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- MAY 28, 2001IrelandDEATH PENALTY
A group set up by the Irish Bishops' Conference has...
A group set up by the Irish Bishops' Conference has said it is "not only desirable but morally incumbent on Irish Catholics" to vote for the removal from the Constitution of references to the death penalty, in the referendum on June 7th
- MAY 28, 2001Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning...
The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning started its examination of an initial report of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by asking the delegation, among other things, about the situation of children sentenced to capital punishment
- MAY 28, 2001BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The High Court confirmed the death sentence of three...
The High Court confirmed the death sentence of three policemen convicted of the rape and killing of a 14-year-old girl in 1995
- MAY 28, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Defendant illegally faces death penalty
The Constitutional Court ruled that the south African government illegally extradited a Tanzanian suspect to the U.S. as they failed to seek assurances he would not be sentenced to death.
- MAY 27, 2001IrelandDEATH PENALTY
Justice Minister John O'Donoghue said Ireland should...
Justice Minister John O'Donoghue said Ireland should throw out the death penalty in the June 7 referendum
- MAY 27, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Many Oklahomans are less confident now in the criminal...
Many Oklahomans are less confident now in the criminal justice system because of the wrongful conviction of an Oklahoma City man and the FBI's mistake that led to a stay of Timothy McVeigh's execution
- MAY 26, 2001RwandaDEATH PENALTY
A court in the northwestern Rwandan town of Gisenyi...
A court in the northwestern Rwandan town of Gisenyi sentenced ten ethnic Hutus to death on charges of genocide and other crimes against humanity committed in the town in 1994
- MAY 26, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
At least 13 people were killed in the troubled Aceh...
At least 13 people were killed in the troubled Aceh region on the Indonesian island of Sumatra where an offensive by government troops aimed at containing a separatist insurgency there is now in its second month
- MAY 25, 2001AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Gary Wayne Drinkard, 45, who spent 5 years on prison's...
Gary Wayne Drinkard, 45, who spent 5 years on prison's death row, has been found innocent at retrial
- MAY 25, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Jinan Municipal Intermediate People's Court, Shandong...
Jinan Municipal Intermediate People's Court, Shandong Province, sentenced Xue Yuquan, director of the Gold Industry Bureau, to death with two years reprieve for accepting bribes and falsely reporting registered capital
- MAY 25, 2001CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Leon Chauncey Cooper, 40, who was convicted of raping...
Leon Chauncey Cooper, 40, who was convicted of raping and murdering on March 26, 1998, his stepdaughter LaRhonda Johnson, 15, will be executed
- MAY 25, 2001DelawareDEATH PENALTY
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- MAY 25, 2001TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Farkhod Muqimov was sentenced to death by the Tajik...
Farkhod Muqimov was sentenced to death by the Tajik supreme court
- MAY 25, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Beijing Municipality's Intermediate People's Court...
Beijing Municipality's Intermediate People's Court No 2 held a public meeting to announce punishments for 21 robbery criminals: Zhao Gang and four others were sentenced to death, and another 16 criminals were separately sentenced to death with a two-year
- MAY 25, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saad bin Ali bin Jam'an al-Dossari was beheaded for murder
Saad bin Ali bin Jam'an al-Dossari was beheaded for murder
- MAY 24, 2001ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
"Extra-judicial executions and torture are occurring...
"Extra-judicial executions and torture are occurring throughout Zimbabwe" Tor-Hugne Olsen, head of an Amnesty International (AI) research team said
- MAY 24, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The British National Party pledged support to the death...
The British National Party pledged support to the death penalty
- MAY 24, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Following his meeting with Secretary General of the...
Following his meeting with Secretary General of the Council of Europe Walter Schwimmer, Russian Prosecutor General Vladimir Ustinov refused to admit a direct link between the abolishment of the death penalty and commitment to democratic values
- MAY 24, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
A man convicted of being a murderer, thief and adulterer...
A man convicted of being a murderer, thief and adulterer was executed before thousands of citizens in the Aqcha District in Jowzjan
- MAY 24, 2001MarylandDEATH PENALTY
A recent Gonzales/Arscott Research & Communications...
A recent Gonzales/Arscott Research & Communications poll in Maryland found support for the death penalty at 62%, slightly below the national level as reported by Gallup (67% in March 2001)
- MAY 24, 2001MissouriDEATH PENALTY
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- MAY 24, 2001IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Citing improper comments made by Cook County prosecutors...
Citing improper comments made by Cook County prosecutors and a Kane County judge, the Illinois Supreme Court vacated the death sentences of 2 men convicted in separate cases
- MAY 23, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Twenty-six-year-old Duan Xiaoping, a peasant from Chongqing,...
Twenty-six-year-old Duan Xiaoping, a peasant from Chongqing, was sentenced to death for splashing sulphuric acid on her lover's ex-wife, Xu, on 1 June 2000
- MAY 23, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Justice Moses Mukiibi of the High Court sentenced to...
Justice Moses Mukiibi of the High Court sentenced to death Shadrak Magara Rwakasisi one of the two former Makerere University students for murdering Warren Bantariza a fellow student in 1994
- MAY 23, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Russian Revival movement announced the beginning...
The Russian Revival movement announced the beginning of a signature-collection campaign to initiate a national referendum on lifting the moratorium on capital punishment for those who organise and carry out terrorist acts
- MAY 22, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Nanning Municipal Intermediate People's Court in...
The Nanning Municipal Intermediate People's Court in Guangxi Province sentenced 10 alleged drug traffickers to death, including Zhong Qiuqi, a peasant from Jinshan
- MAY 22, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
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- MAY 22, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International called the execution of Gerson...
Amnesty International called the execution of Gerson Pandie and Fredik Soru - the first since 1995 in Indonesia - a flagrant violation of the right to life
- MAY 22, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji promised that China's most-wanted...
Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji promised that China's most-wanted fugitive Lai Changxing will not be executed if Canada returns him to face trial
- MAY 22, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Reza Pedram, 56, a former air force officer...
Mohammad Reza Pedram, 56, a former air force officer and an alleged CIA agent was hanged after the supreme court upheld the death sentence passed against him by a military court