Chronological archive
March 2004
The 244 news items published by Hands Off Cain in March 2004, in chronological order.
Mexican President Vicente Fox sent the Senate a bill...
Mexican President Vicente Fox sent the Senate a bill aimed at abolishing the death penalty under military jurisdiction and replacing it with prison terms ranging from 30 to 60 years
- MARCH 31, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A special court in Barisal, Bangladesh, sentenced Kamal...
A special court in Barisal, Bangladesh, sentenced Kamal Sarder, 38, to death for murder
- MARCH 31, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia, which implements strict Islamic sharia...
Saudi Arabia, which implements strict Islamic sharia law, executed Jarwan bin Hamad bin Marhan al-Abdan, a Saudi man, for smuggling drugs into the kingdom
- MARCH 31, 2004UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (UHRI) accused...
The Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (UHRI) accused Ugandan security forces of carrying out extra-judicial killings especially on detained persons and during the forceful disarmament of the Karimojong
- MARCH 31, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Ho Chi Minh City People's Court, Vietnam, handed...
The Ho Chi Minh City People's Court, Vietnam, handed down two death sentences to Nguyen Chi Dung, the head of an armed gang that preyed on goods trucks and vehicles in the southern Mekong Delta region
- MARCH 31, 2004UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda should stop field executions of soldiers tried...
Uganda should stop field executions of soldiers tried under martial law until their appeals have been heard, the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights said
- MARCH 31, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that China executed two men extradited...
It was reported that China executed two men extradited from neighboring Kyrgyzstan who were convicted of murdering a Chinese diplomat and his driver in the Central Asian country
- MARCH 31, 2004CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Ngoc Tam, a 47-year-old Cambodian national of...
Nguyen Ngoc Tam, a 47-year-old Cambodian national of Vietnamese origin, was executed in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City for belonging to a methamphetamine manufacturing and trafficking network
- MARCH 31, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Anh Tuan, a 24-year-old Vietnamese drug addict,...
Nguyen Anh Tuan, a 24-year-old Vietnamese drug addict, was put to death by firing squad at dawn in Ho Chi Minh City for murdering a motorbike taxi driver in January 2001 to fund his heroin addiction
- MARCH 31, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Four people, including a married couple, were sentenced...
Four people, including a married couple, were sentenced to death in Vietnam after being convicted of smuggling drugs into the country from Laos
- MARCH 31, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The People's Court in Vietnam's southern province of...
The People's Court in Vietnam's southern province of Binh Phuoc sentenced to death Nguyen Hai Son, 40
- MARCH 31, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Ngoc Tam, a 47-year-old Cambodian national of...
Nguyen Ngoc Tam, a 47-year-old Cambodian national of Vietnamese origin, was executed in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City for belonging to a methamphetamine manufacturing and trafficking network
- MARCH 31, 2004South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Troy Burkhart will return to death row for killing...
Troy Burkhart will return to death row for killing 3 people more than 6 years ago
- MARCH 31, 2004MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Mexico hailed the world court ruling calling for review...
Mexico hailed the world court ruling calling for review of death sentences against 51 Mexicans in US prisons, convicts whose rights the Mexican government says were violated when they were not put in touch with consular officials
- MARCH 31, 2004VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
Mitchell Orbe was executed by injection tonight at...
Mitchell Orbe was executed by injection tonight at Greensville Correctional Center for the Jan
- MARCH 31, 2004SudanDEATH PENALTY
Nyala Criminal Court sentenced two men to death by...
Nyala Criminal Court sentenced two men to death by hanging under articles 130 and 175 of the 1991 Penal Code
- MARCH 31, 2004DEATH PENALTY
THE HAGUE. ICJ RULES US MUST REVIEW CASES OF 51 MEXICANS ON DEATH ROW
March 31, 2004: the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered the United States to "review and reconsider" the cases of 51 Mexicans on death row in US prisons.
- MARCH 30, 2004MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Mohamad Sofri Che Ani, was sentenced to death by the...
Mohamad Sofri Che Ani, was sentenced to death by the Malaysian High Court for trafficking in 3,632gm of cannabis
- MARCH 30, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
Tomoyuki Furusawa was sentenced to death by the Yokohama...
Tomoyuki Furusawa was sentenced to death by the Yokohama District Court, Japan, after being convicted of murder and illegal confinement
- MARCH 30, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Idris Mia, 35, was sentenced to death and...
Mohammad Idris Mia, 35, was sentenced to death and nine others to various terms imprisonment by a Speedy Trial Tribunal in Chittagong, Bangladesh, after they were convicted of murder
- MARCH 30, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced Tofael Ahmed...
A court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced Tofael Ahmed Joshep, 35, and Tariq Sayeef alias Mamun, 30, to death and four others to life imprisonment for shooting an activist of the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), the student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist
- MARCH 30, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Tangail, Bangladesh, sentenced nine people...
A court in Tangail, Bangladesh, sentenced nine people to death and one man to life imprisonment after convicting them of murder
- MARCH 30, 2004Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
Myanmar agreed to review death sentences handed to...
Myanmar agreed to review death sentences handed to three men over contacts with the International Labour Organisation (ILO), saying the court's decision was flawed, the ILO said
- MARCH 30, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
U.K. Venugopal was sentenced to death by a fast track...
U.K. Venugopal was sentenced to death by a fast track court in Manjeri, India, after being found guilty of murdering his employer
- MARCH 30, 2004OhioDEATH PENALTY
In the Southern Ohio Correctional near Lucasville,...
In the Southern Ohio Correctional near Lucasville, William Dean Wicklines was executed today
- MARCH 30, 2004South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
In South Carolina, where inmates can choose between...
In South Carolina, where inmates can choose between lethal injection and electrocution, Jason Scott Byram has chosen to be electrocuted by the state Corrections Department on April 23
- MARCH 30, 2004DEATH PENALTY
Myanmar agreed to review death sentences handed to...
Myanmar agreed to review death sentences handed to three men over contacts with the International Labour Organisation (ILO), saying the court's decision was flawed, the ILO said
- MARCH 29, 2004Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Papua New Guinea was looking at the possibility of...
Papua New Guinea was looking at the possibility of adopting death penalty laws used in Singapore
- MARCH 29, 2004Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Ben Simakot, convicted of raping a mother and then...
Ben Simakot, convicted of raping a mother and then bludgeoned her and her two-year-old son to death with an iron bar, was sentenced to death in Vanimo, Papua New Guinea
- MARCH 29, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Ilyas Sheikh, 30, was sentenced to death in absentia...
Ilyas Sheikh, 30, was sentenced to death in absentia by a court in Bagerhat, Bangladesh, for killing his elder brother at Chandipur in the Moralganj district
- MARCH 29, 2004Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
Three people in Myanmar were convicted of high treason...
Three people in Myanmar were convicted of high treason and sentenced to death for having contacts with the UN's International Labor Organization, according to the ILO
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- MARCH 29, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A court in Karachi, Pakistan, convicted and sentenced...
A court in Karachi, Pakistan, convicted and sentenced to death Zulfiqar Ali for fatally shooting two police officers outside the US consulate in Karachi
- MARCH 28, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
Saddam Hussein will hang, the British envoy to Iraq,...
Saddam Hussein will hang, the British envoy to Iraq, Sir Jeremy Greenstock, predicted as he left the country
- MARCH 28, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The need for abolishing the death penalty was emphasised...
The need for abolishing the death penalty was emphasised at a meeting organised by the Society for Community Organisation Trust (SOCO)
- MARCH 28, 2004CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
The oldest person on death row in California, Raymond...
The oldest person on death row in California, Raymond Fredrick Johns, died of natural causes Sunday morning, said Vernell Crittendon, spokesman for San Quentin State Prison
- MARCH 27, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Madras High Court, India, commuted the death sentence...
The Madras High Court, India, commuted the death sentence of 32 year old Marimuthu into life imprisonment
- MARCH 27, 2004DEATH PENALTY
BHUTAN. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT ABOLISHED
March 27, 2004: it was reported by BBC Monitoring South Asia that on March 20 the King of Bhutan issued a royal decree abolishing capital punishment in the kingdom
- MARCH 26, 2004PolandDEATH PENALTY
More than three-quarters of Poles questioned in a poll...
More than three-quarters of Poles questioned in a poll by the CBOS opinion center thought the death penalty should be reintroduced for the most serious crimes
- MARCH 26, 2004ItalyDEATH PENALTY
A delegation of Italian Radicals, led by MEP Emma Bonino,...
A delegation of Italian Radicals, led by MEP Emma Bonino, held talks in Baghdad with the Iraqi Justice Minister, among others
- MARCH 26, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Abdul-Karim al-Ghoraid, a 21-year-old convicted Saudi...
Abdul-Karim al-Ghoraid, a 21-year-old convicted Saudi murderer, escaped death by seconds when he was forgiven by his victim's father as he knelt down before the executioner's sword
- MARCH 26, 2004DEATH PENALTY
A delegation of Italian Radicals, led by MEP Emma Bonino,...
A delegation of Italian Radicals, led by MEP Emma Bonino, held talks in Baghdad with the Iraqi Justice Minister, among others
- MARCH 26, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
A delegation of Italian Radicals, led by MEP Emma Bonino,...
A delegation of Italian Radicals, led by MEP Emma Bonino, held talks in Baghdad with the Iraqi Justice Minister, among others
- MARCH 26, 2004DelawareDEATH PENALTY
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- MARCH 26, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Toyama District Court, Japan, sentenced Minoru...
The Toyama District Court, Japan, sentenced Minoru Ito to death for murdering a gang boss and his wife in Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture, in July 2000
- MARCH 26, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
Tomoaki Takanezawa and Mitsunori Onogawa were sentenced...
Tomoaki Takanezawa and Mitsunori Onogawa were sentenced to death at the Saitama District Court, Japan, for murdering two pachinko parlor workers
- MARCH 26, 2004DEATH PENALTY
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- MARCH 26, 2004NevadaDEATH PENALTY
Lawrence Colwell Jr
Lawrence Colwell Jr
- MARCH 25, 2004South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
South Korea was trying to confirm reports that about...
South Korea was trying to confirm reports that about 100 North Korean refugees at a detention centre in China were on hunger strike to protest plans to repatriate them
- MARCH 25, 2004KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev signed amendments to...
Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev signed amendments to the country's Criminal Code abolishing the death penalty for the attempted murder of a statesman or public official, for the attempted murder of an official in the judicial or investigative branches and f
- MARCH 25, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Hoang Thi Dan, a 46 year old woman convicted of drug...
Hoang Thi Dan, a 46 year old woman convicted of drug trafficking, was sentenced to death by the People's Court in Hai Phong city, northern Vietnam, for illegally transporting and trafficking drugs
- MARCH 25, 2004RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Vladimir Lukin, the commissioner for human rights in...
Vladimir Lukin, the commissioner for human rights in the Russian Federation, said that Russia should ratify a Council of Europe protocol that forbade capital punishment
- MARCH 25, 2004RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Vladimir Lukin, the commissioner for human rights in...
Vladimir Lukin, the commissioner for human rights in the Russian Federation, said that Russia should ratify a Council of Europe protocol that forbade capital punishment
- MARCH 25, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
The European Union warned Tehran on that it had seen...
The European Union warned Tehran on that it had seen little progress in Iran's human rights dossier, which Brussels had effectively made a precondition to improved trade ties
- MARCH 25, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An Indian court in Bhuj town in Gujarat state sentenced...
An Indian court in Bhuj town in Gujarat state sentenced four Pakistani men to death for "waging war" against India after they were caught smuggling the deadly explosive RDX into the country in 1999
- MARCH 25, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indian court in Bhuj town in Gujarat state sentenced...
An Indian court in Bhuj town in Gujarat state sentenced four Pakistani men to death for "waging war" against India after they were caught smuggling the deadly explosive RDX into the country in 1999
- MARCH 25, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Sendai District Court, Japan, sentenced 40-year-old...
The Sendai District Court, Japan, sentenced 40-year-old Shu Takahashi to death and four other people to life imprisonment for murder, robbery and other charges
- MARCH 25, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
South Korea was trying to confirm reports that about...
South Korea was trying to confirm reports that about 100 North Korean refugees at a detention centre in China were on hunger strike to protest plans to repatriate them
- MARCH 25, 2004North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
South Korea was trying to confirm reports that about...
South Korea was trying to confirm reports that about 100 North Korean refugees at a detention centre in China were on hunger strike to protest plans to repatriate them
- MARCH 25, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
The European Union warned Tehran on that it had seen...
The European Union warned Tehran on that it had seen little progress in Iran's human rights dossier, which Brussels had effectively made a precondition to improved trade ties
- MARCH 25, 2004New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
In Trenton, the state Supreme Court overturned 4-3...
In Trenton, the state Supreme Court overturned 4-3 the death sentence of John Chew
- MARCH 25, 2004PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
A man convicted of beating a man with a baseball bat...
A man convicted of beating a man with a baseball bat has been sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole -- despite previously being sentenced to death
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- MARCH 24, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Sylhet, Bangladesh, sentenced Fazal Khan...
A court in Sylhet, Bangladesh, sentenced Fazal Khan to death and two brothers, Arshod and Waris Khan, to life imprisonment for murder case
- MARCH 24, 2004NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigeria´s Niger State Sharia Appeal Court postponed...
Nigeria´s Niger State Sharia Appeal Court postponed for almost a month the appeal of a young couple of former lovers who were sentenced to be stoned to death
- MARCH 24, 2004SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
The following is an editorial entitled " Singapore's...
The following is an editorial entitled " Singapore's Grim Parade Of Death" published in the Australian pubilcation 'The Age'
- MARCH 24, 2004AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
The following is an editorial entitled " Singapore's...
The following is an editorial entitled " Singapore's Grim Parade Of Death" published in the Australian pubilcation 'The Age'
- MARCH 24, 2004ThailandDEATH PENALTY
British teenager Alan Connell narrowly escaped the...
British teenager Alan Connell narrowly escaped the death penalty in Thailand when a court commuted his sentence to life imprisonment for trafficking thousands of ecstasy pills
- MARCH 24, 2004United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
British teenager Alan Connell narrowly escaped the...
British teenager Alan Connell narrowly escaped the death penalty in Thailand when a court commuted his sentence to life imprisonment for trafficking thousands of ecstasy pills
- MARCH 24, 2004KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
In Kenton County, Circuit Judge Douglas Stephens followed...
In Kenton County, Circuit Judge Douglas Stephens followed the Jury's recommendations and sentenced Fred Furnish to death for a 2nd time for the July 25, 1998 robbery and murder of Ramona Jean Williamson
- MARCH 24, 2004MinnesotaDEATH PENALTY
The state Senate Crime Prevention and Public Safety...
The state Senate Crime Prevention and Public Safety Committee, defeated a plan to reinstate the death penalty
- MARCH 24, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Bishop Desmond Tutu spent...
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Bishop Desmond Tutu spent about 45 minutes with inmate Dominique Green on Texas death row in Livingston's Polunsky Prison Unit
- MARCH 24, 2004DEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA. APPEAL OF COUPLE SENTENCED TO BE STONED POSTPONED
March 24, 2004: Nigeria´s Niger State Sharia Appeal Court postponed for almost a month the appeal of a young couple of former lovers who were sentenced to be stoned to death.
- MARCH 23, 2004OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
In McAlester, Hung Thanh Le, the Vietnamese refugee...
In McAlester, Hung Thanh Le, the Vietnamese refugee was executed at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary
- MARCH 23, 2004PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
The death sentence for a man who strangled his 2nd...
The death sentence for a man who strangled his 2nd wife was vacated by the state Supreme Court
- MARCH 23, 2004HaitiDEATH PENALTY
Five policemen suspected of taking part in summary...
Five policemen suspected of taking part in summary executions were placed in solitary confinement by Haitian National Police administrators, said the human rights group National Coalition for the Rights of Haitians (NCRH)
- MARCH 23, 2004South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The majority of South Koreans support capital punishment...
The majority of South Koreans support capital punishment but remain uncertain about its effectiveness in preventing crimes, a state-run commission said in a survey
- MARCH 23, 2004United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The family and supporters of Linda Carty, a British...
The family and supporters of Linda Carty, a British woman on death row in Texas for murder, called on British Prime Minister Tony Blair to intervene
- MARCH 23, 2004DEATH PENALTY
The family and supporters of Linda Carty, a British...
The family and supporters of Linda Carty, a British woman on death row in Texas for murder, called on British Prime Minister Tony Blair to intervene
- MARCH 23, 2004South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
"As the April elections loom, marking 10 years of democracy,...
"As the April elections loom, marking 10 years of democracy, several political parties are voicing support for the death penalty as a way of reducing crime in a fresh bid to win votes
- MARCH 23, 2004AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
The Australian Coalition Against the Death Penalty...
The Australian Coalition Against the Death Penalty (ACADP) received hundreds of messages from Australians offering support for Nguyen Tuong Van, 23, a Melbourne man sentenced to death in Singapore after being found guilty of smuggling almost 400 grams of
- MARCH 23, 2004SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
The Australian Coalition Against the Death Penalty...
The Australian Coalition Against the Death Penalty (ACADP) received hundreds of messages from Australians offering support for Nguyen Tuong Van, 23, a Melbourne man sentenced to death in Singapore after being found guilty of smuggling almost 400 grams of
- MARCH 22, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Farhad and Mansur Muhammadi, two Iranian brothers who...
Farhad and Mansur Muhammadi, two Iranian brothers who hijacked a Russian plane to Oslo in 1993, were allowed to remain in Norway temporarily, but would not receive permanent resident permits, the Norwegian government said
- MARCH 22, 2004VenezuelaDEATH PENALTY
The streets of the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, saw...
The streets of the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, saw large-scale political demonstrations as the opposition took to the streets to demand respect for human rights
- MARCH 22, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Xu Lijie, 42, was sentenced to death by the Bozhou...
Xu Lijie, 42, was sentenced to death by the Bozhou City Intermediate People's Court of east China's Anhui Province
- MARCH 22, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International called for a moratorium on the...
Amnesty International called for a moratorium on the death penalty in China, saying the country's dysfunctional criminal justice system meant many innocent people were being executed
- MARCH 22, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Ho Van Thanh, a 47-year-old man, was sentenced to death...
Ho Van Thanh, a 47-year-old man, was sentenced to death by the Ho Chi Minh City People's Court, Vietnam, for murdering a man while in a drunken rage
- MARCH 22, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
Rodrigo Hernandez, 30, has been convicted to death...
Rodrigo Hernandez, 30, has been convicted to death for the February 1994 rape and slaying of Susan Verstegen, 25
- MARCH 22, 2004NorwayDEATH PENALTY
Farhad and Mansur Muhammadi, two Iranian brothers who...
Farhad and Mansur Muhammadi, two Iranian brothers who hijacked a Russian plane to Oslo in 1993, were allowed to remain in Norway temporarily, but would not receive permanent resident permits, the Norwegian government said
- MARCH 22, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Ten people convicted of violent robbery and kidnapping...
Ten people convicted of violent robbery and kidnapping were sentenced to death in southern China's Shenzhen city, with four of them given the death penalty with a two-year reprieve
- MARCH 22, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six leading members of a gang of robbers were handed...
Six leading members of a gang of robbers were handed death death sentences in Shenzhen, China
- MARCH 22, 2004BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
The campaign had been spearheaded by the London law...
The campaign had been spearheaded by the London law firm Simons Muirhead and Burton, which represented three of the four men appeal including, Charles Matthews, from Trinidad, and Lennox Boyce and Jeffrey Joseph, from Barbados
- MARCH 22, 2004JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that hundreds of death row prisoners...
It was reported that hundreds of death row prisoners in Trinidad, Barbados and Jamaica could win a reprieve if an unprecedented privy council hearing beginning in London ruled that the mandatory death penalty for murder was unconstitutional
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- MARCH 22, 2004BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that hundreds of death row prisoners...
It was reported that hundreds of death row prisoners in Trinidad, Barbados and Jamaica could win a reprieve if an unprecedented privy council hearing beginning in London ruled that the mandatory death penalty for murder was unconstitutional
- MARCH 22, 2004JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
(continues from above)The appeal was the culmination...
(continues from above)The appeal was the culmination of a strategy deployed over the last six years by English lawyers working free of charge on behalf of Caribbean death row inmates
- MARCH 22, 2004JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that hundreds of death row prisoners...
It was reported that hundreds of death row prisoners in Trinidad, Barbados and Jamaica could win a reprieve if an unprecedented privy council hearing beginning in London ruled that the mandatory death penalty for murder was unconstitutional
- MARCH 22, 2004BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
The appeal was the culmination of a strategy deployed...
The appeal was the culmination of a strategy deployed over the last six years by English lawyers working free of charge on behalf of Caribbean death row inmates
- MARCH 22, 2004United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that hundreds of death row prisoners...
It was reported that hundreds of death row prisoners in Trinidad, Barbados and Jamaica could win a reprieve if an unprecedented privy council hearing beginning in London ruled that the mandatory death penalty for murder was unconstitutional
- MARCH 22, 2004United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The campaign had been spearheaded by the London law...
The campaign had been spearheaded by the London law firm Simons Muirhead and Burton, which represented three of the four men appeal including, Charles Matthews, from Trinidad, and Lennox Boyce and Jeffrey Joseph, from Barbados
- MARCH 21, 2004AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
"I want my son to come home or to go to jail, please...
"I want my son to come home or to go to jail, please don't hang him, please," Kim Nguyen sobbed moments after a High Court judge in Singapore ordered the execution of 23-year-old Nguyen Tuong Van
- MARCH 21, 2004SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
"I want my son to come home or to go to jail, please...
"I want my son to come home or to go to jail, please don't hang him, please," Kim Nguyen sobbed moments after a High Court judge in Singapore ordered the execution of 23-year-old Nguyen Tuong Van
- MARCH 21, 2004NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Upper Sharia Court in Bauchi State, Nigeria, overturned...
The Upper Sharia Court in Bauchi State, Nigeria, overturned the conviction of Jibrin Babaji, a 23-year-old man who had been sentenced to be stoned to death for molesting three young boys
- MARCH 20, 2004AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Tuong Van, 23, a sales executive from Melbourne,...
Nguyen Tuong Van, 23, a sales executive from Melbourne, Australia, was sentenced to death after the Singapore High Court found him guilty of smuggling almost 400 grams of heroin
- MARCH 20, 2004SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Tuong Van, 23, a sales executive from Melbourne,...
Nguyen Tuong Van, 23, a sales executive from Melbourne, Australia, was sentenced to death after the Singapore High Court found him guilty of smuggling almost 400 grams of heroin
- MARCH 20, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
A jury that earlier this week found Guy Allen guilty...
A jury that earlier this week found Guy Allen guilty of the stabbing deaths of his girlfriend and her daughter decided he should die for his crime
- MARCH 20, 2004BhutanDEATH PENALTY
The King of Bhutan issued a royal decree abolishing...
The King of Bhutan issued a royal decree abolishing capital punishment in the kingdom
- MARCH 20, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Slalhuddin Tipu and Abdul Jabber Labu were sentenced...
Slalhuddin Tipu and Abdul Jabber Labu were sentenced to death and five others were awarded life imprisonment by a speedy trial tribunal in Chittagong, Banlgadesh, for the murder of Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Kamaluddin
- MARCH 19, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Chinese national Jin Yugang, 37, was executed by hanging...
Chinese national Jin Yugang, 37, was executed by hanging in Changi Prison, Singapore, after being convicted of stabbing roommate and colleague Wang Hong to death after a violent quarrel at a restaurant on February 4, 2002
- MARCH 19, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Luong Van Thanh, 22, and Nguyen Van Hoa, 48, were executed...
Luong Van Thanh, 22, and Nguyen Van Hoa, 48, were executed at dawn by firing squad at Hanoi's Cau Nga, Vietnam, for drug trafficking
- MARCH 19, 2004SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Chinese national Jin Yugang, 37, was executed by hanging...
Chinese national Jin Yugang, 37, was executed by hanging in Changi Prison, Singapore, after being convicted of stabbing roommate and colleague Wang Hong to death after a violent quarrel at a restaurant on February 4, 2002
- MARCH 19, 2004SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Singapore authorities hanged Yen May Woen, a 37 year...
Singapore authorities hanged Yen May Woen, a 37 year old woman convicted of heroin trafficking, in the city-state's first drug execution in 2004
- MARCH 19, 2004Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions...
The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) strongly condemned the Burmese authorities for the 28 November 2003 sentencing to death of 9 Burmese workers on charges of high treason
- MARCH 19, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Wang Baosheng, 50, Lu Wenlin and Wu Zhijun were sentenced...
Wang Baosheng, 50, Lu Wenlin and Wu Zhijun were sentenced to death by the No 1 Intermediate People's Court of Beijing on charges of voluntary manslaughter and forging value-added invoices
- MARCH 19, 2004KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
The Aksy District court in Kyrgyzstan's southwestern...
The Aksy District court in Kyrgyzstan's southwestern Dzhalal-Abad Region sentenced Dayyrbek Batyrbekov to death and his brother, Kasymbek Batyrbekov, to 22 years in prison for killing a policeman
- MARCH 19, 2004FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Jurors recommended to a Pinellas-Pasco circuit court...
Jurors recommended to a Pinellas-Pasco circuit court judge that Troy Merck jr
- MARCH 19, 2004South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
In Columbia, at the Capital Punishment Facility at...
In Columbia, at the Capital Punishment Facility at Broad River Correctional Institution, David Clayton Hill died by lethal injection
- MARCH 18, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Wang Daohua, Yin Yaxiong, Zhu Zhongfa and Zheng Qiukang,...
Wang Daohua, Yin Yaxiong, Zhu Zhongfa and Zheng Qiukang, four convicted drug traffickers, were executed and Wang Yan, another member of the gang, was given a suspended death sentence on March 17 in Jinhua City of east China's Zhejiang Province
- MARCH 18, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Vietnam, which has been criticised by some human rights...
Vietnam, which has been criticised by some human rights groups for its use of capital punishment, agreed to host a meeting on the issue, visiting British Minister of State Mike O'Brien said
- MARCH 18, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Huu Nghia, 27, and Pham Van Quoc Vinh, 26, were...
Nguyen Huu Nghia, 27, and Pham Van Quoc Vinh, 26, were executed by firing squad at dawn in Vietnam's southern business capital of Ho Chi Minh City for murder and armed robbery
- MARCH 18, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Aysha Akhtar, a 35 year old female and her brother-in-law...
Aysha Akhtar, a 35 year old female and her brother-in-law Shahidul Islam, 30, were sentenced to death by a court in Dhaka, Bangladesh for killing her two minor boys to eliminate witnesses to their illicit affair
- MARCH 18, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Jamal Hossain alias Jamal Shikder, 35, was sentenced...
Jamal Hossain alias Jamal Shikder, 35, was sentenced to death in absentia by a court in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, after being found guilty of strangulating his wife Nazma Begum to death on December 25, 2000 following a family feud
- MARCH 18, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Zhong Zubin and Tang Shangming,...
It was reported that Zhong Zubin and Tang Shangming, two Chinese men, were sentenced to death in Beihai City of southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region for smuggling heroin
- MARCH 18, 2004LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
A Jefferson Parish jury decided that Christopher Arceneaux...
A Jefferson Parish jury decided that Christopher Arceneaux should be put to death
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- MARCH 18, 2004MichiganDEATH PENALTY
In Lansing, the Michigan House failed to get enough...
In Lansing, the Michigan House failed to get enough votes to put a measure eliminating the state's 158-year-old death penalty ban on the November ballot
- MARCH 18, 2004VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
Brian Lee Cherrix, 30, volunteer, convicted of killing...
Brian Lee Cherrix, 30, volunteer, convicted of killing 23-year-old Tessa Van Hart in 1994, was pronounced dead by lethal injection at the Greensville Correctional Center at 9:10 p
- MARCH 18, 2004YemenDEATH PENALTY
a man named Abdullah Ali al-Nashiri was executed in Yemen for murder
a man named Abdullah Ali al-Nashiri was executed in Yemen for murder
- MARCH 17, 2004GermanyDEATH PENALTY
During his state visit to Nigeria, German President...
During his state visit to Nigeria, German President Johannes Rau criticised the fact that Islamic law was applied in the north of the country
- MARCH 17, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The people's court in northern Haiphong City, Vietnam,...
The people's court in northern Haiphong City, Vietnam, sentenced to death Tran Thi Bach Diep, a 42 year old woman and gave life imprisonment to a man and a woman for running a drug trafficking ring that was uncovered in October 2002
- MARCH 17, 2004NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
During his state visit to Nigeria, German President...
During his state visit to Nigeria, German President Johannes Rau criticised the fact that Islamic law was applied in the north of the country
- MARCH 17, 2004CubaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International issued a statement calling on...
Amnesty International issued a statement calling on the Cuban government to release what it called "prisoners of conscience
- MARCH 17, 2004North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
In Asheboro, a jury has sentenced Jason Wayne Hurst...
In Asheboro, a jury has sentenced Jason Wayne Hurst to death for the murder and robbery of Daniel Lee Branch on June 9, 2002
- MARCH 17, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Speedy Trial Tribunal in Dhaka, Bangladesh, convicted...
A Speedy Trial Tribunal in Dhaka, Bangladesh, convicted five people, sentencing one of them to death and four others to life term imprisonment for the murder of Shajahan Hawlader Sujon
- MARCH 17, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Shah Alam Howlader, 35, was sentenced to death by a...
Shah Alam Howlader, 35, was sentenced to death by a Speedy Trail Tribunal Barisal, Bangladesh, for killing a fisherman at Uttar Kazlakathi village in Bakerganj on October 13, 2002 as a result of a past dispute over fishing in the Karkhana river
- MARCH 16, 2004GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
The Grenada High Court ruled that the death sentences...
The Grenada High Court ruled that the death sentences handed down in 1986 to the so called "Grenada 17" were unconstitutional
- MARCH 16, 2004KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
Kuwait will demand that Saddam Hussein be sentenced...
Kuwait will demand that Saddam Hussein be sentenced to death for crimes against the oil-rich Gulf Arab state, public prosecutor Hamed al-Othman said
- MARCH 16, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Moin Uddin, 24, and Shah Alam, 24, were sentenced to...
Moin Uddin, 24, and Shah Alam, 24, were sentenced to death, the latter in absentia, by a court in Chandpur, Bangladesh
- MARCH 16, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Former Czech president Vaclav Havel condemned China...
Former Czech president Vaclav Havel condemned China for its threat to execute a Tibetan monk Tenzin Delek Rinpoche
- MARCH 16, 2004UtahDEATH PENALTY
In Salt Lake City, Gov
In Salt Lake City, Gov
- MARCH 16, 2004DEATH PENALTY
Former Czech president Vaclav Havel condemned China...
Former Czech president Vaclav Havel condemned China for its threat to execute a Tibetan monk Tenzin Delek Rinpoche
- MARCH 16, 2004South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The death sentence would have been a more appropriate...
The death sentence would have been a more appropriate sentence for the two Sizzlers killers, the New National Party said
- MARCH 16, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Speedy Trial Act created with the purpose of curbing...
The Speedy Trial Act created with the purpose of curbing violent crimes would remain in force in Bangladesh for another two years following its expiry on April 9, 2004
- MARCH 16, 2004SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
The Indonesian government would help a number of migrant...
The Indonesian government would help a number of migrant workers facing the death penalty in the country Singapore by hiring lawyers to defend them, Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Jusuf Kalla said
- MARCH 15, 2004SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Zailani Ahmad, 35, was sentenced to death by a court...
Zailani Ahmad, 35, was sentenced to death by a court in Singapore after being convicted of killing Chi Tue Tiong, a 68-year-old caretaker, during a robbery on June 28, 2003
- MARCH 15, 2004MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
An Italian court ordered the extradition to Morocco...
An Italian court ordered the extradition to Morocco of Moroccan cleric Mohammed Rafik wanted in connection with the 2003 Casablanca bombings after the court received assurances the suspect wouldn't face the death penalty if convicted
- MARCH 15, 2004ItalyDEATH PENALTY
An Italian court ordered the extradition to Morocco...
An Italian court ordered the extradition to Morocco of Moroccan cleric Mohammed Rafik wanted in connection with the 2003 Casablanca bombings after the court received assurances the suspect wouldn't face the death penalty if convicted
- MARCH 15, 2004ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
Jurors recommended the death penalty for Antonio Jones...
Jurors recommended the death penalty for Antonio Jones in the beating death of an 80-year-old woman
- MARCH 15, 2004PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
In Lebanon, Lebanon County Judge Robert Eby has overturned...
In Lebanon, Lebanon County Judge Robert Eby has overturned the death sentence for Bradley Martin becouse of ineffective assistance from his lawyer during the sentencing phase of his trial almost a decade ago
- MARCH 15, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China sentences to death and immediately executes around...
China sentences to death and immediately executes around 10,000 convicted criminals every year, according to Chen Zhonglin, a delegate who was seeking to curb the practice at China's parliamentary session
- MARCH 15, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
according to the intelligence and public relations department of Khuzistan province...
according to the intelligence and public relations department of Khuzistan province...
- MARCH 15, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
seven people accused of kidnapping and murder...
seven people accused of kidnapping and murder...
- MARCH 14, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Kalu Mia alias Kaosar, 28, Quddus Ali, 30, Hajrat Ali,...
Kalu Mia alias Kaosar, 28, Quddus Ali, 30, Hajrat Ali, 32, Zulhash, 35 and Firoze Mia, 33 were sentenced to death by a court in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, after being convicted of killing Abdul Awal over a land dispute
- MARCH 14, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
after investigation by the 22nd branch of Ahwaz's public court, Habib Z. was sentenced to death
after investigation by the 22nd branch of Ahwaz's public court, Habib Z. was sentenced to death
- MARCH 14, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Qaumi Lashkar (tribal force) executed publicly eight abductors
Qaumi Lashkar (tribal force) executed publicly eight abductors
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- MARCH 13, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zhao Bingzhi, the director of the China Criminology...
Zhao Bingzhi, the director of the China Criminology Society, suggested that the Supreme People's Court withdraw provincial high courts' authority to hand down the death penalty
- MARCH 13, 2004ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Thai Criminal Court sentenced to death by lethal...
The Thai Criminal Court sentenced to death by lethal injection four people after convicting them of possessing more than one million methamphetamine pills
- MARCH 13, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
some 40,000 satellite dishes were recently confiscated by Islamist militia
some 40,000 satellite dishes were recently confiscated by Islamist militia
- MARCH 12, 2004RussiaDEATH PENALTY
It was announced that Yelena Timchenko, a Russian woman...
It was announced that Yelena Timchenko, a Russian woman sentenced to death in China in March 2002 for drugs trafficking, could have her punishment eased
- MARCH 12, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
It was announced that Yelena Timchenko, a Russian woman...
It was announced that Yelena Timchenko, a Russian woman sentenced to death in China in March 2002 for drugs trafficking, could have her punishment eased
- MARCH 12, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zheng Hongjun and Zheng Jinning, two leaders of a smuggling...
Zheng Hongjun and Zheng Jinning, two leaders of a smuggling gang, were sentenced to death by the People's Intermediate Court in Guangzhou on charges of trafficking diesel oil from Hong Kong
- MARCH 11, 2004BelarusDEATH PENALTY
Belarus may announce a moratorium on the death penalty,...
Belarus may announce a moratorium on the death penalty, or even abolish it, the Belarussian Constitutional Court said
- MARCH 11, 2004LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
In its concluding remarks on the second periodic report...
In its concluding remarks on the second periodic report of Lithuania, which was considered in November 1997, the UN Human Rights Committee noted with great interest that the State had undertaken major reforms of the legal system, including repeal of preve
- MARCH 11, 2004LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
In its concluding remarks on the second periodic report...
In its concluding remarks on the second periodic report of Lithuania, which was considered in November 1997, the UN Human Rights Committee noted with great interest that the State had undertaken major reforms of the legal system, including repeal of preve
- MARCH 11, 2004KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed a law...
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed a law amending the country's Criminal Code, Criminal Proceedings Code and the Penal Code as a follow up to the decree signed by him on December 17, 2003, instituting the moratorium on capital punishment
- MARCH 11, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
Gov. Rick Perry has commuted the death sentence of...
Gov. Rick Perry has commuted the death sentence of a Houston killer deemed retarded by the courts in a decision that was considered inevitable under a 2002 Supreme Court ruling prohibiting execution of mentally deficient inmates. Robert Smith, 36, who was
- MARCH 11, 2004DEATH PENALTY
In Raleigh, an Army appeals court set aside the death...
In Raleigh, an Army appeals court set aside the death sentence of Army Sgt
- MARCH 11, 2004LaosDEATH PENALTY
christians in Laos have been told they will be killed
christians in Laos have been told they will be killed
- MARCH 10, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China might strip lower courts of the power to impose...
China might strip lower courts of the power to impose the death penalty as the Beijing News reported that the People's Supreme Court said it was "considering taking back the right to approve death sentences"
- MARCH 10, 2004KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki commuted into life imprisonment...
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki commuted into life imprisonment all death sentences in the country
- MARCH 10, 2004South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The Democratic Alliance slammed Independent Democrats...
The Democratic Alliance slammed Independent Democrats leader Patricia de Lille's reaction to its leader's stance on the death penalty, describing her actions as a "flip-flop and "exposing her as the hypocrite she is"
- MARCH 10, 2004NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Recent revelation by the Federal Government that 458...
Recent revelation by the Federal Government that 458 condemned men have been in various prisons in some parts of the country, awaiting the hangman for the past 20 years and above, is a sad commentary on our judicial process
- MARCH 10, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China's top legal experts vowed there would be no let-up...
China's top legal experts vowed there would be no let-up in the war on graft, warning that even ranking officials should not consider themselves above the law
- MARCH 10, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Members of the Regional Tibetan Youth Congress (RTYC)...
Members of the Regional Tibetan Youth Congress (RTYC) and the Regional Tibetan Women's Association from Bylakuppe, Hunsur, Kollegal, and Mysore staged a candlelight demonstration at the Town Hall in Mysore, India, to draw public attention to the death sen
- MARCH 10, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Members of the Regional Tibetan Youth Congress (RTYC)...
Members of the Regional Tibetan Youth Congress (RTYC) and the Regional Tibetan Women's Association from Bylakuppe, Hunsur, Kollegal, and Mysore staged a candlelight demonstration at the Town Hall in Mysore, India, to draw public attention to the death sen
- MARCH 10, 2004CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Joseph Anthony Barrett was given a death penalty sentence...
Joseph Anthony Barrett was given a death penalty sentence by a jury in the Imperial County Courthouse in El Centro
- MARCH 10, 2004GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
A federal jury in Gainesville sentenced William LeCroy Jr
A federal jury in Gainesville sentenced William LeCroy Jr
- MARCH 10, 2004ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Zimbabwe said 64 suspected mercenaries aboard a plane...
Zimbabwe said 64 suspected mercenaries aboard a plane seized in Harare could be executed for what it claimed was a western plot to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea
- MARCH 10, 2004Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Zimbabwe said 64 suspected mercenaries aboard a plane...
Zimbabwe said 64 suspected mercenaries aboard a plane seized in Harare could be executed for what it claimed was a western plot to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea
- MARCH 10, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
according to the intelligence and public relations department of Khuzistan province's judiciary...
according to the intelligence and public relations department of Khuzistan province's judiciary...
- MARCH 9, 2004KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Delegates at the constitutional review conference in...
Delegates at the constitutional review conference in Kenya decided that the death penalty would be abolished except in case of murder, child molestation and any other matters established by legislation
- MARCH 9, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China's security tsar quietly ordered fewer executions...
China's security tsar quietly ordered fewer executions in keeping with a drive by the new leadership to cultivate a gentler image for the authoritarian government, two independent sources said
- MARCH 9, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Abdul Motaleb was executed by hanging at midnight in...
Abdul Motaleb was executed by hanging at midnight in Comilla Central Jail, Bangladesh
- MARCH 9, 2004CubaDEATH PENALTY
Two groups of Cuban dissidents announced they were...
Two groups of Cuban dissidents announced they were starting a campaign to gather petitions for a moratorium on the death penalty on the communist-ruled island
- MARCH 9, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia's first independent human rights organisation...
Saudi Arabia's first independent human rights organisation won royal blessing in the latest sign of political reform within the conservative Muslim kingdom
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- MARCH 9, 2004Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
The Burma Lawyers' Council (BLC), a Thailand-based...
The Burma Lawyers' Council (BLC), a Thailand-based Burmese legal advocacy group, issued an urgent appeal to the international community on behalf of nine people who were sentenced to death by a Rangoon court in November 2003
- MARCH 9, 2004ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
A jury sentenced David Lamar Anthony, 55, to 3 death...
A jury sentenced David Lamar Anthony, 55, to 3 death sentences for the 2001 murder of his wife and 2 stepchildren
- MARCH 9, 2004OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
In McAlester, David Jay Brown was put to death
In McAlester, David Jay Brown was put to death
- MARCH 9, 2004VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
Prince William County Circuit Judge LeRoy F
Prince William County Circuit Judge LeRoy F
- MARCH 8, 2004North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Human Rights Watch accused China of shirking its responsibilities...
Human Rights Watch accused China of shirking its responsibilities by seeking to classify North Korean refugees as illegal immigrants and return them to almost certain persecution
- MARCH 8, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Human Rights Watch accused China of shirking its responsibilities...
Human Rights Watch accused China of shirking its responsibilities by seeking to classify North Korean refugees as illegal immigrants and return them to almost certain persecution
- MARCH 8, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Saadollah Rahimi and Dalir Mohammadi, two Iranians...
Saadollah Rahimi and Dalir Mohammadi, two Iranians convicted of kidnapping and murdering an eight-year-old boy eight days previously, were executed by hanging in the western Kurdish town of Baneh
- MARCH 8, 2004JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
The Jamaica government warned criminals that the authorities...
The Jamaica government warned criminals that the authorities would move swiftly against them, as law enforcement officials urged the Patterson administration to resume capital punishment
- MARCH 8, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Francisco Juan "Paco" Larranaga, one of the six convicted...
Francisco Juan "Paco" Larranaga, one of the six convicted perpetrators in the controversial rape-slay of Marijoy and Jacqueline Chiong in 1997, asked the Supreme Court to reverse its February 3 ruling elevating his sentence from two life terms to death by
- MARCH 8, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Gao Pan was executed for a crime committed in 2001, possibly before he was 18 years old.
Gao Pan was executed for a crime committed in 2001, possibly before he was 18 years old.
- MARCH 6, 2004NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Judges at the Tangerang District Court in Indonesia...
Judges at the Tangerang District Court in Indonesia sentenced Nigerian Stephen Rasyaad Akinyemi, 35, to death by firing squad for drug smuggling
- MARCH 6, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Judges at the Tangerang District Court in Indonesia...
Judges at the Tangerang District Court in Indonesia sentenced Nigerian Stephen Rasyaad Akinyemi, 35, to death by firing squad for drug smuggling
- MARCH 6, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Suhail alias Lali was sentenced to death fine of Rs...
Suhail alias Lali was sentenced to death fine of Rs 50,000 in Lahore, Pakistan, by Additional District and Sessions Judge Najam-ul-Hassan Bukhari for murdering a property dealer
- MARCH 6, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Umer Shahid was sentenced to death sentence with a...
Umer Shahid was sentenced to death sentence with a fine of Rs
- MARCH 6, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Tahir Waseem was sentenced to death with a fine of Rs
Tahir Waseem was sentenced to death with a fine of Rs
- MARCH 5, 2004RwandaDEATH PENALTY
A Rwandan court sentenced nine people to death and...
A Rwandan court sentenced nine people to death and one to life imprisonment over the killing of a survivor who was due to testify about their role in the country's 1994 genocide
- MARCH 5, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Xu Ming, Luo Shoujun, Cao Zhenjun, three members of...
Xu Ming, Luo Shoujun, Cao Zhenjun, three members of a mafia-like gang, were sentenced to death by an intermediate court in Dalian city, Liaoning province in northeastern China, for theft, assault and kidnapping
- MARCH 4, 2004North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Song Dae Ri, a North Korean defector, thanked Canada...
Song Dae Ri, a North Korean defector, thanked Canada for saving him after it decided not to deport him to probable execution in his homeland
- MARCH 4, 2004CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Song Dae Ri, a North Korean defector, thanked Canada...
Song Dae Ri, a North Korean defector, thanked Canada for saving him after it decided not to deport him to probable execution in his homeland
- MARCH 4, 2004KenyaDEATH PENALTY
A Court of Appeal, sitting in Nakuru, Kenya, upheld...
A Court of Appeal, sitting in Nakuru, Kenya, upheld a decision to send to the gallows Albert Kitur Kimaiyo, a catechist, and Pastor Benedict Wanjala Biketi, for murder
- MARCH 4, 2004JordanDEATH PENALTY
A 19-year-old, named only as Ahmed A was sentenced...
A 19-year-old, named only as Ahmed A was sentenced to death in Jordan after killing a 40-year-old German woman in September 2003 and then having sex with her corpse before stealing her money, the Jordan Times newspaper said the defendant started crying wh
- MARCH 4, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that five Nepalese nationals were among...
It was reported that five Nepalese nationals were among 23 persons sentenced to death for drugs trafficking in Indonesia since the country enacted strong laws to curb drugs trafficking in 1997
- MARCH 4, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Shaikh Amjad was hanged till death in Karachi Central...
Shaikh Amjad was hanged till death in Karachi Central Prison, Pakistan, on the orders of the Anti-Terrorism Court in Karachi
- MARCH 4, 2004NepalDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that five Nepalese nationals were among...
It was reported that five Nepalese nationals were among 23 persons sentenced to death for drugs trafficking in Indonesia since the country enacted strong laws to curb drugs trafficking in 1997
- MARCH 4, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Ngo Viet Anh, 27, was executed by firing squad after...
Ngo Viet Anh, 27, was executed by firing squad after being convicted of killing a rival gangster in a turf war for control of the crime scene in Vietnam's northeastern port city of Haiphong
- MARCH 4, 2004South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
South Africa's New National Party criticised Democratic...
South Africa's New National Party criticised Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Tony Leon for his latest stance on the death penalty, saying his opportunism knew no end
- MARCH 4, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Hojatol Islam Taqwa sentenced a man to execution
Hojatol Islam Taqwa sentenced a man to execution
- MARCH 3, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian man identified as Kamal Jabarpour, was hanged...
An Iranian man identified as Kamal Jabarpour, was hanged publicly in a square in the north-western Iranian town of Morand after being found guilty of murder and armed robbery, the Qods newspaper reported
- MARCH 3, 2004ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Some 318 members of the 630-seat Italian lower house...
Some 318 members of the 630-seat Italian lower house of parliament, a majority including leftists and conservatives, supported a petition by the Mujahedeen Khalq, an Iranian opposition group, that thousands of their fighters not be extradited from Iraq to
- MARCH 3, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Some 318 members of the 630-seat Italian lower house...
Some 318 members of the 630-seat Italian lower house of parliament, a majority including leftists and conservatives, supported a petition by the Mujahedeen Khalq, an Iranian opposition group, that thousands of their fighters not be extradited from Iraq to
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- MARCH 3, 2004MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Mexico was set to complain to US President Bush at...
Mexico was set to complain to US President Bush at talks to be held in Texas about Oklahoma's plans to execute a Mexican convict, Osvaldo Torres, on May 18
- MARCH 3, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Habiganj, Bangladesh, sentenced to death...
A court in Habiganj, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Nibarsha, 45, after convicting him of for killing his wife
- MARCH 3, 2004MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Mexico was set to complain to US President Bush at...
Mexico was set to complain to US President Bush at talks to be held in Texas about Oklahoma's plans to execute a Mexican convict, Osvaldo Torres, on May 18
- MARCH 3, 2004ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Thai Criminal Court sentenced to death Phan Phripwai...
The Thai Criminal Court sentenced to death Phan Phripwai and Phongsri Kulasithi, female, for trading 250,000 methamphetamine tablets
- MARCH 3, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Huntsville, Marcus Cotton was executed this evening
In Huntsville, Marcus Cotton was executed this evening
- MARCH 3, 2004DEATH PENALTY
South Dakota abolished the juvenile death penalty,...
South Dakota abolished the juvenile death penalty, bringing to 31 the number of states that do not execute youthful offenders for crimes committed at the age of 16 or 17
- MARCH 3, 2004WyomingDEATH PENALTY
Governor Freudenthal has signed a bill outlawing the...
Governor Freudenthal has signed a bill outlawing the death penalty for children under 18
- MARCH 3, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Lin Qimu and Xia Yuechang were executed in China for causing an explosion.
Lin Qimu and Xia Yuechang were executed in China for causing an explosion.
- MARCH 3, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Ardeshir Afshinzadeh, a 25 year old film editor who had been transferred
Ardeshir Afshinzadeh, a 25 year old film editor who had been transferred
- MARCH 3, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
the head of the first branch of Baneh's public court, Judge Hosseinpour issued...
the head of the first branch of Baneh's public court, Judge Hosseinpour issued...
- MARCH 2, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
With approval from the Supreme People's Court of China,...
With approval from the Supreme People's Court of China, brothers Liao Shaohui and Liao Shaowu, both in their thirties, were executed after being convicted of forging value-added invoices
- MARCH 2, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
Yuji Kubota, a former insurance salesman who tried...
Yuji Kubota, a former insurance salesman who tried to fake his own death, was sentenced to die by the Kushiro District Court, Japan, for murdering a couple that had taken out a policy with his firm
- MARCH 2, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Beijing court sentenced taxi driver Li Pingping to...
A Beijing court sentenced taxi driver Li Pingping to death for killing seven people, three of which he dismembered, and sentenced his wife to 15 years in prison for serving as his accomplice and harbouring loot
- MARCH 2, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Twenty-three-year-old Thai national Nothanam M
Twenty-three-year-old Thai national Nothanam M
- MARCH 2, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Mohamad Abdul Hafeez, a Pakistani sentenced to death...
Mohamad Abdul Hafeez, a Pakistani sentenced to death in Indonesia for attempting to smuggle 995 grams of heroin into the country from Karachi in May 2001, said his death sentence was too harsh
- MARCH 2, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Mohamad Abdul Hafeez, a Pakistani sentenced to death...
Mohamad Abdul Hafeez, a Pakistani sentenced to death in Indonesia for attempting to smuggle 995 grams of heroin into the country from Karachi in May 2001, said his death sentence was too harsh
- MARCH 2, 2004ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Twenty-three-year-old Thai national Nothanam M
Twenty-three-year-old Thai national Nothanam M
- MARCH 2, 2004United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Mexican President Vicente Fox will complain to President...
Mexican President Vicente Fox will complain to President Bush about the pending execution in Oklahoma of a Mexican double murderer when the pair meet this weekend, Mexican officials said
- MARCH 2, 2004MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Defying an order from the judicial arm of the United...
Defying an order from the judicial arm of the United Nations and the request of its state attorney general, in a 3-2 decision the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals sceduled a May 18 execution date for Osvaldo Torres, a Mexican prisoner sentenced to death
- MARCH 2, 2004MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Defying an order from the judicial arm of the United...
Defying an order from the judicial arm of the United Nations and the request of its state attorney general, in a 3-2 decision the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals sceduled a May 18 execution date for Osvaldo Torres, a Mexican prisoner sentenced to death
- MARCH 1, 2004JordanDEATH PENALTY
A 24-year-old woman, convicted of murdering two children...
A 24-year-old woman, convicted of murdering two children in March 2002, was executed at dawn, in Jordan
- MARCH 1, 2004NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigeria said that it was looking for ways to "decongest"...
Nigeria said that it was looking for ways to "decongest" the death row sections of its jails, where 458 prisoners were awaiting execution, some of them for more than 20 years
- MARCH 1, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Dhafer Iqbal Qadhi Kalim, a Pakistani convicted of...
Dhafer Iqbal Qadhi Kalim, a Pakistani convicted of smuggling an undisclosed amount of heroin, was beheaded by the sword in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah, the Saudi interior ministry said, announcing the first execution in the country this year
- MARCH 1, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Dhafer Iqbal Qadhi Kalim, a Pakistani convicted of...
Dhafer Iqbal Qadhi Kalim, a Pakistani convicted of smuggling an undisclosed amount of heroin, was beheaded by the sword in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the Saudi interior ministry said, announcing the first execution in the country this
- MARCH 1, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Four men including three brothers were sentenced to...
Four men including three brothers were sentenced to death for stabbing to death Harun Gazi, 28, at Kholisha in the Patuakhali area of Banlgadesh, "approximately a year ago"
- MARCH 1, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Vo Thanh Trung, a 24-year-old unemployed man, was sentenced...
Vo Thanh Trung, a 24-year-old unemployed man, was sentenced to death by firing squad by a court in Vietnam's southern province of Can Tho after being convicted of murdering his neighbour, Huynh Van Quy, in October 2003
- MARCH 1, 2004RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International declared itself very concerned...
Amnesty International declared itself very concerned at the prospect of renewed judicial executions in Burundi
- MARCH 1, 2004BurundiDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International declared itself very concerned...
Amnesty International declared itself very concerned at the prospect of renewed judicial executions in Burundi
- MARCH 1, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Since the enforcement of the 1997 narcotics and psychotropic...
Since the enforcement of the 1997 narcotics and psychotropic substances law, the Tangerang District Court, Indonesia handed down death sentences against 23 people, six women, five Indonesians and the rest foreigners, who were arrested at the Soekarno Hatt
- MARCH 1, 2004DEATH PENALTY
A three-judge panel of the 6th U
A three-judge panel of the 6th U
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- MARCH 1, 2004DEATH PENALTY
More than 1/2 of Michigan voters say they'd support...
More than 1/2 of Michigan voters say they'd support changing the state constitution to allow the death penalty for people convicted of 1st degree murder
- MARCH 1, 2004JordanDEATH PENALTY
a Jordanian woman convicted of murdering two children was hanged
a Jordanian woman convicted of murdering two children was hanged
- MARCH 1, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
in March 2004 Xinjiang's chairman Ismail Tiliwaldi asserted the campaign had improved security...
in March 2004 Xinjiang's chairman Ismail Tiliwaldi asserted the campaign had improved security...