Chronological archive
February 2003
The 268 news items published by Hands Off Cain in February 2003, in chronological order.
Legislation that would have abolished the death penalty...
Legislation that would have abolished the death penalty for juvenile offenders died this week in the South Dakota House of Representatives on a 39-29 vote, after clearing the Senate on a vote of 20-13
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
The Harris County jury that convicted Tarus V
The Harris County jury that convicted Tarus V
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003MarylandDEATH PENALTY
A bill that would halt executions in Maryland for the...
A bill that would halt executions in Maryland for the next two years while the death penalty gets a more stringent review cleared a major hurdle, surviving a close committee vote and moving to the Senate floor
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
A Montgomery County jury deliberated for about 6 hours...
A Montgomery County jury deliberated for about 6 hours before sentencing Michael James "Romeo" Perry, 20, to death
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003MississippiDEATH PENALTY
In Rankin County, in Judge William E
In Rankin County, in Judge William E
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003CameroonDEATH PENALTY
A military tribunal in the west African state of Cameroon...
A military tribunal in the west African state of Cameroon sentenced seven people to death for the murder of the police chief in the town of Bamenda, legal officials said
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Two men convicted on murder charges were executed by...
Two men convicted on murder charges were executed by firing squad in Vietnam's capital, state media reported
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003IrelandDEATH PENALTY
Dana Rosemary Scallon, MEP for Connacht and Ulster,...
Dana Rosemary Scallon, MEP for Connacht and Ulster, handed in a letter to Dublin's Nigerian Ambassador appealing for help in the case of Mrs Amina Lawal Kurami, sentenced to death by stoning for having a child out of wedlock
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Dana Rosemary Scallon, MEP for Connacht and Ulster,...
Dana Rosemary Scallon, MEP for Connacht and Ulster, handed in a letter to Dublin's Nigerian Ambassador appealing for help in the case of Mrs Amina Lawal Kurami, sentenced to death by stoning for having a child out of wedlock
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
The heads of thirteen EU countries represented in Kenya...
The heads of thirteen EU countries represented in Kenya asked the Government to abolish the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
Jamaica has too many "questionable police shootings"...
Jamaica has too many "questionable police shootings" and the government of the northern Caribbean island is doing too little to punish the officers involved, said Asma Jahangir, UN special rapporteur on extra-judicial, summary or arbitrary executions
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Saeed Ahmed, 28, was hanged in Central Jail, Sahiwal
Saeed Ahmed, 28, was hanged in Central Jail, Sahiwal
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003European UnionDEATH PENALTY
French diplomats prevented European Union justice ministers...
French diplomats prevented European Union justice ministers from concluding negotiations on an unprecedented extradition pact with Washington
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The heads of thirteen EU countries represented in Kenya...
The heads of thirteen EU countries represented in Kenya asked the Government to abolish the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003DEATH PENALTY
French diplomats prevented European Union justice ministers...
French diplomats prevented European Union justice ministers from concluding negotiations on an unprecedented extradition pact with Washington
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003United NationsDEATH PENALTY
Jamaica has too many "questionable police shootings"...
Jamaica has too many "questionable police shootings" and the government of the northern Caribbean island is doing too little to punish the officers involved, said Asma Jahangir, UN special rapporteur on extra-judicial, summary or arbitrary executions
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003LiberiaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International urged an international contact...
Amnesty International urged an international contact group on Liberia, formed by international bodies such as the UN and the EU, to condemn sweeping rights abuses by both rebels and troops loyal to President Charles Taylor
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The dossier says that around 4,000 people were executed...
The dossier says that around 4,000 people were executed in the Abu Ghraib prison in the first reported prison 'cleansing' campaign in 1984
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
Mass executions, prisoner torture, beheadings, amputations...
Mass executions, prisoner torture, beheadings, amputations and disappearances in Iraq make up the chilling content of The death penalty and more under Saddam Hussein, a dossier compiled by Hands Off Cain released in Rome
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Mass executions, prisoner torture, beheadings, amputations...
Mass executions, prisoner torture, beheadings, amputations and disappearances in Iraq make up the chilling content of The death penalty and more under Saddam Hussein, a dossier compiled by Hands Off Cain released in Rome
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
The dossier says that around 4,000 people were executed...
The dossier says that around 4,000 people were executed in the Abu Ghraib prison in the first reported prison 'cleansing' campaign in 1984
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six people sentenced to death for murder were executed...
Six people sentenced to death for murder were executed in Beijing
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HANDS OFF CAIN DOSSIER ON THE DEATH PENALTY AND MASS EXECUTIONS IN IRAQ
February 28, 2003: mass executions, prisoner torture, beheadings, amputations and disappearances in Iraq make up the chilling content of The death penalty and more under Saddam Hussein, a dossier compiled by Hands Off Cain released in Rome on Friday. The
- FEBRUARY 27, 2003IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Coles County Circuit Judge Dale Cini set an execution...
Coles County Circuit Judge Dale Cini set an execution date of May 5 for Anthony Mertz
- FEBRUARY 27, 2003DEATH PENALTY
A House committee endorsed legislation that would add...
A House committee endorsed legislation that would add murdering an older person to the list of aggravating circumstances for which the death penalty could be imposed
- FEBRUARY 27, 2003ColoradoDEATH PENALTY
Douglas County District Court Judge Paul King sentenced...
Douglas County District Court Judge Paul King sentenced Edward Montour Jr
- FEBRUARY 27, 2003NevadaDEATH PENALTY
In a Clark County District Court, a jury decided that...
In a Clark County District Court, a jury decided that Timmy "T
- FEBRUARY 27, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Three Vietnamese men were condemned to death in Vietnam's...
Three Vietnamese men were condemned to death in Vietnam's central province of Nghe An after being convicted of trafficking drugs from Laos, officials said
- FEBRUARY 27, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
MP Monirul Haq Chowdhury brought a resolution seeking...
MP Monirul Haq Chowdhury brought a resolution seeking capital punishment for peddling in phensidyl and other drugs but later withdrew it saying that he retracted it only because he was a treasury-bench lawmaker
- FEBRUARY 27, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Four brothers who killed a person in a holdup with...
Four brothers who killed a person in a holdup with homemade guns were sentenced to death in south China's Guangdong Province
- FEBRUARY 27, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Thai Ambassador to Indonesia, Dr
Thai Ambassador to Indonesia, Dr
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- FEBRUARY 27, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Thai Ambassador to Indonesia, Dr
Thai Ambassador to Indonesia, Dr
- FEBRUARY 26, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The special rapporteur on extra-judicial, summary or...
The special rapporteur on extra-judicial, summary or arbitrary executions of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Asma Jahangir, expressed deep concern at the many deaths in Thailand's war on drugs, the Bangkok Post reported
- FEBRUARY 26, 2003IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
A jury issued Illinois' first death sentence since then-Gov
A jury issued Illinois' first death sentence since then-Gov
- FEBRUARY 26, 2003MontanaDEATH PENALTY
Lawmakers defeated a bill to abolish Montana's death penalty
Lawmakers defeated a bill to abolish Montana's death penalty
- FEBRUARY 26, 2003FloridaDEATH PENALTY
At Florida State Prison, Amos King, maintaining his...
At Florida State Prison, Amos King, maintaining his innocence to the end, was executed by lethal injection for the rape and murder of Natalie "Tillie" Brady, 68, in March 1977
- FEBRUARY 26, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Most inmates on death row will remain there despite...
Most inmates on death row will remain there despite the fact that the procedure used to sentence them has since been declared unconstitutional
- FEBRUARY 26, 2003CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Jurors spent two days of deliberations before reaching...
Jurors spent two days of deliberations before reaching a verdict against 34-year-old Michael Schultz
- FEBRUARY 26, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Three convicted bank robbers were sentenced to death
Three convicted bank robbers were sentenced to death
- FEBRUARY 26, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Eight Indian Muslims, including four who had been sentenced...
Eight Indian Muslims, including four who had been sentenced to death, were acquitted over the 1997 killing of a policeman that had led to deadly communal riots in southern India
- FEBRUARY 26, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Thailand brushed off United Nations criticism of its...
Thailand brushed off United Nations criticism of its bloody war on drugs, saying dealers and traffickers ran the risk of violent death
- FEBRUARY 26, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Thailand brushed off United Nations criticism of its...
Thailand brushed off United Nations criticism of its bloody war on drugs, saying dealers and traffickers ran the risk of violent death
- FEBRUARY 25, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
Richard Head Williams was executed for killing, on...
Richard Head Williams was executed for killing, on March 24, 1997, Jeanette Williams, 44, a wheelchair-bound woman
- FEBRUARY 25, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
President Mwai Kibaki ordered the release of 28 death...
President Mwai Kibaki ordered the release of 28 death row prisoners and commuted the death sentences of another 195 inmates to life in prison, following his campaign pledge to reform Kenya's prison system, a senior official said
- FEBRUARY 25, 2003TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Tajikistan's Supreme Court has sentenced 11 Islamic...
Tajikistan's Supreme Court has sentenced 11 Islamic militants to death and jailed 74 of their comrades after finding them guilty of murder and kidnapping
- FEBRUARY 25, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court of the United States ruled that Thomas...
The Supreme Court of the United States ruled that Thomas Miller El must be allowed to present evidence of systemic racial bias during jury selection as his case returns to the lower court
- FEBRUARY 25, 2003GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Georgian MP Elene Tevdoradze denounced in Parliament...
Georgian MP Elene Tevdoradze denounced in Parliament a recent death sentence passed on an ethnic Georgian by the de facto authorities of the separatist region of Abkhazia
- FEBRUARY 25, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
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The 5th U
- FEBRUARY 25, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Three Iranian armed robbers were hanged, two on February...
Three Iranian armed robbers were hanged, two on February 24 in the south-western city of Ahwaz, and one in Tehran on February 16, Iranian newspapers reported
- FEBRUARY 25, 2003DEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court of the United States ruled that Thomas...
The Supreme Court of the United States ruled that Thomas Miller El must be allowed to present evidence of systemic racial bias during jury selection as his case returns to the lower court
- FEBRUARY 25, 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 a Beijing-based academic
- FEBRUARY 25, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A Vietnamese man was sentenced to death for murdering...
A Vietnamese man was sentenced to death for murdering and robbing a motorbike taxi driver in the central province of Lam Dong
- FEBRUARY 25, 2003DEATH PENALTY
A bill barring executions of mentally retarded Nevada...
A bill barring executions of mentally retarded Nevada criminals won approval in the Assembly Judiciary Committee
- FEBRUARY 25, 2003DEATH PENALTY
A bill that would ban executing the mentally retarded...
A bill that would ban executing the mentally retarded won key approval in the House on
- FEBRUARY 25, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The parents of a young English teacher stabbed to death...
The parents of a young English teacher stabbed to death in Thailand made a plea for the woman accused of his murder not to face the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 25, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The parents of a young English teacher stabbed to death...
The parents of a young English teacher stabbed to death in Thailand made a plea for the woman accused of his murder not to face the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 25, 2003European UnionDEATH PENALTY
Gianfranco Dell'Alba, MEP from the Lista Bonino, asked...
Gianfranco Dell'Alba, MEP from the Lista Bonino, asked the European Commission and Council whether they consider it an opportune moment to amend the UN Conventions on Drugs from 1961, 1971 and 1988, which foresee the criminalization of drug related crimes
- FEBRUARY 25, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Communist Vietnam launched the trial of 155 suspected...
Communist Vietnam launched the trial of 155 suspected gangsters in a showpiece trial aimed at reassuring investors the government is serious about cracking down on crime
- FEBRUARY 25, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Amroz, one of the key Bali bombing suspects, claimed...
Amroz, one of the key Bali bombing suspects, claimed that he was not afraid of a possible death sentence to be imposed upon him for his actions
- FEBRUARY 25, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA TAKES OVER 200 PRISONERS OFF DEATH ROW
February 25, 2003: President Mwai Kibaki ordered the release of 28 death row prisoners and commuted the death sentences of another 195 inmates to life in prison, following his campaign pledge to reform Kenya´s prison system, a senior official said.
- FEBRUARY 24, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A convicted murderer was executed by firing squad in...
A convicted murderer was executed by firing squad in Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam, court officials said
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- FEBRUARY 24, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
An EU Parliamentary delegation began a fact-finding...
An EU Parliamentary delegation began a fact-finding mission on the human rights situation in Bangladesh
- FEBRUARY 24, 2003QatarDEATH PENALTY
A Qatari appeals court upheld the death sentence imposed...
A Qatari appeals court upheld the death sentence imposed on a Jordanian journalist convicted of spying
- FEBRUARY 24, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
A Qatari appeals court upheld the death sentence imposed...
A Qatari appeals court upheld the death sentence imposed on a Jordanian journalist convicted of spying
- FEBRUARY 24, 2003ColoradoDEATH PENALTY
Two men on Colorado's death row were spared when the...
Two men on Colorado's death row were spared when the state's highest court ruled that their death sentences, imposed by 3-judge panels, were unconstitutional
- FEBRUARY 24, 2003South DakotaDEATH PENALTY
Juvenile murderers should remain eligible to receive...
Juvenile murderers should remain eligible to receive the death penalty in South Dakota, a split legislative committee recommended
- FEBRUARY 24, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Four drug traffickers were executed by firing squad...
Four drug traffickers were executed by firing squad in Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam, court officials said
- FEBRUARY 24, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Dharam Deva Yadav, an Indian national, was sentenced...
Dharam Deva Yadav, an Indian national, was sentenced to death after being found guilty of murdering New Zealand backpacker Diana Routley, 24, in August, 1997
- FEBRUARY 24, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Utsunomiya District Court in Japan sentenced former...
The Utsunomiya District Court in Japan sentenced former senior crime syndicate member Ryoji Goto, 44, to death for killing a woman in Utsunomiya by injecting her with narcotics and for murdering a man by throwing him into a river in Mito
- FEBRUARY 24, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
New Zealand Justice Minister Phil Goff said that the...
New Zealand Justice Minister Phil Goff said that the Government does not support the death penalty but that it is for India's justice system to decide what sentence to pass on Diana Routley's killer
- FEBRUARY 24, 2003New ZealandDEATH PENALTY
New Zealand Justice Minister Phil Goff said that the...
New Zealand Justice Minister Phil Goff said that the Government does not support the death penalty but that it is for India's justice system to decide what sentence to pass on Diana Routley's killer
- FEBRUARY 23, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Montagnard Foundation website reported the torture...
The Montagnard Foundation website reported the torture and execution of a Degar Montagnard Christian by Vietnamese police
- FEBRUARY 23, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A special court convicted Abdul Aziz Bishu, 25, and...
A special court convicted Abdul Aziz Bishu, 25, and condemned him to death for killing his wife for dowry in 1998
- FEBRUARY 23, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Ms Dana Rosemary Scallon MEP called for mercy to be...
Ms Dana Rosemary Scallon MEP called for mercy to be shown to a Nigerian woman facing death by stoning for adultery
- FEBRUARY 22, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Chandrasekar, 46, was sentenced to death by a fast...
Chandrasekar, 46, was sentenced to death by a fast track court after being convicted of beheaded his son, Shanmugam, with a hacksaw on September 3, 2001, following a quarrel over the latter's inability to find a job
- FEBRUARY 22, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Rafiq Mollah was sentenced to death in Bangladesh for...
Rafiq Mollah was sentenced to death in Bangladesh for beating his wife Sadar upazila to death over a family feud on February 8, 1994
- FEBRUARY 22, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
According to a statement issued by the Kurdistan Revolutionary...
According to a statement issued by the Kurdistan Revolutionary Union Party, in Sulaymaniyah the Islamic Republic of Iran executed the Sasan Ali Kan'an in prison in the city of Sinah
- FEBRUARY 22, 2003DEATH PENALTY
SIX GET DEATH PENALTY IN VIETNAM FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
February 22, 2003: six drug traffickers were sentenced to death in southern Vietnam as part of the government´s long-running campaign to wipe out the narcotics trade, court officials said Saturday.
- FEBRUARY 21, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Six drug traffickers were sentenced to death in southern...
Six drug traffickers were sentenced to death in southern Vietnam as part of the government's long-running campaign to wipe out the narcotics trade
- FEBRUARY 21, 2003MontanaDEATH PENALTY
In Helena, the House Judiciary Committee approved House...
In Helena, the House Judiciary Committee approved House Bill 529 on a 10-8 vote, sending it to the House floor next week for debate
- FEBRUARY 21, 2003AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
An Azerbaijani national was sentenced to death in Kazakhstan...
An Azerbaijani national was sentenced to death in Kazakhstan for murdering five people
- FEBRUARY 21, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Xia Renfan, the former general manager of the Shenyang...
Xia Renfan, the former general manager of the Shenyang Passenger Transportation Group, was sentenced to death for embezzlement and accepting bribes, the China News Service reported
- FEBRUARY 21, 2003KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
An Azerbaijani national was sentenced to death in Kazakhstan...
An Azerbaijani national was sentenced to death in Kazakhstan for murdering five people
- FEBRUARY 21, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
A Court of Appeals in Uganda upheld a death sentence...
A Court of Appeals in Uganda upheld a death sentence against two men accused of murder
- FEBRUARY 20, 2003FloridaDEATH PENALTY
In Key West, a jury recommended the death penalty for...
In Key West, a jury recommended the death penalty for Michael Tanzi, 25, who confessed to strangling Janet Acosta
- FEBRUARY 20, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A special court Noakhali, Bangladesh, condemned a youth...
A special court Noakhali, Bangladesh, condemned a youth to death and sentenced another to life term in jail for throwing acid on a teenage girl in 1999
- FEBRUARY 20, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
In San Antonio a Bexar County jury decided on execution...
In San Antonio a Bexar County jury decided on execution for 22-year old Kevin Watts
- FEBRUARY 20, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Slovenian association for supporting Tibet staged...
The Slovenian association for supporting Tibet staged a peaceful rally in front of the Chinese embassy in Ljubljana over the recent execution of Tibetan Lobsang Dhondup
- FEBRUARY 20, 2003SamoaDEATH PENALTY
A senior Samoan justice department official said that...
A senior Samoan justice department official said that the brutal rape and murder of a five-year-old girl had been hijacked by the on-going debate on whether or not to execute the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 20, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
``We have two executioners in the prison and when the...
``We have two executioners in the prison and when the new law is in place they will stop shooting guns and will train to help doctors with injections,'' said Pittaya Sangkhanakin, chief of the Bang Kwang maximum security prison, in regards to the lower ho
- FEBRUARY 20, 2003SloveniaDEATH PENALTY
The Slovenian association for supporting Tibet staged...
The Slovenian association for supporting Tibet staged a peaceful rally in front of the Chinese embassy in Ljubljana over the recent execution of Tibetan Lobsang Dhondup
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- FEBRUARY 20, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three Hong Kong men were sentenced to death by a mainland...
Three Hong Kong men were sentenced to death by a mainland court for trafficking and selling more than 126kg of Ice
- FEBRUARY 19, 2003UtahDEATH PENALTY
The Utah Legislature has unanimously approved a bill...
The Utah Legislature has unanimously approved a bill that would bring Utah's death penalty law in line with a recent U
- FEBRUARY 19, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Women confront death with "nerves of steel" while men...
Women confront death with "nerves of steel" while men often collapse with fear, Saudi Arabia's most senior executioner was reported as saying
- FEBRUARY 19, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A division bench of Sindh High Court converted the...
A division bench of Sindh High Court converted the death sentence awarded to a man know as Azam to life imprisonment
- FEBRUARY 19, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The lower house voted 288-60 to change Thailand's long-standing...
The lower house voted 288-60 to change Thailand's long-standing execution method to lethal injections, arguing they are less painful and cruel than shooting prisoners with a machine gun
- FEBRUARY 18, 2003United StatesDEATH PENALTY
The American Bar Association proposed new standards...
The American Bar Association proposed new standards for defence lawyers in death penalty cases, after criticism by Supreme Court justices and legal scholars about the poor representation afforded many accused of being killers
- FEBRUARY 18, 2003ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
A state commission recommended nearly two dozen changes...
A state commission recommended nearly two dozen changes in Arizona's death penalty system, including banning the execution of convicted killers under age 18
- FEBRUARY 18, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Close to 100 convicted killers cannot now be executed...
Close to 100 convicted killers cannot now be executed in Trinidad and Tobago, because they either have petitions pending before international human rights organizations or the five-year limit set by the London-based Privy Council for them to be kept on de
- FEBRUARY 18, 2003DEATH PENALTY
People who purposely murder a child 11 or younger would...
People who purposely murder a child 11 or younger would face the death penalty under 2 bills that a Senate panel overwhelmingly recommended
- FEBRUARY 18, 2003South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
In Columbia, the House Judiciary Committee approved...
In Columbia, the House Judiciary Committee approved a bill banning executions of the mentally retarded
- FEBRUARY 18, 2003South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
The state Supreme Court has ordered a new sentencing...
The state Supreme Court has ordered a new sentencing hearing for Jeffery Haselden, who was sentenced to die for killing his 2-year-old son, Joshua
- FEBRUARY 18, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International commended Kenya's new government...
Amnesty International commended Kenya's new government for taking positive steps on human rights, but urged the team set up by President Mwai Kibaki to probe abuses committed in the past
- FEBRUARY 18, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six people charged with trafficking and selling drugs...
Six people charged with trafficking and selling drugs were sentenced to death by the Intermediate People's Court of Zhanjiang, in south China's Guangdong Province, in the case's first trial
- FEBRUARY 18, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court commuted the death penalty of three...
The Supreme Court commuted the death penalty of three gang rape convicts into ten years imprisonment each
- FEBRUARY 18, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Hashem Aghajari's lawyer rejected charges of blasphemy...
Hashem Aghajari's lawyer rejected charges of blasphemy against his client after the Iranian Judiciary announced that the veteran intellectual, whose death sentence was quashed on February 14, may face the same punishment during a new trial
- FEBRUARY 17, 2003ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
The High Court in Zambia sentenced Gibson Zimba, a...
The High Court in Zambia sentenced Gibson Zimba, a former aide of ex-president Frederick Chiluba, to death by hanging for the murder of three teachers
- FEBRUARY 17, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Houston, a man convicted for killing his girlfriend...
In Houston, a man convicted for killing his girlfriend was sentenced to death
- FEBRUARY 17, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Politicians in Mexico's most populous state vowed to...
Politicians in Mexico's most populous state vowed to push ahead with a plan to institute the death penalty despite questionable public support and strong opposition from human rights groups, the president and the Roman Catholic Church
- FEBRUARY 17, 2003Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Warders and their bosses at Papua New Guinea's Bomana...
Warders and their bosses at Papua New Guinea's Bomana prison don't want to be the ones to hang a convicted killer
- FEBRUARY 17, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An appeals court lifted the death penalty but upheld...
An appeals court lifted the death penalty but upheld a 14-year prison term for two political activists convicted of killing four Americans and a Pakistani six years ago
- FEBRUARY 17, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shanghai No
The Shanghai No
- FEBRUARY 17, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Khofifah Indar Parawansa, chairwoman of Indonesia's...
Khofifah Indar Parawansa, chairwoman of Indonesia's largest Islamic organization Nahdlatul Ulama, expressed support for the death penalty as a maximum punishment for crimes that had wide implications such as narcotics abuse, rape and corruption
- FEBRUARY 17, 2003TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Khasan Saidov, 19, was sentenced to death by the Dushanbe...
Khasan Saidov, 19, was sentenced to death by the Dushanbe city court in Takikistan
- FEBRUARY 17, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Iranian dissident Hashem Aghajari, whose death sentence...
Iranian dissident Hashem Aghajari, whose death sentence for blasphemy was quashed on February 14, will be retried by the same court which ordered his execution and could face the same penalty, a judiciary spokesman said
- FEBRUARY 16, 2003AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
A 21-year-old unnamed individual, a native of Dhaya,...
A 21-year-old unnamed individual, a native of Dhaya, was sentenced in absentia to capital punishment by the Sidi Bel Abbes criminal court after being charged with belonging to and setting up a terrorist group, premeditated murder, laying an ambush and the
- FEBRUARY 16, 2003AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Australian Prime Minister John Howard said that Indonesia...
Australian Prime Minister John Howard said that Indonesia would have Australia's blessing if it imposed the death penalty on anyone convicted of the Bali bombings
- FEBRUARY 16, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Australian Prime Minister John Howard said that Indonesia...
Australian Prime Minister John Howard said that Indonesia would have Australia's blessing if it imposed the death penalty on anyone convicted of the Bali bombings
- FEBRUARY 16, 2003SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Five Singaporeans are languishing on death row in Myanmar...
Five Singaporeans are languishing on death row in Myanmar for trying to smuggle 11 kg of heroin out of the country
- FEBRUARY 16, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Mexican President Vicente Fox said that he is against...
Mexican President Vicente Fox said that he is against the death penalty and the referendum for its restoration called by two Mexican political parties in Mexico state
- FEBRUARY 16, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
A proposal to institute the death penalty in Mexico's...
A proposal to institute the death penalty in Mexico's largest state was overwhelmingly approved by voters during a nonbinding referendum, but voter turnout was not as high as organizers had hoped
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- FEBRUARY 15, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Two UPDF soldiers and four other men were sentenced...
Two UPDF soldiers and four other men were sentenced to death by the High Court in Kampala for the murder of Lt
- FEBRUARY 15, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
A court in Kenya sentenced two middle-aged men to death...
A court in Kenya sentenced two middle-aged men to death after they were found guilty of robbery with violence
- FEBRUARY 15, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds of tribesmen stoned to death a man after he...
Hundreds of tribesmen stoned to death a man after he allegedly killed his rival over a land dispute
- FEBRUARY 15, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A man reportedly named as 'Munesh' was sentenced to...
A man reportedly named as 'Munesh' was sentenced to death by a Special Sessions Court in Bulandsahar, India, for the rape and murder of a minor girl
- FEBRUARY 14, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
Robert Leslie Roberson III, who had been found guilty...
Robert Leslie Roberson III, who had been found guilty of capital murder three days earlier, was assessed the death penalty by an Anderson County jury
- FEBRUARY 14, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's Supreme Court lifted the death sentence ordered...
Iran's Supreme Court lifted the death sentence ordered in the case of a university professor whose sentencing provoked nationwide demonstrations
- FEBRUARY 14, 2003TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
Lawyers and human rights activists criticised the Tanzanian...
Lawyers and human rights activists criticised the Tanzanian government over inhuman treatment of prisoners, excessive use of police force and maintainance of bad laws
- FEBRUARY 14, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
The head of the Interior Ministry's Centre for the...
The head of the Interior Ministry's Centre for the Participation of Women announced that the most important human rights issues concerning women were that of unequal blood money and the practice of stoning to death adulteresses
- FEBRUARY 14, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN LIFTS DEATH SENTENCE ON HASHEM AGHAJARI
February 14, 2003: Iran´s Supreme Court has lifted the death sentence ordered in the case of a university professor whose sentencing provoked nationwide demonstrations.Hashem Aghajari, a history professor at Tehran´s Teachers Training University, had been
- FEBRUARY 14, 2003DEATH PENALTY
IRAN LIFTS DEATH SENTENCE ON HASHEM AGHAJARI
February 14, 2003: Iran´s Supreme Court has lifted the death sentence ordered in the case of a university professor whose sentencing provoked nationwide demonstrations.Hashem Aghajari, a history professor at Tehran´s Teachers Training University, had been
- FEBRUARY 13, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Ugandan prison officers urged the government to abolish...
Ugandan prison officers urged the government to abolish the death penalty and forwarded their proposals to end capital punishment to a commission reviewing the East African nation's constitution, a prisons service spokeswoman said
- FEBRUARY 13, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
Gregory Van Alstyne, 37, scheduled to die next week,...
Gregory Van Alstyne, 37, scheduled to die next week, won a reprieve from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
- FEBRUARY 13, 2003DEATH PENALTY
The House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee gave...
The House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee gave a do pass with no recommendation to a bill that would expand the considerations for the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 13, 2003OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
In McAlester, Bobby Joe Fields was executed
In McAlester, Bobby Joe Fields was executed
- FEBRUARY 13, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
A Dallas County jury recommended death by lethal injection...
A Dallas County jury recommended death by lethal injection for Joseph Garcia in the Christmas Eve 2000 slaying of Irving Police Officer Aubrey Hawkins
- FEBRUARY 13, 2003BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Bulgaria's Permanent Representative to the Council...
Bulgaria's Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe, Ambassador Yurii Shterk, deposited with Council of Europe Secretary General Walter Schimmer the instrument of ratification by Bulgaria of Protocol No
- FEBRUARY 13, 2003HaitiDEATH PENALTY
According to Haiti local radio, police attacked and...
According to Haiti local radio, police attacked and killed two alleged drug traffickers
- FEBRUARY 13, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
British MP and Minister for Europe Denis MacShane revealed...
British MP and Minister for Europe Denis MacShane revealed that two Iraqi doctors living in the UK fled their homeland after being ordered by Saddam Hussein to help commit atrocities against his own people
- FEBRUARY 13, 2003BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Bulgaria's Permanent Representative to the Council...
Bulgaria's Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe, Ambassador Yurii Shterk, deposited with Council of Europe Secretary General Walter Schimmer the instrument of ratification by Bulgaria of Protocol No
- FEBRUARY 13, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Guo Chunhu, 25, and Guo Chunbao, 23, two brothers convicted...
Guo Chunhu, 25, and Guo Chunbao, 23, two brothers convicted of producing fraudulent value added tax invoices were sentenced to death with two years' suspension by the No 1 Intermediate People's Court of Beijing
- FEBRUARY 13, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Guo Chunhu, 25, and Guo Chunbao, 23, two brothers convicted...
Guo Chunhu, 25, and Guo Chunbao, 23, two brothers convicted of producing fraudulent value added tax invoices were sentenced to death with two years' suspension by the No 1 Intermediate People's Court of Beijing
- FEBRUARY 13, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Ma Lijun, a tourism official from...
It was reported that Ma Lijun, a tourism official from the province of Shaanxi, was sentenced to death for burning down a local Taoist temple because of a personal grudge
- FEBRUARY 13, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
British MP and Minister for Europe Denis MacShane revealed...
British MP and Minister for Europe Denis MacShane revealed that two Iraqi doctors living in the UK fled their homeland after being ordered by Saddam Hussein to help commit atrocities against his own people
- FEBRUARY 13, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International spoke out against the deaths...
Amnesty International spoke out against the deaths of 352 suspects since a war on drugs was launched in Thailand in the beginning of February
- FEBRUARY 13, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Indian government took diplomatic steps in a last...
The Indian government took diplomatic steps in a last ditch effort to save Indian national Ayodhya Prasad Chaubey from a death sentence for importing heroin into Indonesia
- FEBRUARY 13, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Indian government took diplomatic steps in a last...
The Indian government took diplomatic steps in a last ditch effort to save Indian national Ayodhya Prasad Chaubey from a death sentence for importing heroin into Indonesia
- FEBRUARY 13, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Elisha Otieno Odede and his wife, Elizabeth Akinyi,...
Elisha Otieno Odede and his wife, Elizabeth Akinyi, were sentenced to hang by a court in Homa Bay, Kenya, after being convicted of robbery with violence
- FEBRUARY 12, 2003VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
Lawyers for juvenile sniper suspect Lee Boyd Malvo...
Lawyers for juvenile sniper suspect Lee Boyd Malvo challenged the constitutionality of Virginia's death penalty law
- FEBRUARY 12, 2003New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
A state Supreme Court review found that race does not...
A state Supreme Court review found that race does not matter when it comes to the death penalty in New Jersey, according to a report
- FEBRUARY 12, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Chinese court sentenced to death a man convicted...
A Chinese court sentenced to death a man convicted of blowing up a hotel and killing six people, including his lover's husband, the official Xinhua news agency reported
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- FEBRUARY 12, 2003DEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament adopted the own-initiative...
The European Parliament adopted the own-initiative report by Pedro Marset Campos on relations between the EU and Belarus
- FEBRUARY 12, 2003RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe's Human Rights Commissioner Alvaro...
The Council of Europe's Human Rights Commissioner Alvaro Gil-Robles accused Russian troops of "criminal" behaviour in Chechnya and insisted that military abuses against civilians must not remain unpunished
- FEBRUARY 12, 2003BelarusDEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament adopted the own-initiative...
The European Parliament adopted the own-initiative report by Pedro Marset Campos on relations between the EU and Belarus
- FEBRUARY 12, 2003RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe's Human Rights Commissioner Alvaro...
The Council of Europe's Human Rights Commissioner Alvaro Gil-Robles accused Russian troops of "criminal" behaviour in Chechnya and insisted that military abuses against civilians must not remain unpunished
- FEBRUARY 12, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
Mitsuhiro Kobayashi, 44, was sentenced to death by...
Mitsuhiro Kobayashi, 44, was sentenced to death by the Aomori District Court for setting fire to a branch office of Takefuji, a major consumer credit firm, which killed five staff members during an attempted robbery in May 2001
- FEBRUARY 12, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
The Kenyan newspaper Daily Nation reported that murder...
The Kenyan newspaper Daily Nation reported that murder suspects at a Nairobi remand prison demanded the abolition of death penalty and to be allowed to enjoy their conjugal rights
- FEBRUARY 12, 2003VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
In Roanoke County Circuit Court, Earl C
In Roanoke County Circuit Court, Earl C
- FEBRUARY 12, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Juveniles should not be subject to the death penalty,...
Juveniles should not be subject to the death penalty, the state Senate Judiciary Committee decided
- FEBRUARY 12, 2003OhioDEATH PENALTY
In Lucasville, Richard E
In Lucasville, Richard E
- FEBRUARY 12, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Chinese man convicted of impersonating a policeman...
A Chinese man convicted of impersonating a policeman to carry out robberies, was sentenced to death with two year's suspension by a Beijing court, the official Xinhua news agency reported
- FEBRUARY 11, 2003MarylandDEATH PENALTY
Maryland's highest court stayed the execution of Steven...
Maryland's highest court stayed the execution of Steven Oken, delaying his death until at least until May when it hears the case
- FEBRUARY 11, 2003FloridaDEATH PENALTY
A jury has recommended a death sentence for Michael...
A jury has recommended a death sentence for Michael Seibert, 34, who murdered and mutilated 18-year-old Karolay Adrianza in March 1998
- FEBRUARY 11, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
February 11
February 11
- FEBRUARY 11, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
China has executed 81 Tibetan political prisoners in...
China has executed 81 Tibetan political prisoners in the past 16 years and another 208 Tibetans are in detention awaiting the same fate, a human rights group said
- FEBRUARY 11, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The former general manager of the Shenyang Passenger...
The former general manager of the Shenyang Passenger Traffic Group in northeast China's Liaoning Province, Xia Renfan, was sentenced to death for corruption and embezzlement of millions of yuan, state media reported
- FEBRUARY 11, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
Brayati, the Iraqi Kurdistan Democratic Party newspaper,...
Brayati, the Iraqi Kurdistan Democratic Party newspaper, reported that the regime had established execution and shooting committees at border points along Kurdish controlled areas in case soldiers should try to escape or should refuse to fight if a war br
- FEBRUARY 11, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Four brothers were sentenced to death in south China...
Four brothers were sentenced to death in south China for attempting to carry out two armed bank robberies which resulted in one person being killed and five others injured, state media said
- FEBRUARY 11, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China has executed 81 Tibetan political prisoners in...
China has executed 81 Tibetan political prisoners in the past 16 years and another 208 Tibetans are in detention awaiting the same fate, a human rights group said
- FEBRUARY 10, 2003DEATH PENALTY
For 3 consecutive years, a bills to impose a moratorium...
For 3 consecutive years, a bills to impose a moratorium on the death penalty in Mississippi have died in a House committee
- FEBRUARY 10, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Oklahoma said it would proceed with plans to execute...
Oklahoma said it would proceed with plans to execute a Mexican national, delaying for the moment a decision on whether to honor a stay issued by the World Court
- FEBRUARY 10, 2003OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Oklahoma said it would proceed with plans to execute...
Oklahoma said it would proceed with plans to execute a Mexican national, delaying for the moment a decision on whether to honor a stay issued by the World Court
- FEBRUARY 10, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Oklahoma said it would proceed with plans to execute...
Oklahoma said it would proceed with plans to execute a Mexican national, delaying for the moment a decision on whether to honor a stay issued by the World Court
- FEBRUARY 10, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Oklahoma said it would proceed with plans to execute...
Oklahoma said it would proceed with plans to execute a Mexican national, delaying for the moment a decision on whether to honor a stay issued by the World Court
- FEBRUARY 10, 2003NebraskaDEATH PENALTY
The 8th U
The 8th U
- FEBRUARY 10, 2003ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
A US federal appeals court ruled that a paranoid schizophrenic...
A US federal appeals court ruled that a paranoid schizophrenic inmate who is sane only when forced to take medication is eligible for death row
- FEBRUARY 10, 2003DEATH PENALTY
A US federal appeals court ruled that a paranoid schizophrenic...
A US federal appeals court ruled that a paranoid schizophrenic inmate who is sane only when forced to take medication is eligible for death row
- FEBRUARY 10, 2003European UnionDEATH PENALTY
Baroness Sarah Ludford asked the President of Parliament...
Baroness Sarah Ludford asked the President of Parliament to write to the Governor of Texas and President Bush following the execution of Jackie Elliott
- FEBRUARY 10, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Baroness Sarah Ludford asked the President of Parliament...
Baroness Sarah Ludford asked the President of Parliament to write to the Governor of Texas and President Bush following the execution of Jackie Elliott
- FEBRUARY 10, 2003AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Australian Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty...
Australian Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty warned that imposing the death penalty on the Bali bombers would answer their wish to be treated as martyrs
- FEBRUARY 10, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Bill Rammell, Foreign Office Minister with responsibility...
Bill Rammell, Foreign Office Minister with responsibility for human rights policy, met members of the Foreign Secretary's Death Penalty Panel to discuss how the UK can promote abolition of the death penalty in Africa
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- FEBRUARY 10, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Baroness Sarah Ludford asked the President of Parliament...
Baroness Sarah Ludford asked the President of Parliament to write to the Governor of Texas and President Bush following the execution of Jackie Elliott
- FEBRUARY 10, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that a recent U
It was reported that a recent U
- FEBRUARY 10, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Australian Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty...
Australian Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty warned that imposing the death penalty on the Bali bombers would answer their wish to be treated as martyrs
- FEBRUARY 10, 2003MissouriDEATH PENALTY
The Missouri Supreme Court overturned the convictions...
The Missouri Supreme Court overturned the convictions of Danny Wolfe, who had been convicted of 2 counts of 1st-degree murder for the killings of Leonard and Lena Walters, who were found dead on Feb
- FEBRUARY 10, 2003OhioDEATH PENALTY
An inmate convicted of strangling his cellmate in November...
An inmate convicted of strangling his cellmate in November 2001 at Mansfield Correctional Institution, was sentenced to die
- FEBRUARY 10, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Iranian Judiciary chief Ayatollah Mahmud Hashemi-Shahrudi...
Iranian Judiciary chief Ayatollah Mahmud Hashemi-Shahrudi told visiting EU Commissioner for External Relations Chris Patten on 3 February that executions by stoning are seen as a way of protecting the family, state television reported
- FEBRUARY 10, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Iranian Judiciary chief Ayatollah Mahmud Hashemi-Shahrudi...
Iranian Judiciary chief Ayatollah Mahmud Hashemi-Shahrudi told visiting EU Commissioner for External Relations Chris Patten on 3 February that executions by stoning are seen as a way of protecting the family, state television reported
- FEBRUARY 10, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Four key suspects in the Bali bombings will be charged...
Four key suspects in the Bali bombings will be charged with offences punishable by death while others will face up to 20 years' jail if convicted, Indonesian police said
- FEBRUARY 10, 2003BurundiDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International appealed to African Union observers...
Amnesty International appealed to African Union observers due to visit Burundi, to take note of human rights abuses by the government or rebel movements, especially the killings of unarmed civilians
- FEBRUARY 10, 2003DEATH PENALTY
US FEDERAL COURT RULES INSANE INMATE CAN BE EXECUTED
February 10, 2003: a US federal appeals court ruled Monday that a paranoid schizophrenic inmate who is sane only when forced to take medication is eligible for death row.
- FEBRUARY 9, 2003Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
A visit to a Colombo prison by Sri Lanka's Interior...
A visit to a Colombo prison by Sri Lanka's Interior Minister John Amaratunga to inspect the gallows and ensure the hangman's noose is ready for use - if needed - triggered a fresh debate on the use of the death penalty to curb crime
- FEBRUARY 9, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A blind, bedridden widow is taking on the might of...
A blind, bedridden widow is taking on the might of the Chinese Government in an effort to halt "executions on demand"
- FEBRUARY 8, 2003CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
In Santa Barbara, Ryan Hoyt was sentenced to death...
In Santa Barbara, Ryan Hoyt was sentenced to death for killing a teenager authorities say was kidnapped over a $200 drug debt his half brother owed
- FEBRUARY 7, 2003OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Michael Allen Browning received two death sentences
Michael Allen Browning received two death sentences
- FEBRUARY 7, 2003UtahDEATH PENALTY
In Salt Lake City, the Utah Senate unanimously approved...
In Salt Lake City, the Utah Senate unanimously approved a bill that would bring Utah's death penalty law in line with a recent U
- FEBRUARY 7, 2003OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
A jury recommended Bigler John "Bud" Stouffer II be...
A jury recommended Bigler John "Bud" Stouffer II be sentenced to death
- FEBRUARY 7, 2003OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
A jury recommended James Lawrence Mitchell III, 28,...
A jury recommended James Lawrence Mitchell III, 28, be sentenced to death for the fatal beating of a 3-year-old girl
- FEBRUARY 7, 2003DEATH PENALTY
US Attorney General John Ashcroft has directed federal...
US Attorney General John Ashcroft has directed federal prosecutors in New York and Connecticut to seek the death penalty in a dozen cases in which they had recommended lesser sentences
- FEBRUARY 7, 2003DEATH PENALTY
US Attorney General John Ashcroft has directed federal...
US Attorney General John Ashcroft has directed federal prosecutors in New York and Connecticut to seek the death penalty in a dozen cases in which they had recommended lesser sentences
- FEBRUARY 7, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
A Tokyo District Court ruled that the Tokyo Detention...
A Tokyo District Court ruled that the Tokyo Detention House must allow Toshiaki Masunaga, 54, a death-row inmate, to purchase a book even though he had exceeded his allowed limit of possessions
- FEBRUARY 7, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A study by the Law Commission on the barbarity involved...
A study by the Law Commission on the barbarity involved in methods of execution recommended that India replace hanging with lethal injection
- FEBRUARY 7, 2003DEATH PENALTY
ALAN PARKER FILM ON DEATH PENALTY PREMIERES IN BERLIN
February 7, 2003: acclaimed film director Alan Parker’s latest film The Life of David Gale will be presented today at the Berlin film festival, one of Europe’s top three cinema events. The film is one of the first major motion pictures to take an explici
- FEBRUARY 6, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
Henry Dunn Jr
Henry Dunn Jr
- FEBRUARY 6, 2003OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
A Grady County jury has recommended the death penalty...
A Grady County jury has recommended the death penalty for Mexican national Isidro Marquez-Burrola, 41, for the February 13, 2002 murder of his his estranged wife Enruquenta Marquez
- FEBRUARY 6, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
A Grady County jury, in Oklahoma, has recommended the...
A Grady County jury, in Oklahoma, has recommended the death penalty for Mexican national Isidro Marquez-Burrola, 41, for the February 13, 2002 murder of his his estranged wife Enruquenta Marquez
- FEBRUARY 6, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Texas said it would ignore a World Court order demanding...
Texas said it would ignore a World Court order demanding it stay the executions of 2 Mexicans, Cesar Robert Fierro Reyna and Roberto Moreno Ramos
- FEBRUARY 6, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Texas said it would ignore a World Court order demanding...
Texas said it would ignore a World Court order demanding it stay the executions of 2 Mexicans, Cesar Robert Fierro Reyna and Roberto Moreno Ramos
- FEBRUARY 6, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Texas said it would ignore a World Court order demanding...
Texas said it would ignore a World Court order demanding it stay the executions of 2 Mexicans, Cesar Robert Fierro Reyna and Roberto Moreno Ramos
- FEBRUARY 6, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Texas said it would ignore a World Court order demanding...
Texas said it would ignore a World Court order demanding it stay the executions of 2 Mexicans, Cesar Robert Fierro Reyna and Roberto Moreno Ramos
- FEBRUARY 6, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Four people were sentenced to death and four others...
Four people were sentenced to death and four others sentenced to life imprisonment in the Murder Case of Gopal Krishna Muhuri
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- FEBRUARY 6, 2003SloveniaDEATH PENALTY
The Slovenian Ministry for Foreign Affairs joined the...
The Slovenian Ministry for Foreign Affairs joined the expressions of deep regret addressed at China upon the execution of the former Tibetan monk Lobsang Dhondup which took place despite appeals of the international community
- FEBRUARY 6, 2003North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
"Back in the North, first-time escapees are mostly...
"Back in the North, first-time escapees are mostly set free; but repeaters are banished, often with their entire families, to Soviet-style concentration camps
- FEBRUARY 6, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Slovenian Ministry for Foreign Affairs joined the...
The Slovenian Ministry for Foreign Affairs joined the expressions of deep regret addressed at China upon the execution of the former Tibetan monk Lobsang Dhondup which took place despite appeals of the international community
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003DEATH PENALTY
State lawmakers gave final approval to a bill that...
State lawmakers gave final approval to a bill that would restore Idaho's death penalty, which was overturned last year by a US Supreme Court ruling
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
The International Court of Justice ruled that three...
The International Court of Justice ruled that three of the Mexican nationals on death row in the United States should be granted a temporary stay of execution
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003DEATH PENALTY
The International Court of Justice ruled that three...
The International Court of Justice ruled that three of the Mexican nationals on death row in the United States should be granted a temporary stay of execution
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003DEATH PENALTY
The International Court of Justice ruled that three...
The International Court of Justice ruled that three of the Mexican nationals on death row in the United States should be granted a temporary stay of execution
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Gov. Jeb Bush lifted the stay of execution for Amos...
Gov. Jeb Bush lifted the stay of execution for Amos King and rescheduled his execution for Feb. 26, saying DNA testing didn't produce any new evidence in the case
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Two lawmakers want to give juries the option of sentencing...
Two lawmakers want to give juries the option of sentencing capital murderers to life in prison with no chance of parole
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003MissouriDEATH PENALTY
Kenneth Kenley was executed by injection early today...
Kenneth Kenley was executed by injection early today in the Potosi Correctional Center
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
The 4th U
The 4th U
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Bangladeshi man identified as Sagar was sentenced...
A Bangladeshi man identified as Sagar was sentenced to death for murdering his wife Salma Khatun, 24, with a hammer on January 21, 1999
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Peter Esinyeni Aroto and Eric Ebeno Ebei, both of Kenya,...
Peter Esinyeni Aroto and Eric Ebeno Ebei, both of Kenya, were sentenced to death by the Nairobi High Court after pleading guilty to murder
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003United StatesDEATH PENALTY
State lawmakers gave final approval to a bill that...
State lawmakers gave final approval to a bill that would restore Idaho's death penalty, which was overturned last year by a US Supreme Court ruling
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003DEATH PENALTY
A UN report said that death squads responsible for...
A UN report said that death squads responsible for executions in Ivory Coast were linked to government officials in the country
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
Lawyers and supporters of Jackie Elliott, a UK national...
Lawyers and supporters of Jackie Elliott, a UK national convicted of a murder in Texas in 1986, reacted furiously to his execution, saying the US legal system had refused even to look at compelling evidence pointing to his innocence or to allow more time
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Lawyers and supporters of Jackie Elliott, a UK national...
Lawyers and supporters of Jackie Elliott, a UK national convicted of a murder in Texas in 1986, reacted furiously to his execution, saying the US legal system had refused even to look at compelling evidence pointing to his innocence or to allow more time
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
A UN report said that death squads responsible for...
A UN report said that death squads responsible for executions in Ivory Coast were linked to government officials in the country
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that the Jharkhand High Court had recently...
It was reported that the Jharkhand High Court had recently commuted the death sentences of Saiyad Rizwan and Chaitali Bhowmick, husband and wife, to life imprisonment
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Norbert Vollertsen, in an editorial on the plight of...
Norbert Vollertsen, in an editorial on the plight of North Korean refugees, wrote: "I interviewed several hundred North Korean defectors in Seoul, as well as near the Chinese-North Korean border, plus in several other locations where they are hiding
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Head of the Fatwa Committee of the Indonesian Ulemas...
Head of the Fatwa Committee of the Indonesian Ulemas Council (MUI), KH Ma'ruf Amin, affirmed the council's support for the upholding of the death sentences handed down to drug traffickers
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003BelarusDEATH PENALTY
Vitaly Staver has been executed in Belarus, OSCE reported
Vitaly Staver has been executed in Belarus, OSCE reported
- FEBRUARY 4, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Twenty-three suspected drug traffickers have been killed...
Twenty-three suspected drug traffickers have been killed since Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's most recent war on drugs got under way, police in Thailand reported
- FEBRUARY 4, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri refused...
Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri refused to pardon six convicted drug dealers currently on death row, a report said
- FEBRUARY 4, 2003DEATH PENALTY
And 134 MPs signed a Commons motion urging Prime Minister...
And 134 MPs signed a Commons motion urging Prime Minister Tony Blair to speak directly to US President George Bush on Elliott's behalf
- FEBRUARY 4, 2003OhioDEATH PENALTY
The Sixth U
The Sixth U
- FEBRUARY 4, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
Shizuka Kamei, head of the Diet Members' League for...
Shizuka Kamei, head of the Diet Members' League for the Abolition of the Death Penalty, said he would submit to the current Diet session a bill calling for the introduction of life imprisonment without parole, adding that it would be a milestone in the ab
- FEBRUARY 4, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International UK campaigners held a vigil at...
Amnesty International UK campaigners held a vigil at London's Westminster Abbey for British born Jackie Elliott, due to be executed in Texas, USA, for a murder committed in 1986
- FEBRUARY 4, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
During his meeting with the Iranian Minister for Foreign...
During his meeting with the Iranian Minister for Foreign Affairs Khamal Kharrazi and with the head of the judicial authority, Ayatollah Mahmoud Hachemi Chahroudi, European Commissioner Chris Patten expressed his concern over freedom of the press and the u
- FEBRUARY 4, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International UK campaigners held a vigil at...
Amnesty International UK campaigners held a vigil at London's Westminster Abbey for British born Jackie Elliott, due to be executed in Texas, USA, for a murder committed in 1986
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- FEBRUARY 4, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
During his meeting with the Iranian Minister for Foreign...
During his meeting with the Iranian Minister for Foreign Affairs Khamal Kharrazi and with the head of the judicial authority, Ayatollah Mahmoud Hachemi Chahroudi, European Commissioner Chris Patten expressed his concern over freedom of the press and the u
- FEBRUARY 4, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Mahmud Hashemi-Shahrudi...
Iran's Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Mahmud Hashemi-Shahrudi said that the justice system has decided to replace 'stoning ' with other punishment
- FEBRUARY 4, 2003European UnionDEATH PENALTY
Iran's Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Mahmud Hashemi-Shahrudi...
Iran's Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Mahmud Hashemi-Shahrudi said that the justice system has decided to replace 'stoning ' with other punishment
- FEBRUARY 4, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Tibetans in the Indian capital New Delhi staged a protest...
Tibetans in the Indian capital New Delhi staged a protest against the execution of a Tibetan separatist by China, witnesses said
- FEBRUARY 4, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Tibetans in the Indian capital New Delhi staged a protest...
Tibetans in the Indian capital New Delhi staged a protest against the execution of a Tibetan separatist by China, witnesses said
- FEBRUARY 4, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Relatives of two Tibetans, one executed and another...
Relatives of two Tibetans, one executed and another jailed for alleged roles in a series of bombings in western China, say the Chinese government banned them from talking about the case in public, the US-based Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported
- FEBRUARY 4, 2003SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
After almost 75 years, Yugoslavia officially ceased...
After almost 75 years, Yugoslavia officially ceased to exist on February 4, 2003 when its parliament voted to replace what remained of the troubled six-member socialist federation with a loose union of Serbia and Montenegro
- FEBRUARY 3, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia reportedly sentenced a Yemeni national...
Saudi Arabia reportedly sentenced a Yemeni national to death for insulting the religion of his roommate
- FEBRUARY 3, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The acting chief of Indonesia's National Drugs Agency,...
The acting chief of Indonesia's National Drugs Agency, Togar Sianipar, said that 20 foreign and local drug traffickers had been sentenced to death in recent years but none has been executed
- FEBRUARY 3, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The acting chief of Indonesia's National Drugs Agency,...
The acting chief of Indonesia's National Drugs Agency, Togar Sianipar, said that 20 foreign and local drug traffickers had been sentenced to death in recent years but none has been executed
- FEBRUARY 3, 2003NepalDEATH PENALTY
The acting chief of Indonesia's National Drugs Agency,...
The acting chief of Indonesia's National Drugs Agency, Togar Sianipar, said that 20 foreign and local drug traffickers had been sentenced to death in recent years but none has been executed
- FEBRUARY 3, 2003YemenDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia reportedly sentenced a Yemeni national...
Saudi Arabia reportedly sentenced a Yemeni national to death for insulting the religion of his roommate
- FEBRUARY 3, 2003KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Kazakhstan will declare a moratorium on capital punishment...
Kazakhstan will declare a moratorium on capital punishment as early as by the end of 2003, the speaker of the Senate, Oralbay Abdykarimov, said during a meeting with Baroness Vivien Stern, the honorary secretary-general Penal Reform International and a me
- FEBRUARY 3, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
The head of the Iranian Judiciary, Ayatollah Hashemi-Shahroudi,...
The head of the Iranian Judiciary, Ayatollah Hashemi-Shahroudi, in a meeting with EU Commissioner for External Relations Chris Patten described the Islamic Shari'ah practice of capital punishment by stoning as a protector of the family unit
- FEBRUARY 3, 2003ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
The acting chief of Indonesia's National Drugs Agency,...
The acting chief of Indonesia's National Drugs Agency, Togar Sianipar, said that 20 foreign and local drug traffickers had been sentenced to death in recent years but none has been executed
- FEBRUARY 3, 2003NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
The acting chief of Indonesia's National Drugs Agency,...
The acting chief of Indonesia's National Drugs Agency, Togar Sianipar, said that 20 foreign and local drug traffickers had been sentenced to death in recent years but none has been executed
- FEBRUARY 3, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The acting chief of Indonesia's National Drugs Agency,...
The acting chief of Indonesia's National Drugs Agency, Togar Sianipar, said that 20 foreign and local drug traffickers had been sentenced to death in recent years but none has been executed
- FEBRUARY 3, 2003AngolaDEATH PENALTY
The acting chief of Indonesia's National Drugs Agency,...
The acting chief of Indonesia's National Drugs Agency, Togar Sianipar, said that 20 foreign and local drug traffickers had been sentenced to death in recent years but none has been executed
- FEBRUARY 3, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri expressed...
Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri expressed support for the execution of drug traffickers which had been sentenced to death
- FEBRUARY 3, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Osman Ali, a 42-year-old man of Bangladeshi origin,...
Osman Ali, a 42-year-old man of Bangladeshi origin, was sentenced to death in absentia for killing his wife in 1995
- FEBRUARY 3, 2003ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Baton-wielding police beat back a crowd of lawmakers,...
Baton-wielding police beat back a crowd of lawmakers, diplomats and journalists trying to see the start of the treason trial of opposition leaders accused of plotting to murder President Robert Mugabe
- FEBRUARY 3, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
"It is outrageous that they haven't taken DNA tests...
"It is outrageous that they haven't taken DNA tests which are very necessary and which could prove his innocence," Conservative MP John Gummer said in relation to Jackie Elliot's case, a UK national sentenced to die in Texas, USA
- FEBRUARY 3, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
"It is outrageous that they haven't taken DNA tests...
"It is outrageous that they haven't taken DNA tests which are very necessary and which could prove his innocence," Conservative MP John Gummer said in relation to Jackie Elliot's case, a UK national sentenced to die in Texas, USA
- FEBRUARY 3, 2003South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Peter Hodgkinson, British representative to the Council...
Peter Hodgkinson, British representative to the Council of the International League for the Abolition of the Death Penalty, arrived in Soeul to meet with policy makers and discuss issues concerning capital punishment
- FEBRUARY 2, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
The Iraqi government abolished several penalties from...
The Iraqi government abolished several penalties from its statute books, including Decree 115 of 1994 stipulating ear amputation for army deserters and Decree No 313 of 1984 imposing capital punishment for anyone convicted of smuggling foreign currency
- FEBRUARY 1, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
February 2003, a girl was stoned to death in Sindh,...
February 2003, a girl was stoned to death in Sindh, Pakistan for dancing at a wedding, [it is unclear whether this stoning followed a judicial ruling or was a summary execution Ed
- FEBRUARY 1, 2003SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
February: Tan Chun Seng, 28, was sentenced to death...
February: Tan Chun Seng, 28, was sentenced to death by the High Court in Singapore for murdering a 44 year old deaf and mute man following an argument