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- MARCH 17, 2000MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
King Mohammed VI of Morocco pardoned 864 prisoners,...
King Mohammed VI of Morocco pardoned 864 prisoners, including three sentenced to death, during the Muslim festival of Aid El Kebir celebrations
- MARCH 17, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Senate approved a motion by its Vice-President...
The Senate approved a motion by its Vice-President Ersilia Salvato urging the government to steer the EU towards proposing a new resolution on the death penalty at the UN Commission for Human Rights
- MARCH 16, 2000JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Sendai High Court rejected a former death-row inmate's...
The Sendai High Court rejected a former death-row inmate's demand that the state and Miyagi Prefecture pay a total of 143 million yen in compensation for falsely charging him of murdering a family of four in 1955
- MARCH 16, 2000EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
The Italian Charge d'Affaires, Renato Cianfarani said...
The Italian Charge d'Affaires, Renato Cianfarani said Italy was offering sanctuary to three former Derg officials at the Italian Embassy "solely on humanitarian grounds," and that Italy would hand them over if Ethiopia pledged the ex-officials would not f
- MARCH 16, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Lahore courtordered a serial killer who had confessed...
A Lahore courtordered a serial killer who had confessed to killing more than 100 children to 100 death sentences in which he was to die in the same manner he killed his victims
- MARCH 16, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
The Islamic penal code envisages stiff sentences for...
The Islamic penal code envisages stiff sentences for a range of social, sexual and political offences, including frequent lashing and even executions
- MARCH 16, 2000FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Joseph Nahume Green was acquitted of the murder of...
Joseph Nahume Green was acquitted of the murder of Judith Miscally
- MARCH 16, 2000VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
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- MARCH 16, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
CCD chairman Pier Ferdinando Casini met a delegation...
CCD chairman Pier Ferdinando Casini met a delegation of Cuban anti-Castro exiles
- MARCH 15, 2000AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Greenough representative Kevin Minson tabled a petition...
Greenough representative Kevin Minson tabled a petition in the Legislative Assembly calling for a referendum on the death penalty
- MARCH 15, 2000Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Deputy Ma Lik said it would not be easy for China and...
Deputy Ma Lik said it would not be easy for China and Hong Kong to sign a mutual assistance agreement on criminal cases because of their differences on the issue of the death penalty
- MARCH 15, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Deputy Ma Lik said it would not be easy for China and...
Deputy Ma Lik said it would not be easy for China and Hong Kong to sign a mutual assistance agreement on criminal cases because of their differences on the issue of the death penalty
- MARCH 15, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A court in Akesu in the northwestern region of Xinjiang...
A court in Akesu in the northwestern region of Xinjiang gave capital punishment to 11 people, who were shot immediately afterwards
- MARCH 15, 2000JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Fukuoka District Court sentenced Yoshikatsu Oda,...
The Fukuoka District Court sentenced Yoshikatsu Oda, 52, to death for stabbing to death Ikuyo Kagenishi and Tsuyoshi Shiraishi in December 1990 and attempting to make the murders appear to be a double suicide
- MARCH 15, 2000UkraineDEATH PENALTY
The Internal Affairs minister, Yuriy Kravchenko, addressing...
The Internal Affairs minister, Yuriy Kravchenko, addressing parliament, said that 419 people who had been sentenced to capital punishment will most probably receive long prison terms
- MARCH 15, 2000South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Cedric Maake, a serial killer convicted of 27 murders,...
Cedric Maake, a serial killer convicted of 27 murders, 14 rapes and robbery was sentenced to 1,340 years in prison by the Johannesburg High Court
- MARCH 15, 2000VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Ha Tinh Province Court Order Execution Council...
The Ha Tinh Province Court Order Execution Council carried out the death penalty for Tran Van Truong, 38
- MARCH 15, 2000GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
The Georgia Senate approved replacing electrocution...
The Georgia Senate approved replacing electrocution with lethal injection as the state's execution method
- MARCH 15, 2000CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Darel Keith Rich, a 45 year old of native American...
Darel Keith Rich, a 45 year old of native American origin, who was known by the name of Young Elk in prison, was executed by lethal injection in San Quentin State Prison
- MARCH 15, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Timothy Gribble, 36, white, was executed by lethal injection
Timothy Gribble, 36, white, was executed by lethal injection
- MARCH 14, 2000Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
Former Bosnian Serb General Radislav Krstic, 52, was...
Former Bosnian Serb General Radislav Krstic, 52, was charged with the July 1995 slaughter of at least 7,500 Muslim men and boys at Srebrenica, a UN-declared demilitarised zone
- MARCH 14, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Indonesian military and police shot dead seven...
The Indonesian military and police shot dead seven people they claimed were separatist rebels in the restive province of Aceh
- MARCH 14, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Justice Minister Yuri Chaika asked whether a death...
Justice Minister Yuri Chaika asked whether a death sentenced might be handed down to notorious Chechen guerrilla commander Salman Raduyev replied that it was up to the court
- MARCH 14, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Deputy Prosecutor-General Vasiliy Kolmogorov said on...
Deputy Prosecutor-General Vasiliy Kolmogorov said on the case of Chechen terrorist Salman Raduyev that the charge of premeditated murder may incur capital punishment or life imprisonment
- MARCH 14, 2000SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
A fifty two year old housewife, Julaiha Begum, her...
A fifty two year old housewife, Julaiha Begum, her lover Loganatha Venkatesan, and another hired killer, Chandran Rajagopal, were all given the death sentence by the High Court for carrying out a plot to kill Begum's husband, T
- MARCH 14, 2000SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
General Radislav Kristic, 52, a Bosnian Serb, went...
General Radislav Kristic, 52, a Bosnian Serb, went on trial charged with planning and ordering the 1995 slaughter of thousands of Muslims in Srebrenica, the largest mass killing of civilians in Europe since World War II
- MARCH 14, 2000VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Hanoi Court Order Execution Council executed death...
The Hanoi Court Order Execution Council executed death row prisoner Dinh Van Mao at the Cau Nga Shooting Ground
- MARCH 14, 2000ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
Patrick Poland, 50, white, was executed by lethal injection
Patrick Poland, 50, white, was executed by lethal injection
- MARCH 14, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Ponchai Wilkerson, 28, black, was executed by lethal...
Ponchai Wilkerson, 28, black, was executed by lethal injection
- MARCH 13, 2000BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
In a landmark case, a magistrate in Botswana reserved...
In a landmark case, a magistrate in Botswana reserved passing a sentence and ordered a man found guilty of raping a teenage girl to undergo an HIV/AIDS test