Chronological archive
January 2003
The 732 news items published by Hands Off Cain in January 2003, in chronological order.
Tibetan activists questioned holding the 2008 Olympic...
Tibetan activists questioned holding the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing after Tibetan Lobsang Dhondup was executed over a series of bombings
- JANUARY 31, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Tibetan protestors, who were arrested on January 30...
Tibetan protestors, who were arrested on January 30 in New Delhi while holding a demonstration outside the Chinese Embassy against the execution of Tibetan monk Lobsang Dhondup [on January 26 in China], went on a hunger strike inside Tihar jail, the Tibet
- JANUARY 31, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Tibetan protestors, who were arrested on January 30...
Tibetan protestors, who were arrested on January 30 in New Delhi while holding a demonstration outside the Chinese Embassy against the execution of Tibetan monk Lobsang Dhondup [on January 26 in China], went on a hunger strike inside Tihar jail, the Tibet
- JANUARY 31, 2003PolandDEATH PENALTY
In a letter to Chinese Peoples' Assembly head Li Peng,...
In a letter to Chinese Peoples' Assembly head Li Peng, Parliamentary Speaker of Poland Marek Borowski appealed to China to halt the execution of Tenzin Delk, one of two Tibetan monks sentenced to die for plotting bomb attacks in protest against Chinese ru
- JANUARY 31, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Sindh High Court commuted the death sentence of...
The Sindh High Court commuted the death sentence of Abdul Hussain Khaskehli awarded to him on 6 May 2000
- JANUARY 31, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In a letter to Chinese Peoples' Assembly head Li Peng,...
In a letter to Chinese Peoples' Assembly head Li Peng, Parliamentary Speaker of Poland Marek Borowski appealed to China to halt the execution of Tenzin Delk, one of two Tibetan monks sentenced to die for plotting bomb attacks in protest against Chinese ru
- JANUARY 31, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Thanyaburi Provincial Court in Pathum Thani sentenced...
The Thanyaburi Provincial Court in Pathum Thani sentenced to death four people for producing and trafficking methamphetamine
- JANUARY 31, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Five men were sentenced to death for kidnapping and...
Five men were sentenced to death for kidnapping and murdering a 13-year-old girl in Henan province
- JANUARY 31, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Nagasaki District Court sentenced a woman and her...
The Nagasaki District Court sentenced a woman and her lover to death for killing her husband and son in 1992 and 1998 in order to obtain life insurance money
- JANUARY 30, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Huntsville, Granville Riddle was executed
In Huntsville, Granville Riddle was executed
- JANUARY 30, 2003MarylandDEATH PENALTY
Maryland Attorney General J
Maryland Attorney General J
- JANUARY 30, 2003Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
The National Council of Women announced in a press...
The National Council of Women announced in a press conference that it had changed its stance on capital punishment, stating that its implementation should be introduced
- JANUARY 30, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Court sentenced to death Omar Qassem,...
The Criminal Court sentenced to death Omar Qassem, a 24-year-old man, after convicting him of murdering his future brother in law in April 2002, reported the Jordan Times
- JANUARY 30, 2003PolandDEATH PENALTY
Poland condemned the execution of a Tibetan convicted...
Poland condemned the execution of a Tibetan convicted of a series of bomb blasts
- JANUARY 30, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Poland condemned the execution of a Tibetan convicted...
Poland condemned the execution of a Tibetan convicted of a series of bomb blasts
- JANUARY 30, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
In a resolution the European Parliament called for...
In a resolution the European Parliament called for the United States, Iran, China, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Congo and others to introduce a moratorium on executions "with a view to completely abolishing the death penalty
- JANUARY 30, 2003United StatesDEATH PENALTY
In a resolution the European Parliament called for...
In a resolution the European Parliament called for the United States, Iran, China, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Congo and others to introduce a moratorium on executions "with a view to completely abolishing the death penalty
- JANUARY 30, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
In a resolution the European Parliament called for...
In a resolution the European Parliament called for the United States, Iran, China, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Congo and others to introduce a moratorium on executions "with a view to completely abolishing the death penalty
- JANUARY 30, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In a resolution the European Parliament called for...
In a resolution the European Parliament called for the United States, Iran, China, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Congo and others to introduce a moratorium on executions "with a view to completely abolishing the death penalty
- JANUARY 30, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
In a resolution the European Parliament called for...
In a resolution the European Parliament called for the United States, Iran, China, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Congo and others to introduce a moratorium on executions "with a view to completely abolishing the death penalty
- JANUARY 30, 2003DEATH PENALTY
In a resolution the European Parliament called for...
In a resolution the European Parliament called for the United States, Iran, China, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Congo and others to introduce a moratorium on executions "with a view to completely abolishing the death penalty
- JANUARY 30, 2003Congo - BrazzavilleDEATH PENALTY
In a resolution the European Parliament called for...
In a resolution the European Parliament called for the United States, Iran, China, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Congo and others to introduce a moratorium on executions "with a view to completely abolishing the death penalty
- JANUARY 30, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran hanged four gangsters in public after they were...
Iran hanged four gangsters in public after they were convicted for a series of kidnappings and rapes, the official IRNA news agency reported
- JANUARY 29, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
Richard Dinkins was executed tonight in Huntsville
Richard Dinkins was executed tonight in Huntsville
- JANUARY 29, 2003LebanonDEATH PENALTY
A military appeals court in Beirut upheld a death sentence...
A military appeals court in Beirut upheld a death sentence against a Lebanese man convicted of shooting and killing three soldiers, judicial officials
- JANUARY 29, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
A Ugandan High Court sitting in Mbale sentenced a man...
A Ugandan High Court sitting in Mbale sentenced a man to death for murder
- JANUARY 29, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Seven people were sentenced to death and an equal number...
Seven people were sentenced to death and an equal number given life imprisonment by a sessions court in India for setting ablaze a bus which killed six persons in 1998 following a dispute over money
- JANUARY 29, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
Iraq denied a leading US defense official's charge...
Iraq denied a leading US defense official's charge that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein ordered the execution of any scientists seen cooperating with UN arms inspectors
- JANUARY 29, 2003RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Human Rights Watch issued a report condemning the Russian...
Human Rights Watch issued a report condemning the Russian government's human rights policies in Chechnya
- JANUARY 29, 2003United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Iraq denied a leading US defense official's charge...
Iraq denied a leading US defense official's charge that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein ordered the execution of any scientists seen cooperating with UN arms inspectors
- JANUARY 29, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
The Kinshasa government issued a warrant for the arrest...
The Kinshasa government issued a warrant for the arrest of Xavier Chiribanya, who had just been named as governor of the eastern province of South Kivu by the Rwandan-backed Congolese Rally for Democracy (RCD)
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- JANUARY 29, 2003North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
China reportedly forcibly repatriated to North Korea...
China reportedly forcibly repatriated to North Korea ten refugees arrested in China whilst attempting to reach South Korea and Japan by boat earlier in January
- JANUARY 29, 2003DEATH PENALTY
HANDS OFF CAIN ADHERES TO APPEAL FOR DEMOCRACY IN IRAQ
January 29, 2003: Hands Off Cain has adhered to the appeal launched by the co-ordinator of the Transnational Radical Party Marco Pannella. The appeal calls on the UN to back the exile of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, thus eliminating the need for war, a
- JANUARY 29, 2003DEATH PENALTY
DRC DENIES FAMILIES ACCESS TO MEN CONDEMNED FOR KABILA MURDER
January 29, 2003: the wives of the men sentenced to death in connection with the January 2001 murder of then-President Laurent-Desire Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), protested against the suspension of their visitation rights during
- JANUARY 28, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Huntsville Alva Curry, 33, was executed tonight...
In Huntsville Alva Curry, 33, was executed tonight for fatally shooting a clerk during a robbery
- JANUARY 28, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Dr Olubunmi Okogie, commended...
Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Dr Olubunmi Okogie, commended the judiciary for concluding the infamous Otokoto murder case
- JANUARY 28, 2003JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
The London-based Privy Council, Jamaica's highest Court,...
The London-based Privy Council, Jamaica's highest Court, overturned the conviction of Michael Pringle for the rape and murder of Kevan Davidson in 1996
- JANUARY 28, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Chinese government defended its execution of a...
The Chinese government defended its execution of a Tibetan convicted of a series of bomb blasts and its rejection of the appeal of a monk sentenced to death in connection with the same case
- JANUARY 28, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Two prisoners on Iran's death row and eight other inmates...
Two prisoners on Iran's death row and eight other inmates held in Varamin prison southeast of Tehran have escaped after using teaspoons to dig a six-metre tunnel, a newspaper reported
- JANUARY 28, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The High Court confirmed the death sentence on Ershad...
The High Court confirmed the death sentence on Ershad Ali Sikder, awarded to him by the lower court in the murder case of Khaled Hossain
- JANUARY 28, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
The wives of the men sentenced to death in connection...
The wives of the men sentenced to death in connection with the January 2001 murder of then-President Laurent-Desire Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), protested against the suspension of their visitation rights during a news conference
- JANUARY 28, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Human Rights Watch condemned China's execution of a...
Human Rights Watch condemned China's execution of a Tibetan convicted of a series of bomb blasts, saying the trial lacked due process and the sentence was carried out too swiftly
- JANUARY 28, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
The Iranian Supreme Court commuted the death sentences...
The Iranian Supreme Court commuted the death sentences of at least two former secret agents found guilty of the murders of four dissidents in 1998
- JANUARY 27, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Tracy Hampton, 33, a white supremacist was sentenced...
Tracy Hampton, 33, a white supremacist was sentenced to death in the murders of Tanya Ramsdell, 19; her unborn child; and her boyfriend, Charles Findley, 25, on May 17, 2001
- JANUARY 27, 2003PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
Monroe County President Judge Ronald E
Monroe County President Judge Ronald E
- JANUARY 27, 2003OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
In Denver, the 10th U
In Denver, the 10th U
- JANUARY 27, 2003TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
A court in Tajikistan sentenced a man to death for...
A court in Tajikistan sentenced a man to death for the killing of an employee of a German humanitarian aid organization in the Central Asian nation's capital
- JANUARY 27, 2003United StatesDEATH PENALTY
The United States raised concern regarding the execution...
The United States raised concern regarding the execution of Lobsang Dhondup, a Tibetan activist convicted following a string of bomb blasts in southwestern China
- JANUARY 27, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A Nigerian Sharia court postponed the appeal of a man...
A Nigerian Sharia court postponed the appeal of a man who has been sentenced to death by stoning until after the season for Muslim pilgrimages to Mecca, the Hajj, which runs from 10-13 February
- JANUARY 27, 2003United StatesDEATH PENALTY
The US Supreme Court refused to get involved in the...
The US Supreme Court refused to get involved in the controversy over death sentences for juveniles
- JANUARY 27, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Tibetan government-in-exile and rights groups condemned...
The Tibetan government-in-exile and rights groups condemned China's execution of a Tibetan activist convicted of a series of bomb blasts, saying he was not given a fair trial
- JANUARY 27, 2003MarylandDEATH PENALTY
Maryland Gov
Maryland Gov
- JANUARY 27, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Mainuddin Manik was sentenced to death for killing...
Mainuddin Manik was sentenced to death for killing a college student
- JANUARY 27, 2003UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The European Union criticized Uzbekistan, during Cooperation...
The European Union criticized Uzbekistan, during Cooperation Council meeting, for its failure to respect the human rights of prisoners and for its usage of the death penalty
- JANUARY 27, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The United States raised concern regarding the execution...
The United States raised concern regarding the execution of Lobsang Dhondup, a Tibetan activist convicted following a string of bomb blasts in southwestern China
- JANUARY 27, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer...
Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer met with his Indonesian counterpart, Hassan Wirajuda, for talks regarding the death penalty meted out to Ang Kiem Soel, a Dutch national caught operating two ecstasy plants in the outskirts of Jakarta
- JANUARY 27, 2003DEATH PENALTY
The European Union criticized Uzbekistan, during Cooperation...
The European Union criticized Uzbekistan, during Cooperation Council meeting, for its failure to respect the human rights of prisoners and for its usage of the death penalty
- JANUARY 27, 2003NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer...
Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer met with his Indonesian counterpart, Hassan Wirajuda, for talks regarding the death penalty meted out to Ang Kiem Soel, a Dutch national caught operating two ecstasy plants in the outskirts of Jakarta
- JANUARY 27, 2003DelawareDEATH PENALTY
The Delaware Supreme Court overturned the death sentence...
The Delaware Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of Sadiki Garden, 27, ruling the trial judge did not adequately weigh the jury's recommendation of life in prison
- JANUARY 26, 2003MarylandDEATH PENALTY
Lt. Gov. Michael S
Lt. Gov. Michael S
- JANUARY 26, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Police in western China executed a Tibetan activist...
Police in western China executed a Tibetan activist for a string of bomb attacks in support of Tibetan independence, despite an international outcry over the fairness of his trial, the MISNA news agency website reported
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- JANUARY 25, 2003DEATH PENALTY
A federal judge has overturned the death sentence of...
A federal judge has overturned the death sentence of a man convicted of killing 2 girls in their elementary school classroom and wounding two teachers 14 years ago in Greenwood
- JANUARY 25, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Three people were sentenced to death for murder in...
Three people were sentenced to death for murder in southern Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City and neighbouring Can Tho province
- JANUARY 24, 2003ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
A Pima County Jury voted the death penalty for John...
A Pima County Jury voted the death penalty for John Michael Harper
- JANUARY 24, 2003MissouriDEATH PENALTY
23-year-old Travis Glass was sentenced in Columbia
23-year-old Travis Glass was sentenced in Columbia
- JANUARY 24, 2003FloridaDEATH PENALTY
After 16 years on death row, Rudolph Holton stepped...
After 16 years on death row, Rudolph Holton stepped out from a prison's razor wire fences
- JANUARY 24, 2003UtahDEATH PENALTY
Judge Leslie Lewis threw out the death sentence of...
Judge Leslie Lewis threw out the death sentence of Elroy Tillman, 67, because his defence was denied access to key evidence involving a trial witness who received immunity
- JANUARY 24, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain noted that the date for the appeal of...
Hands Off Cain noted that the date for the appeal of Amina Lawal's case has been set for March 25
- JANUARY 24, 2003CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
The death sentence of Fred Berre Douglas, 74, was overturned...
The death sentence of Fred Berre Douglas, 74, was overturned by a federal appeals court
- JANUARY 24, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Third District Judge Leslie Lewis vacated the death...
Third District Judge Leslie Lewis vacated the death sentence of Elroy Tillman, ruling that the defense for Utah's oldest and longest-serving death-row inmate was denied access to important evidence during his 1983 murder trial
- JANUARY 24, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
John Gummer, UK Conservative MP, met county sheriffs,...
John Gummer, UK Conservative MP, met county sheriffs, district attorneys and parole board members in Austin, Texas, to plea for the life of British born Jackie Elliott, on death row following a 1987 conviction for raping and murdering a woman
- JANUARY 24, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Indian Deputy Prime Minister L
Indian Deputy Prime Minister L
- JANUARY 24, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Miyazaki District Court in southern Japan sentenced...
The Miyazaki District Court in southern Japan sentenced to death Yasutoshi Matsuda, 34
- JANUARY 24, 2003FranceDEATH PENALTY
Indian Deputy Prime Minister L
Indian Deputy Prime Minister L
- JANUARY 24, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
John Gummer, UK Conservative MP, met county sheriffs,...
John Gummer, UK Conservative MP, met county sheriffs, district attorneys and parole board members in Austin, Texas, to plea for the life of British born Jackie Elliott, on death row following a 1987 conviction for raping and murdering a woman
- JANUARY 24, 2003PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
House Committee on Foreign Relations chairman Apolinario...
House Committee on Foreign Relations chairman Apolinario Lozada Jr
- JANUARY 24, 2003BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
A Botswana appeals court reserved judgement on death...
A Botswana appeals court reserved judgement on death row inmate, Lehlohonolo Kobedi's case
- JANUARY 24, 2003DEATH PENALTY
HOC URGES UN MORATORIUM AS AMINA´S STONING APPEAL IS SET FOR MARCH
January 24, 2003: Hands Off Cain noted that the date for the appeal of Amina Lawal’s case has been set for March 25. The case caused a huge international outcry last year, but HOC says that many more stonings and executions occur worldwide that do not att
- JANUARY 23, 2003AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Morgan County Circuit Judge Glenn Thompson rejected...
Morgan County Circuit Judge Glenn Thompson rejected a jury's recommended penalty of life in prison without parole and sentenced Daniel Wade Moore, 28, to death for the March 12, 1999 murder of 39-year-old Karen Tipton
- JANUARY 23, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A Nigerian High Court at Owerri condemned to death...
A Nigerian High Court at Owerri condemned to death by hanging seven men standing trial before it in connection with the beheading of an 11 year-old boy, Ikechukwu Okonkwo, at the Otokoto Hotel near Owerri in 1996
- JANUARY 23, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
Iraq's Revolution Command Council [RCC] issued a decree...
Iraq's Revolution Command Council [RCC] issued a decree stipulating that any person who commits theft as stated in Penal Code No 11 of 1969, using weapons in wartime, shall be executed
- JANUARY 23, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Hedayat Mostowfi, a member of the National Council...
Hedayat Mostowfi, a member of the National Council of Resistance of Iran's Foreign Affairs Committee, said that the EU's open attitude to Iran only encouraged the human rights violations
- JANUARY 23, 2003North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
The North Carolina Supreme Court stayed the execution...
The North Carolina Supreme Court stayed the execution of convicted killer Henry Lee Hunt on Wednesday, less than 36 hours before the Lumbee Indian was scheduled to die
- JANUARY 23, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Hedayat Mostowfi, a member of the National Council...
Hedayat Mostowfi, a member of the National Council of Resistance of Iran's Foreign Affairs Committee, said that the EU's open attitude to Iran only encouraged the human rights violations
- JANUARY 23, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Liao Shaohui and Liao Shaowu, brothers from Guangdong...
Liao Shaohui and Liao Shaowu, brothers from Guangdong Province, were sentenced to death, deprived of political rights and had their property confiscated by the Second Intermediary People's Court of Beijing for falsely issuing value added tax invoices wort
- JANUARY 23, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A Nigerian Islamic court ruled that Amina Lawal, the...
A Nigerian Islamic court ruled that Amina Lawal, the Nigerian woman sentenced to be stoned to death for bearing a child out of wedlock, will begin her latest appeal on March 25
- JANUARY 23, 2003Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
A Papua New Guinean court has sentenced a man to death...
A Papua New Guinean court has sentenced a man to death by hanging for the murder of two teenage boys - the fifth person to face the death penalty in the South Pacific nation in the past 12 years
- JANUARY 23, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Grand Khadi Aminu Ibrahim Katsina, the chief judge...
Grand Khadi Aminu Ibrahim Katsina, the chief judge presiding over the case of Amina Lawal, a woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, said of fornication that ''The best deterrent is the death sentence, for people to see what happens to a fornica
- JANUARY 22, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Bangladeshi man was sentenced to hang for burning...
A Bangladeshi man was sentenced to hang for burning a woman with acid, in the second death penalty handed down for the crime this month
- JANUARY 22, 2003MarylandDEATH PENALTY
Eight months after Maryland's governor declared a moratorium...
Eight months after Maryland's governor declared a moratorium on executions, a judge agreed to sign a death warrant, allowing the first capital case to move forward under new Gov
- JANUARY 22, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Huntsville, Robert Lookingbill, 37, was executed
In Huntsville, Robert Lookingbill, 37, was executed
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- JANUARY 22, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A convict identified as Abdul Quader alias Kela Quader,...
A convict identified as Abdul Quader alias Kela Quader, 30, was sentenced to death for killing another prisoner in 1999
- JANUARY 22, 2003JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
Court of Appeal Judge Seymour Panton expressed concern...
Court of Appeal Judge Seymour Panton expressed concern over decisions handed down by the London-based Privy Council, saying that while the English Speaking Caribbean's highest court had served the region well in the past, in recent years it had not been c
- JANUARY 22, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
Six Iraqi women who said they or their families were...
Six Iraqi women who said they or their families were brutalised by Saddam Hussein's dictatorship called for the Iraqi leader to be indicted for war crimes, and said regime change was the only way to save their desperate nation
- JANUARY 22, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
Sudan's Government angrily dismissed rebel demands...
Sudan's Government angrily dismissed rebel demands that Islamic or Sharia law should not be enforced in the capital, Khartoum
- JANUARY 22, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Federico Estevez, political science professor at Mexico's...
Federico Estevez, political science professor at Mexico's National Autonomous University Estevez, said that a poll by the Reforma newspaper indicated about 55 percent of Mexicans favor the death penalty, which is unconstitutional in the country except in
- JANUARY 22, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's foreign minister was harangued over human rights...
Iran's foreign minister was harangued over human rights by European parliamentarians and protesters in Brussels, but pleaded for more time to reform a culture deeply rooted in tradition
- JANUARY 22, 2003European UnionDEATH PENALTY
Iran's foreign minister was harangued over human rights...
Iran's foreign minister was harangued over human rights by European parliamentarians and protesters in Brussels, but pleaded for more time to reform a culture deeply rooted in tradition
- JANUARY 22, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China retains the death penalty because the public...
China retains the death penalty because the public still supports the ultimate punishment, but Beijing has taken steps to restrict its use and turn to more humane ways of executing criminals, said Law professor He Jiahong of the People's University in Bei
- JANUARY 22, 2003DEATH PENALTY
MARYLAND´S EXECUTION MORATORIUM TO END WHEN JUDGE SIGNS WARRANT
January 22, 2003: eight months after Maryland´s governor declared a moratorium on executions, a judge agreed to sign a death warrant, allowing the first capital case to move forward under new Gov. Robert Ehrlich.
- JANUARY 22, 2003DEATH PENALTY
MARYLAND´S EXECUTION MORATORIUM TO END WHEN JUDGE SIGNS WARRANT
January 22, 2003: eight months after Maryland´s governor declared a moratorium on executions, a judge agreed to sign a death warrant, allowing the first capital case to move forward under new Gov. Robert Ehrlich.
- JANUARY 22, 2003DEATH PENALTY
MARYLAND´S EXECUTION MORATORIUM TO END WHEN JUDGE SIGNS WARRANT
January 22, 2003: eight months after Maryland´s governor declared a moratorium on executions, a judge agreed to sign a death warrant, allowing the first capital case to move forward under new Gov. Robert Ehrlich.
- JANUARY 21, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The Department of Foreign Affairs in the Philippines...
The Department of Foreign Affairs in the Philippines stated that there were nineteen Filipino nationals awaiting execution in Saudi Arabian prisons
- JANUARY 21, 2003LibyaDEATH PENALTY
Libya agreed to commute the death sentences imposed...
Libya agreed to commute the death sentences imposed on a Nigerian and three Ghanaians convicted of murdering a Libyan, Nigerian officials said
- JANUARY 21, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Libya agreed to commute the death sentences imposed...
Libya agreed to commute the death sentences imposed on a Nigerian and three Ghanaians convicted of murdering a Libyan, Nigerian officials said
- JANUARY 21, 2003GhanaDEATH PENALTY
Libya agreed to commute the death sentences imposed...
Libya agreed to commute the death sentences imposed on a Nigerian and three Ghanaians convicted of murdering a Libyan, Nigerian officials said
- JANUARY 21, 2003KansasDEATH PENALTY
In Olathe, Judge John Anderson III accepted a recommendation...
In Olathe, Judge John Anderson III accepted a recommendation made by jurors on Nov
- JANUARY 21, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
North Koreans arrested by China while trying to escape...
North Koreans arrested by China while trying to escape by boat are likely to be jailed and could face death, their supporters said as Beijing warned aid groups away from helping the refugees
- JANUARY 21, 2003North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
North Koreans arrested by China while trying to escape...
North Koreans arrested by China while trying to escape by boat are likely to be jailed and could face death, their supporters said as Beijing warned aid groups away from helping the refugees
- JANUARY 21, 2003United NationsDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Mexico had asked the International...
It was reported that Mexico had asked the International Court of Justice to block the execution of 54 Mexican nationals in the United States, pending a ruling on whether their consular rights were violated
- JANUARY 21, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Tensin Deleg Rinpoche, a Tibetan monk sentenced to...
Tensin Deleg Rinpoche, a Tibetan monk sentenced to death, with Lobsang Dhondup, after being found guilty of involvement in a spate of bomb blasts in western China, denied that he played any role in the attacks
- JANUARY 21, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Saying it had exhausted other alternatives, Mexico...
Saying it had exhausted other alternatives, Mexico appealed to the World Court to stop the execution of 51 of its citizens in the United States
- JANUARY 21, 2003United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Saying it had exhausted other alternatives, Mexico...
Saying it had exhausted other alternatives, Mexico appealed to the World Court to stop the execution of 51 of its citizens in the United States
- JANUARY 21, 2003PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Department of Foreign Affairs in the Philippines...
The Department of Foreign Affairs in the Philippines stated that there were nineteen Filipino nationals awaiting execution in Saudi Arabian prisons
- JANUARY 20, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Ayatollah Mohammad Sajjadi, adviser to the State Supreme...
Ayatollah Mohammad Sajjadi, adviser to the State Supreme Court and one of three judges examining the sentence against Hashem Aghajari said that the death sentence given to the Iranian lecturer and member of the Islamic Revolution Mojahedin Organization, w
- JANUARY 20, 2003LibyaDEATH PENALTY
Libya secured the chairmanship of the UN Human Rights...
Libya secured the chairmanship of the UN Human Rights Commission amidst adverse reactions calling into disrepute the country's human rights record
- JANUARY 20, 2003LibyaDEATH PENALTY
Libya secured the chairmanship of the UN Human Rights...
Libya secured the chairmanship of the UN Human Rights Commission amidst adverse reactions calling into disrepute the country's human rights record
- JANUARY 20, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Armed robbery or theft carried out with violence is...
Armed robbery or theft carried out with violence is punishable by hanging in Kenya
- JANUARY 19, 2003JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International condemned plans by Jamaica's...
Amnesty International condemned plans by Jamaica's government to resume hangings
- JANUARY 19, 2003RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Chechenpress news agency reported that the mutilated...
Chechenpress news agency reported that the mutilated corpse of a local resident was found in the suburbs of Argun (eastern Chechnya) on 17 January 2003
- JANUARY 18, 2003North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
In what perhaps was a watershed year for North Carolina's...
In what perhaps was a watershed year for North Carolina's death penalty, more death row inmates got reduced sentences - or the chance at them - in 2002 than were allowed to die
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- JANUARY 18, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
State media reported that 18 convicted criminals were...
State media reported that 18 convicted criminals were put to death, 11 of them by lethal injection, in an annual tradition of carrying out executions before the Lunar New Year
- JANUARY 18, 2003SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Slovakia's Justice Minister Daniel...
It was reported that Slovakia's Justice Minister Daniel Lipsic said capital punishment was a "plausible system of penalty, which does not make corrections possible
- JANUARY 17, 2003IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
The Presidency of the European Union issued a declaration...
The Presidency of the European Union issued a declaration on behalf of the EU on the decision to commute the sentences of all prisoners on death row in Illinois, US
- JANUARY 17, 2003DEATH PENALTY
The Presidency of the European Union issued a declaration...
The Presidency of the European Union issued a declaration on behalf of the EU on the decision to commute the sentences of all prisoners on death row in Illinois, US
- JANUARY 17, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian court sentenced one man to death and two...
An Iranian court sentenced one man to death and two others to 10-year jail terms for cooperating with an outlawed leftist Kurdish rebel group, the official IRNA news agency reported
- JANUARY 16, 2003DEATH PENALTY
In McAlester, Daniel Juan Revilla, 34, was pronounced...
In McAlester, Daniel Juan Revilla, 34, was pronounced dead at 6:12 p
- JANUARY 16, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Greece, the current holder of the European Union presidency,...
Greece, the current holder of the European Union presidency, called on Democratic Republic of Congo leader Joseph Kabila to commute the death sentences of 30 people involved in the murder of his predecessor and father Laurent Kabila, the foreign ministry
- JANUARY 16, 2003TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
A court in Dushanbe sentenced Rahim Qalandarov to death
A court in Dushanbe sentenced Rahim Qalandarov to death
- JANUARY 16, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Macedonian police have beaten, tortured and even killed...
Macedonian police have beaten, tortured and even killed suspects held in detention, the Council of Europe said in two reports
- JANUARY 16, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Greece, the current holder of the European Union presidency,...
Greece, the current holder of the European Union presidency, called on Democratic Republic of Congo leader Joseph Kabila to commute the death sentences of 30 people involved in the murder of his predecessor and father Laurent Kabila, the foreign ministry
- JANUARY 16, 2003Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
Walter Schwimmer, Council of Europe Secretary-general,...
Walter Schwimmer, Council of Europe Secretary-general, released a statement commending the decision made by George Ryan, the outgoing Governor of Illinois "for his moral and political leadership in commuting the sentences of all 156 inmates on death row (
- JANUARY 16, 2003Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
Macedonian police have beaten, tortured and even killed...
Macedonian police have beaten, tortured and even killed suspects held in detention, the Council of Europe said in two reports
- JANUARY 16, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Walter Schwimmer, Council of Europe Secretary-general,...
Walter Schwimmer, Council of Europe Secretary-general, released a statement commending the decision made by George Ryan, the outgoing Governor of Illinois "for his moral and political leadership in commuting the sentences of all 156 inmates on death row (
- JANUARY 16, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Tika Ram, a citizen of Nepal, was sentenced to death...
Tika Ram, a citizen of Nepal, was sentenced to death for murdering five members of a family in India in 1996
- JANUARY 16, 2003NepalDEATH PENALTY
Tika Ram, a citizen of Nepal, was sentenced to death...
Tika Ram, a citizen of Nepal, was sentenced to death for murdering five members of a family in India in 1996
- JANUARY 16, 2003RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The European Court of Human Rights declared as admissible...
The European Court of Human Rights declared as admissible six cases lodged against Russia for events in Chechnya
- JANUARY 16, 2003Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
The European Court of Human Rights declared as admissible...
The European Court of Human Rights declared as admissible six cases lodged against Russia for events in Chechnya
- JANUARY 15, 2003TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkey signed a European protocol banning the death...
Turkey signed a European protocol banning the death penalty in peacetime a symbolic move demonstrating its commitment to human rights as it waits to open talks on EU membership
- JANUARY 15, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Fort Worth, Dale Devon Scheanette, 29, charged with...
In Fort Worth, Dale Devon Scheanette, 29, charged with a string of rapes and 2 murders was sentenced to death today for killing Wendie Prescott, 22, on Christmas Eve 1996
- JANUARY 15, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
The EU strongly condemned the executions of the three...
The EU strongly condemned the executions of the three persons recently sentenced to death in Sudan
- JANUARY 15, 2003VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
A Prince William County jury recommended that Paul...
A Prince William County jury recommended that Paul Warner Powell, 24, be put to death for stabbing 16-year-old Stacie Reed through the heart after trying to rape her, a verdict that could send Powell back to death row for the 1999 attack
- JANUARY 15, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain has sent an appeal to Joseph Kabila,...
Hands Off Cain has sent an appeal to Joseph Kabila, president of the Democratic Republic of Congo to commute the death sentences passed on at least 26 people convicted on January 7 of his father's -Laurent Kabila- murder two years ago
- JANUARY 15, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty controversy sparked by the commutation...
The death penalty controversy sparked by the commutation of all 167 death row inmates in Illinois may spread to Texas if two bills filed last week pass the state Legislature
- JANUARY 15, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Huntsville, John Baltazar, 30, was executed for...
In Huntsville, John Baltazar, 30, was executed for killing 5-year-old Adriana Marines on the night of Sept
- JANUARY 15, 2003LibyaDEATH PENALTY
Nigeria urged Libya to commute the death sentences...
Nigeria urged Libya to commute the death sentences of a Nigerian and three Ghanaians convicted of a 1995 murder, a foreign ministry statement said
- JANUARY 15, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigeria urged Libya to commute the death sentences...
Nigeria urged Libya to commute the death sentences of a Nigerian and three Ghanaians convicted of a 1995 murder, a foreign ministry statement said
- JANUARY 15, 2003TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
A human rights protection panel under the Executive...
A human rights protection panel under the Executive Yuan [government] asked the Ministry of Justice to make the death penalty optional instead of mandatory as it now is in some cases as a first step toward eliminating capital punishment
- JANUARY 15, 2003GhanaDEATH PENALTY
Nigeria urged Libya to commute the death sentences...
Nigeria urged Libya to commute the death sentences of a Nigerian and three Ghanaians convicted of a 1995 murder, a foreign ministry statement said
- JANUARY 15, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
The EU strongly condemned the executions of the three...
The EU strongly condemned the executions of the three persons recently sentenced to death in Sudan
- JANUARY 15, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A 25-year-old Bangladeshi man received the death penalty...
A 25-year-old Bangladeshi man received the death penalty for maiming two people with acid, the first time the sentence has been given for such a crime, judicial sources said
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- JANUARY 15, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
The state-owned newspaper Etemad reported that a young...
The state-owned newspaper Etemad reported that a young man named Azim received a double death sentence
- JANUARY 15, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Jin Yugang, 35, was sentenced to death by the High...
Jin Yugang, 35, was sentenced to death by the High Court for murdering his colleague, Mr Wang Hong, 32, in front of a coffeeshop at midnight on February 4, 2002
- JANUARY 15, 2003UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Uzbek TV reported that the Uzbek Supreme Court sentenced...
Uzbek TV reported that the Uzbek Supreme Court sentenced the leader of a gang to death and four other members to long prison terms for multiple murders during a series of organized robberies
- JANUARY 15, 2003TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkey signed Protocol No
Turkey signed Protocol No
- JANUARY 14, 2003DEATH PENALTY
UN rights chief Sergio Vieira de Mello voiced concern...
UN rights chief Sergio Vieira de Mello voiced concern over the death sentences against 30 people for involvement in the killing of president Laurent Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
- JANUARY 14, 2003IndianaDEATH PENALTY
A federal judge has thrown out the death sentence for...
A federal judge has thrown out the death sentence for Keith B
- JANUARY 14, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
Samuel Gallamore was executed
Samuel Gallamore was executed
- JANUARY 14, 2003Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
Attorney-General Glenda Morean Phillips said Trinidad...
Attorney-General Glenda Morean Phillips said Trinidad and Tobago was drafting new legislation to allow for the execution of convicted killers
- JANUARY 14, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
UN rights chief Sergio Vieira de Mello voiced concern...
UN rights chief Sergio Vieira de Mello voiced concern over the death sentences against 30 people for involvement in the killing of president Laurent Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
- JANUARY 14, 2003Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
The human rights group Caribbean Justice accused former...
The human rights group Caribbean Justice accused former Trinidad and Tobago's Attorney-General Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj of double standards on the issue of state executions
- JANUARY 14, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
The state-owned Jomhouri Islami daily reported that...
The state-owned Jomhouri Islami daily reported that the head of the justice department in the northern city of Noshahr had announced that a woman named Zeinab was sentenced to flogging and hanging by the local court
- JANUARY 14, 2003TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International issued a statement welcoming...
Amnesty International issued a statement welcoming the release of the "Hsichih Trio": Su Chien-ho, Liu Bing-lang and Chuang Lin-hsun, death row inmates who were acquitted by the Taiwan High Court of all charges brought against them for the murder of a cou
- JANUARY 14, 2003TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
A lawyer representing the family of the victims of...
A lawyer representing the family of the victims of the 1991 Hsichih double murder said he would ask the prosecutor to appeal against the Taiwan High Court's acquittal of the Hsichih Trio
- JANUARY 14, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Ahmad E
Ahmad E
- JANUARY 14, 2003DEATH PENALTY
KENYA TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
January 14, 2003: Kenya´s new government wants to abolish the death penalty within the next six months, Justice Minister Kiraitu Murungi stated. HOC said Kenya’s decision, coming on the heels of a historic election, reinforces its belief that abolition an
- JANUARY 13, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Ahmad Ali Gholestaneh, Mostapha Ghanjali and Seyed...
Ahmad Ali Gholestaneh, Mostapha Ghanjali and Seyed Khalil Pour-Anvari were executed for drug-trafficking January 9 in the courtyard of the Evine prison in Tehran, the student news agency ISNA reported
- JANUARY 13, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China sentenced 10 people to death in two separate...
China sentenced 10 people to death in two separate cases in central and eastern China involving drug trafficking and armed robberies along highways, state media said
- JANUARY 13, 2003TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Taiwan's most famous death row convicts emerged blinking...
Taiwan's most famous death row convicts emerged blinking into freedom and a media scrum after the island's High Court declared them not guilty of a vicious double murder more than a decade ago
- JANUARY 13, 2003TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Taiwan freed three men who had been on death row for...
Taiwan freed three men who had been on death row for more than a decade in a brutal robbery-murder case that had put the island's human rights record in the spotlight
- JANUARY 13, 2003KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Eighteen people were sentenced to death in Kazakhstan...
Eighteen people were sentenced to death in Kazakhstan in 2002
- JANUARY 13, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Karam Abdollahi, Nader Sadati and Khalil Mansouri,...
Karam Abdollahi, Nader Sadati and Khalil Mansouri, convicted of armed robbery were hanged on January 9 in the courtyard of the Evine prison in Tehran, the student news agency ISNA reported
- JANUARY 13, 2003NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
The district court in Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia,...
The district court in Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia, sentenced Ang Kim Sui alias Tomy Wijaya, 50, to death for producing and distributing ecstasy pills
- JANUARY 13, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The district court in Tangerang, Banten, sentenced...
The district court in Tangerang, Banten, sentenced Ang Kim Sui alias Tomy Wijaya, 50, to death for producing and distributing ecstasy pills
- JANUARY 13, 2003South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Six South Korean men were sentenced to death in China...
Six South Korean men were sentenced to death in China for drug trafficking
- JANUARY 13, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Fifteen people were executed in secret on January 7...
Fifteen people were executed in secret on January 7 in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Amnesty and MISNA reported
- JANUARY 13, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Human rights activists in the Democratic Republic of...
Human rights activists in the Democratic Republic of the Congo condemned the execution of 15 people sentenced to death
- JANUARY 13, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Kenya's new government wants to abolish the death penalty...
Kenya's new government wants to abolish the death penalty within the next six months, Justice Minister Kiraitu Murungi said
- JANUARY 13, 2003GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International released a report describing...
Amnesty International released a report describing as "draconian" the Criminal Law (Offences) Bill, popularly called the "terrorist bill", which came into effect as of September 2002 in Guyana, warning that it could seriously jeopardize human rights and s
- JANUARY 13, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
The Afarinesh daily reported that a young man identified...
The Afarinesh daily reported that a young man identified as Reza was sentenced to death in Tehran
- JANUARY 13, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six South Korean men were sentenced to death in China...
Six South Korean men were sentenced to death in China for drug trafficking
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- JANUARY 13, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Five convicted drug traffickers were sentenced to death...
Five convicted drug traffickers were sentenced to death by a local court in Zhejiang Province
- JANUARY 13, 2003UkraineDEATH PENALTY
Viktoria Mamontova, a Ukrainian woman who was sentenced...
Viktoria Mamontova, a Ukrainian woman who was sentenced to death for drug possession in Thailand, had her sentence commuted
- JANUARY 13, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Viktoria Mamontova, a Ukrainian woman who was sentenced...
Viktoria Mamontova, a Ukrainian woman who was sentenced to death for drug possession in Thailand, had her sentence commuted
- JANUARY 12, 2003MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Datuk Nik Aziz, controversial spiritual leader of the...
Datuk Nik Aziz, controversial spiritual leader of the hardline Party Islam Se Malaysia, declared he wanted the federal government to allow rapists to be stoned to death publicly as per strict Islamic law
- JANUARY 12, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's reformist-held parliament approved the details...
Iran's reformist-held parliament approved the details of a law granting non-Muslim minorities the right to the same "blood money" as Muslim men
- JANUARY 12, 2003DEATH PENALTY
HANDS OFF CAIN PROPOSES HONORARY PRESIDENCY TO OUTGOING ILLINOIS GOVERNOR
January 12, 2003: following outgoing Illinois Gov. George Ryan’s decision to commute the death sentences of all 167 prisoners on Illinois’ death row, Hands Off Cain has decided to propose to him an honorary Presidency of the association, which is campaig
- JANUARY 11, 2003Congo - BrazzavilleDEATH PENALTY
A UN investigation committee in the Congo found 117...
A UN investigation committee in the Congo found 117 cases of arbitrary executions
- JANUARY 11, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
The Mexican government hailed Illinois Governor George...
The Mexican government hailed Illinois Governor George Ryan's decision to commute the death sentences of 167 convicts, three of them Mexicans
- JANUARY 11, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian court sentenced a teen-ager to death by...
An Iranian court sentenced a teen-ager to death by hanging after he was convicted for a third time of drinking alcohol, the state newspaper Iran said
- JANUARY 11, 2003MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Ahmad Sabri Mat Isa, 30, was sentenced to death by...
Ahmad Sabri Mat Isa, 30, was sentenced to death by the High Court after being found guilty of trafficking 958gm of cannabis in 1999
- JANUARY 11, 2003ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that the Supreme Court commuted to...
It was reported that the Supreme Court commuted to life imprisonment a death penalty imposed by the High Court on Robert Mugwanda
- JANUARY 11, 2003DEATH PENALTY
The Mexican government hailed Illinois Governor George...
The Mexican government hailed Illinois Governor George Ryan's decision to commute the death sentences of 167 convicts, three of them Mexicans
- JANUARY 11, 2003IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
In the largest purge of death row in US history, Illinois...
In the largest purge of death row in US history, Illinois Gov
- JANUARY 11, 2003DEATH PENALTY
In the largest purge of death row in US history, Illinois...
In the largest purge of death row in US history, Illinois Gov
- JANUARY 11, 2003DEATH PENALTY
A UN investigation committee in the Congo found 117...
A UN investigation committee in the Congo found 117 cases of arbitrary executions
- JANUARY 10, 2003ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
The Maricopa County Superior Court handed down the...
The Maricopa County Superior Court handed down the death penalty on Richard Glassel, 62, the enraged homeowner who killed 2 women in a shooting spree in a retirement community
- JANUARY 10, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Patna High Court commuted the death sentence awarded...
The Patna High Court commuted the death sentence awarded to Arnit Das, a murder case convict, to life imprisonment
- JANUARY 10, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Tensin Deleg Rimpoche and Lobsang...
It was reported that Tensin Deleg Rimpoche and Lobsang Dhondup, two Tibetans under death sentence for a series of bombings in western China were scheduled to begin a new trial on this day on the same charges and before the same court
- JANUARY 10, 2003IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
On January 31, 2000, Illinois Governor George Ryan...
On January 31, 2000, Illinois Governor George Ryan declared a moratorium on executions in his state, pending an investigation into the state's capital punishment system
- JANUARY 10, 2003SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Remand prisoner Kanesan Ratnam was hanged at approximately...
Remand prisoner Kanesan Ratnam was hanged at approximately 6 am in Changi Prison
- JANUARY 10, 2003DEATH PENALTY
ILLINOIS GOVERNOR PARDONS FOUR DEATH ROW INMATES
January 10, 2003: Gov. George Ryan said Friday he is pardoning four death row inmates who insist their confessions were tortured out of them by Chicago police. Ryan´s term in office ends Monday.
- JANUARY 10, 2003DEATH PENALTY
ILLINOIS GOVERNOR PARDONS FOUR DEATH ROW INMATES
January 10, 2003: Gov. George Ryan announced Friday pardons for four of the state´s death row inmates. More than 150 other inmates on the state’s death row are awaiting his decision on their fate before he leaves office on Monday.
- JANUARY 9, 2003PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
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Landon D
- JANUARY 9, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Seven people were executed immediately after a public...
Seven people were executed immediately after a public sentencing rally in the southern Chinese city of Sanya
- JANUARY 9, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Indian Federal Cabinet approved its Government's...
The Indian Federal Cabinet approved its Government's decision to give a sovereign assurance to Portugal that Abu Salem, wanted in connection with the 1993 Mumbai blasts, would not be given capital punishment if he is extradited to India
- JANUARY 9, 2003BahamasDEATH PENALTY
The Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme...
The Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, Sir Dennis Byron, called for careful consideration to be given to the capital punishment debate
- JANUARY 9, 2003MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
The Cabinet agreed to proposed stricter penalties such...
The Cabinet agreed to proposed stricter penalties such as the death penalty for rapists who cause death and child rapists
- JANUARY 9, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Defence lawyers for those found guilty of killing Congolese...
Defence lawyers for those found guilty of killing Congolese President Laurent Kabila officially requested that his son and successor Joseph pardon them
- JANUARY 9, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Congo's former colonial ruler Belgium called for President...
Congo's former colonial ruler Belgium called for President Joseph Kabila to annul death sentences dished out on January 7 to those found guilty of murdering his father
- JANUARY 9, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
The state-run daily Sedaye Edalat reported that two...
The state-run daily Sedaye Edalat reported that two men were sentenced to death in the southern port city of Boushehr
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- JANUARY 9, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Mexico filed a complaint against the United States...
Mexico filed a complaint against the United States in the International Court of Justice charging that American officials have violated the rights of all 54 Mexicans on death row in the United States and asking that their executions be commuted
- JANUARY 9, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Mexico filed a complaint against the United States...
Mexico filed a complaint against the United States in the International Court of Justice charging that American officials have violated the rights of all 54 Mexicans on death row in the United States and asking that their executions be commuted
- JANUARY 9, 2003DEATH PENALTY
ITALIAN PREMIERE OF DEATH PENALTY FILM LA GOCCIA
January 9, 2003: ´La Goccia´ starring famed Italian actor Remo Girone and directed by rookie Marco Lanzafame premiered today in Bagheria, Sicily. The film is dedicated to Hands Off Cain
- JANUARY 8, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saud bin Jebran bin Qalet al-Shahrani, convicted of...
Saud bin Jebran bin Qalet al-Shahrani, convicted of murdering his wife and mother-in-law was beheaded by sword in the southwestern province of Assir
- JANUARY 8, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indian sessions court in Tuticorin sentenced three...
An Indian sessions court in Tuticorin sentenced three brothers to death for hacking to death five of their relatives after a quarrel in 2001
- JANUARY 8, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
La Goccia starring famed Italian actor Remo Girone...
La Goccia starring famed Italian actor Remo Girone and directed by rookie Marco Lanzafame premiered in Bagheria, Sicily
- JANUARY 8, 2003SpainDEATH PENALTY
The executive committee of the Spanish Federation of...
The executive committee of the Spanish Federation of Islamic Religious Entities (Federación Española de Entidades Religiosas Islámicas - FEERI) formally requested Saudi Arabia to abolish death-by-stoning
- JANUARY 8, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
The executive committee of the Spanish Federation of...
The executive committee of the Spanish Federation of Islamic Religious Entities (Federación Española de Entidades Religiosas Islámicas - FEERI) formally requested Saudi Arabia to abolish death-by-stoning
- JANUARY 8, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
An appeals court in Ho Chi Minh City upheld a death...
An appeals court in Ho Chi Minh City upheld a death sentence for Nguyen Thanh Long, 52, convicted last year of raping two girls
- JANUARY 8, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A Vietnamese court condemned Pham Van Thuan to death...
A Vietnamese court condemned Pham Van Thuan to death for trafficking 8 kilograms of heroin from neighbouring Laos into Vietnam, said a court official in Nam Dinh province, 100 kilometres south of Hanoi
- JANUARY 8, 2003TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the National...
Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the National Commission on Human Rights Saidamir Zuhurov said in an interview with Asia-Plus that work was under way aimed at reducing the application of capital punishment in Tajikistan, but was quoted as saying that
- JANUARY 8, 2003TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Deputy Prime Minister Saidamir Zuhurov told reporters...
Deputy Prime Minister Saidamir Zuhurov told reporters that a public opinion poll on the attitude of citizens towards the possibility of declaring a moratorium on or abolishing capital punishment had been conducted in Tajikistan in 2002
- JANUARY 8, 2003TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The first deputy chairman of the Tajik Supreme Court,...
The first deputy chairman of the Tajik Supreme Court, Mahmadali Vatanov declared that the number of death sentences passed in the country in 2002 had decreased compared with previous years
- JANUARY 8, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Assi Dehlavi was hanged in the south-western city of Ahwaz
Assi Dehlavi was hanged in the south-western city of Ahwaz
- JANUARY 8, 2003ConnecticutDEATH PENALTY
The Report of the Connecticut Commission on the Death...
The Report of the Connecticut Commission on the Death Penalty was submitted to the Connecticut General Assembly
- JANUARY 8, 2003ConnecticutDEATH PENALTY
Following the 6 July 2001 law barring the death penalty...
Following the 6 July 2001 law barring the death penalty for those with mental retardation, a death penalty Commission was set up to see if there was inequality in the system with regards to race and economic background of defendants
- JANUARY 7, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesian police recommended to prosecutors that Amrozi...
Indonesian police recommended to prosecutors that Amrozi be tried under Article 6 of Indonesia's anti-terrorism decree, which carries various punishments, including the death penalty
- JANUARY 7, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
A former aide to the late Congolese President Laurent-Desire...
A former aide to the late Congolese President Laurent-Desire Kabila, Colonel Eddy Kapend, was sentenced to death for killing the president
- JANUARY 7, 2003MarylandDEATH PENALTY
Blacks who kill whites are significantly more likely...
Blacks who kill whites are significantly more likely to face the death penalty in Maryland than are blacks who kill blacks or white killers, according to a state-sponsored study
- JANUARY 7, 2003KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
According to a public opinion poll conducted by "Komkon-2...
According to a public opinion poll conducted by "Komkon-2 Eurasia", 57,6% of persons polled support the preservation of the death penalty, 40,8% want its abolishment, 1,6 % had no opinion on the matter
- JANUARY 7, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International called on Democratic Republic...
Amnesty International called on Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila to commute the death sentences passed on 26 people for their alleged role in the assassination of President Laurent Kabila in January 2001
- JANUARY 7, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
State run newspapers reported that a young mother and...
State run newspapers reported that a young mother and her 16 year-year-old son would be hanged on charges of killing a man with "sleeping pills
- JANUARY 7, 2003United StatesDEATH PENALTY
According National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty,...
According National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, 224 death sentences have been imposed on juveniles since 1976 but only 21 have been carried out
- JANUARY 7, 2003DEATH PENALTY
CONGO SENTENCES 26 TO DEATH FOR KABILA MURDER
January 7, 2003: a former aide to the late Congolese President Laurent-Desire Kabila, Colonel Eddy Kapend, and twenty-five other defendants have been sentenced to death for killing the president. Another 45 were set free by a military court in Kinshasa on
- JANUARY 6, 2003EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
The Ethiopian High Court sentenced to death five people...
The Ethiopian High Court sentenced to death five people found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity during the 1977-78 "Red Terror" period of Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam
- JANUARY 6, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China is listed in the Guinness Book of Records for...
China is listed in the Guinness Book of Records for the greatest number of recorded executions: 17,500 between 1990 and 1999
- JANUARY 6, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
Qatar's appeal court postponed judgement on a death...
Qatar's appeal court postponed judgement on a death sentence handed down against a Jordanian journalist for spying, but lawyers expressed optimism that it would be quashed
- JANUARY 6, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Former Chief Justice of India B N Kirpal favours stringent...
Former Chief Justice of India B N Kirpal favours stringent punishments like life sentences for rapists but is against the death sentence for them
- JANUARY 6, 2003KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
In accordance with the country's new criminal code...
In accordance with the country's new criminal code it was planned to introduce a moratorium on capital punishment in Kazakhstan as of January 2003
- JANUARY 6, 2003QatarDEATH PENALTY
Qatar's appeal court postponed judgement on a death...
Qatar's appeal court postponed judgement on a death sentence handed down against a Jordanian journalist for spying, but lawyers expressed optimism that it would be quashed
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- JANUARY 6, 2003AustriaDEATH PENALTY
An Austria Today editorial said
An Austria Today editorial said
- JANUARY 6, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
Sudan Justice Minister Ali Mohamed Osman Yassin revealed...
Sudan Justice Minister Ali Mohamed Osman Yassin revealed that the execution of five convicted criminals had been postponed, he did not give a reason for the decision nor state how long the postponement would last, but stressed it was not due to foreign pr
- JANUARY 6, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Clashes between convicts and guards occurred at the...
Clashes between convicts and guards occurred at the Karun 4 prison in Ahvaz, where 300 inmates tried to prevent the transfer of a prisoner to the execution site, "Entekhab" newspaper reported on 31 December
- JANUARY 6, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
The state-run Bahar daily reported that a young prisoner...
The state-run Bahar daily reported that a young prisoner named Hossein was sentenced to death
- JANUARY 6, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
The wife of death-row Iranian academic Hashem Aghajari,...
The wife of death-row Iranian academic Hashem Aghajari, as well as several jailed liberal opposition members and journalists signed up to stand in Iran's forthcoming municipal elections, officials said
- JANUARY 6, 2003DEATH PENALTY
SUDAN POSTPONES THE EXECUTION OF FIVE CRIMINALS FOLLOWING EU CRITICISM
January 6, 2003: Sudan Justice Minister Ali Mohamed Osman Yassin said the execution of five convicted criminals scheduled for Sunday had been postponed.
- JANUARY 5, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
The Jordanian State Security Court upheld a death sentence...
The Jordanian State Security Court upheld a death sentence by hanging given to a US-born Islamist convicted of plotting attacks in Jordan during the 2000 millennium celebrations
- JANUARY 5, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
A convicted murderer was given a last minute reprieve...
A convicted murderer was given a last minute reprieve by the family of the victim in Saveh, south of Tehran
- JANUARY 4, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The head of a failed Chinese kindergarten was executed...
The head of a failed Chinese kindergarten was executed after being convicted of poisoning 70 children at a rival school, the official Xinhua news agency said
- JANUARY 4, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
A moratorium on executions by stoning is only temporary,...
A moratorium on executions by stoning is only temporary, a senior Iranian conservative cleric said, while admitting the practice had hurt Tehran's image abroad
- JANUARY 3, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
The European Union called on Sudan to commute the sentences...
The European Union called on Sudan to commute the sentences of five people who had been sentenced to death and were to be executed on January 5, a statement issued by the Greek foreign ministry said
- JANUARY 3, 2003KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
Kyrgyzstan President Askar Akayev made a radio statement...
Kyrgyzstan President Askar Akayev made a radio statement regarding the extension of the death penalty moratorium until the end of 2003
- JANUARY 1, 2003GreeceDEATH PENALTY
Greece has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No...
Greece has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- JANUARY 1, 2003AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
In September 2002 the Albanian government took the...
In September 2002 the Albanian government took the decision to approve "in principle" Protocol No
- JANUARY 1, 2003BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
Belgium has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No...
Belgium has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances
- JANUARY 1, 2003PolandDEATH PENALTY
Poland has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No...
Poland has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances
- JANUARY 1, 2003SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
Slovakia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990
Slovakia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1990
- JANUARY 1, 2003LuxembourgDEATH PENALTY
Luxembourg has signed but not yet ratified Protocol...
Luxembourg has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances
- JANUARY 1, 2003LatviaDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Law of Latvia envisages the death penalty...
The Criminal Law of Latvia envisages the death penalty for murder in especially aggravating circumstances, committed in wartime
- JANUARY 1, 2003SloveniaDEATH PENALTY
Slovenia has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No...
Slovenia has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances
- JANUARY 1, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The United Kingdom has signed and ratified Protocol...
The United Kingdom has signed and ratified Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances
- JANUARY 1, 2003HawaiiDEATH PENALTY
Hawaii does not have the death penalty, having abolished...
Hawaii does not have the death penalty, having abolished it in 1956 before becoming a state
- JANUARY 1, 2003Guinea-BissauDEATH PENALTY
The last execution took place in 1986
The last execution took place in 1986
- JANUARY 1, 2003AngolaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution approved in 1992 abolished the death...
The Constitution approved in 1992 abolished the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2003MongoliaDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: premeditated murder, aggravated...
Capital crimes are: premeditated murder, aggravated rape or rape of a minor, and three antistate offenses involving violence (as reduced by an amendment of 1994 to the Criminal code)
- JANUARY 1, 2003Central African RepublicDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, treason, spying...
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, treason, spying and military offenses
- JANUARY 1, 2003TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
Murder and treason are capital crimes
Murder and treason are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2003LiberiaDEATH PENALTY
Murder, armed robbery, terrorism and high treason are...
Murder, armed robbery, terrorism and high treason are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2003TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
In the past five years, the number of prisoners executed...
In the past five years, the number of prisoners executed in Taiwan has shown a clear decline, a result of greater consideration of human rights protection as well as amendments to mandatory death penalty laws
- JANUARY 1, 2003KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
Bills were rejected in 2002 which would have given...
Bills were rejected in 2002 which would have given the Kentucky Criminal Justice Council the job of studying the death penalty in Kentucky; another proposing the introduction of a two year moratorium and proposing the abolishment of the death penalty were
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- JANUARY 1, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
According to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan,...
According to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, 20 men were executed in 2002 as against 45 in 2001
- JANUARY 1, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
Sudan has signed and but not yet ratified the statutes...
Sudan has signed and but not yet ratified the statutes of the International Criminal Court, the UN permanent judicial body capable of trying individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2003Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Hong Kong, a special Administrative Region of the People's...
Hong Kong, a special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, has been abolitionist since 1993
- JANUARY 1, 2003MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: premeditated murder, attempted...
Capital crimes are: premeditated murder, attempted assassination of the President, conspiracy against the sovereignty of the State, and acts of terrorism
- JANUARY 1, 2003Macao SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
When Portugal handed over its former colony Macao to...
When Portugal handed over its former colony Macao to China on December 20, it also passed on a part of Europe's legal and human rights culture
- JANUARY 1, 2003FijiDEATH PENALTY
Fiji abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes...
Fiji abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes in 1979; the last execution was carried out in 1964
- JANUARY 1, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is provided for by the Criminal Procedure...
The death penalty is provided for by the Criminal Procedure Law and by the Penal Code for a number of offenses (13) but, in practice, it is applied only for murder
- JANUARY 1, 2003Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
High treason and premeditated murder are capital crimes
High treason and premeditated murder are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is provided for by the Penal Code...
The death penalty is provided for by the Penal Code and by Art
- JANUARY 1, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is provided for murder by the Penal Code
The death penalty is provided for murder by the Penal Code
- JANUARY 1, 2003AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Afghanistan has an interim administration which was...
Afghanistan has an interim administration which was inaugurated on 22 December 2001 and which is due to govern for six months
- JANUARY 1, 2003Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
In Palestine three types of legislation are applied
In Palestine three types of legislation are applied
- JANUARY 1, 2003Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: murder, causing an innocent person...
Capital crimes are: murder, causing an innocent person to be executed by bearing false witness, offenses against the State, economic offenses, drug offenses and arms trading
- JANUARY 1, 2003Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Antigua and Barbuda is a British Independent territory...
Antigua and Barbuda is a British Independent territory for which the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council remains the final court of appeal
- JANUARY 1, 2003BermudaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished in 2000
The death penalty was abolished in 2000
- JANUARY 1, 2003NepalDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal (1990) at Art
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal (1990) at Art
- JANUARY 1, 2003New ZealandDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished for ordinary crimes...
The death penalty was abolished for ordinary crimes in 1961, then fully abolished, and replaced with life imprisonment in 1989
- JANUARY 1, 2003BrazilDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil...
The Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil said at Art
- JANUARY 1, 2003QatarDEATH PENALTY
Murder, offenses against the State and drug offenses...
Murder, offenses against the State and drug offenses are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2003TurkmenistanDEATH PENALTY
On December 29, 1999, the People's Council decided...
On December 29, 1999, the People's Council decided to abolish the death sentence in the country
- JANUARY 1, 2003BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is mandatory for murder and treason...
The death penalty is mandatory for murder and treason - but not for mutiny
- JANUARY 1, 2003CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Canada abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes...
Canada abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes in 1976 and for military offenses on December 10, 1998
- JANUARY 1, 2003Dominican RepublicDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Dominican Republic at Art
The Constitution of the Dominican Republic at Art
- JANUARY 1, 2003ColombiaDEATH PENALTY
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910
Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910
- JANUARY 1, 2003SamoaDEATH PENALTY
The death sentence is mandatory for murder but has...
The death sentence is mandatory for murder but has not been carried out since independence in 1962
- JANUARY 1, 2003BelizeDEATH PENALTY
Murder and military offenses are capital crimes
Murder and military offenses are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2003El SalvadorDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of El Salvador at Art
The Constitution of the Republic of El Salvador at Art
- JANUARY 1, 2003Costa RicaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Costa Rica states at Art
The Constitution of the Republic of Costa Rica states at Art
- JANUARY 1, 2003ChileDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished on May 28, 2001
The death penalty was abolished on May 28, 2001
- JANUARY 1, 2003BoliviaDEATH PENALTY
In March 1997, Congress adopted a law removing the...
In March 1997, Congress adopted a law removing the death penalty and providing for 30 years' imprisonment without parole for parricide, murder, treason and other crimes
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- JANUARY 1, 2003OmanDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is provided for under the penal laws...
The death penalty is provided for under the penal laws of the Sultanate of Oman which refers to Shari'a Law
- JANUARY 1, 2003EcuadorDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art
- JANUARY 1, 2003DominicaDEATH PENALTY
Dominica is a British Independent Territory that retains...
Dominica is a British Independent Territory that retains the death penalty and for which the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council remains the final court of appeal
- JANUARY 1, 2003GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
The Guatemalan penal code (1973) provides for the death...
The Guatemalan penal code (1973) provides for the death penalty for parricide, aggravated homicide and assassination of the President or Vice-President
- JANUARY 1, 2003AngolaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution approved in 1992 abolished the death...
The Constitution approved in 1992 abolished the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2003NicaraguaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Nicaragua at Art
The Constitution of the Republic of Nicaragua at Art
- JANUARY 1, 2003PeruDEATH PENALTY
Peru has been abolitionist for common crimes since...
Peru has been abolitionist for common crimes since 1979, when the last execution was held
- JANUARY 1, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the United States of Mexico at Art
The Constitution of the United States of Mexico at Art
- JANUARY 1, 2003ParaguayDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of Paraguay (1992) at Art
The Constitution of Paraguay (1992) at Art
- JANUARY 1, 2003BahamasDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is mandatory for murder
The death penalty is mandatory for murder
- JANUARY 1, 2003GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
Guyana is a British Independent territory that retains...
Guyana is a British Independent territory that retains the death penalty but has relinquished the link with the Judicial Commission of the Privy Council
- JANUARY 1, 2003UruguayDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay at Art
The Constitution of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay at Art
- JANUARY 1, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Saint Kitts is a British Independent Territory that...
Saint Kitts is a British Independent Territory that retains the death penalty and for which the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council is the final court of appeal
- JANUARY 1, 2003JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
Jamaica is a British Independent Territory that retains...
Jamaica is a British Independent Territory that retains the death penalty, but for which the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council is the final court of appeal
- JANUARY 1, 2003HondurasDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Honduras at Art
The Constitution of the Republic of Honduras at Art
- JANUARY 1, 2003Burkina FasoDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: treason or espionage in wartime (Art
Capital crimes are: treason or espionage in wartime (Art
- JANUARY 1, 2003SurinameDEATH PENALTY
Aggravated murder and offenses against the State are...
Aggravated murder and offenses against the State are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2003BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: murder, treason, an attempt on...
Capital crimes are: murder, treason, an attempt on the life of the head of state, and the military offenses of mutiny and desertion
- JANUARY 1, 2003Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
Between July 23 and 24, 2000, 86
Between July 23 and 24, 2000, 86
- JANUARY 1, 2003AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Penal Code provides for the application of the...
The Penal Code provides for the application of the death penalty for serious offenses including: treason and espionage, attempts to change the regime or actions aimed at incitement, destruction of territory, sabotage to public and economic utilities, mass
- JANUARY 1, 2003BeninDEATH PENALTY
The Penal Code provides for a wide range of death-qualifiable...
The Penal Code provides for a wide range of death-qualifiable offenses: murder, treason, sorcery and other practices causing public disturbance
- JANUARY 1, 2003BurundiDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: premeditated murder, sorcery, treason,...
Capital crimes are: premeditated murder, sorcery, treason, spying, attempt on the Chief of State's life and cannibalism
- JANUARY 1, 2003GhanaDEATH PENALTY
Armed robbery, treason and first-degree murder are...
Armed robbery, treason and first-degree murder are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2003Cape VerdeDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Cape Verde (1992)...
The Constitution of the Republic of Cape Verde (1992) states at Art
- JANUARY 1, 2003GambiaDEATH PENALTY
The new Constitution adopted in 1996 retains the death...
The new Constitution adopted in 1996 retains the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2003MalawiDEATH PENALTY
The offenses for which capital punishment either can...
The offenses for which capital punishment either can or must be applied are murder, rape, treason, armed robbery and burglary with aggravating circumstances
- JANUARY 1, 2003DEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Sao...
The Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe (1990) at Art
- JANUARY 1, 2003MauritaniaDEATH PENALTY
High treason, premeditated murder and torture are capital...
High treason, premeditated murder and torture are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2003MadagascarDEATH PENALTY
Offenses against the State are capital crimes
Offenses against the State are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Murder, treason and armed robbery are capital crimes
Murder, treason and armed robbery are capital crimes
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- JANUARY 1, 2003LesothoDEATH PENALTY
Murder, rape and treason are capital crimes
Murder, rape and treason are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2003MozambiqueDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Mozambique (1990) at Art
The Constitution of the Republic of Mozambique (1990) at Art
- JANUARY 1, 2003Guinea-BissauDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Guinea Bissau (1984)...
The Constitution of the Republic of Guinea Bissau (1984) at Art
- JANUARY 1, 2003MaliDEATH PENALTY
Death sentences are given in Mali for serious crimes...
Death sentences are given in Mali for serious crimes such as assassinations, betrayals, sedition, spying, arsons and destruction with explosives of public buildings, plots against the state and embezzlement of public funds whose amount is equal to or more
- JANUARY 1, 2003NamibiaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Namibia (1990) at Art
The Constitution of the Republic of Namibia (1990) at Art
- JANUARY 1, 2003LibyaDEATH PENALTY
A large number of offenses, including political offenses...
A large number of offenses, including political offenses and "economic crimes," are punishable by death
- JANUARY 1, 2003SeychellesDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Seychelles (1993) at Art
The Constitution of the Republic of Seychelles (1993) at Art
- JANUARY 1, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is provided for by the Criminal Code...
The death penalty is provided for by the Criminal Code and the legislation on civil disturbances for armed robbery, murder, treason, and offenses against the State
- JANUARY 1, 2003NigerDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: premeditated murder, torture, aggravated...
Capital crimes are: premeditated murder, torture, aggravated theft, treason and offenses against the State
- JANUARY 1, 2003SenegalDEATH PENALTY
Aggravated murder, spying and treason are capital crimes
Aggravated murder, spying and treason are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2003RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: murder, robbery, sorcery, offenses...
Capital crimes are: murder, robbery, sorcery, offenses against the State and crimes against humanity
- JANUARY 1, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda's 1995 Constitution retains the death sentence...
Uganda's 1995 Constitution retains the death sentence for crimes including treason, rape, robbery with aggravating circumstances, murder and arms trading
- JANUARY 1, 2003TunisiaDEATH PENALTY
Murder, violence and aggression, attacks against the...
Murder, violence and aggression, attacks against the internal security of the State and attacks against the external security of the State are all capital offenses
- JANUARY 1, 2003EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, arson, rape,...
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, arson, rape, hijacking, espionage, drug trafficking political and military offenses
- JANUARY 1, 2003Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
Murder, aggravated robbery and treason are capital crimes
Murder, aggravated robbery and treason are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2003SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
Somalia has been without central government since 1991,...
Somalia has been without central government since 1991, when clans ousted dictator Siad Barre and the east African country sank into inter-clan fighting in which tens of thousands died
- JANUARY 1, 2003DEATH PENALTY
In the USA there are 38 retentionist states (of which...
In the USA there are 38 retentionist states (of which at least 35 have very active death penalty dockets), 11 circuits with many federal district courts in each circuit all handling death penalty cases, all making law, some in conflict with others
- JANUARY 1, 2003South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
South Africa, throughout four decades of institutionalized...
South Africa, throughout four decades of institutionalized racial discrimination, South Africa became one of the world's leading execution centers
- JANUARY 1, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
In accordance with Shari'a law, the Criminal Act provides...
In accordance with Shari'a law, the Criminal Act provides for physical punishments including flogging, amputation, stonings, and crucifixion--the public display of a body after execution
- JANUARY 1, 2003CubaDEATH PENALTY
The Penal Code presently in force provides for the...
The Penal Code presently in force provides for the death penalty for 112 offenses, 33 of which are common crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2003EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Law and Procedure Act No
The Criminal Law and Procedure Act No
- JANUARY 1, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Following the events of 11 September, ''anti-terrorist''...
Following the events of 11 September, ''anti-terrorist'' proposals which would include expansion of the death penalty were made by legislators in several US states, including Alabama, Illinois, New Jersey, Nevada, Ohio and North Carolina
- JANUARY 1, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty has been in force in the Iraqi legal...
The death penalty has been in force in the Iraqi legal system since 1921, following the foundation of the Iraqi State (1920), its field of application has been extended since the taking of power by the Baath party in 1968 and since 1979, the year marking
- JANUARY 1, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: murder, treason, military offences...
Capital crimes are: murder, treason, military offences and espionage
- JANUARY 1, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Iranian law imposes the death penalty for possession...
Iranian law imposes the death penalty for possession of more than 30 grams of heroin or five kilos (11 pounds) of opium
- JANUARY 1, 2003ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
After independence in 1980, there were nine offences...
After independence in 1980, there were nine offences which attracted the death penalty, but over the years they have been reduced to three
- JANUARY 1, 2003KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: premeditated murder, genocide,...
Capital crimes are: premeditated murder, genocide, sabotage, and 8 military crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2003KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
A new Penal Code entered into force in January 1998...
A new Penal Code entered into force in January 1998 and reduced the number of capital crimes, also replacing the death penalty with a maximum of 30 years
- JANUARY 1, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is imposed for several crimes, including...
The death penalty is imposed for several crimes, including robbery, hijacking, arms trading, drug trafficking, rape, and capital offenses, under Shari'a Law, introduced with governmental decrees, such as sexual relations between partners not married to ea
- JANUARY 1, 2003Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
Trinidad and Tobago is a British Independent Territory...
Trinidad and Tobago is a British Independent Territory for which the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council remains the last court of appeal
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- JANUARY 1, 2003ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
The Zambian Constitution of 1996, Article 12, comma...
The Zambian Constitution of 1996, Article 12, comma 1, provides for the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2003LebanonDEATH PENALTY
On july 26, 2001 the Lebanese Parliament voted unanimously...
On july 26, 2001 the Lebanese Parliament voted unanimously to repeal a law that made the death penalty mandatory for all premeditated murders
- JANUARY 1, 2003KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
The Khaleej Times reported that a Dubai court sentenced...
The Khaleej Times reported that a Dubai court sentenced to death a Kuwaiti man for possession and dealing of drugs
- JANUARY 1, 2003United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
The Khaleej Times reported that a Dubai court sentenced...
The Khaleej Times reported that a Dubai court sentenced to death a Kuwaiti man for possession and dealing of drugs
- JANUARY 1, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
The Kayhan evening newspaper reported that five Iranian...
The Kayhan evening newspaper reported that five Iranian men were hanged, three of them publicly, for a range of offences including murder, rape and armed robbery
- JANUARY 1, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
The Jordan Times reported that a 20-year-old man was...
The Jordan Times reported that a 20-year-old man was sentenced to death by the Criminal Court after being convicted of the premeditated murder of a barbershop owner in Hashemi Shamali in 2001
- JANUARY 1, 2003MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Section 302 of the Penal Code carries a mandatory death...
Section 302 of the Penal Code carries a mandatory death sentence for murder
- JANUARY 1, 2003VenezuelaDEATH PENALTY
In 1863 Venezuela formally abolished the death penalty,...
In 1863 Venezuela formally abolished the death penalty, making it the first modern state to do so
- JANUARY 1, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Iranian laws dictate that a woman's "blood money" is...
Iranian laws dictate that a woman's "blood money" is half that of a man
- JANUARY 1, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
State-run newspapers, Afarinesh and Sedaye Edalat,...
State-run newspapers, Afarinesh and Sedaye Edalat, reported that courts in Tehran sentenced to death two prisoners
- JANUARY 1, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
The state-owned newspaper, Kayhan, reported that five...
The state-owned newspaper, Kayhan, reported that five prisoners had been hanged in two cities in Iran
- JANUARY 1, 2003RwandaDEATH PENALTY
The government of Rwanda maintains a list of genocide...
The government of Rwanda maintains a list of genocide suspects, which is divided into four categories, ranging from alleged planners and killers to those who looted or committed other less serious crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan hanged Abdul Sattar, a murderer of two persons,...
Pakistan hanged Abdul Sattar, a murderer of two persons, in Machh Jail after postponing his execution five times
- JANUARY 1, 2003BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
Official figures record 33 executions for capital crimes...
Official figures record 33 executions for capital crimes in Botswana between 1966 and 2000
- JANUARY 1, 2003SwitzerlandDEATH PENALTY
Switzerland was one of the first three countries, along...
Switzerland was one of the first three countries, along with Malta and Ireland, that on May 3, 2002 signed and ratified Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances
- JANUARY 1, 2003SpainDEATH PENALTY
Spain became completely abolitionist in 1995
Spain became completely abolitionist in 1995
- JANUARY 1, 2003PortugalDEATH PENALTY
The last execution took place in 1849
The last execution took place in 1849
- JANUARY 1, 2003TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Turkish Military Code envisages the death penalty...
The Turkish Military Code envisages the death penalty for 12 crimes committed by military personnel in wartime or under imminent threat of war
- JANUARY 1, 2003SwitzerlandDEATH PENALTY
The last execution was conducted in 1944
The last execution was conducted in 1944
- JANUARY 1, 2003SwedenDEATH PENALTY
Sweden has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No...
Sweden has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances
- JANUARY 1, 2003LuxembourgDEATH PENALTY
The last execution was carried out in 1949
The last execution was carried out in 1949
- JANUARY 1, 2003North MacedoniaDEATH PENALTY
Macedonia has signed but not yet ratified Protocol...
Macedonia has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances
- JANUARY 1, 2003UkraineDEATH PENALTY
In December 2002 Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma...
In December 2002 Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma signed into law the bill on ratification of Protocol 13 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, dealing with abolition of death penalty under all circumstances
- JANUARY 1, 2003NorwayDEATH PENALTY
Norway has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No...
Norway has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances
- JANUARY 1, 2003SloveniaDEATH PENALTY
Slovenia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1989
Slovenia abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1989
- JANUARY 1, 2003LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
A legal moratorium on executions was established in...
A legal moratorium on executions was established in 1996, following a presidential decree
- JANUARY 1, 2003MoldovaDEATH PENALTY
Moldova abolished the death penalty for all crimes...
Moldova abolished the death penalty for all crimes in December 1995
- JANUARY 1, 2003UkraineDEATH PENALTY
About 180 people were executed in Ukraine between 1995...
About 180 people were executed in Ukraine between 1995 and March 1997
- JANUARY 1, 2003GreeceDEATH PENALTY
The last execution in Greece was carried out in 1972
The last execution in Greece was carried out in 1972
- JANUARY 1, 2003PolandDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished despite vocal campaigning...
The death penalty was abolished despite vocal campaigning by right-wing activists who pointed out that more than 60 percent of Poles supported capital punishment for brutal murders
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- JANUARY 1, 2003SpainDEATH PENALTY
The last execution took place in 1975, under the dictatorship...
The last execution took place in 1975, under the dictatorship of General Francisco Franco
- JANUARY 1, 2003San MarinoDEATH PENALTY
San Marino abolished the death penalty for ordinary...
San Marino abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes in 1848 and fully abolished it in 1865
- JANUARY 1, 2003San MarinoDEATH PENALTY
San Marino has signed but not yet ratified Protocol...
San Marino has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances
- JANUARY 1, 2003IrelandDEATH PENALTY
The last execution in Ireland was carried out in 1954
The last execution in Ireland was carried out in 1954
- JANUARY 1, 2003PortugalDEATH PENALTY
Portugal has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No...
Portugal has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances
- JANUARY 1, 2003RomaniaDEATH PENALTY
Romania abolished the death penalty in 1989
Romania abolished the death penalty in 1989
- JANUARY 1, 2003NorwayDEATH PENALTY
The last execution took place in 1948
The last execution took place in 1948
- JANUARY 1, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Italy became totally abolitionist in 1994, when the...
Italy became totally abolitionist in 1994, when the death penalty was abolished from the Military Codes
- JANUARY 1, 2003CzechiaDEATH PENALTY
The Czech Republic has signed but not yet ratified...
The Czech Republic has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances
- JANUARY 1, 2003RomaniaDEATH PENALTY
The last execution was carried out in 1989
The last execution was carried out in 1989
- JANUARY 1, 2003San MarinoDEATH PENALTY
The last execution took place in 1468
The last execution took place in 1468
- JANUARY 1, 2003GermanyDEATH PENALTY
The Federal Republic of Germany abolished the death...
The Federal Republic of Germany abolished the death penalty in 1949
- JANUARY 1, 2003SloveniaDEATH PENALTY
Slovenia abolished the death penalty while it was still...
Slovenia abolished the death penalty while it was still a member of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- JANUARY 1, 2003CroatiaDEATH PENALTY
Croatia has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No...
Croatia has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances
- JANUARY 1, 2003DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
Denmark has signed and ratified Protocol No 13 to the...
Denmark has signed and ratified Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances
- JANUARY 1, 2003FinlandDEATH PENALTY
Finland has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No...
Finland has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances
- JANUARY 1, 2003AndorraDEATH PENALTY
Article 8 (3) of Andorra's Constitution states: "The...
Article 8 (3) of Andorra's Constitution states: "The death penalty is prohibited
- JANUARY 1, 2003LiechtensteinDEATH PENALTY
Liechtenstein has signed and ratified Protocol No 13...
Liechtenstein has signed and ratified Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances
- JANUARY 1, 2003LiechtensteinDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished for all crimes in 1987
The death penalty was abolished for all crimes in 1987
- JANUARY 1, 2003IcelandDEATH PENALTY
Capital punishment in Iceland had not been applied...
Capital punishment in Iceland had not been applied since 1830
- JANUARY 1, 2003AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
The last execution in Albania took place in 1995
The last execution in Albania took place in 1995
- JANUARY 1, 2003IrelandDEATH PENALTY
Ireland was one of the first three countries, along...
Ireland was one of the first three countries, along with Malta and Switzerland, that on May 3, 2002 signed and ratified Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances
- JANUARY 1, 2003AndorraDEATH PENALTY
Andorra has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No...
Andorra has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances
- JANUARY 1, 2003AustriaDEATH PENALTY
Austria has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No...
Austria has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances
- JANUARY 1, 2003ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
One person was condemned to death in 2002 according...
One person was condemned to death in 2002 according to OSCE data
- JANUARY 1, 2003HungaryDEATH PENALTY
Hungary has been abolitionist since 1990, following...
Hungary has been abolitionist since 1990, following a decision by the Constitutional Court
- JANUARY 1, 2003BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
The last execution was carried out in 1950
The last execution was carried out in 1950
- JANUARY 1, 2003FinlandDEATH PENALTY
The last execution in Finland was carried out in 1994
The last execution in Finland was carried out in 1994
- JANUARY 1, 2003EstoniaDEATH PENALTY
Estonia has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No...
Estonia has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances
- JANUARY 1, 2003AustriaDEATH PENALTY
The Federal Constitutional Law of the Republic of Austria...
The Federal Constitutional Law of the Republic of Austria at Art
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- JANUARY 1, 2003IrelandDEATH PENALTY
Ireland abolished the death penalty in 1990
Ireland abolished the death penalty in 1990
- JANUARY 1, 2003BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
Belgium abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1996
Belgium abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1996
- JANUARY 1, 2003LatviaDEATH PENALTY
Latvia has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No...
Latvia has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights banning the death penalty in all circumstances
- JANUARY 1, 2003EstoniaDEATH PENALTY
The last time capital punishment was carried out in...
The last time capital punishment was carried out in Estonia was in 1991
- JANUARY 1, 2003LatviaDEATH PENALTY
On April 15, 1999, Parliament voted to abolish the...
On April 15, 1999, Parliament voted to abolish the death penalty for crimes committed in peacetime
- JANUARY 1, 2003AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
The Military Code envisages the death penalty for seven...
The Military Code envisages the death penalty for seven crimes: surrender to enemy forces resulting in severe consequences; releasing state secrets; collaborating with the enemy; defection of senior military personnel; non-observance of orders; forcing ot
- JANUARY 1, 2003CyprusDEATH PENALTY
Cyprus has signed and ratified Protocol No 13 to the...
Cyprus has signed and ratified Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances
- JANUARY 1, 2003LiechtensteinDEATH PENALTY
The last execution was in 1785
The last execution was in 1785
- JANUARY 1, 2003DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
The last execution took place in 1950
The last execution took place in 1950
- JANUARY 1, 2003NorwayDEATH PENALTY
Abolitionist for common crimes since 1905, Norway has...
Abolitionist for common crimes since 1905, Norway has been fully abolitionist since 1979
- JANUARY 1, 2003BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
The Bulgarian Vice-President commuted the 21 death...
The Bulgarian Vice-President commuted the 21 death sentences passed between 1990 and 1998 to life imprisonment upon the abolition of the death penalty in December 1998
- JANUARY 1, 2003LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
Lithuania has signed and ratified Protocol No 13 to...
Lithuania has signed and ratified Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances
- JANUARY 1, 2003CzechiaDEATH PENALTY
The Czech Republic abolished the death penalty in 1990
The Czech Republic abolished the death penalty in 1990
- JANUARY 1, 2003IcelandDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Iceland (1944,...
The Constitution of the Republic of Iceland (1944, as amended in 1995) states at Art
- JANUARY 1, 2003IcelandDEATH PENALTY
Iceland has signed but not yet ratified Protocol 13...
Iceland has signed but not yet ratified Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- JANUARY 1, 2003LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
At the time of abolition in 1998, nine prisoners were...
At the time of abolition in 1998, nine prisoners were thought to be on death row
- JANUARY 1, 2003SwitzerlandDEATH PENALTY
After abolishing the death penalty for ordinary crimes...
After abolishing the death penalty for ordinary crimes in 1942, Switzerland became fully abolitionist in 1992
- JANUARY 1, 2003GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Georgia has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No...
Georgia has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances
- JANUARY 1, 2003HungaryDEATH PENALTY
The last execution took place in 1988
The last execution took place in 1988
- JANUARY 1, 2003AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
Azerbaijan had observed a moratorium on executions...
Azerbaijan had observed a moratorium on executions since 1993, motivated by the desire to join the Council of Europe
- JANUARY 1, 2003AustriaDEATH PENALTY
The last execution took place in 1950
The last execution took place in 1950
- JANUARY 1, 2003NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
The last execution dates back to 1952
The last execution dates back to 1952
- JANUARY 1, 2003HungaryDEATH PENALTY
Hungary has signed but not yet ratified Protocol 13...
Hungary has signed but not yet ratified Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- JANUARY 1, 2003SpainDEATH PENALTY
Spain has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No 13...
Spain has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances
- JANUARY 1, 2003MonacoDEATH PENALTY
The last execution took place in 1847
The last execution took place in 1847
- JANUARY 1, 2003AlbaniaDEATH PENALTY
Capital punishment was abolished from the Criminal...
Capital punishment was abolished from the Criminal Code on December 10, 1999, when the Constitutional Court considered the death penalty to be against the spirit of the new Constitution approved by a popular referendum on November 22, 1998
- JANUARY 1, 2003SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
Slovakia has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No...
Slovakia has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances
- JANUARY 1, 2003CzechiaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished when the Czech Republic...
The death penalty was abolished when the Czech Republic was part of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic
- JANUARY 1, 2003DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
Denmark has been abolitionist since 1978
Denmark has been abolitionist since 1978