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- SEPTEMBER 28, 2000JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Takamatsu High Court made a rare decision to uphold...
The Takamatsu High Court made a rare decision to uphold a lower court ruling that sentenced 73-year-old Haruno Sakamoto to death for the murder of her husband and an employee of the bar she ran
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2000ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Appeal Court Judge Jaran Pukditanakul broadly outlined...
Appeal Court Judge Jaran Pukditanakul broadly outlined key areas that the National Human Rights Commission needed to address, including a study of whether existing laws and government rules and regulations infringed on or contained elements which violate
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2000UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Uzbek Supreme Court in the capital Tashkent sentenced...
The Uzbek Supreme Court in the capital Tashkent sentenced one man to death and another 13 to prison terms of up to 24 years for their part in Islamic separatist fighting in November 1999 that claimed 11 lives
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2000South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds of black protesters gathered at the court,...
Hundreds of black protesters gathered at the court, hoping to catch a glimpse of Pieter Odendaal, 44, a white South African accused of tying a black employee to the back of his pick-up truck and then dragging him five kilometres to his death
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An Additional District and Sessions court sentenced...
An Additional District and Sessions court sentenced Faqir Hussain to death for murder
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Kuwaiti court sentenced to death three Pakistanis...
A Kuwaiti court sentenced to death three Pakistanis for drug smuggling
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An Additional District and Sessions court meted out...
An Additional District and Sessions court meted out the death sentence to Shahid alias Chitta for murder on October 7, 1999
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2000KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
A Kuwaiti court sentenced to death a Kuwaiti national...
A Kuwaiti court sentenced to death a Kuwaiti national and three Pakistanis for drug smuggling
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2000BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Dulal Mia, 35, was sentenced to death by a special...
Dulal Mia, 35, was sentenced to death by a special court that deals with Woman and Child Repression after being found guilty of murdering his wife in 1997
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2000MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
S. Sivakumar, 27, V. Muruga, 24, S
S. Sivakumar, 27, V. Muruga, 24, S
- 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, 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 22, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Murder rates and death penalty
Murder rates and death penalty
- 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