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- JANUARY 1, 2001Vatican CityDEATH PENALTY
The Vatican maintained capital punishment into the...
The Vatican maintained capital punishment into the twentieth century with hangings taking place during the papacy of Pius IX
- JANUARY 1, 2001WyomingDEATH PENALTY
Wyoming does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Wyoming does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded or juvenile offenders but does have life without parole
- JANUARY 1, 2001MontanaDEATH PENALTY
Montana does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Montana does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded but does forbid the execution of juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 2001ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
Arizona does not forbid the execution of juvenile offenders
Arizona does not forbid the execution of juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 2001VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
Virginia does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Virginia does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded or juvenile offenders but does have life without parole
- JANUARY 1, 2001New MexicoDEATH PENALTY
New Mexico forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
New Mexico forbids the execution of the mentally retarded and juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 2001NevadaDEATH PENALTY
Nevada does not forbid the execution of juvenile offenders...
Nevada does not forbid the execution of juvenile offenders and the execution of the mentally retarded
- JANUARY 1, 2001WashingtonDEATH PENALTY
Washington forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
Washington forbids the execution of the mentally retarded and juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 2001São Tomé & PríncipeDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Sao...
The Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe (1990) at Art
- JANUARY 1, 2001New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
New Jersey does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
New Jersey does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded but does forbid the execution of juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 2001New YorkDEATH PENALTY
New York forbids the execution of the mentally retarded,...
New York forbids the execution of the mentally retarded, except for murders by prisoners, and prohibits the execution of juveniles by requiring that the offender be "more than 18" at the time of the crime
- JANUARY 1, 2001IndianaDEATH PENALTY
Indiana forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
Indiana forbids the execution of the mentally retarded but does not forbid the execution of juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 2001OregonDEATH PENALTY
Oregon does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Oregon does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded but does forbid the execution of juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 2001North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
North Carolina does not forbid the execution of juvenile...
North Carolina does not forbid the execution of juvenile offenders but does have life without parole
- JANUARY 1, 2001PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
Pennsylvania does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Pennsylvania does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded or juvenile offenders but does have life without parole
- JANUARY 1, 2001LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
Louisiana does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Louisiana does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded or juvenile offenders but does have life without parole
- DECEMBER 31, 2000BahrainDEATH PENALTY
Bahrain executed Shi'ite activist Isa Ahmed Qambar...
Bahrain executed Shi'ite activist Isa Ahmed Qambar for killing a policeman, the first such move against an anti-government protester since political unrest erupted in the Gulf Arab state in 1994
- DECEMBER 31, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Special Rapporteur has continued to follow the...
The Special Rapporteur has continued to follow the situation in Chechnya, where Russian government forces are reported to be committing grave human rights violations, including deliberate and targeted extrajudicial executions of unarmed civilians
- DECEMBER 29, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
At least 24 Uighur Muslims from the Xinjiang Uighur...
At least 24 Uighur Muslims from the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region were executed in 2000 on charges of separatism
- DECEMBER 29, 2000KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
Rep. Tom Burch (D-Louisville), who in 1974 voted to...
Rep. Tom Burch (D-Louisville), who in 1974 voted to reinstate the death penalty because he believed it was a deterrent, said he now intends to introduce legislation to abolish capital punishment in Kentucky. "I was just wrong," said Burch of his 1974 vote
- DECEMBER 28, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Guangdong Provincial Higher People's Court upheld...
The Guangdong Provincial Higher People's Court upheld a September 24 sentence to death handed out by the Intermediate People's Court of Shanwei City to seven principal members of a 12-men criminal ring, including Zhuo Zhenyuan
- DECEMBER 28, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zhu Rongji, the Prime Minister, promised severe punishment...
Zhu Rongji, the Prime Minister, promised severe punishment for those responsible for the fire in a discotheque in the central Chinese city of Luoyang on Christmas night that killed 309 people
- DECEMBER 28, 2000LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
Two innocents men released from death row
Two innocents men released from death row
- DECEMBER 27, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China announced a new spate of high-level corruption...
China announced a new spate of high-level corruption cases as President Jiang Zemin warned the nation to prepare for a "long-term and arduous" struggle for clean government
- DECEMBER 26, 2000BahrainDEATH PENALTY
Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Issa al-Khalifa issued a decree...
Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Issa al-Khalifa issued a decree commuting to life terms the death sentences against Ali Ahmed al-Asfoor, Youssef Hassan Abdul-Baqi and Ahmed Khalil al-Kattab, three Bahraini Shi'ite Muslims for a 1996 arson attack in which seven Bang
- DECEMBER 25, 2000BahrainDEATH PENALTY
Yeshiwork Desta Zewdu, a 20 years old Ethiopia woman...
Yeshiwork Desta Zewdu, a 20 years old Ethiopia woman was sentenced to death by a Bahraini court in November after she was found guilty of killing her Filipino employer in 1998
- DECEMBER 25, 2000EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
Yeshiwork Desta Zewdu, a 20 years old Ethiopia woman...
Yeshiwork Desta Zewdu, a 20 years old Ethiopia woman was sentenced to death by a Bahraini court in November after she was found guilty of killing her Filipino employer in 1998
- DECEMBER 24, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Additional District and Sessions Judge Pakpattan Shahid...
Additional District and Sessions Judge Pakpattan Shahid Ahmad Roomi awarded the death sentence and a fine Rs
- DECEMBER 23, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zhao Xujie, a former laundry company manager was executed...
Zhao Xujie, a former laundry company manager was executed in Shanghai for stabbing a bank guard to death during a robbery, on June 5
- DECEMBER 23, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Indian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Talmiz Ahmad said...
Indian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Talmiz Ahmad said that India and Saudi Arabia would sign an agreement for co-operation in combating drug trafficking during Indian Foreign Minister