The Samoa Supreme Court sentenced (?Peter Ah Siu) to...
The Samoa Supreme Court sentenced (?Peter Ah Siu) to death after he was convicted of murder
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The Samoa Supreme Court sentenced (?Peter Ah Siu) to death after he was convicted of murder. The 43-year-old Ah Siu was convicted of the killing of (?Posi Taiupu), who was shot outside a nightclub in Apia.
In Samoa, no death sentence has been conducted since the country gained its independence [as Western Samoa] in 1962, with the sentences routinely commuted to life in prison.
In Samoa, no death sentence has been conducted since the country gained its independence [as Western Samoa] in 1962, with the sentences routinely commuted to life in prison.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Radio New Zealand International monitored by BBC, 29/01/2002)
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