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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- JULY 26, 2004SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
a man named Raman Selvam Renganathan was hanged in Singapore for drug-related crime
a man named Raman Selvam Renganathan was hanged in Singapore for drug-related crime
- JULY 25, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Five people were sentenced to death in central China...
Five people were sentenced to death in central China for breaching oil pipelines more than 40 times to steal 450 tones of crude oil, the Xinhua News agency said
- JULY 25, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that there were seven juvenile convicts...
It was reported that there were seven juvenile convicts on death row at the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) in Muntinlupa, the Philippines, all of them living in misery in cramped cells and denied of sunlight
- JULY 24, 2004United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Abu Hamza could not be sent from Britain to the US...
Abu Hamza could not be sent from Britain to the US to face terrorism charges because any guarantee given by the US government not to execute him was worthless, a court was told
- JULY 23, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Chinese court sentenced two businessmen to death...
A Chinese court sentenced two businessmen to death and gave life sentences to three others accused of murdering a billionaire in eastern China
- JULY 21, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Five men were sentenced to death, four in absentia,...
Five men were sentenced to death, four in absentia, by a District court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, after they were found guilty of murdering a father and his son at Keraniganj
- JULY 21, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Two sisters were sentenced to death in Vietnam after...
Two sisters were sentenced to death in Vietnam after being convicted of a double murder and robbery
- JULY 21, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
Joe Lee Guy, 32, who was convicted and sentenced to...
Joe Lee Guy, 32, who was convicted and sentenced to death in 1994 for his part in a robbery-murder, was sentenced to life in prison
- JULY 20, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Iranian dissident Hashem Aghajari, sentenced to death...
Iranian dissident Hashem Aghajari, sentenced to death in 2002 for blasphemy, was been handed a five-year jail term following his re-trial
- JULY 20, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Pabna, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Sobed...
A court in Pabna, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Sobed Ali for killing his wife
- JULY 20, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Foreigners condemned to death in Saudi Arabia typically...
Foreigners condemned to death in Saudi Arabia typically were unaware of their sentences and had no advance notice of their date of execution, according to former prisoners in the Arab kingdom
- JULY 20, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Foreigners condemned to death in Saudi Arabia typically...
Foreigners condemned to death in Saudi Arabia typically were unaware of their sentences and had no advance notice of their date of execution, according to former prisoners in the Arab kingdom
- JULY 20, 2004FloridaDEATH PENALTY
In Bartow, a 2nd jury has recommended a death sentence...
In Bartow, a 2nd jury has recommended a death sentence for Thomas Woodel in the fatal stabbing of an elderly Illinois couple on New Year's Eve 1996
- JULY 19, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Seven men condemned to death by a district court in...
Seven men condemned to death by a district court in Bangladesh were acquitted the country's High Court in Dhaka
- JULY 19, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Thai criminal court sentenced one Pakistani man to...
A Thai criminal court sentenced one Pakistani man to death and another to life in prison for the murder and attempted murder of an Indian mobster and his associate
- JULY 19, 2004ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A Thai criminal court sentenced one Pakistani man to...
A Thai criminal court sentenced one Pakistani man to death and another to life in prison for the murder and attempted murder of an Indian mobster and his associate
- JULY 16, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A man was sentenced to death for hiring a hitman to...
A man was sentenced to death for hiring a hitman to murder his wife in order to profit from an insurance payout
- JULY 16, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
"We are an Oriental people and it is the will of the...
"We are an Oriental people and it is the will of the people," said an Iraqi judge who whipped up a storm this week by condemning three men to death even before a ban on capital punishment had been officially lifted
- JULY 14, 2004Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
Two Trinidadian men were sentenced to die by hanging...
Two Trinidadian men were sentenced to die by hanging for the murder of a former BBC anchorwoman, her mother and her brother-in-law
- JULY 13, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
in Tehran, a 23-year-old named Erfan was sentenced to death
in Tehran, a 23-year-old named Erfan was sentenced to death
- JULY 12, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Speedy Trial Tribunal in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced...
A Speedy Trial Tribunal in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced to death five people, four of which in absentia, and sentenced five others to life imprisonment after being convicted of stabbing to death Shipon, 35, at about midnight on February 19, 2001
- JULY 8, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Purna Maya Shrestha claimed that her Nepali, Ishowri...
Purna Maya Shrestha claimed that her Nepali, Ishowri Shrestha, who was facing a death sentence in China, was innocent
- JULY 8, 2004NepalDEATH PENALTY
Purna Maya Shrestha claimed that her Nepali, Ishowri...
Purna Maya Shrestha claimed that her Nepali, Ishowri Shrestha, who was facing a death sentence in China, was innocent
- JULY 8, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri rejected...
Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri rejected appeals for clemency made by seven drug traffickers who had been sentenced to death
- JULY 8, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri rejected...
Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri rejected appeals for clemency made by seven drug traffickers who had been sentenced to death
- JULY 7, 2004ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Former Bangkok senator Sukhum Cherdchuen was sentenced...
Former Bangkok senator Sukhum Cherdchuen was sentenced to death by a criminal court in Thailand after being found guilty of masterminding the murder of a woman doctor in 1996
- JULY 6, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani anti-terrorism court sentenced three members...
A Pakistani anti-terrorism court sentenced three members of an outlawed Islamic group to death after finding them guilty of killing at least six minority Shi'ite Muslims
- JULY 2, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that the China government sentenced...
It was reported that the China government sentenced to death to two Nepalese nationals and gave another 15 years' imprisonment after convicting them of drug trafficking
- JULY 2, 2004NepalDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that the China government sentenced...
It was reported that the China government sentenced to death to two Nepalese nationals and gave another 15 years' imprisonment after convicting them of drug trafficking
- JUNE 29, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Four people were sentenced to death in India for raping...
Four people were sentenced to death in India for raping and strangulating a six-year-old girl