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- FEBRUARY 7, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
Rep. Elliott Naishtat (D-Austin) introduced a bill...
Rep. Elliott Naishtat (D-Austin) introduced a bill which would grant authority to the governor to declare a moratorium on executions.
- FEBRUARY 7, 2001KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
Sen. Yonts introduced legislation providing for competent...
Sen. Yonts introduced legislation providing for competent counsel in death penalty cases (HB 142). (text: http://www
- FEBRUARY 6, 2001OregonDEATH PENALTY
The Oregon House approved House Bill 2092, which passed...
The Oregon House approved House Bill 2092, which passed 38-22
- FEBRUARY 6, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
An Army veteran diagnosed as suffering from Gulf War...
An Army veteran diagnosed as suffering from Gulf War illness was sentenced to death for killing 3 children with a shotgun
- FEBRUARY 6, 2001United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
An Iraqi man, Mohammed Aziz Mohammed, 41, was sentenced...
An Iraqi man, Mohammed Aziz Mohammed, 41, was sentenced to death by the Sharia Court in Ras Al Khaimah
- FEBRUARY 6, 2001AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill (SB14)...
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill (SB14) by Sen Hank Sanders that provides for a three year moratorium on the death penalty; it provides also for the implementation of certain procedures for imposing the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 6, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The Saudi opposition Movement for Islamic Reform in...
The Saudi opposition Movement for Islamic Reform in Arabia (MIRA) said the British, Canadian and Belgian nationals being held in a Saudi jail will not face the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 6, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
The Iranian opposition said that the Tehran regime...
The Iranian opposition said that the Tehran regime has issued 34 death sentences since the beginning of the current year
- FEBRUARY 6, 2001South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
MP Neal presented a bill on the abolition of the death...
MP Neal presented a bill on the abolition of the death penalty on juveniles
- FEBRUARY 6, 2001South DakotaDEATH PENALTY
A bill to exclude the death penalty for juvenile offenders...
A bill to exclude the death penalty for juvenile offenders (HB 3463) was introduced by Rep
- FEBRUARY 6, 2001KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
A bill (SB 79) was introduced to prohibit the disposal...
A bill (SB 79) was introduced to prohibit the disposal of DNA evidence prior to or following the trial of a living criminal defendant unless ordered by the court
- FEBRUARY 5, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six gang members were executed in Jiangsu province
Six gang members were executed in Jiangsu province
- FEBRUARY 5, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Zhangzhou City Intermediate People's Court found...
The Zhangzhou City Intermediate People's Court found Chen Sen, 41, guilty of the premeditated murder of Cai Bixia his young son's teacher, whom he attacked because he believed she discriminated against his son, on October 31, 2000
- FEBRUARY 5, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A British man, Alexander Mitchell, and a Canadian,...
A British man, Alexander Mitchell, and a Canadian, William Sampson, confessed on Saudi television to the November 17, 2000 bombing that killed Christopher Rodway and injured his wife in the Saudi capital Riyadh
- FEBRUARY 5, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Jerry Rodway, Christopher Rodway's, father, a British...
Jerry Rodway, Christopher Rodway's, father, a British man killed in a car bomb attack in Saudi Arabia said his son's killers should die
- FEBRUARY 4, 2001BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Thousands of supporters of Islamic religious leaders...
Thousands of supporters of Islamic religious leaders took to the streets in Dhaka carrying sticks and flags to protest against the High Court verdict against the fatwa
- FEBRUARY 3, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Hamas founder Shaykh Ahmad Yasin expressed his objection...
Hamas founder Shaykh Ahmad Yasin expressed his objection to the execution of collaborators and those suspected of dealing with the Israeli Shin Bet outside the framework of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA)
- FEBRUARY 2, 2001MarylandDEATH PENALTY
Senators Miller, Colburn, Forehand, Green, Hughes,...
Senators Miller, Colburn, Forehand, Green, Hughes, Mitchell, and Sfikas introduced a bill granting inmates access to DNA testing if a judge believes the evidence might prove their innocence
- FEBRUARY 2, 2001EgyptDEATH PENALTY
A penal court in Guizeh confirmed capital sentences...
A penal court in Guizeh confirmed capital sentences for murder on: Salah Abu Zaid Yusuf, Rawiaya Fathi Abd al Salam (Salah's wife) Abu Zaid Salah Abu Zaid Yusuf (Salah's son, 21)Gamal Fathi Abd al Salam, 19 and Mihammad Samir Ahmad, 25
- FEBRUARY 2, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
A delegation representing several human-rights groups...
A delegation representing several human-rights groups spoke with Speaker Nabih Berri, urging him to abolish the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 2, 2001IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Five Illinois lawmakers introduced a bill to repeal...
Five Illinois lawmakers introduced a bill to repeal the death penalty, 13 months after Gov
- FEBRUARY 2, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Jody Kollapen, commissioner of the South African Human...
Jody Kollapen, commissioner of the South African Human Rights Commission, said that calls for the reintroduction of the death penalty were futile from a legal and political point of view, nor was such a penalty a proven solution to crime
- FEBRUARY 1, 2001NamibiaDEATH PENALTY
The National Society for Human Rights joined the call...
The National Society for Human Rights joined the call to Botswana President Festus Mogae to commute the death penalty imposed on Mariette Bosch to life imprisonment
- FEBRUARY 1, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Tokyo District Court sentenced Yoshio Iwamoto,...
The Tokyo District Court sentenced Yoshio Iwamoto, a 56-year-old man to death for committing two murder-robberies in 1996 and 1999 in Tokyo
- FEBRUARY 1, 2001South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Arthur Hastings Wise didn't want mercy, and he didn't get it
Arthur Hastings Wise didn't want mercy, and he didn't get it
- FEBRUARY 1, 2001New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
The New Jersey Supreme Court affirmed for the 2nd time...
The New Jersey Supreme Court affirmed for the 2nd time the death sentence imposed on the man who raped and strangled Megan Kanka
- FEBRUARY 1, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
An inmate on death row longer than any other was executed...
An inmate on death row longer than any other was executed for a 1979 murder at a Lawton bar
- FEBRUARY 1, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed in Al-Qatif Governorate two Indian...
Saudi Arabia executed in Al-Qatif Governorate two Indian men for stabbing to death a co-worker
- FEBRUARY 1, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Lu Benqun, 21; Wang Xiaoming, 21; and Zhu Pingdong,...
Lu Benqun, 21; Wang Xiaoming, 21; and Zhu Pingdong, 17, were sentenced to death by the Xi'an Intermediate People' s Court
- FEBRUARY 1, 2001BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
The Namibian National Society for Human Rights joined...
The Namibian National Society for Human Rights joined the call to Botswana President Festus Mogae to commute the death penalty imposed on Mariette Bosch to life imprisonment