Death sentences
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A death sentence is not the same thing as an execution: years can pass between the two, and the sentence may be overturned on appeal, commuted, or never carried out. Counting them separately measures two different things: how far a state resorts to capital punishment, and how far it actually applies it.
This page collects the news on death sentences handed down around the world, on the later stages of appeal, and on the sentences upheld or overturned. Executions have a page of their own.
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- NOVEMBER 29, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a district and sessions court in Natore, Banlgladesh, sentenced Abdur Rahim to death
a district and sessions court in Natore, Banlgladesh, sentenced Abdur Rahim to death
- NOVEMBER 29, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a district and sessions court in Bagerhat, Bangladesh, sentenced Anwar Hossain to
a district and sessions court in Bagerhat, Bangladesh, sentenced Anwar Hossain to
- NOVEMBER 28, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a 19-year-old man was sentenced to death
a 19-year-old man was sentenced to death
- NOVEMBER 27, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
French President Jacques Chirac spoke out on behalf of...
French President Jacques Chirac spoke out on behalf of...
- NOVEMBER 27, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
French Communist Party leader Marie-George Buffet called for the release of Tibetan monk
French Communist Party leader Marie-George Buffet called for the release of Tibetan monk
- NOVEMBER 25, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a speedy trial tribunal in Chittagong, Bangladesh, sentenced two people to death...
a speedy trial tribunal in Chittagong, Bangladesh, sentenced two people to death and five others to life imprisonment for killing railway union leader Muhammad Shafi in June 2003.
- NOVEMBER 25, 2004UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International urged Uzbek authorities to show mercy to a man sentenced to death
Amnesty International urged Uzbek authorities to show mercy to a man sentenced to death
- NOVEMBER 24, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
a judge of the Valenzuela City Regional Trial Court (RTC), the Philippines, sentenced Dima Montanir and Ronald Norva to death
a judge of the Valenzuela City Regional Trial Court (RTC), the Philippines, sentenced Dima Montanir and Ronald Norva to death
- NOVEMBER 23, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Wang Lixin, a Chinese boss who forced two of his employees...
Wang Lixin, a Chinese boss who forced two of his employees...
- NOVEMBER 20, 2004AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Reza Khan, an Afghan man accused of killing four journalists in 2001...
Reza Khan, an Afghan man accused of killing four journalists in 2001, was found guilty and sentenced to death after saying his gang was acting on the orders of a top Taliban commander.
- NOVEMBER 19, 2004BelarusDEATH PENALTY
Belarusian Interior Minister Uladzimir Navumaw was...
Belarusian Interior Minister Uladzimir Navumaw was reported as saying: "At present the death penalty is resorted to in Belarus as a truly exceptional measure
- NOVEMBER 17, 2004NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that the Nigerian Legal Aid Council...
It was reported that the Nigerian Legal Aid Council was to appeal against the conviction of 30 people by sharia courts for various offences in Bauchi State
- NOVEMBER 17, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
the Iranian state media reported that the judiciary had sentenced Mehdi
the Iranian state media reported that the judiciary had sentenced Mehdi
- NOVEMBER 16, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's hardline judiciary sentenced a 16-year-old boy to death
Iran's hardline judiciary sentenced a 16-year-old boy to death
- NOVEMBER 15, 2004MarylandDEATH PENALTY
Jamaal K. Abeokuto, 24, was sentenced to death.
Jamaal K. Abeokuto, 24, was sentenced to death.
- NOVEMBER 13, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Ding Qikui was sentenced to death with a two-year suspension...
Ding Qikui was sentenced to death with a two-year suspension for killing a fellow salesman who had recruited him to a pyramid sales network
- NOVEMBER 12, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
Gerald Marshall, 22, was sentenced to death
Gerald Marshall, 22, was sentenced to death
- NOVEMBER 9, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Bian Zhong, a Beijing accountant, was sentenced to...
Bian Zhong, a Beijing accountant, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve in the city's largest corruption case in recent years
- NOVEMBER 9, 2004AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
jurors in Houston County recommended the death penalty
jurors in Houston County recommended the death penalty
- NOVEMBER 8, 2004MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Mat Yazid Mat Akil, a 67-year-old school security guard ,was sentenced to death
Mat Yazid Mat Akil, a 67-year-old school security guard ,was sentenced to death
- NOVEMBER 8, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
three convicts scheduled to die before the end of the year gained a temporary stay
three convicts scheduled to die before the end of the year gained a temporary stay
- NOVEMBER 3, 2004CubaDEATH PENALTY
A pro-human rights group, the outlawed Cuban Commission...
A pro-human rights group, the outlawed Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation (CCDHyRN), asked for a moratorium on the death penalty to be implemented in Cuba, the commutation of sentences already handed down and the banning of the
- NOVEMBER 3, 2004SenegalDEATH PENALTY
a civil court in Milan, Italy, gave political asylum to Senegalese national
a civil court in Milan, Italy, gave political asylum to Senegalese national
- NOVEMBER 3, 2004NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
lawyers for Daso Adamu, a Nigerian mother...
lawyers for Daso Adamu, a Nigerian mother...
- NOVEMBER 2, 2004ThailandDEATH PENALTY
British national Anthony Flannaghan was sentenced to...
British national Anthony Flannaghan was sentenced to death in Thailand
- NOVEMBER 2, 2004United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
British national Anthony Flannaghan was sentenced to...
British national Anthony Flannaghan was sentenced to death in Thailand
- NOVEMBER 2, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
Deon Tumblin, 27, was found hanging by a sheet in his...
Deon Tumblin, 27, was found hanging by a sheet in his death row cell in an apparent suicide, on Tuesday evening at the Polunsky Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice outside Livingston, about 75 miles northeast of Houston
- NOVEMBER 2, 2004United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that British embassy officials would...
It was reported that British embassy officials would consult with the lawyer of Anthony Flannaghan, a Briton sentenced to death on drug charges, to determine the best time to approach Thai officials in a bid to spare his life
- NOVEMBER 1, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Ma Shungen, 45, was sentenced to death by the Shanghai...
Ma Shungen, 45, was sentenced to death by the Shanghai No 1 Intermediate People's Court, China, and Yang Shuxin was sentenced to 15 years
- OCTOBER 31, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Chittagong, Bangladesh, sentenced to death...
A court in Chittagong, Bangladesh, sentenced to death in absentia Abdur Rahman alias Janu Mia after convicting him of killing his wife Sharifa Khatun in Chinki Astana village, Mirersharai, on April 21, following a family feud