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- SEPTEMBER 27, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Ricky McGinn, 43, white, was executed by lethal injection
Ricky McGinn, 43, white, was executed by lethal injection
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The High People's Court of east China's Jiangsu Province...
The High People's Court of east China's Jiangsu Province rejected the appeals of four Chinese men found guilty of the murder of a German Daimler-Benz AG executive, his wife and their two children at their villa in Nanjing on April 1, 2000
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
A draft European Union charter of fundamental rights,...
A draft European Union charter of fundamental rights, which some politicians believe could one day form the basis of a European constitution, rules out extraditing someone to a state where there is a "serious risk that he or she would be subjected to the
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The President of the Republic, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi,...
The President of the Republic, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, criticised the death penalty by declaring that it be "abolished once and for all in all countries appartaining to the Council of Europe", that is to say even those countries where the death penalty is f
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Beijing City No 1 Intermediate People's Court sentenced...
The Beijing City No 1 Intermediate People's Court sentenced prostitute Hu Kaiying, 20, to death suspended for two years
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2000SloveniaDEATH PENALTY
The Koper District Court rejected Turkey's request...
The Koper District Court rejected Turkey's request for the extradition of Naci Muzaffer Oeztuerk, a 42-year old Swiss citizen of Turkish origin who had been jailed in Koper since July 17, 2000
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
An Afghan man was executed for smuggling drugs
An Afghan man was executed for smuggling drugs
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The hanging of Mohammed Arshad alias Mola, was set...
The hanging of Mohammed Arshad alias Mola, was set for October 14 in the new Central Jail of Bahawalpur
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A man was executed for stabbing to death a fellow citizen
A man was executed for stabbing to death a fellow citizen
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Afghanistan's ruling Taleban movement publicly executed...
Afghanistan's ruling Taleban movement publicly executed Ahmad Zaki and Gul Ahmad
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A local court in Suqian City in east China's Jiangsu...
A local court in Suqian City in east China's Jiangsu Province sentenced to death four leaders, among them Zheng Mingyue and Zheng Mingliang, of a gang which abducted, raped and then sold 240 poor rural women as brides in the city of Suqian
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2000United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Foreign Minister Robin Cook stated the Government's...
Foreign Minister Robin Cook stated the Government's plans to appoint a special envoy on the death penalty as part of a worldwide campaign to abolish capital punishment
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2000DEATH PENALTY
Murder rates and death penalty
Murder rates and death penalty
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2000ComorosDEATH PENALTY
Comoros signed the Convention Against Torture and Other...
Comoros signed the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2000TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Two mainland Chinese men were convicted of murder by...
Two mainland Chinese men were convicted of murder by the Supreme Court and sentenced to be executed
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2000VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The five-day appeal court trying Vietnam's biggest...
The five-day appeal court trying Vietnam's biggest drug case in Nam Dinh province reached its verdict
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2000TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Turkish Council of Ministers adopted a report prepared...
The Turkish Council of Ministers adopted a report prepared by the Human Rights Supreme Board which foresees the abolition of the capital punishment as a reference document
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2000MichiganDEATH PENALTY
A survey carried out by The New York Times using government...
A survey carried out by The New York Times using government statistics has revealed that over the past 20 years the homicide rate in states with the death penalty has been 48% to 101% higher than in states without the death penalty
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
A report by the State's Bar Committee on Legal Services...
A report by the State's Bar Committee on Legal Services to the Poor in Criminal Matters offers a collective assessment of the status of indigent defence in Texas and concludes that the system is in need of serious reform
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2000Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
A teenager was sentenced to death by hanging for the...
A teenager was sentenced to death by hanging for the abduction and murder of eight-year-old Sadeepa Lakshan
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Hadi Bin-Ali Bin-Sa'ud al-Safar al-Qahtani was executed...
Hadi Bin-Ali Bin-Sa'ud al-Safar al-Qahtani was executed in Khamis Mushayt in Asir Governorate after having been found guilty of drug smuggling and killing a policeman
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2000PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The House of Representatives proposed a bill which...
The House of Representatives proposed a bill which advocated reducing the amount of illegal drugs found on a person in order to be eligible for the death penalty
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2000TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Rustam Ubaydullayev, a 48-year-old inhabitant of Dushanbe,...
Rustam Ubaydullayev, a 48-year-old inhabitant of Dushanbe, was sentenced to death in Tajikistan for mugging a UN military observer in February 1999
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Prime Minister of Italy declared during a visit...
The Prime Minister of Italy declared during a visit to Washington, only a few days after the execution of Barnabei, that the death penalty is a problem that will grow in the conscience of the American people
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Seven gangsters and their associates were executed...
Seven gangsters and their associates were executed for crimes including murder, kidnapping and running gambling and prostitution rings
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2000TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Khudoydod Rasulov and Hasan Fayozov were found guilty...
Khudoydod Rasulov and Hasan Fayozov were found guilty of drug smuggling by the Leninobod regional court and sentenced to death
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2000FranceDEATH PENALTY
Ex-hippie guru Ira Einhorn appealed to French Prime...
Ex-hippie guru Ira Einhorn appealed to French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin to tear up an extradition order for his return to the United States to face trial for the murder of his girlfriend, his lawyers said
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2000Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International said that groups of Ivory Coast...
Amnesty International said that groups of Ivory Coast soldiers had been summarily killing unarmed suspected criminals and mistreating lawyers and journalists since the military coup on Christmas Eve, 1999
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2000UkraineDEATH PENALTY
Vitaliy Boyko, the chairman of the Supreme Court said...
Vitaliy Boyko, the chairman of the Supreme Court said in an interview that before the death penalty was abolished as a Council of Europe requirement there used to be between 120 and 150 death sentences handed out every year
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Tambi Raj Kaisafan Mani Mandiram, an Indian national,...
Tambi Raj Kaisafan Mani Mandiram, an Indian national, was executed after being convicted of smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia