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- MAY 31, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six people convicted of abducting and selling four...
Six people convicted of abducting and selling four women and 99 children were executed in China's southwestern province of Yunnan
- MAY 31, 2001MarylandDEATH PENALTY
Gov. Parris Glendening granted a posthumous pardon...
Gov. Parris Glendening granted a posthumous pardon to a black man hanged in 1919, saying the execution "may well have been a miscarriage of justice." "While it is impossible at this late date to establish with certainty his guilt or innocence, there is su
- MAY 31, 2001IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Delays in Timothy McVeigh's execution should stop,...
Delays in Timothy McVeigh's execution should stop, a majority of Chicago area residents said in a survey taken Thursday
- MAY 31, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Commander of the North Caucasus Military District...
The Commander of the North Caucasus Military District Gennadiy Troshev spoke in favour of bringing back capital punishment in Russia
- MAY 31, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Some 300 school children participated in a children's...
Some 300 school children participated in a children's art exhibition sponsored by the Movement for People's Rights as part of its nationwide campaign against capital punishment
- MAY 31, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Ankara Bar Chairman Sadik Erdogan complained that...
The Ankara Bar Chairman Sadik Erdogan complained that the Interparties Concession Subcommission did not bring a change regarding the abolishment of the death penalty
- MAY 30, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Jonathan Brett Horrocks, 40, who was sentenced to life...
Jonathan Brett Horrocks, 40, who was sentenced to life with a minimum of 23 years in 2000 for shooting dead his former boss at a La Trobe University bar wrote a letter to Victorian Attorney-General Rob Hulls asking to be executed
- MAY 30, 2001Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International accused the security forces in...
Amnesty International accused the security forces in the Ivory Coast of committing some of the worst human rights abuses seen in the West African state for three decades
- MAY 30, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Urumqi Intermediate People's Court held a public...
The Urumqi Intermediate People's Court held a public rally to sentence to death or life imprisonment 24 criminals convicted either of splitting the country, murder, or robbery at trial of first instance
- MAY 30, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
A Mount Lebanon criminal court sentenced two Indian...
A Mount Lebanon criminal court sentenced two Indian men to death for the murder of one of their compatriots
- MAY 30, 2001DEATH PENALTY
McVeigh lawyers will apply for a stay of execution
Attorneys for Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh said they plan as early as Thursday to file a court motion to seek a postponement of the rescheduled June 11 execution.
- MAY 29, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Mehrdad Yusefi, an 18-year-old man, was hanged in the...
Mehrdad Yusefi, an 18-year-old man, was hanged in the western city of Ilam after the Supreme Court upheld a death sentence issued by a lower court for killing a friend two years later
- MAY 29, 2001KenyaDEATH PENALTY
The European Union said it wanted to see concrete action...
The European Union said it wanted to see concrete action on political and economic reforms as key steps in enhancing relations with the Kenyan government
- MAY 29, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
For the latest exhibit of the fallibility of the judicial...
For the latest exhibit of the fallibility of the judicial system, we turn to Joyce Gilchrist, a chemist with the Oklahoma City Police Department who has worked on more than 3,000 cases
- MAY 29, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
A Palestinian security court sentenced a Palestinian...
A Palestinian security court sentenced a Palestinian policeman to death by firing squad for murdering a fellow security man in a revenge killing
- MAY 29, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Shijiazhuang Municipal Court carried out the execution...
Shijiazhuang Municipal Court carried out the execution order on Xu Ailing, a female, for swindling money
- MAY 29, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded three Saudi men for crimes ranging...
Saudi Arabia beheaded three Saudi men for crimes ranging from theft to sodomy
- MAY 29, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
In his report on the human rights situation in Russia...
In his report on the human rights situation in Russia in 2000, Ombudsman Oleg Mironov said that on the abolition of the death penalty, sociological surveys and opinion polls indicate that 71% of respondents considers capital punishment the most effective
- MAY 29, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Vincent Allen Johnson, a 2-time killer, died by drug...
Vincent Allen Johnson, a 2-time killer, died by drug injection for the murder of Shirley Mooneyham, 44, on Feb
- MAY 29, 2001North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Under a new law giving prosecutors greater discretion...
Under a new law giving prosecutors greater discretion in capital murder cases, a man on trial in Watauga County avoided a death sentence by agreeing to plead guilty to first-degree murder
- MAY 29, 2001ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
The Arizona Supreme Court recently remanded a death...
The Arizona Supreme Court recently remanded a death penalty case for re-sentencing to a county that does not have the resources to pay for it
- MAY 29, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Courts in Beijing, Zhuzhou, Qingdao and Shijiazhuang...
Courts in Beijing, Zhuzhou, Qingdao and Shijiazhuang executed Cao Yufei, Tang Tianhe, Li Tianping and Xu Ailing for financial fraud, with the approval of China People's Supreme Court,From June 1997 to July 1998, Cao Yufei, chairman of Beijing Xindongya In
- MAY 28, 2001ChileDEATH PENALTY
President Ricardo Lagos signed the law that abolished...
President Ricardo Lagos signed the law that abolished the death penalty
- MAY 28, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitutional Court on the case of Khalfan Mohamed,...
The Constitutional Court on the case of Khalfan Mohamed, an alleged embassy bomber, ruled that South African government should have sought protection from the death penalty for alleged embassy bomber Mohamed before handing him to the FBI for trial in Amer
- MAY 28, 2001VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The People's Supreme Court in Ho Chi Minh City upheld...
The People's Supreme Court in Ho Chi Minh City upheld the death sentence for Vietnamese American Bui Huu Tai, 33, who was charged with drug trafficking and possession
- MAY 28, 2001ChileDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished on May 28, 2001
The death penalty was abolished on May 28, 2001
- MAY 28, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The Bekaa criminal court sentenced two men to death...
The Bekaa criminal court sentenced two men to death for the 1994 double-homicide of a woman and her daughter in Anjar
- MAY 28, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Sher Khan, alias Khapra, was given the death sentence...
Sher Khan, alias Khapra, was given the death sentence on six counts of murder
- MAY 28, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
With the approval of the People's Supreme Court, Hubei...
With the approval of the People's Supreme Court, Hubei Provincial Higher People's Court carried out the execution order on Jin Jianpei, director of the Hubei Provincial Hong Kong and Macao Office, also president of the Hubei Yifeng Trading Company and cha
- MAY 28, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Assessing his government's performance in the previous...
Assessing his government's performance in the previous two years, Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said the government had made significant accomplishments against the separatist, anti-secularist and anti-democratic forces