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- JUNE 12, 2001NebraskaDEATH PENALTY
Jeremy Sheets, has been released from Nebraska's death row
Jeremy Sheets, has been released from Nebraska's death row
- JUNE 11, 2001Governo Federale degli Stati UnitiDEATH PENALTY
Oklahoma city bomber Timothy McVeigh was put to death...
Oklahoma city bomber Timothy McVeigh was put to death by lethal injection at the Terre Haute federal penitentiary in Indiana at 7a
- JUNE 11, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Human Rights Association Istanbul Branch demonstrated...
The Human Rights Association Istanbul Branch demonstrated in protest of the execution of Oklahoma bomber Timothy McVeigh
- JUNE 11, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China's highest court and prosecutor's office have...
China's highest court and prosecutor's office have issued a legal interpretation permitting use of the death penalty and harsh anti-subversion laws to punish followers of the banned Falun Gong, in a decision that may signal a new round of trials of group
- JUNE 11, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain militants protested against McVeigh's...
Hands Off Cain militants protested against McVeigh's and Garza's execution in front of the American embassy in Rome
- JUNE 11, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Timothy McVeigh pronounced dead at 14:14 CET
June 11, 2001: Hands Off Cain protested at the American embassy in Rome against the first federal execution in the United States in 38 years.
- JUNE 11, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
President Bush said: "the death penalty should never...
President Bush said: "the death penalty should never be applied to any individual who is metally retarded"
- JUNE 10, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In a nationwide order to local law-enforcement agencies...
In a nationwide order to local law-enforcement agencies the Supreme People's Court and Supreme People's Procuratorate broadly reinterpret murder and subversion statutes for use in prosecution of Falun Gong adherents
- JUNE 10, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Foshan Intermediate People's Court, sentenced to...
The Foshan Intermediate People's Court, sentenced to death five out of the 15 members of a gang convicted of running drug laboratories and selling more than 100,000 tablets of Ecstasy in Guangdong
- JUNE 8, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Swedish Presidency of the EU, represented by Council...
The Swedish Presidency of the EU, represented by Council President Anna Lindh, outlined, during the meeting with the head of Chinese diplomacy Tang Jiaxuan in Beijing , the Union's grievances - torture, death penalty, police brutality, barriers to freedom
- JUNE 8, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
A 37-year-old man stabbed eight children to death with...
A 37-year-old man stabbed eight children to death with a kitchen knife and injured 15 other people, including two teachers, at an elementary school in Ikeda in the Osaka Prefecture
- JUNE 8, 2001SpainDEATH PENALTY
A Spaniard who had been on Florida's death row since...
A Spaniard who had been on Florida's death row since 1997 after being convicted of a double murder was been acquitted in a new trial
- JUNE 8, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The Saudi Interior Ministry said that the Islamic Shari'ah...
The Saudi Interior Ministry said that the Islamic Shari'ah Court had found Salim Bin-Da'san al-Utawi, a Saudi national, guilty of murdering his compatriot Ahmad Bin-Mansur Bin-Dagriri and sentenced him to death
- JUNE 8, 2001IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A Gaya court convicted nine of the 13 accused in the...
A Gaya court convicted nine of the 13 accused in the Bara massacre case giving the death sentence to four, life imprisonment to as many and 10-year's rigorous imprisonment to one
- JUNE 8, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain to demonstrate against McVeigh execution
Hands off Cain will protest Timothy McVeigh’s execution on Monday, June 11 in front of the American Embassy in Rome. McVeigh’s will be the first US federal execution since 1963.
- JUNE 7, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Twenty criminals were shot in Xian, Shaanxi province,...
Twenty criminals were shot in Xian, Shaanxi province, as part of the Strike Hard campaign, which has seen more than 1,000 executed in two months
- JUNE 7, 2001ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
"Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation" host...
"Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation" host its first national gathering June 7-10 at Boston College
- JUNE 7, 2001TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Lee Yihsiung a Taiwan drug trafficker was executed...
Lee Yihsiung a Taiwan drug trafficker was executed at the Taipei Prison, five years after he was arrested and escorted back to Taiwan from Thailand
- JUNE 7, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
The overwhelming majority of the Iranian people will...
The overwhelming majority of the Iranian people will boycott the mullahs' election farce, Massoud Rajavi, President of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, said in a statement
- JUNE 7, 2001IrelandDEATH PENALTY
June 7; 2001: the proposal to remove the death penalty...
June 7; 2001: the proposal to remove the death penalty from the Constitution obtained only 62
- JUNE 7, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
A group of religious leaders met with the leaders of...
A group of religious leaders met with the leaders of political parties to seek their support for a campaign to abolish the death penalty
- JUNE 7, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Talal Ali al-Asem executed in Sana'a for the murder...
Talal Ali al-Asem executed in Sana'a for the murder of Nasser Ahmed Hussein
- JUNE 7, 2001DEATH PENALTY
McVeigh refused stay of execution
June 7, 2001: Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh will be executed on June 11, unless the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals overturns U.S. District Judge Richard Matsch’s decision
- JUNE 7, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
The Justice Department has released a study five days...
The Justice Department has released a study five days before the first federal execution in 37 years claiming that there is no racial bias in federal capital prosecutions
- JUNE 6, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
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- JUNE 6, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Wuhan Municipal Intermediate People's Court, Hubei...
Wuhan Municipal Intermediate People's Court, Hubei Province, sentenced to death Hu Shan, director of the post office customs unit, and sentenced to death with a reprieve Xu Guoyan , chief of the financial section of Wuhan customs
- JUNE 6, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Iran's revolution court sentenced...
It was reported that Iran's revolution court sentenced to death Gholam Reza Ameli, the gang leader of an ultra-orthodox group engaged in a spate of terrorist attacks
- JUNE 6, 2001ConnecticutDEATH PENALTY
Governor John Rowland signed a bill to prohibit the...
Governor John Rowland signed a bill to prohibit the execution of those with mental retardation
- JUNE 6, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The Swaziland Court of Appeal ordered a retrial in...
The Swaziland Court of Appeal ordered a retrial in the case of Bongani Mkhwanazi, a South African sentenced to death for murder
- JUNE 6, 2001EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
The Swaziland Court of Appeal ordered a retrial in...
The Swaziland Court of Appeal ordered a retrial in the case of Bongani Mkhwanazi, a South African sentenced to death for murder