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- JANUARY 1, 1999NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is provided for by the Criminal Code...
The death penalty is provided for by the Criminal Code and the legislation on civil disturbances for armed robbery, murder, treason, and offenses against the State
- JANUARY 1, 1999NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Since coming to power, President Obasanjo has ordered...
Since coming to power, President Obasanjo has ordered the release of thousands of people held for more than two years while awaiting trial
- JANUARY 1, 1999RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: murder, robbery, sorcery, offenses...
Capital crimes are: murder, robbery, sorcery, offenses against the State and crimes against humanity
- JANUARY 1, 1999SenegalDEATH PENALTY
Aggravated murder, spying and treason are capital crimes
Aggravated murder, spying and treason are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 1999SeychellesDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Seychelles (1993) at Art
The Constitution of the Republic of Seychelles (1993) at Art
- JANUARY 1, 1999Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
Murder, aggravated robbery and treason are capital crimes
Murder, aggravated robbery and treason are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 1999Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
The Special Rapporteur on Extrajudical, Summary or...
The Special Rapporteur on Extrajudical, Summary or Arbitrary Executions said that numerous allegations were received concerning such executions committed by armed insurgent groups within the country
- JANUARY 1, 1999SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
In January, Majertein militia loyal to Mohamed Said...
In January, Majertein militia loyal to Mohamed Said Hersi, known as General Morgan, said in a statement that 9 Majertein prisoners captured the first week of January, during a round of fighting had been executed two weeks after by the Marehan Somali Natio
- JANUARY 1, 1999SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
Somalia has been without central government since 1991,...
Somalia has been without central government since 1991, when clans ousted dictator Siad Barre and the east African country sank into inter-clan fighting in which tens of thousands died
- JANUARY 1, 1999South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Under white minority rule, the apartheid-era National...
Under white minority rule, the apartheid-era National Party, the New National Party's (NNP) predecessor, executed an average of about 100 people a year in the 1980s, peaking at 187 in 1987 when 21 people were hanged in a single week at Pretoria's notoriou
- JANUARY 1, 1999South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
South Africa is one of the most crime plagued countries...
South Africa is one of the most crime plagued countries in the world with an annual murder rate of 52 people per 100,000 of the population and 104 rapes per 100,000, according to figures compiled by the South African Police
- JANUARY 1, 1999TogoDEATH PENALTY
Premeditated murder and plots against the security...
Premeditated murder and plots against the security of the State are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 1999SudanDEATH PENALTY
The Sudanese Penal Code is part of the 1983 Shari'a...
The Sudanese Penal Code is part of the 1983 Shari'a law, introduced by the deposed dictator Numeiri and carried over by the National Islamic Front (NIF) and the present military junta
- JANUARY 1, 1999EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was not mentioned in the Constitution...
The death penalty was not mentioned in the Constitution suspended in 1973
- JANUARY 1, 1999TunisiaDEATH PENALTY
Murder, violence and aggression, attacks against the...
Murder, violence and aggression, attacks against the internal security of the State and attacks against the external security of the State are all capital offenses
- JANUARY 1, 1999UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda's new Constitution, adopted 4 years ago, retains...
Uganda's new Constitution, adopted 4 years ago, retains the death sentence for crimes including treason, rape, robbery with aggravating circumstances, murder and arms trading
- JANUARY 1, 1999ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
In January, ironically, the voice leading the call...
In January, ironically, the voice leading the call for the abolition of capital punishment was that of former President Kenneth Kaunda, who signed scores of death warrants during his 28-year reign
- JANUARY 1, 1999ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Zambian law provides for the death penalty for those...
Zambian law provides for the death penalty for those convicted of murder, treason and aggravated robbery
- JANUARY 1, 1999DEATH PENALTY
Mississippi does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Mississippi does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded or juvenile offenders but does have life without parole
- JANUARY 1, 1999ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Murder, rape, aggravated robbery, illegal possession...
Murder, rape, aggravated robbery, illegal possession of arms and arson are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 1999MassachusettsDEATH PENALTY
Massachusetts does not have the death penalty
Massachusetts does not have the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 1999DEATH PENALTY
Kansas forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
Kansas forbids the execution of the mentally retarded and juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 1999IowaDEATH PENALTY
Iowa does not have the death penalty
Iowa does not have the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 1999DEATH PENALTY
Kentucky forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
Kentucky forbids the execution of the mentally retarded but does not forbid the execution of juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 1999GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
The Georgia legislature considered bills to expand...
The Georgia legislature considered bills to expand the death penalty to crimes of aggravated rape or sodomy when the victim is less than 12 years of age, and to include certain drug crimes which resulted in death, but these bills failed to pass
- JANUARY 1, 1999IdahoDEATH PENALTY
Idaho does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Idaho does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded or juvenile offenders but does have life without parole
- JANUARY 1, 1999United StatesDEATH PENALTY
The pace of USA executions is on the rise, pushed by...
The pace of USA executions is on the rise, pushed by laws passed earlier this decade that limit appeals
- JANUARY 1, 1999United StatesDEATH PENALTY
In the USA there are 38 retentionist states (of which...
In the USA there are 38 retentionist states (of which at least 35 have very active death penalty dockets), 11 circuits with many federal district courts in each circuit all handling death penalty cases, all making law, some in conflict with others
- JANUARY 1, 1999DEATH PENALTY
Connecticut considered a bill to establish a moratorium...
Connecticut considered a bill to establish a moratorium on executions, but it did not pass
- JANUARY 1, 1999United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Capital punishment in America is some sort of idiosyncratic...
Capital punishment in America is some sort of idiosyncratic lottery