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- NOVEMBER 2, 2000CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
According to a Los Angeles Times Poll, support for...
According to a Los Angeles Times Poll, support for capital punishment in California has fallen 20% in the past decade, from 78% in 1990 to 58% in 2000
- NOVEMBER 2, 2000North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
David Smith, attorney for North Carolina death row...
David Smith, attorney for North Carolina death row inmate Russell Tucker, recently admitted that he purposely tried to sabotage the defence so that his client would be executed
- NOVEMBER 1, 2000CameroonDEATH PENALTY
Two men were killed by the security forces in Cameroon,...
Two men were killed by the security forces in Cameroon, apparently caught up in a controversial crackdown on crime
- NOVEMBER 1, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Musallat Bin-Abdallah Bin-Musallat al-Mash'abi al-Subay'i...
Musallat Bin-Abdallah Bin-Musallat al-Mash'abi al-Subay'i was executed in Bishah in the Asir after he had been found guilty of murdering another Saudi national, Sa'd Bin-Shari Bin-Mutrik al-Shahrani
- NOVEMBER 1, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
An Afghan found guilty of murder was executed by the...
An Afghan found guilty of murder was executed by the Taleban authorities in Shanran, the capital of Afghanistan's southeastern Paktika Province
- NOVEMBER 1, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Sindh High Court verdict upholding the life sentence...
The Sindh High Court verdict upholding the life sentence for Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in the plane hijacking case will be challenged in the Supreme Court, his wife Kulsoom Nawaz said
- NOVEMBER 1, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Abdul Salam, a drug addict who killed his own mother...
Abdul Salam, a drug addict who killed his own mother was to be hung in the Central Jail of Mach on November 7, following the rejection of his mercy petition by the President of Pakistan
- NOVEMBER 1, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Jeffery Dillingham, 27, white, was executed by lethal...
Jeffery Dillingham, 27, white, was executed by lethal injection
- NOVEMBER 1, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
First Federal Execution Delayed
First Federal Execution Delayed
- NOVEMBER 1, 2000Governo Federale degli Stati UnitiDEATH PENALTY
David Paul Hammer, who was scheduled to be the first...
David Paul Hammer, who was scheduled to be the first federal prisoner executed since 1963, was granted a stay to file a federal appeal by January 31, 2001
- OCTOBER 31, 2000ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Court sentenced Anupat Saefan to death...
The Criminal Court sentenced Anupat Saefan to death for possessing 994,000 amphetamine tablets with intent to sell
- OCTOBER 31, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russian Deputy Justice Minister Yuri Kalinin said that...
Russian Deputy Justice Minister Yuri Kalinin said that that there are currently over 1,000 prisoners in Russia who have been sentenced to capital punishment
- OCTOBER 31, 2000GambiaDEATH PENALTY
Three convicted former military officers, ex-Lt
Three convicted former military officers, ex-Lt
- OCTOBER 31, 2000SpainDEATH PENALTY
Tens of thousands of Spaniards took to the streets...
Tens of thousands of Spaniards took to the streets of Madrid to protest the killing of supreme court judge Jose Francisco Querol, his bodyguard and his driver by the Basque separatist group ETA
- OCTOBER 31, 2000VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The People's Court in northern Quang Ninh province...
The People's Court in northern Quang Ninh province opened a court hearing of the biggest narcotics trafficking case ever in the province
- OCTOBER 30, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Ningbo City Intermediate People's Court sentenced...
The Ningbo City Intermediate People's Court sentenced Jiang Biming, the Legal Representative of Ningbo Tax Bond Zone Material Supply Company, to death with a reprieve of two years
- OCTOBER 30, 2000SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Vlastimil N, a 39-year-old Czech who was the main defendant...
Vlastimil N, a 39-year-old Czech who was the main defendant in the trial of an international gang of kidnappers and murderers of lorry drivers, was sentenced to death by a court in Subotica
- OCTOBER 30, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Akbar and Muhammad Sarwar were sentenced to...
Muhammad Akbar and Muhammad Sarwar were sentenced to death for the murder of Abdul Aziz on July 6th, 1993 in Burewala
- OCTOBER 30, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani court rejected the appeal of ousted prime...
A Pakistani court rejected the appeal of ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif against his conviction for hijacking, court officials said
- OCTOBER 29, 2000YemenDEATH PENALTY
The government announced it had executed Abu Hassan,...
The government announced it had executed Abu Hassan, the leader of the Islamic Army of Aden-Abyan
- OCTOBER 29, 2000RwandaDEATH PENALTY
The Catholic Church in Rwanda expressed appreciation...
The Catholic Church in Rwanda expressed appreciation for the acquittal of Father Edward Nturiye and Father Jean-Francois Kayiranga
- OCTOBER 29, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Abdallah Bin-Sa'id Bin-Abdallah al-Mu'ashi was executed...
Abdallah Bin-Sa'id Bin-Abdallah al-Mu'ashi was executed in Riyadh for murdering compatriot Badr Bin-Ghazi al-Ghamidi
- OCTOBER 28, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zhao Wei, Zhang Enju and Zhang Yuchun were executed...
Zhao Wei, Zhang Enju and Zhang Yuchun were executed after being convicted of five armed robberies in Yingkou city, in the northeastern Liaoning province, between October 1997 and April 1998
- OCTOBER 28, 2000Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
A mass grave was discovered at an industrial zone of...
A mass grave was discovered at an industrial zone of Yopougon containing the bodies of 55 men, which all appeared to have been shot at close range
- OCTOBER 27, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Death sentence for Texas defendant represented by sleeping...
Death sentence for Texas defendant represented by sleeping lawyer
- OCTOBER 27, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Turayhib Bin-Dunayb Bin-Nasir al-Sahli was executed...
Turayhib Bin-Dunayb Bin-Nasir al-Sahli was executed in Hafr al-Batin in the Eastern Province after being convicted of murdering Saudi national Khalaf Bin-Mu'authiq Bin-Jad'an al-Anzi
- OCTOBER 26, 2000JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Takamatsu High Court sentenced 65 year-old Yoshio...
The Takamatsu High Court sentenced 65 year-old Yoshio Yamazaki to death for murdering two people in 1985 and 1990 for insurance money and overturned a lower court ruling of life imprisonment
- OCTOBER 26, 2000RwandaDEATH PENALTY
The Court of Appeal in northern Rwanda's Ruhengeri...
The Court of Appeal in northern Rwanda's Ruhengeri prefecture acquitted two priests who were facing death penalties on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity
- OCTOBER 26, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Sila Ban Rajamuni, an Indian national, was executed...
Sila Ban Rajamuni, an Indian national, was executed in the eastern governorate of Al-Qatif
- OCTOBER 26, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Tahir Ahmed was condemned to death for killing a police...
Tahir Ahmed was condemned to death for killing a police constable, Muhammad Ashraf, while looting a passenger wagon