal jury in New York sentenced Tanzanian Khalfan...
A Federal jury in New York sentenced Tanzanian Khalfan Khamis Mohamed to life without parole for the August 1998 bombing of the U
- JULY 10, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The former president of a large state-owned enterprise...
The former president of a large state-owned enterprise based in Guangdong, Chen Shewei, has been executed and two of his accomplices, Wen Haijiao and Tan Baijiao, given hefty jail terms for their roles in embezzling millions of yuan in public funds
- JULY 10, 2001TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
A Federal jury in New York sentenced Tanzanian Khalfan...
A Federal jury in New York sentenced Tanzanian Khalfan Khamis Mohamed to life without parole for the August 1998 bombing of the U
- JULY 10, 2001BelarusDEATH PENALTY
President Alexander Lukashenko said in an interview...
President Alexander Lukashenko said in an interview with Interfax that Belarus had taken some steps towards limiting the death penalty
- JULY 10, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Former Philippines president Joseph Estrada made history...
Former Philippines president Joseph Estrada made history as the first Philippine ex-president to be officially accused of having used his position to illegally enrich himself
- JULY 10, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
The state Supreme Court issued new rules designed to...
The state Supreme Court issued new rules designed to streamline and speed up the appeals process for death row inmates
- JULY 10, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
In order to control the proliferation of squatters...
In order to control the proliferation of squatters in urban areas, Quezon City Rep
- JULY 10, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
A high-ranking official from the Kremlin administration...
A high-ranking official from the Kremlin administration told RIA news agency that no "sharp increase in crime statistics" had been registered in Russia during the five years that have followed the introduction of a moratorium on the death penalty in the c
- JULY 10, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
State Duma deputy speaker Vladimir Zhirinovskiy told...
State Duma deputy speaker Vladimir Zhirinovskiy told Interfax in an interview that Putin's statement about the unacceptability of executions in Russia was "an outright concession to the West"
- JULY 10, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
A federal jury in New York sentenced Khalfan Khamis...
A federal jury in New York sentenced Khalfan Khamis Mohamed to life without parole for the August 1998 bombing of the U
- JULY 10, 2001BelarusDEATH PENALTY
In 1998, 47 death sentences were passed by Belarusian...
In 1998, 47 death sentences were passed by Belarusian courts, and 40 people were executed
- JULY 10, 2001DEATH PENALTY
THEY WILL KILL MY FAVOURITE MODEL!
Rome, July 10, 2001: Jerome Mallet’s execution is scheduled for tomorrow, he was Oliviero Toscani’s favourite “model”. Hands Off Cain continues to fight for a stay of execution
- JULY 9, 2001FijiDEATH PENALTY
George Speight, the indigenous Fijian who held his...
George Speight, the indigenous Fijian who held his ethnic Indian prime minister hostage at gunpoint for 56 days in 2000, appeared in a Suva court charged with treason
- JULY 9, 2001ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
Shawn Ryan Grell, 26, who murdered his 2-year-old daughter...
Shawn Ryan Grell, 26, who murdered his 2-year-old daughter was sentenced to death
- JULY 9, 2001VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
The judge upheld the jury's recommendation for Jeffrey...
The judge upheld the jury's recommendation for Jeffrey Allen Thomas
- JULY 9, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Saudi man and his Yemeni accomplice...
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Saudi man and his Yemeni accomplice for killing a man with a meat cleaver in a row over money
- JULY 9, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Nagoya District Court sentenced one of three defendants...
The Nagoya District Court sentenced one of three defendants to death for killing four men over a period of eleven days in 1994 in the Gifu, Aichi and Osaka prefectures
- JULY 9, 2001MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Alarmed over the spate of rape and murder cases involving...
Alarmed over the spate of rape and murder cases involving girls, angry Malaysians called for severe action against the culprits - including imposing a mandatory death sentence for violent crimes against girls
- JULY 9, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Dmitry Kozak, deputy head of President Vladimir Putin's...
Dmitry Kozak, deputy head of President Vladimir Putin's administration, insisted that Russia has to uphold its moratorium on the death penalty
- JULY 9, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russia is fully observing its moratorium on the death...
Russia is fully observing its moratorium on the death penalty, the head of the country's Constitutional Court said
- JULY 9, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
President Vladimir Putin, invoking the God-given right...
President Vladimir Putin, invoking the God-given right to life, said that Russia had to uphold its five-year-old moratorium on the death penalty despite widespread calls to reinstate executions to fight crime
- JULY 8, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Federal Judge Michael Ponsor wrote about his experience...
Federal Judge Michael Ponsor wrote about his experience presiding over the case of Kristen Gilbert, a former nurse accused of murdering 4 patients at a veterans' hospital
- JULY 8, 2001ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Armenian President Robert Kocharyan told a visiting...
Armenian President Robert Kocharyan told a visiting Council of Europe official in Yerevan that Armenia would not carry out death sentences
- JULY 7, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Public support of the death penalty runs high in China
Public support of the death penalty runs high in China
- JULY 6, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed more people from April to June 2001...
China executed more people from April to June 2001 than the rest of the world did in the past three years - 1,781 people put to death in a government campaign against crime, Amnesty International said
- JULY 6, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkish officials unveiled a new penal code that abolishes...
Turkish officials unveiled a new penal code that abolishes the death penalty and eliminates laws under which intellectuals and politicians were jailed for expressing opinions contrary to official government policy
- JULY 6, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The official Saudi Press Agency reported that Khaled...
The official Saudi Press Agency reported that Khaled bin Nasser al-Khaledi was beheaded for abducting and raping a boy after getting drunk
- JULY 6, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
President Abdurrahman Wahid disclosed his plan to deport...
President Abdurrahman Wahid disclosed his plan to deport nine foreigners who had been sentenced to death for drug trafficking in Indonesia as a part of the country's international role in combating the drugs
- JULY 6, 2001DelawareDEATH PENALTY
A Superior Court judge, Fred S
A Superior Court judge, Fred S