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- JUNE 26, 2001CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
A federal appeals panel reversed the sentence of David...
A federal appeals panel reversed the sentence of David Murtishaw, who killed Martha Soto, James Henderson and Ingrid Etayo
- JUNE 26, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Allah Mohammad was publicly executed in front of thousands...
Allah Mohammad was publicly executed in front of thousands of onlookers after he had been found guilty of murder
- JUNE 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme People's Court confirmed the death sentences...
The Supreme People's Court confirmed the death sentences handed down to He Aizhen and Chen Chun, peasants from Xinhua County in the Hunan Province
- JUNE 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Criminals Mayidaile, Mayahaiya, and Mayiliangsi were...
Criminals Mayidaile, Mayahaiya, and Mayiliangsi were caught when they were trafficking 200, 268, and 738 grams of heroin, respectively, in Urumqi City at different times since the beginning of 2000
- JUNE 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Two drug-traffickers were executed following a court...
Two drug-traffickers were executed following a court judgment announced at a rally held in the capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province
- JUNE 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China marked the United Nations Anti-Drug Day with...
China marked the United Nations Anti-Drug Day with the execution of at least 50 people for drug crimes and the staging of mass rallies nationwide
- JUNE 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The higher and intermediate people's courts in Urumqi...
The higher and intermediate people's courts in Urumqi City held an open sentencing rally and condemned to death a number of heinous criminals
- JUNE 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Urumqi court condemned to death Gan Zexue and Xu...
The Urumqi court condemned to death Gan Zexue and Xu Shuangquan, together with their accomplices for carrying out a violent robbery armed with knives with the intention of taking other people's property illegally
- JUNE 26, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
A Russian delegate to the Parliamentary Assembly of...
A Russian delegate to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe protested against PACE proposals to abolish the death penalty
- JUNE 26, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russian regional authorities called for the death penalty...
Russian regional authorities called for the death penalty for drug dealers
- JUNE 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Guangzhou Municipal Intermediate People's Court pronounced...
Guangzhou Municipal Intermediate People's Court pronounced judgment on numerous cases and sentenced to death several drug traffickers
- JUNE 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A public-sentencing rally was held in Hangzhou to pronounce...
A public-sentencing rally was held in Hangzhou to pronounce judgment on 11 alleged drug criminals involved in eight cases - including one death sentence, which was carried out afterwards on Wang Chao
- JUNE 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Tibet Regional Higher People's Court held a news...
The Tibet Regional Higher People's Court held a news conference on public sentencing rallies held in Lhasa City and the prefectures of Xigaze [Shigatse], Shannan, Qamdo, and Nagqu earlier that day
- JUNE 26, 2001Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Guangzhou Municipal Intermediate People's Court pronounced...
Guangzhou Municipal Intermediate People's Court pronounced judgment on numerous cases and sentenced to death several drug traffickers
- JUNE 25, 2001RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Rwanda has appointed a legal reform commission to examine...
Rwanda has appointed a legal reform commission to examine all existing laws in the country as part of an ongoing preparation for a change of government through elections in 2003
- JUNE 25, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Ningbo judicial organs (Zhejiang Province) held a rally...
Ningbo judicial organs (Zhejiang Province) held a rally to try 27 drug suspects
- JUNE 25, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The city of Wuhan convicted a group of drug offenders,...
The city of Wuhan convicted a group of drug offenders, sentencing 13 of them to death
- JUNE 25, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
During a large-scale meeting held as part of the strike-hard...
During a large-scale meeting held as part of the strike-hard campaign, five Taiwanese citizens who had gone to mainland China to manufacture, smuggle and deal drugs, were sentenced to death and executed by firing squad at an execution field in Xiamen
- JUNE 25, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, following His Majesty...
Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, following His Majesty the King's comment in favour of harsh punishment for drug traffickers, said that there will be no more royal pardons in drug cases
- JUNE 25, 2001Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
China executed Li Shaoju, a citizen of Myanmar, for...
China executed Li Shaoju, a citizen of Myanmar, for smuggling more than 136 kilograms of heroin, opium, and morphine from Myanmar to China
- JUNE 25, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed Li Shaoju, a citizen of Myanmar, for...
China executed Li Shaoju, a citizen of Myanmar, for smuggling more than 136 kilograms of heroin, opium, and morphine from Myanmar to China
- JUNE 25, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe endorsed an in-house report calling...
The Council of Europe endorsed an in-house report calling for the abolition of the death penalty in Japan and the United States, putting at risk their observer status in the 43-member organization dedicated to the promotion of democracy and human rights
- JUNE 25, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Europe's leading human rights institution threatened...
Europe's leading human rights institution threatened to revoke observer status from the United States and Japan unless they stop all executions "without delay" and move to repeal the death penalty
- JUNE 25, 2001TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
During a large-scale meeting held as part of the strike-hard...
During a large-scale meeting held as part of the strike-hard campaign in China, five Taiwanese citizens who had gone to mainland China to manufacture, smuggle and deal drugs, were sentenced to death and executed by firing squad at an execution field in Xi
- JUNE 25, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
At the end of an open trial, the Qujing Intermediate...
At the end of an open trial, the Qujing Intermediate Court held that Luo Wenyun, Li Caijin, Tao Fusheng, Li Lianglou, Wang Deshou and 11 other criminals jointly and separately committed crimes in 12 cases of raping and robbing in places under the jurisdic
- JUNE 25, 2001KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
The Justice Ministry proposed toughening the punishment...
The Justice Ministry proposed toughening the punishment for drug trafficking, the Chairman of the Ministry's Committee on Drugs Serikkali Mukanov said
- JUNE 25, 2001SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Yugoslavia has abolished the death penalty, the Belgrade-based...
Yugoslavia has abolished the death penalty, the Belgrade-based Radio B92 text web site reported
- JUNE 25, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme People's Court in Beijing upheld the death...
The Supreme People's Court in Beijing upheld the death sentence given to Li Shaoju, a Myanmar [Burma] citizen for drug trafficking
- JUNE 25, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Alla Dudaeva, the widow of the first Chechen president...
Alla Dudaeva, the widow of the first Chechen president Dzhokhar Dudaev, called on the Nobel Prize Committee to strip Alexander Solzhenitsyn of the title of Nobel laureate because of his speeches in favour of restoring capital punishment for "terrorists"
- JUNE 25, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Parliament's Administration and Justice Committee approved...
Parliament's Administration and Justice Committee approved a draft law aimed at scrapping the death penalty for deliberate homicide