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- MAY 7, 2001New YorkDEATH PENALTY
Andrew Cuomo, whose father repeatedly blocked the death...
Andrew Cuomo, whose father repeatedly blocked the death penalty during his 12 years as governor, is pledging to carry out executions if he becomes governor
- MAY 7, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded an Egyptian man for stabbing...
Saudi Arabia beheaded an Egyptian man for stabbing to death an Egyptian woman and her son after a dispute
- MAY 7, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy,...
The Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy, a Hong Kong-based human rights watchdog, announced that the Chinese authorities executed 560 convicts between April 1 and 26 alone
- MAY 7, 2001OmanDEATH PENALTY
An Omani court sentenced two [unidentified] Pakistani...
An Omani court sentenced two [unidentified] Pakistani men to death for smuggling one tonne of hashish into the Gulf Arab state
- MAY 7, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An Omani court sentenced two [unidentified] Pakistani...
An Omani court sentenced two [unidentified] Pakistani men to death for smuggling one tonne of hashish into the Gulf Arab state
- MAY 6, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Chaozhou Intermediate People's Court gave the death...
The Chaozhou Intermediate People's Court gave the death sentence to Huang Minghong and Ruan Junxian, in an open trial
- MAY 6, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Yemeni man for murdering his...
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Yemeni man for murdering his Saudi employer and wife while trying to rob them
- MAY 6, 2001EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Egypt's parliament approved most of the African Charter...
Egypt's parliament approved most of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the African Child
- MAY 6, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Yemeni man for murdering his...
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Yemeni man for murdering his Saudi employer and wife while trying to rob them
- MAY 5, 2001RomaniaDEATH PENALTY
Authorities in Moldova's separatist Dnestr region unexpectedly...
Authorities in Moldova's separatist Dnestr region unexpectedly freed a Romanian member of parliament after nine years on 'death row'
- MAY 5, 2001MoldovaDEATH PENALTY
Authorities in Moldova's separatist Dnestr region unexpectedly...
Authorities in Moldova's separatist Dnestr region unexpectedly freed a Romanian member of parliament after nine years on 'death row'
- MAY 5, 2001KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Aleksandr Okoneshnikov, the leader of a criminal group,...
Aleksandr Okoneshnikov, the leader of a criminal group, was sentenced to death for robbing several currency exchange offices and for brutal killing the director of a poultry farm
- MAY 5, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Mayor of Groznyy Bislan Gantamirov has ordered...
The Mayor of Groznyy Bislan Gantamirov has ordered anyone who kills the city's Russian-speaking residents to be shot on the spot if found
- MAY 5, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
An ABC News Poll found that 51% of Americans support...
An ABC News Poll found that 51% of Americans support a nationwide moratorium on executions while a commission studies whether the death penalty is applied fairly
- MAY 5, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Samuel Iwu Chekwu Okoye, an African, was sentenced...
Samuel Iwu Chekwu Okoye, an African, was sentenced to death by the Tangerang District Court for drug trafficking
- MAY 5, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Liaqat Ali, a condemned prisoner of Faqir Walli, Bahawal...
Liaqat Ali, a condemned prisoner of Faqir Walli, Bahawal Nagar district, should be hanged in Faisalabad District Jail on May 8
- MAY 4, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
A nationwide poll released earlier this month by USA...
A nationwide poll released earlier this month by USA Today shows that general support for the death penalty has fallen to 59%
- MAY 4, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
The state legislature passed a measure that will allow...
The state legislature passed a measure that will allow Floridians to have a chance to put the death penalty in the state constitution
- MAY 4, 2001KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Kenyan opposition MP Maina Kamanda was charged with treason
Kenyan opposition MP Maina Kamanda was charged with treason
- MAY 4, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Saudi man for killing another...
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Saudi man for killing another national after a dispute
- MAY 4, 2001BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Acid Survivors Foundation said that more than 400...
The Acid Survivors Foundation said that more than 400 acid attack incidents were reported during the last two years but only nine people were sentenced to death while 25 were given life imprisonment
- MAY 4, 2001GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Audio tapes describing executions in Georgia were broadcast...
Audio tapes describing executions in Georgia were broadcast nationally by National Public Radio and ABC-News Nightline on May 2, and by Democracy Now! Pacifica national radio on May 3
- MAY 4, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
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- MAY 2, 2001TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Two people who blew up the car of Ali Emomnazarov,...
Two people who blew up the car of Ali Emomnazarov, deputy chairman of the Tajik Customs Committee, in 1998, were sentenced to death
- MAY 2, 2001TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court sentenced Ikhtier Azimov, who was...
The Supreme Court sentenced Ikhtier Azimov, who was a member of an armed group, to death
- MAY 2, 2001Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Human Rights Watch (HRW) asks the government to spare...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) asks the government to spare the lives of four children sentenced to death by the country's Court of Military Order, who were between 14 and 16 years of age at the time they were sentenced to death
- MAY 2, 2001Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Human Rights Watch declared that Congo had not to execute...
Human Rights Watch declared that Congo had not to execute four ne devait pas exécuter child-soldiers
- MAY 2, 2001VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
Gov. James Gilmore signed a bill to allow death row...
Gov. James Gilmore signed a bill to allow death row inmates access to DNA testing after their convictions. The bill creates a significant exception to the state's "21-day rule," which bars appeals based on new evidence any later than 21 days after sentenc
- MAY 1, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Hands off Cain said in an article published in the...
Hands off Cain said in an article published in the "Bankong Post" it was horrified at Thailand's new policy of making an example of drug traffickers by executing them publicly
- MAY 1, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In Tibet, seven people were executed late in the month,...
In Tibet, seven people were executed late in the month, the first executions in the region since the strike-hard campaign began in April