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 4, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh condemned five people to death...
A court in Bangladesh condemned five people to death and sentenced two others to life terms with rigorous imprisonment for a sensational murder case
- AUGUST 3, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Emam Ali was sentenced to death in the Iranian capital...
Emam Ali was sentenced to death in the Iranian capital Tehran
- AUGUST 2, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The HCMC People's Court sentenced to death Bui Minh...
The HCMC People's Court sentenced to death Bui Minh Hai and Ta Kim Tien after convicting them of murder in the fatal shooting of one man during a gold store robbery
- AUGUST 2, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A business man was sentenced to death by the High Court...
A business man was sentenced to death by the High Court for murdering a motor spare parts shop assistant outside a pub in Taman Thivy Jaya in Rasah here last year
- AUGUST 1, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A 20-year-old woman acquitted of drug charges in a...
A 20-year-old woman acquitted of drug charges in a lower court has been sentenced to death by the Appeals Court that upheld a prosecution appeal against the Criminal Court's verdict
- JULY 30, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shanghai Second Intermediate People's Court condemned...
The Shanghai Second Intermediate People's Court condemned a taxi-driver to death for murdering two people and injuring five others
- JULY 30, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Tehran courts sentenced two people to death
Tehran courts sentenced two people to death
- JULY 30, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A court in China sentenced a female hospital executive...
A court in China sentenced a female hospital executive to death for embezzling 10
- JULY 28, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani judge sentenced a Muslim man to death for...
A Pakistani judge sentenced a Muslim man to death for blaspheming against Islam's Prophet Mohammad, the second such penalty in the country in less than two weeks
- JULY 25, 2002KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
A Kuwaiti court sentenced to death two Saudi brothers...
A Kuwaiti court sentenced to death two Saudi brothers and a Kuwaiti on charges of kidnapping and murdering a five-year-old girl in May
- JULY 24, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A Scot who faces execution in Saudi Arabia appealed...
A Scot who faces execution in Saudi Arabia appealed against the sentence, claiming his televised confession was beaten out of him by officials
- JULY 24, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A woman was sentenced to execution in Tehran
A woman was sentenced to execution in Tehran
- JULY 24, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Four Pakistani convicts were saved from the gallows...
Four Pakistani convicts were saved from the gallows after they agreed to pay eight million rupees in compensation and eight girls of their families as "compensation" to the aggrieved party
- JULY 22, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A mother of six was duped into parting with RM50,000...
A mother of six was duped into parting with RM50,000 by a confidence trickster who claimed that he had the "connections" to help her son who is in death row
- JULY 21, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Ahmad Najafi was sentenced to death in Tehran
Ahmad Najafi was sentenced to death in Tehran
- JULY 19, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Intermediate People's Court in Chaozhou, Guangdong...
The Intermediate People's Court in Chaozhou, Guangdong Province, sentenced Chen Zuolong, alleged head of a triad organization, to death, the Guangzhou Daily reported
- JULY 17, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Metropolitan Sessions Judge Shahidul Islam handed down...
Metropolitan Sessions Judge Shahidul Islam handed down the death sentence to Mohammad Monir Hossain Liton, 21 and Mohammad Abu Sayeed, 20 who were on the dock, quiet and unnerved for killing Shihab, a schoolboy, in the city on February 7, 2001
- JULY 17, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Jonathan Marcus Green stood motionless as a Montgomery...
Jonathan Marcus Green stood motionless as a Montgomery County 8-man, 4-woman jury sentenced him to death by lethal injection
- JULY 17, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Visit Puengrasamee was sentenced to death after being...
Visit Puengrasamee was sentenced to death after being found guilty of conspiring to murder businessman Kasem Khamwongsa, although the gunman he had hired mistakenly shot dead Kasem's adopted son, Chaiyakorn Maihom
- JULY 16, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Rapists may face the death penalty in Nigeria under...
Rapists may face the death penalty in Nigeria under a new law to enhance children's rights, according to Women Affairs and Youth Development Minister Aisha Isma'il
- JULY 15, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Massoud Parvizi was sentenced to death in Tehran
Massoud Parvizi was sentenced to death in Tehran
- JULY 11, 2002FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Ana Maria Cardona, condemned for fatally beating Lazaro...
Ana Maria Cardona, condemned for fatally beating Lazaro Figero, her 3-year-old son il 1990, will get a new trial
- JULY 11, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Parviz Azizi was condemned to die by a Tehran court,...
Parviz Azizi was condemned to die by a Tehran court, whilst Hossien was sentenced to execution by a court in Shahriar
- JULY 10, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A young man was sentenced to death by the District...
A young man was sentenced to death by the District and Sessions Judge's Court for poisoning to death his wife
- JULY 10, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
A Thai court handed two Thai hill tribesmen the death...
A Thai court handed two Thai hill tribesmen the death sentences after finding them guilty of murdering an Australian tourist and raping his female companion in early 2000
- JULY 9, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A young man was sentenced to execution in the Iranian...
A young man was sentenced to execution in the Iranian capital Tehran
- JULY 9, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
In Gaza, a Palestinian sentenced to death for collaborating...
In Gaza, a Palestinian sentenced to death for collaborating with Israeli security was shot and killed by Palestinian police while trying to escape, the Palestinian prosecutor said
- JULY 9, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
In the Philippines an Ilonggo businessman was meted...
In the Philippines an Ilonggo businessman was meted the death penalty after he was found guilty of masterminding the kidnap-slaying of Bacolod-based businesswoman Roberta Cokin in 1995
- JULY 9, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
President Gloria Arroyo has allowed the execution of...
President Gloria Arroyo has allowed the execution of two of the 17 convicts on death row on October 16, said a source, who did not identify the two convicts
- JULY 9, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that the Intermediate People's Court...
It was reported that the Intermediate People's Court in Shijiazhuang, capital of Hebei, sentenced Zhao Jianlin and Zhao Jianbo to death