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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- AUGUST 16, 2004North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Michael Lee Fullwood, 48, who was convicted of the...
Michael Lee Fullwood, 48, who was convicted of the March 29, 1985 murder of Deirdre Waters, had his death sentence overturned by Graham C
- AUGUST 12, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Four leaders of a crime gang in southern China were...
Four leaders of a crime gang in southern China were sentenced to death after being convicted of a series of offences including injuries and one killing
- AUGUST 12, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
the Thai embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, asked the Legal Counsel...
the Thai embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, asked the Legal Counsel...
- AUGUST 11, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a young boy named Maham was sentenced to death
a young boy named Maham was sentenced to death
- AUGUST 10, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Le Linh Liem, a 35-year-old man, was sentenced to death by firing squad
Le Linh Liem, a 35-year-old man, was sentenced to death by firing squad
- AUGUST 10, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a man named Rezaul Haq Raja was hanged in Bangladesh for murder
a man named Rezaul Haq Raja was hanged in Bangladesh for murder
- AUGUST 10, 2004UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Yusuf Zhumayev and Azizbek Karimov were executed in secret.
Yusuf Zhumayev and Azizbek Karimov were executed in secret.
- AUGUST 9, 2004KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Ntonyiri MP Maoka Maore asked the police...
Ntonyiri MP Maoka Maore asked the police...
- AUGUST 8, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
four men were sentenced to death, two in absentia, for the rape and murder of a teenage girl at Godagari, Bangladesh.
four men were sentenced to death, two in absentia, for the rape and murder of a teenage girl at Godagari, Bangladesh.
- AUGUST 8, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
three leaders of a crime gang in southern China were sentenced to death
three leaders of a crime gang in southern China were sentenced to death
- AUGUST 7, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
National Mandate Party (PAN) leader Amien Rais said...
National Mandate Party (PAN) leader Amien Rais said he agreed with the Indonesian government's recent decision to carry out the execution of Indian national Ayodya Prasad Chaubery who had been sentenced to death for a major drug offence
- AUGUST 6, 2004KenyaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that more than 100 death row convicts...
It was reported that more than 100 death row convicts at the Kamiti Maximum Prison in Kenya were back on the streets following a landmark court ruling that they had been convicted by officers below the rank stipulated by the law
- AUGUST 5, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Rahim Akon, 38, was sentenced to death and Shahjahan...
Rahim Akon, 38, was sentenced to death and Shahjahan Raree, 42, to life imprisonment by a court in Bangladesh for the murder of a neighbour
- AUGUST 5, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The father of death-row convict Dhananjoy Chatterjee...
The father of death-row convict Dhananjoy Chatterjee criticised President A
- AUGUST 5, 2004IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Authorities say former death row inmate Aaron Patterson...
Authorities say former death row inmate Aaron Patterson and 2 other men were arrested today as part of a federal investigation into illegal gun and drug sales
- AUGUST 4, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippine Department of Justice (DoJ) would provide...
The Philippine Department of Justice (DoJ) would provide assistance in the commutation of sentences of minors convicted and sentenced to death
- AUGUST 4, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Indian President Abdul Kalam rejected a mercy plea...
Indian President Abdul Kalam rejected a mercy plea for Dhananjoy Chatterjee, a man convicted of raping and killing a teenage girl, paving the way for India's first execution in 15 years
- AUGUST 4, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a special court in Chittagong, Bangladesh, convicted four Chhatra League leaders and sentenced two of them to death
a special court in Chittagong, Bangladesh, convicted four Chhatra League leaders and sentenced two of them to death
- AUGUST 2, 2004UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International (AI), called upon Tashkent to...
Amnesty International (AI), called upon Tashkent to commute the capital sentences of two prisoners allegedly tortured to confess to murder
- AUGUST 2, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Six prisoners were sentenced to death in Mashad, northeast...
Six prisoners were sentenced to death in Mashad, northeast Iran, the state-controlled daily Jomhouri Islami reported
- AUGUST 1, 2004AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Fouad Boulemia, an Algerian Islamist militant already...
Fouad Boulemia, an Algerian Islamist militant already sentenced to death for murder, received a second death sentence for his involvement in the worst civilian massacre during the country's recent civil war
- JULY 31, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Tran van Giao was sentenced to death by firing squad...
Tran van Giao was sentenced to death by firing squad for defrauding investors out of 1
- JULY 31, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
The Iranian regime's media reported that four young...
The Iranian regime's media reported that four young men, Arash, Davoud, Ali and Javad, had been sentenced to death in Mashad, Iran
- JULY 30, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh sentenced to death in absentia...
A court in Bangladesh sentenced to death in absentia M Abdul Majid and awarded life imprisonment to Hasan Ali, 45, Bhimpur UP chairman in the Mahadevpur and to Shamsul for the murder of businessman Azimuddin
- JULY 30, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Van Thanh, unemployed, was sentenced to death...
Nguyen Van Thanh, unemployed, was sentenced to death by firing squad in Vietnam after being convicted of killing a motorbike taxi driver 13 years earlier and stealing his possessions
- JULY 28, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
Jurors decided Anthony Quinn Francois, 36, should be...
Jurors decided Anthony Quinn Francois, 36, should be put to death for fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend's younger sisters
- JULY 28, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
A Japanese court upheld death sentences against two...
A Japanese court upheld death sentences against two Aum Supreme Truth cult members for spreading deadly Sarin nerve gas in the Tokyo subway in 1995, killing 12 people
- JULY 27, 2004KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
The introduction of a moratorium on the death penalty...
The introduction of a moratorium on the death penalty in Kazakhstan had not helped resolve all problems facing prison inmates with death penalty sentences, said Ivar Vikki, head of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's center in Almaty
- JULY 27, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Dileswar Barik was sentenced to death by a Sessions...
Dileswar Barik was sentenced to death by a Sessions court in Sundergarh, India, for killing six people in 2003
- JULY 27, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's Supreme Court revoked a death sentence against...
Iran's Supreme Court revoked a death sentence against Afsaneh Norouzi, a woman who killed an intelligence officer she says tried to rape her, her lawyer said