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- DECEMBER 17, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
In an extensive article in the New York Times exploring...
In an extensive article in the New York Times exploring the views of those who participate in executions in Texas, Warden Jim Willett, who has presided over 84 executions at Huntsville Prison, stated: "Just from a Christian standpoint, you can't see one o
- DECEMBER 16, 2000LebanonDEATH PENALTY
For the first time since executions resumed in 1994...
For the first time since executions resumed in 1994 there is a debate on the merits of the death penalty - something lacking until not long ago, when the authorities snuffed out murderers at will
- DECEMBER 15, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg granted...
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg granted Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan leave to appeal against the death sentence imposed on him by Turkey
- DECEMBER 15, 2000FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Frank Lee Smith, who had been convicted of a 1985 rape...
Frank Lee Smith, who had been convicted of a 1985 rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl, and who died of cancer 11 months ago while still on death row, was cleared of these charges according to an aide to Florida Gov
- DECEMBER 14, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Judges Mohammad Ruhul Amin and A
Judges Mohammad Ruhul Amin and A
- DECEMBER 14, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Russian State Duma anti-corruption committee Chairman,...
The Russian State Duma anti-corruption committee Chairman, Vladislav Ignatov, suggested in a press conference that the death penalty should be introduced as a punishment for drug dealing
- DECEMBER 14, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesian security forces began a fresh wave of arrests...
Indonesian security forces began a fresh wave of arrests or killings of independence supporters in the provinces of Aceh and Irian Jaya
- DECEMBER 14, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe urged US President-elect George W
The Council of Europe urged US President-elect George W
- DECEMBER 14, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
Saddam Hussein ordered the public beheading of dozens...
Saddam Hussein ordered the public beheading of dozens of men and women suspected of being pimps and prostitutes, human rights' groups claimed As many as 100 were thought to have been executed and the heads of some of the victims were tied to their own fro
- DECEMBER 14, 2000AustriaDEATH PENALTY
Austrian President Thomas Klestil sent congratulations...
Austrian President Thomas Klestil sent congratulations to [US president-elect George] Bush
- DECEMBER 14, 2000TogoDEATH PENALTY
The joint United Nations/Organisation of African Unity...
The joint United Nations/Organisation of African Unity (OAU) international committee of enquiry concluded its visit in Togo, where it was investigating allegations by the London-based Amnesty International that authorities had carried out extra-judicial e
- DECEMBER 14, 2000South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The Cape High Court ordered the ministries of justice,...
The Cape High Court ordered the ministries of justice, home affairs, foreign affairs and the national directorate for public prosecutions to furnish alleged Tanzanian bomber Khalfan Khamis Mohamed with all that he needed relating to his alleged unlawful a
- DECEMBER 14, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
On December 14, 2000, the country's warring rivals,...
On December 14, 2000, the country's warring rivals, the ruling Taleban and opposition Northern Alliance, held informal peace talks for the first time in 2000
- DECEMBER 14, 2000GermanyDEATH PENALTY
The Greens' human rights expert, Claudia Roth, said...
The Greens' human rights expert, Claudia Roth, said the election of George W
- DECEMBER 14, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Colosseum was illuminated to celebrate commutations...
The Colosseum was illuminated to celebrate commutations of sentences given to 105 death row prisoners in the Phillipines
- DECEMBER 14, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Colosseum was illuminated to mark the occasion...
The Colosseum was illuminated to mark the occasion in New York, when the Secretary of the UN Kofi Annan was presented with 3 million signatures, from 145 countries, in an appeal against the death penalty organised by the Community of Saint Egidio
- DECEMBER 13, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
At the military-run Medical University in Chongqing,...
At the military-run Medical University in Chongqing, an official confirmed that around 100 kidney transplants a year are carried out and most of the recipients are from South-east Asia
- DECEMBER 13, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Nazruddin Abdul Gani, a 22-year-old Indonesian volunteer...
Nazruddin Abdul Gani, a 22-year-old Indonesian volunteer for a Danish-sponsored aid group in violence-ravaged Aceh gave a first-hand account of arbitrary executions in Aceh
- DECEMBER 13, 2000NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Civil Liberties Organisation condemned the decision...
The Civil Liberties Organisation condemned the decision of the Federal Government to apply the death penalty to persons who vandalise NEPA installations and oil pipelines
- DECEMBER 12, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Yulin City Intermediate People's Court handed down...
The Yulin City Intermediate People's Court handed down a death sentence to Wu Gengyue, former deputy magistrate of Luchuan County for accepting 6
- DECEMBER 12, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Channel Four, a British television, reported that hundreds...
Channel Four, a British television, reported that hundreds of Malaysians on dialysis treatment have gone to China and paid the equivalent of 9C7,500 (S$18,900) to receive kidneys from executed criminals
- DECEMBER 12, 2000PeruDEATH PENALTY
Human rights groups said that former President Alberto...
Human rights groups said that former President Alberto Fujimori should answer the charges against him
- DECEMBER 12, 2000CroatiaDEATH PENALTY
The Bosnian Federation police said it was of "extreme...
The Bosnian Federation police said it was of "extreme importance at this moment to have General Andabak extradited [to BH (Bosnia-Herzegovina)], which should be decided by the Croatian judiciary "
- DECEMBER 12, 2000ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A bill to ban the death penalty and life imprisonment...
A bill to ban the death penalty and life imprisonment for juvenile offenders was submitted by the Attorney-General's office to be put on the agenda for a cabinet meeting
- DECEMBER 12, 2000GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
The President of the Chechnya, Aslan Maskhadov, issued...
The President of the Chechnya, Aslan Maskhadov, issued a decree "On Criminal Responsibility of Citizens of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria for Crimes Committed in Georgia"
- DECEMBER 12, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The President of the Chechnya, Aslan Maskhadov, issued...
The President of the Chechnya, Aslan Maskhadov, issued a decree "On Criminal Responsibility of Citizens of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria for Crimes Committed in Georgia"
- DECEMBER 12, 2000Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
The Bosnian Federation police said it was of "extreme...
The Bosnian Federation police said it was of "extreme importance at this moment to have General Andabak extradited [to BH (Bosnia-Herzegovina)], which should be decided by the Croatian judiciary "
- DECEMBER 11, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
A poll of potential jurors by The National Law Journal...
A poll of potential jurors by The National Law Journal and Decision Quest found that recent exonerations of death row inmates, both by DNA and outside investigations, have made 31% of potential voters more inclined to vote for life imprisonment instead of
- DECEMBER 10, 2000JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Tokyo High Court upheld a death sentence imposed...
The Tokyo High Court upheld a death sentence imposed on a man who murdered two men and one woman in Tochigi Prefecture from 1990 to 1993 in the mistaken belief that the men were having affairs with his wife
- DECEMBER 10, 2000Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
A Palestinian state security court in Nablus sentenced...
A Palestinian state security court in Nablus sentenced to death Allan Bani Odeh, who was convicted of helping Israel assassinate a top Hamas terrorist