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NOVEMBER 25, 2008TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY AMID ALBINO KILLINGS UNREALISTIC
the Tanzanian Government said that the proposal to abolish the death penalty has come at the wrong time
NOVEMBER 25, 2008ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: TWO ISRAELI SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG OFFENCES
two Israelis convicted of drug trafficking were sentenced to death by a Thai
- NOVEMBER 25, 2008United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Gap Between the Murder Rate of Death Penalty States and Non-Death Penalty States Remains Large
USA - Gap Between the Murder Rate of Death Penalty States and Non-Death Penalty States Remains Large
NOVEMBER 25, 2008JamaicaDEATH PENALTYJAMAICAN PARLIAMENT VOTES TO KEEP DEATH PENALTY
Jamaica's Parliament easily rejected a proposal to ban the death penalty in a vote propelled by the country's
NOVEMBER 25, 2008LebanonDEATH PENALTYLEBANON: PUBLIC MUST WAIT FOR FULL ABOLITION PLAN
the Lebanese government will use television to gain maximum attention for its plan to abolish the death
- NOVEMBER 24, 2008United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Military. Marine removed from death row, gets new trial.
USA - Military. Marine removed from death row, gets new trial.
- NOVEMBER 24, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 3 TO FACE GALLOWS FOR KILLING 3 BDR MEN
a court in Thakurgaon, Bangladesh, convicted three people and sentenced them to death for killing three BDR members in 2004.
- NOVEMBER 24, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN HANGED IN PRISON FOR MURDER
Iran executed a man convicted of murder in a prison in the western city of Shahr-e Kord, the
- NOVEMBER 24, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
a man was hanged in the central prison of Mashad...
a man was hanged in the central prison of Mashad...
- NOVEMBER 24, 2008MaliDEATH PENALTY
Mali President Amadou Toumani Touré expressed his support ...
Mali President Amadou Toumani Touré expressed his support...
NOVEMBER 24, 2008AlgeriaDEATH PENALTYALGERIA. 300 TERRORISTS SENTENCED TO DEATH SINCE EARLY 2008
the capital punishment sentences issued by the Algerian Justice system against pe
NOVEMBER 24, 2008IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. THREE HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran hanged three men convicted of drug trafficking in a prison in the
- NOVEMBER 23, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: FOUR PRISONERS TRANSFERRED TO SOLITARY FOR HANGING
four prisoners were transferred to solitary confinement in preparation for their execution at a later date in the notorious Gohardasht prison, 40 kilometer west of Tehran, Iran.
- NOVEMBER 22, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO GET DOUBLE DEATH SENTENCE
in Arifwala, Pakistan, Additional District and Session Judge Malik Tariq Mahmood...
- NOVEMBER 22, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAK GOVT PROCESSING ABOLITION OF DEATH SENTENCE
the Pakistan Government is considering a proposal to abolish the death penalty in the country.
- NOVEMBER 22, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA MAY SOON EXECUTE ACCUSED TAIWAN SPY
China could soon execute a man sentenced to death for spying for diplomatic and political rival Taiwan...
- NOVEMBER 22, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: KHAIRLANJI CONVICTS MOVE HC AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
those convicted in the Khairlanji case in India filed an appeal to the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court challenging their death penalty.
- NOVEMBER 22, 2008United NationsDEATH PENALTY
VOTE SHOWS SHIFT IN ATTITUDE TOWARD DEATH PENALTY
campaigners against the death penalty are celebrating a vote in the United Nations that indicates a shift in the position of Arab governments towards state executions
- NOVEMBER 22, 2008SudanDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: 6 SENTENCED TO DEATH
the Federal Court of Cassation in Iraq upheld the death sentences imposed by the Criminal Court on six convicts, including two Arab nationals, for murder, abduction and terrorism-related crimes.
- NOVEMBER 21, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: CHILD OFFENDER FACING EXECUTION
Iranian child offender Reza Alinejad is at imminent risk of execution for a crime he committed at the age of 17, Amnesty International claimed.
- NOVEMBER 21, 2008CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. New Death Penalty Rules Rejected by California Court. With no legal method for lethal injection, state must keep delaying executions.
USA - California. New Death Penalty Rules Rejected by California Court. With no legal method for lethal injection, state must keep delaying executions.
- NOVEMBER 21, 2008KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
USA - Kentucky. Marco Allen Chapman was executed.
USA - Kentucky. Marco Allen Chapman was executed.
NOVEMBER 21, 2008BurundiDEATH PENALTYBURUNDI ABOLISHES DEATH PENALTY, OUTLAWS HOMOSEXUALS
Burundi's parliament overwhelmingly agreed to abolish the death penalty, but homosexuals
- NOVEMBER 20, 2008DEATH PENALTY
UN VOTE SHOWS GROWING SUPPORT OF DEATH PENALTY BAN
The U.N. General Assembly's human rights committee voted for the second year in a row to urge a global moratorium on the death penalty.
- NOVEMBER 20, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
an Iranian man convicted of drug trafficking was hanged in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas, a newspaper reported.
- NOVEMBER 20, 2008South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
S KOREA ABSTAINS IN UN VOTE ON ENDING CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
South Korea abstained from voting on a UN resolution to end the death penalty worldwide...
- NOVEMBER 20, 2008JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY: DEATH PENALTY NOT BEST FOR JAMAICA
Amnesty International joined voices globally advising the Jamaican Government to remove the death penalty from its books.
- NOVEMBER 20, 2008TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texaas. Robert Jean Hudson was executed
USA - Texaas. Robert Jean Hudson was executed
- NOVEMBER 20, 2008United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - The U.S. military had scheduled its first execution since 1961 for December 10
USA - The U.S. military had scheduled its first execution since 1961 for December 10
- NOVEMBER 20, 2008North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - North Carolina. A Forsyth County jury handed down the death penalty in the case of James Ray Little III
USA - North Carolina. A Forsyth County jury handed down the death penalty in the case of James Ray Little III