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- SEPTEMBER 23, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. ANOTHER JUVENILE ON DEATH ROW
in Iran, a young man identified as Mahyear was sentenced to death for a crime he allegedly committed when 17, the state-run daily Kargozaran reported
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE ETHNIC AFFAIRS OFFICIAL SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR CORRUPTION
Du Maoji, former deputy director of the general office of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission (SEAC), was recently sentenced to death for corruption with a two-year reprieve at the first trial
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. DEATH PENALTY FOR MAN ACCUSED OF HOMOSEXUALITY
Nemat Safavi, arrested almost three years ago at the age of 16, was condemned to death by a court in Ardebil, in the northwest Iranian Azerbaijan region.
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2008LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. Serial killer Ronald Dominique suspected of killing as many as 23 men pleaded guilty today to 8 counts of 1st-degree murder in a deal to avoid the death penalty.
USA - Louisiana. Serial killer Ronald Dominique suspected of killing as many as 23 men pleaded guilty today to 8 counts of 1st-degree murder in a deal to avoid the death penalty.
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2008FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida - Richard Henyard, 34, black, was executed at Florida State Prison.
USA - Florida - Richard Henyard, 34, black, was executed at Florida State Prison.
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2008GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. Supreme Court issues stay of execution for Davis
USA - Georgia. Supreme Court issues stay of execution for Davis
SEPTEMBER 23, 2008DEATH PENALTYUSA. SUPREME COURT ISSUES STAY OF EXECUTION FOR DAVIS
the US Supreme Court granted a last minute reprieve to a Georgia man, less than than two hours before his scheduled execution for the 1989 slaying of an off-duty police officer.
SEPTEMBER 23, 2008DEATH PENALTYIRAN. TWO MINORS SENTENCED TO DEATH
two young men were sentenced to death in Iran for crimes they allegedly committed as minors.
SEPTEMBER 23, 2008DEATH PENALTYLOMBARDY. REGIONAL COUNCIL SUPPORTS MORATORIUM ON THE DEATH PENALTY, EVEN FOR TAREK AZIZ
the Lombardy Regional Council unanimously approved, with one abstention, a motion presented at the end of July, which supported the international "Universal Moratorium on the Death Penalty, Even for Tarek Aziz" appeal promoted by Hands Off Cain and the Tr
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: FOUR TO GO TO GALLOWS IN MURDER CASE IN BHOLA
a special tribunal in Bhola, Bangladesh, sentenced four people to death for killing a housewife.
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2008IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: MAN CONDEMNED TO DEATH CAPTURED IN WASSIT
policemen captured a man wanted by security authorities who was sentenced to death in absentia by a court in Kut city, Iraq, a security source in Wassit said.
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DALIT MURDER IN BARABANKI
a fast track court in Barabanki, India...
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2008NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA. COP TO HANG IN LAGOS
Inspector John Onwe, a Lagos policeman, was sentenced to hang for the killing of Ndudiri Onyekwere.
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2008YemenDEATH PENALTY
Hammoud Ahmed Qaid Saeed was executed
Hammoud Ahmed Qaid Saeed was executed
SEPTEMBER 22, 2008DEATH PENALTYITALY-LIBYA. D'ELIA: GHEDDAFI'S REGIME UNTRUSTWORTHY
"The threatening technique of creating emergencies and then asking for money to resolve them was often used by the Libyan regime. The regime is characterised among other things by the cynical use of the drama of illegal immigrants that depart from the Lib
SEPTEMBER 22, 2008IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ. LAWMAKER COULD BE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR VISITING ISRAEL
an Iraqi lawmaker who has made two trips to Israel and advocates peaceful relations with the Jewish state had his parliamentary immunity lifted last week and now could face a death sentence if Baghdad chooses to prosecute him.
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2008IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ SENDS 8 SAUDIS HOME
eight Saudi Arabian nationals jailed in Iraq were sent home ahead of a new extradition treaty between the two countries.
SEPTEMBER 21, 2008MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA. MAN SETENCED TO HANG FOR MURDER, TWO FRIENDS FREED
the High Court of Malaysia sentenced a self-employed man to hang after finding him guilty of murdering a blacksmith, but freed two of his friends of the same charge.
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2008FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Circuit Judge Mallory Cooper upheld an April 22 jury recommendation, and sentenced Galante Romar Phillips to death.
USA - Florida. Circuit Judge Mallory Cooper upheld an April 22 jury recommendation, and sentenced Galante Romar Phillips to death.
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: PAPIYA MURDER CASE: SHANKAR SHAH GETS DEATH PENALTY
a fast track court in India handed down the death sentence to one in the sensational double murder of eminent History Professor Papiya Ghosh and her maidservant Malti in December, 2006.
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2008NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: MAN WITH 86 WIVES APPEALS DEATH SENTENCE
Alhaji Bello Masaba, the Nigerian man with 86 wives...
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: ONE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE, TWO KIDS
a man in Jalandhar, India, was sentenced to death District and Sessions Court Judge Gurdev Singh for killing his wife and two children on September 21, 2007.
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2008DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS EXONERATES DEATH ROW INMATE AFTER DNA TESTS
a man on death row in Texas for 14 years for the murder of a young girl has been exonerated after DNA tests, the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) reported.
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR TAXI DRIVER MURDER
a father was sentenced to death and his son to life imprisonment for killing a female taxi driver and then dismembering her body in the course of a robbery.
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2008United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - After years of professing their parents' innocence, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg's sons acknowledge their father was a spy.
USA - After years of professing their parents' innocence, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg's sons acknowledge their father was a spy.
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2008IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: EXECUTION PLANS FOR BALI BOMBERS LABELLED TORTUROUS
Indonesia's Constitutional Court heard a detailed description of how the Bali bombers will die from a Catholic priest who says execution is torturous.
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2008MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: TWO INDONESIANS, MALAYSIAN GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRUG DEALING
an Indonesian district court sentenced two Indonesians and a Malaysian to death for illegally distributing ecstasy pills in the country, media reports said.
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2008Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
FIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DR CONGO POLITICIAN'S MURDER
three soldiers and two civilians were sentenced to death for the July 6th murder of Daniel Boteti, an opposition member of the Democratic Republic of Congo's parliament.
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2008CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Serial killer William Jennings Choyce was sentenced to death for killing three women.
USA - California. Serial killer William Jennings Choyce was sentenced to death for killing three women.
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2008TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. A Texas prosecutor plans to review some 40 pending death penalty cases, after several recent instances in which capital convictions were overturned, by DNA testing.
USA - Texas. A Texas prosecutor plans to review some 40 pending death penalty cases, after several recent instances in which capital convictions were overturned, by DNA testing.