Chronological archive
February 2002
The 334 news items published by Hands Off Cain in February 2002, in chronological order.
The Oklahoma House passed 51-47 legislation to ban...
The Oklahoma House passed 51-47 legislation to ban the execution of mentally retarded
- FEBRUARY 28, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Capital punishment in Armenia should be replaced by...
Capital punishment in Armenia should be replaced by life imprisonment, Arthur Bagdasaryan, Orinats Erkir (Legal state) parliamentary faction leader told the national press-club
- FEBRUARY 28, 2002New ZealandDEATH PENALTY
It takes a fairly momentous event to unite the emotions...
It takes a fairly momentous event to unite the emotions of a disparate nation like New Zealand, but there is little doubt of the universal relief and reassurance that followed the surprise arrest of a suspect 15 years after the horrific murder of six-year
- FEBRUARY 28, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 8-5 to exempt...
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 8-5 to exempt the mentally retarded from Alabama's death penalty law
- FEBRUARY 28, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Monty Delk, 35, was executed for the murder of Gene...
Monty Delk, 35, was executed for the murder of Gene Olan "Bubba" Allen II in November 1986
- FEBRUARY 28, 2002EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
A court hearing the cases of OLF [Oromo Liberation...
A court hearing the cases of OLF [Oromo Liberation Front - opposition] combatants sentenced one of them to capital punishment and another to life imprisonment for genocide, armed rebellion and war crimes
- FEBRUARY 28, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A 20-year-old woman named Kobra was sentenced to death...
A 20-year-old woman named Kobra was sentenced to death in Iran, state-run dailies reported
- FEBRUARY 28, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Sami Selcuk, president of the Supreme Court of Appeals,...
Sami Selcuk, president of the Supreme Court of Appeals, has stated that it has become evident that the death penalty is not a deterrent force and added that Turkey is late in abolishing the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 28, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Nagoya High Court upheld a lower court's death...
The Nagoya High Court upheld a lower court's death sentence for a man convicted of two separate murder-robbery cases in Shizuoka and Aichi prefectures in 1996 and 1997
- FEBRUARY 27, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
A group of Australians gathered beside a largely forgotten...
A group of Australians gathered beside a largely forgotten grave site in South Africa to remember one of the nation's most controversial figures, Harry "Breaker" Morant
- FEBRUARY 27, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Cook County judge Edwin Gausselin sentenced 40-year-old...
Cook County judge Edwin Gausselin sentenced 40-year-old Henry Watson to die for the murder of his estranged wife, Sylvia Watson Jones, 38, on Nov
- FEBRUARY 27, 2002BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia is trying seven foreigners accused of...
Saudi Arabia is trying seven foreigners accused of bomb attacks that raised fears of anti-western terror in the kingdom, the interior minister said
- FEBRUARY 27, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia is trying seven foreigners accused of...
Saudi Arabia is trying seven foreigners accused of bomb attacks that raised fears of anti-western terror in the kingdom, the interior minister said
- FEBRUARY 27, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
UK Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, intervened in the...
UK Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, intervened in the case of a British murderer on Death Row, Tracy Housel, when he rang the Governor of Georgia and requested a reprieve
- FEBRUARY 27, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
UK Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, intervened in the...
UK Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, intervened in the case of a British murderer on Death Row, Tracy Housel, when he rang the Governor of Georgia and requested a reprieve
- FEBRUARY 27, 2002CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia is trying seven foreigners accused of...
Saudi Arabia is trying seven foreigners accused of bomb attacks that raised fears of anti-western terror in the kingdom, the interior minister said
- FEBRUARY 27, 2002IraqDEATH PENALTY
An Iraqi opposition group reported that two employees...
An Iraqi opposition group reported that two employees of the Basra-based Al-Shuaiba oil institution were executed at the beginning of February
- FEBRUARY 27, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia is trying seven foreigners accused of...
Saudi Arabia is trying seven foreigners accused of bomb attacks that raised fears of anti-western terror in the kingdom, the interior minister said
- FEBRUARY 27, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
Members of the disbanded Counter Revolutionary Warfare...
Members of the disbanded Counter Revolutionary Warfare [CRW] unit charged with mutiny and appearing before a military court martial will face the death penalty if found guilty, the Fiji Military Forces legal counsel Lt-Col Mohammed Aziz confirmed
- FEBRUARY 27, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Senator Gregorio Honasan said he will propose the death...
Senator Gregorio Honasan said he will propose the death penalty against law enforcers and government officials who are found to be selling firearms to criminal syndicates
- FEBRUARY 27, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian convicted of triple murder as he robbed...
An Iranian convicted of triple murder as he robbed a family home was hanged in the northwestern province of Khorasan, an Iranian newspaper reported
- FEBRUARY 27, 2002FranceDEATH PENALTY
Pierre Brana, the member of French Parliament and EU...
Pierre Brana, the member of French Parliament and EU Commission, who leaded the French delegation during a visit in Turkey said that lifting of capital punishment was a "sine qua non" condition for Turkey's EU membership
- FEBRUARY 27, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Pierre Brana, the member of French Parliament and EU...
Pierre Brana, the member of French Parliament and EU Commission, who leaded the French delegation during a visit in Turkey said that lifting of capital punishment was a "sine qua non" condition for Turkey's EU membership
- FEBRUARY 27, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Two men were sentenced to death by Shanghai No 1 Intermediate...
Two men were sentenced to death by Shanghai No 1 Intermediate People's Court for murdering a police officer on February 8 in the city's Pudong New Area
- FEBRUARY 27, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
A remand prisoner held his cellmate in an arm lock...
A remand prisoner held his cellmate in an arm lock and then smothered him because the youth had messed up their cell and refused to clean it up
- FEBRUARY 26, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
612 military men were convicted in Armenia in 2001,...
612 military men were convicted in Armenia in 2001, of whom 20% were officers
- FEBRUARY 26, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
A survey of a representative sample of 10,000 young...
A survey of a representative sample of 10,000 young people aged 15-24 published by the European Union's Eurobarometer shows that 27 per cent of European youngsters favour the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 26, 2002ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Two more leading figures in Zimbabwe's opposition party...
Two more leading figures in Zimbabwe's opposition party were charged with treason as President Mugabe stepped up his drive to secure victory in March's election
- FEBRUARY 26, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
The International Secretariat of the World Organisation...
The International Secretariat of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) received information from the Sudanese Victims of Torture Group (SVTG), a member of the OMCT network, that on 24 January 2002, a sentence of amputation of the right hand was ex
- FEBRUARY 26, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Officials in [the US state of ] Georgia are preparing...
Officials in [the US state of ] Georgia are preparing to take the final steps towards executing Briton Tracy Housel
- FEBRUARY 26, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Officials in [the US state of ] Georgia are preparing...
Officials in [the US state of ] Georgia are preparing to take the final steps towards executing Briton Tracy Housel
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- FEBRUARY 26, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
A Perth man wrongly convicted over the hit-and-run...
A Perth man wrongly convicted over the hit-and-run manslaughter of his girlfriend almost 40 years ago won the battle to clear his name in one of Western Australia's most controversial justice cases
- FEBRUARY 26, 2002SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Serbis's parliament abolished the death penalty as...
Serbis's parliament abolished the death penalty as part of a wider criminal law reform
- FEBRUARY 26, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
To show the government's resolve in stamping out the...
To show the government's resolve in stamping out the drug menace, the Senate passed a bill that seeks to punish with a lethal injection anyone caught with at least 99 grams of methamphetamine hydrochloride, popularly known as shabu
- FEBRUARY 26, 2002ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
"The campaign of the Zimbabwe Association of Crime...
"The campaign of the Zimbabwe Association of Crime Prevention and Rehabilitation (Zacro) for the abolition of the death penalty (it started in 1993 ndr) is continuing and slowly, people are beginning to respond
- FEBRUARY 26, 2002MissouriDEATH PENALTY
The Missouri Supreme Court ruled that Carman Deck's...
The Missouri Supreme Court ruled that Carman Deck's convictions for the murders of James and Zelma Long in 1996 will stand but overturned two death sentences because of ineffective assistance from his attorney
- FEBRUARY 26, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A non-legislative report by Vasco Graga Moura (EPP-ED,...
A non-legislative report by Vasco Graga Moura (EPP-ED, P) on the Commission's paper on an EU strategy towards China was adopted by the Foreign Affairs Committee with one vote against and two abstentions
- FEBRUARY 26, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A non-legislative report by Vasco Graga Moura (EPP-ED,...
A non-legislative report by Vasco Graga Moura (EPP-ED, P) on the Commission's paper on an EU strategy towards China was adopted by the Foreign Affairs Committee with one vote against and two abstentions
- FEBRUARY 26, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A Sharia court in Dutse, Yobe State sentenced Bello...
A Sharia court in Dutse, Yobe State sentenced Bello Abdulkadir to 80 strokes of the cane for drunkenness
- FEBRUARY 26, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
Sudan might have Sharia but a woman judge says that...
Sudan might have Sharia but a woman judge says that her society is changing
- FEBRUARY 26, 2002CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
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- FEBRUARY 26, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
State Minister Mustafa Yilmaz said: "as you know, death...
State Minister Mustafa Yilmaz said: "as you know, death sentence was lifted in all member countries to the European Union (EU)
- FEBRUARY 25, 2002Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe has sent a clear political message...
The Council of Europe has sent a clear political message that the death penalty is completely unacceptable, Amnesty International said, welcoming the adoption of Protocol No
- FEBRUARY 25, 2002BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
The International Secretariat of the World Organisation...
The International Secretariat of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) called for public intervention in the trial of five Bulgarian nurses and one doctor, one Palestinian and 9 Libyans, in Libya
- FEBRUARY 25, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told a British...
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told a British newspaper he would agree to allow five British prisoners alleged to have been Taliban or al-Qaeda fighters, to be tried in British courts
- FEBRUARY 25, 2002ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw led condemnation of...
UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw led condemnation of Robert Mugabe after the Zimbabwean president's main rival in the forthcoming election was charged with high treason
- FEBRUARY 25, 2002ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe's opposition leader who...
Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe's opposition leader who is standing against President Robert Mugabe in the election on March 9 and 10, was charged with high treason
- FEBRUARY 25, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw led condemnation of...
UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw led condemnation of Robert Mugabe after the Zimbabwean president's main rival in the forthcoming election was charged with high treason
- FEBRUARY 25, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A Singapore court sentenced two Thai men to hang for...
A Singapore court sentenced two Thai men to hang for a gangland-style killing of a countryman who ran a vice den, court documents showed
- FEBRUARY 25, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
A Singapore court sentenced two Thai men to hang for...
A Singapore court sentenced two Thai men to hang for a gangland-style killing of a countryman who ran a vice den, court documents showed
- FEBRUARY 25, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
The Board of Pardons and Paroles spared the life of...
The Board of Pardons and Paroles spared the life of Alexander Williams (see Feb
- FEBRUARY 25, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
David Hicks, the Australian prisoner in Cuba, was given...
David Hicks, the Australian prisoner in Cuba, was given a new ray of hope of being tried in Australia when the US said it would agree to repatriate British prisoners from Guantanamo Bay
- FEBRUARY 25, 2002LibyaDEATH PENALTY
The International Secretariat of the World Organisation...
The International Secretariat of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) called for public intervention in the trial of five Bulgarian nurses and one doctor, one Palestinian and 9 Libyans, in Libya
- FEBRUARY 25, 2002IraqDEATH PENALTY
The Iraqi regime perpetrated a new massacre in Abu...
The Iraqi regime perpetrated a new massacre in Abu Gharib Prison on [the] outskirts of Baghdad early in February, an Iraqi opposition group said
- FEBRUARY 25, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
The Fiji House of Representatives passed an amendment...
The Fiji House of Representatives passed an amendment removing the death penalty from the Penal Code
- FEBRUARY 25, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Angry laid-off workers and their relatives killed three...
Angry laid-off workers and their relatives killed three managers at financially struggling, state-owned enterprises in central China in 2001, state media and local officials said
- FEBRUARY 25, 2002FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Lamar Brooks , 29, stood without emotion as a judge...
Lamar Brooks , 29, stood without emotion as a judge again gave him 2 death sentences for murdering of Rachel Carlson, 23, and her 3-month-old daughter, Alexis Stuart
- FEBRUARY 25, 2002Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
The United States faces possible exclusion from the...
The United States faces possible exclusion from the Council of Europe, where it enjoys observer status, over its continued use of the death penalty, Henriette Girard, a council spokeswoman, said
- FEBRUARY 25, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A Briton on death row will learn today if the US Supreme...
A Briton on death row will learn today if the US Supreme Court will give him a final appeal
- FEBRUARY 25, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
David Hicks, the Australian prisoner in Cuba, was given...
David Hicks, the Australian prisoner in Cuba, was given a new ray of hope of being tried in Australia when the US said it would agree to repatriate British prisoners from Guantanamo Bay
- FEBRUARY 25, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The United States faces possible exclusion from the...
The United States faces possible exclusion from the Council of Europe, where it enjoys observer status, over its continued use of the death penalty, Henriette Girard, a council spokeswoman, said
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- FEBRUARY 25, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippines Congress is well on the way to replacing...
The Philippines Congress is well on the way to replacing the 30-year-old Dangerous Drugs Act with a far more stringent measure that includes the death penalty for possession of a mere five grams of marijuana resin and other illegal drugs
- FEBRUARY 25, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The Kayhan daily reported that a 28-year-old man by...
The Kayhan daily reported that a 28-year-old man by the name of Nabi was executed in Shiraz
- FEBRUARY 25, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
A Briton on death row will learn today if the US Supreme...
A Briton on death row will learn today if the US Supreme Court will give him a final appeal
- FEBRUARY 25, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Georgia: death sentence commuted for mentally ill man
February 25, 2002: the Board of Pardons and Paroles of Georgia spared the life of Alexander Williams (see Feb. 19).
- FEBRUARY 24, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Religious tolerance in China is unlikely to follow...
Religious tolerance in China is unlikely to follow in the wake of economic liberalism
- FEBRUARY 24, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Human rights advocates accused the military for allegedly...
Human rights advocates accused the military for allegedly violating the rights of five New People's Army rebels who were killed in an encounter in Quirino
- FEBRUARY 23, 2002NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
The Dutch government denied asylum to Nuriye Kespir,...
The Dutch government denied asylum to Nuriye Kespir, a leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party who is wanted in Turkey to answer terrorism accusations
- FEBRUARY 23, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Dutch government denied asylum to Nuriye Kespir,...
The Dutch government denied asylum to Nuriye Kespir, a leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party who is wanted in Turkey to answer terrorism accusations
- FEBRUARY 23, 2002South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
In a move that is expected to provide a momentum for...
In a move that is expected to provide a momentum for the anti-capital punishment movement, the Supreme Court overturned a lower court's death sentence for a convicted murderer
- FEBRUARY 23, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Richards has written The Hanged Man: The Life and Death...
Richards has written The Hanged Man: The Life and Death of Ronald Ryan and it is a sad, powerful and important document, a new study of one of the darkest episodes in Australian history mounts a powerful argument against capital punishment
- FEBRUARY 23, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The execution of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged...
The execution of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain, remains the single most glaring miscarriage of British justice in modern times
- FEBRUARY 23, 2002DEATH PENALTY
On Capitol Hill legislation is pending in both chambers...
On Capitol Hill legislation is pending in both chambers that would reduce the risk of executing innocent people
- FEBRUARY 22, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
West Australians demonstrated in front of the Supreme...
West Australians demonstrated in front of the Supreme Court, holding placards advocating the death sentence for paedophiles
- FEBRUARY 22, 2002MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
Morocco's King Mohammed pardoned 854 prisoners on the...
Morocco's King Mohammed pardoned 854 prisoners on the eve of the Muslim feast of Eid al-Adha, the official MAP news agency said
- FEBRUARY 22, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Italy's professional football association organised...
Italy's professional football association organised a protest over plans in Nigeria to stone a woman to death
- FEBRUARY 22, 2002ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Italy's professional football association organised...
Italy's professional football association organised a protest over plans in Nigeria to stone a woman to death
- FEBRUARY 22, 2002IrelandDEATH PENALTY
A man who was sentenced to death in 1980 for the murder...
A man who was sentenced to death in 1980 for the murder of a garda, but whose conviction was later quashed, has brought a High Court challenge to the legality of the existence of capital punishment at the time of his conviction
- FEBRUARY 22, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Saitama District Court sentenced a 28-year-old...
The Saitama District Court sentenced a 28-year-old Chinese man, formerly a graduate student in Japan, to death for killing his girlfriend and her husband
- FEBRUARY 22, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Saitama District Court sentenced a 28-year-old...
The Saitama District Court sentenced a 28-year-old Chinese man, formerly a graduate student in Japan, to death for killing his girlfriend and her husband
- FEBRUARY 22, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
The Illinois Supreme Court ordered new sentencing hearings...
The Illinois Supreme Court ordered new sentencing hearings for 2 death row inmates
- FEBRUARY 22, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
The Australian lawyers representing Fijian coup leader...
The Australian lawyers representing Fijian coup leader George Speight and his band of men spent a "terrible, sleepless night" after agreeing to a plea bargain in which Speight would plead guilty to the capital offence of treason so his men would receive l
- FEBRUARY 22, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
The Fiji government walked out of parliament following...
The Fiji government walked out of parliament following allegations made by Labour Party parliamentarian Lekh Ram Vayeshnoi that Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase was also behind the May 2000 coup
- FEBRUARY 22, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Cases Review Commission referred the conviction...
The Criminal Cases Review Commission referred the conviction of Ruth Ellis to the Court of Appeal
- FEBRUARY 22, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A Highland community council applied for planning permission...
A Highland community council applied for planning permission to erect a 30ft set of gallows to mark the 250th anniversary of the wrongful hanging of James of the Glen
- FEBRUARY 22, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A youth was sentenced to execution in Tehran
A youth was sentenced to execution in Tehran
- FEBRUARY 21, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
In Indonesia, seven people were formally charged with...
In Indonesia, seven people were formally charged with mass killings in East Timor in the weeks following the province's independence referendum in 1999
- FEBRUARY 21, 2002Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe...
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe has just adopted a text banning the death penalty in all circumstances, including for crimes committed in times of war and imminent threat of war
- FEBRUARY 21, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Judge Santos Gil of the Regional Trial Court Branch...
Judge Santos Gil of the Regional Trial Court Branch 6 in Tacloban City meted the death penalty on a 45-year-old man for killing a 4-year-old boy in August 1995
- FEBRUARY 21, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A Thai man facing the death sentence for murdering...
A Thai man facing the death sentence for murdering a taxi driver in Singapore has little chance of avoiding execution, a senior labour official said
- FEBRUARY 21, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
A Thai man facing the death sentence for murdering...
A Thai man facing the death sentence for murdering a taxi driver in Singapore has little chance of avoiding execution, a senior labour official said
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- FEBRUARY 21, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The Armenian National Assembly is to ratify the European...
The Armenian National Assembly is to ratify the European Convention on Human Rights and the provision of its sixth protocol to unconditionally abolish capital punishment, as the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe decided that all member-count
- FEBRUARY 21, 2002LatviaDEATH PENALTY
Latvia's Saeima [Unicameral Parliament] turned over...
Latvia's Saeima [Unicameral Parliament] turned over draft amendments to several laws that are to be harmonized with the international protocol aimed at the abolition of the death penalty to parliamentary commissions
- FEBRUARY 21, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The US-based organisation Human Rights Watch said an...
The US-based organisation Human Rights Watch said an "overly broad definition" of terrorism in the Suppression of Terrorism Bill under consideration in the Ugandan parliament means there is a risk that innocent people or petty criminals could be "branded"
- FEBRUARY 21, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Military Appeal Court, sitting at its Makindye...
The Military Appeal Court, sitting at its Makindye headquarters, Kampala, upheld a death sentence against a UPDF soldier accused of killing three of his colleagues in the barracks
- FEBRUARY 21, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister and Nationalist Action...
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister and Nationalist Action Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli reiterated that the death penalty dispute would not cause any problems in the coalition government
- FEBRUARY 21, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Alexei...
Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Alexei Gromov told journalists that Putin's position on the abolition of capital punishment has not changed
- FEBRUARY 21, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Assembly [parliament] Speaker Omer Izgi pointed out...
Assembly [parliament] Speaker Omer Izgi pointed out that certain EU countries, such as France and Greece, have retained the death penalty for war crimes or near war crimes
- FEBRUARY 21, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
Yukunari Kawamura, 37, and his employee, Tetsuya Nomura,...
Yukunari Kawamura, 37, and his employee, Tetsuya Nomura, 32, were sentenced to death for the kidnap and murder of two women to settle a debt, judicial officials said
- FEBRUARY 21, 2002DEATH PENALTY
ITALIAN FOOTBALLERS KICK OFF SOLIDARITY FOR SAFIYA
February 21, 2002: Italian top-flight footballers, referees and linesmen will launch an unprecedented humanitarian campaign next weekend. All 25 men on the pitch will line up for league matches wearing t-shirts bearing the picture of Safiya Hussaini and t
- FEBRUARY 20, 2002ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Hands off Cain, the Italian Radicals and other associations...
Hands off Cain, the Italian Radicals and other associations demonstrated in protest as Syrian dictator Bashar Assad met Rome Mayor Walter Veltroni and demanded that Italian authorities make human rights in Syria the focus of bilateral talks
- FEBRUARY 20, 2002SyriaDEATH PENALTY
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, on his first visit...
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, on his first visit to the West since the September 11 attacks, pledged to support the battle against terrorism, but warned that a complete victory would be impossible
- FEBRUARY 20, 2002SyriaDEATH PENALTY
Hands off Cain, the Italian Radicals and other associations...
Hands off Cain, the Italian Radicals and other associations demonstrated in protest as Syrian dictator Bashar Assad met Rome Mayor Walter Veltroni and demanded that Italian authorities make human rights in Syria the focus of bilateral talks
- FEBRUARY 20, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A debt collector escaped the gallows when the Court...
A debt collector escaped the gallows when the Court of Appeal in Kuala Lumpur set aside the death sentence imposed on him by the High Court for heroin trafficking and amended the charge to one of possession
- FEBRUARY 20, 2002OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
A Kay County jury has sentenced to death Edward Bruce...
A Kay County jury has sentenced to death Edward Bruce Primeaux, 54, for the July 5, 2000 killing of Julia Bear, 61, and Warren Littlecook, 76,
- FEBRUARY 20, 2002Central African RepublicDEATH PENALTY
A trial of more than 80 people accused of plotting...
A trial of more than 80 people accused of plotting a coup in the impoverished Central African Republic in May 2001 opened in the capital Bangui
- FEBRUARY 20, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Recently, the European Parliament passed a resolution...
Recently, the European Parliament passed a resolution condemning all forms of religious intolerance 'in particular the northern Nigerian Islamic courts' selective justice that sentenced Safiya Hussaini to death by stoning"
- FEBRUARY 20, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
Recently, the European Parliament passed a resolution...
Recently, the European Parliament passed a resolution condemning all forms of religious intolerance 'in particular the northern Nigerian Islamic courts' selective justice that sentenced Safiya Hussaini to death by stoning"
- FEBRUARY 20, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A court in Nigeria's Kebbi State convicted two people...
A court in Nigeria's Kebbi State convicted two people to death by hanging for their involvement in separate robbery cases
- FEBRUARY 20, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
Sparing rebel George Speight's life was the only sane...
Sparing rebel George Speight's life was the only sane option - but much work remains for Fiji to repair the damage he left behind
- FEBRUARY 20, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
The family of jailed coup leader George Speight will...
The family of jailed coup leader George Speight will appeal his life sentence
- FEBRUARY 20, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
Tribal chiefs and supporters of George Speight plan...
Tribal chiefs and supporters of George Speight plan to petition president Ratu Josefa Iloilo for an absolute pardon for the coup leader
- FEBRUARY 20, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A British crack cocaine addict who murdered two war...
A British crack cocaine addict who murdered two war veterans was given 26 life sentences, after his father gave evidence against him
- FEBRUARY 20, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The Justice Department head announced the public hanging...
The Justice Department head announced the public hanging of two young men Amir Hoseyn Mashti and Ali Soltani, after the Supreme Court confirmed their death sentences
- FEBRUARY 20, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
President Vladimir Putin met with the head of the People's...
President Vladimir Putin met with the head of the People's Deputy group in the State Duma, Gennady Raikov
- FEBRUARY 20, 2002DEATH PENALTY
HANDS OFF CAIN PROTESTS PRESIDENT ASSAD’S VISIT TO ROME MAYOR
February 20, 2002: Hands off Cain, the Italian Radicals and other associations demonstrated in protest as Syrian dictator Bashar Assad met Rome Mayor Walter Veltroni and demanded that Italian authorities make human rights in Syria the focus of bilateral
- FEBRUARY 19, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
A bill to strike out the death penalty is expected...
A bill to strike out the death penalty is expected to be presented to Parliament today
- FEBRUARY 19, 2002ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo hinted that a...
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo hinted that a woman sentenced to death for having sex outside of marriage would win a reprieve, saying the outcome of her appeal would "gladden hearts"
- FEBRUARY 19, 2002LibyaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International expressed concern at the death...
Amnesty International expressed concern at the death sentences announced on Saturday 16 February 2002 against two possible prisoners of conscience, Abdullah Ahmed Izzedin and Salem Abu Hanak
- FEBRUARY 19, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The head of the Judiciary, [Mahmud] Hashemi-Shahrudi...
The head of the Judiciary, [Mahmud] Hashemi-Shahrudi participated in a gathering of Tehran University students and responded to the questions they put to him
- FEBRUARY 19, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
A protest rally on an unprecedented scale has been...
A protest rally on an unprecedented scale has been going on since February 12 in Tsotsin-Yurt, a Chechen website reported
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- FEBRUARY 19, 2002AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
The Senate voted 27-1 for a bill that would make lethal...
The Senate voted 27-1 for a bill that would make lethal injection the primary form of execution, but that would allow any condemned inmate to choose the electric chair over lethal injection
- FEBRUARY 19, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A special agency with staff from the Corrections Department,...
A special agency with staff from the Corrections Department, warfare units and police has been set up to handle riots and jailbreaks at prisons all over Thailand
- FEBRUARY 19, 2002OhioDEATH PENALTY
John W
John W
- FEBRUARY 19, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
In a case that has drawn international attention, the...
In a case that has drawn international attention, the state Board of Pardons and Paroles took the rare step of staying the execution of a psychotic killer
- FEBRUARY 19, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo hinted that a...
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo hinted that a woman sentenced to death for having sex outside of marriage would win a reprieve, saying the outcome of her appeal would "gladden hearts"
- FEBRUARY 19, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
Fears of a revolt led to a decision to commute George...
Fears of a revolt led to a decision to commute George Speight's sentence to life
- FEBRUARY 19, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
Three key rebels who helped coup leader George Speight...
Three key rebels who helped coup leader George Speight to overthrow Fiji's first ethnic-government in 2000 were jailed for three years each
- FEBRUARY 19, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A bandit named Ali Dozd [Ali, the Thief] or Ali Saddam...
A bandit named Ali Dozd [Ali, the Thief] or Ali Saddam [after notorious Iraqi President Saddam Husayn] was hanged in public in Anduhjerd
- FEBRUARY 19, 2002CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
In San Francisco, The 9th U
In San Francisco, The 9th U
- FEBRUARY 19, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Faghir Gangar Zehi was executed in prison in Kerman, Iran
Faghir Gangar Zehi was executed in prison in Kerman, Iran
- FEBRUARY 19, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Italian NGOs protest against human rights violations in Syria
February 19, 2002: Italian human rights associations and MPs will stage a demonstration tomorrow as Syrian president Bashar Assad visits Rome mayor Walter Veltroni.
- FEBRUARY 18, 2002BruneiDEATH PENALTY
A father of seven children and an Ex-RBAF Major, Hj...
A father of seven children and an Ex-RBAF Major, Hj Abdur Rafae'e bin Hj Kassim, 37, was acquitted by the High Court of the death penalty on charges of possessing 864
- FEBRUARY 18, 2002AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
An Afghan national - named Jabbar Tajik, son of Jamal...
An Afghan national - named Jabbar Tajik, son of Jamal - was hanged in Amol for breaking into a house and raping a woman
- FEBRUARY 18, 2002IsraelDEATH PENALTY
A commission of Israel's national bar association condemned...
A commission of Israel's national bar association condemned Israel's policy of extra-judicial killings [of Palestinians]
- FEBRUARY 18, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
An Afghan national - named Jabbar Tajik, son of Jamal...
An Afghan national - named Jabbar Tajik, son of Jamal - was hanged in Amol for breaking into a house and raping a woman
- FEBRUARY 18, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
Fiji coup leader George Speight escaped the death penalty...
Fiji coup leader George Speight escaped the death penalty when the South Pacific island nation's president commuted a death sentence for treason to life imprisonment
- FEBRUARY 18, 2002AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Gov. Don Siegelman has asked the Alabama Senate to...
Gov. Don Siegelman has asked the Alabama Senate to give priority to a bill that would change the primary form of execution in Alabama from the electric chair to lethal injection. Alabama and Nebraska are the only 2 states that still use the electric chair
- FEBRUARY 18, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
Samisoni Tikoinasau, the brother of coup leader George...
Samisoni Tikoinasau, the brother of coup leader George Speight, said his brother had been hoodwinked by the military after they promised him and his supporters immunity through the Muanikau Accord which they did not honour
- FEBRUARY 18, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
Deposed the government of Mahendra Chaudhry said he...
Deposed the government of Mahendra Chaudhry said he was surprised by Speight's guilty plea, and the speed with which his sentence was commuted from death to life imprisonment
- FEBRUARY 18, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
New Zealand opposed a death sentence handed down to...
New Zealand opposed a death sentence handed down to Fiji coup leader George Speight, but said he should be jailed for life for overthrowing the South Pacific government in May 2000
- FEBRUARY 18, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
The managing director of Auckland's Radio Tarana, Robert...
The managing director of Auckland's Radio Tarana, Robert Khan, said the station was flooded with calls from Fiji Indians who were happy at the death sentence but were worried that it would be commuted
- FEBRUARY 18, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russian Federation Council Chairman Sergei Mironov...
Russian Federation Council Chairman Sergei Mironov has spoken in favor of the soonest possible ratification of protocol No
- FEBRUARY 18, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Analysts at the presidential state law department said...
Analysts at the presidential state law department said that The Russian president has no power to lift the moratorium from the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 18, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russian President Vladimir Putin has confirmed his...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has confirmed his stance on the use of capital punishment in Russia and noted that he favoured its abolition
- FEBRUARY 18, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Three prisoners, Mohammad Hossein Mobaraki, Davoud...
Three prisoners, Mohammad Hossein Mobaraki, Davoud Dadashzadeh and Mohammed Asgari were hanged in the early hours in Tehran's Qasr prison
- FEBRUARY 18, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Two men who were sentenced to hang for stabbing a cabby...
Two men who were sentenced to hang for stabbing a cabby to death with a bayonet in August 2001 had their appeals dismissed by the Court of Appeal
- FEBRUARY 17, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A Tehran court passed two death sentences on Fath Ali...
A Tehran court passed two death sentences on Fath Ali Moradi, and another death sentence on another man
- FEBRUARY 17, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh gave the death penalty to a man...
A court in Bangladesh gave the death penalty to a man in absentia on a charge of killing his wife
- FEBRUARY 17, 2002LibyaDEATH PENALTY
A Libyan People's Court ordered a new probe in the...
A Libyan People's Court ordered a new probe in the trial of six Bulgarian medics and a Palestinian doctor accused of deliberately infecting hundreds of children with HIV, a Bulgarian official said
- FEBRUARY 17, 2002BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
A Libyan People's Court ordered a new probe in the...
A Libyan People's Court ordered a new probe in the trial of six Bulgarian medics and a Palestinian doctor accused of deliberately infecting hundreds of children with HIV, a Bulgarian official said
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- FEBRUARY 17, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A convicted murderer was publicly hanged in the northern...
A convicted murderer was publicly hanged in the northern city of Qazvin, the daily Iran reported
- FEBRUARY 16, 2002FranceDEATH PENALTY
Some six thousand Kurds from France and Germany took...
Some six thousand Kurds from France and Germany took to the streets of Strasbourg, home of the European Court of Human Rights, to demand the release of jailed Kurdish separatist leader Abdullah Ocalan
- FEBRUARY 16, 2002FranceDEATH PENALTY
Some six thousand Kurds from France and Germany took...
Some six thousand Kurds from France and Germany took to the streets of Strasbourg, home of the European Court of Human Rights, to demand the release of jailed Kurdish separatist leader Abdullah Ocalan
- FEBRUARY 16, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Victoria's Chief Justice, John H
Victoria's Chief Justice, John H
- FEBRUARY 16, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The state House approved a dozen anti-terrorism measures...
The state House approved a dozen anti-terrorism measures Saturday, including the death penalty for the worst terrorism crimes
- FEBRUARY 16, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Thomas Miller-El, scheduled to be executed Wednesday...
Thomas Miller-El, scheduled to be executed Wednesday at the Huntsville "Walls" Unit for the November 1985 murder of Douglas Walker, 25, has gained a stay from the nation's Supreme Court as his attorneys seek to prove the racial make-up of the jury made a
- FEBRUARY 16, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
UK home secretary David Blunkett stopped the extradition...
UK home secretary David Blunkett stopped the extradition of an Algerian accused of terrorism
- FEBRUARY 16, 2002AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
UK home secretary David Blunkett stopped the extradition...
UK home secretary David Blunkett stopped the extradition of an Algerian accused of terrorism
- FEBRUARY 16, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Russian Orthodox Church favors continued public...
The Russian Orthodox Church favors continued public discussion on the abolishment of the death penalty in Russia
- FEBRUARY 16, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Deputy Chairman of the Russian Constitutional Court...
Deputy Chairman of the Russian Constitutional Court Tamara Morshchakova described the appeal by the State Duma for [Russian] President [Vladimir Putin] to lift the moratorium on the death penalty as a populist measure
- FEBRUARY 16, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian court in Kerman sentenced two men, 23 and...
An Iranian court in Kerman sentenced two men, 23 and 24-years-old, to death
- FEBRUARY 15, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
It is necessary to keep the death penalty as the capital...
It is necessary to keep the death penalty as the capital punishment for grave crimes, the leader of People's Party of Armenia Stepan Demirchian stated in the interview with the radio station Freedom, touching upon the problem of the abolition of the capit
- FEBRUARY 15, 2002GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
A Grenadian High Court judge ordered the immediate...
A Grenadian High Court judge ordered the immediate release of three men among a group originally sentenced to death for the 1983 murder of former Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and members of his Cabinet
- FEBRUARY 15, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Russian State Duma approved an appeal to President...
The Russian State Duma approved an appeal to President Vladimir Putin by 266 votes to 85
- FEBRUARY 15, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
A Thai worker who murdered a taxi driver in Singapore...
A Thai worker who murdered a taxi driver in Singapore and stole his valuables is scheduled for execution on March 6
- FEBRUARY 15, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Channel 4 [UK TV station] screened Lahore Law, a three-part...
Channel 4 [UK TV station] screened Lahore Law, a three-part documentary filmed in Pakistan's Civil and Criminal Courts
- FEBRUARY 15, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A Thai worker who murdered a taxi driver in Singapore...
A Thai worker who murdered a taxi driver in Singapore and stole his valuables is scheduled for execution on March 6
- FEBRUARY 15, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
A cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church suggested that...
A cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church suggested that the time may be right for the launch of an international campaign of protest against Sudan for violating human rights, according to reports from the Rome-based international news agency Zenit, which s
- FEBRUARY 15, 2002DEATH PENALTY
A cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church suggested that...
A cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church suggested that the time may be right for the launch of an international campaign of protest against Sudan for violating human rights, according to reports from the Rome-based international news agency Zenit, which s
- FEBRUARY 15, 2002UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
A court in Uzbekistan's Tashkent Region sentenced two...
A court in Uzbekistan's Tashkent Region sentenced two members of a nine-strong gang to death and other members to long terms of imprisonment for drug trafficking, Uzbek newspaper Golos Uzbekistana reported
- FEBRUARY 15, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
The state's highest court has overturned a condemned...
The state's highest court has overturned a condemned killer's sentence, saying other New Jerseyans convicted of similar crimes were not sentenced to death
- FEBRUARY 15, 2002OhioDEATH PENALTY
A three-judge panel imposed the death sentence on Stanley...
A three-judge panel imposed the death sentence on Stanley Fitzpatrick, 34, for the June 2001 killing of Doreatha Hayes, and her 12-year-old daughter, Shenay
- FEBRUARY 15, 2002FloridaDEATH PENALTY
3 prison guards were acquitted on charges they stomped...
3 prison guards were acquitted on charges they stomped an inmate to death in his cell to keep him from exposing brutality behind bars
- FEBRUARY 15, 2002New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
The state's highest court has overturned a condemned...
The state's highest court has overturned a condemned killer's sentence, saying other New Jerseyans convicted of similar crimes were not sentenced to death
- FEBRUARY 15, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
The future of Fiji's indigenous government was in doubt...
The future of Fiji's indigenous government was in doubt after a court ruled it must include the ethnic Indian-dominated Labour party of Mahendra Chaudhry, who was ousted in a racially inspired 2000 coup
- FEBRUARY 15, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Ninth Criminal Department of the Supreme Court...
The Ninth Criminal Department of the Supreme Court of Appeals upheld the death sentence for three persons convicted of murdering two people on behalf of the illegal TIKB, the Turkish Revolutionary Communists Union
- FEBRUARY 15, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
It may not be perfectly legal, but 12 minors are on...
It may not be perfectly legal, but 12 minors are on death row, according to Bureau of Corrections records
- FEBRUARY 15, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Yuriy Chayka, Russia's Justice Minister, said that...
Yuriy Chayka, Russia's Justice Minister, said that he is against the proposed lifting of Russia's current moratorium on the death penalty in comments on an appeal by members of the lower house of parliament to President Vladimir Putin to lift the moratori
- FEBRUARY 15, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Independent State Duma deputy Sergey Yushenkov has...
Independent State Duma deputy Sergey Yushenkov has said he believes that the Duma appeal to the president to lift the moratorium on the death penalty "has been staged by the Kremlin"
- FEBRUARY 15, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Russian State Duma (lower house) adopted an appeal...
The Russian State Duma (lower house) adopted an appeal to the president Vladimir Putin initiated by member of the People's Deputy parliamentary group Arkady Paskayev, saying it deems it too early "to ratify Protocol No
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- FEBRUARY 14, 2002European UnionDEATH PENALTY
At an EU-India Ministerial meeting in Madrid, EU Foreign...
At an EU-India Ministerial meeting in Madrid, EU Foreign Relations Commissioner Chris Patten raised questions of human rights and democracy with Indian External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh, as well as the EU's concern about the use of the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 14, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The death sentence issued by Iran's late revolutionary...
The death sentence issued by Iran's late revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini against the British author Salman Rushdie, who was accused of blaspheming Islam is irrevocable, the Islamic Revolution Martyr Foundation said
- FEBRUARY 14, 2002IraqDEATH PENALTY
Two criminals were executed at the Mahattah Prison in Arbil
Two criminals were executed at the Mahattah Prison in Arbil
- FEBRUARY 14, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
A Turkish court handed down four death sentences in...
A Turkish court handed down four death sentences in a case stemming from a car bomb attack that killed three people and seriously injured a provincial governor in 1999, the state news agency Anatolian said
- FEBRUARY 14, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
At an EU-India Ministerial meeting in Madrid, EU Foreign...
At an EU-India Ministerial meeting in Madrid, EU Foreign Relations Commissioner Chris Patten raised questions of human rights and democracy with Indian External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh, as well as the EU's concern about the use of the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 14, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The family of the South China Church leader Gong Shengliang,...
The family of the South China Church leader Gong Shengliang, sentenced to death along with his relative Li Ying and three other church members on a range of criminal charges in a closed trial in December 2001, is fighting to secure his release
- FEBRUARY 14, 2002UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court of Uzbekistan's Karakalpak Autonomous...
The Supreme Court of Uzbekistan's Karakalpak Autonomous Republic sentenced a man to death for murdering two pensioners during a robbery, the newspaper Na Postu reported
- FEBRUARY 14, 2002ItalyDEATH PENALTY
A theatrical work on Andrei Chikatilo entitled "The...
A theatrical work on Andrei Chikatilo entitled "The Monster Of Rostov- I did it for love" was launched at the Radio Rai head office
- FEBRUARY 14, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
Attorney General Qoriniasi Bale admitted that the removal...
Attorney General Qoriniasi Bale admitted that the removal of the death penalty is intended to cover the impending trial of George Speight and others now on remand on Nukulau Island on charges of treason
- FEBRUARY 14, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
Fiji is considering abolishing the death penalty for...
Fiji is considering abolishing the death penalty for treason, on the eve of the treason trial of George Speight, who led a coup in 2000
- FEBRUARY 14, 2002UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
An Uzbek court passed a death sentence on a man identified...
An Uzbek court passed a death sentence on a man identified as Murod Musurmonov for knifing a woman and her son to death during a robbery
- FEBRUARY 14, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
In celebration of the Day of the Hearts, 26 inmates...
In celebration of the Day of the Hearts, 26 inmates of the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) tied the knot with no lesser personality than Justice Secretary Hernando B
- FEBRUARY 14, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
European Enlargement Commissioner Guenter Verheugen...
European Enlargement Commissioner Guenter Verheugen said candidate country Turkey's recent political reforms, aimed at meeting EU standards, fell short of the bloc's expectations
- FEBRUARY 14, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Governor of Novgorod region Mikhail Prusak said he...
Governor of Novgorod region Mikhail Prusak said he thinks it is premature to fully abolish the death sentence in Russia
- FEBRUARY 14, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Hassan Nedai was hanged in public in Takestan, Iran
Hassan Nedai was hanged in public in Takestan, Iran
- FEBRUARY 13, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A court in the northwestern Iranian province of Khorasan...
A court in the northwestern Iranian province of Khorasan handed out 11 death sentences to Saeed Hanaii
- FEBRUARY 13, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Albert Bazeyan, leader of the opposition Anrapetutyun...
Albert Bazeyan, leader of the opposition Anrapetutyun Party, said that the issue of the death penalty is not a problem that must be settled only by parliament
- FEBRUARY 13, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Hojjat ol-Eslam Gharavian, a lecturer at Qom seminary...
Hojjat ol-Eslam Gharavian, a lecturer at Qom seminary and a hard-line cleric said Imam Khomeyni's fatwa on Salman Rushdie still stands and every single Muslim may carry out the verdict
- FEBRUARY 13, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Two of the world's biggest alleged drug barons, languishing...
Two of the world's biggest alleged drug barons, languishing in a high-security jail near Sydney, gave up their fight against extradition to the US after American authorities agreed not to execute them
- FEBRUARY 13, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
An Islamic leader defended the Palestinian struggle...
An Islamic leader defended the Palestinian struggle against Israeli occupation and accused the West of seeing terrorism as something practised only by Arabs and Muslims
- FEBRUARY 13, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Two of the world's biggest alleged drug barons, languishing...
Two of the world's biggest alleged drug barons, languishing in a high-security jail near Sydney, gave up their fight against extradition to the US after American authorities agreed not to execute them
- FEBRUARY 13, 2002UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
A death sentence was handed down to a serial killer...
A death sentence was handed down to a serial killer in Uzbekistan, a Supreme Court source said
- FEBRUARY 13, 2002North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
A North Korean defector who made headlines in 2000...
A North Korean defector who made headlines in 2000 when he decided to return home in search of his wife has escaped a second time after finding that she and most of his other relatives were killed in retaliation for his earlier defection
- FEBRUARY 13, 2002South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
A North Korean defector who made headlines in 2000...
A North Korean defector who made headlines in 2000 when he decided to return home in search of his wife has escaped a second time after finding that she and most of his other relatives were killed in retaliation for his earlier defection
- FEBRUARY 13, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
Fiji's Conservative Alliance party says it did not...
Fiji's Conservative Alliance party says it did not put pressure on the government to remove the death penalty ahead of George Speight's forthcoming treason trial
- FEBRUARY 13, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A British MP has held talks with UK Foreign Secretary...
A British MP has held talks with UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw in an attempt to save a British man on Death Row in the US
- FEBRUARY 13, 2002DEATH PENALTY
A British MP has held talks with UK Foreign Secretary...
A British MP has held talks with UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw in an attempt to save a British man on Death Row in the US
- FEBRUARY 13, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A bill which aims to set comprehensive amendments to...
A bill which aims to set comprehensive amendments to the existing law on dangerous drugs is ready for floor debates, Rep
- FEBRUARY 12, 2002LibyaDEATH PENALTY
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Pasi and Libyan...
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Pasi and Libyan Foreign Minister Abd al-Rahman Muhammed Shalqam discussed the case of the six Bulgarian medics facing the death penalty in Libya on charges of deliberately infecting 393 Libyan children with the HIV virus
- FEBRUARY 12, 2002LatviaDEATH PENALTY
The cabinet of ministers approved draft amendments...
The cabinet of ministers approved draft amendments to the Criminal Code, Criminal Law and the law on the enactment of the criminal law in order to bring this legislation in line with the international protocol on the abolition of the death penalty
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- FEBRUARY 12, 2002BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Pasi and Libyan...
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Pasi and Libyan Foreign Minister Abd al-Rahman Muhammed Shalqam discussed the case of the six Bulgarian medics facing the death penalty in Libya on charges of deliberately infecting 393 Libyan children with the HIV virus
- FEBRUARY 12, 2002UkraineDEATH PENALTY
The Ukrainian embassy in the United Arab Emirates appealed...
The Ukrainian embassy in the United Arab Emirates appealed to court institutions in Dubai, asking them to commute the death sentence given to Andrei Svirid, who was condemned on February 9 for the murder of a Dubai jeweller
- FEBRUARY 12, 2002United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
The Ukrainian embassy in the United Arab Emirates appealed...
The Ukrainian embassy in the United Arab Emirates appealed to court institutions in Dubai, asking them to commute the death sentence given to Andrei Svirid, who was condemned on February 9 for the murder of a Dubai jeweller
- FEBRUARY 12, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Ugandan MPs on the joint committees of Legal and Parliamentary...
Ugandan MPs on the joint committees of Legal and Parliamentary Affairs and Defence and Internal Affairs recommended a mandatory death sentence for individuals who through terrorist acts cause the death of other people
- FEBRUARY 12, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Federal Government expressed reservations about...
The Federal Government expressed reservations about the European Union's concern over the death penalty for some offences in Nigeria
- FEBRUARY 12, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
The Fijian Cabinet agreed to amend the penal code to...
The Fijian Cabinet agreed to amend the penal code to remove the death penalty for treason charges [capital punishment was scrapped for most crimes in 1967, but was retained for treason and piracy]
- FEBRUARY 12, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that the European...
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that the European Court of Human Rights was continuing to examine Turkey's death sentence against the chief of the terrorist organization [PKK] Abdullah Ocalan
- FEBRUARY 12, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A Pasig City court sentenced a man to die by lethal...
A Pasig City court sentenced a man to die by lethal injection for the abduction of a Chinese businessman in 1998
- FEBRUARY 12, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Iraj Rashvan was executed in Takestan, Iran
Iraj Rashvan was executed in Takestan, Iran
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China released a Hong Kong businessman jailed for Bible...
China released a Hong Kong businessman jailed for Bible smuggling, following intense diplomatic pressure from America in the run-up to a visit to Beijing by President Bush
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
The House Judiciary Committee voted 7-4 to send to...
The House Judiciary Committee voted 7-4 to send to the full House HB 2635
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002BelarusDEATH PENALTY
Seven people were sentenced to death in Belarus in...
Seven people were sentenced to death in Belarus in 2001, and 11 others got life in prison, Valyantsin Sukala, chairman of the Supreme Court of Belarus, told reporters
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty should be restored in Russia and...
The death penalty should be restored in Russia and executions should be public, LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky declared at a round-table meeting titled 'The Abolishment of the Death Penalty Moratorium'
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002NamibiaDEATH PENALTY
Five alleged UNITA and/or Caprivi Liberation Army (CLA)...
Five alleged UNITA and/or Caprivi Liberation Army (CLA) guerrillas were arrested and instantly killed by Namibian Defence Force (NDF) troops
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russian President Vladimir Putin gave Russia's state...
Russian President Vladimir Putin gave Russia's state prosecutors a tongue-lashing for allowing thousands of violent criminals to walk free and told them to improve the conviction rate for serious crimes
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002IsraelDEATH PENALTY
The Palestinian Media Centre web site said Israeli...
The Palestinian Media Centre web site said Israeli occupation forces executed 13-year-old Samir Abu Mayala from Al-Thuri neighbourhood of occupied East Jerusalem after shooting him in the shoulder
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
A court in Kyrgyzstan condemned two men to death for murder
A court in Kyrgyzstan condemned two men to death for murder
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
The Palestinian Media Centre web site said Israeli...
The Palestinian Media Centre web site said Israeli occupation forces executed 13-year-old Samir Abu Mayala from Al-Thuri neighbourhood of occupied East Jerusalem after shooting him in the shoulder
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002UkraineDEATH PENALTY
The lawyer of a Ukrainian citizen sentenced to death...
The lawyer of a Ukrainian citizen sentenced to death in the United Arab Emirates on February 9 for murder is preparing an appeal
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
The lawyer of a Ukrainian citizen sentenced to death...
The lawyer of a Ukrainian citizen sentenced to death in the United Arab Emirates on February 9 for murder is preparing an appeal
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Thirty-five convicted drug traffickers were executed...
Thirty-five convicted drug traffickers were executed in Saudi Arabia in 2000, in most cases after swift, secret trials without lawyers or juries
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
An international campaign has begun on behalf of five...
An international campaign has begun on behalf of five leaders of a defiant evangelical Christian group who were given death sentences in December 2001 under China's 1999 anti-cult law
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
A Bexar County jury took less than 2 hours to sentence...
A Bexar County jury took less than 2 hours to sentence Frank Garcia Jr
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz, speaking at a meeting...
Deputy Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz, speaking at a meeting entitled Turkey's Place in the EU organized by the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Istanbul, stated that the banning of capital punishment was included among Turkey's middle term goals in the Nation
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
A three-member military court in Jordan sentenced a...
A three-member military court in Jordan sentenced a Jordanian-American man to death after convicting him on charges that he planned to bomb tourist sites during millennium celebrations
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002DEATH PENALTY
THE MONSTER OF ROSTOV – I DID IT FOR LOVE
February 11, 2002: a theatrical work on Andrei Chikatilo, the ‘monster of Rostov’ convicted of cannibalism in Ukraine will show in Rome on February 16 and 17.
- FEBRUARY 10, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The use of ecstasy, a prohibited drug said to be popular...
The use of ecstasy, a prohibited drug said to be popular among the affluent, will soon be among the list of offences meriting the death penalty, Senate President Franklin M
- FEBRUARY 10, 2002PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
Alan Pursell, then 22, was sent to death row for the...
Alan Pursell, then 22, was sent to death row for the July 23, 1981 killing of 8 years old Christopher Brine
- FEBRUARY 10, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme court stayed the execution of the only...
The Supreme court stayed the execution of the only woman on death row in Tihar Jail
- FEBRUARY 10, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
A Sudanese appeals court overturned a sentence of death...
A Sudanese appeals court overturned a sentence of death by stoning for a pregnant Christian woman accused of adultery, and sent the case back to the lower court for fresh sentencing, court documents showed
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- FEBRUARY 9, 2002United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
A Russian and a Ukrainian were sentenced to death in...
A Russian and a Ukrainian were sentenced to death in Dubai for murdering an Indian jeweller during a robbery in which they made off with $US1
- FEBRUARY 9, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain,...
Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain, is expected to have her conviction reduced to manslaughter
- FEBRUARY 9, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
A Russian and a Ukrainian were sentenced to death in...
A Russian and a Ukrainian were sentenced to death in Dubai for murdering an Indian jeweller during a robbery in which they made off with $US1
- FEBRUARY 9, 2002UkraineDEATH PENALTY
A Russian and a Ukrainian were sentenced to death in...
A Russian and a Ukrainian were sentenced to death in Dubai for murdering an Indian jeweller during a robbery in which they made off with $US1
- FEBRUARY 9, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Vladimir Kalamanov, presidential human rights envoy...
Vladimir Kalamanov, presidential human rights envoy in Chechnya, expressed mixed feelings about the ban on the death penalty in Russia
- FEBRUARY 9, 2002CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
Cambodia said it would pursue its own plans for a Khmer...
Cambodia said it would pursue its own plans for a Khmer Rouge trial after the United Nations pulled out of talks on setting up a special court to try leaders blamed for 1
- FEBRUARY 9, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Chinese traffic police officer Tan Zhiwei was sentenced...
Chinese traffic police officer Tan Zhiwei was sentenced to death for embezzling 20 million yuan (HK$18
- FEBRUARY 9, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A Tehran court condemned a man to death
A Tehran court condemned a man to death
- FEBRUARY 8, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Gov. George Ryan used his amendatory veto to strip...
Gov. George Ryan used his amendatory veto to strip anti-terrorism legislation passed last fall that would make terrorism a capital offense in Illinois. The anti-terrorism measure was pushed by Atty
- FEBRUARY 8, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The Virginia Senate unanimously approved a bill that...
The Virginia Senate unanimously approved a bill that would bar the execution of mentally retarded people convicted of capital crimes
- FEBRUARY 8, 2002KenyaDEATH PENALTY
The six King'ong'o prisoners were battered to death...
The six King'ong'o prisoners were battered to death by warders, and there was no escape bid as claimed by the jail authorities, a principal magistrate ruled at the inquest into their deaths
- FEBRUARY 8, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Russian State Duma drafted an appeal to President...
The Russian State Duma drafted an appeal to President Vladimir Putin against the possible banning of the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 8, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Duma committee for legislation recommended to the...
The Duma committee for legislation recommended to the lower chamber of the Russian parliament the ratification of Protocol No
- FEBRUARY 8, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Russian government faces growing demands to re-institute...
The Russian government faces growing demands to re-institute the death penalty following a five-year moratorium
- FEBRUARY 8, 2002CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
The United Nations pulled out of a project with Cambodia...
The United Nations pulled out of a project with Cambodia to set up a special court to try former Khmer Rouge leaders blamed for some 1
- FEBRUARY 8, 2002SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
The Montenegrin government endorsed a bill of amendments...
The Montenegrin government endorsed a bill of amendments to the penal code abolishing the death sentence, Justice Minister Zeljko Sturanovic said
- FEBRUARY 8, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
West Australian barrister Ron Cannon will defend Fijian...
West Australian barrister Ron Cannon will defend Fijian coup plotter George Speight against charges of treason
- FEBRUARY 8, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Imam of Muslim inmates at the Federal Prisons in...
The Imam of Muslim inmates at the Federal Prisons in Awka, Anambra State, Sheikh Mohammad Abdullahi Anadu, awarded a scholarship to Adama, the daughter of the alleged Sokoto adulteress, Safiya Hussaini Tungar Tudu
- FEBRUARY 8, 2002CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
A unanimous 3-judge panel of the 9th U
A unanimous 3-judge panel of the 9th U
- FEBRUARY 8, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Southern Daily newspaper reported that the Zhanjiang...
The Southern Daily newspaper reported that the Zhanjiang Municipal Intermediate People's Court, Guangdong Province, sentenced Liu Hai to death and Zhou Fusheng, Peng Yong and Huang Xiaobo to death with a reprieve
- FEBRUARY 7, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Former Indian prime minister VP Singh called for capital...
Former Indian prime minister VP Singh called for capital punishment for politicians responsible for corruption, particularly in matters related to defence
- FEBRUARY 7, 2002LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
The execution of Leslie Dale Martin was called off by the U
The execution of Leslie Dale Martin was called off by the U
- FEBRUARY 7, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The Vice Speaker of Armenia's Parliament Gagik Aslanyan...
The Vice Speaker of Armenia's Parliament Gagik Aslanyan discussed the death penalty with Italy's Ambassador to Armenia Paolo Andrea Trabalza
- FEBRUARY 7, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Various parliamentary factions stated their support...
Various parliamentary factions stated their support for the abolition of the death penalty at a parliamentary briefing, however all said that an exception must be made for the terrorists accused of the October 27, 1999 attack on the Armenian Parliament
- FEBRUARY 7, 2002AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
In northern Afghanistan, members of the Hazara ethnic...
In northern Afghanistan, members of the Hazara ethnic group called for an international investigation into crimes committed by the Taliban
- FEBRUARY 7, 2002KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Six men were sentenced to death by a Kenyan court for...
Six men were sentenced to death by a Kenyan court for violent robbery
- FEBRUARY 7, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Xie Hong, former deputy chief of the public security...
Xie Hong, former deputy chief of the public security bureau and head of the traffic police detachment in Yunfu city, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve
- FEBRUARY 7, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Dealing a major blow to the criminal prosecution system...
Dealing a major blow to the criminal prosecution system and granting extreme relief to a man who was sentenced to death for murdering four members of a family in 1996, the Supreme Court acquitted the accused holding that no independent witness was examine
- FEBRUARY 7, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
Three more executions followed the first two hangings...
Three more executions followed the first two hangings in Jordan in 2002 on February 6
- FEBRUARY 7, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Guigang Municipal Intermediate People's Court, Guangxi...
Guigang Municipal Intermediate People's Court, Guangxi Province, sentenced to death Huang Hailin, director of the Guigang Municipal Rural Enterprise Bureau and chairman of the Rural Enterprises Development Fund Association, for accepting bribes
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- FEBRUARY 6, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Two men were condemned to death Shahriar, Iran
Two men were condemned to death Shahriar, Iran
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw wrote to the Governor...
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw wrote to the Governor of Georgia [Roy Barnes] urging him to commute the death sentence passed on a British man to imprisonment, [Prime Minister ] Tony Blair disclosed
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002MissouriDEATH PENALTY
Michael Owsley, 40, died at 12:07 a
Michael Owsley, 40, died at 12:07 a
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Ugandan members of parliament opposed a mandatory death...
Ugandan members of parliament opposed a mandatory death sentence for convicted terrorists in the new Suppression of Terrorism Bill being debated in parliament
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw wrote to the Governor...
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw wrote to the Governor of Georgia [Roy Barnes] urging him to commute the death sentence passed on a British man to imprisonment, [Prime Minister ] Tony Blair disclosed
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002FloridaDEATH PENALTY
The execution of Linroy Bottoson, scheduled for February...
The execution of Linroy Bottoson, scheduled for February 5, was stayed by the U
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002OhioDEATH PENALTY
In a 5-2 ruling the Ohio Supreme Court ordered a new...
In a 5-2 ruling the Ohio Supreme Court ordered a new trial for James Were, 44, sentenced to death for strangling Robert Vallandingham, a guard held hostage during a 1993 11-day riot at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002IndianaDEATH PENALTY
No one under 18 could be given the death penalty under...
No one under 18 could be given the death penalty under a bill that passed the Senate in a 40-8 vote
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Italian Equal Opportunities Minister Stefania Prestigiacomo...
Italian Equal Opportunities Minister Stefania Prestigiacomo said the time had come for the European Union to stop women being stoned to death in some Arab countries
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The People's Party of Armenia (PPA) considers the abolition...
The People's Party of Armenia (PPA) considers the abolition of capital punishment premature in a country where top-ranking officials recently fell victim to terror
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Italian Equal Opportunities Minister Stefania Prestigiacomo...
Italian Equal Opportunities Minister Stefania Prestigiacomo said the time had come for the European Union to stop women being stoned to death in some Arab countries
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
Italian Equal Opportunities Minister Stefania Prestigiacomo...
Italian Equal Opportunities Minister Stefania Prestigiacomo said the time had come for the European Union to stop women being stoned to death in some Arab countries
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Writer Anatoly Pristavkin, adviser the Russian president...
Writer Anatoly Pristavkin, adviser the Russian president Vladimir Putin on pardons, hopes that Russia "will soon bow out of the shameful list" of countries that have execution in force
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Montenegro's Deputy Prime Minister Dragan Djurovic...
Montenegro's Deputy Prime Minister Dragan Djurovic said that the death sentence is soon to be abolished in Montenegro
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002Congo - BrazzavilleDEATH PENALTY
The Zambian Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence...
The Zambian Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence imposed on a Congolese national for murdering two members of one family and staging three armed robberies in Mufulira in 1997
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
The Zambian Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence...
The Zambian Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence imposed on a Congolese national for murdering two members of one family and staging three armed robberies in Mufulira in 1997
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International appealed for the lives of members...
Amnesty International appealed for the lives of members of a banned Protestant church who have been sentenced to death
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A division bench of the Allahabad High Court urged...
A division bench of the Allahabad High Court urged the Indian Parliament to amend the law and provide for the death penalty for gang-rape
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Two people, a Jordanian and an Egyptian national, were...
Two people, a Jordanian and an Egyptian national, were hanged at Swaqa prison at dawn, official sources said
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
Two people, a Jordanian and an Egyptian national, were...
Two people, a Jordanian and an Egyptian national, were hanged at Swaqa prison at dawn, official sources said
- FEBRUARY 5, 2002DEATH PENALTY
A jury convicted 24-year-old Roy Inge Junior of Capital...
A jury convicted 24-year-old Roy Inge Junior of Capital Murder
- FEBRUARY 5, 2002DEATH PENALTY
By an 11-7 vote, the House Courts of Justice Committee...
By an 11-7 vote, the House Courts of Justice Committee rejected Del
- FEBRUARY 5, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Sergey Mironov, Speaker of the Federation Council (the...
Sergey Mironov, Speaker of the Federation Council (the upper house of the Russian parliament) voiced his support for the moratorium on the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 5, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Palestinian gunmen stormed into a Palestinian military...
Palestinian gunmen stormed into a Palestinian military court in the northern West Bank city of Jenin and shot dead three Palestinians who had just been convicted in the killing of a security officer, witnesses and security sources said
- FEBRUARY 5, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Bangladesh, alarmed by the growing use of corrosive...
Bangladesh, alarmed by the growing use of corrosive acid to disfigure and sometimes kill young women, proposed tough new laws that set death as the maximum penalty
- FEBRUARY 5, 2002MarylandDEATH PENALTY
In Annapolis the Maryland Court of Appeals reversed...
In Annapolis the Maryland Court of Appeals reversed 2 1st-degree murder convictions against Clarence Conyers Jr
- FEBRUARY 5, 2002NamibiaDEATH PENALTY
Human rights monitors in the Kavango region reported...
Human rights monitors in the Kavango region reported that three drunken Oshiwambo-speaking members of the Special Field Force (SFF) allegedly shot and killed Kangere Kanjenje, 31
- FEBRUARY 5, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Two factory workers convicted of trafficking in cannabis...
Two factory workers convicted of trafficking in cannabis escaped the gallows after the Court of Appeal acquitted one of them and reduced the charge against the other
- FEBRUARY 5, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Jiwen and Zhang Yu were sentenced to death after...
Li Jiwen and Zhang Yu were sentenced to death after being found guilty of mugging by the No
- FEBRUARY 5, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A man was condemned to death for killing four of his...
A man was condemned to death for killing four of his relatives in cold blood
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- FEBRUARY 4, 2002ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
Circuit Court Judge Jim Hudson sentenced Justin C
Circuit Court Judge Jim Hudson sentenced Justin C
- FEBRUARY 4, 2002MarylandDEATH PENALTY
Circuit Judge Alexander Wright Jr
Circuit Judge Alexander Wright Jr
- FEBRUARY 4, 2002Burkina FasoDEATH PENALTY
The Burkina Faso government rejected accusations of...
The Burkina Faso government rejected accusations of summary executions by its security forces
- FEBRUARY 4, 2002MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Mexican President Vicente Fox said he had pressed Cuban...
Mexican President Vicente Fox said he had pressed Cuban President Fidel Castro to abolish the death penalty in Cuba
- FEBRUARY 4, 2002CubaDEATH PENALTY
Mexican President Vicente Fox said he had pressed Cuban...
Mexican President Vicente Fox said he had pressed Cuban President Fidel Castro to abolish the death penalty in Cuba
- FEBRUARY 4, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The Deputy Speaker of the Armenian National Assembly...
The Deputy Speaker of the Armenian National Assembly Gagik Aslanyan is against abolition of capital punishment in the country
- FEBRUARY 4, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Panthic Morcha [an opposition joint front of Sikh...
The Panthic Morcha [an opposition joint front of Sikh groups in the north Indian state of Punjab] said it favoured the abolition of capital punishment in its manifesto for the state legislative assembly elections which will be held in February
- FEBRUARY 4, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russian presidential aide on pardon matters and prominent...
Russian presidential aide on pardon matters and prominent writer Anatoly Pristavkin spoke out categorically against a national referendum on re-introducing the death penalty in Russia
- FEBRUARY 4, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three men were sentenced to death for disrupting power...
Three men were sentenced to death for disrupting power supplies and damaging electrical equipment, the People's Court Daily reported
- FEBRUARY 4, 2002YemenDEATH PENALTY
Two Yemeni men convicted in separate murders were executed...
Two Yemeni men convicted in separate murders were executed by firing squad, the prosecutor general's office said
- FEBRUARY 4, 2002South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
More than 800 people protesting outside the Kokstad...
More than 800 people protesting outside the Kokstad Magistrate's Court in KwaZulu-Natal were overjoyed at the court's decision not to grant bail to eight murder suspects
- FEBRUARY 4, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Xishuangbanna Tai Autonomous Prefecture Intermediate...
Xishuangbanna Tai Autonomous Prefecture Intermediate People's Court, Yunnan Province, sentenced to death Li Kui, 41, deputy director of Xishuangbanna Prefecture Forestry Public Security Bureau, for drug trafficking
- FEBRUARY 3, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian court sentenced three men - Keyvan Razaghi,...
An Iranian court sentenced three men - Keyvan Razaghi, Kamran Razaghi and Hamdalah Z
- FEBRUARY 3, 2002KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
A Kuwaiti court sentenced to death a police officer...
A Kuwaiti court sentenced to death a police officer for gunning down a female editor in a crowded street in the Muslim conservative state
- FEBRUARY 2, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An Additional Sessions Judge, Sohail Nasir, in Attock,...
An Additional Sessions Judge, Sohail Nasir, in Attock, Pakistan gave the death sentence to [a man identified only as] Pervez for an honour killing
- FEBRUARY 2, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Children growing up in Yorkshire's violent streets...
Children growing up in Yorkshire's violent streets described feeling frightened, trapped and unsafe
- FEBRUARY 2, 2002SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
A Somali woman facing execution by stoning for adultery...
A Somali woman facing execution by stoning for adultery won a reprieve from the Federal Court from deportation to her homeland
- FEBRUARY 2, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
A Somali woman facing execution by stoning for adultery...
A Somali woman facing execution by stoning for adultery won a reprieve from the Federal Court from deportation to her homeland
- FEBRUARY 2, 2002Burkina FasoDEATH PENALTY
Over 100 suspected bandits have been summarily executed...
Over 100 suspected bandits have been summarily executed by Burkina Faso's security forces during a three-month clamp down on crime, a human rights group in the West African country said
- FEBRUARY 2, 2002CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
The 9th U
The 9th U
- FEBRUARY 2, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A man was hanged in public in Abar Kouh, Iran
A man was hanged in public in Abar Kouh, Iran
- FEBRUARY 2, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A woman identified only by her first name, Sima, was...
A woman identified only by her first name, Sima, was condemned to death by stoning in Iran
- FEBRUARY 2, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A Tehran court sentenced Mohammed Reza to death
A Tehran court sentenced Mohammed Reza to death
- FEBRUARY 1, 2002Nord CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
North Carolina death row inmate Bobby Lee Harris will...
North Carolina death row inmate Bobby Lee Harris will never have to return to death row, the Supreme Court ruled
- FEBRUARY 1, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
An Armenian accused of spying for Turkey could face...
An Armenian accused of spying for Turkey could face the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 1, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
Special "emergency courts" established in 2001 in Sudan...
Special "emergency courts" established in 2001 in Sudan are being used to impose inhumane sentences such as death by stoning and amputations, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said
- FEBRUARY 1, 2002MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
Three Moroccan human rights associations called for...
Three Moroccan human rights associations called for a new trial for Majda Mostefa Mahir, a Moroccan woman recently condemned to death for the killing of a Saudi prince, Farid Ben Abdallah Al-Mishari Al-Saoud
- FEBRUARY 1, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
In Lahore, Additional District and Sessions Judge Syed...
In Lahore, Additional District and Sessions Judge Syed Maroof Ahmad Ali condemned Muhammad Khalid Saifullah to death for murdering his wife
- FEBRUARY 1, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Saudi man for shooting a compatriot...
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Saudi man for shooting a compatriot to death after a dispute
- FEBRUARY 1, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Three Moroccan human rights associations called for...
Three Moroccan human rights associations called for a new trial for Majda Mostefa Mahir, a Moroccan woman recently condemned to death for the killing of a Saudi prince, Farid Ben Abdallah Al-Mishari Al-Saoud
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- FEBRUARY 1, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Many Duma deputies from the pro-presidential coalition...
Many Duma deputies from the pro-presidential coalition are supporters of restoration of the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 1, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The public debate in Russia over the future of the...
The public debate in Russia over the future of the death penalty heated up when the justice minister said it should be scrapped, while a regional governor said the murder rate showed it ought to be kept
- FEBRUARY 1, 2002DEATH PENALTY
BOBBY LEE HARRIS FREED FROM DEATH ROW
February 1, 2002: North Carolina death row inmate Bobby Lee Harris will never have to return to death row, the Supreme Court ruled.