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- MARCH 26, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Stavropol region Governor Alexander Chernogorov suggested...
Stavropol region Governor Alexander Chernogorov suggested that Russian President Vladimir Putin "revive the death penalty in Russia in relation to the organisers and perpetrators of terrorist attacks"
- MARCH 26, 2001SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
The editor of the weekly "War Ogaal", Abdishakur Yusuf...
The editor of the weekly "War Ogaal", Abdishakur Yusuf Ali, was due to appear in court for reporting that two women had been sentenced to death in Bosaso, the commercial capital of the self-declared autonomous region of Puntland, northeastern Somalia
- MARCH 26, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan was charged with...
Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan was charged with new offences that could see him face a second death penalty, said the state-run Anatolian news agency
- MARCH 26, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The European Union welcomed Turkey's political reform...
The European Union welcomed Turkey's political reform plan as a "landmark" in its EU membership drive, but said Ankara needs to do more on key issues such as abolition of the death penalty
- MARCH 26, 2001KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
The Kazakh Justice Minister, Igor Rogov, said the way...
The Kazakh Justice Minister, Igor Rogov, said the way criminal law is developing in Kazakhstan makes it possible to speculate that the republic may be getting ready to abolish the death penalty
- MARCH 26, 2001KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
Five members of an international terrorist grouping...
Five members of an international terrorist grouping that carried out terrorist acts in the Kyrgyzstani city of Osh in May and June 1998 were sentenced to capital punishment
- MARCH 26, 2001KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Five members of an international terrorist grouping...
Five members of an international terrorist grouping that carried out terrorist acts in the Kyrgyzstani city of Osh in May and June 1998 were sentenced to capital punishment
- MARCH 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Five members of an international terrorist grouping...
Five members of an international terrorist grouping that carried out terrorist acts in the Kyrgyzstani city of Osh in May and June 1998 were sentenced to capital punishment
- MARCH 26, 2001OmanDEATH PENALTY
Habib bin Jumaa, Faisal bin Hilal, Najib bin Mahfouz,...
Habib bin Jumaa, Faisal bin Hilal, Najib bin Mahfouz, Ahmed bin Habib and Mohammed bin Habib were executed by firing squad for murder in Oman
- MARCH 25, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
A national poll recently conducted by Peter D
A national poll recently conducted by Peter D
- MARCH 25, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Abdu Shouan Mohammed Mokbil was executed in the northern...
Abdu Shouan Mohammed Mokbil was executed in the northern Hajjah province for the 1993 murder of Nasser Kassem, during a dispute over land
- MARCH 24, 2001VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A Vietnamese court in Nam Dinh Province, sentenced...
A Vietnamese court in Nam Dinh Province, sentenced to death three defendants for trafficking two kg of heroin and five kg of opium
- MARCH 24, 2001GermanyDEATH PENALTY
Approximately 300 neo-nazi protesters rallied in favour...
Approximately 300 neo-nazi protesters rallied in favour of the re-introduction of capital punishment for paedophiles and child murderers
- MARCH 24, 2001TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
A death row inmate from Memphis will get a new sentencing...
A death row inmate from Memphis will get a new sentencing hearing because his lawyer failed to do anything during sentencing in the man's 1982 trial for a double murder, a federal appeals court said yesterday
- MARCH 24, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The government supports the execution of drug inmates...
The government supports the execution of drug inmates on death row after they have been tried in three courts, said Interior Minister Purachai Piemsomboon
- MARCH 24, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov told the press that the death...
Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov told the press that the death penalty must be applied in relation to terrorists
- MARCH 23, 2001KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
A bill (SB38) sponsored by Sen
A bill (SB38) sponsored by Sen
- MARCH 23, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that if parliament...
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that if parliament removes the death penalty from the penal code, it would however, still exist under a military law for treason and espionage and under a forestry protection act which calls for the execution of peop
- MARCH 23, 2001Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
Kenrick London, 37, and his wife Chandrouti, 28, were...
Kenrick London, 37, and his wife Chandrouti, 28, were sentenced to hang after they were convicted of killing their 2-year-old daughter by burying her alive in an outhouse cesspit
- MARCH 23, 2001CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Jurors who convicted a handyman of killing 2 women,...
Jurors who convicted a handyman of killing 2 women, 1 of them the body double for actress Janet Leigh, deadlocked on whether he should be sentenced to death or life in prison
- MARCH 23, 2001LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
It was referred to Committee on Administration of Criminal...
It was referred to Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice a bill (HB675) introduced by Rep
- MARCH 22, 2001KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
The wife of Kuwait's Crown Prince and Prime Minister...
The wife of Kuwait's Crown Prince and Prime Minister has demanded the death sentence for Khaled Diab al-Azmi a police officer who allegedly confessed to killing Hedayah Sultan al-Salem a Kuwaiti female editor and veteran women's rights campaigner on March
- MARCH 22, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Osaka District Court sentenced to death Hisashi...
The Osaka District Court sentenced to death Hisashi Eto, a 58-year-old former driver for murdering a man and his wife in 1997 and robbing cash from their home in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture
- MARCH 22, 2001ColoradoDEATH PENALTY
A House panel voted 8-1 in favor of the bill which...
A House panel voted 8-1 in favor of the bill which would make it more difficult for death row inmates to claim they are mentally incompetent for execution
- MARCH 21, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Conservative Party leader William Hague says that he...
Conservative Party leader William Hague says that he still supports the death sentence
- MARCH 21, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz...
State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz said that the government should lift the capital punishment in the shortest time frame between one and five years
- MARCH 21, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Tokyo District Court sentenced Hiroki Fukawa, a...
The Tokyo District Court sentenced Hiroki Fukawa, a 35-year-old man to death for murdering and attempting to rob Shin Yamada, 91, and her daughter Hiro, 65, in their home in Edogawa Ward on April 19, 1999 to pay off his hostess girlfriend's club
- MARCH 21, 2001CameroonDEATH PENALTY
President Paul Biya has ordered a thorough investigation...
President Paul Biya has ordered a thorough investigation into the case of nine young men who were picked up by security forces in January in the port city of Douala and subsequently disappeared
- MARCH 21, 2001KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Joan Chebichii Sawe, the widow of former permanent...
Joan Chebichii Sawe, the widow of former permanent secretary Alexander Sawe has filed a notice of appeal in the High Court challenging the death sentence handed to her last on March 17
- MARCH 21, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Urawa District Court sentenced to death Gen Sekine...
The Urawa District Court sentenced to death Gen Sekine a 59-year-old dog breeder for murdering four people in 1993 and Hiroko Kazama, 44, his former wife for participating in the murder of three of them