Chronological archive
March 2001
The 185 news items published by Hands Off Cain in March 2001, in chronological order.
Rodman Mohammed Saad executed by firing squad in Sana'a...
Rodman Mohammed Saad executed by firing squad in Sana'a Central Prison
- MARCH 31, 2001BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
"Marietta Bosch was hanged" said Herman Kau, Botswana's...
"Marietta Bosch was hanged" said Herman Kau, Botswana's commissioner for prisons
- MARCH 31, 2001CzechiaDEATH PENALTY
About 75 members of the far-right Republican Youth,...
About 75 members of the far-right Republican Youth, National Front and the National United Bloc took part in a demonstration against drugs
- MARCH 31, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Presidium of the Supreme Court commuted two death...
The Presidium of the Supreme Court commuted two death sentences, passed in November 1999 on Arsen Arutyunyan and Danis Sirazhev, to 15 years imprisonment
- MARCH 31, 2001DEATH PENALTY
It was re-reffered to rules committee the bill introduced...
It was re-reffered to rules committee the bill introduced in the Senate (SB 1311) to provide for the death penalty for a person who commits first degree murder using a firearm in or within 500 feet of a church, synagogue, or other place of religious worsh
- MARCH 30, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A killer was beheaded in Saudi Arabia
A killer was beheaded in Saudi Arabia
- MARCH 30, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
A jury sentenced to death Daniel Acker, 29, after finding...
A jury sentenced to death Daniel Acker, 29, after finding him guilty of capital murder in the strangulation death of his girlfriend, 32-year-old Marquetta George, last March
- MARCH 30, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Jian, former general manager of the Baihua Industrial...
Li Jian, former general manager of the Baihua Industrial Company, was sentenced to death for a financial fraud involving 336
- MARCH 30, 2001FranceDEATH PENALTY
French President Jacques Chirac speaking to the UN...
French President Jacques Chirac speaking to the UN Commission on Human Rights in Geneva, called for the universal abolition of the death penalty and a general moratorium on executions
- MARCH 30, 2001FranceDEATH PENALTY
James Kopp, wanted in the United States for the murder...
James Kopp, wanted in the United States for the murder of an abortion doctor, will not be extradited by France if U
- MARCH 30, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
A federal appeals court threw out the death sentence...
A federal appeals court threw out the death sentence of an Oklahoma man convicted of killing his 7-year-old former stepdaughter in 1984
- MARCH 30, 2001AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
A state appeals court overturned the death sentence...
A state appeals court overturned the death sentence of William A
- MARCH 30, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
Corey James Jennings, 25, convicted of gunning down...
Corey James Jennings, 25, convicted of gunning down Quy Quang Lam, 21, a neighborhood store clerk was sentenced to death by lethal injection
- MARCH 30, 2001TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
23 minutes before Phil Workman was scheduled to die...
23 minutes before Phil Workman was scheduled to die at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville, the Tennessee Supreme Court issued a stay of execution, sending his case back to a Memphis court for a hearing on "newly discovered evidence
- MARCH 30, 2001Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
President Joseph Kabila, addressing the annual session...
President Joseph Kabila, addressing the annual session of the UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva, said that pending the completion of the judicial reform and, especially, that of military justice, the military tribunal had been instructed to handle excl
- MARCH 30, 2001CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
A man who has spent 20 years on death row for killing...
A man who has spent 20 years on death row for killing a 12-year-old girl had his conviction and death sentence overturned for a 2nd time
- MARCH 29, 2001BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The issue of Fatwa is the cause of major turmoil in...
The issue of Fatwa is the cause of major turmoil in Bangladesh after two High Court judges, on January 1, declared it illegal
- MARCH 29, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Feelings ran high in the North West town of Marikana...
Feelings ran high in the North West town of Marikana where the community met Safety and Security Minister Steve Tshwete and Agri SA president Japie Grobler after two farm murders in the area on March 27
- MARCH 29, 2001KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Two Tanzanians accused of robbing 29 American tourists...
Two Tanzanians accused of robbing 29 American tourists in Kenya's Masai Mara game park were sentenced to hang after pleading guilty to the charges
- MARCH 29, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
In a letter, Reggio Emilia Mayor Antonella Spaggiari...
In a letter, Reggio Emilia Mayor Antonella Spaggiari threatened to dissolve the cultural exchange relationship with Fort Worth city, in Texas
- MARCH 29, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The Bekaa Criminal Court handed down two death sentences,...
The Bekaa Criminal Court handed down two death sentences, convicting a man and a woman of murder in two separate cases
- MARCH 29, 2001TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
Two Tanzanians accused of robbing 29 American tourists...
Two Tanzanians accused of robbing 29 American tourists in Kenya's Masai Mara game park were sentenced to hang after pleading guilty to the charges
- MARCH 29, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
The Bekaa Criminal Court convicted an Iraqi national...
The Bekaa Criminal Court convicted an Iraqi national to death
- MARCH 29, 2001DEATH PENALTY
U.N. MORATORIUM
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- MARCH 28, 2001ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Deputy speaker Tigran Torosyan said the Armenian parliament...
Deputy speaker Tigran Torosyan said the Armenian parliament needs to make changes in the special part of the Criminal Code concerning the abrogation of the death penalty as part of its responsibilities towards the Council of Europe
- MARCH 28, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Prime Minister John Howard was assailed by callers...
Prime Minister John Howard was assailed by callers to an Adelaide talkback radio program who demanded he introduce capital punishment or use the army to clear heroin traffickers from Sydney's western suburbs
- MARCH 28, 2001MissouriDEATH PENALTY
Tomas Ervin was executed for his role in the 1988 murders...
Tomas Ervin was executed for his role in the 1988 murders of a woman and her son: Mildred Hodges, 75, and, Richard, 49
- MARCH 28, 2001Sud CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
5 York County deputies had to restrain Bobby Lee Holmes...
5 York County deputies had to restrain Bobby Lee Holmes when Circuit Court Judge John Hayes sentenced him to die
- MARCH 27, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Minister of Justice and Human Rights Baharuddin...
The Minister of Justice and Human Rights Baharuddin Lopa submitted to the House of Representatives a new clemency bill
- MARCH 27, 2001MalawiDEATH PENALTY
At least six people have been arrested following what...
At least six people have been arrested following what authorities in Malawi said was an uncovered coup plot against the government of President Bakili Muluzi
- MARCH 27, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
One day before he was scheduled to die, Michael Moore...
One day before he was scheduled to die, Michael Moore received a reprieve from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
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- MARCH 27, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
A man who fatally shot his wife and two teen-age daughters...
A man who fatally shot his wife and two teen-age daughters in 1997 apologized for what he did before the state executed him in the night
- MARCH 27, 2001CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Robert Lee Massie, a convicted killer who spent two...
Robert Lee Massie, a convicted killer who spent two separate stints on death row and gained notoriety while pursuing his own demise for more than 30 years, was executed by the State of California early this morning
- MARCH 27, 2001DEATH PENALTY
72% of Pennsylvanians favor a temporary halt to the...
72% of Pennsylvanians favor a temporary halt to the administration of the death penalty until questions about its fairness can be studied, according to a poll of 509 registered voters in Pennsylvania conducted by Madonna Yost Opinion Research earlier this
- MARCH 27, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
According to lawyers acting for President Thabo Mbeki,...
According to lawyers acting for President Thabo Mbeki, South African courts have no power to order the government to request that an alleged Muslim bomber on trial in the United States not be given a death sentence
- MARCH 27, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
A second South African is facing murder charges in...
A second South African is facing murder charges in Botswana and possibly the gallows if convicted
- MARCH 27, 2001DEATH PENALTY
CALIFORNIA CARRIES OUT FIRST EXECUTION IN A YEAR
March 27, 2001: Double-murderer Robert Lee Massie was executed by lethal injection after spending 28 years on death row.
- MARCH 26, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Stavropol region Governor Alexander Chernogorov suggested...
Stavropol region Governor Alexander Chernogorov suggested that Russian President Vladimir Putin "revive the death penalty in Russia in relation to the organisers and perpetrators of terrorist attacks"
- MARCH 26, 2001SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
The editor of the weekly "War Ogaal", Abdishakur Yusuf...
The editor of the weekly "War Ogaal", Abdishakur Yusuf Ali, was due to appear in court for reporting that two women had been sentenced to death in Bosaso, the commercial capital of the self-declared autonomous region of Puntland, northeastern Somalia
- MARCH 26, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan was charged with...
Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan was charged with new offences that could see him face a second death penalty, said the state-run Anatolian news agency
- MARCH 26, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The European Union welcomed Turkey's political reform...
The European Union welcomed Turkey's political reform plan as a "landmark" in its EU membership drive, but said Ankara needs to do more on key issues such as abolition of the death penalty
- MARCH 26, 2001KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
The Kazakh Justice Minister, Igor Rogov, said the way...
The Kazakh Justice Minister, Igor Rogov, said the way criminal law is developing in Kazakhstan makes it possible to speculate that the republic may be getting ready to abolish the death penalty
- MARCH 26, 2001KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
Five members of an international terrorist grouping...
Five members of an international terrorist grouping that carried out terrorist acts in the Kyrgyzstani city of Osh in May and June 1998 were sentenced to capital punishment
- MARCH 26, 2001KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Five members of an international terrorist grouping...
Five members of an international terrorist grouping that carried out terrorist acts in the Kyrgyzstani city of Osh in May and June 1998 were sentenced to capital punishment
- MARCH 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Five members of an international terrorist grouping...
Five members of an international terrorist grouping that carried out terrorist acts in the Kyrgyzstani city of Osh in May and June 1998 were sentenced to capital punishment
- MARCH 26, 2001OmanDEATH PENALTY
Habib bin Jumaa, Faisal bin Hilal, Najib bin Mahfouz,...
Habib bin Jumaa, Faisal bin Hilal, Najib bin Mahfouz, Ahmed bin Habib and Mohammed bin Habib were executed by firing squad for murder in Oman
- MARCH 25, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
A national poll recently conducted by Peter D
A national poll recently conducted by Peter D
- MARCH 25, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Abdu Shouan Mohammed Mokbil was executed in the northern...
Abdu Shouan Mohammed Mokbil was executed in the northern Hajjah province for the 1993 murder of Nasser Kassem, during a dispute over land
- MARCH 24, 2001VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A Vietnamese court in Nam Dinh Province, sentenced...
A Vietnamese court in Nam Dinh Province, sentenced to death three defendants for trafficking two kg of heroin and five kg of opium
- MARCH 24, 2001GermanyDEATH PENALTY
Approximately 300 neo-nazi protesters rallied in favour...
Approximately 300 neo-nazi protesters rallied in favour of the re-introduction of capital punishment for paedophiles and child murderers
- MARCH 24, 2001TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
A death row inmate from Memphis will get a new sentencing...
A death row inmate from Memphis will get a new sentencing hearing because his lawyer failed to do anything during sentencing in the man's 1982 trial for a double murder, a federal appeals court said yesterday
- MARCH 24, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The government supports the execution of drug inmates...
The government supports the execution of drug inmates on death row after they have been tried in three courts, said Interior Minister Purachai Piemsomboon
- MARCH 24, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov told the press that the death...
Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov told the press that the death penalty must be applied in relation to terrorists
- MARCH 23, 2001DEATH PENALTY
It was referred to Committee on Administration of Criminal...
It was referred to Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice a bill (HB675) introduced by Rep
- MARCH 23, 2001KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
A bill (SB38) sponsored by Sen
A bill (SB38) sponsored by Sen
- MARCH 23, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that if parliament...
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that if parliament removes the death penalty from the penal code, it would however, still exist under a military law for treason and espionage and under a forestry protection act which calls for the execution of peop
- MARCH 23, 2001Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
Kenrick London, 37, and his wife Chandrouti, 28, were...
Kenrick London, 37, and his wife Chandrouti, 28, were sentenced to hang after they were convicted of killing their 2-year-old daughter by burying her alive in an outhouse cesspit
- MARCH 23, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Jurors who convicted a handyman of killing 2 women,...
Jurors who convicted a handyman of killing 2 women, 1 of them the body double for actress Janet Leigh, deadlocked on whether he should be sentenced to death or life in prison
- MARCH 22, 2001KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
The wife of Kuwait's Crown Prince and Prime Minister...
The wife of Kuwait's Crown Prince and Prime Minister has demanded the death sentence for Khaled Diab al-Azmi a police officer who allegedly confessed to killing Hedayah Sultan al-Salem a Kuwaiti female editor and veteran women's rights campaigner on March
- MARCH 22, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Osaka District Court sentenced to death Hisashi...
The Osaka District Court sentenced to death Hisashi Eto, a 58-year-old former driver for murdering a man and his wife in 1997 and robbing cash from their home in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture
- MARCH 22, 2001ColoradoDEATH PENALTY
A House panel voted 8-1 in favor of the bill which...
A House panel voted 8-1 in favor of the bill which would make it more difficult for death row inmates to claim they are mentally incompetent for execution
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- MARCH 21, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Conservative Party leader William Hague says that he...
Conservative Party leader William Hague says that he still supports the death sentence
- MARCH 21, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz...
State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz said that the government should lift the capital punishment in the shortest time frame between one and five years
- MARCH 21, 2001DEATH PENALTY
A bill (HB1111) presented by Rep
A bill (HB1111) presented by Rep
- MARCH 21, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Tokyo District Court sentenced Hiroki Fukawa, a...
The Tokyo District Court sentenced Hiroki Fukawa, a 35-year-old man to death for murdering and attempting to rob Shin Yamada, 91, and her daughter Hiro, 65, in their home in Edogawa Ward on April 19, 1999 to pay off his hostess girlfriend's club
- MARCH 21, 2001CameroonDEATH PENALTY
President Paul Biya has ordered a thorough investigation...
President Paul Biya has ordered a thorough investigation into the case of nine young men who were picked up by security forces in January in the port city of Douala and subsequently disappeared
- MARCH 21, 2001KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Joan Chebichii Sawe, the widow of former permanent...
Joan Chebichii Sawe, the widow of former permanent secretary Alexander Sawe has filed a notice of appeal in the High Court challenging the death sentence handed to her last on March 17
- MARCH 21, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Urawa District Court sentenced to death Gen Sekine...
The Urawa District Court sentenced to death Gen Sekine a 59-year-old dog breeder for murdering four people in 1993 and Hiroko Kazama, 44, his former wife for participating in the murder of three of them
- MARCH 21, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The US-based Human Rights Watch urged European Union...
The US-based Human Rights Watch urged European Union leaders to press Russian President Vladimir Putin on Chechen civilians who disappeared after being in Russian custody
- MARCH 21, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six men were executed in Beijing for separate crimes
Six men were executed in Beijing for separate crimes
- MARCH 21, 2001Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Roberto Garreton the U
Roberto Garreton the U
- MARCH 21, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A Thai national has been sentenced to death for murder...
A Thai national has been sentenced to death for murder in the US by the superior court of Arizona, the Foreign Ministry said
- MARCH 20, 2001VietnamDEATH PENALTY
At a conference on drug addiction, the Vietnam Labor...
At a conference on drug addiction, the Vietnam Labor Confederation reported that around 10,300 cases of drug trafficking, possession and use involving 19,500 culprits were found in the 1999-2000 period
- MARCH 20, 2001VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Judges in the southern Vietnamese provincial capital...
Judges in the southern Vietnamese provincial capital Ca Mau were chased out of court and beaten after failing to hand down a death sentence to a teenager found guilty of rape, robbery and murder
- MARCH 20, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Abd-al-Ilah Muhammad Bin-Ali al-Sayyid, a Sudanese...
Abd-al-Ilah Muhammad Bin-Ali al-Sayyid, a Sudanese man was executed in the Saudi city of Mecca after being found guilty of the murder of a compatriot, Ata al-Minan Bin-Muhammad, following an argument
- MARCH 20, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that capital...
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that capital punishment did not take place in the new Draft Turkish Penal Code that was prepared
- MARCH 20, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Five convicted armed robbers and murderers were sentenced...
Five convicted armed robbers and murderers were sentenced to death in Sichuan province
- MARCH 20, 2001Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The House of Representatives passed a bill that will...
The House of Representatives passed a bill that will allow the administrations of Indonesia and Hong Kong to surrender fugitives pursued by each country
- MARCH 20, 2001North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
According to reports and analyses released by a South...
According to reports and analyses released by a South Korean government-funded research institute, the Korea Institute for National Unification (KINU), North Korea has a long way to go before its human right standards are on par with the rest of the world
- MARCH 20, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China welcomed the European Union foreign ministers'...
China welcomed the European Union foreign ministers' decision not to co-sponsor a planned US resolution criticising China's human rights record during the UN Commission on Human Rights
- MARCH 20, 2001SudanDEATH PENALTY
Abd-al-Ilah Muhammad Bin-Ali al-Sayyid, a Sudanese...
Abd-al-Ilah Muhammad Bin-Ali al-Sayyid, a Sudanese man was executed in the Mecca after being found guilty of the murder of a compatriot, Ata al-Minan Bin-Muhammad, following an argument
- MARCH 20, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The House of Representatives passed a bill that will...
The House of Representatives passed a bill that will allow the administrations of Indonesia and Hong Kong to surrender fugitives pursued by each country
- MARCH 20, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
North Korea has a long way to go before its human right...
North Korea has a long way to go before its human right standards are on par with the rest of the world, according to reports and analyses released by a South Korean government-funded research institute
- MARCH 20, 2001North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
According to reports and analyses released by a South...
According to reports and analyses released by a South Korean government-funded research institute, the Korea Institute for National Unification (KINU), North Korea has a long way to go before its human right standards are on par with the rest of the world
- MARCH 19, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The House of Lords refused leave for the Indian government...
The House of Lords refused leave for the Indian government to appeal against a High Court refusal to extradite Nadeem Akhtar Saifi, a top Indian movie music director, who could face execution if returned to his homeland and ultimately convicted
- MARCH 19, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The European Commission gave a cautious welcome to...
The European Commission gave a cautious welcome to news that Turkey planned to abolish the death penalty to join the European Union
- MARCH 19, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Five people, included a woman, involved in a "ring...
Five people, included a woman, involved in a "ring of drug-traffickers" in Tehran's Khak-e Sefid District, were executed in public after being sentenced to death the day before by Branch 27 of Tehran's Islamic Revolution Court
- MARCH 19, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The sub-title "Abolition of the Death Penalty" of the...
The sub-title "Abolition of the Death Penalty" of the "Political Criteria" part of the National Programme said, "according to the Constitution, the decision on the execution of a death penalty belongs exclusively to parliament
- MARCH 19, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkey pledged a wholesale reform of its legal system,...
Turkey pledged a wholesale reform of its legal system, promising to abandon the death penalty to join the European Union
- MARCH 19, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The European Union said it would criticise China during...
The European Union said it would criticise China during the U
- MARCH 19, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Higher People's Court of Beijing ordered the execution...
The Higher People's Court of Beijing ordered the execution of two men, Gao Liangyu and Zhang Jinyu, who were convicted of murder
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- MARCH 19, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The opposition Grand National Party (GNP) blasted the...
The opposition Grand National Party (GNP) blasted the government's "soft" North Korea policy, claiming that a North Korean defector was executed in public recently, after he had been abducted back to Pyongyang in October 2000
- MARCH 19, 2001DEATH PENALTY
There was an hearing in State Affairs on bill HB720...
There was an hearing in State Affairs on bill HB720 by Harold Dutton that enacts a 2 year moratorium and creates a nine-member commission to study the death penalty and report to the Texas Legislature in 2003
- MARCH 19, 2001IdahoDEATH PENALTY
There was the third reading at the House Committee...
There was the third reading at the House Committee on bill HB 242 introduced on February 14, 2001
- MARCH 19, 2001DEATH PENALTY
The Judiciary Committee voted against a bill introduced...
The Judiciary Committee voted against a bill introduced by Sens
- MARCH 19, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International declared that arbitrary executions...
Amnesty International declared that arbitrary executions and arrests, torture and poor treatment have continued in Indonesia
- MARCH 19, 2001IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The House of Lords refused leave for the Indian government...
The House of Lords refused leave for the Indian government to appeal against a High Court refusal to extradite Nadeem Akhtar Saifi, a top Indian movie music director, who could face execution if returned to his homeland and ultimately convicted
- MARCH 17, 2001EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
The Sixth Criminal Bench of the Federal High Court...
The Sixth Criminal Bench of the Federal High Court sentenced a genocide convict to death Kefelegn Alemu, who received the death penalty in absentia, for ordering, coordinating and participating in the execution of 101 people
- MARCH 16, 2001KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
A court in southern Kyrgyzstan sentenced four people...
A court in southern Kyrgyzstan sentenced four people to death and a fifth - a Chinese national - to life imprisonment for bomb attacks in 1998 in which five people died
- MARCH 16, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Han Xuegong given the death penalty at a public hearing...
Han Xuegong given the death penalty at a public hearing by the Second Intermediate People's Court of Beijing because he was convicted of murder and illegal gun possession
- MARCH 16, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Hua Min, Hu Guanghua, Zheng Guowei, Luo Jian, Long...
Hua Min, Hu Guanghua, Zheng Guowei, Luo Jian, Long Fengjie and Wu Zhaojun, six men were executed in Nanchang, in Jiangxi province for a bank robbery in which three people were killed
- MARCH 16, 2001BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Independent MP Hristo Ivanov said that he will move...
Independent MP Hristo Ivanov said that he will move a proposal for the restoration of capital punishment for child murderers as hundreds of taxi drivers gathered before the parliament building in Sofia in protest against the brutal killing of a three-year
- MARCH 15, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
During the case's 14th court hearing, on the Poso sectarian...
During the case's 14th court hearing, on the Poso sectarian clash between May and September 2000, prosecutor Lantara said that Fabianus Tibo, Dominggus Da Silva and Marinus Riwu were guilty of violating Article 340 of the Criminal Code, relating to premed
- MARCH 15, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Osaka High Court upheld a death sentence handed...
The Osaka High Court upheld a death sentence handed out by a lower court to Yoshinori Ueda, 46
- MARCH 15, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Francisco Ovilla, a former chief of the Quezon City...
Francisco Ovilla, a former chief of the Quezon City police and nine other officers were sentenced to death for accepting a total of P650,000 in bribes from alleged drug dealers
- MARCH 15, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Sweden's representative, speaking on behalf of the...
Sweden's representative, speaking on behalf of the European Union at the Security Council during an open debate on the situation in the Middle East, said that Israel's policy on extrajudicial killings was unacceptable and encouraged [the Palestinian Auth
- MARCH 15, 2001CubaDEATH PENALTY
Cuban Minister for Foreign Affairs expressed its concern...
Cuban Minister for Foreign Affairs expressed its concern over Panamanian President Mireya Moscoso's indication that her country might not extradite four suspected assassins of Cuban leader Fidel Castro on the grounds that Cuba has the death penalty
- MARCH 15, 2001CzechiaDEATH PENALTY
The number of supporters of capital punishment in the...
The number of supporters of capital punishment in the Czech Republic is decreasing, this year it reached 59 percent, which is the lowest figure since 1992
- MARCH 15, 2001Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
The United Nations received the relevant documents...
The United Nations received the relevant documents of ratification of the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, from Bosnia and Herzegovina
- MARCH 15, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain and Nexta
Hands Off Cain and Nexta
- MARCH 15, 2001DEATH PENALTY
FIRST ONLINE CAMPAIGN TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
March 20, 2001: Hands off Cain has already collected 7000 signatures in the first international online campaign for a global moratorium on capital executions.
- MARCH 14, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
Iraqi Communist Party newspaper Tariq al-Sha'b said...
Iraqi Communist Party newspaper Tariq al-Sha'b said that "the despotic ruling clique executed 25 citizens, from various areas in Iraq, at Abu Ghurayb prison [south of Baghdad]
- MARCH 14, 2001IndianaDEATH PENALTY
Gerald Bivins, who murdered a clergyman at an Indiana...
Gerald Bivins, who murdered a clergyman at an Indiana highway rest stop 10 years ago, was put to death by lethal injection
- MARCH 14, 2001BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Firoze Mia was executed by hanging in the Dhaka's Central...
Firoze Mia was executed by hanging in the Dhaka's Central Jail
- MARCH 13, 2001DEATH PENALTY
It was referred to Judiciary Committee bill AB 327...
It was referred to Judiciary Committee bill AB 327 presented by Sen
- MARCH 13, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed one of its nationals after he...
Saudi Arabia executed one of its nationals after he was convicted of murder, in the capital Riyadh
- MARCH 13, 2001KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
Kuwait's Cassation Court handed a sentence of life...
Kuwait's Cassation Court handed a sentence of life in prison to Alaa Hussein, a former Kuwaiti military reservist, found guilty of treason for heading a puppet government under Iraq's occupation
- MARCH 13, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Hu Changqing, former vice-governor of Jiangxi province,...
Hu Changqing, former vice-governor of Jiangxi province, was sentenced to death for corruption
- MARCH 13, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Sen. Mario Gallgos (D-Houston) filed a bill that would...
Sen. Mario Gallgos (D-Houston) filed a bill that would make arson a capital felony if a firefighter is killed, regardless of the offender's intent. Harris County District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal stated that the bill, which was referred to the Senate's C
- MARCH 13, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Bangkok Post editorial criticised Prime Minister...
The Bangkok Post editorial criticised Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's proposal for more liberal use of the death penalty saying "it will not deter drug smuggling
- MARCH 13, 2001DEATH PENALTY
FIRST ONLINE CAMPAIGN TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
March 13, 2001: Hands off Cain and Nexta.com are launching the first ever online campaign in favour of a UN resolution for a global moratorium on capital executions.
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- MARCH 12, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
UN human rights expert Andreas Mavrommatis stated in...
UN human rights expert Andreas Mavrommatis stated in his 18-page report to the UN Human Rights Commission to have received credible reports of executions without trial, torture and arbitrary detention in Iraq
- MARCH 12, 2001TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court of Tajikistan handed down the death...
The Supreme Court of Tajikistan handed down the death sentence to a former officer of the interior ministry Capt
- MARCH 12, 2001LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
Sen. Fields introduced a bill to provide DNA testing...
Sen. Fields introduced a bill to provide DNA testing to inmates (SB 79). (text: http://www
- MARCH 12, 2001DEATH PENALTY
The Massachusetts House, by a 94-60 vote, defeated...
The Massachusetts House, by a 94-60 vote, defeated efforts to reinstate the death penalty
- MARCH 12, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Lebanese President Emile Lahoud asked the Foreign Ministry...
Lebanese President Emile Lahoud asked the Foreign Ministry to contact countries who have good relations with Congo to help uncover the circumstances of the recent execution of a number of Lebanese in Kinshasa
- MARCH 11, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Thousands of Lebanese demonstrated to protest against...
Thousands of Lebanese demonstrated to protest against the killing of their nationals in the Democratic Republic of Congo and urged the Congolese authorities to punish the killers
- MARCH 11, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, as part of his declared...
Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, as part of his declared "war on drugs," said he was considering amending related regulations to expedite the execution process for convicted drug traffickers
- MARCH 10, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Senate President Pro Tempore Blas F
Senate President Pro Tempore Blas F
- MARCH 9, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Out of 40 Conservative candidates for the next general...
Out of 40 Conservative candidates for the next general elections interviewed by 'The Times' daily newspaper, 21 said the Courts should have the option of applying the death penalty, whilst 19 were against
- MARCH 9, 2001VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
In a moment of tender mercy that left many in the courtroom...
In a moment of tender mercy that left many in the courtroom in tears, the small, frail mother of murdered 16-year-old Tara Rose Munsey softly beseeched jurors to spare the life of the man convicted of killing her daughter in January 2000 after she refused
- MARCH 9, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
A former death row inmate was resentenced to death...
A former death row inmate was resentenced to death for a Jacksonville murder at a grocery store seven years ago
- MARCH 9, 2001FijiDEATH PENALTY
William Reeves a British man who was Fiji's last state...
William Reeves a British man who was Fiji's last state executioner has left his money to local charities
- MARCH 8, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Today, the Accession Partnership with Turkey was formally...
Today, the Accession Partnership with Turkey was formally adopted signifying an important step in the implementation of the pre-accession strategy for Turkey
- MARCH 8, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Javad Reza'i, Asghar Ramazani and Ahmad Baqerian,...
Mohammad Javad Reza'i, Asghar Ramazani and Ahmad Baqerian, sentenced to death in the central city of Shahin-Shahr on charges of "kidnapping, rape and aiding and abetting murder", won a last-minute reprieve after they asked for pardon at the gallows
- MARCH 8, 2001ConnecticutDEATH PENALTY
The Senate Committee on the Judiciary introduced SB 1359
The Senate Committee on the Judiciary introduced SB 1359
- MARCH 8, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson said gunman Martin...
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson said gunman Martin Bryant should be a candidate for capital punishment
- MARCH 8, 2001Nord CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Judge Howard Manning Jr
Judge Howard Manning Jr
- MARCH 8, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines...
The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) issued a statement urging President Arroyo to ask Congress to abolish the capital punishment
- MARCH 7, 2001DEATH PENALTY
With cases mounting in the United States of innocent...
With cases mounting in the United States of innocent people sentenced to death, a group of U
- MARCH 7, 2001TogoDEATH PENALTY
Togo's government announced the establishment of a...
Togo's government announced the establishment of a four-man commission of inquiry to investigate allegations of extra-judicial executions during the 1998 presidential election campaign
- MARCH 7, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
Dennis Dowthitt, 55, was executed for sexually abusing...
Dennis Dowthitt, 55, was executed for sexually abusing and killing a Montgomery County teen on June 13, 1990
- MARCH 7, 2001GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
William Sallie has again been sentenced to death for...
William Sallie has again been sentenced to death for the 1990 slaying of his father-in-law in south Georgia's Bacon County
- MARCH 7, 2001MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A twelve-year-old boy is risking the death penalty...
A twelve-year-old boy is risking the death penalty for the murder of a five-year-old girl
- MARCH 7, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Democratic Republic of Congo has officially confirmed...
Democratic Republic of Congo has officially confirmed the execution of 11 Lebanese, who were arrested shortly after the assassination of Congolese President Laurent Kabila on January 16
- MARCH 7, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will not impose a...
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will not impose a moratorium on the death penalty, and said the issue "is a matter for Congress to determine
- MARCH 7, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Democratic Republic of Congo has officially confirmed...
Democratic Republic of Congo has officially confirmed the execution of 11 Lebanese, who were arrested shortly after the assassination of Congolese President Laurent Kabila on January 16
- MARCH 7, 2001DEATH PENALTY
WOMAN´S DAY
March 7, 2001: Hands off Cain appeals for solidarity with women on death row all over the world. Marietta Bosch, a South African woman condemned to death for murder, awaits the hangman in Botswana.
- MARCH 6, 2001DEATH PENALTY
A bill to permit DNA testing of old evidence in order...
A bill to permit DNA testing of old evidence in order to establish innocence was introduced (AB 2178)
- MARCH 6, 2001New YorkDEATH PENALTY
It was introduced a bill to eliminate the provisions...
It was introduced a bill to eliminate the provisions of law establishing the imposition of the death penalty for first-degree murder (AB 6215)
- MARCH 6, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Senator Ersilia Salvato, vice-president of the Senate...
Senator Ersilia Salvato, vice-president of the Senate and President of the Senate Committee against the death penalty, asked the Governor of Missouri Bob Holden to pardon Antonio Richardson, a mentally impaired convict, sentenced to death for a double mur
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- MARCH 6, 2001MissouriDEATH PENALTY
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- MARCH 6, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo commuted the capital...
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo commuted the capital sentences of two condemned Edgar Maligaya and Rodrigo Calma to life sentences on the recommendation of Justice Secretary Hernando Perez, saving them from their scheduled execution on March 7
- MARCH 6, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Representatives from the Memorial Rights Centre have...
Representatives from the Memorial Rights Centre have said that many corpses which were found near Khankala were victims of executions by Russian service men
- MARCH 6, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
During the first meeting between the new US administration...
During the first meeting between the new US administration and the representatives of the European Union, EU Council President Anna Lindh, High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana and External Relations Commissioner Chris P
- MARCH 6, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
Rep. Glen Lewis (D-Fort Worth) proposed a bill that...
Rep. Glen Lewis (D-Fort Worth) proposed a bill that would require the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles to meet as a body and be subject to state open meetings laws. Currently, the 18-member panel is not required to meet when deciding cases, and clemen
- MARCH 6, 2001MissouriDEATH PENALTY
Committee on criminal law passed 12-1 a bill (HB68)...
Committee on criminal law passed 12-1 a bill (HB68) presented by Rep
- MARCH 6, 2001PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
Convicted police killer Mumia Abu-Jamal moved to fire...
Convicted police killer Mumia Abu-Jamal moved to fire his longtime legal team, maintaining that one of his attorneys breached ethical guidelines by writing an "inside account" of the case that has become an international cause celebre
- MARCH 5, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Speaker of the House Luciano Violante declared:...
The Speaker of the House Luciano Violante declared: "We are working in unison with the Presidents of France and Germany towards a European bill against the death penalty"
- MARCH 5, 2001New YorkDEATH PENALTY
It was tabled, after much debate, Democratic legislator...
It was tabled, after much debate, Democratic legislator William Kinne's proposal to ask Gov
- MARCH 5, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
A large group of women, members of the Phoenix community...
A large group of women, members of the Phoenix community converged on the Verulam Regional Court, north of Durban and staged a placard protest in front of the court entrance morning while three suspects appeared in connection with March 1 gang rape of a s
- MARCH 5, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
In a poll on whether former President Joseph Estrada...
In a poll on whether former President Joseph Estrada is guilty, 171 respondents of the total 300 interviewed (57%) believed him guilty while only 58 (19
- MARCH 5, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra stressed a need for...
Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra stressed a need for the death penalty against drug producers and traffickers
- MARCH 4, 2001MalawiDEATH PENALTY
Four death row inmates escaped from the Zomba Maximum...
Four death row inmates escaped from the Zomba Maximum Security Prison
- MARCH 4, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
The Rutherford Institute Urges President Bush to Declare...
The Rutherford Institute Urges President Bush to Declare a Death Penalty Moratorium In a letter to President Bush, John W
- MARCH 4, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
The Head of the Palestinian Military Intelligence Service...
The Head of the Palestinian Military Intelligence Service Staff Major-General Musa Arafat al-Qudwah stressed that in order to counter Israeli intelligence penetration, "it was necessary increase some of the sentences up to the death penalty to deter othe
- MARCH 4, 2001Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Moise Nyarugabo, a rebel Congolese Rally for Democracy...
Moise Nyarugabo, a rebel Congolese Rally for Democracy (RCD) spokesman, said that Congolese authorities were rounding up people in Kinshasa whom they suspected of being involved in the assassination of President Laurent Kabila in January
- MARCH 3, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
A Kurdish source said the military authorities in Baghdad...
A Kurdish source said the military authorities in Baghdad executed an army major-general, Tariq Sa'dun, a relative of the incumbent Interior Minister Muhammad Zimam Abd-al-Razzaq
- MARCH 3, 2001RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Five Rwandans accused of genocide and other crimes...
Five Rwandans accused of genocide and other crimes against humanity committed in 1994 have been sentenced to death by the western Ruhengeri court in the country
- MARCH 2, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Foreign Secretary Robin Cook ordered an urgent review...
Foreign Secretary Robin Cook ordered an urgent review of all cases of Britons facing the death penalty in foreign jails and has strengthened government policy so diplomats and ministers can intervene early in cases in an effort to prevent executions
- MARCH 2, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Foreign Ministry of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria...
The Foreign Ministry of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria expressed its deep dissatisfaction with the lack of a proper reaction on the part of the world community to Russia's continuing atrocities against the Chechen people, after the discovery, on Februar
- MARCH 2, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Xu Jie and Du Jiansheng, two officials from the poor...
Xu Jie and Du Jiansheng, two officials from the poor southwestern province of Guizhou were executed for embezzling 72
- MARCH 2, 2001Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
The US ambassador to Ivory Coast, Georges Mu, said...
The US ambassador to Ivory Coast, Georges Mu, said that the human rights situation markedly improved in 2000 in Cote d'Ivoire
- MARCH 2, 2001CameroonDEATH PENALTY
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- MARCH 2, 2001VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Seven men were sentenced to death for drug trafficking...
Seven men were sentenced to death for drug trafficking and circulating counterfeit U
- MARCH 2, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
The annual report of the American State Department...
The annual report of the American State Department described the death sentences given to smugglers as being tantamount to human rights' violations in Iran
- MARCH 1, 2001PortugalDEATH PENALTY
The Portuguese Minister of Justice shrugged off an...
The Portuguese Minister of Justice shrugged off an official US report accusing Portugal of human rights abuses
- MARCH 1, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Judges sent 12 rapists, 10 bribers (see news of 15...
Judges sent 12 rapists, 10 bribers (see news of 15 March) and 8 murderers to death row in March 2001, increasing to 1,720 the tally of Filipinos condemned to death
- MARCH 1, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Robert William Clayton was executed by injection for...
Robert William Clayton was executed by injection for the 1985 killing of a Tulsa woman
- MARCH 1, 2001VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
Thomas Wayne Akers, 31, who pleaded guilty to killing...
Thomas Wayne Akers, 31, who pleaded guilty to killing 24-year-old Wesley Smith during a robbery in Roanoke, was pronounced dead at 9:18 p
- MARCH 1, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
John Alba was sentenced to death for the 2nd time for...
John Alba was sentenced to death for the 2nd time for the 1991 fatal shooting of his wife
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- MARCH 1, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Mohammed Reza-Chupari and Daryush Keshavarz , both...
Mohammed Reza-Chupari and Daryush Keshavarz , both Iranians, were hunged in public for murdering three police officers and drug trafficking in the central city of Abadeh
- MARCH 1, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
Three officers in the Iraqi air forces, Sa'eed 'Abd...
Three officers in the Iraqi air forces, Sa'eed 'Abd al-Majid 'Abd al-Ilah, Fawzi Hamed al-'Ubaidi and Fares Ahmad al-'Alwan, were executed by firing squad
- MARCH 1, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The government is considering a move to speed up the...
The government is considering a move to speed up the execution of drug offenders by eliminating the appeals process for Royal clemency
- MARCH 1, 2001BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Motaleb Hawlader was hanged in the Jessore prison,...
Motaleb Hawlader was hanged in the Jessore prison, in Barisal district, for killing his wife