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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- JUNE 11, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A Vietnamese man was sentenced to death for killing...
A Vietnamese man was sentenced to death for killing his parents with a meal laced with rat poison, a court official said
- JUNE 10, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A Vietnamese man was sentenced to death for strangling...
A Vietnamese man was sentenced to death for strangling his 107-year-old grandfather, a court official said
- JUNE 10, 2002MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Forty-four percent of all foreigners sentenced to death...
Forty-four percent of all foreigners sentenced to death in the United States are Mexican, officials said
- JUNE 7, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
A jury sentenced Perry Eugene Williams Jr
A jury sentenced Perry Eugene Williams Jr
- JUNE 6, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A Tehran court sentenced five men to death
A Tehran court sentenced five men to death
- JUNE 5, 2002Governo Federale degli Stati UnitiDEATH PENALTY
Julius Robinson, 25, was sentenced to death by U
Julius Robinson, 25, was sentenced to death by U
- JUNE 3, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A Nigerian woman sentenced to death by stoning for...
A Nigerian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery will be free to look after her child until January 2004, whatever the outcome of her appeal, an Islamic court ruled
- JUNE 2, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A Philippines trial court sentenced three men to die...
A Philippines trial court sentenced three men to die by lethal injection after finding them guilty of selling almost one kilo of methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu in 2000
- JUNE 2, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
An official from Shenyang was sentenced to death for...
An official from Shenyang was sentenced to death for his role in a massive corruption case that brought the municipal Government to its knees, AFP quoted state media reports as saying
- JUNE 2, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A man was sentenced to death for abducting 104 women...
A man was sentenced to death for abducting 104 women and selling them as wives to unwed farmers
- JUNE 2, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In an unusual case, a Chinese public prosecutor withdrew...
In an unusual case, a Chinese public prosecutor withdrew charges because of reasonable doubt against a murder and robbery case suspect who earlier had been sentenced to death
- JUNE 2, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A court in Mashdad, Iran, handed out death sentences...
A court in Mashdad, Iran, handed out death sentences to Mehsi and Hossein
- JUNE 1, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A court in Tehran condemned Jamal A
A court in Tehran condemned Jamal A
- MAY 31, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
In Pakistan, the Sialkot District Judge Nazir Ahmad...
In Pakistan, the Sialkot District Judge Nazir Ahmad passed the death sentence on Sher Muhammad for killing a shopkeeper Muhammad Iqbal, over a minor dispute in Ghueinkey village in the Daska district on January 9, 2001
- MAY 31, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Judge Mirza Abid Jawad Baig gave capital punishment...
Judge Mirza Abid Jawad Baig gave capital punishment to Imran for killing Irshad Ahmed, a student, over a trifling matter on March 9, 2001 in the Sahiwal district, Pakistan
- MAY 27, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian military court spared the lives of two secret...
An Iranian military court spared the lives of two secret agents sentenced to death in 2001 for the murder of a dissident and his wife, Iran's IRNA news agency reported
- MAY 24, 2002Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
A court in Myanmar sentenced to death a man convicted...
A court in Myanmar sentenced to death a man convicted of killing the Yangon office manager of Mitsubishi Corp
- MAY 23, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A court in Tehran sentenced Mohammed Baksheh to execution
A court in Tehran sentenced Mohammed Baksheh to execution
- MAY 22, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Chen was sentenced to death by the Shanghai No
Chen was sentenced to death by the Shanghai No
- MAY 20, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A court in India sentenced to death five persons for...
A court in India sentenced to death five persons for murdering eight people
- MAY 20, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A man condemned to die by hanging put on an amazing...
A man condemned to die by hanging put on an amazing show of defiance - by planting a kiss on the rope he was about to swing from
- MAY 15, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
A man who stabbed his wife to death was sentenced to...
A man who stabbed his wife to death was sentenced to death by the Uganda High Court which sat in Lira
- MAY 14, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani woman sentenced to death by stoning for...
A Pakistani woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery said she had been misled by her lawyers into claiming she was raped
- MAY 13, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indonesian court sentenced to death an accomplice...
An Indonesian court sentenced to death an accomplice of a Malaysian bomber over an explosion at a Jakarta shopping mall in August 2001 that was linked by the judge to an international terrorist network
- MAY 10, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
A Japanese court sentenced a faith healer to death...
A Japanese court sentenced a faith healer to death for killing six of her followers in 1994 and 1995
- MAY 8, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A special tribunal convicted and sentenced 5 persons...
A special tribunal convicted and sentenced 5 persons to death and 7 persons to suffer imprisonment for life with a fine of Tk 5000 each, in default to undergo another one year RI for killing a 16-year-old girl after rape
- MAY 7, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
A Malaysian man was sentenced to death in neighbouring...
A Malaysian man was sentenced to death in neighbouring Indonesia for the bombing of a Jakarta shopping mall that the judge said aimed to stir up religious hatred
- MAY 6, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Police in Dhaka arrested a man condemned to death in...
Police in Dhaka arrested a man condemned to death in absentia for killing two people, from the capital's Gulshan area
- MAY 2, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Man named Irshad was given a death sentence at a murder...
Man named Irshad was given a death sentence at a murder hearing in Pakistan recently
- MAY 1, 2002AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
A fire ripped through an Algerian high security jail,...
A fire ripped through an Algerian high security jail, killing 18 prisoners and injuring seven others, Justice Minister Ahmed Ouyahia said