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- JUNE 16, 2001AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
William Bowen Jr
William Bowen Jr
- JUNE 16, 2001RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Rwanda's justice minister said that a Rwandan court...
Rwanda's justice minister said that a Rwandan court sentenced nine ethnic Hutus to death at a mass trial for more than 100 suspects accused of involvement in the country's 1994 genocide
- JUNE 16, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
State television reported that twelve drug traffickers...
State television reported that twelve drug traffickers were sentenced to death
- JUNE 16, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain presents the 2001 Report on the death penalty
June 16, 2001: the most shocking facts on capital executions, the fight for abolition, the UN debate on a resolution for a global moratorium: the 2001 Report gives a comprehensive overview on the practice of the death penalty all over the world.
- JUNE 15, 2001KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Senior Resident Magistrate Kiare Waweru sentenced Evans...
Senior Resident Magistrate Kiare Waweru sentenced Evans Mochache for robbing a child of over 6,000 shillings with the use of a knife
- JUNE 15, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded on four men who were among seven...
Saudi Arabia beheaded on four men who were among seven Saudis convicted of drug trading and killing a policeman, the official Saudi Press Agency reported
- JUNE 15, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The All-Party Parliamentary Accord Commission had reached...
The All-Party Parliamentary Accord Commission had reached a consensus on 37 of 51 proposed constitutional amendments
- JUNE 15, 2001KenyaDEATH PENALTY
According to a report released by the standing committee...
According to a report released by the standing committee on human rights the six inmates found dead at Kig'ong'o Prison in September 2000 were murdered by prison guards
- JUNE 15, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Saudi man was beheaded for shooting dead his father,...
A Saudi man was beheaded for shooting dead his father, the official Saudi Press Agency reported
- JUNE 14, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Intermediate People's Courts of Sichuan's Meishan...
The Intermediate People's Courts of Sichuan's Meishan and Nanchong cities, sentenced to death Fang Ji and Lo Xiaolin, the ringleaders of two criminal organizations headed by which operated like criminal syndicates
- JUNE 14, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
Governor Rick Perry signed the Texas Fair Defense Act...
Governor Rick Perry signed the Texas Fair Defense Act approved by the House on May 16 and by Senate in April
- JUNE 14, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The official Saudi Press Agency reported a Saudi man...
The official Saudi Press Agency reported a Saudi man was beheaded for stabbing dead a compatriot during a fight after the two left school
- JUNE 14, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
The European Union commissioner for external affairs...
The European Union commissioner for external affairs Chris Patten called on the Palestinian Authority to stop using fast-track security courts to impose death sentences
- JUNE 14, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Nagoya High Court sentenced two men to death for...
The Nagoya High Court sentenced two men to death for double murder and robbery in 1994 and 1995
- JUNE 14, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Azizullah Shenwari, 14, was sentenced to death on drug...
Azizullah Shenwari, 14, was sentenced to death on drug charges
- JUNE 14, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Afghanistan's ruling Taliban militia executed eight...
Afghanistan's ruling Taliban militia executed eight men on the Afghan-Tajik border in full view of Russian border guards, a Russian military source in the Tajik capital Dushanbe said
- JUNE 14, 2001OhioDEATH PENALTY
Jay D
Jay D
- JUNE 13, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A delegation of the European Parliament PES Group visited...
A delegation of the European Parliament PES Group visited China at the end of May, on the invitation of the Communist Party and the Chinese Government
- JUNE 13, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
John Wheat was executed by lethal injection
John Wheat was executed by lethal injection
- JUNE 13, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The leader of a grave-robbing gang that blasted its...
The leader of a grave-robbing gang that blasted its way into a 2,000-year-old tomb was sentenced to death by a Henan court
- JUNE 13, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Eight members of the largest-ever organised crime ring...
Eight members of the largest-ever organised crime ring in Gansu province were put to death
- JUNE 13, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Gansu Provincial Higher People's Court maintained the...
Gansu Provincial Higher People's Court maintained the original jurisdiction and ordered the execution of "principal gangsters", Li Jie, Li Hui and six other gangsters including Cui Zhibiao and Ding Li
- JUNE 13, 2001BurundiDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that criminal courts across Burundi,...
It was reported that criminal courts across Burundi, notably in the towns of Bujumbura, Gitega and Ngozi sentenced a total of 20 people to death in the month of May alone, for manslaughter
- JUNE 13, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Prime Minister John Howard said that Australia was...
Prime Minister John Howard said that Australia was unlikely ever to reintroduce the death penalty
- JUNE 12, 2001FranceDEATH PENALTY
MP Bernard Birsinger presented a bill for the institution...
MP Bernard Birsinger presented a bill for the institution of the international day against the death penalty
- JUNE 12, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Chinese industrial trainee was sentenced to death...
A Chinese industrial trainee was sentenced to death by an appellate court in Seoul for two counts of murder and eight counts of robbery
- JUNE 12, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
A Chinese industrial trainee was sentenced to death...
A Chinese industrial trainee was sentenced to death by an appellate court in Seoul for two counts of murder and eight counts of robbery
- JUNE 12, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Gov. Jeb Bush approved a law that bans executions of...
Gov. Jeb Bush approved a law that bans executions of mentally retarded prisoners. On May 4, the House passed the bill 110-1
- JUNE 12, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Fuzhou (Fujian Province) Municipal Intermediate People's...
Fuzhou (Fujian Province) Municipal Intermediate People's Court sentenced Zheng Ping, the female director of the Fuqing Customs Office, to death for accepting bribes of 898,000 yuan, 4,000 Hong Kong dollars and 89,000 yuan worth of valuables
- JUNE 12, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China, which executes more people each year than any...
China, which executes more people each year than any another country, was restrained in its reaction to America's execution of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh on June 11