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
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.
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- (Sources: Radio New Zealand International monitored by BBC, 29/01/2002)