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- JUNE 24, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: FORMER VICE MAYOR'S DEATH PENALTY APPEAL DENIED
former vice mayor of China's eastern resort city of Hangzhou
- JUNE 24, 2011ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
ZIMBABWE: BULAWAYO DEATH ROW INMATES DENIED APPEALS SINCE 2005
as many as 20 Bulawayo death row prisoners in Zimbabwe have been unable to benefit from their automatic right to appeal since 2005, because the courts have a shortage of transcribers.
- JUNE 24, 2011TunisiaDEATH PENALTY
Tunisia ratified the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Tunisia ratified the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
JUNE 24, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 4 MAOISTS GET DEATH FOR J'KHAND MASSACRE
judge Indradeo Mishra of the Giridih additional district and sessions court in India
JUNE 24, 2011MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCO: WORLD COALITION AGM OPENS WITH PLEA FOR ABOLITION
Morocco is moving gradually towards the abolition of the death penalty and the
JUNE 24, 2011ItalyDEATH PENALTYTUNISIA: RADICALS SAY TUNISIA MOVING TOWARDS ABOLITION
Tunisia is moving towards the abolition of the death penalty and joining the International
- JUNE 23, 2011GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. Roy Blankenship, 55, white, was executed
USA - Georgia. Roy Blankenship, 55, white, was executed
- JUNE 23, 2011IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA CALLS FOR CLEMENCY FOR 23 NATIONALS FACING DEATH PENALTY IN SAUDI ARABIA
the Indonesian government called for clemency for 23 nationals
- JUNE 23, 2011IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA CLEMENCY BIDS BLOW
the prospects of Australians Schapelle Corby and Andrew Chan
- JUNE 23, 2011TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. A jury sentenced Teddrick Batiste, 23, black, to death
USA - Texas. A jury sentenced Teddrick Batiste, 23, black, to death
- JUNE 23, 2011VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Virginia. Judge Jonathan Thatcher imposed the death penalty on Mark E. Lawlor, 45, white
USA - Virginia. Judge Jonathan Thatcher imposed the death penalty on Mark E. Lawlor, 45, white
JUNE 23, 2011DEATH PENALTYGEORGIA (USA): MAN EXECUTED FOR 1978 RAPE AND MURDER
Georgia executed by lethal injection a man convicted of raping and murdering a 78-year-old Savannah woman.
JUNE 23, 2011DEATH PENALTYARKANSAS (USA): SUPREME COURT HALTS THREE EXECUTIONS
The state Supreme Court today halted the executions of three inmates who are challenging
- JUNE 22, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING WIFE
in Pakistan, Rawalpindi Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Iqbal sentenced Faisal Taj to death and fined him Rs100,000.
- JUNE 22, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
an appeals court in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates sentenced a young unidentified Asian man to death. He had been sentenced to seven years prison for murdering his cousin following a dispute over a used car.
- JUNE 22, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Receiving Death Penalty Is As Random As Being 'Struck By Lightning': Report.
USA - Receiving Death Penalty Is As Random As Being 'Struck By Lightning': Report.
- JUNE 22, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI GOVT APOLOGISES OVER EXECUTION
state news agency Antara reported that the Saudi Arabian government apologised for not notifying Indonesia prior to the execution of Indonesian migrant worker Ruyati bintu Sapubi, who was beheaded in Mecca.
- JUNE 22, 2011EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: DEATH SENTENCE FOR BUS DRIVER WHO SHOT DEAD 6 COLLEAGUES
the Giza Criminal Court in Egypt sentenced Mahmoud Suweilam, the Arab Contractors bus driver
JUNE 22, 2011DEATH PENALTYFLORIDA (USA): MIAMI FEDERAL JUDGE RULES DEATH PENALTY UNCONSTITUTIONAL
A Miami federal judge ruled that the way Florida courts mete out the death penalty is unconstitutional
- JUNE 21, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA MOBILE EXECUTIVE GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR TAKING BRIBES FROM SIEMENS
Shi Wanzhong, the Human Resources Director of state-run telecom company China Mobile...
- JUNE 21, 2011IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
303 INDONESIAN WORKERS FACING DEATH SENTENCE
Indonesia's Foreign Affairs Ministry revealed that apart from Ruyati binti Satubi who was recently executed in Saudi Arabia, there are 303 Indonesian defendants who have faced death sentences from 1999 to 2011.
- JUNE 21, 2011TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Milton Mathis, 32, black, was executed, despite claims that he was mentally disabled
USA - Texas. Milton Mathis, 32, black, was executed, despite claims that he was mentally disabled
JUNE 21, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: COUNTERFEITER SENTENCED TO DEATH
the Intermediate People's Court of the city of Hengyang in China's Hunan Province sentenced
JUNE 21, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY
an additional district and sessions judge in Talagang, Pakistan, sentenced a man to death
JUNE 21, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINESE COALMINER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING MAN IN POLLUTION ROW
A court in China's northern region of Inner Mongolia sentenced to death a coal mine worker for killing
- JUNE 20, 2011GhanaDEATH PENALTY
GHANA: FARMER SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING
Justice George Kingsley Koomson of the Kumasi High Court in Ghana sentenced 53-year-old farmer Kwasi Bonsu, a native of Bomen, near Oyoko in the Ashanti Region, to death by hanging for murder.
- JUNE 20, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
TANZANIA: INDIAN NATIONAL GETS DEATH SENTENCE IN TANZANIA
Indian national Vinoth Nadhesan was sentenced to death by Tanzanian High Court Judge Faudhi Twaibu for murder, the 'Daily News' reported.
JUNE 20, 2011AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: TWO CHARGED IN DEADLY BANK ATTACK EXECUTED
Two men charged with murder for a February bank attack that killed 38 people were hanged
- JUNE 20, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: THREE MEN HANGED IN PUBLIC
Three people were hanged in public in Iran, in the southeastern town of Zabol, early this morning
- JUNE 20, 2011LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: SPY FOR ISRAEL SENTENCED TO DEATH
at a military tribunal in Lebanon, Military Investigative Judge Fadi Swan sentenced merchant