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- APRIL 25, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Attorney General Drew Edmondson announced Wednesday...
Attorney General Drew Edmondson announced Wednesday that his office will review several death penalty cases involving an Oklahoma City police chemist suspected of performing shoddy work with evidence
- APRIL 24, 2001IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
A Cook County jury sentenced to death Samuel Karim,...
A Cook County jury sentenced to death Samuel Karim, 24, for killling (on March 18, 1996) Melvin Harris, 37, and Jamar Parker, 22
- APRIL 24, 2001PolandDEATH PENALTY
An April survey by the CBOS, the public polling institution,...
An April survey by the CBOS, the public polling institution, polled sixty-nine per cent of respondents in favour of having the death penalty restored, and 21 per cent against, whilst 10 per cent had no opinion on the subject
- APRIL 24, 2001TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court sentenced two drug dealers, Islom...
The Supreme Court sentenced two drug dealers, Islom Kadirov and Kutbiddin Zaripov, to death
- APRIL 24, 2001ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
The Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) said...
The Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) said the death penalty should be abolished, and that no executions should be carried out until this is done
- APRIL 24, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
The UN Human Rights Commission adopted a resolution...
The UN Human Rights Commission adopted a resolution (21 in favour, 17 against and 15 abstentions) tabled by the European Union expressing concern for continued human rights violations in Iran
- APRIL 24, 2001ConnecticutDEATH PENALTY
Connecticut residents remain solidly in favor of the...
Connecticut residents remain solidly in favor of the death penalty, but with some reservations, a new poll shows
- APRIL 24, 2001SudanDEATH PENALTY
Hassan Khalil Ahmad, a Sudanese man, was sentenced...
Hassan Khalil Ahmad, a Sudanese man, was sentenced to death in Lebanon for murdering and robbing a man in Beirut two years ago
- APRIL 24, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
A Beirut criminal court sentenced Hassan Khalil Ahmad,...
A Beirut criminal court sentenced Hassan Khalil Ahmad, a Sudanese man, to death after finding him guilty of murdering and robbing an Eritrean man in Beirut two years ago
- APRIL 24, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International Report Finds Increase in Death...
Amnesty International Report Finds Increase in Death Penalty "Volunteers" A new report about volunteers and the death penalty by Amnesty International, "The Illusion of Control," found that since the death penalty was reinstated, 89 of the 707 executions
- APRIL 23, 2001CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
John Myles was sentenced to death for the April 11,...
John Myles was sentenced to death for the April 11, 1996, shooting of Harry Byrd, 19
- APRIL 23, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Human rights groups in Thailand started a petition...
Human rights groups in Thailand started a petition to get the government to stop publicising executions of drug traffickers and murderers, describing the act as inhumane
- APRIL 23, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Regarding the decision made by the directors of three...
Regarding the decision made by the directors of three daily newspapers "il Giorno", "La Nazione" and "il Resto del Carlino" to have as their headlines "Death Penaly, yes, yes, yes" in relevance to some of the stances taken following the murder of Sara Ja
- APRIL 23, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The "strike hard" campaign against organised crime...
The "strike hard" campaign against organised crime launched by President Jiang Zemin in early April has totalled over 350 public executions to date
- APRIL 23, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
And English Bangkok Post reader, Leslie Sturges, said...
And English Bangkok Post reader, Leslie Sturges, said "I share the disgust of right-thinking people across the world at the appalling crime of drug trafficking but I am sad to learn that four more offenders were executed by firing squad on April 18
- APRIL 23, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Six more convicted drug traffickers will be executed...
Six more convicted drug traffickers will be executed soon, Interior Minister Purachai Piemsomboon said
- APRIL 23, 2001BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
The husband of Marietta Bosch, Martinus "Tennie" Woolmarans,...
The husband of Marietta Bosch, Martinus "Tennie" Woolmarans, claimed that he has been denied the opportunity to see his wife's grave
- APRIL 23, 2001BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
The Director of Information and Broadcasting, Andrew...
The Director of Information and Broadcasting, Andrew Sesinyi, blamed his department for the failure to broadcast a documentary on Marietta Bosch, and exonerated the Office of the President, which ordered the last minute cancellation of the documentary
- APRIL 23, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Capital executions in China hit record highs
April 23, 2001: China has executed 350 convicts since the beginning of April. At least 206 executions were carried out on Friday, April 19, a new record number of executions in one day
- APRIL 22, 2001MarylandDEATH PENALTY
U.S. District Judge Catherine C
U.S. District Judge Catherine C
- APRIL 22, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Namatollah (phonetic) was executed at Kandahar stadium...
Namatollah (phonetic) was executed at Kandahar stadium after being found guilty of murder
- APRIL 22, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Diego Volpe Pasini, national secretary for the Popular...
Diego Volpe Pasini, national secretary for the Popular Liberal Party in Europe with Haider, declared itself in favour of the death penalty for those who rape and kill minors stating that if his party should enter parliament they would propose a law to tha
- APRIL 22, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
"il Giorno", "La Nazione" and "il Resto del Carlino",...
"il Giorno", "La Nazione" and "il Resto del Carlino", all newspapers belonging to the Riffeser group, had as their headlines "Death Penalty, yes, yes, yes" to give relevance to some of the stances taken in relation to the murder of young girl, Sara Jay
- APRIL 21, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In public trials, Chinese courts in Chongqing Municipality...
In public trials, Chinese courts in Chongqing Municipality and Hunan Province sentenced 14 criminals to death with their political rights deprived of for life
- APRIL 21, 2001NevadaDEATH PENALTY
Sebastian Bridges, 37, a South African national sentenced...
Sebastian Bridges, 37, a South African national sentenced to death for killing his estranged wife's lover in Las Vegas in 1997 was executed at 9 p
- APRIL 21, 2001VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
The Virginia Supreme Court overturned the capital murder...
The Virginia Supreme Court overturned the capital murder conviction and death sentence of Paul Warner Powell and ordered a new trial for the 22-year-old man who admitted murdering in 1999 Stacie Reed, 16, and then attacking her 14-year-old sister, Kristie
- APRIL 21, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Franco Zeffirelli, speaking in relation to the murder...
Franco Zeffirelli, speaking in relation to the murder of a eight year old girl, Sara Jay Cusma, declared that the death penalty or exile to a far away island would be the right punishment for those who commit such crimes
- APRIL 21, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Sebastian Bridges, a South African citizen, 37, was...
Sebastian Bridges, a South African citizen, 37, was executed by lethal injection in Nevada (USA)
- APRIL 20, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Courts in Chongqing and Chengde sentenced four men...
Courts in Chongqing and Chengde sentenced four men to death for robbery and murder in three provinces
- APRIL 20, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Courts of various levels in Hainan Province held open...
Courts of various levels in Hainan Province held open sentencing rallies at nine cities and counties - Haikou, Sanya, Changjiang, Wanning, Qiongshan, Wenchang, Baisha, Qionghai, and Lingao - at the same time to sentence 130 criminal elements involved in 3