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- OCTOBER 14, 2008TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Alvin Kelly, 57, white, was executed today
USA - Texas. Alvin Kelly, 57, white, was executed today
- OCTOBER 14, 2008OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Richard Wade Cooey, 41, white was executed this morning.
USA - Ohio. Richard Wade Cooey, 41, white was executed this morning.
- OCTOBER 14, 2008PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: OFW EXECUTED IN SAUDI THOUGHT HE WAS TO BE FREED
overseas Filipino worker Jenifer Bedoya, who was beheaded in Saudi Arabia, thought he was about to be released, according to family.
- OCTOBER 14, 2008GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. The U.S. Supreme Court denied certiorari in the Troy Davis case.
USA - Georgia. The U.S. Supreme Court denied certiorari in the Troy Davis case.
OCTOBER 14, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA DISPROPORTIONATELY EXECUTES FOREIGNERS AND THE POOR
human rights watchdog Amnesty International said that the Saudi Arabian government "continues
OCTOBER 14, 2008TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA. DEBATE ON DEATH PENALTY
problems with the proposal to end the death penalty in Zanzibar prompted a heated debate among legal
OCTOBER 14, 2008DEATH PENALTYIRAN HANGS FOUR MEN
a man, convicted of murder, was hanged in a prison in the central city of Isfahan, the Fars news agency reported.
OCTOBER 14, 2008United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA: SUPREME COURT ALLOWS DAVIS EXECUTION IN GEORGIA. OHIO EXECUTES RICHARD COOEY
the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for Troy Davis to be put to death for killing a police officer, despite calls from his supporters to reconsider the case.
OCTOBER 14, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA BEHEADS TWO MEN
two men were beheaded in Saudi Arabia. Venancio Ladion, from the Philippines, was convicted of murdering a Saudi man in the holy city of Mecca by suffocating him and piercing his neck with a pen. He was executed by the sword, Saudi Arabian Interior Minist
- OCTOBER 13, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR MURDER
Iran hanged a man convicted of murder in a prison in the central city of Isfahan...
- OCTOBER 13, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN STANDS SECOND TRIAL, APPEALS DEATH PENALTY
Yang Jia, a jobless Beijing man who intruded into a Shanghai police bureau in China and allegedly killed six officers, stood on the second trial here...
- OCTOBER 13, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
IN CHINA, A RARE PROTEST IN SUPPORT OF A DEATH ROW INMATE
Protesters staged a rare demonstration outside a Shanghai court in China in support of a jobless man who was appealing against his conviction for murdering six police officers.
- OCTOBER 13, 2008AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: TWO DEATH-ROW AUSTRALIANS GRANTED CLEMENCY BY HANOI
two Vietnamese-Australians facing the firing squad in Vietnam after being convicted of drug charges were granted clemency.
- OCTOBER 13, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS THREE FOR DRUG DEALING IN SOUTHEAST PROVINCE
the public relations unit of the Sistan-Baluchestan Province judiciary department in Iran announced that according to a verdict issued by the Zahedan Islamic Revolution Court...
- OCTOBER 13, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: OFW GROUP CONFIRMS DEATH FOR 3 KAPAMPANGAN
Migrante International (Migrante) lamented conflicting statements from the Philippines government on the fate of three Kapampangan natives from Mexico town...
- OCTOBER 13, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT GIVEN IN MURDER CASE
in Pakistan, Additional Session Judge Rai Muhammad Ayub Marth awarded capital punishment and a fine of Rs 200,000 to Zaheer Akbar.
OCTOBER 13, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
a Saudi man was beheaded by the sword after being found guilty of the murder of a fellow countryman, the Saudi Interior Ministry said.
- OCTOBER 12, 2008SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
a Somali court handed death sentences to three men convicted...
a Somali court handed death sentences to three men convicted...
OCTOBER 12, 2008AlgeriaDEATH PENALTYALGERIA: REZAG BARA CALLS FOR DEFINITELY ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY
Algerian President Bouteflika’s advisor in charge of Human Rights, Rezag Bara, wanted an ultimate decision to be made concerning the death penalty in Algeria.
- OCTOBER 12, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. TWO MEN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
two Saudi Arabian men were beheaded by the sword after they were convicted of murdering two
- OCTOBER 11, 2008TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN 'IMPROVING' BUT CALL FOR ABOLITION
the Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty (TAEDP) said the country was "improving but not quite there" and urged its government to impose a moratorium on the death penalty.
- OCTOBER 11, 2008MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
Moroccan and international politicians, religious leaders and campaigners held advanced discussions in Rabat for World Day Against the Death Penalty
Moroccan and international politicians, religious leaders and campaigners held advanced discussions in Rabat for World Day Against the Death Penalty
- OCTOBER 11, 2008North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
one of four drug offenders who received an open trial...
one of four drug offenders who received an open trial was publicly executed in North Korea, while the rest received 11 years of sentences.
OCTOBER 11, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA, POISONED MILK: DEATH PENALTY FOR THOSE WHO BREAK THE LAW
the death penalty for those who violate food laws: this is the provision of a new Chinese law announced by the state council.
OCTOBER 11, 2008IraqDEATH PENALTYDEATH PENALTY. PANNELLA- DON'T FORGET TAREK AZIZ
Radical leader Marco Pannella held a press conference with lawyer Mario Lana at Montecitorio regarding Tarek Aziz, Saddam Hussein's ex Foreign Affairs Minister. Aziz has been detained in Iraq since 2003 and is at risk of being sentenced to death. Lana met
- OCTOBER 10, 2008JapanDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY PROTESTS DEATH PENALTY USE WORLDWIDE
anti-death penalty activists staged a mock hanging outside the Japanese embassy in Belgium to mark the European day against the death penalty, calling on nations around the world to stop executions.
- OCTOBER 10, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA LABOR OFFICIAL GETS DEATH SENTENCE
a labor and social security official was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve at the first trial for taking bribes and embezzling public funds in east China's Jiangxi Province.
- OCTOBER 10, 2008ChileDEATH PENALTY
CHILE'S SEN NARANJO CALLS FOR COMPLETE ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
Socialist Party (PS) Sen Jaime Naranjo Ortiz called on the Chilean government to completely abolish the death penalty and encouraged other countries to ratify the UN resolution against it.
- OCTOBER 10, 2008JapanDEATH PENALTY
ACTIVISTS REVEAL JAPAN'S DEATH ROW TO THE WORLD
Japan’s death row inmates revealed to the world their personal stories of isolation and suffering, uninformed until the last minute when they will be taken to the gallows.
- OCTOBER 10, 2008UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: ‘MUSEVENI WILL NOT SIGN MORE DEATH WARRANTS’
Ugandan prisons chief Dr. Johnson Byabashaijja said President Yoweri Museveni promised not to sign more death warrants.