Chronological archive
September 2003
The 202 news items published by Hands Off Cain in September 2003, in chronological order.
China executed at least 18 people in the run-up to...
China executed at least 18 people in the run-up to National Day, including five members of the same family and the notorious leader of a massive prostitution ring, state media reported
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2003DEATH PENALTY
The Florida Supreme Court set aside a Wednesday deadline...
The Florida Supreme Court set aside a Wednesday deadline for inmates to request DNA testing of evidence that could prove their innocence
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2003MissouriDEATH PENALTY
In Jefferson City, the Missouri Supreme Court overturned...
In Jefferson City, the Missouri Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of a convicted triple murderer today because the sentence had been imposed by a judge, not a jury
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Fort Worth, jurors decided that Billy Jack Crutsinger,...
In Fort Worth, jurors decided that Billy Jack Crutsinger, 48, should die for slaying an elderly mother and daughter earlier this year
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Du Huikai, Dai Yingqiang, and Shi Xiaoqiang were sentenced...
Du Huikai, Dai Yingqiang, and Shi Xiaoqiang were sentenced to death by the Luoyang Intermediate People's Court for kidnapping, murder and robbery
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2003LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is indicative of the government's...
The death penalty is indicative of the government's failure to face social problems, said Father Louis Khawand, president of the Religious Education Center in the Maronite monastery of Mashmoushe, Jezzine, in an interview with Beirut's The Daily Star
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Shaggier Ahmed was sentenced to death on three counts...
Shaggier Ahmed was sentenced to death on three counts by a District and Sessions court in Pakistan for murdering his wife, his father-in-law and his mother-in-law in 2002
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2003SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Tan Chee Wee, 30, was sentenced to death by a court...
Tan Chee Wee, 30, was sentenced to death by a court in Singapore for murdering a woman during a house robbery on 9 January 2003
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Ugandan Attorney General replied to the constitutional...
The Ugandan Attorney General replied to the constitutional petition against the death penalty, saying the petitioners' right to life was not absolute
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2003BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
HOC MEETS PRODI AND FRATTINI AS EUROPEAN MISSION ENDS
September 30, 2003: the European mission conducted by George Ryan together with Leroy Orange came to an end on Monday in Brussels.
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Italian EU Presidency remained committed to the...
The Italian EU Presidency remained committed to the objective of seeing adopted a worldwide moratorium on capital executions, said Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, speaking in Brussels during a meeting with a Hands Off Cain delegation which inclu
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Italian EU Presidency remained committed to the...
The Italian EU Presidency remained committed to the objective of seeing adopted a worldwide moratorium on capital executions, said Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, speaking in Brussels during a meeting with a Hands Off Cain delegation which inclu
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The European mission conducted by former governor of...
The European mission conducted by former governor of Illinois and current Hands Off Cain Honorary President George Ryan, together with Leroy Orange, ex death row inmate who is alive thanks to the moratorium on executions introduced by the governor in his
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2003BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
The European mission conducted by former governor of...
The European mission conducted by former governor of Illinois and current Hands Off Cain Honorary President George Ryan, together with Leroy Orange, ex death row inmate who is alive thanks to the moratorium on executions introduced by the governor in his
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Dinh Son Hai, a 22 year old Vietnamese man, was sentenced...
Dinh Son Hai, a 22 year old Vietnamese man, was sentenced to death after being convicted by a court in southern Binh Duong province of murdering his friend Ho Viet Quoc in December 2002, in order to steal his motorcycle and jewellery
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A court in Vietnam's southern province of Dong Nai...
A court in Vietnam's southern province of Dong Nai handed down the death penalty to Dinh Quang Tuan for stabbing and beating to death his neighbour, Kieu Thi Phung, in June 2003, while trying to rob her motorbike and jewellery
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2003ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers welcomed...
The Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers welcomed Armenia's ratification of the sixth protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights, the committee's chairman, Moldovan Foreign Minister Nicolae Dudau, said
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2003ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers welcomed...
The Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers welcomed Armenia's ratification of the sixth protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights, the committee's chairman, Moldovan Foreign Minister Nicolae Dudau, said
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2003PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
U.S. District Judge J
U.S. District Judge J
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
It was reported Iran's judiciary drafted a bill which...
It was reported Iran's judiciary drafted a bill which would raise the minimum age for death sentences to 18 from 15
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Monsef Ali and his cousin Mobarrak Ali of Sukhbilash...
Monsef Ali and his cousin Mobarrak Ali of Sukhbilash village in Rangunia, Bangladesh, were sentenced to death by an Additional District and Sessions Court, together with four others, who were sentenced to life imprisonment, for killing two neighbours in R
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
"One thing the United States and China agree on is...
"One thing the United States and China agree on is the death penalty," said Jerome A
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2003Guinea-BissauDEATH PENALTY
A bloodless coup in September 2003 ousted president...
A bloodless coup in September 2003 ousted president Kumba Yala
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2003Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Papua New Guinea's National Court in Wabag, Enga Province,...
Papua New Guinea's National Court in Wabag, Enga Province, imposed the death penalty on Kepaka Langa, a 28-year-old man, after finding him guilty of wilfully murdering a pastor's son in an ambush in 2002
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
U.S. District Judge Vanessa Gilmore ordered a new trial...
U.S. District Judge Vanessa Gilmore ordered a new trial for convicted killer Howard Paul Guidry after determining that his confession was involuntary and should not have been allowed to be used in his trial
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Fadl Mullah Nour Mohammad, Pakistani found guilty of...
Fadl Mullah Nour Mohammad, Pakistani found guilty of drug trafficking heroin, was beheaded by the sword in the Saudi Arabia
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Fadl Mullah Nour Mohammad, Pakistani found guilty of...
Fadl Mullah Nour Mohammad, Pakistani found guilty of drug trafficking heroin, was beheaded by the sword in the Saudi Arabia
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Maurizio Turco and Marco Cappato (both Lista Bonino...
Maurizio Turco and Marco Cappato (both Lista Bonino MEPs), together with Ottavio Marzocchi, deposited an interrogation request at the European Parliament aimed at finding out what measures the European Council and the European Commission would take regard
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
On the motion approved by the Italian Senate, asking...
On the motion approved by the Italian Senate, asking the government, representing the EU, to present at the UN a resolution for a universal moratorium on executions, HOC President Marco Pannella declared: "A Senate composed of yes men from the majority al
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Hasan Yousefi, an Iranian man convicted of murdering...
Hasan Yousefi, an Iranian man convicted of murdering four people, was publicly hanged in a square in the north-western city of Maragheh, the Kayhan newspaper reported, quoting a statement from the West Azarbaijan province's judiciary
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2003North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
In Gastonia, a new jury sentenced Jeff Duke to death...
In Gastonia, a new jury sentenced Jeff Duke to death a 2nd time for the same crime -- killing 2 men
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- SEPTEMBER 26, 2003IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
When Illinois lawmakers decided to overhaul the state's...
When Illinois lawmakers decided to overhaul the state's death penalty system, they included a strong message to police officers: Lie on the stand and lose your badge
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2003North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Twice-convicted murderer Joseph Earl Bates was executed...
Twice-convicted murderer Joseph Earl Bates was executed today
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty for Mamoru Takuma, who stabbed eight...
The death penalty for Mamoru Takuma, who stabbed eight children to death and injured 15 others at Ikeda Primary School in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, in 2001, was finalised after he dismissed his lawyers' appeal of the sentence to the Osaka High Court
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Australian politicians united in welcoming a Nigerian...
Australian politicians united in welcoming a Nigerian appeal court decision to spare Amina Lawal from death by stoning
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2003SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Singapore executed two convicted Malaysian heroin traffickers...
Singapore executed two convicted Malaysian heroin traffickers despite protests by human rights group Amnesty International
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Foreign ministers from the 54-nation Commonwealth "spontaneously...
Foreign ministers from the 54-nation Commonwealth "spontaneously applauded" the decision of a Nigerian appeals court to spare the life of Amina Lawal, sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, Australian foreign minister Alexander Downer said
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2003MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Singapore executed two convicted Malaysian heroin traffickers...
Singapore executed two convicted Malaysian heroin traffickers despite protests by human rights group Amnesty International
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2003CameroonDEATH PENALTY
Security forces in Cameroon were severely criticised...
Security forces in Cameroon were severely criticised for rising cases of torture, arbitrary arrests and summary executions in the country's English-speaking provinces
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Maurizio Turco and Marco Cappato (both Lista Bonino...
Maurizio Turco and Marco Cappato (both Lista Bonino MEPs), together with Ottavio Marzocchi, deposited an interrogation request at the European Parliament aimed at finding out what measures the European Council and the European Commission would take regard
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2003AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Australian politicians united in welcoming a Nigerian...
Australian politicians united in welcoming a Nigerian appeal court decision to spare Amina Lawal from death by stoning
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Maurizio Turco and Marco Cappato (both Lista Bonino...
Maurizio Turco and Marco Cappato (both Lista Bonino MEPs), together with Ottavio Marzocchi, deposited an interrogation request at the European Parliament aimed at finding out what measures the European Council and the European Commission would take regard
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Iranian courts sentenced three men to death for, in...
Iranian courts sentenced three men to death for, in at least two of the cases, having contacts with outlawed political organisations, the Paris-based International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) said in a statement
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Chau Thanh Tam was sentenced to death by a court in...
Chau Thanh Tam was sentenced to death by a court in the southern province of Dong Thap for killing Nguyen Thi Hong, mother of his lover, in February 2003 after she turned down their marriage proposal
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Mai Viet Phong, a 43 year old Vietnamese man, was sentenced...
Mai Viet Phong, a 43 year old Vietnamese man, was sentenced to death by the Ho Chi Minh City People's Court after being convicted of organising and carrying out five armed robberies, which severely wounded five people, between February and April 2001
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Ho Van Nong, a 19-year-old Vietnamese farmer, was sentenced...
Ho Van Nong, a 19-year-old Vietnamese farmer, was sentenced to death by firing squad by a court in the central province of Quang Tri after being convicted of raping and murdering a woman to steal her money
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Italian Senate approved a motion asking the government,...
The Italian Senate approved a motion asking the government, representing the EU, to present at the UN a resolution for a universal moratorium on executions
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Italian Senate approved a motion asking the government,...
The Italian Senate approved a motion asking the government, representing the EU, to present at the UN a resolution for a universal moratorium on executions
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
An Upper Shariah Court in Nigeria ruled that Amina...
An Upper Shariah Court in Nigeria ruled that Amina Lawal's conviction was invalid because she was already pregnant when Islamic Shariah law was implemented in her home province
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
On Amina Lawal's acquittal, Secretary of Hands Off...
On Amina Lawal's acquittal, Secretary of Hands Off Cain, Sergio D'Elia declared: "Amina Lawal was acquitted, according to the judges, due to the conviction being void as she was already pregnant when Islamic law came into effect in her state, as reported
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2003FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Randy Schoenwetter, 21, should be executed for the...
Randy Schoenwetter, 21, should be executed for the stabbing deaths in 2000 of a 10-year-old girl and her father, jurors recommended
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Governments in Europe and Africa as well as rights...
Governments in Europe and Africa as well as rights groups and Islamic scholars on welcomed a decision by a Nigerian court to acquit Amina Lawal
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A court in Shanghai sentenced Bo Jun to death for robbery...
A court in Shanghai sentenced Bo Jun to death for robbery and rape
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2003MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
A Moroccan court convicted Abdelouahab Rabii and Hamid...
A Moroccan court convicted Abdelouahab Rabii and Hamid Slimani for preparing acts of terrorism, murdering an official and stealing weapons from an army barracks in the town of Taza for use against 'Jewish interests'
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2003MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
The Malaysian Court of Appeal acquitted and discharged...
The Malaysian Court of Appeal acquitted and discharged five men who appealed against their conviction and death sentence for the 26 July 1998 murder of A
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2003SenegalDEATH PENALTY
The International Federation of Human Rights, a Dakar-based...
The International Federation of Human Rights, a Dakar-based human rights organisation, urged the Senegalese government to reprieve Diagne, sentenced to death on 22 September for "armed robbery and violence leading to the death of a man," and abolish the d
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2003CubaDEATH PENALTY
The news agency Agencia Brasil web site reported that...
The news agency Agencia Brasil web site reported that Fidel Castro's government had announced an end to executions by firing squad in Cuba
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Vietnamese public security vice minister Le The Tiem...
Vietnamese public security vice minister Le The Tiem was reported as saying that the death penalty was an effective method of preventing drugs production and trafficking and that the country would continue to use the punishment for those crimes
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2003SpainDEATH PENALTY
Former Illinois governor and HOC honorary president...
Former Illinois governor and HOC honorary president George Ryan and former death row inmate Leroy Orange visited the Spanish capital Madrid to promote the campaign for a worldwide moratorium on executions through a UN resolution
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Former Illinois governor and HOC honorary president...
Former Illinois governor and HOC honorary president George Ryan and former death row inmate Leroy Orange visited the Spanish capital Madrid to promote the campaign for a worldwide moratorium on executions through a UN resolution
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
Five men had their death sentence, followed by crucifixion,...
Five men had their death sentence, followed by crucifixion, carried out
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- SEPTEMBER 25, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
AN APPEALS COURT HAS ACQUITTED AMINA, SENTENCED TO DEATH BY STONING FOR ADULTERY
September 25, 2003: the Shariah Court of Appeal ruled on Thursday that Amina Lawal´s conviction was invalid because she was already pregnant when harsh Islamic Shariah law was implemented in her home province.
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2003AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Afghan national Nader Khan Bardel was executed by beheading...
Afghan national Nader Khan Bardel was executed by beheading in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah for an unspecified drug related crime
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Daher Shah Arab Khan, a Pakistani national, was beheaded...
Daher Shah Arab Khan, a Pakistani national, was beheaded by sword in the Saudi Arabia city of Jeddah, after admitting that "he smuggled a quantity of heroin into the kingdom," a statement issued by the Saudi Interior Ministry said
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh convicted Rabi Munda, 37, and...
A court in Bangladesh convicted Rabi Munda, 37, and sentenced him to death by hanging for killing his colleague
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
Three men were sentenced to death by a Criminal Court...
Three men were sentenced to death by a Criminal Court in Jordan for robbing and murdering a jewellery store owner in Irbid in May 2000
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty, suspended after the US-led coalition...
The death penalty, suspended after the US-led coalition ousted Saddam Hussein, could be reintroduced when Iraq regains its sovereignty, Dara Nurredin, a member of the interim Governing Council, said
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Daher Shah Arab Khan, a Pakistani national, was beheaded...
Daher Shah Arab Khan, a Pakistani national, was beheaded by sword in the Saudi Arabia city of Jeddah, after admitting that "he smuggled a quantity of heroin into the kingdom," a statement issued by the Saudi Interior Ministry said
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2003SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Singaporean national Yeo See Soon, charged with drug...
Singaporean national Yeo See Soon, charged with drug trafficking under Section 39(b) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, punishable with the death penalty, was overjoyed when High Court judge Datuk Arifin Jaka ruled that the charge be amended to one of posse
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2003SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
The Singaporean government revealed it had dramatically...
The Singaporean government revealed it had dramatically escalated the use of the death penalty in 2003 with the execution rate roughly triple that of the previous three years
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Thi Yen, a 41 year old woman convicted of drug...
Nguyen Thi Yen, a 41 year old woman convicted of drug trafficking, was sentenced to death in northern Vietnam
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2003FranceDEATH PENALTY
Saw the commencement in Paris of the European tour...
Saw the commencement in Paris of the European tour conducted by former Governor of Illinois George Ryan and Leroy Orange, the ex death row inmate he pardoned
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Saw the commencement in Paris of the European tour...
Saw the commencement in Paris of the European tour conducted by former Governor of Illinois George Ryan and Leroy Orange, the ex death row inmate he pardoned
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2003PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Cebu Regional Trial Court, the Philippines, found...
The Cebu Regional Trial Court, the Philippines, found Marieto Alvizo, Ronald Tumalon and Ronald Caballero guilty of the 1998 kidnapping of Regan King, a young Filipino-Chinese businessman, and sentenced them to death by lethal injection
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Five people were sentenced to death in China's westernmost...
Five people were sentenced to death in China's westernmost Xinjiang Autonomous Region in a trial touted as the region's biggest ever mafia court case, state press said
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
In his speech at the UN, Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi,...
In his speech at the UN, Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, speaking on behalf of the EU as current Presidency holder, asked for the universal abolition of the death penalty and for a general moratorium on executions
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2003DEATH PENALTY
In his speech at the UN, Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi,...
In his speech at the UN, Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, speaking on behalf of the EU as current Presidency holder, asked for the universal abolition of the death penalty and for a general moratorium on executions
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Jibrin Babaji, a 43 year old Nigerian man, was sentenced...
Jibrin Babaji, a 43 year old Nigerian man, was sentenced to death by stoning by a Sharia court in the northern Bauchi State for sleeping with three boys
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Yao Ting, a local Shanghai man in his twenties, was...
Yao Ting, a local Shanghai man in his twenties, was given the death penalty by the Shanghai No 2 Intermediate People's Court, for his role in an arson attack that killed two
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2003CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
In Riverside, Superior Court jurors recommended the...
In Riverside, Superior Court jurors recommended the death penalty for Micky Ray Cage, convicted of murdering his mother-in-law and her 16-year-old son while attempting to track down his estranged wife and children 5 years ago
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Pardoned death row inmate Rolando Cruz appeared in...
Pardoned death row inmate Rolando Cruz appeared in Livingston County Court today after missing 2 earlier hearings on charges stemming from a May traffic stop near Pontiac
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2003OhioDEATH PENALTY
James Conway has received a 2nd death sentence
James Conway has received a 2nd death sentence
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
A jury took an hour of deliberations to recommend the...
A jury took an hour of deliberations to recommend the death penalty for David Renteria, convicted last week of capital murder in the slaying of 5-year-old Alexandra Flores, who vanished from a Wal-Mart in 2001
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2003MassachusettsDEATH PENALTY
Gov. Mitt Romney launched his bid to bring the death...
Gov. Mitt Romney launched his bid to bring the death penalty back to Massachusetts, saying he wants to craft a law that will make it "virtually certain" that only those guilty of the worst crimes would be executed. He named an 11-member panel of scientist
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2003ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The European Union called on Armenia to sign Protocol...
The European Union called on Armenia to sign Protocol 13 to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, repealing the death penalty under any circumstances, the EU said in a declaration published in Rome and Brusse
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2003ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The European Union called on Armenia to sign Protocol...
The European Union called on Armenia to sign Protocol 13 to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, repealing the death penalty under any circumstances, the EU said in a declaration published in Rome and Brusse
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Ho Chi Minh City Court announced that the head...
The Ho Chi Minh City Court announced that the head of one of the biggest smuggling rings to be found in Vietnam, Do Thi My Phuong, a 45 year old woman, received a Presidential commutation of his death sentence to life imprisonment
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indian court sentenced Dara Singh to death and 12...
An Indian court sentenced Dara Singh to death and 12 others to life imprisonment for killing an Australian Christian missionary and his two young sons in a mob attack
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
A young Iranian man, identified only as Arash, was...
A young Iranian man, identified only as Arash, was sentenced to death for murdering a young woman, identified as Mamak, who he had met over the Internet but who rejected his proposals of marriage
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2003EstoniaDEATH PENALTY
Estonia's government put before parliament draft laws...
Estonia's government put before parliament draft laws to join international agreements banning the death penalty under any circumstances, including wartime crimes and crimes committed in times of threat of war
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2003NebraskaDEATH PENALTY
A 3-judge panel will now decide if convicted killer...
A 3-judge panel will now decide if convicted killer Erick Vela will be sentenced to death in the electric chair or life in prison for his role in the killings of 5 people at a U
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- SEPTEMBER 22, 2003New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
In Trenton, Gov
In Trenton, Gov
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2003SenegalDEATH PENALTY
A court in Dakar, Senegal, sentenced to death Abdoualaye...
A court in Dakar, Senegal, sentenced to death Abdoualaye Diagne, an armed robber nicknamed "Foreman," found guilty of stabbing a young soldier in the throat to steal his belongings on 28 August 1993
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Chandrajeet Yadav, an ex traffic police constable sentenced...
Chandrajeet Yadav, an ex traffic police constable sentenced to death for murdering his wife Vidya Devi along with his four daughters, Neetu, Kiran, Madhu and Suman, had his conviction upheld by a high court in India but had his punishment reduced to life
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Farzad Jalali, a convicted rapist, was executed by...
Farzad Jalali, a convicted rapist, was executed by hanging in the south-western Iranian town of Khoramabad, the Kayhan newspaper reported
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Justice Malimath Committee on Reforms of Criminal...
The Justice Malimath Committee on Reforms of Criminal Justice System made a stand against application of the death penalty for rapists and instead recommended life imprisonment for offenders
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Shamsul Alam was sentenced to death by an Additional...
Shamsul Alam was sentenced to death by an Additional District and Sessions Judge Court in Bangladesh for killing his wife
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2003FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Jurors voted 12-0 to recommend Eric Simmons be executed...
Jurors voted 12-0 to recommend Eric Simmons be executed for the 1st-degree murder, kidnapping and sexual battery of Debbie Tressler on Dec
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Tran Kim Tuyen, who was convicted of drug trafficking,...
Tran Kim Tuyen, who was convicted of drug trafficking, was executed by firing squad in Vietnam's Tay Ninh province
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2003BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
Joseph Mokhobo, Douglas Simon and Gouwane Lele Tsae...
Joseph Mokhobo, Douglas Simon and Gouwane Lele Tsae were hanged at the Gaborone central Prison, Botswana
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Sri Lanka's Interior Minister John Amaratunga assured...
Sri Lanka's Interior Minister John Amaratunga assured a Hands Off Cain delegation visiting the country that the Sri Lankan government was not contemplating a swift return to the death penalty despite calls for its re-introduction to combat a rising crime
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2003Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
September 17-19, 2003: an HOC delegation made up of...
September 17-19, 2003: an HOC delegation made up of Italian MP Enrico Buemi, MEP Marco Cappato, Regional Counsellor for Lombardy (Italy) Alessandro Litta Modignani and HOC Board Member Anna Zammit, visited Sri Lanka to lobby for support of a worldwide mor
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2003Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
The debate on the resumption of executions seemed to...
The debate on the resumption of executions seemed to have died down somewhat after the Sri Lanka National Human Rights Commission wrote to the government pointing out that such a move would be in breach of the country's international obligations according
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court in Abuja, Nigeria, upheld a death...
The Supreme Court in Abuja, Nigeria, upheld a death sentence passed on Andrew Nwachukwu in November 1999
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Charnchao Chaiyanukij, human rights activist and director-general...
Charnchao Chaiyanukij, human rights activist and director-general of the Justice Ministry's Rights and Liberty Protection Department was reported as saying that the death penalty in Thailand was a "sensitive and controversial issue"
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2003MissouriDEATH PENALTY
1 of 2 death penalties against Vernon Brown was overturned...
1 of 2 death penalties against Vernon Brown was overturned by a federal appeals court whose members said a supportive letter from his stepbrother was wrongly kept from jurors
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2003Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
On September 19, the HOC delegation met the Secretary...
On September 19, the HOC delegation met the Secretary to the Justice Ministry Ms Dhara Wijayatilake, who pointed out that Sri Lanka, despite still having the death penalty on its statute books could not align itself with retentionist countries in internat
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
A Hands Off Cain delegation formed by Hon
A Hands Off Cain delegation formed by Hon
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain's mission to India came to a conclusion
Hands Off Cain's mission to India came to a conclusion
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2003FranceDEATH PENALTY
A Moroccan court on sentenced Frenchman Pierre Robert...
A Moroccan court on sentenced Frenchman Pierre Robert to life imprisonment under anti-terrorism legislation introduced following suicide bombings by Islamist extremists in Casablanca in May 2003
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2003MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
A Moroccan court on sentenced Frenchman Pierre Robert...
A Moroccan court on sentenced Frenchman Pierre Robert to life imprisonment under anti-terrorism legislation introduced following suicide bombings by Islamist extremists in Casablanca in May 2003
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Sheik Isa Waziri, renowned Islamic scholar and chairman...
Sheik Isa Waziri, renowned Islamic scholar and chairman of the Kano State Sharia Implementation Advisory Committee, said that the provision of capital punishment would reduce the tendency for committing crimes in the society
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indonesian court sentenced Bali bomber Ali Imron...
An Indonesian court sentenced Bali bomber Ali Imron to life imprisonment for helping to organise and carry out the 2002 bombings that killed 202 people
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Jun, sentenced to death for killing a neighbouring...
Li Jun, sentenced to death for killing a neighbouring businessman in the market he had worked in for several years, was allowed to meet with his wife in the meeting room of the Beijing No 1 Intermediate People's Court
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The People's Court in Ho Chi Minh City sentenced four...
The People's Court in Ho Chi Minh City sentenced four drug traffickers to death as part of the government's long-running campaign to wipe out the narcotics trade, the Tuoi Tre newspaper said
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2003FloridaDEATH PENALTY
A jury has recommended the death penalty for a 24-year-old...
A jury has recommended the death penalty for a 24-year-old man convicted in the robbery and shooting death of another man 2 years ago
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2003VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
International laws and treaties do not prohibit Virginia...
International laws and treaties do not prohibit Virginia from executing juveniles, a judge ruled in the case against teenage sniper suspect Lee Boyd Malvo
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2003MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Teh Hock Leong, a 33 year old private transport operator,...
Teh Hock Leong, a 33 year old private transport operator, was sentenced to death by the High Court in Malaysia after he was found guilty of trafficking in 580
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
September 15-16, 2003: an HOC delegation comprising...
September 15-16, 2003: an HOC delegation comprising Italian MP Enrico Buemi, Regional Counsellor for Lombardy (Italy) Alessandro Litta Modignani and HOC Board Member Anna Zammit, visited India to lobby for support of a worldwide moratorium on executions t
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2003UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Uzbek laws stress that death sentences are not applied...
Uzbek laws stress that death sentences are not applied to convicts who are found to have a mental disorder
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
Justice Minister Mayumi Moriyama said she was still...
Justice Minister Mayumi Moriyama said she was still convinced that the death penalty should be retained in Japan, days after she approved the third execution of a death row inmate while she was in office
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- SEPTEMBER 16, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
A 38 year old Iranian man identified as A
A 38 year old Iranian man identified as A
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2003IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Ryan's clemencies challenged----32 cases were ineligible,...
Ryan's clemencies challenged----32 cases were ineligible, Supreme Court told Months after former Gov
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2003DEATH PENALTY
The Arizona Supreme Court has overturned Sherman Lee...
The Arizona Supreme Court has overturned Sherman Lee Rutledge's death sentence in the May 1997 murder of Ryan Harris
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2003MissouriDEATH PENALTY
In Jackson County, Circuit Judge Charles Atwell overturned...
In Jackson County, Circuit Judge Charles Atwell overturned Lemoine Carter's death sentences to life without parole
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2003BrazilDEATH PENALTY
A report entitled "Summary Executions in Brazil 1997-2003"...
A report entitled "Summary Executions in Brazil 1997-2003" compiled by the Center for Global Justice and the Center for Afro-Brazilian Studies (NEN) names Brazil as one of the world's most brutal countries with a system of "extermination and oppression" p
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2003TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Sherali Safarovich Norbekov, a former soldier, was...
Sherali Safarovich Norbekov, a former soldier, was sentenced to death by the military board of Tajikistan's Supreme Court after being convicted of several crimes including theft, robbery and the murder of five people in March 1993
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2003BelarusDEATH PENALTY
Four people were sentenced to death in Belarus in 2002,...
Four people were sentenced to death in Belarus in 2002, but no one was executed, Belarussian Deputy Interior Minister and head of the Investigation Committee Leonid Glukhovsky said at a joint seminar of the Belarus National Assembly and the Parliamentary
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2003Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
Four people were sentenced to death in Belarus in 2002,...
Four people were sentenced to death in Belarus in 2002, but no one was executed, Belarussian Deputy Interior Minister and head of the Investigation Committee Leonid Glukhovsky said at a joint seminar of the Belarus National Assembly and the Parliamentary
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shanghai No 2 Intermediate People's Court sentenced...
The Shanghai No 2 Intermediate People's Court sentenced to death Zhang Liangwu for murder
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2003ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
A 22-year-old Navajo man convicted of stabbing to death...
A 22-year-old Navajo man convicted of stabbing to death a woman and her granddaughter has become the only Native American in the country who's facing execution by federal authorities
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2003TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
Gov. Phil Bredesen this morning granted a 4-month reprieve...
Gov. Phil Bredesen this morning granted a 4-month reprieve in the execution of Phillip Workman, citing a federal criminal investigation that might be related to the case. Although Attorney General Paul Summers said he is confident that the facts of the ca
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2003OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
An Oklahoma County jury recommended death for James...
An Oklahoma County jury recommended death for James Pavatt, 49, for the Nov
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2003DEATH PENALTY
The Arizona Supreme Court has overturned the death...
The Arizona Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence of Kajornsak Prasertphong saying ha must be resentenced by a jury, not a judge because of a change in Arizona law
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Dhaher bin Nahar Al-Chemmari, a Saudi national accused...
Dhaher bin Nahar Al-Chemmari, a Saudi national accused of smuggling an unknown quantity of hashish into the country, was beheaded by sword in the eastern Saudi province of Hafr Al-Baten
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2003YemenDEATH PENALTY
A Yemen court sentenced Ali al-Jarallah's, a Muslim...
A Yemen court sentenced Ali al-Jarallah's, a Muslim extremist, to death
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Yuan Gang, a convicted police killer, was put to death...
Yuan Gang, a convicted police killer, was put to death in eastern China's Zhejiang province immediately after the provincial high court issued the execution order, state press reported
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
The death sentence of Kazumi Taga, a 53 year old Japanese...
The death sentence of Kazumi Taga, a 53 year old Japanese man, was reduced to life in prison through a plea bargain after he admitted to killing his wife and daughter
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
Shinji Mukai, a 42 year old Japanese man convicted...
Shinji Mukai, a 42 year old Japanese man convicted of murdering three people, including a mother and her child, was executed by hanging in what was Japan's first execution in a year
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Eight members of a gang specializing in highway robberies...
Eight members of a gang specializing in highway robberies were executed in central China's Henan province, state media said
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2003CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
The death sentence of a Japanese man was reduced to...
The death sentence of a Japanese man was reduced to life in prison through a plea bargain after he admitted to killing his wife and daughter in 2000
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International Japan denounced the Justice Ministry's...
Amnesty International Japan denounced the Justice Ministry's latest execution of a prisoner, the third person to be hanged under Justice Minister Mayumi Moriyama, which also drew a lawmaker protest
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2003ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
A woman convicted of killing her husband of 17 years...
A woman convicted of killing her husband of 17 years was cleared after the Pima County Attorney's Office admitted its prosecutor intentionally withheld documents that could have helped her case
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2003North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Henry Lee Hunt, 58, was pronounced dead at 2:17 a
Henry Lee Hunt, 58, was pronounced dead at 2:17 a
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Lagos states Governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu, worried by...
Lagos states Governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu, worried by the incessant cultist clashes in the state's tertiary institutions, particularly Lagos State University, disclosed the introduction of capital punishment to any student cultist apprehended
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Jahangir Hossain Bhuiyan was sentenced to death in...
Jahangir Hossain Bhuiyan was sentenced to death in absentia by the District and Sessions Court in Chandpur, Bangladesh, for killing his two sisters by throwing them into the Meghna river
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Muslim Right Congress warned that the proposed...
The Muslim Right Congress warned that the proposed abolition of death penalty was aimed at allowing the killers of the former Attorney - General and Minister of Justice, Chief Bola Ige to escape the hangman's noose
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Imam Samudra, the Islamic militant who masterminded...
Imam Samudra, the Islamic militant who masterminded the bombing of two Bali nightclubs which killed 202 people, was sentenced to death
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2003AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
The Australian government welcomed the conviction and...
The Australian government welcomed the conviction and death sentence imposed on Bali bomber Imam Samudra
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
"The subject of capital punishment is controversial...
"The subject of capital punishment is controversial and emotional," wrote Gabriel Osu in the Vanguard, "it is no longer considered as an appropriate form of punishment for murder or other serious crimes because it continues the cycle of violence; it is no
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Australian government welcomed the conviction and...
The Australian government welcomed the conviction and death sentence imposed on Bali bomber Imam Samudra
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- SEPTEMBER 10, 2003KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev was reported...
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev was reported as advocating the gradual abolition of the death penalty, urging that his position be explained to the public
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
Larry Hayes, 54, was executed tonight for the 1999...
Larry Hayes, 54, was executed tonight for the 1999 murders of his wife and another woman
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
Hearings ordered for 10 on death row
Hearings ordered for 10 on death row
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2003ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
With the ratification on 9 September 2003 of the 6th...
With the ratification on 9 September 2003 of the 6th Protocol to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms the death penalty can only be applied in times of war or in the imminence of war
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2003ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Armenia's 131-seat national assembly on September 9,...
Armenia's 131-seat national assembly on September 9, 2003 voted to unconditionally abolish the death penalty in peacetime
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Nasser Shiragha, the head of a convicted gang of armed...
Nasser Shiragha, the head of a convicted gang of armed robbers, was hanged in Tehran, the official Iran paper reported, adding that 11 other members of the group would also soon be executed
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2003ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The Armenian parliament voted to abolish the death...
The Armenian parliament voted to abolish the death penalty after the country came under pressure from the Council of Europe to meet its obligations to international treaties
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2003ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
"By ratifying Protocol No
"By ratifying Protocol No
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Lien Khui Thin and Nguyen Tuan Phuc, respectively former...
Lien Khui Thin and Nguyen Tuan Phuc, respectively former director and chairman of executive board of Epco company, had their death sentences commuted to life imprisonment, court officials said
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported by the China Daily that people involved...
It was reported by the China Daily that people involved in the illegal production, trade, transportation and storage of toxic chemicals would face severe legal punishment, including the death penalty, from October 1
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
The Union of Kurdistan Revolutionaries (UKR), an Iranian...
The Union of Kurdistan Revolutionaries (UKR), an Iranian Kurdish opposition group, accused Turkey of handing over 16 Iranian Kurdish dissidents to the Tehran government, putting their lives at risk
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2003TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Union of Kurdistan Revolutionaries (UKR), an Iranian...
The Union of Kurdistan Revolutionaries (UKR), an Iranian Kurdish opposition group, accused Turkey of handing over 16 Iranian Kurdish dissidents to the Tehran government, putting their lives at risk
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigerian Abdul Hafid Ouari, convicted of smuggling...
Nigerian Abdul Hafid Ouari, convicted of smuggling cocaine into Saudi Arabia, was publicly beheaded in the Saudi city of Jeddah
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Nigerian Abdul Hafid Ouari and Pakistani national Habibullah...
Nigerian Abdul Hafid Ouari and Pakistani national Habibullah Gholam, convicted of respectively smuggling cocaine and heroin into Saudi Arabia, were publicly beheaded in the city of Jeddah
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani national Habibullah Gholam, convicted of...
Pakistani national Habibullah Gholam, convicted of smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia, was publicly beheaded in the Saudi city of Jeddah
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Rajab Ali, 22, and Abdus Salam, 23, were sentenced...
Rajab Ali, 22, and Abdus Salam, 23, were sentenced to death by hanging for the rape of an eight year old girl which resulted in her death
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2003OhioDEATH PENALTY
The 6th U
The 6th U
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2003NebraskaDEATH PENALTY
In line with the 9th U
In line with the 9th U
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
An Additional District and Sessions in Bangladesh convicted...
An Additional District and Sessions in Bangladesh convicted four people, sentencing Abdul Malek to death and his brother Shahadat and nephews Bakul and Mukul to life term rigorous imprisonment for killing a member of their family
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Corporal Pimundu Gimaro of the Ugandan Military Police...
Corporal Pimundu Gimaro of the Ugandan Military Police was sentenced to death by the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) field court martial for cowardice and failure to carry out duties
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Woman and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal,...
The Woman and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal, Bangladesh, convicted Lokman Sarder of killing his wife for dowry and sentenced him to death by hanging
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Hui Jinbo and Li Junlin, two Chinese men who drowned...
Hui Jinbo and Li Junlin, two Chinese men who drowned seven people in bath tubs after robbing a Beijing bath house, were executed
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2003DEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe (CE) was disappointed with the...
The Council of Europe (CE) was disappointed with the fact that there were provisions in the law on the application of the new Armenian Criminal Code, which would allow the death penalty to be applied to criminals sentenced to death prior to 1 August 2003,
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2003ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe (CE) was disappointed with the...
The Council of Europe (CE) was disappointed with the fact that there were provisions in the law on the application of the new Armenian Criminal Code, which would allow the death penalty to be applied to criminals sentenced to death prior to 1 August 2003,
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Huang Xiaojun and Li Meisheng were executed after taking...
Huang Xiaojun and Li Meisheng were executed after taking part in the ransacking of three tombs on land belonging to the Guo museum in central Henan province, according to the People's Court Daily
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2003GhanaDEATH PENALTY
The Court of Appeal in Malaysia upheld the conviction...
The Court of Appeal in Malaysia upheld the conviction and death sentence imposed on Emmanuel Yaw Teiku, a 43 year old Ghanian national, by the Alor Star High Court on July 24, 2001, for trafficking in more than half a kilogramme of heroin into Malaysia in
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2003MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
The Court of Appeal in Malaysia upheld the conviction...
The Court of Appeal in Malaysia upheld the conviction and death sentence imposed on Emmanuel Yaw Teiku, a 43 year old Ghanian national, by the Alor Star High Court on July 24, 2001, for trafficking in more than half a kilogramme of heroin into Malaysia in
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2003United NationsDEATH PENALTY
The UN Human Rights Committee said Canadian authorities...
The UN Human Rights Committee said Canadian authorities breached an international human rights treaty by deporting convicted killer Roger Judge back to death row in Pennsylvania in 1998 after he had served a separate 10-year term in Quebec for crimes comm
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2003CanadaDEATH PENALTY
The UN Human Rights Committee said Canadian authorities...
The UN Human Rights Committee said Canadian authorities breached an international human rights treaty by deporting convicted killer Roger Judge back to death row in Pennsylvania in 1998 after he had served a separate 10-year term in Quebec for crimes comm
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2003CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
In Ventura, a jury recommended the death penalty for...
In Ventura, a jury recommended the death penalty for Vincent Sanchez, 32, a serial rapist and convicted killer of a 20-year-old college student
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- SEPTEMBER 4, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Shubhash Rajbanshi, 27, and Bimal Rajbanshi, 26, of...
Shubhash Rajbanshi, 27, and Bimal Rajbanshi, 26, of Katigram village in Sadar were sentenced them to death for killing a schoolboy
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2003TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
A group of legislators from the opposition People First...
A group of legislators from the opposition People First Party (PFP) suggested that the law enforcement authorities prescribe capital punishment for "snakehead" ringleaders to stem human trafficking across the Taiwan Strait
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2003PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
Delaware County Common Pleas Judge William R
Delaware County Common Pleas Judge William R
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2003North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Judge Quentin Sumner, referring to the U
Judge Quentin Sumner, referring to the U
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's supreme court has overturned the death sentences...
Iran's supreme court has overturned the death sentences of six men convicted of Islamist vigilante murders (see 'The death penalty for violent crimes' May 11, 2003)
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2003FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Paul Jennings Hill died today by lethal injection in...
Paul Jennings Hill died today by lethal injection in the Florida State Prison
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Three policemen convicted of killing three prominent...
Three policemen convicted of killing three prominent businessmen in Jinja, on suspicion that they were armed robbers, were sentenced to death by the High court
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2003Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
The remains of more than 320 people were exhumed from...
The remains of more than 320 people were exhumed from a mass grave in eastern Bosnia which is considered to be the largest from the country's 1992-95 war
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2003OhioDEATH PENALTY
The prosecutor, judge and defense attorneys in a 1999...
The prosecutor, judge and defense attorneys in a 1999 murder trial made a series of mistakes that led to a wrongful death sentence, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in voting to reverse the sentence
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Sapporo High Court in Japan overturned the death...
The Sapporo High Court in Japan overturned the death sentence given to Kazuyuki Oikawa, 26, for the murder of two children and the attempted murder of another on 8 August 2001, sentencing him to life in prison
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Special Tribunal on Women and Children Repression...
The Special Tribunal on Women and Children Repression in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced six people, including two women, to death by hanging for the April 23, 1998, rape and murder of Shazneen Tasnim Rahman
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A government-appointed commission in Pakistan called...
A government-appointed commission in Pakistan called for the abolition of strict Islamic laws, which rights activists say discriminate against women
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2003DEATH PENALTY
By an 8 to 3 vote, an expanded panel of the San Francisco-based...
By an 8 to 3 vote, an expanded panel of the San Francisco-based U
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani Shah Bali Jan, convicted of smuggling heroin...
Pakistani Shah Bali Jan, convicted of smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia, was publicly beheaded by sword in the Saudi city of Jeddah
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Chinese citizen Yin Zhi Hua, persecuted by her...
The Chinese citizen Yin Zhi Hua, persecuted by her country for political reasons, consigned herself to the Italian authorities in Prato, in the presence of Radical MEP Gianfranco Dell'Alba and Tuscan Radical Party militants
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani court sentenced four men to death for kidnapping...
A Pakistani court sentenced four men to death for kidnapping and raping a 13-year-old village girl
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Chinese citizen Yin Zhi Hua, persecuted by her...
The Chinese citizen Yin Zhi Hua, persecuted by her country for political reasons, consigned herself to the Italian authorities in Prato, in the presence of Radical MEP Gianfranco Dell'Alba and Tuscan Radical Party militants
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2003AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Afghani Abdul Sami'i Bin Abdul Ahad Qari, condemned...
Afghani Abdul Sami'i Bin Abdul Ahad Qari, condemned to death in Saudi Arabia for smuggling opium into the country, was publicly beheaded by sword in the Saudi city of Jeddah
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
An Afghan and a Pakistani convicted of drug trafficking...
An Afghan and a Pakistani convicted of drug trafficking were beheaded in the Saudi Red Sea city of Jeddah, the Saudi interior ministry said
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Thanh Vu, 27, was sentenced to death by the...
Nguyen Thanh Vu, 27, was sentenced to death by the provincial people's court in the southern Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang, Vietnam, after being found guilty of murdering and raping a seven-year-old girl
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
An appeal court in Vietnam commuted the death sentence...
An appeal court in Vietnam commuted the death sentence handed down on Nguyen Ton Van, a local businessman found guilty of fraud, to life-imprisonment, state media said