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 7, 2002KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Six men were sentenced to death by a Kenyan court for...
Six men were sentenced to death by a Kenyan court for violent robbery
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Two men were condemned to death Shahriar, Iran
Two men were condemned to death Shahriar, Iran
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International appealed for the lives of members...
Amnesty International appealed for the lives of members of a banned Protestant church who have been sentenced to death
- FEBRUARY 5, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Palestinian gunmen stormed into a Palestinian military...
Palestinian gunmen stormed into a Palestinian military court in the northern West Bank city of Jenin and shot dead three Palestinians who had just been convicted in the killing of a security officer, witnesses and security sources said
- FEBRUARY 5, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Jiwen and Zhang Yu were sentenced to death after...
Li Jiwen and Zhang Yu were sentenced to death after being found guilty of mugging by the No
- FEBRUARY 5, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A man was condemned to death for killing four of his...
A man was condemned to death for killing four of his relatives in cold blood
- FEBRUARY 4, 2002ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
Circuit Court Judge Jim Hudson sentenced Justin C
Circuit Court Judge Jim Hudson sentenced Justin C
- FEBRUARY 3, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian court sentenced three men - Keyvan Razaghi,...
An Iranian court sentenced three men - Keyvan Razaghi, Kamran Razaghi and Hamdalah Z
- FEBRUARY 3, 2002KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
A Kuwaiti court sentenced to death a police officer...
A Kuwaiti court sentenced to death a police officer for gunning down a female editor in a crowded street in the Muslim conservative state
- FEBRUARY 2, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A Tehran court sentenced Mohammed Reza to death
A Tehran court sentenced Mohammed Reza to death
- JANUARY 31, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh condemned a man to death for...
A court in Bangladesh condemned a man to death for killing his wife
- JANUARY 30, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A convicted murderer was hanged in public in the town...
A convicted murderer was hanged in public in the town of Abarkouh, in central Iran
- JANUARY 29, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A centre for execution by lethal injection is to be...
A centre for execution by lethal injection is to be established in China as part of a new policy to phase out the use of the firing squad in capital punishment cases
- JANUARY 28, 2002ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
Robert Joseph Moody, was sentenced in Pima County Superior...
Robert Joseph Moody, was sentenced in Pima County Superior Court
- JANUARY 26, 2002PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
In Pittsburgh a jury sentenced Connie Williams, with...
In Pittsburgh a jury sentenced Connie Williams, with an IQ of 59, to die by lethal injection for the August 1999 killing his wife Frances Williams, 48
- JANUARY 24, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
In its second periodic report to the UN Human Rights...
In its second periodic report to the UN Human Rights Committee, Vietnam detailed how it plans to deal with death-row appeals
- JANUARY 24, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Military Appeal Court chaired by Justice Elly Turyamubona...
The Military Appeal Court chaired by Justice Elly Turyamubona heard appeals by two UPDF [Uganda People's Defence Forces] soldiers sentenced to death in 2000
- JANUARY 23, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
A jury sentenced Robert Gene Will II, 23, to death...
A jury sentenced Robert Gene Will II, 23, to death for killing sheriff's deputy Barrett Hill, 38, on Dec
- JANUARY 20, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Rangpur gave the death penalty to Moksed...
A court in Rangpur gave the death penalty to Moksed Ali and a life term to his accomplice Akramul Hossain on charges of rape and murder
- JANUARY 20, 2002RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Two people were sentenced to death in a joint trial...
Two people were sentenced to death in a joint trial of 23 suspects of genocide and other crimes against humanity, committed in the former Gungu Sector [phonetic] of Rwanda
- JANUARY 20, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian court in Poldokhtar sentenced Ali Safar...
An Iranian court in Poldokhtar sentenced Ali Safar pour Rajab to death
- JANUARY 19, 2002OmanDEATH PENALTY
An overseas Filipino worker sentenced to death by a...
An overseas Filipino worker sentenced to death by a Shariah Court in Oman in 1999 is safely back at home with his loved ones after he was pardoned by the Sultan of Oman at the close of the holy month of Ramadan
- JANUARY 19, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
An overseas Filipino worker sentenced to death by a...
An overseas Filipino worker sentenced to death by a Shariah Court in Oman in 1999 is safely back at home with his loved ones after he was pardoned by the Sultan of Oman at the close of the holy month of Ramadan
- JANUARY 18, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A quarry worker was sentenced to death by the High...
A quarry worker was sentenced to death by the High Court in Ipoh, Malaysia, for the murder of a Bangladeshi petrol pump attendant
- JANUARY 18, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Six of 23 offenders charged with drug trafficking were...
Six of 23 offenders charged with drug trafficking were sentenced to death by the People's Court in Vietnam's Nghe An province, according to a report of Vietnam's official news agency VNA
- JANUARY 17, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Nanping Municipal Intermediate People's Court, Fujian...
Nanping Municipal Intermediate People's Court, Fujian Province, sentenced Xu Jie to death for organizing a triad gang, assault, offering bribes and gambling, the Fujian Daily reported
- JANUARY 16, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Chinese court sentenced a South Korean drug trafficker...
A Chinese court sentenced a South Korean drug trafficker to death
- JANUARY 16, 2002South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
A Chinese court sentenced a South Korean drug trafficker...
A Chinese court sentenced a South Korean drug trafficker to death
- JANUARY 14, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A man was sentenced to death in Ghom, Iran
A man was sentenced to death in Ghom, Iran
- JANUARY 12, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigeria's embassy in Athens told a protest delegation...
Nigeria's embassy in Athens told a protest delegation that a Nigerian woman sentenced to death by stoning in the African country would be spared, Soula Panaretou, a member of the Coalition of the Left and Progress, said