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- MARCH 30, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Jian, former general manager of the Baihua Industrial...
Li Jian, former general manager of the Baihua Industrial Company, was sentenced to death for a financial fraud involving 336
- MARCH 30, 2001FranceDEATH PENALTY
French President Jacques Chirac speaking to the UN...
French President Jacques Chirac speaking to the UN Commission on Human Rights in Geneva, called for the universal abolition of the death penalty and a general moratorium on executions
- MARCH 30, 2001FranceDEATH PENALTY
James Kopp, wanted in the United States for the murder...
James Kopp, wanted in the United States for the murder of an abortion doctor, will not be extradited by France if U
- MARCH 30, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
A federal appeals court threw out the death sentence...
A federal appeals court threw out the death sentence of an Oklahoma man convicted of killing his 7-year-old former stepdaughter in 1984
- MARCH 30, 2001AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
A state appeals court overturned the death sentence...
A state appeals court overturned the death sentence of William A
- MARCH 30, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
Corey James Jennings, 25, convicted of gunning down...
Corey James Jennings, 25, convicted of gunning down Quy Quang Lam, 21, a neighborhood store clerk was sentenced to death by lethal injection
- MARCH 30, 2001TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
23 minutes before Phil Workman was scheduled to die...
23 minutes before Phil Workman was scheduled to die at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville, the Tennessee Supreme Court issued a stay of execution, sending his case back to a Memphis court for a hearing on "newly discovered evidence
- MARCH 30, 2001Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
President Joseph Kabila, addressing the annual session...
President Joseph Kabila, addressing the annual session of the UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva, said that pending the completion of the judicial reform and, especially, that of military justice, the military tribunal had been instructed to handle excl
- MARCH 30, 2001CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
A man who has spent 20 years on death row for killing...
A man who has spent 20 years on death row for killing a 12-year-old girl had his conviction and death sentence overturned for a 2nd time
- MARCH 29, 2001BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The issue of Fatwa is the cause of major turmoil in...
The issue of Fatwa is the cause of major turmoil in Bangladesh after two High Court judges, on January 1, declared it illegal
- MARCH 29, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Feelings ran high in the North West town of Marikana...
Feelings ran high in the North West town of Marikana where the community met Safety and Security Minister Steve Tshwete and Agri SA president Japie Grobler after two farm murders in the area on March 27
- MARCH 29, 2001KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Two Tanzanians accused of robbing 29 American tourists...
Two Tanzanians accused of robbing 29 American tourists in Kenya's Masai Mara game park were sentenced to hang after pleading guilty to the charges
- MARCH 29, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
In a letter, Reggio Emilia Mayor Antonella Spaggiari...
In a letter, Reggio Emilia Mayor Antonella Spaggiari threatened to dissolve the cultural exchange relationship with Fort Worth city, in Texas
- MARCH 29, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The Bekaa Criminal Court handed down two death sentences,...
The Bekaa Criminal Court handed down two death sentences, convicting a man and a woman of murder in two separate cases
- MARCH 29, 2001TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
Two Tanzanians accused of robbing 29 American tourists...
Two Tanzanians accused of robbing 29 American tourists in Kenya's Masai Mara game park were sentenced to hang after pleading guilty to the charges
- MARCH 29, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
The Bekaa Criminal Court convicted an Iraqi national...
The Bekaa Criminal Court convicted an Iraqi national to death
- MARCH 29, 2001DEATH PENALTY
U.N. MORATORIUM
DEATH PENALTY – HANDS OFF CAIN RE-LAUNCHES ITS CAMPAIGN FOR A MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS AT THE UN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
- MARCH 28, 2001ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Deputy speaker Tigran Torosyan said the Armenian parliament...
Deputy speaker Tigran Torosyan said the Armenian parliament needs to make changes in the special part of the Criminal Code concerning the abrogation of the death penalty as part of its responsibilities towards the Council of Europe
- MARCH 28, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Prime Minister John Howard was assailed by callers...
Prime Minister John Howard was assailed by callers to an Adelaide talkback radio program who demanded he introduce capital punishment or use the army to clear heroin traffickers from Sydney's western suburbs
- MARCH 28, 2001MissouriDEATH PENALTY
Tomas Ervin was executed for his role in the 1988 murders...
Tomas Ervin was executed for his role in the 1988 murders of a woman and her son: Mildred Hodges, 75, and, Richard, 49
- MARCH 28, 2001South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
5 York County deputies had to restrain Bobby Lee Holmes...
5 York County deputies had to restrain Bobby Lee Holmes when Circuit Court Judge John Hayes sentenced him to die
- MARCH 27, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Minister of Justice and Human Rights Baharuddin...
The Minister of Justice and Human Rights Baharuddin Lopa submitted to the House of Representatives a new clemency bill
- MARCH 27, 2001MalawiDEATH PENALTY
At least six people have been arrested following what...
At least six people have been arrested following what authorities in Malawi said was an uncovered coup plot against the government of President Bakili Muluzi
- MARCH 27, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
One day before he was scheduled to die, Michael Moore...
One day before he was scheduled to die, Michael Moore received a reprieve from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
- MARCH 27, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
A man who fatally shot his wife and two teen-age daughters...
A man who fatally shot his wife and two teen-age daughters in 1997 apologized for what he did before the state executed him in the night
- MARCH 27, 2001CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Robert Lee Massie, a convicted killer who spent two...
Robert Lee Massie, a convicted killer who spent two separate stints on death row and gained notoriety while pursuing his own demise for more than 30 years, was executed by the State of California early this morning
- MARCH 27, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
According to lawyers acting for President Thabo Mbeki,...
According to lawyers acting for President Thabo Mbeki, South African courts have no power to order the government to request that an alleged Muslim bomber on trial in the United States not be given a death sentence
- MARCH 27, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
A second South African is facing murder charges in...
A second South African is facing murder charges in Botswana and possibly the gallows if convicted
- MARCH 27, 2001DEATH PENALTY
CALIFORNIA CARRIES OUT FIRST EXECUTION IN A YEAR
March 27, 2001: Double-murderer Robert Lee Massie was executed by lethal injection after spending 28 years on death row.
- MARCH 27, 2001PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
72% of Pennsylvanians favor a temporary halt to the...
72% of Pennsylvanians favor a temporary halt to the administration of the death penalty until questions about its fairness can be studied, according to a poll of 509 registered voters in Pennsylvania conducted by Madonna Yost Opinion Research earlier this