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- JANUARY 17, 2001North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
A condemned inmate whose picture, taken by Oliviero...
A condemned inmate whose picture, taken by Oliviero Toscani, was part of a Benetton campaign against capital punishment received a stay of execution
- JANUARY 17, 2001IsraelDEATH PENALTY
Meretz leader Yossi Sarid condemned the executions:...
Meretz leader Yossi Sarid condemned the executions: "As a person who opposes assassinations of Palestinians by Israel, I believe I have the full moral authority to call on the PA to stop the executions," he said
- JANUARY 17, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Hands off Cain organised a demonstration in front of...
Hands off Cain organised a demonstration in front of the Palestinian delegation premises in Rome
- JANUARY 17, 2001IndianaDEATH PENALTY
A bill to abolish the death penalty in the state and...
A bill to abolish the death penalty in the state and commute the sentences of those on death row to life in prison without parole (HB 1598) was introduced by Rep
- JANUARY 17, 2001United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
Mary Jane Ramos, a Filipino domestic helper, was saved...
Mary Jane Ramos, a Filipino domestic helper, was saved from execution for murder in a decision issued by the Ras Al Khaima court, after President Estrada told Philippine embassy officials in Dubai to exhaust whatever funds to make sure the defense lawyers
- JANUARY 17, 2001IndianaDEATH PENALTY
HB 1679 sponsored by Rep
HB 1679 sponsored by Rep
- JANUARY 17, 2001OmanDEATH PENALTY
Salah bin Ahmad bib Darwish was executed by firing...
Salah bin Ahmad bib Darwish was executed by firing squad for murder in Oman
- JANUARY 17, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN
Six of 11 people due to be hanged simultaneously in Iran were executed, state radio reported.
- JANUARY 16, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Supreme court has upheld a death sentence by public...
Supreme court has upheld a death sentence by public stoning for a woman convicted of murdering her husband with the help of her lover
- JANUARY 16, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The government has promulgated the Juvenile Justice...
The government has promulgated the Juvenile Justice System Ordinance 2000, which prohibits death penalty for a child under 18 years of age
- JANUARY 16, 2001ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Twenty gunmen suspected rightist paramilitary members...
Twenty gunmen suspected rightist paramilitary members stopped a bus in western Colombia and executed 10 passengers
- JANUARY 16, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Both the procuratorate and the court of Mianyang city...
Both the procuratorate and the court of Mianyang city were ordered each to pay 53,528
- JANUARY 16, 2001KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
A Sri Lankan expatriate, Vina Sishabi, was hanged at...
A Sri Lankan expatriate, Vina Sishabi, was hanged at the central prison of Kuwait city
- JANUARY 16, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
East Timorese leader of the violent militia gang Aitarak...
East Timorese leader of the violent militia gang Aitarak Eurico Guterres, 27, declared to a Jakarta courtroom that he wants to receive the death sentence because he feels rejected by the Indonesian Government
- JANUARY 16, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed 2 men for murder
China executed 2 men for murder
- JANUARY 16, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed a man for drug dealing
China executed a man for drug dealing
- JANUARY 16, 2001VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
33 Christian, Jewish and Muslim religious leaders from...
33 Christian, Jewish and Muslim religious leaders from around the state released a statement calling on the General Assembly to abolish the death penalty
- JANUARY 16, 2001Rhode IslandDEATH PENALTY
Sen. Raptakis filed SB 73 to reintroduce the death penalty.
Sen. Raptakis filed SB 73 to reintroduce the death penalty.
- JANUARY 16, 2001ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Twenty gunmen suspected rightist paramilitary members...
Twenty gunmen suspected rightist paramilitary members stopped a bus in western Colombia and executed 10 passengers
- JANUARY 16, 2001Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
A Sri Lankan expatriate, Vina Sishabi, was hanged at...
A Sri Lankan expatriate, Vina Sishabi, was hanged at the central prison of Kuwait city
- JANUARY 16, 2001DEATH PENALTY
SIT- IN IN ROME: TODAY h. 11 am
Today at 11.00 a.m. the Radical Party is organising a sit-in in front of the Palestinian Authority’s delegation offices in Rome in favour of a moratorium on executions in the territories.
- JANUARY 16, 2001DEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT
January 16, 2001: Vina Sishabi, from Sri Lanka, was hanged at the central prison of Kuwait city.
- JANUARY 16, 2001MissouriDEATH PENALTY
A jury in St
A jury in St
- JANUARY 16, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
A man who fatally stabbed, beat and sexually molested...
A man who fatally stabbed, beat and sexually molested a 7-year-old girl in his apartment was executed by fatal injection
- JANUARY 15, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
The European Union, under the Sweden Presidency, voiced...
The European Union, under the Sweden Presidency, voiced regret over the execution of two Palestinians convicted of collaboration with Israel and urged Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to commute death sentences against two other men, Ali al-Hatib and Husa
- JANUARY 15, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed two women, a mother and daughter,...
Saudi Arabia executed two women, a mother and daughter, convicted of killing their husband and father and burning his body in the desert
- JANUARY 15, 2001Central African RepublicDEATH PENALTY
Secretary-General Kofi Annan, in a report to the U
Secretary-General Kofi Annan, in a report to the U
- JANUARY 15, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
European Parliamentarian Emma Bonino criticised the...
European Parliamentarian Emma Bonino criticised the Palestinian Authority for the summary death sentences issued after trials lacking deliberation, and without the possibility of appeal or clemency
- JANUARY 15, 2001WashingtonDEATH PENALTY
The crime of murdering a child would join the list...
The crime of murdering a child would join the list of offenses automatically eligible for the death penalty under legislation filed in the memory of a 9-year-old Spokane girl killed by her father
- JANUARY 14, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
Authorities in Baghdad have released hundreds of prisoners...
Authorities in Baghdad have released hundreds of prisoners who were sentenced to death and life imprisonment for murder, kidnapping, armed robbery and rape