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- MARCH 3, 1999CubaDEATH PENALTY
On March 3, Cuban television reported that the Provincial...
On March 3, Cuban television reported that the Provincial Tribunal of Santiago had sentenced to death Francisco Portuondo Medina, aged 40, for murdering police Lieut
- MARCH 3, 1999MichiganDEATH PENALTY
On March 3, the Board of Directors of the Michigan...
On March 3, the Board of Directors of the Michigan Catholic Conference issued a statement opposing the reinstatement of the death penalty in Michigan
- MARCH 2, 1999TurkmenistanDEATH PENALTY
On March 2, documents for extraditing 3 Georgian citizens...
On March 2, documents for extraditing 3 Georgian citizens sentenced to death by the Askhabad court and later pardoned by the decree of President Niyazov were being prepared in Turkmenistan, Elene Tevdoradze, Chairwoman of the Parliamentary Committee for P
- MARCH 1, 1999AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
In March, the House debated a proposal, introduced...
In March, the House debated a proposal, introduced in 1998 by opposition Justice Spokesman Lawrence Springborg and known as "truth in sentencing" in a bid to ensure that serious violent offenders serve 100% of their jail terms
- MARCH 1, 1999AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
In March, Jean Yusuf Chahin, who lives in a modest...
In March, Jean Yusuf Chahin, who lives in a modest suburban home in western Sydney, arrived in Australia two years ago on a holiday visa
- MARCH 1, 1999AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
The same month, the One Nation Party ran a controversial...
The same month, the One Nation Party ran a controversial advertisement, which advocated a referendum on the death penalty, in the last week of the state election campaign
- MARCH 1, 1999United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
In March, in a formal proposal, London said its 13...
In March, in a formal proposal, London said its 13 remaining colonies must scrap the death penalty, drop laws against homosexuality and end secretive banking rules if they want the prestige and security of remaining British
- MARCH 1, 1999SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
In March 1999, 5 Albanian leaders from Kosovo were...
In March 1999, 5 Albanian leaders from Kosovo were executed by shooting
- MARCH 1, 1999MaltaDEATH PENALTY
In March, the extradition of Mohammed Abdel Monem Abbas,...
In March, the extradition of Mohammed Abdel Monem Abbas, 26, who was arrested in Malta in 1998 following an Interpol request, was requested by Turkey, so that he could face charges of murdering Briton Edgar Fernandes, 37, a London librarian who had been o
- MARCH 1, 1999TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
In March, the extradition of Mohammed Abdel Monem Abbas,...
In March, the extradition of Mohammed Abdel Monem Abbas, 26, who was arrested in Malta in 1998 following an Interpol request, was requested by Turkey, so that he could face charges of murdering Briton Edgar Fernandes, 37, a London librarian who had been o
- MARCH 1, 1999IranDEATH PENALTY
In March, President Mohammad Khatami's much-heralded...
In March, President Mohammad Khatami's much-heralded visit to France was unexpectedly canceled by the Iranian Government
- MARCH 1, 1999MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
In March, Judge Alauddin Mohamed Sheriff from the High...
In March, Judge Alauddin Mohamed Sheriff from the High Court of Alor Setar, a town in the northern state of Kedah, condemned to death Kouame Koffi Francis, 35, from Côte d'Ivoire under the Dangerous Drugs Act for having more than 1
- MARCH 1, 1999JordanDEATH PENALTY
In March, Ahmad Najdawi, a well-experienced lawyer...
In March, Ahmad Najdawi, a well-experienced lawyer said that laws need comprehensive revision
- MARCH 1, 1999LebanonDEATH PENALTY
In March, Jean Yusuf Chahin, who arrrived in Australia...
In March, Jean Yusuf Chahin, who arrrived in Australia two years ago on a holiday visa and has applied for residency in Australia as a refugee, was sentenced to death for 9 alleged assassinations and the bombing of a church in Lebanon
- MARCH 1, 1999MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
On March 1, Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Abu...
On March 1, Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Abu Bakar Suleiman said the Health Ministry will not consider a long-standing proposal raised in the early 1970s, when the wish of death-row inmate Wong Siew Chin, aka Botak Chin, to donate his organs could n
- MARCH 1, 1999CubaDEATH PENALTY
In March, a Cuban whose name was not revealed, resident...
In March, a Cuban whose name was not revealed, resident in the Oriental province of Holguin, was condemned to death by the Provincial Tribunal
- MARCH 1, 1999BermudaDEATH PENALTY
In March, in a formal proposal, the United Kingdom...
In March, in a formal proposal, the United Kingdom said its 13 remaining colonies must scrap the death penalty, drop laws against homosexuality and end secretive banking rules if they want the prestige and security of remaining British
- MARCH 1, 1999CubaDEATH PENALTY
On March 1, the trial of Vladimiro Roca, son of one...
On March 1, the trial of Vladimiro Roca, son of one of the founders of the Communist Party, economist Marta Beatriz Roque, attorney René Gomez Manzano and former teacher Felix Bonne, held in prison for 17 months on charges of "sedition and acts against St
- MARCH 1, 1999GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
In March, a delegation of members of the Italian Senate...
In March, a delegation of members of the Italian Senate and of Hands off Cain went to Guatemala to have the Government confirm that it would abstain on the resolution for a moratorium on executions to be voted on by the UN Commission on Human Rights
- MARCH 1, 1999Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
Also in March, a trader from Côte d'Ivoire was sentenced...
Also in March, a trader from Côte d'Ivoire was sentenced to hang for drug trafficking in Malaysia
- MARCH 1, 1999Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
In March, the High Court in the Côte d'Ivoire sentenced...
In March, the High Court in the Côte d'Ivoire sentenced 6 people aged between 18 and 20 to death for armed robbery
- MARCH 1, 1999GhanaDEATH PENALTY
In March, the Ghanaian authorities said James Owoo,...
In March, the Ghanaian authorities said James Owoo, a former army officer accused of plotting to overthrow President Jerry Rawlings in 1994, was captured by the West African peacekeeping force in Sierra Leone
- MARCH 1, 1999South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
On March 1, Federal Alliance leader Louis Luyt said...
On March 1, Federal Alliance leader Louis Luyt said the upcoming general election was a referendum on the death penalty
- MARCH 1, 1999SudanDEATH PENALTY
In March, the director-general of the central prison...
In March, the director-general of the central prison of Kober in Khartoum North, Gen
- MARCH 1, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In March, Zhanjiang City Intermediate People's Court...
In March, Zhanjiang City Intermediate People's Court in Guangdong sentenced Zhang Zhenlian, manager of Zhanjiang City Development Company, to death for issuing fake invoices worth nearly 200m yuan ($24
- MARCH 1, 1999South DakotaDEATH PENALTY
In March, a bill to eliminate the death penalty for...
In March, a bill to eliminate the death penalty for mentally retarded defendants and for defendants under the age of 16 passed in the legislature, but was vetoed by Governor Bill Janklow; in fact, the first bill Janklow signed when he was elected to offic
- MARCH 1, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On March 1, China executed a woman for running a prostitution...
On March 1, China executed a woman for running a prostitution racket in Beijing
- MARCH 1, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In March, to ensure public security and crack down...
In March, to ensure public security and crack down on hard-core crimes in Tibet, the Lhasa City Intermediate People's Court held a public rally to pronounce judgment on 17 criminal offenders
- MARCH 1, 1999ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In March, the Intermediate People's Court of the Eighth...
In March, the Intermediate People's Court of the Eighth Farm Reclamation Division under the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps held a public trial to sentence Wang Futian, Li Shuxiang, Mo Yikun, and 3 others to death for murder and robbery
- FEBRUARY 27, 1999Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
On February 27, a man convicted of stabbing to death...
On February 27, a man convicted of stabbing to death another Saudi Arabian national in a dispute was executed in Mecca