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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- OCTOBER 30, 2004UgandaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that former Ugandan internal affairs...
It was reported that former Ugandan internal affairs minister Chris Rwakasisi, on death row in Luzira Prison, had been moved from the condemned section to the general prison, Boma
- OCTOBER 27, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Van An was sentenced to death for murdering...
Nguyen Van An was sentenced to death for murdering his boss in southern Vietnam
- OCTOBER 26, 2004VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
Lee Boyd Malvo was sentenced to life in prison for murder
Lee Boyd Malvo was sentenced to life in prison for murder
- OCTOBER 26, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
an Iranian court sentenced a young man by the name of Mehdi to death
an Iranian court sentenced a young man by the name of Mehdi to death
- OCTOBER 24, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Two men were sentenced to death and another to life...
Two men were sentenced to death and another to life imprisonment for the murder of a Jubo League leader at Ispahani bazaar in Bandar, Bangladesh
- OCTOBER 22, 2004LibyaDEATH PENALTY
European Commission President Romano Prodi said that...
European Commission President Romano Prodi said that...
- OCTOBER 21, 2004NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
two Nigerian Muslim women sentenced to death by stoning
two Nigerian Muslim women sentenced to death by stoning
- OCTOBER 20, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Three Bangladeshis were sentenced to death in their...
Three Bangladeshis were sentenced to death in their absence for their part in the 1975 "Jail Killings" of four people seen as heroes of the independence struggle
- OCTOBER 14, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Two Nepalese drug traffickers were sentenced to death...
Two Nepalese drug traffickers were sentenced to death by a criminal tribunal in the Tibetan capital Lhasa
- OCTOBER 14, 2004NepalDEATH PENALTY
Two Nepalese drug traffickers were sentenced to death...
Two Nepalese drug traffickers were sentenced to death by a criminal tribunal in the Tibetan capital Lhasa
- OCTOBER 13, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian judge sentenced a man to death for killing...
An Iranian judge sentenced a man to death for killing 17 children, most of them young boys he raped first, and three adults
- OCTOBER 13, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Eight people convicted of drug trafficking were executed...
Eight people convicted of drug trafficking were executed by firing squad this week in Vietnam, court officials and state-controlled media said
- OCTOBER 12, 2004United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian national was sentenced to death in the UAE...
An Iranian national was sentenced to death in the UAE after being convicted of smuggling 20
- OCTOBER 12, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian national was sentenced to death in the UAE...
An Iranian national was sentenced to death in the UAE after being convicted of smuggling 20
- OCTOBER 12, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A man was sentenced to death in absentia in Bangladesh...
A man was sentenced to death in absentia in Bangladesh for throwing acid on a girl in Nandirbazar village that left her blind in one eye
- OCTOBER 12, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, convicted two youths...
A court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, convicted two youths and sentenced them to death after convicting them of killing a four-and-a-half-year-old boy
- OCTOBER 12, 2004South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
James Nathaniel Bryant III's sentence for the June 5, 2000 killing of police Cpl. Dennis Lyden is death - again.
James Nathaniel Bryant III's sentence for the June 5, 2000 killing of police Cpl. Dennis Lyden is death - again.
- OCTOBER 12, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
death sentences have been issued for two people
death sentences have been issued for two people
- OCTOBER 10, 2004North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Russell Holden Jr., sentenced to death 19 years ago, has had the sentence vacated
Russell Holden Jr., sentenced to death 19 years ago, has had the sentence vacated
- OCTOBER 8, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
The Bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council...
The Bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) decided that the PACE Legal Affairs and Human Rights Committee would draw up a special report on the case of five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya on AIDS infection charg
- OCTOBER 8, 2004LibyaDEATH PENALTY
The Bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council...
The Bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) decided that the PACE Legal Affairs and Human Rights Committee would draw up a special report on the case of five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya on AIDS infection charg
- OCTOBER 7, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Sohel and Raju Roy were sentenced to death by a Speedy...
Sohel and Raju Roy were sentenced to death by a Speedy Trial Tribunal and two others were sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty of killing Saiful Islam in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, on September 5, 2003
- OCTOBER 7, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A court in Delhi, India, sentenced a 59-year-old man...
A court in Delhi, India, sentenced a 59-year-old man to death and his two young sons to life imprisonment in a triple murder case at Saket in South Delhi in 1998
- OCTOBER 6, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Chinese court sentenced two people to death and another...
A Chinese court sentenced two people to death and another to life in jail after they were convicted of smuggling the pelts of nearly 1,400 endangered animals into Tibet
- OCTOBER 6, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian woman was sentenced to death for murdering...
An Iranian woman was sentenced to death for murdering and chopping up her drug addict husband who allegedly tried to rape her daughter
- OCTOBER 6, 2004United NationsDEATH PENALTY
It was revealed in a report submitted by the Kenyan...
It was revealed in a report submitted by the Kenyan government to the United Nation's Human Rights Committee that there are 1,900 prisoners on death row in the country, 200 of which had exhausted their attempts to have the sentence commuted to life
- OCTOBER 5, 2004JordanDEATH PENALTY
The Court of Cassation in Jordan has commuted the death...
The Court of Cassation in Jordan has commuted the death sentence passed against Raed Hijazi, a convicted Al Qaeda terrorist, to 20 years imprisonment, judicial sources said
- OCTOBER 5, 2004BelarusDEATH PENALTY
There were no people sentenced to death in Belarus,...
There were no people sentenced to death in Belarus, chief of the Belarussian Interior Ministry's department of corrections Vladimir Kovchur told reporters
- OCTOBER 5, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
In San Antonio, prosecutors dropped murder charges...
In San Antonio, prosecutors dropped murder charges against Ernest Willis
- OCTOBER 5, 2004NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Islamic court in Nigeria sentenced a women to death...
Islamic court in Nigeria sentenced a women to death by stoning for having sex out of wedlock, authorities said