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- JANUARY 11, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Oklahoma executed Wanda Jean Allen for killing Gloria...
Oklahoma executed Wanda Jean Allen for killing Gloria Leathers her lover, the first woman put to death in the state since 1903 and the first black woman executed in the United States since the 1950s
- JANUARY 10, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Hamid Heydari, a convicted murderer was hanged in public...
Hamid Heydari, a convicted murderer was hanged in public in Tehran
- JANUARY 10, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zhou Changqing, a former Shaanxi provincial official...
Zhou Changqing, a former Shaanxi provincial official who has misappropriated more than 50 million yuan, was executed
- JANUARY 10, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Cai Xueyuan, a 32-year-old policeman, was sentenced...
Cai Xueyuan, a 32-year-old policeman, was sentenced to death by the Intermediate People's Court of Zhengzhou, capital of central Henan Province for stealing firearms and immediately executed
- JANUARY 10, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three triad members, Chen Zewu, 31, Ke Xingzhi, 37,...
Three triad members, Chen Zewu, 31, Ke Xingzhi, 37, and Lin Zai, 29, were executed
- JANUARY 10, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A couple, Liu Yixia, 37, the wife, a former teller...
A couple, Liu Yixia, 37, the wife, a former teller of the China Scientific and Technological Development Foundation (CSTDF), and her husband, Li Shaoyang, 44, two jobless, was executed for embezzlement of more than 8
- JANUARY 10, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's Judiciary Chief Mahmud Hashemi-Shahrudi calling...
Iran's Judiciary Chief Mahmud Hashemi-Shahrudi calling for merciless and powerful action against drug-trafficking which has paralysed Iran said that currently 800 drug inmates have been sentenced to death
- JANUARY 10, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zhang Yongda was executed for drug trafficking
Zhang Yongda was executed for drug trafficking
- JANUARY 10, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
President of the Supreme People's Court, told judges...
President of the Supreme People's Court, told judges they should not hesitate to use tough penalties against corrupt cadres and the four "bad elements" of society
- JANUARY 10, 2001South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Sen. Wilson presented a bill to allow a majority of...
Sen. Wilson presented a bill to allow a majority of 10 members (now it is necessary to have all 12 members) of a jury to pronounce capital sentences.
- JANUARY 10, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Justice Minister Samir Jisr said he will improve what...
Justice Minister Samir Jisr said he will improve what he calls the country's "disastrous" prison conditions, but remained firm in his belief that capital punishment is a necessity
- JANUARY 10, 2001South DakotaDEATH PENALTY
Sen. Wilson introduced SB 90 that provides that in...
Sen. Wilson introduced SB 90 that provides that in order to sentence a defendant to death, ten or more members of a jury, instead on all 12 members, must vote in favor of imposing the death penalty.
- JANUARY 9, 2001TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court of Tajikistan sentenced to death...
The Supreme Court of Tajikistan sentenced to death the leader of a criminal armed group, (Murodali Bozorov), and two of his accomplices, (Abror Sulaymonov) and (Kiyemiddiyen Fayzullayev) for murder, banditry and also with taking several servicemen of the
- JANUARY 9, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Eddie Leroy Trice, 48, was executed by lethal injection...
Eddie Leroy Trice, 48, was executed by lethal injection in McAlester for the 1987 killing of Ernestine Jones, 84, in her Oklahoma City home
- JANUARY 9, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
In a letter to the Governor of Oklahoma, Mr
In a letter to the Governor of Oklahoma, Mr
- JANUARY 9, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
Convicted killer Jack Wade Clark was executed this...
Convicted killer Jack Wade Clark was executed this evening for the abduction, rape and fatal stabbing of a 23-year-old Lubbock County woman more than 11 years ago
- JANUARY 9, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
A month after a Florida death row inmate was cleared...
A month after a Florida death row inmate was cleared of a murder by a drop of his blood, Gov
- JANUARY 9, 2001CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Los Angeles County's new district attorney decided...
Los Angeles County's new district attorney decided to forgo the death penalty and seek life sentences in some murder cases in which foreigners have fled to countries that refuse extradition in death penalty cases
- JANUARY 9, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Jur'at Nuri and Abduhalik Abdureshit were executed...
Jur'at Nuri and Abduhalik Abdureshit were executed in Yining city in the Xinjiang region, for working to overthrow Chinese rule
- JANUARY 9, 2001IndianaDEATH PENALTY
Indiana State Rep
Indiana State Rep
- JANUARY 9, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Welder Saeng-Un Udom, 22, a Thai national was sentenced...
Welder Saeng-Un Udom, 22, a Thai national was sentenced by the Singapore High Court to hang for murdering Mr Weerasak Suebban, a fellow worker after an argument on June 23, 2000
- JANUARY 9, 2001SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Welder Saeng-Un Udom, 22, a Thai national was sentenced...
Welder Saeng-Un Udom, 22, a Thai national was sentenced by the High Court to hang for murdering Mr Weerasak Suebban, a fellow worker after an argument on June 23, 2000
- JANUARY 9, 2001Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed a Sri Lankan man for the murder...
Saudi Arabia executed a Sri Lankan man for the murder of a fellow Sri Lankan while he was sleeping
- JANUARY 9, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed a Sri Lankan man for the murder...
Saudi Arabia executed a Sri Lankan man for the murder of a fellow Sri Lankan while he was sleeping
- JANUARY 9, 2001IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
A bill was introduced that provides that an individual...
A bill was introduced that provides that an individual taxpayer who holds a religious, moral or ethical objection to the death penalty, may, upon approval of his or her application, be certified by the Department of Revenue as a capital punishment object
- JANUARY 9, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
A resolution was introduced proposing a constitutional...
A resolution was introduced proposing a constitutional amendment to provide the governor with sole discretion to commute punishment in capital cases
- JANUARY 9, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
Texas legislators Lucio, McClendon, and Hinojosa, introduced...
Texas legislators Lucio, McClendon, and Hinojosa, introduced Life Without Parole Bills on January 9, 2001
- JANUARY 8, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed an Indian man, Chandra Baboragoon,...
Saudi Arabia executed an Indian man, Chandra Baboragoon, and a Pakistani for smuggling heroin
- JANUARY 8, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed an Indian man and a Pakistani...
Saudi Arabia executed an Indian man and a Pakistani for smuggling heroin
- JANUARY 8, 2001GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Two bills (HB 11, HB 44) were introduced
Two bills (HB 11, HB 44) were introduced