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- APRIL 3, 2001Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
Mohamed Hussain Assar Mohamad and Mohamad Saly Mohamad...
Mohamed Hussain Assar Mohamad and Mohamad Saly Mohamad Faumi, two smugglers who were found guilty of the possession of 223
- APRIL 3, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
Convicted murderer Jason Massey apologized profusely,...
Convicted murderer Jason Massey apologized profusely, revealed where he disposed the missing body parts of one of his victims and then prayerfully went to his death for the murders of Christina Benjamin, 13, and her stepbrother, James King, 14 on July 27,
- APRIL 3, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has commuted to life...
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has commuted to life imprisonment all death sentences
- APRIL 3, 2001SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
The Yugoslav authorities said that former president...
The Yugoslav authorities said that former president Slobodan Milosevic may face charges that carry the death penalty, and the country's current president, Vojislav Kostunica, ruled out extraditing his predecessor to the UN war crimes tribunal soon
- APRIL 3, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Slobodan Milosevic, "the great enemy of the Serb people",...
Slobodan Milosevic, "the great enemy of the Serb people", must face a war crimes trial in The Hague, Robin Cook, the British Foreign Secretary, said
- APRIL 3, 2001SwedenDEATH PENALTY
Swedish Ambassador Johan Molander speaking at the 57th...
Swedish Ambassador Johan Molander speaking at the 57th session of the United Nations' Commission on Human Rights, set out the European Union's stance on the violation of fundamental freedoms perpetrated in some fifty countries and in particular he condemn
- APRIL 3, 2001DEATH PENALTY
CHILE ABOLISHES THE DEATH PENALTY
April 3, 2001: the Chilean parliament voted to abolish the death penalty with a vast majority. The Senate had already approved the bill and the president Ricardo Lagos Escobar is expected to sign the bill into law within days.
- APRIL 2, 2001BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
The pressure group 'Hands Off Cain' criticised the...
The pressure group 'Hands Off Cain' criticised the execution stating that: "it is unacceptable that judges from abolitionist states intervene on behalf of countries that ask them to apply the death penalty
- APRIL 2, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
At least 10 criminals were executed in Shanxi province...
At least 10 criminals were executed in Shanxi province following a public sentencing rally
- APRIL 2, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The former head of the South Lebanon Army's intelligence...
The former head of the South Lebanon Army's intelligence wing in Bint Jbeil has been sentenced to death by the Military Tribunal for working against the resistance
- APRIL 2, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The South African Foreign Ministry declared that it...
The South African Foreign Ministry declared that it was informed of Marietta Bosch's execution only two days after the event
- APRIL 2, 2001St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
A majority decision delivered by the Eastern Caribbean...
A majority decision delivered by the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal sitting in St Vincent ruled that the mandatory nature of the death penalty is a constitutional violation and the death sentence should be quashed in the seven territories served by the
- APRIL 2, 2001DominicaDEATH PENALTY
A majority decision delivered by the Eastern Caribbean...
A majority decision delivered by the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal sitting in St Vincent ruled that the mandatory nature of the death penalty is a constitutional violation and the death sentence should be quashed in the seven territories served by the
- APRIL 2, 2001St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
A majority decision delivered by the Eastern Caribbean...
A majority decision delivered by the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal sitting in St Vincent ruled that the mandatory nature of the death penalty is a constitutional violation and the death sentence should be quashed in the seven territories served by the
- APRIL 2, 2001GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
A majority decision delivered by the Eastern Caribbean...
A majority decision delivered by the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal sitting in St Vincent ruled that the mandatory nature of the death penalty is a constitutional violation and the death sentence should be quashed in the seven territories served by the
- APRIL 2, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Lawyers for South African Mariette Sonjaleen Bosch,...
Lawyers for South African Mariette Sonjaleen Bosch, 50, said the execution was carried out with indecent haste and with callous disregard for Bosch's life and her constitutional rights
- APRIL 2, 2001DEATH PENALTY
BOTSWANA EXECUTES MARIETTA BOSCH
April 2, 2001: South African Marietta Bosch was hanged for murder on Saturday March 31, Botswana authorities confirmed today.
- APRIL 2, 2001St. Kitts & NevisDEATH PENALTY
A majority decision delivered by the Eastern Caribbean...
A majority decision delivered by the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal sitting in St Vincent ruled that the mandatory nature of the death penalty is a constitutional violation and the death sentence should be quashed in the seven territories served by the
- APRIL 2, 2001St. Vincent & GrenadinesDEATH PENALTY
A majority decision delivered by the Eastern Caribbean...
A majority decision delivered by the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal sitting in St Vincent ruled that the mandatory nature of the death penalty is a constitutional violation and the death sentence should be quashed in the seven territories served by the
- APRIL 1, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In April 2001, President Jiang Zemin launched a "strike...
In April 2001, President Jiang Zemin launched a "strike hard" campaign targeting gang-related crime and other violent offences in April
- APRIL 1, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Salih Izzet Erdis, the head of illegal Islamic Great...
Salih Izzet Erdis, the head of illegal Islamic Great Eastern Raiders Front organization, was sentenced to capital punishment by the Istanbul State Security Court no: 6
- APRIL 1, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Three Nigerian police officers were sentenced to death...
Three Nigerian police officers were sentenced to death for burning five people alive after robbing them at gunpoint
- APRIL 1, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Three convicted drug traffickers and producers, two...
Three convicted drug traffickers and producers, two Chinese and one Thai, will be executed before the Songkran [New Year] festival begins, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said
- MARCH 31, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Rodman Mohammed Saad executed by firing squad in Sana'a...
Rodman Mohammed Saad executed by firing squad in Sana'a Central Prison
- MARCH 31, 2001BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
"Marietta Bosch was hanged" said Herman Kau, Botswana's...
"Marietta Bosch was hanged" said Herman Kau, Botswana's commissioner for prisons
- MARCH 31, 2001CzechiaDEATH PENALTY
About 75 members of the far-right Republican Youth,...
About 75 members of the far-right Republican Youth, National Front and the National United Bloc took part in a demonstration against drugs
- MARCH 31, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Presidium of the Supreme Court commuted two death...
The Presidium of the Supreme Court commuted two death sentences, passed in November 1999 on Arsen Arutyunyan and Danis Sirazhev, to 15 years imprisonment
- MARCH 31, 2001IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
It was re-reffered to rules committee the bill introduced...
It was re-reffered to rules committee the bill introduced in the Senate (SB 1311) to provide for the death penalty for a person who commits first degree murder using a firearm in or within 500 feet of a church, synagogue, or other place of religious worsh
- MARCH 30, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A killer was beheaded in Saudi Arabia
A killer was beheaded in Saudi Arabia
- MARCH 30, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
A jury sentenced to death Daniel Acker, 29, after finding...
A jury sentenced to death Daniel Acker, 29, after finding him guilty of capital murder in the strangulation death of his girlfriend, 32-year-old Marquetta George, last March