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- FEBRUARY 1, 2001GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Five persons were executed for violent crimes
Five persons were executed for violent crimes
- FEBRUARY 1, 2001VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
Bills that would have abolished or suspended the death...
Bills that would have abolished or suspended the death penalty in Virginia were killed by the House Courts of Justice Committee
- FEBRUARY 1, 2001MontanaDEATH PENALTY
Rep. Christine Kaufmann introduced a bill (HB 465)...
Rep. Christine Kaufmann introduced a bill (HB 465) to abolish the death penalty.
- FEBRUARY 1, 2001IndiaDEATH 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, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The South African Prisoners' Organisation for Human...
The South African Prisoners' Organisation for Human Rights send a letter with an appeal to Botswana President Mogae, to commute the death penalty imposed on Mariette Bosch to life imprisonment
- FEBRUARY 1, 2001DEATH PENALTY
BOTSWANA
February 1, 2001: Marietta Bosch, a South African woman sentenced to death for murder risks execution. Bosch may be the first white woman to hang in Botswana since it won independence from Britain in 1966 unless President Festus Mogae concedes pardon.
- JANUARY 31, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The Foreign Affairs Select Committee of MPs accused...
The Foreign Affairs Select Committee of MPs accused the Government of being reluctant to confront or impose restrictions on countries guilty of human rights abuses
- JANUARY 31, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
On the 1st anniversary of Illinois' death penalty moratorium,...
On the 1st anniversary of Illinois' death penalty moratorium, Wisconsin Sen
- JANUARY 31, 2001OmanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani national, Murad Bkhit was executed in Oman...
A Pakistani national, Murad Bkhit was executed in Oman for drug trafficking
- JANUARY 31, 2001GreeceDEATH PENALTY
The Greek Parliament effectively abolished the death...
The Greek Parliament effectively abolished the death sentence in peace time
- JANUARY 31, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Commissioner for External Relations, Cris Patten in...
Commissioner for External Relations, Cris Patten in a contribution to a debate on the situation in the Middle East at the European Parliament said that he was deeply concerned by the killing of Israeli civilians by Palestinians, and by the recent executio
- JANUARY 31, 2001CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
A gang member convicted of killing 2 teenagers (Mike...
A gang member convicted of killing 2 teenagers (Mike Murillo and Bryan Molina) in Whittier was sentenced to death
- JANUARY 31, 2001CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
A man whose November 1999 crime spree resulted in the...
A man whose November 1999 crime spree resulted in the deaths of 2 people was sentenced to die
- JANUARY 31, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
A Galveston man convicted and sentenced to death in...
A Galveston man convicted and sentenced to death in the murder of his toddler stepdaughter had an ineffective lawyer and should be given a new trial, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled Wednesday
- JANUARY 31, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani national, Murad Bkhit was executed in Oman...
A Pakistani national, Murad Bkhit was executed in Oman for drug trafficking
- JANUARY 31, 2001OregonDEATH PENALTY
Senator Mark Hatfield, Norma Paulus and Dr
Senator Mark Hatfield, Norma Paulus and Dr
- JANUARY 31, 2001ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
Arizona Attorney General Janet Napolitano's death penalty...
Arizona Attorney General Janet Napolitano's death penalty commission, which was appointed in 2000 to study how capital punishment is administered and to recommend improvements, has agreed to expand a legislative proposal (SB 1486) to help Arizona's rural
- JANUARY 31, 2001DEATH PENALTY
OMAN
January 31, 2001: First execution for drug trafficking in Oman.
- JANUARY 30, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Mohammed Lodhi, 43, a businessman Pakistani national,...
Mohammed Lodhi, 43, a businessman Pakistani national, is fighting extradition to the United Arab Emirates where he faces a death sentence, possibly by crucifixion, if extradited
- JANUARY 30, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
The Yemeni national who hijacked a plane on an internal...
The Yemeni national who hijacked a plane on an internal flight from Sanaa to Taaz last week may face the death penalty if proven guilty by the court judges
- JANUARY 30, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
Presiding Judge Toshifumi Motohara of the Supreme Court...
Presiding Judge Toshifumi Motohara of the Supreme Court rejected Kozo Segawa's appeal against lower court capital sentence
- JANUARY 30, 2001Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
The UN special rapporteur on human rights in DRC, Roberto...
The UN special rapporteur on human rights in DRC, Roberto Garreton, condemned the January 19 clashes between the Hema and Lendu in Bunia and said that Lendu and Ngiti militiamen attacked Ugandan military positions near Bunia airport
- JANUARY 30, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkey's justice minister Hikmet Sami Turk said might...
Turkey's justice minister Hikmet Sami Turk said might have to review a stay of execution for Abdullah Ocalan if he continued making "provocative" public statements
- JANUARY 30, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
A Yemeni man with a history of crime had his right...
A Yemeni man with a history of crime had his right hand chopped off and will go before a firing squad for murder in 10 days
- JANUARY 30, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed in Mecca three [unidentified]...
Saudi Arabia executed in Mecca three [unidentified] nationals for stabbing and raping a Saudi woman before robbing her
- JANUARY 30, 2001SyriaDEATH PENALTY
A Syrian national, Ibrahim Issa , was sentenced to...
A Syrian national, Ibrahim Issa , was sentenced to death in absentia in Lebanon after he was found guilty of murdering a woman, Salwat Asafiri, at her home in Beirut in 1998
- JANUARY 30, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Chen Zhiqing, 37, an accountant at the People's Bank...
Chen Zhiqing, 37, an accountant at the People's Bank of China branch in Xining, Qinghai province, was sentenced to death by Xining Intermediate People's Court, for looting 15
- JANUARY 30, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Mohammed Lodhi, 43, a businessman Pakistani national,...
Mohammed Lodhi, 43, a businessman Pakistani national, is fighting in United Kingdom extradition to the United Arab Emirates where he faces a death sentence, possibly by crucifixion, if extradited
- JANUARY 30, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
A Syrian national, Ibrahim Issa , was sentenced to...
A Syrian national, Ibrahim Issa , was sentenced to death in absentia after he was found guilty of murdering a woman, Salwat Asafiri, at her home in Beirut in 1998
- JANUARY 30, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
A 35-year-old man, Loyd Lafevers, was executed by injection...
A 35-year-old man, Loyd Lafevers, was executed by injection in the night for killing an 84-year-old woman by beating her and setting her on fire