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 29, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
George Rivas, 31, has been sentenced to die by lethal...
George Rivas, 31, has been sentenced to die by lethal injection for the killing of police Officer Aubrey Hawkins by a Dallas County jury
- AUGUST 28, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
European Member of Parliament Marco Pannella (Italian...
European Member of Parliament Marco Pannella (Italian Radical Party) filed a parliamentary question addressed to the European Commission regarding Mohammad Younus Shaik's case
- AUGUST 26, 2001BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Abdus Sattar was sentenced to death and six others...
Abdus Sattar was sentenced to death and six others to life imprisonment for murdering Masud Ahmed, son of former MP Samsuddin Ahmed Eshaq
- AUGUST 25, 2001IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A Delhi court sentenced to death Devender Pal Singh,...
A Delhi court sentenced to death Devender Pal Singh, a Sikh militant, for exploding a car bomb near the Indian Youth Congress office in 1993, killing nine persons and injuring 29, including the then president of the organisation, Mr
- AUGUST 23, 2001IdahoDEATH PENALTY
Charles Irvin Fain, who spent over 18 years on Idaho's...
Charles Irvin Fain, who spent over 18 years on Idaho's death row, has been freed with all charges dismissed
- AUGUST 22, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Southern Bangkok Criminal Court sentenced to death...
The Southern Bangkok Criminal Court sentenced to death Kang Duay, 40, Nee Khaewa, 27, and Dee Bai, 19, after they were convicted on charges of possessing 60,000 methamphetamine pills with intent to sell
- AUGUST 17, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Thonburi Criminal Court sentenced to death a Ukrainian...
The Thonburi Criminal Court sentenced to death a Ukrainian woman for having 1
- AUGUST 17, 2001UkraineDEATH PENALTY
The Thonburi Criminal Court, in Thailand, sentenced...
The Thonburi Criminal Court, in Thailand, sentenced to death a Ukrainian woman for having 1
- AUGUST 16, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Three armed robbers, sentenced to death by a revolutionary...
Three armed robbers, sentenced to death by a revolutionary court, were hanged in public at dawn
- AUGUST 7, 2001Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
Ten Trinidadian men were sentenced to death after a...
Ten Trinidadian men were sentenced to death after a jury in Port of Spain found them guilty of killing a man they had kidnapped and held for ransom
- AUGUST 7, 2001MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A labourer who was convicted of murder in 1996 escaped...
A labourer who was convicted of murder in 1996 escaped the gallows after the Court of Appeal found him guilty of a lesser charge of manslaughter
- AUGUST 5, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
An armed Afghan bandit, sentenced to death for clashes...
An armed Afghan bandit, sentenced to death for clashes with Iranian police and carrying narcotics, was hanged in the northeastern city of Sabzevar in Khorasan Province, the Persian daily Jam-e Jam said
- AUGUST 5, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
An armed Afghan bandit, sentenced to death for clashes...
An armed Afghan bandit, sentenced to death for clashes with Iranian police and carrying narcotics, was hanged in the northeastern city of Sabzevar in Iran's Khorasan Province
- AUGUST 4, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
A convicted murderer was hanged in the central city...
A convicted murderer was hanged in the central city of Isfahan, the sixth execution made public in less than a week, the conservative Qods daily reported
- AUGUST 2, 2001Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
A Burmese woman was sentenced to death by the South...
A Burmese woman was sentenced to death by the South Bangkok Criminal Court in Thailand for drug trafficking
- AUGUST 2, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
The Security Court in Nablus condemned to death Ahmed...
The Security Court in Nablus condemned to death Ahmed Abu Ayash, 50, on charges of collaborating with Israel in the assassination of a local Hamas leader, Salah Darawesh
- AUGUST 2, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
A gang of five Iranians, sentenced to death for kidnapping...
A gang of five Iranians, sentenced to death for kidnapping and rape, were hanged in Gorgan, in the Golestan province in northern Iran, the official IRNA news agency reported
- AUGUST 1, 2001RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Colonel Peter Habimana, leader of the [rebel] Rwandan...
Colonel Peter Habimana, leader of the [rebel] Rwandan Liberation Army, was sentenced to death together with another 14 defendants found guilty of involvement in the 1994 genocide
- AUGUST 1, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
There are over 200 prisoners on death row in Uganda
There are over 200 prisoners on death row in Uganda
- JULY 31, 2001Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
The Thai Criminal Court sentenced to death three Burmese...
The Thai Criminal Court sentenced to death three Burmese men found guilty of possessing 190,000 speed pills in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai, in March 2000
- JULY 31, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A Thai court sentenced 14 drug dealers, including three...
A Thai court sentenced 14 drug dealers, including three women, in four separate trials, to death despite criticism from international human right organizations that the court has become an assembly line of death
- JULY 27, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Abdol Qayum was executed in a sports ground in the...
Abdol Qayum was executed in a sports ground in the western Herat Province
- JULY 27, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty activists should consider the dangers of drugs...
Amnesty activists should consider the dangers of drugs to society before begging for mercy for drug convicts on death row, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said
- JULY 27, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Two thieves who murdered many of their victims were...
Two thieves who murdered many of their victims were sentenced to death for killing 12 people and injuring 58 others in Beijing over the past two years
- JULY 26, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Court needed only three months to hand...
The Criminal Court needed only three months to hand down death sentences against 19 convicted drug traffickers because the court had been trying the four cases nonstop, Criminal Court Chief Justice Sombat Tiewissaret said
- JULY 25, 2001GhanaDEATH PENALTY
The Malaysian High Court sentenced a 41-year-old Ghanaian...
The Malaysian High Court sentenced a 41-year-old Ghanaian businessman, to death for trafficking in 515
- JULY 25, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Thailand's criminal court sentenced 19 drug dealers...
Thailand's criminal court sentenced 19 drug dealers to death, one of whom was Chinese
- JULY 25, 2001MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
The High Court sentenced a 41-year-old Ghanaian businessman,...
The High Court sentenced a 41-year-old Ghanaian businessman, to death for trafficking in 515
- JULY 25, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND CONDEMNS 19 TO DEATH
July 25, 2001: Thailand´s criminal court sentenced 19 drug dealers to death, the largest number ever handed the maximum penalty in one day.
- JULY 24, 2001EgyptDEATH PENALTY
A court in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria sentenced...
A court in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria sentenced to death Khamis Said, 28, who killed his mother in March for her refusal to give him money to travel to Israel and marry the woman