Chronological archive
March 2003
The 184 news items published by Hands Off Cain in March 2003, in chronological order.
According to Gerhart Baum, the UN's Special Rapporteur...
According to Gerhart Baum, the UN's Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Sudan, human rights had not improved in the country
- MARCH 31, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
The US State Department issued its 27th annual report...
The US State Department issued its 27th annual report on human rights conditions world-wide
- MARCH 31, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
According to Gerhart Baum, the UN's Special Rapporteur...
According to Gerhart Baum, the UN's Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Sudan, human rights had not improved in the country
- MARCH 31, 2003DEATH PENALTY
The US State Department issued its 27th annual report...
The US State Department issued its 27th annual report on human rights conditions world-wide
- MARCH 31, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Murder during the commission of a terroristic threat...
Murder during the commission of a terroristic threat would become a death penalty crime under legislation tentatively approved by the Texas House on Monday
- MARCH 31, 2003NevadaDEATH PENALTY
In Carson City, the Nevada Assembly voted to bar executions...
In Carson City, the Nevada Assembly voted to bar executions of criminals who are mentally retarded criminals or under age 18
- MARCH 31, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Ugandan Constitutional Court ruled that the UPDF...
The Ugandan Constitutional Court ruled that the UPDF (Uganda's People's Defence Forces) might continue executing convicts sentenced to death by the army's field court martial
- MARCH 31, 2003EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Hanan Muhammad Rashid, female, and Muhammad Ahmad 'Abd...
Hanan Muhammad Rashid, female, and Muhammad Ahmad 'Abd al-Salam, male, are at imminent risk of execution
- MARCH 31, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Chengdu Railway Communications Intermediate Court,...
The Chengdu Railway Communications Intermediate Court, in Sichuan Province, China, sentenced Wang Pingxue to death with two years reprieve for trafficking and transporting drugs
- MARCH 30, 2003ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
More than 300 prisoners facing the death penalty in...
More than 300 prisoners facing the death penalty in Zambia are kept in overcrowded cells, where conditions violate basic human rights, Jethro Mumbuwa, the country's commissioner of prisons, said
- MARCH 29, 2003ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
Pima County Superior Court Judge Frank Dawley decided...
Pima County Superior Court Judge Frank Dawley decided that John Michael Harper, 21, will be resentenced because he was denied the opportunity to challenge a juror who may have been biased
- MARCH 29, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Saudi man was beheaded after he was convicted of...
A Saudi man was beheaded after he was convicted of murdering a compatriot, the Saudi Interior Ministry said in a statement
- MARCH 29, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Ahmad Gulzar and Ahmad Riaz were sentenced to death...
Ahmad Gulzar and Ahmad Riaz were sentenced to death by the Additional District and Session Court in the murder case of Ali Liaqat, Gulzar's business partner
- MARCH 28, 2003IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
In Springfield, the Illinois House passed legislation...
In Springfield, the Illinois House passed legislation that would limit the governor's power to grant blanket clemency
- MARCH 28, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Ton Van, former director of Quoc Binh private...
Nguyen Ton Van, former director of Quoc Binh private enterprise, a trading company, was sentenced to death by a court in Ho Chi Minh City for "defrauding and appropriating public property"
- MARCH 27, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A Vietnamese man, Nong Quoc Luong, 25, convicted of...
A Vietnamese man, Nong Quoc Luong, 25, convicted of murdering a friend to steal his motorcycle was blindfolded, tied to a stake and executed by firing squad in Hanoi
- MARCH 27, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesia will delay the execution of six convicts...
Indonesia will delay the execution of six convicts including an Indian on death row after five of them appealed to the Supreme Court for a second review, prosecutors said
- MARCH 27, 2003SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
The Humanitarian Law Centre (FHP) said that the initiative...
The Humanitarian Law Centre (FHP) said that the initiative for temporary introduction of the death penalty in the legal system of Serbia and Montenegro was contradictory to international standards and the constitutional charter
- MARCH 27, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
Relatives of victims of gas attacks carried out by...
Relatives of victims of gas attacks carried out by Japan's Aum Supreme Truth cult vented their anger at the trial of cult guru Shoko Asahara and demanded the death sentence for him
- MARCH 27, 2003OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
A retrial produced the same result for Shelton Dewayne...
A retrial produced the same result for Shelton Dewayne Jackson, who again received the death penalty for murdering a woman
- MARCH 27, 2003FloridaDEATH PENALTY
In Tallahassee, the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday...
In Tallahassee, the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday threw out the death sentence of Roger Stewart, 45
- MARCH 27, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
Mustafa Adam Abdella was sentenced to death before...
Mustafa Adam Abdella was sentenced to death before the Nyala Court, Sudan
- MARCH 27, 2003DEATH PENALTY
AMINA LAWAL’S STONING APPEAL POSTPONED
March 27, 2003: a Nigerian Islamic court postponed Tuesday the start of Amina Lawal´s appeal against being stoned to death after the chief trial judge failed to turn up.
- MARCH 26, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Regional Court in Brno, Czech Republic, decided...
The Regional Court in Brno, Czech Republic, decided not extradite Chinese citizen Wen-min Zhang to China on fears he could be executed
- MARCH 26, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Regional Court in Brno, Czech Republic, decided...
The Regional Court in Brno, Czech Republic, decided not extradite Chinese citizen Wen-min Zhang to China on fears he could be executed
- MARCH 26, 2003CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Michael Schultz, 34, was sentenced to death for the Aug
Michael Schultz, 34, was sentenced to death for the Aug
- MARCH 26, 2003SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Zivojin Stjepic of the Christian Democratic Party of...
Zivojin Stjepic of the Christian Democratic Party of Serbia (DHSS) said the party would propose to the republican government and the assembly that talks be started with the European Union on a temporary change to the Serbian Penal Code in order to re-esta
- MARCH 26, 2003DEATH PENALTY
In Huntsville, a mentally ill murderer spared from...
In Huntsville, a mentally ill murderer spared from execution 5 months ago by a last-minute reprieve was executed for fatally stabbing a woman during an attempted rape
- MARCH 25, 2003GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Larry Eugene Moon was executed for the 1984 murder...
Larry Eugene Moon was executed for the 1984 murder and robbery of 34-year-old Ricky Callahan
- MARCH 25, 2003OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
In McAlester, John Michael Hooker was executed for...
In McAlester, John Michael Hooker was executed for stabbing his girlfriend Sylvia Stokes, 28, and her mother Drusilla Morgan, 53, on March 27, 1988
- MARCH 25, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A Nigerian Islamic court postponed the start of Amina...
A Nigerian Islamic court postponed the start of Amina Lawal's appeal against being stoned to death after the chief trial judge failed to turn up
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- MARCH 25, 2003AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Mohamed Ferfar, arrested by the police on 28 December...
Mohamed Ferfar, arrested by the police on 28 December 1998, was sentenced to death by the criminal court in Annaba, the Algerian newspaper Le Matin reported on its website
- MARCH 25, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Sikh body Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee...
The Sikh body Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) called upon the Federal government to abolish the death penalty saying it would raise India's image in the eyes of the world
- MARCH 25, 2003MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Wan Mohd Azman Hassan, 30, and Ibrahim Nawang, 29,...
Wan Mohd Azman Hassan, 30, and Ibrahim Nawang, 29, were sentenced to death by the High Court after they were found guilty of trafficking 1
- MARCH 25, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Chris Pond, MP for Gravesham, threw his support behind...
Chris Pond, MP for Gravesham, threw his support behind the Sikh community by writing to Indian president APJ Abdul Kalam urging him to take Davinder Pal Singh Bhuller off death row
- MARCH 25, 2003GambiaDEATH PENALTY
Omar Jallow, interim leader of Jawara's Peoples Progressive...
Omar Jallow, interim leader of Jawara's Peoples Progressive Party of Gambia, said in an interview, whilst on tour in the US, that since the new Constitution came into force in 1996 it had been amended 28 times at the expenses of human rights
- MARCH 25, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Chris Pond, MP for Gravesham, threw his support behind...
Chris Pond, MP for Gravesham, threw his support behind the Sikh community by writing to Indian president APJ Abdul Kalam urging him to take Davinder Pal Singh Bhuller off death row
- MARCH 24, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
The 'Jordan Times' reported that a 22-year-old man...
The 'Jordan Times' reported that a 22-year-old man was sentenced to death by the Criminal Court after being convicted the previous week of raping an eight-year-old child in Irbid in 2002
- MARCH 24, 2003GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
The Georgia Supreme Court threw out a death sentence...
The Georgia Supreme Court threw out a death sentence against Gary Chad Thomason, a burglar convicted of killing 33-year-old Jerry Self
- MARCH 24, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Five people were sentenced to death in two separate...
Five people were sentenced to death in two separate murder cases in Bangladesh, the Independent reported
- MARCH 24, 2003United NationsDEATH PENALTY
French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin made...
French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin made a call at the UN Human Rights Commission for the universal ratification of the statute of the International Criminal Court and for the abolition of the death penalty
- MARCH 24, 2003DEATH PENALTY
State senators added murder by terrorists and serial...
State senators added murder by terrorists and serial killers to the factors to be considered in imposing Colorado's death penalty
- MARCH 24, 2003DEATH PENALTY
State senators added murder by terrorists and serial...
State senators added murder by terrorists and serial killers to the factors to be considered in imposing Colorado's death penalty
- MARCH 23, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
Seven members of Iraq's ruling Ba'th Party were executed...
Seven members of Iraq's ruling Ba'th Party were executed on the order of President Saddam Hussein's cousin and the commander in the south, Ali Hasan al-Majid
- MARCH 23, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Abdul Latif Khokon, 25, was sentenced to death by an...
Abdul Latif Khokon, 25, was sentenced to death by an Additional District and Sessions court in Bangladesh following a conviction for rape and murder
- MARCH 23, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
Mustafa Adam Abdella was sentenced to death on before...
Mustafa Adam Abdella was sentenced to death on before Nyala Court
- MARCH 22, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
State media reported that two murderers, one who beat...
State media reported that two murderers, one who beat his parents to death with a metal bar and one who killed his wife with rat poison, were executed in the Chinese capital Beijing
- MARCH 22, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Rafiq was sentenced to death and fined Rs...
Muhammad Rafiq was sentenced to death and fined Rs 50,000 by a Special Anti-Terrorism Court after being convicted of murder
- MARCH 21, 2003BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
Justice Peter Tebbutt dismissed Lehlohonolo Kobedi's...
Justice Peter Tebbutt dismissed Lehlohonolo Kobedi's death sentence appeal
- MARCH 21, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
District and Session Judge Muhammad Haneef Khan awarded...
District and Session Judge Muhammad Haneef Khan awarded the death penalty to a man known as Ladhu for the murder of Mureed Kazim in September 2002
- MARCH 21, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Three convicts were awarded death sentences with heavy...
Three convicts were awarded death sentences with heavy fines by local courts in different murder cases
- MARCH 21, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A man convicted of murdering two of his cousins and...
A man convicted of murdering two of his cousins and seriously wounding a woman was executed by firing squad in northern Vietnam
- MARCH 21, 2003FijiDEATH PENALTY
A Fiji High Court judge said he could not sentence...
A Fiji High Court judge said he could not sentence two convicted coup plotters because he wasn't certain whether the South Pacific nation had formally abolished the death penalty as the government said it had
- MARCH 21, 2003AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
In Decatur, Morgan County Circuit Judge Glenn Thompson,...
In Decatur, Morgan County Circuit Judge Glenn Thompson, who sentenced Daniel Wade Moore to death , has granted him a new trial, saying prosecutors repeatedly failed to provide Moore's defense with information that could have helped his case
- MARCH 21, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Qiao Jinming, convicted by the Second Intermediate...
Qiao Jinming, convicted by the Second Intermediate People's Court of Beijing of poisoning his wife, was sentenced to death
- MARCH 21, 2003GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
Mutual Support Group (GAM), a Guatemalan human rights...
Mutual Support Group (GAM), a Guatemalan human rights group, said death-squad agents linked to the state committed nine summary executions in the first two months of the year
- MARCH 21, 2003TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The Tajik newspaper Vecherniy Dushanbe reported that...
The Tajik newspaper Vecherniy Dushanbe reported that Tajikistan was considering the abolition of the death penalty for women
- MARCH 20, 2003SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Yen May Woen, 36, who was caught in Singapore on 8...
Yen May Woen, 36, who was caught in Singapore on 8 May 2002 with 120 sachets of heroin in a black sling bag, was sentenced to death for drug trafficking
- MARCH 20, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A court in Gujranwala, Pakistan, condemned four people...
A court in Gujranwala, Pakistan, condemned four people to death for murder
- MARCH 20, 2003CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
There is no need for a death penalty moratorium in...
There is no need for a death penalty moratorium in California - even though there are more than 600 people on death row - because there are no problems with the sentencing process, according to a report released by a group of prosecutors
- MARCH 20, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Huntsville, Keith Clay was executed tonight, becoming...
In Huntsville, Keith Clay was executed tonight, becoming the 300th inmate put to death in Texas since the state resumed the death penalty 20 years ago
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- MARCH 20, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The EU External Relations Council expressed serious...
The EU External Relations Council expressed serious concern over China's lack of respect for human rights, particularly the death penalty and torture, arbitrary detention, repression of all kinds (freedom of expression, religion and association) and actio
- MARCH 20, 2003BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
At the UN Commission on Human Rights convening in Geneva...
At the UN Commission on Human Rights convening in Geneva Bulgaria expressed its firm conviction that the abolition of the death penalty represented a milestone in the progressive evolution of universal human rights standards
- MARCH 20, 2003DEATH PENALTY
The EU External Relations Council expressed serious...
The EU External Relations Council expressed serious concern over China's lack of respect for human rights, particularly the death penalty and torture, arbitrary detention, repression of all kinds (freedom of expression, religion and association) and actio
- MARCH 20, 2003DEATH PENALTY
At the UN Commission on Human Rights convening in Geneva...
At the UN Commission on Human Rights convening in Geneva Bulgaria expressed its firm conviction that the abolition of the death penalty represented a milestone in the progressive evolution of universal human rights standards
- MARCH 20, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
The EU External Relations Council expresses serious...
The EU External Relations Council expresses serious worries at Iran's violations of human rights, particularly the lack of respect for freedom of expression, attacks against the Press, the imprisonment of journalists, intellectuals and students, applicati
- MARCH 20, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
The EU External Relations Council expresses serious...
The EU External Relations Council expresses serious worries at Iran's violations of human rights, particularly the lack of respect for freedom of expression, attacks against the Press, the imprisonment of journalists, intellectuals and students, applicati
- MARCH 19, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed three men for killing taxi drivers in...
China executed three men for killing taxi drivers in and around the nation's capital, the official Xinhua News Agency reported
- MARCH 19, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Two convicted armed robbers were publicly hanged in...
Two convicted armed robbers were publicly hanged in the western city of Khorramabad, the Persian daily Kayhan reported
- MARCH 19, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Five people were sentenced to death in two separate...
Five people were sentenced to death in two separate murder cases by fast-track tribunals in Dhaka under the Woman and Child Repression Prevention Act
- MARCH 19, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
A pregnant woman found guilty of murder was saved from...
A pregnant woman found guilty of murder was saved from the hangman's noose by her unborn baby
- MARCH 19, 2003PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
A York jury sentenced Noel Montalvo, 36, to death for...
A York jury sentenced Noel Montalvo, 36, to death for the April 19, 1998 killings of Miriam Asencio, 44, and Manuel Ramirez Santana , 37
- MARCH 19, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Cibinong District Court sentenced two men to death...
The Cibinong District Court sentenced two men to death for murdering a man and then mutilating his body to conceal their crime on 20 June 2002
- MARCH 18, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Houston, a jury in state District Judge Jeannine...
In Houston, a jury in state District Judge Jeannine Barr's court, handed down a death sentence to Timothy Adams, , 34, who admittedly killed his 19-month-old son, Timothy Jr
- MARCH 18, 2003Governo Federale degli Stati UnitiDEATH PENALTY
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It was reported that U
- MARCH 18, 2003MarylandDEATH PENALTY
The Maryland Senate rejected by a single vote, 24-23,...
The Maryland Senate rejected by a single vote, 24-23, a bill that would have reinstated a two-year moratorium on the death penalty
- MARCH 18, 2003FloridaDEATH PENALTY
In Tampa, Hillsborough County Circuit Judge J
In Tampa, Hillsborough County Circuit Judge J
- MARCH 18, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that U
It was reported that U
- MARCH 18, 2003OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Walanzo Deon Robinson was executed
Walanzo Deon Robinson was executed
- MARCH 18, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The European Union said it would raise its concerns...
The European Union said it would raise its concerns over China's human rights record, including its frequent use of the death penalty, at this month's annual gathering of the UN Human Rights Commission
- MARCH 18, 2003DEATH PENALTY
It was reported that U
It was reported that U
- MARCH 18, 2003Governo Federale degli Stati UnitiDEATH PENALTY
A decorated Gulf War veteran who claimed his exposure...
A decorated Gulf War veteran who claimed his exposure to Iraqi nerve gas caused him to rape and kill a female soldier was executed by injection at a federal prison
- MARCH 18, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The European Union said it would raise its concerns...
The European Union said it would raise its concerns over China's human rights record, including its frequent use of the death penalty, at this month's annual gathering of the UN Human Rights Commission
- MARCH 18, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
That a Vietnamese man who raped and murdered a 48-year-old...
That a Vietnamese man who raped and murdered a 48-year-old woman was sentenced to death, Agence France-Presse reported
- MARCH 18, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Ten thousand Muslim fundamentalists marched in protest...
Ten thousand Muslim fundamentalists marched in protest through the northern Nigerian city of Kano to urge authorities to apply strict Islamic law, including stonings and other punishments
- MARCH 18, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An anti-terrorist court sentenced to death three child...
An anti-terrorist court sentenced to death three child kidnappers
- MARCH 18, 2003QatarDEATH PENALTY
Marking a visit from Jordan's king, the leader of Qatar...
Marking a visit from Jordan's king, the leader of Qatar pardoned a Jordanian journalist who had been convicted of spying and sentenced to death, according to the official Qatari official news agency
- MARCH 18, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
Marking a visit from Jordan's king, the leader of Qatar...
Marking a visit from Jordan's king, the leader of Qatar pardoned a Jordanian journalist who had been convicted of spying and sentenced to death, according to the official Qatari official news agency
- MARCH 18, 2003DEATH PENALTY
US EXECUTES GULF WAR VETERAN IN THIRD FEDERAL EXECUTION
March 18, 2003: a decorated Gulf War veteran who claimed his exposure to Iraqi nerve gas caused him to rape and kill a female soldier was executed by injection Tuesday at a federal prison. Louis Jones Jr., 53, died by injection at the US Penitentiary nea
- MARCH 17, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Thai Senate voted to introduce fatal injections...
The Thai Senate voted to introduce fatal injections for executions and to abolish the death penalty and life sentences for 14 to 18-year-olds
- MARCH 17, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Prosecutors demanded a court in the East Java capital...
Prosecutors demanded a court in the East Java capital of Surabaya to dismiss a second appeal by two convicts who were sentenced to death for the murder of a military officer
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- MARCH 17, 2003YemenDEATH PENALTY
According to "Yemen Times", a number of human rights...
According to "Yemen Times", a number of human rights organisations and international anti-violence organizations expressed their resentment over the case of Laila Aesha, a Yemeni woman who was sentenced to death stoning in public after being found guilty
- MARCH 15, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Dissident Iranian professor Hashem Aghajari, under...
Dissident Iranian professor Hashem Aghajari, under sentence of death for blasphemy, rejected a court order for his mental health to be examined by doctors, his wife said
- MARCH 15, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
Cases involving DNA analysis from the troubled Houston...
Cases involving DNA analysis from the troubled Houston police crime lab won't be treated any differently than other capital cases that reach Gov
- MARCH 15, 2003South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Former Western Cape premier Gerald Morkel called for...
Former Western Cape premier Gerald Morkel called for the reintroduction of the death penalty whilst attending the funeral of nine-year-old Miquela Appollis, slain by gangster crossfire near her home in Steenberg
- MARCH 14, 2003BahamasDEATH PENALTY
Two men were handed death sentences in the Bahamas,...
Two men were handed death sentences in the Bahamas, at the end of separate murder trials in which the juries returned unanimous guilty verdicts
- MARCH 14, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A court in northern Vietnam sentenced six men to death...
A court in northern Vietnam sentenced six men to death for trafficking nearly 90 kilograms of heroin
- MARCH 14, 2003AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
A Jefferson County jury decided Renard Marcel Daniel,...
A Jefferson County jury decided Renard Marcel Daniel, 28, should be put to death for killing 2 people execution-style on Sept
- MARCH 14, 2003OhioDEATH PENALTY
Cleveland killer Ernest Martin got a three-month reprieve...
Cleveland killer Ernest Martin got a three-month reprieve from execution in the first of what could be many cases involving capital punishment and the mentally retarded
- MARCH 14, 2003PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Malaysia suspended for 30 days the execution of Filipino...
Malaysia suspended for 30 days the execution of Filipino convict Andy Baguindah in order to revaluate his case upon request from the Philippine government
- MARCH 14, 2003MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Malaysia suspended for 30 days the execution of Filipino...
Malaysia suspended for 30 days the execution of Filipino convict Andy Baguindah in order to revaluate his case upon request from the Philippine government
- MARCH 14, 2003MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Lee Kwai Heong, 38 and Lee Ah Seng, 25 were sentenced...
Lee Kwai Heong, 38 and Lee Ah Seng, 25 were sentenced to death by the High Court after being found guilty of murdering a fisherman, Sanip Leham, 50
- MARCH 13, 2003AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
In Atmore, Michael Eugene Thompson was executed by...
In Atmore, Michael Eugene Thompson was executed by lethal injection for the 1984 murder of Maisie Carlene Gray, 57, on Dec
- MARCH 13, 2003FloridaDEATH PENALTY
The Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Court jury voted 7-5 that...
The Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Court jury voted 7-5 that Charles Carpenter should die for the Nov
- MARCH 13, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The People's High Court in the eastern province of...
The People's High Court in the eastern province of Zhejiang announced that Yan Liang, 31, an employee of China Unicom's Quzhou branch, had been executed on terrorist charges for sending a mail bomb that killed his boss
- MARCH 13, 2003DEATH PENALTY
The EP adopted a resolution on the case of Amina Lawal,...
The EP adopted a resolution on the case of Amina Lawal, sentenced to death by stoning in Nigeria for committing adultery, pushing the Nigerian government to suspend all executions and to put an end to the use of the death penalty
- MARCH 13, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The EP adopted a resolution on the case of Amina Lawal,...
The EP adopted a resolution on the case of Amina Lawal, sentenced to death by stoning in Nigeria for committing adultery, pushing the Nigerian government to suspend all executions and to put an end to the use of the death penalty
- MARCH 13, 2003JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
A report released by Amnesty International stated that...
A report released by Amnesty International stated that Jamaican police deliberately killed a group of young men in 2001 in a high-profile case known as the Braeton Seven
- MARCH 12, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
The Aftab-e Yazd daily reported that students at the...
The Aftab-e Yazd daily reported that students at the Tarbiat-e Modarres teacher training university in Tehran had signed a petition calling for the unconditional release of academic dissident Hashem Aghajari sentenced to death for blasphemy
- MARCH 12, 2003DEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court stopped Texas from executing its...
The Supreme Court stopped Texas from executing its 300th inmate since capital punishment resumed in the United States in 1977, granting a dramatic last-minute stay to condemned killer Delma Banks
- MARCH 12, 2003MississippiDEATH PENALTY
Death row inmate David Blue has been resentenced to...
Death row inmate David Blue has been resentenced to life in prison without parole under a U
- MARCH 12, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda's Attorney General (AG) supported capital punishment...
Uganda's Attorney General (AG) supported capital punishment issued by Field Court Martial, describing it as necessary to instil discipline in soldiers
- MARCH 12, 2003Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
The Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the Council...
The Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the Council of Europe Ambassador Nicolaos Emiliou handed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe Mr Walter Schwimmer, the instrument of ratification of Protocol 13 to the Convention for the Protection of
- MARCH 12, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Eight people were sentenced to hang for the vicious...
Eight people were sentenced to hang for the vicious murder of a land dealer in Kenya
- MARCH 12, 2003CyprusDEATH PENALTY
The Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the Council...
The Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the Council of Europe Ambassador Nicolaos Emiliou handed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe Mr Walter Schwimmer, the instrument of ratification of Protocol 13 to the Convention for the Protection of
- MARCH 12, 2003TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The European Court of Human Rights condemned Turkey...
The European Court of Human Rights condemned Turkey for violating the human rights of jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan
- MARCH 12, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shanghai No
The Shanghai No
- MARCH 12, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shanghai Higher People's Court sentenced Chen Tongbao...
The Shanghai Higher People's Court sentenced Chen Tongbao to death for murder
- MARCH 12, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Nagoya High Court in Japan upheld a lower court...
The Nagoya High Court in Japan upheld a lower court ruling that sentenced two men to death for murdering two women by burning them alive inside oil barrels
- MARCH 12, 2003TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The last execution in Turkey took place in October...
The last execution in Turkey took place in October 1984 and provoked an international outcry
- MARCH 11, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
Bobby Glen Cook was executed for robbing and fatally...
Bobby Glen Cook was executed for robbing and fatally shooting Edwin Earl Holder, 42, on Feb
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- MARCH 11, 2003QatarDEATH PENALTY
Indian national Arun Abraham, sentenced to death by...
Indian national Arun Abraham, sentenced to death by Qatar's Sharia court for killing his Indian colleague, was executed by firing squad in Doha's central prison
- MARCH 11, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Indian national Arun Abraham, sentenced to death by...
Indian national Arun Abraham, sentenced to death by Qatar's Sharia court for killing his Indian colleague, was executed by firing squad in Doha's central prison
- MARCH 11, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China's top law enforcement officials promised redoubled...
China's top law enforcement officials promised redoubled efforts to crush terrorists, ethnic separatists, Falun Gong activists and others who they said threaten national security and economic progress
- MARCH 11, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A report released by China's supreme court president...
A report released by China's supreme court president to the National People's Congress revealed that over 800,000 Chinese had been sentenced to death or to life behind bars since 1998
- MARCH 11, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Ugandan Government told the Constitutional Court...
The Ugandan Government told the Constitutional Court that executions sanctioned by the field courts-martial were necessary to instill discipline in the army
- MARCH 11, 2003RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Shari'ah Court of the Chechen Republic...
The Supreme Shari'ah Court of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria released a text regarding the planned referendum to be held in Chechnya by the Russian Federation on March 23 asking voters whether they want to accept the Russian Constitution
- MARCH 10, 2003DEATH PENALTY
In Carson City, the Nevada Assembly voted to revise...
In Carson City, the Nevada Assembly voted to revise standards for court-appointed defence teams in death penalty cases
- MARCH 10, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
A convict on death row, who is asserting his innocence...
A convict on death row, who is asserting his innocence and seeking a retrial, met his lawyers for the first time in nearly 12 years at the Tokyo detention house
- MARCH 10, 2003MalawiDEATH PENALTY
The High Court in Malawi sentenced two men to death...
The High Court in Malawi sentenced two men to death for the murder of a German tourist
- MARCH 10, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
In an article about female jail wardens Bui Hong Hanh,...
In an article about female jail wardens Bui Hong Hanh, a 35-year-old warden, was quoted as saying that one need have an "iron nerve" to be capable of witnessing the shock of the prisoners facing the death penalty
- MARCH 8, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Akhteruzzaman Shohag, 34, and Alam alias Khokan, 51,...
Akhteruzzaman Shohag, 34, and Alam alias Khokan, 51, were sentenced to death by a District and Sessions Court for murder
- MARCH 8, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The People's High Court in the eastern province of...
The People's High Court in the eastern province of Zhejiang announced that Yan Liang, 31, an employee of China Unicom's Quzhou branch, had been executed on terrorist charges
- MARCH 8, 2003AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Australian Prime Minister John Howard backed executing...
Australian Prime Minister John Howard backed executing al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden if he was captured, despite professing to be against the death penalty
- MARCH 7, 2003CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Pomona Superior Court Judge Robert M
Pomona Superior Court Judge Robert M
- MARCH 7, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Eriabu Magala, 51, was sentenced to death by the High...
Eriabu Magala, 51, was sentenced to death by the High Court in Mpigi for stabbing to death Eriazari Lutwama, 60, on suspicion that he was a witchdoctor
- MARCH 7, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shanghai Railway Intermediate People's Court sentenced...
The Shanghai Railway Intermediate People's Court sentenced Zhang Jianli to death for murder
- MARCH 7, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China has developed a "mobile execution vehicle" to...
China has developed a "mobile execution vehicle" to make capital punishment easier to deliver, state press said
- MARCH 7, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shanghai Railway Intermediate People's Court sentenced...
The Shanghai Railway Intermediate People's Court sentenced Zhang Jianli to death for murder
- MARCH 7, 2003Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Social Welfare and Development Minister Lady Carol...
Social Welfare and Development Minister Lady Carol Kidu expressed anger at the "summary executions and brutality" on the streets in Port Moresby caused by police mobile squad units
- MARCH 6, 2003ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
A Mesa jury sentenced Robert Cromwell, 36, to death
A Mesa jury sentenced Robert Cromwell, 36, to death
- MARCH 6, 2003IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
An Illinois House committee voted to abolish the death...
An Illinois House committee voted to abolish the death penalty, raising the stakes in the long debate over how to respond to flaws in the state's capital punishment system
- MARCH 6, 2003MarylandDEATH PENALTY
Legislation that could impose a new moratorium on the...
Legislation that could impose a new moratorium on the death penalty in Maryland narrowly passed a procedural hurdle in the state Senate, but the legislation appears to be doomed when it reaches a final vote in the chamber
- MARCH 6, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed two people by lethal injection in southwestern...
China executed two people by lethal injection in southwestern Yunnan province
- MARCH 6, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Governor of Zamfara State, Ahmed Sani Yerima, started...
The Governor of Zamfara State, Ahmed Sani Yerima, started his election campaign for a second term in Kaura Namoda, headquarters of Kaura Namoda Local Council, vowing to carry out the death penalty passed on anyone by a sharia court in the state
- MARCH 6, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesia's House of Representatives passed into law...
Indonesia's House of Representatives passed into law emergency antiterrorism regulations issued in October 2002 following the Bali bombing attacks
- MARCH 6, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International condemned the execution of three...
Amnesty International condemned the execution of three members of the Ugandan People's Defence Force (UPDF) who were convicted by a military court of murdering civilians
- MARCH 6, 2003DEATH PENALTY
SANREMO: ITALIAN SINGERS PRESENT VIDEO OF ANTI-DEATH PENALTY SONG
March 6, 2003: In a conference press, in the Ariston Theatre, Sanremo, Oliviero Toscani presented a new video called “Nessuno tocchi Caino”.
- MARCH 5, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Young teen-agers could not be executed under legislation...
Young teen-agers could not be executed under legislation headed to the House floor
- MARCH 5, 2003NevadaDEATH PENALTY
In Carson City, an Assembly panel has approved a bill...
In Carson City, an Assembly panel has approved a bill requiring Nevada judges to sentence murderers to life without the possibility of parole if a jury can't decide a sentence
- MARCH 5, 2003AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
A United Nations human rights expert called on Afghanistan...
A United Nations human rights expert called on Afghanistan to suspend the death penalty and stop executions because the country's judicial system was not up to international standards, according to a report released by the UN
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- MARCH 5, 2003DEATH PENALTY
A United Nations human rights expert called on Afghanistan...
A United Nations human rights expert called on Afghanistan to suspend the death penalty and stop executions because the country's judicial system was not up to international standards, according to a report released by the UN
- MARCH 5, 2003SwedenDEATH PENALTY
Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh blasted the Israeli...
Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh blasted the Israeli army's "extrajudiciary executions" of Palestinians, saying Israel's method of fighting terrorism was "entirely reprehensible"
- MARCH 5, 2003IsraelDEATH PENALTY
Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh blasted the Israeli...
Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh blasted the Israeli army's "extrajudiciary executions" of Palestinians, saying Israel's method of fighting terrorism was "entirely reprehensible"
- MARCH 5, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian court upheld on appeal a seven-year sentence...
An Iranian court upheld on appeal a seven-year sentence against a reformist cleric, initially sentenced to death for saying women should be free to decide whether to wear a veil, judicial sources said
- MARCH 5, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A State of the Region survey conducted by the Journal...
A State of the Region survey conducted by the Journal showed that 65 per cent of people in the North-East believed that the only way of claiming justice for murdered children was by implementing the death penalty
- MARCH 5, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Newcastle Law School lecturer James Sweeney argued...
Newcastle Law School lecturer James Sweeney argued that capital punishment doesn't act as a deterrent in preventing crimes
- MARCH 4, 2003DEATH PENALTY
The state Senate and its new Democratic majority will...
The state Senate and its new Democratic majority will get the chance to vote on legislation that would make broad changes to the state's death penalty laws to guard against executing an innocent person
- MARCH 4, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
Bexar County jurors take just one hour to sentence...
Bexar County jurors take just one hour to sentence Santos Minjarez, 31, to death row for the rape and brutal murder of a woman, Rosa Maria Rosado, 37, in April 2001
- MARCH 4, 2003DEATH PENALTY
The state Senate killed a bill that would have prohibited...
The state Senate killed a bill that would have prohibited a judge from issuing a death sentence if the jury deadlocked during the sentencing phase of the trial
- MARCH 4, 2003OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
District Judge Virgil Black followed the February 7...
District Judge Virgil Black followed the February 7 jury's recommendation, and sentenced James Lawrence Mitchell III, 28, to death for beating to death a 3-year-old girl
- MARCH 4, 2003PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
Panel Urges Halt to Executions in Pa
Panel Urges Halt to Executions in Pa
- MARCH 4, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The German Ambassador Klaus Holderbaum called for the...
The German Ambassador Klaus Holderbaum called for the abolition of the death penalty in Uganda
- MARCH 4, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International said that if Portugal extradited...
Amnesty International said that if Portugal extradited Indian gangster Abu Salem, who is accused of masterminding bombings in Bombay that killed nearly 300 people, it would violate the Portuguese constitution
- MARCH 4, 2003PortugalDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International said that if Portugal extradited...
Amnesty International said that if Portugal extradited Indian gangster Abu Salem, who is accused of masterminding bombings in Bombay that killed nearly 300 people, it would violate the Portuguese constitution
- MARCH 4, 2003European UnionDEATH PENALTY
MEP, Nelly Maes announced in a press statement that...
MEP, Nelly Maes announced in a press statement that she would not take part in a meeting on 5 March at the European Parliament on the theme of "Dialogue between Civilisations, Women's empowerment" because President Khatami's advisor, Kahra Shojaii, who ad
- MARCH 3, 2003VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
A judge denied a defence motion to declare Virginia...
A judge denied a defence motion to declare Virginia state's death penalty unconstitutional in the case of Lee Boyd Malvo, who could face capital punishment if convicted of killing an FBI employee during a string of sniper killings in the Washington metro
- MARCH 3, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The trial of twenty five defendants in the largest...
The trial of twenty five defendants in the largest drug trafficking ring to be detected in Vietnam's northern mountainous Lai Chau province began
- MARCH 3, 2003Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
Three soldiers and several former militia fighters...
Three soldiers and several former militia fighters were among 15 people charged with treason for allegedly trying to overthrow the government of this newly peaceful West African nation
- MARCH 3, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Three Uganda People's Defence Forces [UPDF] soldiers...
Three Uganda People's Defence Forces [UPDF] soldiers were executed by firing squad in Kitgum, northern Uganda, for murder
- MARCH 3, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A man named as Sumon was sentenced to death in absentia...
A man named as Sumon was sentenced to death in absentia and eight others to life term imprisonment in a double murder case
- MARCH 3, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Adnan Buyung Nasution, noted Indonesian lawyer and...
Adnan Buyung Nasution, noted Indonesian lawyer and human rights campaigner, said the death penalty for drug smugglers was acceptable on account of the bad impact their acts had on people of all ages
- MARCH 3, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Bangkok-based diplomats asked Thailand to verify the...
Bangkok-based diplomats asked Thailand to verify the number of deaths caused by the government's crackdown on narcotics, since they found the over 1,000 killings in one month alarming
- MARCH 2, 2003BurundiDEATH PENALTY
Four civilians were killed by Burundi government soldiers...
Four civilians were killed by Burundi government soldiers just outside the capital, Bujumbura, witnesses said
- MARCH 2, 2003Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga will oppose...
Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga will oppose moves by the government to re-implement the death penalty in the island, The Sunday Times reported
- MARCH 2, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Golabi, a member of the Iranian Kurdish group...
Mohammad Golabi, a member of the Iranian Kurdish group Komala and of the Iranian Communist Party, was executed in the central prison of Iran's western City of Saghez
- MARCH 1, 2003United StatesDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe urges nations across the globe...
The Council of Europe urges nations across the globe to abolish the death penalty as the organization celebrates Death Penalty Abolition Day
- MARCH 1, 2003DEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe urges nations across the globe...
The Council of Europe urges nations across the globe to abolish the death penalty as the organization celebrates Death Penalty Abolition Day
- MARCH 1, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Vietnamese President Tran Duc Luong granted amnesty...
Vietnamese President Tran Duc Luong granted amnesty to five people on death row, state media said
- MARCH 1, 2003CanadaDEATH PENALTY
James Sampson, father of William Sampson, a Canadian...
James Sampson, father of William Sampson, a Canadian facing a death sentence in Saudi Arabia arrived in the kingdom to meet his son
- MARCH 1, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
James Sampson, father of William Sampson, a Canadian...
James Sampson, father of William Sampson, a Canadian facing a death sentence in Saudi Arabia arrived in the kingdom to meet his son
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- MARCH 1, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Two high-ranking officials from central China's Hunan...
Two high-ranking officials from central China's Hunan Province were sentenced to death with a two-year suspension after being convicted of corruption and bribery
- MARCH 1, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Yunnan Provincial Higher People's Court announced...
The Yunnan Provincial Higher People's Court announced that lethal injection would be used in carrying out the death penalty throughout the province
- MARCH 1, 2003DEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe urged nations across the globe...
The Council of Europe urged nations across the globe to abolish the death penalty as the organisation celebrated Death Penalty Abolition Day