Chronological archive
February 2001
The 158 news items published by Hands Off Cain in February 2001, in chronological order.
Prosecutors are investigating whether a top Broward...
Prosecutors are investigating whether a top Broward County sheriff's detective made up evidence against Frank Lee Smith, a Fort Lauderdale man who spent 14 years on Florida's death row for a murder he did not commit
- FEBRUARY 28, 2001TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
A federal judge in Knoxville issued a stay for death...
A federal judge in Knoxville issued a stay for death row inmate Stephen Michael West, less than 10 hours before his scheduled execution by electrocution
- FEBRUARY 28, 2001CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
9 months after he confessed to a 2-month robbery spree...
9 months after he confessed to a 2-month robbery spree that ended in the murder of 2 people, David Scott Daniels was formally sentenced to die by lethal injection
- FEBRUARY 28, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Haq Nawaz Jhangvi, a Pakistani Islamic activist, was...
Haq Nawaz Jhangvi, a Pakistani Islamic activist, was hanged for the killing of an Iranian official in 1990
- FEBRUARY 27, 2001SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
Puntland police chief, Colonel Hirsi Said Farah, denied...
Puntland police chief, Colonel Hirsi Said Farah, denied news reports that two women were sentenced to death by stoning
- FEBRUARY 27, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
The US State Department branded Iraqi President Saddam...
The US State Department branded Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's regime and the military government in Burma as some of the world's most repressive
- FEBRUARY 27, 2001North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The U
The U
- FEBRUARY 27, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Salim Akra, 37, a Palestinian suspected of collaborating...
Salim Akra, 37, a Palestinian suspected of collaborating with Israel in the killing of a Hamas activist was tortured to death by the Palestinian Authority's military intelligence
- FEBRUARY 27, 2001North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The U
The U
- FEBRUARY 27, 2001DEATH PENALTY
CINA
February 27, 2001: China sentenced to death four people and tries former police chief for graft.
- FEBRUARY 26, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Senator Renato L
Senator Renato L
- FEBRUARY 26, 2001VenezuelaDEATH PENALTY
According to a report released by the U
According to a report released by the U
- FEBRUARY 26, 2001IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Chicago's Roman Catholic cardinal said that executing...
Chicago's Roman Catholic cardinal said that executing convicted Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh would amount to honouring a request to commit suicide
- FEBRUARY 25, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Three [unidentified] Afghan bandits were hung in public...
Three [unidentified] Afghan bandits were hung in public in the Khorasan Province on the border with Afghanistan
- FEBRUARY 25, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Three unidentified Afghan bandits were publicly hanged...
Three unidentified Afghan bandits were publicly hanged in the Iranian province of Khorasan near the border with Afghanistan
- FEBRUARY 24, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Abdul Jabbar alias Zafar and Shafiq alias Pappu, have...
Abdul Jabbar alias Zafar and Shafiq alias Pappu, have appealed their sentences
- FEBRUARY 24, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The leader of the Democratici di Sinistra (Democratic...
The leader of the Democratici di Sinistra (Democratic Left, DS) parliamentary group Fabio Mussi condemned statements by far right politicians calling for the death penalty for the perpetrators of a horrific double murder in Novi Ligure
- FEBRUARY 24, 2001RwandaDEATH PENALTY
The Ruhengeri court of first instance sentenced five...
The Ruhengeri court of first instance sentenced five people to death on charges related to acts of genocide and crimes against humanity in the Gipuri and Nyamutera communes during the 1994 genocide
- FEBRUARY 23, 2001ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The former Prime Minister of Armenia, Aram Sargsian...
The former Prime Minister of Armenia, Aram Sargsian said that the five perpetrators of the act of terrorism in the Armenian parliament, on February 27, 1999, in which his brother Vazgen Sargsian was killed, would be sentenced to death
- FEBRUARY 23, 2001LiberiaDEATH PENALTY
Four journalists are risking the death penalty on charges...
Four journalists are risking the death penalty on charges of espionage for 'enemies' of the state
- FEBRUARY 23, 2001SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
The former chief of Yugoslavia's feared secret police
The former chief of Yugoslavia's feared secret police
- FEBRUARY 23, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed seven people for their role in a multi-billion...
China executed seven people for their role in a multi-billion dollar smuggling scandal
- FEBRUARY 23, 2001CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Assembly woman Dion Aroner introduced AB 1512 to prohibit...
Assembly woman Dion Aroner introduced AB 1512 to prohibit the death penalty for those with mental retardation
- FEBRUARY 23, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Afghanistan's ultra-orthodox Taliban regime publicly...
Afghanistan's ultra-orthodox Taliban regime publicly executed two women and flogged a dozen others convicted of adultery in the southern city of Kandahar, the official Radio Shariat said Saturday
- FEBRUARY 23, 2001DEATH PENALTY
JAPAN
February 23, 2001: a Japanese death row prisoner committed suicide in the Fukuoka prison, police said. The news came just a few hours after a Council of Europe delegation denounced conditions on death row in Japanese prisons as torture at the end of its f
- FEBRUARY 22, 2001Vatican CityDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished from the constitution...
The death penalty was abolished from the constitution of the Vatican City State
- FEBRUARY 22, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A [unidentified] Singaporean national was executed...
A [unidentified] Singaporean national was executed in China in January for drug trafficking
- FEBRUARY 22, 2001TogoDEATH PENALTY
Investigators from the United Nations and the Organisation...
Investigators from the United Nations and the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) said they were convinced that Togolese security forces, gendarmes and militias had murdered, tortured and raped people following the 1998 presidential elections
- FEBRUARY 22, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Karnes City, a jury sentenced a 20-year-old man...
In Karnes City, a jury sentenced a 20-year-old man to death for helping his boyhood friend (Mr
- FEBRUARY 22, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Sami bin Sulaiman al-Qurashi, a Saudi national was...
Sami bin Sulaiman al-Qurashi, a Saudi national was publicly beheaded after being found guilty by an Islamic shari'a court of murdering a compatriot
- FEBRUARY 22, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Mua Wongsorn, 60, and Yai Busanaree, 48, were sentenced...
Mua Wongsorn, 60, and Yai Busanaree, 48, were sentenced to death after being convicted of trafficking in 80,000 speed pills in Chiang Rai in 1999
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- FEBRUARY 22, 2001SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
A [unidentified] Singaporean national was executed...
A [unidentified] Singaporean national was executed in China in January for drug trafficking
- FEBRUARY 22, 2001DEATH PENALTY
JAPAN
February 22, 2001: a delegation from the Council of Europe is on a first ever visit to Japan on the invitation of the Japanese Parliamentary League for Abolition, despite lack of co-operation by the Japanese authorities. The delegation is evaluating the c
- FEBRUARY 21, 2001ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Women pressure groups are advocating death sentences...
Women pressure groups are advocating death sentences or castration for rapists, two punishments they feel would be proportional to the gravity of the crime and also serve as a sufficient deterrent to child sexual abuse
- FEBRUARY 21, 2001SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Tay Chin Wah, 68, an elderly taxi driver who fired...
Tay Chin Wah, 68, an elderly taxi driver who fired four shots from his revolver at two men in 1995 was sentenced to hang
- FEBRUARY 21, 2001CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
The government is reviewing a trial bill that would...
The government is reviewing a trial bill that would set up a special tribunal to bring to justice Khmer Rouge responsible for the deaths of at least 1,7 million Cambodians in the late 1970s
- FEBRUARY 21, 2001IndianaDEATH PENALTY
A House committee passed a bill intended to make sure...
A House committee passed a bill intended to make sure relatives of crime victims have the right to tell the judge how the death of a loved one affected them
- FEBRUARY 21, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
The Senate Criminal Justice Committee voted 5-0 to...
The Senate Criminal Justice Committee voted 5-0 to approve SB 133, the racial evidence bill
- FEBRUARY 20, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Wyoming's Governor signed a law (SB 20) to add the...
Wyoming's Governor signed a law (SB 20) to add the sentencing option of life imprisonment without parole as an alternative penalty for those convicted of 1st-degree murder
- FEBRUARY 20, 2001AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
A group of Alabama death row inmates is pushing an...
A group of Alabama death row inmates is pushing an unusual solution to the state's school-funding crisis: abolish the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 20, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
An Afghan national, Shalif Alizehi, was executed after...
An Afghan national, Shalif Alizehi, was executed after being found guilty of robbery, rape and drug trafficking
- FEBRUARY 20, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A Thai cabinet minister sent a letter to Indonesian...
A Thai cabinet minister sent a letter to Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid asking for clemency for two compatriots, Namsong Sirlak, and Saelaw Praset
- FEBRUARY 20, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
An Afghan national, Shalif Alizehi, was executed in...
An Afghan national, Shalif Alizehi, was executed in Iran after being found guilty of robbery, rape and drug-trafficking
- FEBRUARY 20, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
The head of Iran's judiciary, Ayatollah Mahmud Hashemi-Shahrudi,...
The head of Iran's judiciary, Ayatollah Mahmud Hashemi-Shahrudi, defended the use of the death penalty to the visiting UN Human Rights High Commissioner Mary Robinson saying most death sentences passed in Iran were drug-related
- FEBRUARY 20, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
A Thai cabinet minister sent a letter to Indonesian...
A Thai cabinet minister sent a letter to Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid asking for clemency for two compatriots, Namsong Sirlak, and Saelaw Praset
- FEBRUARY 19, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Saudi man was executed in the city of Najran for...
A Saudi man was executed in the city of Najran for strangling his sister to death
- FEBRUARY 19, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
A delegation from the Council of Europe arrived in...
A delegation from the Council of Europe arrived in Japan to study capital punishment in the country
- FEBRUARY 19, 2001SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
Two women were sentenced to death because they were...
Two women were sentenced to death because they were found to be living in the same residence as husband and wife, they were thus found guilty of "unnatural" behaviour according to Sharia law, which the Somalian Penal Code bases itself on
- FEBRUARY 19, 2001GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Superior Court Judge Hal Craig imposed the death penalty...
Superior Court Judge Hal Craig imposed the death penalty against Mustafa Raheem, 21, on recommendation from the Henry County jury that heard the case
- FEBRUARY 19, 2001DEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA
February 19, 2001: two women have been sentenced to death for having a lesbian relationship.
- FEBRUARY 18, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Prince Charles pleaded with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince...
Prince Charles pleaded with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz for the lives of three Britons who face being beheaded in Saudi Arabia, after Arab Ministers vowed to carry out their executions
- FEBRUARY 18, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Prince Charles pleaded with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince...
Prince Charles pleaded with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz for the lives of three Britons who face being beheaded in Saudi Arabia, after Arab Ministers vowed to carry out their executions
- FEBRUARY 18, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
57 people have been condemned to death in Iran since...
57 people have been condemned to death in Iran since the beginning of the year, according to the National Council for Resistance in Iran (NCRI)
- FEBRUARY 17, 2001TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
Texas parolee Robert Leach, 38, was sentenced to death...
Texas parolee Robert Leach, 38, was sentenced to death for killingSarah McBride, 69, on July 8, 1999
- FEBRUARY 17, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Ali Qahremani, 45, was publicly executed by...
Mohammad Ali Qahremani, 45, was publicly executed by hanging in Damavand, northwestern Tehran
- FEBRUARY 17, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Abdul Jabbar and Shafiq, were sentenced to death for...
Abdul Jabbar and Shafiq, were sentenced to death for spying for India by an anti terrorism court
- FEBRUARY 16, 2001CanadaDEATH PENALTY
The Canadian Supreme Court ruling was issued in the...
The Canadian Supreme Court ruling was issued in the Atif Rafay and Sebastian Burns
- FEBRUARY 16, 2001IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Lee was convicted of gunning down Kankakee patrolman...
Lee was convicted of gunning down Kankakee patrolman Anthony Samfay, 26, during a traffic stop on October 17, 1996
- FEBRUARY 16, 2001ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Judge George Smith sentenced Givemore Muoni Katsande,...
Judge George Smith sentenced Givemore Muoni Katsande, 41, a veteran of the pre-1980 liberation struggle and retired army general, to death for murdering Tinashe Chakwenya, 25, a police officer, near the town of Marondera in April 2000
- FEBRUARY 16, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani man was executed in the sea port city of...
A Pakistani man was executed in the sea port city of Jedah for stabbing to death his Afghan wife
- FEBRUARY 16, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani man was executed in the sea port city of...
A Pakistani man was executed in the sea port city of Jedah for stabbing to death his Afghan wife
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- FEBRUARY 16, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Li Nong Chermeu, 24, and Buatong Santhi, 42, were sentenced...
Li Nong Chermeu, 24, and Buatong Santhi, 42, were sentenced to death for possessing 70,000 speed pills with intent to sell
- FEBRUARY 16, 2001SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Singapore hanged 52 year old Julaiha Maniam along with...
Singapore hanged 52 year old Julaiha Maniam along with 2 younger men who had helped her to kill her husband, a retired police officer, so that she could then become the sole owner of their $1
- FEBRUARY 16, 2001DEATH PENALTY
CANADA SAYS NO TO EXTRADITION
February 16, 2001:The Canadian Supreme Court decided not to extradite Atif Ratay and Sebastian Burns, two Canadian citizens accused of murder in the United States.
- FEBRUARY 15, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
The Florida Supreme Court overturned the murder conviction...
The Florida Supreme Court overturned the murder conviction of a man on death row for 16 years and ordered a new trial "without delay
- FEBRUARY 15, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Religious leaders in the South and around the nation...
Religious leaders in the South and around the nation are speaking out against capital punishment more loudly than ever, emboldened by a shift in public opinion and cases of innocence on death row
- FEBRUARY 15, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Ankara High Criminal Court no: 3 sentenced two...
The Ankara High Criminal Court no: 3 sentenced two suspects of the "Bahcelievler Case" to capital punishment for the second time
- FEBRUARY 15, 2001DEATH PENALTY
A moratorium bill was introduced by Sen
A moratorium bill was introduced by Sen
- FEBRUARY 15, 2001CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Canada abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes...
Canada abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes in 1976 and for military offenses on December 10, 1998
- FEBRUARY 15, 2001DEATH PENALTY
A bill (HB 1013) to impose a one-year moratorium on...
A bill (HB 1013) to impose a one-year moratorium on the imposition of the state's death penalty was defeated in committee
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Tory Right-wingers will force a free Commons vote on...
Tory Right-wingers will force a free Commons vote on bringing back the death penalty in the wake of a Conservative election victory as soon as MP William Hague has enacted his plan for "English votes on English laws"
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001DEATH PENALTY
The Catholic Diocese of Richmond cannot have the evidence...
The Catholic Diocese of Richmond cannot have the evidence from Derek Barnabei's murder trial, a judge ruled
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Armenian Kurds protested in Yerevan demanding the resolution...
Armenian Kurds protested in Yerevan demanding the resolution of the Kurdish Cause and the liberation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan, sentenced to death in Turkey
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Antigua and Barbuda signed an agreement during the...
Antigua and Barbuda signed an agreement during the opening of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom) leaders' 12th inter-sessional summit to establish a Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
A man with a lengthy criminal record was sent to death...
A man with a lengthy criminal record was sent to death row a 2nd time for the 1980 slaying of a grocery clerk
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001BelizeDEATH PENALTY
Belize signed an agreement during the opening of the...
Belize signed an agreement during the opening of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom) leaders' 12th inter-sessional summit to establish a Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
Barbados signed an agreement during the opening of...
Barbados signed an agreement during the opening of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom) leaders' 12th inter-sessional summit to establish a Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
Guyana signed an agreement during the opening of the...
Guyana signed an agreement during the opening of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom) leaders' 12th inter-sessional summit to establish a Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
Jamaica signed an agreement during the opening of the...
Jamaica signed an agreement during the opening of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom) leaders' 12th inter-sessional summit to establish a Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
Grenada signed an agreement during the opening of the...
Grenada signed an agreement during the opening of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom) leaders' 12th inter-sessional summit to establish a Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001St. Kitts & NevisDEATH PENALTY
St. Kitts signed an agreement during the opening of...
St. Kitts signed an agreement during the opening of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom) leaders' 12th inter-sessional summit to establish a Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). The CCJ will replace the British Privy Council, which has served
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
Trinidad and Tobago signed an agreement during the...
Trinidad and Tobago signed an agreement during the opening of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom) leaders' 12th inter-sessional summit to establish a Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
St. Lucia signed an agreement during the opening of...
St. Lucia signed an agreement during the opening of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom) leaders' 12th inter-sessional summit to establish a Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). The CCJ will replace the British Privy Council, which has served
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001SurinameDEATH PENALTY
Suriname signed an agreement during the opening of...
Suriname signed an agreement during the opening of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom) leaders' 12th inter-sessional summit to establish a Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Sami Selcuk, president of the Supreme Court of Appeals,...
Sami Selcuk, president of the Supreme Court of Appeals, said that Turkey, which is aiming to achieve full EU membership, should speed up democracy and start by drawing up a new constitution
- FEBRUARY 14, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Corrections Department director-general Siva Saengmanee...
Corrections Department director-general Siva Saengmanee said that relatives of condemned prisoners may be invited to witness lethal injections
- FEBRUARY 13, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A palace spokesman insisted the visit of Prince Charles...
A palace spokesman insisted the visit of Prince Charles in Saudi Arabia this week will not be political
- FEBRUARY 13, 2001VermontDEATH PENALTY
A bill that was introduced in the Vermont House
A bill that was introduced in the Vermont House
- FEBRUARY 13, 2001KenyaDEATH PENALTY
John Otieno Odhiambo, 20, Joseph Kibaki and David Ochieng,...
John Otieno Odhiambo, 20, Joseph Kibaki and David Ochieng, both aged 19, were sentenced to death for raping a woman on October 11, 1999, at the Baba Dogo bus terminus in Nairobi, and robbed her of Sh2,500
- FEBRUARY 13, 2001SwitzerlandDEATH PENALTY
Death row inmate Stanley 'Tookey' Williams was nominated...
Death row inmate Stanley 'Tookey' Williams was nominated for the Nobel prize by a Swiss parliamentarian
- FEBRUARY 13, 2001BahrainDEATH PENALTY
The Bahraini authorities have released all political...
The Bahraini authorities have released all political prisoners
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- FEBRUARY 13, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Saudi man was executed in the Qassim region for murdering...
A Saudi man was executed in the Qassim region for murdering a compatriot during a dispute
- FEBRUARY 13, 2001VenezuelaDEATH PENALTY
Extra-judicial killings and arbitrary detentions in...
Extra-judicial killings and arbitrary detentions in Venezuela rose by 68 percent from January to September 2000, compared to the same period in 1999, PROVEA said Raul Cubas human rights group PROVEA's Coordinator-General
- FEBRUARY 13, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo instructed...
Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo instructed the Department of Foreign Affairs to appeal the case of six overseas Filipino workers who were sentenced to death in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- FEBRUARY 13, 2001DEATH PENALTY
HB 250 was introduced by Reps
HB 250 was introduced by Reps
- FEBRUARY 13, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo instructed the Department...
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo instructed the Department of Foreign Affairs to appeal the case of six overseas Filipino workers who were sentenced to death in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, a Palace statement said
- FEBRUARY 13, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
South African Head of Communication in the Foreign...
South African Head of Communication in the Foreign Affairs Unit Ronnie Mamoepa, said that President Thabo Mbeki after being approached by the family of death row inmate Marietta Bosch, "is applying his mind and will and when necessary take the right steps
- FEBRUARY 13, 2001BahrainDEATH PENALTY
The Bahraini authorities have released all political...
The Bahraini authorities have released all political prisoners
- FEBRUARY 13, 2001DEATH PENALTY
BOTSWANA
February 13 2001: Interview with George Bizos.Mr. Bizos was the leader of the team for the South African Government to argue that the death penalty was unconstitutional and counsel for the National Assembly in the Certification of the Constitution by the
- FEBRUARY 12, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
The father of murdered British bar hostess Lucie Blackman,...
The father of murdered British bar hostess Lucie Blackman, whose dismembered remains were found on January 9 at the seaside town of Miura by Japanese police, was quoted as saying her killer should face the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 12, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The father of murdered British bar hostess Lucie Blackman,...
The father of murdered British bar hostess Lucie Blackman, whose dismembered remains were found on January 9 at the seaside town of Miura by Japanese police, said her killer should face the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 12, 2001New YorkDEATH PENALTY
Kerry Kennedy Cuomo, 41, wife of Andrew Cuomo and daughter...
Kerry Kennedy Cuomo, 41, wife of Andrew Cuomo and daughter of Robert F
- FEBRUARY 12, 2001PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
The Bishops of Pennsylvania have issued a restatement...
The Bishops of Pennsylvania have issued a restatement of their opposition to the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 12, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) in a statement...
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) in a statement said the death sentence issued by the late Imam Khomeyni against the apostate Indian-born British writer Salman Rushdie was irrevocable
- FEBRUARY 11, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
A Palestinian military court sentenced to death a Palestinian...
A Palestinian military court sentenced to death a Palestinian security officer, Hassan Mohammed Hassan Musalam, 55, to death by firing squad
- FEBRUARY 11, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
President Mbeki would consider a request by the South...
President Mbeki would consider a request by the South African Human Rights Commission to intervene on behalf of South African Mariette Bosch, who is on death row [for murder] in Botswana, presidential aide Bheki Khumalo said
- FEBRUARY 9, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Justin Rodway, son of Briton Christopher Rodway killed...
Justin Rodway, son of Briton Christopher Rodway killed in Riyadh, said he was not an advocate of capital punishment but had been forced to rethink his views following the death of his father
- FEBRUARY 9, 2001TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The Tajik Supreme Court imposed a death sentence on...
The Tajik Supreme Court imposed a death sentence on Dzhakhongir Ruziyev, the former head of the Tajik precious stones committee and his [unidentified] nephew
- FEBRUARY 9, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Justin Rodway, son of Briton Christopher Rodway killed...
Justin Rodway, son of Briton Christopher Rodway killed in Riyadh, said he was not an advocate of capital punishment but had been forced to rethink his views following the death of his father
- FEBRUARY 9, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
The Florida Bar's Board of Governors sent a proposal...
The Florida Bar's Board of Governors sent a proposal the Florida Supreme Court asking the court to consider the issue of allowing anyone already convicted of a crime to be given 2 years to seek DNA testing
- FEBRUARY 9, 2001DEATH PENALTY
The Senate defeated a bill to repeal the death penalty...
The Senate defeated a bill to repeal the death penalty in New Mexico despite last-minute political maneuvering by Democrats
- FEBRUARY 9, 2001DEATH PENALTY
BOTSWANA
February 9, 2001: Hands off Cain launched a campaign in support of Marietta Bosch, a South African woman condemned to hang in Botswana. Appeals were sent to the Presidents of Botswana and South Africa among others.
- FEBRUARY 8, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Seven people involved in the large-scale production...
Seven people involved in the large-scale production of counterfeit bank notes were executed in Shanwei, in South China's Guangdong Province
- FEBRUARY 8, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
A 15-member team has been named to review some contentious...
A 15-member team has been named to review some contentious issues of the 1995 constitution, including the death penalty, dual citizenship, federalism and political systems
- FEBRUARY 8, 2001IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Mahabub Subhani was given a death sentence by the Guntur...
Mahabub Subhani was given a death sentence by the Guntur district court for the murder of seventeen year-old-student Prasanna Lakshmi in her classroom on October 29, 1999
- FEBRUARY 8, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Saudi man, Matruk Bin-Bunayyan Bin-Talaq al-Karshami...
A Saudi man, Matruk Bin-Bunayyan Bin-Talaq al-Karshami al-Utaybi, was executed near the holy city of Mecca after being convicted of shooting dead a fellow national, Uqab Bin-Uwayd Bin-Zayid al-Karshami al-Utaybi, during a dispute over money
- FEBRUARY 8, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
Adolph Gil Hernandez, 50, was executed in the night...
Adolph Gil Hernandez, 50, was executed in the night for fatally beating a 69-year-old West Texas woman with a baseball bat during a robbery at her home
- FEBRUARY 8, 2001Nord CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
A North Carolina legislative committee that spent almost...
A North Carolina legislative committee that spent almost a year analyzing the death penalty voted to make three major recommendations to the General Assembly: an outright ban on executing people deemed mentally retarded, defined as having an IQ of 70 or
- FEBRUARY 8, 2001DEATH PENALTY
HB 901 was introduced, by Hon
HB 901 was introduced, by Hon
- FEBRUARY 7, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
The Queensland branch of the One Nation party will...
The Queensland branch of the One Nation party will call for a referendum on capital punishment if it wins the February 17, 2001 elections
- FEBRUARY 7, 2001MissouriDEATH PENALTY
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- FEBRUARY 7, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Rep. Elliott Naishtat (D-Austin) introduced a bill...
Rep. Elliott Naishtat (D-Austin) introduced a bill which would grant authority to the governor to declare a moratorium on executions.
- FEBRUARY 7, 2001MissouriDEATH PENALTY
An hearing was conducted in Senate Civil and Criminal...
An hearing was conducted in Senate Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee, on bill SB55, by Sen
- FEBRUARY 7, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Sen. Yonts introduced legislation providing for competent...
Sen. Yonts introduced legislation providing for competent counsel in death penalty cases (HB 142). (text: http://www
- FEBRUARY 6, 2001OregonDEATH PENALTY
The Oregon House approved House Bill 2092, which passed...
The Oregon House approved House Bill 2092, which passed 38-22
- FEBRUARY 6, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
An Army veteran diagnosed as suffering from Gulf War...
An Army veteran diagnosed as suffering from Gulf War illness was sentenced to death for killing 3 children with a shotgun
- FEBRUARY 6, 2001United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
An Iraqi man, Mohammed Aziz Mohammed, 41, was sentenced...
An Iraqi man, Mohammed Aziz Mohammed, 41, was sentenced to death by the Sharia Court in Ras Al Khaimah
- FEBRUARY 6, 2001DEATH PENALTY
A bill to exclude the death penalty for juvenile offenders...
A bill to exclude the death penalty for juvenile offenders (HB 3463) was introduced by Rep
- FEBRUARY 6, 2001DEATH PENALTY
A bill (SB 79) was introduced to prohibit the disposal...
A bill (SB 79) was introduced to prohibit the disposal of DNA evidence prior to or following the trial of a living criminal defendant unless ordered by the court
- FEBRUARY 6, 2001AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill (SB14)...
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill (SB14) by Sen Hank Sanders that provides for a three year moratorium on the death penalty; it provides also for the implementation of certain procedures for imposing the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 6, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The Saudi opposition Movement for Islamic Reform in...
The Saudi opposition Movement for Islamic Reform in Arabia (MIRA) said the British, Canadian and Belgian nationals being held in a Saudi jail will not face the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 6, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
The Iranian opposition said that the Tehran regime...
The Iranian opposition said that the Tehran regime has issued 34 death sentences since the beginning of the current year
- FEBRUARY 6, 2001Sud CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
MP Neal presented a bill on the abolition of the death...
MP Neal presented a bill on the abolition of the death penalty on juveniles
- FEBRUARY 5, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six gang members were executed in Jiangsu province
Six gang members were executed in Jiangsu province
- FEBRUARY 5, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Zhangzhou City Intermediate People's Court found...
The Zhangzhou City Intermediate People's Court found Chen Sen, 41, guilty of the premeditated murder of Cai Bixia his young son's teacher, whom he attacked because he believed she discriminated against his son, on October 31, 2000
- FEBRUARY 5, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A British man, Alexander Mitchell, and a Canadian,...
A British man, Alexander Mitchell, and a Canadian, William Sampson, confessed on Saudi television to the November 17, 2000 bombing that killed Christopher Rodway and injured his wife in the Saudi capital Riyadh
- FEBRUARY 5, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Jerry Rodway, Christopher Rodway's, father, a British...
Jerry Rodway, Christopher Rodway's, father, a British man killed in a car bomb attack in Saudi Arabia said his son's killers should die
- FEBRUARY 4, 2001BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Thousands of supporters of Islamic religious leaders...
Thousands of supporters of Islamic religious leaders took to the streets in Dhaka carrying sticks and flags to protest against the High Court verdict against the fatwa
- FEBRUARY 3, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Hamas founder Shaykh Ahmad Yasin expressed his objection...
Hamas founder Shaykh Ahmad Yasin expressed his objection to the execution of collaborators and those suspected of dealing with the Israeli Shin Bet outside the framework of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA)
- FEBRUARY 2, 2001MarylandDEATH PENALTY
Senators Miller, Colburn, Forehand, Green, Hughes,...
Senators Miller, Colburn, Forehand, Green, Hughes, Mitchell, and Sfikas introduced a bill granting inmates access to DNA testing if a judge believes the evidence might prove their innocence
- FEBRUARY 2, 2001EgyptDEATH PENALTY
A penal court in Guizeh confirmed capital sentences...
A penal court in Guizeh confirmed capital sentences for murder on: Salah Abu Zaid Yusuf, Rawiaya Fathi Abd al Salam (Salah's wife) Abu Zaid Salah Abu Zaid Yusuf (Salah's son, 21)Gamal Fathi Abd al Salam, 19 and Mihammad Samir Ahmad, 25
- FEBRUARY 2, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
A delegation representing several human-rights groups...
A delegation representing several human-rights groups spoke with Speaker Nabih Berri, urging him to abolish the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 2, 2001IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Five Illinois lawmakers introduced a bill to repeal...
Five Illinois lawmakers introduced a bill to repeal the death penalty, 13 months after Gov
- FEBRUARY 2, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Jody Kollapen, commissioner of the South African Human...
Jody Kollapen, commissioner of the South African Human Rights Commission, said that calls for the reintroduction of the death penalty were futile from a legal and political point of view, nor was such a penalty a proven solution to crime
- FEBRUARY 1, 2001NamibiaDEATH PENALTY
The National Society for Human Rights joined the call...
The National Society for Human Rights joined the call to Botswana President Festus Mogae to commute the death penalty imposed on Mariette Bosch to life imprisonment
- FEBRUARY 1, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Tokyo District Court sentenced Yoshio Iwamoto,...
The Tokyo District Court sentenced Yoshio Iwamoto, a 56-year-old man to death for committing two murder-robberies in 1996 and 1999 in Tokyo
- FEBRUARY 1, 2001Sud CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Arthur Hastings Wise didn't want mercy, and he didn't get it
Arthur Hastings Wise didn't want mercy, and he didn't get it
- FEBRUARY 1, 2001New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
The New Jersey Supreme Court affirmed for the 2nd time...
The New Jersey Supreme Court affirmed for the 2nd time the death sentence imposed on the man who raped and strangled Megan Kanka
- FEBRUARY 1, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
An inmate on death row longer than any other was executed...
An inmate on death row longer than any other was executed for a 1979 murder at a Lawton bar
- FEBRUARY 1, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed in Al-Qatif Governorate two Indian...
Saudi Arabia executed in Al-Qatif Governorate two Indian men for stabbing to death a co-worker
- FEBRUARY 1, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Lu Benqun, 21; Wang Xiaoming, 21; and Zhu Pingdong,...
Lu Benqun, 21; Wang Xiaoming, 21; and Zhu Pingdong, 17, were sentenced to death by the Xi'an Intermediate People' s Court
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- FEBRUARY 1, 2001BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
The Namibian National Society for Human Rights joined...
The Namibian National Society for Human Rights joined the call to Botswana President Festus Mogae to commute the death penalty imposed on Mariette Bosch to life imprisonment
- FEBRUARY 1, 2001GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Five persons were executed for violent crimes
Five persons were executed for violent crimes
- FEBRUARY 1, 2001VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
Bills that would have abolished or suspended the death...
Bills that would have abolished or suspended the death penalty in Virginia were killed by the House Courts of Justice Committee
- FEBRUARY 1, 2001MontanaDEATH PENALTY
Rep. Christine Kaufmann introduced a bill (HB 465)...
Rep. Christine Kaufmann introduced a bill (HB 465) to abolish the death penalty.
- FEBRUARY 1, 2001IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed in Al-Qatif Governorate two Indian...
Saudi Arabia executed in Al-Qatif Governorate two Indian men for stabbing to death a co-worker
- FEBRUARY 1, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The South African Prisoners' Organisation for Human...
The South African Prisoners' Organisation for Human Rights send a letter with an appeal to Botswana President Mogae, to commute the death penalty imposed on Mariette Bosch to life imprisonment
- FEBRUARY 1, 2001DEATH PENALTY
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February 1, 2001: Marietta Bosch, a South African woman sentenced to death for murder risks execution. Bosch may be the first white woman to hang in Botswana since it won independence from Britain in 1966 unless President Festus Mogae concedes pardon.