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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- FEBRUARY 29, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh sentenced to death in absentia...
A court in Bangladesh sentenced to death in absentia Salauddin Akhter for killing his sister-in-law
- FEBRUARY 27, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Chapainawabganj, Bangladesh, sentenced to...
A court in Chapainawabganj, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Hazrat Ali after convicting him of killing and raping a girl
- FEBRUARY 26, 2004KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Esther Wanjeri Kamau was sentenced to death with her...
Esther Wanjeri Kamau was sentenced to death with her daughter, Lucy Wanjiku Kamau, by a Court of Appeal in Nakuru, Kenya, for murdering her husband
- FEBRUARY 20, 2004UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Ugandan High Court sentenced Samson Iga, 23, Muhamed...
The Ugandan High Court sentenced Samson Iga, 23, Muhamed Lukabwe, 29 and Siraji Bisaso, 26, to death for robbery
- FEBRUARY 19, 2004UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
A military court in Kyrgyzstan sentenced to death Asadullo...
A military court in Kyrgyzstan sentenced to death Asadullo Abdullayev, 24, and Ilkhom Izatullayev, 25, two Islamic militants of Uzbek nationality, after finding them guilty of plotting an explosion on December 2002 at a market in Bishkek which killed seve
- FEBRUARY 19, 2004KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
A military court in Kyrgyzstan sentenced to death Asadullo...
A military court in Kyrgyzstan sentenced to death Asadullo Abdullayev, 24, and Ilkhom Izatullayev, 25, two Islamic militants of Uzbek nationality, after finding them guilty of plotting an explosion on December 2002 at a market in Bishkek which killed seve
- FEBRUARY 19, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China rejected Japan's call to reduce the penalty for...
China rejected Japan's call to reduce the penalty for a Japanese national sentenced to death for drug smuggling
- FEBRUARY 19, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
China rejected Japan's call to reduce the penalty for...
China rejected Japan's call to reduce the penalty for a Japanese national sentenced to death for drug smuggling
- FEBRUARY 19, 2004TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
A court in southern Tajikistan sentenced two men to...
A court in southern Tajikistan sentenced two men to death for murder, the Tajik national news agency Khovar web site reported
- FEBRUARY 18, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Tangail, Bangladesh, condemned Badsha Mia...
A court in Tangail, Bangladesh, condemned Badsha Mia to death in absentia for killing his mother
- FEBRUARY 18, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A court in Naogaon, Bangladesh, sentenced two people,...
A court in Naogaon, Bangladesh, sentenced two people, including an Indian national, to death and awarded life imprisonment to two others for murder
- FEBRUARY 18, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Naogaon, Bangladesh, sentenced two people,...
A court in Naogaon, Bangladesh, sentenced two people, including an Indian national, to death and awarded life imprisonment to two others for murder
- FEBRUARY 18, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
Tomas Raul Gallo, 28, convicted of raping and murdering...
Tomas Raul Gallo, 28, convicted of raping and murdering a 3-year-old girl was sentenced to the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 17, 2004UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Uzbek Supreme Court sentenced Aziz Karimov to the...
The Uzbek Supreme Court sentenced Aziz Karimov to the death penalty, aftre convicting him of being one of the plotters of the explosion in Bishkek's Oberon marketplace on 27 December 2002 which claimed seven lives
- FEBRUARY 17, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, sentenced four...
A court in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, sentenced four people to death and five to 10 years rigorous imprisonment for the murder of Ashraful Haque Mollah, a pro-government student leader
- FEBRUARY 13, 2004UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The High Court in Lira, Uganda, sentenced Tonny Oguna,...
The High Court in Lira, Uganda, sentenced Tonny Oguna, Joel Ogwang and Lawrence Otyek to death after finding them guilty of robbing a man at gunpoint in Alito in 2001
- FEBRUARY 12, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Le Hong, female, was executed by firing squad...
Nguyen Le Hong, female, was executed by firing squad in southern Vietnam's Tien Giang province, after being sentenced to death for running a robbery network
- FEBRUARY 12, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
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In Fort Worth, Cleve W
- FEBRUARY 11, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Speedy Trial Tribunal in Dhaka, Bangladesh, convicted...
A Speedy Trial Tribunal in Dhaka, Bangladesh, convicted eight people, sentencing six of them to death and and two others to life imprisonment for killing th former chairman of Bakhil Union Parisad
- FEBRUARY 10, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A speedy trial court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced...
A speedy trial court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced six people to death and four to life imprisonment for the murder of police officer Konokuzzaman in the capital
- FEBRUARY 10, 2004AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
A court in Kabul, Afghanistan, convicted two Afghans...
A court in Kabul, Afghanistan, convicted two Afghans for the murder of Bettina Goislard, a 29 year old French UN staffer and sentenced them to death
- FEBRUARY 9, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China rejected criticism of its treatment of Tenzin...
China rejected criticism of its treatment of Tenzin Deleg Rinpoche, a Tibetan Buddhist monk, who was convicted in a fatal bombing, saying he was prosecuted according to the law
- FEBRUARY 9, 2004CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
In Chicago, 1 of the death row inmates pardoned by...
In Chicago, 1 of the death row inmates pardoned by former Gov
- FEBRUARY 6, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Nagoya High Court, Japan, sentenced to death Keiki...
The Nagoya High Court, Japan, sentenced to death Keiki Muto, a man convicted in a 2002 murder-and-robbery case, raising the life imprisonment penalty imposed by a lower court
- FEBRUARY 6, 2004NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, Nigeria,...
An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, Nigeria, sentenced Rasheed Olaiya, 38, to death by hanging after convicting him of killing a five-month old baby
- FEBRUARY 4, 2004MalawiDEATH PENALTY
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) MP, Wali Nasser Kara, was...
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) MP, Wali Nasser Kara, was sentenced to death by hanging after being convicted of murdering his driver, Alex Mbewe, on 6 March, 2002, in the central sugarcane growing area of Dwangwa
- FEBRUARY 4, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
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- FEBRUARY 3, 2004AustriaDEATH PENALTY
Austrian Foreign Minister Benita Ferrero-Waldner said...
Austrian Foreign Minister Benita Ferrero-Waldner said she was "disappointed" by her compatriot Arnold Schwarzenegger because he refused to spare the life of death row inmate Kevin Cooper
- FEBRUARY 2, 2004Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
In a letter to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Council...
In a letter to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly President Peter Schieder appealed for clemency in the case of death row inmate Kevin Cooper: "Since you took office as Governor, you have shown mercy and humanity in
- JANUARY 30, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Tokyo District Court in Japan sentenced Masami...
The Tokyo District Court in Japan sentenced Masami Tsuchiya, a former senior member of the Aum Shinri Kyo doomsday cult, to death for his role in making the poison used in a 1995 gas attack on Tokyo's subway that killed 12 people