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- FEBRUARY 16, 2001SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Singapore hanged 52 year old Julaiha Maniam along with...
Singapore hanged 52 year old Julaiha Maniam along with 2 younger men who had helped her to kill her husband, a retired police officer, so that she could then become the sole owner of their $1
- FEBRUARY 16, 2001DEATH PENALTY
CANADA SAYS NO TO EXTRADITION
February 16, 2001:The Canadian Supreme Court decided not to extradite Atif Ratay and Sebastian Burns, two Canadian citizens accused of murder in the United States.
- FEBRUARY 15, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
The Florida Supreme Court overturned the murder conviction...
The Florida Supreme Court overturned the murder conviction of a man on death row for 16 years and ordered a new trial "without delay
- FEBRUARY 15, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Ankara High Criminal Court no: 3 sentenced two...
The Ankara High Criminal Court no: 3 sentenced two suspects of the "Bahcelievler Case" to capital punishment for the second time
- FEBRUARY 15, 2001CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Canada abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes...
Canada abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes in 1976 and for military offenses on December 10, 1998
- FEBRUARY 15, 2001North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
A moratorium bill was introduced by Sen
A moratorium bill was introduced by Sen
- FEBRUARY 15, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Religious leaders in the South and around the nation...
Religious leaders in the South and around the nation are speaking out against capital punishment more loudly than ever, emboldened by a shift in public opinion and cases of innocence on death row
- FEBRUARY 15, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
A bill (HB 1013) to impose a one-year moratorium on...
A bill (HB 1013) to impose a one-year moratorium on the imposition of the state's death penalty was defeated in committee
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Tory Right-wingers will force a free Commons vote on...
Tory Right-wingers will force a free Commons vote on bringing back the death penalty in the wake of a Conservative election victory as soon as MP William Hague has enacted his plan for "English votes on English laws"
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Armenian Kurds protested in Yerevan demanding the resolution...
Armenian Kurds protested in Yerevan demanding the resolution of the Kurdish Cause and the liberation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan, sentenced to death in Turkey
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Antigua and Barbuda signed an agreement during the...
Antigua and Barbuda signed an agreement during the opening of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom) leaders' 12th inter-sessional summit to establish a Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
A man with a lengthy criminal record was sent to death...
A man with a lengthy criminal record was sent to death row a 2nd time for the 1980 slaying of a grocery clerk
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001BelizeDEATH PENALTY
Belize signed an agreement during the opening of the...
Belize signed an agreement during the opening of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom) leaders' 12th inter-sessional summit to establish a Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
Barbados signed an agreement during the opening of...
Barbados signed an agreement during the opening of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom) leaders' 12th inter-sessional summit to establish a Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
Guyana signed an agreement during the opening of the...
Guyana signed an agreement during the opening of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom) leaders' 12th inter-sessional summit to establish a Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
Jamaica signed an agreement during the opening of the...
Jamaica signed an agreement during the opening of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom) leaders' 12th inter-sessional summit to establish a Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
Grenada signed an agreement during the opening of the...
Grenada signed an agreement during the opening of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom) leaders' 12th inter-sessional summit to establish a Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001St. Kitts & NevisDEATH PENALTY
St. Kitts signed an agreement during the opening of...
St. Kitts signed an agreement during the opening of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom) leaders' 12th inter-sessional summit to establish a Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). The CCJ will replace the British Privy Council, which has served
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
Trinidad and Tobago signed an agreement during the...
Trinidad and Tobago signed an agreement during the opening of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom) leaders' 12th inter-sessional summit to establish a Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
St. Lucia signed an agreement during the opening of...
St. Lucia signed an agreement during the opening of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom) leaders' 12th inter-sessional summit to establish a Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). The CCJ will replace the British Privy Council, which has served
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001SurinameDEATH PENALTY
Suriname signed an agreement during the opening of...
Suriname signed an agreement during the opening of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom) leaders' 12th inter-sessional summit to establish a Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Sami Selcuk, president of the Supreme Court of Appeals,...
Sami Selcuk, president of the Supreme Court of Appeals, said that Turkey, which is aiming to achieve full EU membership, should speed up democracy and start by drawing up a new constitution
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Corrections Department director-general Siva Saengmanee...
Corrections Department director-general Siva Saengmanee said that relatives of condemned prisoners may be invited to witness lethal injections
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
The Catholic Diocese of Richmond cannot have the evidence...
The Catholic Diocese of Richmond cannot have the evidence from Derek Barnabei's murder trial, a judge ruled
- FEBRUARY 13, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A palace spokesman insisted the visit of Prince Charles...
A palace spokesman insisted the visit of Prince Charles in Saudi Arabia this week will not be political
- FEBRUARY 13, 2001VermontDEATH PENALTY
A bill that was introduced in the Vermont House
A bill that was introduced in the Vermont House
- FEBRUARY 13, 2001KenyaDEATH PENALTY
John Otieno Odhiambo, 20, Joseph Kibaki and David Ochieng,...
John Otieno Odhiambo, 20, Joseph Kibaki and David Ochieng, both aged 19, were sentenced to death for raping a woman on October 11, 1999, at the Baba Dogo bus terminus in Nairobi, and robbed her of Sh2,500
- FEBRUARY 13, 2001SwitzerlandDEATH PENALTY
Death row inmate Stanley 'Tookey' Williams was nominated...
Death row inmate Stanley 'Tookey' Williams was nominated for the Nobel prize by a Swiss parliamentarian
- FEBRUARY 13, 2001BahrainDEATH PENALTY
The Bahraini authorities have released all political...
The Bahraini authorities have released all political prisoners
- FEBRUARY 13, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Saudi man was executed in the Qassim region for murdering...
A Saudi man was executed in the Qassim region for murdering a compatriot during a dispute