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- OCTOBER 16, 2009MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
MALDIVES: PRESIDENT SPEAKS OUT AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
President Mohamed Nasheed said neither amputation nor the death penalty should be practiced in the Maldives. In his weekly radio address, Nasheed spoke about the revised penal code sent for further review by parliament.
- OCTOBER 16, 2009Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
SIERRA LEONE: BISHOP CALLS FOR ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
Bishop George Biguzzi of Makeni, President of the Episcopal Conference in Sierra Leone appealed to the Synod to make an unequivocal call for the total, universal abolition of the death penalty.
OCTOBER 16, 2009ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR EX-DEPUTY POLICE CHIEF
Thailand's Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of former deputy police
- OCTOBER 16, 2009AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. A jury has recommended ‘death by lethal injection' for Kevin Andre Towles
USA - Alabama. A jury has recommended ‘death by lethal injection' for Kevin Andre Towles
- OCTOBER 16, 2009YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN: STATE SECURITY COURT GIVES DEATH PENALTY TO TWO REBELS
Yemen’s state security court sentenced two al Houthi militants to death.
- OCTOBER 16, 2009ConnecticutDEATH PENALTY
USA - Connecticut. Judge John Kavanewsky threw out the death penalty verdict against Richard Roszkowski
USA - Connecticut. Judge John Kavanewsky threw out the death penalty verdict against Richard Roszkowski
OCTOBER 16, 2009Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTYMYANMAR: TWO 'CHILD SOLDIERS' GET DEATH SENTENCES
Two child soldiers in Burma have been put on death row after being accused of killing another child soldier during a fight, the family of one of the defendants said.
- OCTOBER 15, 2009MongoliaDEATH PENALTY
MONGOLIAN DEATH ROW INMATE RECEIVES PARDON
Mongolian death row prisoner Buuveibaatar, 33, had his death sentence commuted after being granted a
OCTOBER 15, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: SIX MORE SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER CLASHES IN XINJIANG
China sentenced six more people to death over bloody ethnic unrest in its far-western Xinjiang region in July, bringing the total to 12.
OCTOBER 15, 2009GambiaDEATH PENALTYGAMBIA TO PUSH AHEAD WITH EXECUTIONS
Gambia will execute convicts sentenced to death for murder that have exhausted all appeals, director of
- OCTOBER 14, 2009JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR TRIPLE MURDER
Presiding Judge Hideki Shibata of the Takamatsu High Court in Japan upheld the death penalty for Masanori Kawasaki, 63, for killing his sister-in-law Keiko Miura, 58, and her two granddaughters Akane, 5, and Ayana Yamashita, 3.
- OCTOBER 14, 2009TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Texas governor: Executed inmate was 'a monster'.
USA - Texas. Texas governor: Executed inmate was 'a monster'.
- OCTOBER 14, 2009South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH CAROLINA (USA): BOARD PARDONS 2 BLACK MEN EXECUTED 94 YEARS AGO
Tom Joyner gets justice for electrocuted kin, 94 years later. Radio host gets pardon for his great-uncles
- OCTOBER 14, 2009United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: APPELLATE COURT VERDICT ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
the Abu Dhabi Criminal Court of Appeal will issue its verdict on October 26 on capital punishment for a 20 year old GCC national accused of fatally shooting another GCC citizen over a ‘three-way love affair’ with an Arab girl.
- OCTOBER 14, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: HOMOSEXUALS FACE DEATH PENALTY
aggravated homosexuality will be punished by death, according to a new bill tabled by a Ndorwa West MP in the Ugandan Parliament.
OCTOBER 14, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: FIVE TO DIE FOR KILLING CHILD IN MIRPUR
five people in Bangladesh were sentenced to death for killing a child in the Mirpur area
- OCTOBER 14, 2009South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - South Carolina. Tom Joyner gets justice for electrocuted kin, 94 years later.
USA - South Carolina. Tom Joyner gets justice for electrocuted kin, 94 years later.
- OCTOBER 13, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
UN RIGHTS CHIEF URGES REVIEW OF IRAN DEATH SENTENCES
Navi Pillay, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, called on Iran's high courts to review death sentences imposed on three people arrested after Iran's disputed presidential election.
- OCTOBER 13, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 228 WAITING FOR CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN SINDH JAILS
in Pakistan, Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Mirza stated before the Sindh Assembly that as many as 228 prisoners including a woman are waiting for capital punishment in jails across province, Geo news reported
- OCTOBER 13, 2009United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
CHINA REVIEWS BRITON'S DEATH SENTENCE
Beijing confirmed the Supreme People’s Court was reviewing the death sentence handed down in Xinjiang to a British citizen for drug trafficking. Akmal Shaikh, 53, was found carrying 4kg of heroin in a suitcase at Urumqi airport on September 12, 2007.
- OCTOBER 13, 2009Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
CONGO: NORWEGIANS APPEAL DRC DEATH PENALTY
two Norwegians sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in September began an appeal against the sentence, judicial sources said.
- OCTOBER 13, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONVERSION OF DEATH SENTENCE INTO LIFE TERM
the Pakistani Federal Government asked the provinces to consider their recommendations for the conversion of the death penalty into a life term, Sindh Law Minister Ayaz Soomro said in the Sindh Assembly.
- OCTOBER 13, 2009United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - FBI Uniform Crime Report Finds Murder Rates Declined in 2008
USA - FBI Uniform Crime Report Finds Murder Rates Declined in 2008
- OCTOBER 13, 2009United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Gallup Poll: most Americans still back death penalty
USA - Gallup Poll: most Americans still back death penalty
OCTOBER 13, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN EXECUTED FOR TRAFFICKING 48 KG OF DRUGS
Lu Fuguo was executed for drug trafficking in south China's Guangdong Province, the Dongguan Municipal
OCTOBER 13, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS: PRESIDENT DENIES PARDON
Belarusian president Aleksander Lukashenko refused to pardon death row inmate Vasily Yusepchuk,
OCTOBER 13, 2009NigeriaDEATH PENALTYEBONYI (NIGERIA): GOVERNOR SIGNS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KIDNAPPERS
Governor Martin Elechi of Ebonyi State in Nigeria signed into law a bill that provides for death penalty for
- OCTOBER 12, 2009South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA: 920 EXECUTED SINCE 1948
Rep. Park Min-shik of the governing Grand National Party in South Korea said 920 condemned criminals were put to death from 1949 to 1997.
- OCTOBER 12, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
NEW INDONESIA STONING LAW IS 'TORTURE': RIGHTS GROUP
a new law mandating death by stoning and flogging for adulterers in Indonesia's deeply Islamic Aceh province advocates "torture" and should be overturned, US-based group Human Rights Watch said.
- OCTOBER 12, 2009Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH
in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, North Central Provincial High Court Judge Meneka Wijesundera sentenced a millionaire and his three accomplices to death for murder. Premaratne Galappatti, PH Sugathapala, W Thilakasiri, and Senaratne Edward allegedly got drunk