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- JANUARY 14, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed a Saudi man for shooting dead...
Saudi Arabia executed a Saudi man for shooting dead a fellow national
- JANUARY 14, 2001GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Small counties in South Georgia are going broke prosecuting...
Small counties in South Georgia are going broke prosecuting and defending death penalty cases - even though fewer and fewer murderers are being put to death
- JANUARY 14, 2001IsraelDEATH PENALTY
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak denounced the Palestinian...
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak denounced the Palestinian Authority's execution of two collaborators convicted of helping Israel pinpoint and kill Palestinian activists during the current uprising
- JANUARY 14, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
After putting 2 men before firing squads and condemning...
After putting 2 men before firing squads and condemning 2 more to death, Palestinian authorities said that more trials - and harsher punishment - are ahead for Palestinians accused of collaborating with Israel
- JANUARY 14, 2001DEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA
January 14, 2001: Saudi Arabia executed two people this weekend
- JANUARY 14, 2001IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
A supervisor at the Illinois State Police crime lab...
A supervisor at the Illinois State Police crime lab gave false testimony in 9 cases, including trials that resulted in wrongful rape convictions of 3 Chicago men, according to an analysis by a leading forensic expert for a lawsuit against the City of Chic
- JANUARY 13, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed 26 people convicted of robbery, rape...
China executed 26 people convicted of robbery, rape and murder as the police mounted a drive to rid the streets of criminals and warn potential offenders ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays
- JANUARY 13, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
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- JANUARY 13, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that the Mojahedin Military Command...
It was reported that the Mojahedin Military Command Council had sentenced to death for being enemy conspirators and executed five people who worked in a Russian concentration camp as "torture agents" in the village of Sherkesnov
- JANUARY 13, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
A special source reported that the Baghdad regime executed...
A special source reported that the Baghdad regime executed a large number of strugglers in Makasib prison and buried their bodies in a graveyard near Baghdad international airport
- JANUARY 13, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Abdel-Rahim Shah Qulshawal, a Pakistani national was...
Abdel-Rahim Shah Qulshawal, a Pakistani national was beheaded for heroin smuggling in the town of Al-Khobar
- JANUARY 13, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
After putting 2 men before firing squads, a military...
After putting 2 men before firing squads, a military court heard no witnesses and deliberated less than an hour before sentencing two Palestinians to death and two others to life in prison on similar charges of treason
- JANUARY 13, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Abdel-Rahim Shah Qulshawal, a Pakistani national was...
Abdel-Rahim Shah Qulshawal, a Pakistani national was beheaded for heroin smuggling in the town of Al-Khobar
- JANUARY 13, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
January 13, 2001: Two Palestinians convicted of collaborating with Israel have been executed by firing squad.
- JANUARY 13, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Two Palestinians convicted of collaborating with Israel...
Two Palestinians convicted of collaborating with Israel have been executed by firing squad
- JANUARY 12, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Federal Judge Norman Roettger has ordered a new evidentiary...
Federal Judge Norman Roettger has ordered a new evidentiary hearing for Florida Death Row inmate Billy Kelley, convicted in 1984 for the 1966 murder of wealthy citrus rancher Von Maxcy
- JANUARY 12, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Alerken Abula, leader of the 113-member East Turkestan...
Alerken Abula, leader of the 113-member East Turkestan Islamic Party of Allah, recently sentenced by Intermediate People's Court of Bayingolin Mongol autonomous prefecture, was executed for planning and committing "terrorist" attacks in the region of Xinj
- JANUARY 12, 2001TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court of Tajikistan sentenced to death...
The Supreme Court of Tajikistan sentenced to death Maqsatullo Abdulhaqov, A
- JANUARY 12, 2001KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
A collegium of the city court of Bishkek, chaired by Dzh
A collegium of the city court of Bishkek, chaired by Dzh
- JANUARY 12, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The Committee for Amnesty has started examining the...
The Committee for Amnesty has started examining the files of four cases involving irrevocable death penalties before passing them on to the Justice Minister and subsequently to President Emile Lahoud, whose signature is final
- JANUARY 12, 2001ConnecticutDEATH PENALTY
Sen. Handley introduced a death penalty moratorium...
Sen. Handley introduced a death penalty moratorium bill and a death penalty abolition bill (SB 413 and 420, respectively). (text: http://prdbasis
- JANUARY 12, 2001MarylandDEATH PENALTY
Rep. Dembrow presented HB 102 to abolish capital punishment....
Rep. Dembrow presented HB 102 to abolish capital punishment. (text: http://mlis
- JANUARY 11, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Yufen, a woman former company manager, was sentenced...
Li Yufen, a woman former company manager, was sentenced to death by the Jilin Higher People's Court for defrauding companies and individuals of more than 38 million yuan (about 4
- JANUARY 11, 2001IndianaDEATH PENALTY
The Indiana Supreme Court unsealed the fate of death-row...
The Indiana Supreme Court unsealed the fate of death-row inmate Vincent Prowell, sentenced to die for the 1993 murders of Denise Powers and Chris Fillbright outside the Green River Manor Apartments
- JANUARY 11, 2001VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
A federal judge for the 1st time has ordered new DNA...
A federal judge for the 1st time has ordered new DNA testing for a Virginia death row inmate, ruling that Brian Lee Cherrix needs the lab work to verify his claim that he was wrongfully convicted of killing a pizza delivery woman
- JANUARY 11, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
An inmate whose execution was stayed in December by...
An inmate whose execution was stayed in December by a Florida Supreme Court busy with presidential election disputes was executed by lethal injection at Florida State Prison
- JANUARY 11, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Fadi Maraash, 20, convicted by the Military Tribunal...
Fadi Maraash, 20, convicted by the Military Tribunal in 2000 of murdering his neighbor, Aisha Aisha, 19, despite diagnosed as a schizophrenic, had his death sentence approved by all of the authorities - including President Emile Lahoud, who postponed his
- JANUARY 11, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Xia Longhua and Zhao Guangkai were sentenced to death...
Xia Longhua and Zhao Guangkai were sentenced to death by the Shanghai Municipal Number Two Intermediate People's Court
- JANUARY 11, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
MP George Deeb Neameh called for "completely abolishing"...
MP George Deeb Neameh called for "completely abolishing" capital punishment and for examining the true social and economic causes of crime
- JANUARY 11, 2001New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
It was introduced (AB 1817) a bill to abolish the death...
It was introduced (AB 1817) a bill to abolish the death penalty