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- JUNE 28, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
A French court ruled that James Kopp, an American fugitive...
A French court ruled that James Kopp, an American fugitive wanted in New York for the murder of Barnett Slepian, an abortion doctor, there in 1998, can be extradited to the United States
- JUNE 27, 2001GermanyDEATH PENALTY
The World Court faulted the United States for violating...
The World Court faulted the United States for violating international rights of two German-born brothers executed in 1999 and ordered Washington to reconsider convictions in any similar cases
- JUNE 27, 2001JordanDEATH PENALTY
An alleged Bin-Laden group militant appeared before...
An alleged Bin-Laden group militant appeared before the State Security Court on charges of belonging to an extremist ring, months after he was sentenced to death in absentia in a high profile case
- JUNE 27, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution Project's Death Penalty Initiative,...
The Constitution Project's Death Penalty Initiative, a bipartisan committee of death penalty supporters and opponents, released a report calling for reforms in the death penalty system
- JUNE 27, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
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- JUNE 27, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
A senior official with the interior ministry complained...
A senior official with the interior ministry complained that only 233 drug traffickers were hanged in the entire country in the calendar year 1378 (March 1999-2000)
- JUNE 27, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Yemeni man, Jahwi Hussein Qasim Abubakr, escaped...
A Yemeni man, Jahwi Hussein Qasim Abubakr, escaped execution by the sword in Saudi Arabia when his victim's father stood up at the last minute and forgave him
- JUNE 27, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
A Tehran court sentenced six members of a notorious...
A Tehran court sentenced six members of a notorious gang of robbers to death, the Persian daily Jomhuri-ye Eslami reported
- JUNE 27, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Wang Guoqi, a Chinese burn specialist seeking political...
Wang Guoqi, a Chinese burn specialist seeking political asylum in the United States said that as a physician in China, he took part in removing corneas and harvesting skin from more than 100 executed prisoners, including one who had not yet died
- JUNE 27, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra confirmed the government's...
Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra confirmed the government's intention to deny drug traffickers on death row the right to request a royal pardon
- JUNE 27, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In a background briefing on the Wang Guoqi's case, the U
In a background briefing on the Wang Guoqi's case, the U
- JUNE 27, 2001GermanyDEATH PENALTY
The World Court faulted the United States for violating...
The World Court faulted the United States for violating international rights of two German-born brothers executed in 1999 and ordered Washington to reconsider convictions in any similar cases
- JUNE 27, 2001IndianaDEATH PENALTY
Jim Lowery, 54, was executed by lethal injection
Jim Lowery, 54, was executed by lethal injection
- JUNE 27, 2001SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Dragoljub Micunovic, the speaker of the federal parliament's...
Dragoljub Micunovic, the speaker of the federal parliament's chamber of citizens, announced that Yugoslavia could become a member of the Council of Europe by the end of the year
- JUNE 27, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Rehmat Shah Afridi, owner of The Frontier Post was...
Rehmat Shah Afridi, owner of The Frontier Post was sentenced to death on drug smuggling charges
- JUNE 27, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The work of the Russian presidential clemency commission...
The work of the Russian presidential clemency commission has been suspended, and its members have apprehensions that it might be completely dissolved, the commission's head, prominent Russian writer Anatoly Pristavkin, said
- JUNE 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shanghai Daily newspaper said that Zhu Qinggang,...
The Shanghai Daily newspaper said that Zhu Qinggang, a 30-year-old trafficker from Sichuan province, was executed "to help mark World Anti-Drug Day"
- JUNE 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On the International Day against Drug Abuse, the local...
On the International Day against Drug Abuse, the local court of the southern island province of Hainan condemned eight people to death for drug trafficking and trading
- JUNE 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Guangxi judicial organs publicly executed Chen Falong,...
Guangxi judicial organs publicly executed Chen Falong, Gan Yuan, Liu Aiguo, Huang Weiguang, Jin Xinbao (female), Zhang Mudong (female), Zhong Qiuqi, Zhang Guo, Chen Shichao, Li Kecai, Song Huaqiang, Lin Mingjian, Zhu Yi, Tan Jiming, Zhang Yueqiang, Wang Z
- JUNE 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Hong Kong residents Tan Hung-chien and Tan Hao-hui...
Hong Kong residents Tan Hung-chien and Tan Hao-hui were condemned to death by the Guangdong Supreme People's Court
- JUNE 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed at least 56 people for drug crimes and...
China executed at least 56 people for drug crimes and staged mass rallies nationwide to mark a UN anti-drug day
- JUNE 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Haikou Intermediate People's Court in Hainan Province...
The Haikou Intermediate People's Court in Hainan Province held a judgment pronouncement rally at the Haikou gymnasium
- JUNE 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Sichuan's Mianyang city convened a judgment rally to...
Sichuan's Mianyang city convened a judgment rally to showcase the initial results from the "Hurricane-C" centralized operation
- JUNE 26, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A convicted drug trafficker was executed by a firing...
A convicted drug trafficker was executed by a firing squad at the Bangkwang Maximum Security Prison, raising to six the number of drug convicts executed since Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's government took office in February
- JUNE 26, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
Miguel "Silky" Richardson, 46, was pronounced dead at 6:28 p
Miguel "Silky" Richardson, 46, was pronounced dead at 6:28 p
- JUNE 26, 2001VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme People's Court in Vinh City sentenced to...
The Supreme People's Court in Vinh City sentenced to death Le Van Luan, a former senior police officer of Nghe An, after finding him guilty of drug charges
- JUNE 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six people found guilty of abducting and selling women...
Six people found guilty of abducting and selling women were executed in Jining City, Inner Mongolia
- JUNE 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Haikou Intermediate People's Court in Hainan Province...
The Haikou Intermediate People's Court in Hainan Province found Cao Xiaojun, Yang Qingsong, and Sun Jinglian guilty of murder during a judgment pronouncement rally at the Haikou gymnasium
- JUNE 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Five felons received the death sentence in five cities...
Five felons received the death sentence in five cities of southwest China's Tibet for murder, robbery or bomb attacks
- JUNE 26, 2001KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
A court in northern Kazakhstan has sentenced a 29-year-old...
A court in northern Kazakhstan has sentenced a 29-year-old man, Oleg Murayenko, to death by firing squad after finding him guilty of murdering six young women in Petropavlovsk between March and November 2000