Chronological archive
May 2001
The 193 news items published by Hands Off Cain in May 2001, in chronological order.
Circuit Judge Dennis L
Circuit Judge Dennis L
- MAY 31, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Shaoyang (Hunan Province) Municipal Intermediate People's...
Shaoyang (Hunan Province) Municipal Intermediate People's Court sentenced six triad gangsters including Deng Fei to death
- MAY 31, 2001DelawareDEATH PENALTY
The Delaware Supreme Court has overturned the death...
The Delaware Supreme Court has overturned the death sentences given 2 men in 1997 after finding an appearance of unfairness by the judge who presided over their murder trials
- MAY 31, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Prime Ministry notes requesting the execution of...
The Prime Ministry notes requesting the execution of the death sentences given to inmates Mutlu Akyn, Mehmet Nuri Ozen, Hasan Askyn and Seyhmus Poyraz, were submitted to Parliament
- MAY 31, 2001SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
The Thai Criminal Court sentenced to death two Singaporeans...
The Thai Criminal Court sentenced to death two Singaporeans convicted of attempting to smuggle heroin out of the country and related charges
- MAY 31, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe said Russia's continued refusal...
The Council of Europe said Russia's continued refusal to abolish capital punishment could jeopardise its membership of the human rights and democracy watchdog
- MAY 31, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Court sentenced to death two Singaporeans...
The Criminal Court sentenced to death two Singaporeans convicted of attempting to smuggle heroin out of the country and related charges
- MAY 31, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six people convicted of abducting and selling four...
Six people convicted of abducting and selling four women and 99 children were executed in China's southwestern province of Yunnan
- MAY 31, 2001MarylandDEATH PENALTY
Gov. Parris Glendening granted a posthumous pardon...
Gov. Parris Glendening granted a posthumous pardon to a black man hanged in 1919, saying the execution "may well have been a miscarriage of justice." "While it is impossible at this late date to establish with certainty his guilt or innocence, there is su
- MAY 31, 2001IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Delays in Timothy McVeigh's execution should stop,...
Delays in Timothy McVeigh's execution should stop, a majority of Chicago area residents said in a survey taken Thursday
- MAY 31, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Commander of the North Caucasus Military District...
The Commander of the North Caucasus Military District Gennadiy Troshev spoke in favour of bringing back capital punishment in Russia
- MAY 31, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Some 300 school children participated in a children's...
Some 300 school children participated in a children's art exhibition sponsored by the Movement for People's Rights as part of its nationwide campaign against capital punishment
- MAY 31, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Ankara Bar Chairman Sadik Erdogan complained that...
The Ankara Bar Chairman Sadik Erdogan complained that the Interparties Concession Subcommission did not bring a change regarding the abolishment of the death penalty
- MAY 30, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Jonathan Brett Horrocks, 40, who was sentenced to life...
Jonathan Brett Horrocks, 40, who was sentenced to life with a minimum of 23 years in 2000 for shooting dead his former boss at a La Trobe University bar wrote a letter to Victorian Attorney-General Rob Hulls asking to be executed
- MAY 30, 2001Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International accused the security forces in...
Amnesty International accused the security forces in the Ivory Coast of committing some of the worst human rights abuses seen in the West African state for three decades
- MAY 30, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Urumqi Intermediate People's Court held a public...
The Urumqi Intermediate People's Court held a public rally to sentence to death or life imprisonment 24 criminals convicted either of splitting the country, murder, or robbery at trial of first instance
- MAY 30, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
A Mount Lebanon criminal court sentenced two Indian...
A Mount Lebanon criminal court sentenced two Indian men to death for the murder of one of their compatriots
- MAY 30, 2001DEATH PENALTY
McVeigh lawyers will apply for a stay of execution
Attorneys for Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh said they plan as early as Thursday to file a court motion to seek a postponement of the rescheduled June 11 execution.
- MAY 29, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Mehrdad Yusefi, an 18-year-old man, was hanged in the...
Mehrdad Yusefi, an 18-year-old man, was hanged in the western city of Ilam after the Supreme Court upheld a death sentence issued by a lower court for killing a friend two years later
- MAY 29, 2001KenyaDEATH PENALTY
The European Union said it wanted to see concrete action...
The European Union said it wanted to see concrete action on political and economic reforms as key steps in enhancing relations with the Kenyan government
- MAY 29, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
For the latest exhibit of the fallibility of the judicial...
For the latest exhibit of the fallibility of the judicial system, we turn to Joyce Gilchrist, a chemist with the Oklahoma City Police Department who has worked on more than 3,000 cases
- MAY 29, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
A Palestinian security court sentenced a Palestinian...
A Palestinian security court sentenced a Palestinian policeman to death by firing squad for murdering a fellow security man in a revenge killing
- MAY 29, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Shijiazhuang Municipal Court carried out the execution...
Shijiazhuang Municipal Court carried out the execution order on Xu Ailing, a female, for swindling money
- MAY 29, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded three Saudi men for crimes ranging...
Saudi Arabia beheaded three Saudi men for crimes ranging from theft to sodomy
- MAY 29, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
In his report on the human rights situation in Russia...
In his report on the human rights situation in Russia in 2000, Ombudsman Oleg Mironov said that on the abolition of the death penalty, sociological surveys and opinion polls indicate that 71% of respondents considers capital punishment the most effective
- MAY 29, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Vincent Allen Johnson, a 2-time killer, died by drug...
Vincent Allen Johnson, a 2-time killer, died by drug injection for the murder of Shirley Mooneyham, 44, on Feb
- MAY 29, 2001North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Under a new law giving prosecutors greater discretion...
Under a new law giving prosecutors greater discretion in capital murder cases, a man on trial in Watauga County avoided a death sentence by agreeing to plead guilty to first-degree murder
- MAY 29, 2001ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
The Arizona Supreme Court recently remanded a death...
The Arizona Supreme Court recently remanded a death penalty case for re-sentencing to a county that does not have the resources to pay for it
- MAY 29, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Courts in Beijing, Zhuzhou, Qingdao and Shijiazhuang...
Courts in Beijing, Zhuzhou, Qingdao and Shijiazhuang executed Cao Yufei, Tang Tianhe, Li Tianping and Xu Ailing for financial fraud, with the approval of China People's Supreme Court,From June 1997 to July 1998, Cao Yufei, chairman of Beijing Xindongya In
- MAY 28, 2001ChileDEATH PENALTY
President Ricardo Lagos signed the law that abolished...
President Ricardo Lagos signed the law that abolished the death penalty
- MAY 28, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitutional Court on the case of Khalfan Mohamed,...
The Constitutional Court on the case of Khalfan Mohamed, an alleged embassy bomber, ruled that South African government should have sought protection from the death penalty for alleged embassy bomber Mohamed before handing him to the FBI for trial in Amer
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- MAY 28, 2001VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The People's Supreme Court in Ho Chi Minh City upheld...
The People's Supreme Court in Ho Chi Minh City upheld the death sentence for Vietnamese American Bui Huu Tai, 33, who was charged with drug trafficking and possession
- MAY 28, 2001ChileDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished on May 28, 2001
The death penalty was abolished on May 28, 2001
- MAY 28, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The Bekaa criminal court sentenced two men to death...
The Bekaa criminal court sentenced two men to death for the 1994 double-homicide of a woman and her daughter in Anjar
- MAY 28, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Sher Khan, alias Khapra, was given the death sentence...
Sher Khan, alias Khapra, was given the death sentence on six counts of murder
- MAY 28, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
With the approval of the People's Supreme Court, Hubei...
With the approval of the People's Supreme Court, Hubei Provincial Higher People's Court carried out the execution order on Jin Jianpei, director of the Hubei Provincial Hong Kong and Macao Office, also president of the Hubei Yifeng Trading Company and cha
- MAY 28, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Assessing his government's performance in the previous...
Assessing his government's performance in the previous two years, Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said the government had made significant accomplishments against the separatist, anti-secularist and anti-democratic forces
- MAY 28, 2001IrelandDEATH PENALTY
A group set up by the Irish Bishops' Conference has...
A group set up by the Irish Bishops' Conference has said it is "not only desirable but morally incumbent on Irish Catholics" to vote for the removal from the Constitution of references to the death penalty, in the referendum on June 7th
- MAY 28, 2001Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning...
The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning started its examination of an initial report of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by asking the delegation, among other things, about the situation of children sentenced to capital punishment
- MAY 28, 2001BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The High Court confirmed the death sentence of three...
The High Court confirmed the death sentence of three policemen convicted of the rape and killing of a 14-year-old girl in 1995
- MAY 28, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Defendant illegally faces death penalty
The Constitutional Court ruled that the south African government illegally extradited a Tanzanian suspect to the U.S. as they failed to seek assurances he would not be sentenced to death.
- MAY 27, 2001IrelandDEATH PENALTY
Justice Minister John O'Donoghue said Ireland should...
Justice Minister John O'Donoghue said Ireland should throw out the death penalty in the June 7 referendum
- MAY 27, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Many Oklahomans are less confident now in the criminal...
Many Oklahomans are less confident now in the criminal justice system because of the wrongful conviction of an Oklahoma City man and the FBI's mistake that led to a stay of Timothy McVeigh's execution
- MAY 26, 2001RwandaDEATH PENALTY
A court in the northwestern Rwandan town of Gisenyi...
A court in the northwestern Rwandan town of Gisenyi sentenced ten ethnic Hutus to death on charges of genocide and other crimes against humanity committed in the town in 1994
- MAY 26, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
At least 13 people were killed in the troubled Aceh...
At least 13 people were killed in the troubled Aceh region on the Indonesian island of Sumatra where an offensive by government troops aimed at containing a separatist insurgency there is now in its second month
- MAY 25, 2001AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Gary Wayne Drinkard, 45, who spent 5 years on prison's...
Gary Wayne Drinkard, 45, who spent 5 years on prison's death row, has been found innocent at retrial
- MAY 25, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Jinan Municipal Intermediate People's Court, Shandong...
Jinan Municipal Intermediate People's Court, Shandong Province, sentenced Xue Yuquan, director of the Gold Industry Bureau, to death with two years reprieve for accepting bribes and falsely reporting registered capital
- MAY 25, 2001CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Leon Chauncey Cooper, 40, who was convicted of raping...
Leon Chauncey Cooper, 40, who was convicted of raping and murdering on March 26, 1998, his stepdaughter LaRhonda Johnson, 15, will be executed
- MAY 25, 2001DelawareDEATH PENALTY
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Abdullah T
- MAY 25, 2001TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Farkhod Muqimov was sentenced to death by the Tajik...
Farkhod Muqimov was sentenced to death by the Tajik supreme court
- MAY 25, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Beijing Municipality's Intermediate People's Court...
Beijing Municipality's Intermediate People's Court No 2 held a public meeting to announce punishments for 21 robbery criminals: Zhao Gang and four others were sentenced to death, and another 16 criminals were separately sentenced to death with a two-year
- MAY 25, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saad bin Ali bin Jam'an al-Dossari was beheaded for murder
Saad bin Ali bin Jam'an al-Dossari was beheaded for murder
- MAY 24, 2001ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
"Extra-judicial executions and torture are occurring...
"Extra-judicial executions and torture are occurring throughout Zimbabwe" Tor-Hugne Olsen, head of an Amnesty International (AI) research team said
- MAY 24, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The British National Party pledged support to the death...
The British National Party pledged support to the death penalty
- MAY 24, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Following his meeting with Secretary General of the...
Following his meeting with Secretary General of the Council of Europe Walter Schwimmer, Russian Prosecutor General Vladimir Ustinov refused to admit a direct link between the abolishment of the death penalty and commitment to democratic values
- MAY 24, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
A man convicted of being a murderer, thief and adulterer...
A man convicted of being a murderer, thief and adulterer was executed before thousands of citizens in the Aqcha District in Jowzjan
- MAY 24, 2001MarylandDEATH PENALTY
A recent Gonzales/Arscott Research & Communications...
A recent Gonzales/Arscott Research & Communications poll in Maryland found support for the death penalty at 62%, slightly below the national level as reported by Gallup (67% in March 2001)
- MAY 24, 2001MissouriDEATH PENALTY
Smith fought with prison guards before execution Samuel D
Smith fought with prison guards before execution Samuel D
- MAY 24, 2001IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Citing improper comments made by Cook County prosecutors...
Citing improper comments made by Cook County prosecutors and a Kane County judge, the Illinois Supreme Court vacated the death sentences of 2 men convicted in separate cases
- MAY 23, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Twenty-six-year-old Duan Xiaoping, a peasant from Chongqing,...
Twenty-six-year-old Duan Xiaoping, a peasant from Chongqing, was sentenced to death for splashing sulphuric acid on her lover's ex-wife, Xu, on 1 June 2000
- MAY 23, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Justice Moses Mukiibi of the High Court sentenced to...
Justice Moses Mukiibi of the High Court sentenced to death Shadrak Magara Rwakasisi one of the two former Makerere University students for murdering Warren Bantariza a fellow student in 1994
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- MAY 23, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Russian Revival movement announced the beginning...
The Russian Revival movement announced the beginning of a signature-collection campaign to initiate a national referendum on lifting the moratorium on capital punishment for those who organise and carry out terrorist acts
- MAY 22, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Nanning Municipal Intermediate People's Court in...
The Nanning Municipal Intermediate People's Court in Guangxi Province sentenced 10 alleged drug traffickers to death, including Zhong Qiuqi, a peasant from Jinshan
- MAY 22, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
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Terrance A
- MAY 22, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International called the execution of Gerson...
Amnesty International called the execution of Gerson Pandie and Fredik Soru - the first since 1995 in Indonesia - a flagrant violation of the right to life
- MAY 22, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji promised that China's most-wanted...
Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji promised that China's most-wanted fugitive Lai Changxing will not be executed if Canada returns him to face trial
- MAY 22, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Reza Pedram, 56, a former air force officer...
Mohammad Reza Pedram, 56, a former air force officer and an alleged CIA agent was hanged after the supreme court upheld the death sentence passed against him by a military court
- MAY 22, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Tashkent City Court sentenced two men to death...
The Tashkent City Court sentenced two men to death for murder and robbery
- MAY 21, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shanghai Municipal Intermediate Number One People's...
The Shanghai Municipal Intermediate Number One People's Court sentenced Wang Qibiao to death for tax evasion
- MAY 21, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded two Saudi men for the separate...
Saudi Arabia beheaded two Saudi men for the separate murders of compatriots
- MAY 21, 2001LibyaDEATH PENALTY
A Tripoli court sentenced seven people to death for...
A Tripoli court sentenced seven people to death for their involvement in last year's bloody riots that Libyan officials said were part of a plot aimed at derailing Muammar Gaddafi's African unity drive
- MAY 21, 2001UkraineDEATH PENALTY
President Leonid Kuchma signed the Criminal Code that...
President Leonid Kuchma signed the Criminal Code that was recently approved by Parliament, thus ensuring that it will come into force
- MAY 21, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association...
The Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (TUSIAD) released its progress report in which it stated a list of objectives for democratisation in Turkey
- MAY 21, 2001QatarDEATH PENALTY
A Qatar appeals court condemned to death Sheikh Hamad...
A Qatar appeals court condemned to death Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Hamad Al Thanin, a cousin of the country's emir, and 18 other defendants for their role in a foiled 1996 coup, overturning a lower court ruling giving the plotters life sentences
- MAY 21, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian woman convicted of acting in pornographic...
An Iranian woman convicted of acting in pornographic films was stoned to death in the prison where she had been held for eight years
- MAY 21, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Shouai Ibrahim al-Matari executed by firing squad in...
Shouai Ibrahim al-Matari executed by firing squad in Hajjah province for murdering an unrelated man, Shouai Shabayn al-Matari, and his daughter, Qamamah
- MAY 21, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Iran resumes death by stoning
May 21, 2001: an Iranian woman accused of acting in pornographic films was stoned to death in Tehran. She was the first convict to be executed by stoning since 1996. Another woman is due to be stoned in public for murdering her husband. Her male accomplic
- MAY 21, 2001NevadaDEATH PENALTY
A 2-year moratorium on executions of death row inmates...
A 2-year moratorium on executions of death row inmates was rejected by the Assembly Judiciary Committee
- MAY 20, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Eight people were sentenced to death in Guizhou province...
Eight people were sentenced to death in Guizhou province for abducting and selling 42 children
- MAY 20, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkish security forces have killed six people in the...
Turkish security forces have killed six people in the mountainous southeastern province of Bingol, state-controlled Anatolian news agency said
- MAY 20, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Liaoning judicial organs openly tried 38 criminal...
The Liaoning judicial organs openly tried 38 criminal cases in nine cities and executed a number of suspects
- MAY 20, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed 29 members of violent gangs, targeting...
China executed 29 members of violent gangs, targeting robbery and murder rings in a "Strike Hard"
- MAY 20, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue said...
Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue said that Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, during a visit in Thailand, backed the Thai proposal for an anti-narcotics summit of prime ministers of the two countries, Laos and Myanmar
- MAY 19, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Senatorial candidate Santanina Rasul proposed legislation...
Senatorial candidate Santanina Rasul proposed legislation that would make election fraud a heinous crime that would make offenders face either a prison term or the execution chamber
- MAY 18, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Two convicts sentenced to death for murder were executed...
Two convicts sentenced to death for murder were executed at midnight after their request for a presidential pardon was rejected
- MAY 18, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Two men were beheaded in the northwestern city of Tabuk...
Two men were beheaded in the northwestern city of Tabuk for murdering a police officer and trafficking in drugs
- MAY 18, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia publicly beheaded seven men for gang rape
Saudi Arabia publicly beheaded seven men for gang rape
- MAY 18, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Intermediate People's Court of southwest China's...
The Intermediate People's Court of southwest China's Guizhou Province, sentenced eight child-traffickers to death
- MAY 18, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
During a press conference entitled "China: not only...
During a press conference entitled "China: not only death penalty" organized by Hands off Cain, Erping Zhang, international spokesman for Falun Gong, denounced the abuses against the movement by the Chinese government, which banned Falun Gong from China i
- MAY 18, 2001TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
The Ministry of Justice said Taiwan's first step to...
The Ministry of Justice said Taiwan's first step to phase out capital punishment within the space of three years is to reduce the number of offences that lead only to the death penalty
- MAY 18, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Falun Gong denounce abuses by Chinese authorities
May 18, 2001: “We are not a religion, nor are we a political party or ever intend to become one,” Erping Zhang, international spokesman for Falun Gong, said in Rome
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- MAY 18, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Falun Gong denounce abuses by Chinese authorities
May 18, 2001: “We are not a religion, nor are we a political party or ever intend to become one,” Erping Zhang, international spokesman for Falun Gong, said in Rome
- MAY 17, 2001North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Governor Easley ratified a law approved by the Parliament...
Governor Easley ratified a law approved by the Parliament that would allow prosecutors to seek life in prison without parole for a 1st-degree conviction even when aggravating circumstances are present
- MAY 17, 2001TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Premier Chang Chun-hsiung said formation of a new policy...
Premier Chang Chun-hsiung said formation of a new policy will require a public consensus
- MAY 17, 2001BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
The High Court ordered Lehlohonolo Bernard Kobedi's...
The High Court ordered Lehlohonolo Bernard Kobedi's retrial, a South African man who was due to hang for murder
- MAY 17, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Tokyo High Court sentenced Kaoru Okashita, 54,...
The Tokyo High Court sentenced Kaoru Okashita, 54, a former real estate broker, to death for murdering Ume Endo, 82, an apartment owner, in Tokyo on October 1, 1989, after swindling her out of land by forging a sales contract
- MAY 17, 2001TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Taiwan's Justice Minister Chen Ding-nan said he planned...
Taiwan's Justice Minister Chen Ding-nan said he planned to abolish the death sentence before his term ends in 2004
- MAY 17, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Circuit Judge Peter Dearing sentenced to death James...
Circuit Judge Peter Dearing sentenced to death James Belcher, 41, for the 1996 death of 29-year-old Jennifer Embry
- MAY 17, 2001CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
San Joaquin County Judge Michael Garrigan sentenced...
San Joaquin County Judge Michael Garrigan sentenced Wesley Shermantine Jr
- MAY 17, 2001CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Only a handful of California prisoners are taking advantage...
Only a handful of California prisoners are taking advantage of a new state law allowing them to use DNA testing to try to prove their innocence, according to the attorney general's office
- MAY 16, 2001AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
A new law "On extraditing criminals" adopted by the...
A new law "On extraditing criminals" adopted by the Milli Maclis [parliament] states that "in case of death penalty, a criminal can be extradited only if the demanding country gives enough guarantees that the punishment will not be carried out
- MAY 16, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The court in Zhoushan City in east China's Zhejiang...
The court in Zhoushan City in east China's Zhejiang Province found that a woman, Miao Saixian, 59, cheated 46 people out of a total of 6
- MAY 16, 2001PolandDEATH PENALTY
The European Union Commission and ambassadors of Sweden...
The European Union Commission and ambassadors of Sweden and Belgium have appealed to the governor of Illinois to grant clemency to a Polish citizen awaiting the death sentence for the murder of a Chicago woman
- MAY 16, 2001Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
The European Union Commission and ambassadors of Sweden...
The European Union Commission and ambassadors of Sweden and Belgium have appealed to the governor of Illinois to grant clemency to a Polish citizen awaiting the death sentence for the murder of a Chicago woman
- MAY 16, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
A South Korean group of government, religious and business...
A South Korean group of government, religious and business leaders presented the UN High Commissioner for Refugees with a petition bearing 11 million signatures that seeks to improve the lot of North Koreans who say they fled their homeland to escape fami
- MAY 16, 2001BurundiDEATH PENALTY
About 20 people were handed sentences ranging from...
About 20 people were handed sentences ranging from 15 years' imprisonment to capital punishment from the Ngozi criminal court (northern Burundi) for "involvement in massacres" in northern Burundi after the assassination of the first democratically-elected
- MAY 16, 2001MaineDEATH PENALTY
The House rejected by a 111-29 vote a proposed legislation...
The House rejected by a 111-29 vote a proposed legislation to reinstate the death penalty for people convicted of killing children 6 years old or younger
- MAY 16, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
A 38-year-old Iranian woman, identified only by her...
A 38-year-old Iranian woman, identified only by her first name, Robabeh, was sentenced to be stoned to death under Iran's Islamic law for murdering her husband
- MAY 16, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Dimitry Kozak, deputy head of the presidential administration,...
Dimitry Kozak, deputy head of the presidential administration, said the administration is planning to introduce juries before the end of 2002
- MAY 16, 2001TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
People sentenced for any criminal offence would be...
People sentenced for any criminal offence would be able to petition a court for a DNA analysis if there is reasonable probability the evidence would clear them or shorten their sentences, under legislation approved by a Senate panel
- MAY 15, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Yiyang Municipal People's Court in Hunan Province...
The Yiyang Municipal People's Court in Hunan Province sentenced 12 alleged drug traffickers to death after the Yiyang municipal police smashed a Guangdong-Hunan drug-trafficking gang and arrested 42 suspects
- MAY 15, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Branch 1601 of the criminal court ordered the amputation...
Branch 1601 of the criminal court ordered the amputation of a young man's right hand fingers and condemned him to death, the Javan daily reported
- MAY 15, 2001VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Justice Minister Nguyen Dinh Loc stated that: "Each...
Justice Minister Nguyen Dinh Loc stated that: "Each year, we have around 200 death sentences, particularly sentences for drug crimes, yet the number of these crimes still increase
- MAY 15, 2001GreeceDEATH PENALTY
The Parliamentary Speaker Apostolos Kaklamanis met...
The Parliamentary Speaker Apostolos Kaklamanis met the head of the French delegation of the OSCE assembly, Michel Voisin, in Athens
- MAY 15, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
An AustralSCAN survey shows Australians would approve...
An AustralSCAN survey shows Australians would approve a referendum on capital punishment
- MAY 15, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Clive Stafford-Smith, a US lawyer fighting the death...
Clive Stafford-Smith, a US lawyer fighting the death penalty, arrived in Melbourne helping to launch the group Reprieve Australia, to campaign against the death penalty
- MAY 15, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The watchdog group Human Rights Watch urged the United...
The watchdog group Human Rights Watch urged the United States, European Union and United Nations to make Russia investigate a mass grave site discovered in the rebel Chechen Republic in February
- MAY 15, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
At a conference organized by the Université Saint Joseph...
At a conference organized by the Université Saint Joseph Law School to discuss the death penalty in Europe, Italian Ambassador Guiseppe Cassini cited Cesare Beccaria's essay, "On Crimes and Punishments" (1764) questioning whether the death penalty is usef
- MAY 14, 2001North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
A judge has temporarily blocked the pending execution...
A judge has temporarily blocked the pending execution of Robert Bacon Jr
- MAY 14, 2001ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
A bill introduced by Sen
A bill introduced by Sen
- MAY 14, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
EP Glyn FORD, of the Party of European Socialists called...
EP Glyn FORD, of the Party of European Socialists called for the death sentence on Timothy McVeigh to be commuted to life imprisonment
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- MAY 14, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Chechen soldiers reported that a traitor was killed...
Chechen soldiers reported that a traitor was killed in Argun because he disclosed the location of a Chechen group during a fight in the same town on May 7
- MAY 14, 2001Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
The EU General Affairs Council welcomed the Democratic...
The EU General Affairs Council welcomed the Democratic Republic of Congo's vote in favour of the UN Commission on Human Rights resolution on the question of the death penalty, and urged the government of the DRC to work on internal legislation in the spir
- MAY 14, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
A man who specialized in car thefts was sentenced to...
A man who specialized in car thefts was sentenced to death by Purwokerto District Court for murdering a lawyer in March
- MAY 14, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court imposed a death sentence on a 31-year-old...
The Supreme Court imposed a death sentence on a 31-year-old man convicted of murdering his lover and her husband in a plan to get insurance money
- MAY 14, 2001ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
The Arkansas House Judiciary Committee blocked Sen
The Arkansas House Judiciary Committee blocked Sen
- MAY 14, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Hussein Ahmed al-Ariqi executed by firing...
Muhammad Hussein Ahmed al-Ariqi executed by firing squad in Sana'a for the murder of Hamda Murshid Tahir al-Hamdani
- MAY 14, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
House passed a bill to ban the execution of juvenile...
House passed a bill to ban the execution of juvenile offenders
- MAY 14, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
The House voted down a bill that would have allowed...
The House voted down a bill that would have allowed the sentencing option of life without parole
- MAY 13, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The family of a man hanged 49 years ago for a murder...
The family of a man hanged 49 years ago for a murder he did not commit received £1
- MAY 13, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
In a recent op-ed for the Washington Post, Jim Willett,...
In a recent op-ed for the Washington Post, Jim Willett, who presided over 89 executions as the warden on Texas' death row, stated: Has an innocent man ever been executed? Probably
- MAY 13, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's Revolutionary Court gave heavy sentences, including...
Iran's Revolutionary Court gave heavy sentences, including the death penalty, to some 30 members of a group of Shi'ite Muslim activists charged with subversion, the Tosea daily said
- MAY 13, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Abdel Karim Muhammad Alwan executed for the murder...
Abdel Karim Muhammad Alwan executed for the murder of Amin Hussein Abdullah
- MAY 12, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Two convicted murderers were hanged in Fat'hol Mobin...
Two convicted murderers were hanged in Fat'hol Mobin Square in the southwestern city of Dezful
- MAY 12, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) stated...
The Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) stated its intention to start collecting signatures to support the introduction of the death penalty for drug distribution
- MAY 11, 2001TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The military board of the Tajik Supreme Court sentenced...
The military board of the Tajik Supreme Court sentenced to death
- MAY 11, 2001EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
Girma Wakjirra, Ethiopia's chief special prosecutor...
Girma Wakjirra, Ethiopia's chief special prosecutor for the reign of terror campaign that took place in the country between 1977-78, told parliament the courts had passed verdicts on 1,181 of the 6,180 genocide cases since the trials started in 1994
- MAY 11, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Four people were executed for tax fraud in Guangdong
Four people were executed for tax fraud in Guangdong
- MAY 11, 2001PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
Richard Baumhammers, 35, was sentenced to death for...
Richard Baumhammers, 35, was sentenced to death for of the April 28, 2000 killing of 5 people in a racially motivated shooting spree in suburban Pittsburgh last year
- MAY 11, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Eight Yemenis executed by firing squad for separate murders
Eight Yemenis executed by firing squad for separate murders
- MAY 11, 2001DEATH PENALTY
McVeigh execution delayed
May 11, 2001: U.S. Attorney General Ashcroft announced Friday a delay of execution as FBI revealed failure to hand over 3,000 pages of documents to McVeigh´s trial defence.
- MAY 10, 2001AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
It would be at least 4
It would be at least 4
- MAY 10, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
In line with established EU practice, the Swedish Presidency...
In line with established EU practice, the Swedish Presidency of the European Union on May 10, 2001 made a demarche to the U
- MAY 10, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
An article in the New York times stated that support...
An article in the New York times stated that support for capital punishment in the United State's was dropping
- MAY 10, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Stay of execution for Timothy McVeigh?
May 10, 2001: strong possibility of a stay of execution for McVeigh after the FBI admitted to witholding evidence from the defence during the trial.
- MAY 10, 2001DEATH PENALTY
McVeigh execution delayed
May 10, 2001: the U.S. Attorney General announced Friday that he was delaying the execution because the FBI failed to turn over more than 3,000 pages of documents to McVeigh´s trial defence.
- MAY 10, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
The human rights group Amnesty International asked...
The human rights group Amnesty International asked President Bush to commute Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh's death sentence
- MAY 9, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
According to a poll conducted by The Express support...
According to a poll conducted by The Express support for capital punishment is slipping
- MAY 8, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
A 37-year-old gay Iranian man who has overstayed his...
A 37-year-old gay Iranian man who has overstayed his visa, is fighting to stay in Japan out of fear of a death sentence if sent back to his home country
- MAY 8, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Former Assistant Secretary of State Harold Koh, who...
Former Assistant Secretary of State Harold Koh, who led two U
- MAY 8, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three robbers who sacked 34 temples when disguised...
Three robbers who sacked 34 temples when disguised as police were sentenced to death in southern Fujian Province by the Higher People's Court of Fujian
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- MAY 8, 2001ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
The state executed a murderer who said he wouldn't...
The state executed a murderer who said he wouldn't appeal his sentence because it would bring more torment to the families of his 5 victims
- MAY 8, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
A 37-year-old gay Iranian man who has overstayed his...
A 37-year-old gay Iranian man who has overstayed his visa, is fighting to stay in Japan out of fear of a death sentence if sent back to his home country
- MAY 8, 2001SwedenDEATH PENALTY
Sweden abolished capital punishment in 1921
Sweden abolished capital punishment in 1921
- MAY 8, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Ercan Kartal, a member of the illegal Revolutionary...
Ercan Kartal, a member of the illegal Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C), was sentenced to capital punishment by an Istanbul State Security Court (DGM) on charges of "attempting to change the constitutional order by using force"
- MAY 8, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A man was sentenced to death by a Guangzhou court as...
A man was sentenced to death by a Guangzhou court as the ringleader of a gang that kidnapped 27 women and sold them as "wives" to peasants, the Procuratorial Daily said
- MAY 8, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
The 75 year old writer Gore Vidal was one of three...
The 75 year old writer Gore Vidal was one of three people chosen by MCVeigh to be a witness to his final moments in the death chamber of Terre Haute in Indiana
- MAY 7, 2001New YorkDEATH PENALTY
Andrew Cuomo, whose father repeatedly blocked the death...
Andrew Cuomo, whose father repeatedly blocked the death penalty during his 12 years as governor, is pledging to carry out executions if he becomes governor
- MAY 7, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded an Egyptian man for stabbing...
Saudi Arabia beheaded an Egyptian man for stabbing to death an Egyptian woman and her son after a dispute
- MAY 7, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy,...
The Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy, a Hong Kong-based human rights watchdog, announced that the Chinese authorities executed 560 convicts between April 1 and 26 alone
- MAY 7, 2001OmanDEATH PENALTY
An Omani court sentenced two [unidentified] Pakistani...
An Omani court sentenced two [unidentified] Pakistani men to death for smuggling one tonne of hashish into the Gulf Arab state
- MAY 7, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An Omani court sentenced two [unidentified] Pakistani...
An Omani court sentenced two [unidentified] Pakistani men to death for smuggling one tonne of hashish into the Gulf Arab state
- MAY 6, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Chaozhou Intermediate People's Court gave the death...
The Chaozhou Intermediate People's Court gave the death sentence to Huang Minghong and Ruan Junxian, in an open trial
- MAY 6, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Yemeni man for murdering his...
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Yemeni man for murdering his Saudi employer and wife while trying to rob them
- MAY 6, 2001EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Egypt's parliament approved most of the African Charter...
Egypt's parliament approved most of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the African Child
- MAY 6, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Yemeni man for murdering his...
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Yemeni man for murdering his Saudi employer and wife while trying to rob them
- MAY 5, 2001RomaniaDEATH PENALTY
Authorities in Moldova's separatist Dnestr region unexpectedly...
Authorities in Moldova's separatist Dnestr region unexpectedly freed a Romanian member of parliament after nine years on 'death row'
- MAY 5, 2001MoldovaDEATH PENALTY
Authorities in Moldova's separatist Dnestr region unexpectedly...
Authorities in Moldova's separatist Dnestr region unexpectedly freed a Romanian member of parliament after nine years on 'death row'
- MAY 5, 2001KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Aleksandr Okoneshnikov, the leader of a criminal group,...
Aleksandr Okoneshnikov, the leader of a criminal group, was sentenced to death for robbing several currency exchange offices and for brutal killing the director of a poultry farm
- MAY 5, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Mayor of Groznyy Bislan Gantamirov has ordered...
The Mayor of Groznyy Bislan Gantamirov has ordered anyone who kills the city's Russian-speaking residents to be shot on the spot if found
- MAY 5, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
An ABC News Poll found that 51% of Americans support...
An ABC News Poll found that 51% of Americans support a nationwide moratorium on executions while a commission studies whether the death penalty is applied fairly
- MAY 5, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Samuel Iwu Chekwu Okoye, an African, was sentenced...
Samuel Iwu Chekwu Okoye, an African, was sentenced to death by the Tangerang District Court for drug trafficking
- MAY 5, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Liaqat Ali, a condemned prisoner of Faqir Walli, Bahawal...
Liaqat Ali, a condemned prisoner of Faqir Walli, Bahawal Nagar district, should be hanged in Faisalabad District Jail on May 8
- MAY 4, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
A nationwide poll released earlier this month by USA...
A nationwide poll released earlier this month by USA Today shows that general support for the death penalty has fallen to 59%
- MAY 4, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
The state legislature passed a measure that will allow...
The state legislature passed a measure that will allow Floridians to have a chance to put the death penalty in the state constitution
- MAY 4, 2001KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Kenyan opposition MP Maina Kamanda was charged with treason
Kenyan opposition MP Maina Kamanda was charged with treason
- MAY 4, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Saudi man for killing another...
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Saudi man for killing another national after a dispute
- MAY 4, 2001BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Acid Survivors Foundation said that more than 400...
The Acid Survivors Foundation said that more than 400 acid attack incidents were reported during the last two years but only nine people were sentenced to death while 25 were given life imprisonment
- MAY 4, 2001GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Audio tapes describing executions in Georgia were broadcast...
Audio tapes describing executions in Georgia were broadcast nationally by National Public Radio and ABC-News Nightline on May 2, and by Democracy Now! Pacifica national radio on May 3
- MAY 4, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Chechenpress correspondent, A
Chechenpress correspondent, A
- MAY 2, 2001TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Two people who blew up the car of Ali Emomnazarov,...
Two people who blew up the car of Ali Emomnazarov, deputy chairman of the Tajik Customs Committee, in 1998, were sentenced to death
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- MAY 2, 2001TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court sentenced Ikhtier Azimov, who was...
The Supreme Court sentenced Ikhtier Azimov, who was a member of an armed group, to death
- MAY 2, 2001Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Human Rights Watch (HRW) asks the government to spare...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) asks the government to spare the lives of four children sentenced to death by the country's Court of Military Order, who were between 14 and 16 years of age at the time they were sentenced to death
- MAY 2, 2001Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Human Rights Watch declared that Congo had not to execute...
Human Rights Watch declared that Congo had not to execute four ne devait pas exécuter child-soldiers
- MAY 2, 2001VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
Gov. James Gilmore signed a bill to allow death row...
Gov. James Gilmore signed a bill to allow death row inmates access to DNA testing after their convictions. The bill creates a significant exception to the state's "21-day rule," which bars appeals based on new evidence any later than 21 days after sentenc
- MAY 1, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Hands off Cain said in an article published in the...
Hands off Cain said in an article published in the "Bankong Post" it was horrified at Thailand's new policy of making an example of drug traffickers by executing them publicly
- MAY 1, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In Tibet, seven people were executed late in the month,...
In Tibet, seven people were executed late in the month, the first executions in the region since the strike-hard campaign began in April
- MAY 1, 2001AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Algeria's president Abdelaziz Bouteflika promised an...
Algeria's president Abdelaziz Bouteflika promised an independent inquiry after days of rioting by the Berber minority left about 80 people dead
- MAY 1, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Janat Gul, who had consciously killed his wife Bebi...
Janat Gul, who had consciously killed his wife Bebi Ayesha was executed in front of thousands of people in Leva plain, Laghman Province
- MAY 1, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Rex Jory, writing on the Advertiser, lashed out against...
Rex Jory, writing on the Advertiser, lashed out against the scheduled execution of American bomber Timothy McVeigh
- MAY 1, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Marilyn Plantz was pronounced dead at 9:11 p
Marilyn Plantz was pronounced dead at 9:11 p
- MAY 1, 2001LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
The Senate Judiciary Committee considered bill SB692...
The Senate Judiciary Committee considered bill SB692 by Sen Donald Craind that halts executions until September 1, 2001 and establishes a Louisiana Death Sentence Study Commission to study the death penalty and how it is applied
- MAY 1, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Death row inmates and people convicted of other serious...
Death row inmates and people convicted of other serious crimes will have a new chance to prove their innocence using DNA evidence under legislation the House approved