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FEBRUARY 1, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER 3 MURDERS, OTHER CRIMES
in China, Chongqing No.5 Intermediate People's Court sentenced former police director of Nanbin Road
FEBRUARY 1, 2010TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: DEATH PENALTY ABOLISHED ONLY AFTER PUBLIC CONSENSUS - JUSTICE MINISTER
Taiwan will gradually push for the abolition of the death penalty after a consensus is formed, Justice Minister Wang Ching-feng said.
- FEBRUARY 1, 2010ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. Judge Clark Munger re-sentenced Robert Moody to two consecutive life
USA - Arizona. Judge Clark Munger re-sentenced Robert Moody to two consecutive life
- FEBRUARY 1, 2010DelawareDEATH PENALTY
USA - Delaware. Delaware's death penalty was upheld as constitutional today, paving the way for executions - on hold since May 2006
USA - Delaware. Delaware's death penalty was upheld as constitutional today, paving the way for executions - on hold since May 2006
- JANUARY 31, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: INDIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN MALAYSIA
Indian national Athiseshan Singaram, 48, a textile company driver...
JANUARY 31, 2010VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: 4 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TRAFFICKING HEROIN
Presiding Judge Luong Van Hien of the People's Court of Thai Nguyen province, Vietnam
- JANUARY 30, 2010TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: 74 PERCENT OF PEOPLE ARE FOR CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
74 percent of the people in Taiwan are against the abolition of the capital punishment, and over half of them think death-row inmates should be executed, a latest survey has found.
JANUARY 30, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO MEN EXECUTED FOR RAPE
Two young men were hanged in Tehran’s Evin prison around noon.
- JANUARY 29, 2010KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
USA - Kentucky. Kentucky moved one step closer toward reinstating the death penalty
USA - Kentucky. Kentucky moved one step closer toward reinstating the death penalty
- JANUARY 29, 2010VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ROBBERY AND MURDER
Le Van Son and Tran Thanh Sang were sentenced to death in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam...
- JANUARY 29, 2010JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: TOP COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY OVER MURDERS OF 2 WOMEN
presiding justice Yukio Takeuchi of the Japanese Supreme Court upheld the death penalty given to Kenji Ohashi, 69.
- JANUARY 29, 2010FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Judge Dan Vaughn sentenced Terry Marvin Ellerbee to death
USA - Florida. Judge Dan Vaughn sentenced Terry Marvin Ellerbee to death
- JANUARY 29, 2010KansasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Kansas. The Senate Judiciary Committee passed a bill that would abolish the death penalty.
USA - Kansas. The Senate Judiciary Committee passed a bill that would abolish the death penalty.
- JANUARY 29, 2010NebraskaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nebraska. A 3-judge panel sentenced Marco E. Torres Jr. to death.
USA - Nebraska. A 3-judge panel sentenced Marco E. Torres Jr. to death.
- JANUARY 29, 2010CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge Paul E. Zellerbach sentenced George Hernandez, Jr. to death
USA - California. Judge Paul E. Zellerbach sentenced George Hernandez, Jr. to death
JANUARY 29, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MULLAHS' GUARDIAN COUNCIL SECRETARY CALLS FOR MORE EXECUTIONS
Ahmad Jannati, Secretary of the iranian clerical regime’s Guardian Council and a leading figure in the faction affiliated to Khamenei, reiterated in his Friday prayers sermon on the need to uphold the “velayat-e faqih” (absolute rule of clergy), State-run
- JANUARY 28, 2010VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAMESE LAWYER ESCAPES DEATH SENTENCE
a Vietnamese lawyer acting as a consultant for the Democratic Party of Vietnam was found guilty of activities aimed at ending communist rule, but had his death sentence commuted to five years’ imprisonment.
- JANUARY 28, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 2 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING RU PROFESSOR YUNUS
at a court in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, Speedy Trial Court judge Manjurul Bafid awarded capital punishment to Sahidullah, alias Mahbub, from Naogaon, and Sarifullah, alias Tareque alias Abul Kalam, from Satkhira.
JANUARY 28, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO POST-ELECTION 'RIOTERS' HANGED
Two of the people who have been sentenced to death in connection to the post-election protests in Iran, were hanged early this morning.
- JANUARY 28, 2010CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge Roger Luebs sentenced Jackson Daniels, Jr. to death
USA - California. Judge Roger Luebs sentenced Jackson Daniels, Jr. to death
JANUARY 28, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: DRUG MULE'S DEATH VERDICT AFFIRMED BY SUPREME COURT
the Malaysian Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of Filipino Nelson Tanoja, 55, for smuggling 508.6
JANUARY 28, 2010JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: PRESCRIPTION FOR MURDER TO BE ABOLISHED
a subcommittee of the Legislative Council proposed abolishment of the statute of limitations for crimes
JANUARY 28, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 5 HANGED FOR KILLING BANGABANDHU
Bangladesh executed five former military officers for their role in the 1975 massacre of the
- JANUARY 27, 2010AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER SENTENCED TO HANG IN AFGHANISTAN
a former Australian soldier was sentenced to death in Afghanistan for shooting dead an Afghan colleague after a violent argument.
- JANUARY 27, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE AWARDED TO FOUR KILLERS ON FIVE COUNTS
in Multan, Pakistan, Additional Sessions Judge Mohammad Qasim sentenced four men to death on five counts and fined them Rs 200,000 each.
- JANUARY 27, 2010SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR LAWMAKER AND COURT JUDGE MURDER
a court in Bossasso in Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland state sentenced Abdinasir Ahmad Ali Aware and Feisal Ali Hirad to death for murdering lawmaker Mohammed Hassan Jibril and Judge Sheikh Mohamed Abdi Aware.
- JANUARY 27, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: DEATH PENALTY FOR MUTINEERS IN PROPOSED LAW
under a new law, the proposed Border Guard of Bangladesh (BGB) court will have the power to issue death sentences for mutiny.
- JANUARY 27, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE
a four-member bench of the apex appellate division of Bangladesh's Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice Md Tafazzul Islam, rejected appeals by five men convicted of killing the country's founder Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1975.
- JANUARY 27, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER
in Sargodha, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Malik Ali Raza Awan sentenced Sikandar Hayat to death and fined him Rs 200,000.
JANUARY 27, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: CONVICTED KILLER OF PROSECUTOR HANGED IN PUBLIC
Iran publicly hanged a man convicted of murdering a top judiciary official in the central city of Isfahan, Fars