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- FEBRUARY 28, 2001CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
9 months after he confessed to a 2-month robbery spree...
9 months after he confessed to a 2-month robbery spree that ended in the murder of 2 people, David Scott Daniels was formally sentenced to die by lethal injection
- FEBRUARY 28, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Haq Nawaz Jhangvi, a Pakistani Islamic activist, was...
Haq Nawaz Jhangvi, a Pakistani Islamic activist, was hanged for the killing of an Iranian official in 1990
- FEBRUARY 27, 2001SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
Puntland police chief, Colonel Hirsi Said Farah, denied...
Puntland police chief, Colonel Hirsi Said Farah, denied news reports that two women were sentenced to death by stoning
- FEBRUARY 27, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
The US State Department branded Iraqi President Saddam...
The US State Department branded Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's regime and the military government in Burma as some of the world's most repressive
- FEBRUARY 27, 2001North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The U
The U
- FEBRUARY 27, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Salim Akra, 37, a Palestinian suspected of collaborating...
Salim Akra, 37, a Palestinian suspected of collaborating with Israel in the killing of a Hamas activist was tortured to death by the Palestinian Authority's military intelligence
- FEBRUARY 27, 2001North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The U
The U
- FEBRUARY 27, 2001DEATH PENALTY
CINA
February 27, 2001: China sentenced to death four people and tries former police chief for graft.
- FEBRUARY 26, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Senator Renato L
Senator Renato L
- FEBRUARY 26, 2001VenezuelaDEATH PENALTY
According to a report released by the U
According to a report released by the U
- FEBRUARY 26, 2001IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Chicago's Roman Catholic cardinal said that executing...
Chicago's Roman Catholic cardinal said that executing convicted Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh would amount to honouring a request to commit suicide
- FEBRUARY 25, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Three [unidentified] Afghan bandits were hung in public...
Three [unidentified] Afghan bandits were hung in public in the Khorasan Province on the border with Afghanistan
- FEBRUARY 25, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Three unidentified Afghan bandits were publicly hanged...
Three unidentified Afghan bandits were publicly hanged in the Iranian province of Khorasan near the border with Afghanistan
- FEBRUARY 24, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Abdul Jabbar alias Zafar and Shafiq alias Pappu, have...
Abdul Jabbar alias Zafar and Shafiq alias Pappu, have appealed their sentences
- FEBRUARY 24, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The leader of the Democratici di Sinistra (Democratic...
The leader of the Democratici di Sinistra (Democratic Left, DS) parliamentary group Fabio Mussi condemned statements by far right politicians calling for the death penalty for the perpetrators of a horrific double murder in Novi Ligure
- FEBRUARY 24, 2001RwandaDEATH PENALTY
The Ruhengeri court of first instance sentenced five...
The Ruhengeri court of first instance sentenced five people to death on charges related to acts of genocide and crimes against humanity in the Gipuri and Nyamutera communes during the 1994 genocide
- FEBRUARY 23, 2001ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The former Prime Minister of Armenia, Aram Sargsian...
The former Prime Minister of Armenia, Aram Sargsian said that the five perpetrators of the act of terrorism in the Armenian parliament, on February 27, 1999, in which his brother Vazgen Sargsian was killed, would be sentenced to death
- FEBRUARY 23, 2001LiberiaDEATH PENALTY
Four journalists are risking the death penalty on charges...
Four journalists are risking the death penalty on charges of espionage for 'enemies' of the state
- FEBRUARY 23, 2001SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
The former chief of Yugoslavia's feared secret police
The former chief of Yugoslavia's feared secret police
- FEBRUARY 23, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed seven people for their role in a multi-billion...
China executed seven people for their role in a multi-billion dollar smuggling scandal
- FEBRUARY 23, 2001CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Assembly woman Dion Aroner introduced AB 1512 to prohibit...
Assembly woman Dion Aroner introduced AB 1512 to prohibit the death penalty for those with mental retardation
- FEBRUARY 23, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Afghanistan's ultra-orthodox Taliban regime publicly...
Afghanistan's ultra-orthodox Taliban regime publicly executed two women and flogged a dozen others convicted of adultery in the southern city of Kandahar, the official Radio Shariat said Saturday
- FEBRUARY 23, 2001DEATH PENALTY
JAPAN
February 23, 2001: a Japanese death row prisoner committed suicide in the Fukuoka prison, police said. The news came just a few hours after a Council of Europe delegation denounced conditions on death row in Japanese prisons as torture at the end of its f
- FEBRUARY 22, 2001Vatican CityDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished from the constitution...
The death penalty was abolished from the constitution of the Vatican City State
- FEBRUARY 22, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A [unidentified] Singaporean national was executed...
A [unidentified] Singaporean national was executed in China in January for drug trafficking
- FEBRUARY 22, 2001TogoDEATH PENALTY
Investigators from the United Nations and the Organisation...
Investigators from the United Nations and the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) said they were convinced that Togolese security forces, gendarmes and militias had murdered, tortured and raped people following the 1998 presidential elections
- FEBRUARY 22, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Karnes City, a jury sentenced a 20-year-old man...
In Karnes City, a jury sentenced a 20-year-old man to death for helping his boyhood friend (Mr
- FEBRUARY 22, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Sami bin Sulaiman al-Qurashi, a Saudi national was...
Sami bin Sulaiman al-Qurashi, a Saudi national was publicly beheaded after being found guilty by an Islamic shari'a court of murdering a compatriot
- FEBRUARY 22, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Mua Wongsorn, 60, and Yai Busanaree, 48, were sentenced...
Mua Wongsorn, 60, and Yai Busanaree, 48, were sentenced to death after being convicted of trafficking in 80,000 speed pills in Chiang Rai in 1999
- FEBRUARY 22, 2001SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
A [unidentified] Singaporean national was executed...
A [unidentified] Singaporean national was executed in China in January for drug trafficking