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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- MAY 28, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A South Korean man was executed in China on for murdering...
A South Korean man was executed in China on for murdering his Chinese girlfriend and her sister
- MAY 28, 2004South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
A South Korean man was executed in China on for murdering...
A South Korean man was executed in China on for murdering his Chinese girlfriend and her sister
- MAY 28, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A group of 12 convicted drug traffickers was sentenced...
A group of 12 convicted drug traffickers was sentenced to death by a court in central China, for the buying and selling of heroin
- MAY 28, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A special court in Rajshahi sentenced Shariful Haq...
A special court in Rajshahi sentenced Shariful Haq Koial to death for his attempt to burn his wife to death in 2003
- MAY 27, 2004ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Oliviero Toscani's new video clip against the death...
Oliviero Toscani's new video clip against the death penalty in promotion of Hands Off Cain's international campaign for a universal moratorium on executions established by the UN General Assembly, was shown this morning at the European Institute of Design
- MAY 26, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippines High Court sentenced to death John...
The Philippines High Court sentenced to death John Mamarion, Major Rolando Maclang, Juliet Harisco and Charlito Domingo after finding them guilty of kidnapping
- MAY 26, 2004Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Lawyers for the South African government said the state...
Lawyers for the South African government said the state could not intervene to save 70 alleged coup-plotters detained in Zimbabwe from extradition to Equatorial Guinea where they would face the death penalty
- MAY 26, 2004ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Lawyers for the South African government said the state...
Lawyers for the South African government said the state could not intervene to save 70 alleged coup-plotters detained in Zimbabwe from extradition to Equatorial Guinea where they would face the death penalty
- MAY 26, 2004South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Lawyers for the South African government said the state...
Lawyers for the South African government said the state could not intervene to save 70 alleged coup-plotters detained in Zimbabwe from extradition to Equatorial Guinea where they would face the death penalty
- MAY 25, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Tran Quang Luan, a 22-year-old man, was sentenced to...
Tran Quang Luan, a 22-year-old man, was sentenced to death by firing squad by the Ho Chi Minh City People's Court in Vietnam after being convicted of murdering his female companion Nguyen Thi Lan in September 2002 in order to steal her motorbike
- MAY 23, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Vang Sao Ngan, 21, was sentenced to death by a court...
Vang Sao Ngan, 21, was sentenced to death by a court in the northern province of Ha Giang, Vietnam, for killing his pregnant fiancé and her mother after his lover refused to live with him
- MAY 22, 2004TunisiaDEATH PENALTY
Bulgarian officials and politicians continued soliciting...
Bulgarian officials and politicians continued soliciting international support for five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death by a Libyan court on charges of deliberately infecting hundreds of Libyan children with the AIDS virus
- MAY 22, 2004LibyaDEATH PENALTY
Bulgarian officials and politicians continued soliciting...
Bulgarian officials and politicians continued soliciting international support for five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death by a Libyan court on charges of deliberately infecting hundreds of Libyan children with the AIDS virus
- MAY 22, 2004BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Bulgarian officials and politicians continued soliciting...
Bulgarian officials and politicians continued soliciting international support for five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death by a Libyan court on charges of deliberately infecting hundreds of Libyan children with the AIDS virus
- MAY 22, 2004RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Bulgarian officials and politicians continued soliciting...
Bulgarian officials and politicians continued soliciting international support for five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death by a Libyan court on charges of deliberately infecting hundreds of Libyan children with the AIDS virus
- MAY 22, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a man in Ahwaz was sentenced to five times execution
a man in Ahwaz was sentenced to five times execution
- MAY 21, 2004UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The death of the Attorney General, Francis Ayume, halted...
The death of the Attorney General, Francis Ayume, halted the hearing of a petition in which 417 condemned prisoners were challenging the death penalty
- MAY 21, 2004TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court of Taiwan said it could find no fault...
The Supreme Court of Taiwan said it could find no fault with the case of Hsu Tzu-chiang , a death-row inmate whose conviction had been surrounded with controversy for almost a decade
- MAY 21, 2004MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Adnan Mat Jusoh was sentenced to death by the High...
Adnan Mat Jusoh was sentenced to death by the High Court of Malaysia after being found guilty of killing his girlfriend in
- MAY 21, 2004SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
a man named Soosainathan Dass Saminathan was hanged in Singapore for murder
a man named Soosainathan Dass Saminathan was hanged in Singapore for murder
- MAY 20, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Le Duc Thi, 32, was sentenced to death after being...
Le Duc Thi, 32, was sentenced to death after being found guilty by a court in Vietnam's central province of Binh Dinh of beating to death his 73-year-old great-aunt on March 6, 2004 after she refused to lend him money
- MAY 20, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Hanoi People's Court, Vietnam, sentenced to death...
The Hanoi People's Court, Vietnam, sentenced to death Le Minh Duc, 20, for killing and robbing his 52-year-old neighbour in November 2003
- MAY 19, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Santosh Bariyar was sentenced to death by an Additional...
Santosh Bariyar was sentenced to death by an Additional Sessions court in India after it found him guilty of being the mastermind behind the murder of former national junior tennis champion R Kartikraj
- MAY 13, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A court in central China's Henan province sentenced...
A court in central China's Henan province sentenced to death a woman convicted of buying and selling 13 children in a case linked to a nationwide network of baby trafficking, state press said
- MAY 12, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
After acknowledging to police that he had shot and...
After acknowledging to police that he had shot and killed a woman, Juan Jose Reynosa said he didn't want to spend a long time in prison
- MAY 11, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that three people were put to death...
It was reported that three people were put to death at dawn in Vietnam at the Cau Nga execution site in the capital's Tu Liem district
- MAY 11, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shanghai Railway Intermediate People's Court sentenced...
The Shanghai Railway Intermediate People's Court sentenced Zhou Wenling to death for a murder he committed in Nanjing in 1994
- MAY 10, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In its initial trial, the Kunming Intermediate People's...
In its initial trial, the Kunming Intermediate People's Court in Yunnan Province, China, sentenced Tan Minglin, to death and confiscation of all personal assets for smuggling, trafficking, and transporting drugs
- MAY 4, 2004South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Fearing possible death penalty they could face after...
Fearing possible death penalty they could face after being extradited to Equatorial Guinea, 70 accused mercenaries held in Zimbabwe Tuesday appealed to South Africa through their lawyers to intervene to block their extradition
- MAY 4, 2004ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Fearing possible death penalty they could face after...
Fearing possible death penalty they could face after being extradited to Equatorial Guinea, 70 accused mercenaries held in Zimbabwe Tuesday appealed to South Africa through their lawyers to intervene to block their extradition