Chronological archive
July 2005
The 151 news items published by Hands Off Cain in July 2005, in chronological order.
INDONESIA. ASSEMBLY CHIEF CALLS FOR DEATH PENALTY FOR GRAFT OFFENCES
the head of Indonesia's People's Consultative Assembly, Hidayat Nurwahid, called for tough punishment including the death penalty to eradicate deep-rooted corruption in the country.
- JULY 31, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
according to the ”Iranian Human Rights Activist Groups in EU and North America...
according to the ”Iranian Human Rights Activist Groups in EU and North America...
JULY 31, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH. ELEVEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
eleven persons, including two young women, were sentenced to death for the murder of a business tycoon of old Dhaka city, Mohamed Alam.
JULY 31, 2005IranDEATH PENALTYHOLLAND-SWEDEN. GAY EXTRADITIONS TO IRAN BLOCKED
the Netherlands has become the second country to halt extraditions of gays to Iran in the wake of reports two gay teens were hanged after being found found "guilty of homosexuality".
- JULY 30, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN TO GO GALLOWS FOR MURDER
Kudrat Ullah, 25, and his accomplice Mohammad Yahya, 30, were sentenced to death by a District and Sessions court in Sylhet, Bangladesh, for the murder of a neighbour in a dispute in Sripur in 2003.
- JULY 30, 2005MalawiDEATH PENALTY
MALAWI. PRESIDENT WON'T SIGN DEATH WARRANTS, MINISTER
Malawi Information Minister Lipenga said President Bingu wa Mutharika would not sign any death warrant for convicts sentenced to death.
- JULY 29, 2005New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
Judge Thomas S. Smith used new DNA tests of hair to overturn the conviction of Larry Leroy Peterson
Judge Thomas S. Smith used new DNA tests of hair to overturn the conviction of Larry Leroy Peterson for the rape and murder of 25-year-old Jacqueline Harrison.
- JULY 29, 2005AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. AUSTRALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER APPEALS TO VIETNAM FOR CLEMENCY FOR AUSTRALIANS ON DEATH ROW
Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said he had appealed to Vietnam for clemency for two Australians facing the death penalty for drug smuggling.
- JULY 29, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. DEATH FOR TEACHER CONVICTED OF RAPE
Li Guang, a teacher in western China convicted of raping 23 girls in his office was sentenced to death.
- JULY 29, 2005St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
ST LUCIA. GOVERNMENT PREPARING TO RESUME HANGINGS
the Kenny Anthony administration was clearing the way for the resumption of hangings in St. Lucia in response to a violent crime wave that had been sweeping the country.
- JULY 29, 2005FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Charles Peterson, 45, should face execution
Charles Peterson, 45, should face execution for the murder of John Cardoso on Christmas Eve 1997, jurors in Clearwater said.
JULY 29, 2005TexasDEATH PENALTYTEXAS, USA. DRIFTER EXECUTED FOR SLAYING OF STUDENT
David Martinez was executed for the rape and murder of a woman who was attacked on a jogging trail eight years ago.
- JULY 28, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
OFFICER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
the Intermediate People's Court of Guigang City, sentenced Huang Jinxiong, a public security officer, and two other defendants, Tang Dazhang and He Shirong, to death after convicting them of drug trafficking.
- JULY 28, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
EX-OFFICIAL TO DEATH FOR CORRUPTION
Ma De, former secretary of the municipal committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in Suihua City, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve by Beijing No.2 Intermediate People's Court for accepting bribes.
- JULY 28, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. HANGING OF TEENAGERS VIOLATES INTL LAW, HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Iran's executions of juvenile offenders on July 19 violated international law, Human Rights Watch said. The organization condemned the public hangings of two teenagers, aged 18 and 16, after they were found guilty of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old boy
- JULY 28, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. SIX MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 10 MURDERS DURING CAR ROBBERIES
China sentenced to death six gang members convicted of killing 10 people during car robberies in the Pearl River Delta area and northern parts of Guangdong province.
- JULY 28, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. LEGISLATOR GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR FRAUD, RAPE
Sang Yuechun, a former Chinese legislator, was condemned to death for a range of crimes including embezzling public funds, defrauding banks and rape, after a court rejected his appeal.
- JULY 27, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
ACCELERATES DRIVE TO PROSECUTE POLICE WHO USE TORTURE
China accelerated a campaign to prosecute police who extracted confessions by torture as part of a wider drive to curb human rights abuses in police custody, state media reported.
- JULY 27, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
HIGH COURT CONFIRMS DEATH PENALTY FOR FIVE IN MURDER CASE
the Kerala High Court confirmed the death sentences handed down by to five people for December 31, 1999 murder of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (Indian Popular Youth Front ) State vice-president, K. T. Jayakrishnan.
- JULY 27, 2005CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
in Fresno, Marcus Wesson was sentenced to death for the murder of 9 of his children...
in Fresno, Marcus Wesson was sentenced to death for the murder of 9 of his children, many of whom were born of incest and sexual abuse.
- JULY 27, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
US CONDEMNS IRANIAN EXECUTIONS, SAYS DUE PROCESS DENIED
The US State Department responded critically to 10 recent executions in Iran, saying the rights of defendants weren't safeguarded.
JULY 27, 2005Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYPALESTINIAN AUTHORITY. CONVICTED MURDERER EXECUTED
the Palestinian Authority executed Raed al-Mughrabi, a 32 year old convicted murderer, in Gaza City's central prison. Mughrabi had been convicted of murder and robbery in 2001 and the execution was approved by President Mahmoud Abbas.
JULY 27, 2005IndianaDEATH PENALTYINDIANA. CONNER EXECUTED FOR 1988 TRIPLE MURDER
Kevin A. Conner, a man convicted in a 1988 triple-murder, was executed by lethal injection, the fourth person executed this year in Indiana.
JULY 27, 2005BotswanaDEATH PENALTYBOTSWANA. COURT QUASHES DEATH SENTENCE
it was tears of joy for death row inmate Mothusi Phiri when the Court of Appeal substituted his death sentence with a 20-year jail term and upheld a five-year jail sentence for attempted murder.
- JULY 26, 2005CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the murder conviction of Benjamin W. Silva, 52...
the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the murder conviction of Benjamin W. Silva, 52, who has been on death row since 1982, ruling that prosecutors violated his rights by failing to reveal a deal they had made with the key witness.
JULY 26, 2005IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. MAN HANGED IN SOUTHERN PORT CITY FOR MURDER
an Iranian man was hanged at dawn in a prison in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas, the Iranian state-run daily Aftab Yazd said.
JULY 26, 2005BarbadosDEATH PENALTYBARBADOS. FIRST DEATH PENALTY CASE TO GO NEW CARIBBEAN COURT
Barbados will take the first death penalty case to the Caribbean court that replaced the colonial-era Privy Council as the country's highest court of appeal, Barbados Attorney- General Mia Mottley said.
- JULY 26, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION. EU CONCERNED OVER EXECUTION OF TWO IRANIAN BOYS
the European Union expressed concern over reports of executions of two Iranian youths in Mashhad on July 19.
JULY 26, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTYTURIN, ITALY. PRESENTATION OF “THE DEATH PENALTY WORLDWIDE 2005 REPORT”
Hands Off Cain, together with the ‘Adelaide Aglietta’ association presented the 2005 edition of the annual Hands Off Cain Report: “The Death Penalty Worldwide”.
JULY 26, 2005LibyaDEATH PENALTYLIBYA. HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP CONFIRMS EXECUTION OF FOUR EGYPTIAN NATIONALS
The Libyan League for Human Rights has confirmed the execution, by firing squad, of four Egyptian nationals who, together with 11 other Egyptian expatriates, were "convicted" of "murder" by a Libyan court in 2004.
- JULY 25, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. 2 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING GIRL
the Women and Children Repression Control Tribunal sentenced Siddiqur Rahman and Sumon alias Megha, both from Aukpara village near Dhaka, to death for killing and raping their neighbour Rahima Khatun, 18, on October 12, 2000.
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- JULY 25, 2005PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
in Greensburg, a Westmoreland County jury gave Michael Travaglia the death penalty for his conviction in a 25-year-old murder
in Greensburg, a Westmoreland County jury gave Michael Travaglia the death penalty for his conviction in a 25-year-old murder
- JULY 25, 2005North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
in Danbury, Stokes County Superior Court judge John O. Craig ordered a new trial for Rex Penland
in Danbury, Stokes County Superior Court judge John O. Craig ordered a new trial for Rex Penland
- JULY 25, 2005SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
MAJORITY WANT CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, POLL
a poll carried out in Slovakia by the MVK agency for the SME daily showed that 61.7 percent of respondents were in favor of reintroducing capital punishment. Roughly 80 percent said they welcomed the 2004 introduction of the “three strikes you’re out” sys
- JULY 25, 2005Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
Sri Lanka. President urged to implement capital punishment
the Attorney General's Department of Sri Lanka recommended that President Chandrika Kumaratunga implement capital punishment against those already sentenced to death.
- JULY 25, 2005TexasDEATH PENALTY
after being rebuked twice by the U.S. Supreme Court (see June 13, 2005)...
after being rebuked twice by the U.S. Supreme Court (see June 13, 2005), the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order overturning a conviction in a Texas death-penalty case.
JULY 25, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA. INDIAN BEHEADED FOR KILLING COMPATRIOT
Soper Amani Rafi, an Indian national, was beheaded by the sword in the Saudi capital Riyadh after being convicted of killing a compatriot, the country’s interior ministry announced.
JULY 25, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA. MAN ACCUSED OF FUKUOKA FAMILY MURDERS EXECUTED FOLLOWING FAILED APPEAL
Yang Ning, a Chinese man sentenced to death over the killing of a family of four in the Japanese city of Fukuoka in 2003 had been executed for the crime, Japanese diplomats said.
JULY 25, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTYEUROPEAN UNION. PANNELLA CALLS FOR END TO ALL DEALINGS WITH IRAN
MEP and Hands Off Cain President Marco Panella deposited a parliamentary question to the European Commission regarding the European bloc’s relations with Iran.
- JULY 24, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. FIVE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
five men were sentenced to death, four of them in absentia, by a Speedy Trial Court in Sylhet, Bangladesh, after being found guilty of killing a member of the Islampur union at Chhatak.
- JULY 24, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. FIVE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
five men were sentenced to death, four of them in absentia, by a Speedy Trial Court in Sylhet, Bangladesh, after being found guilty of killing a member of the Islampur union at Chhatak.
- JULY 23, 2005IraqDEATH PENALTY
SADDAM TO BE EXECUTED SOON, PAPER
the government-financed al-Sabah daily said that toppled President Saddam Hussein was expected to be sentenced and executed within weeks.
- JULY 23, 2005SwedenDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. NOBEL LAUREATE SLAMS TEEN HANGINGS
Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi condemned the hanging of two teenagers accused of raping younger boys in north-eastern Iran, a punishment that also prompted protests by the international community and rights groups.
- JULY 22, 2005CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Orange County Superior Court Judge William R. Froeberg formally sentenced to death Alejandro Avila.
Orange County Superior Court Judge William R. Froeberg formally sentenced to death Alejandro Avila.
- JULY 22, 2005SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. TWO TO HANG ON HEROIN CHARGE
Iwuchukwu Amara Tochi, a 19 year old Nigerian national and Okeke Nelson Malachy, 33, were sentenced to death after a 13-day trial for importing approximately $1.5 million worth of high-grade heroin into Singapore.
- JULY 22, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. GUANGDONG COURT SENTENCES TWO TO DEATH FOR ECSTASY SMUGGLING
in its initial trial, the Foshan City Intermediate People's Court, China, sentenced Zhao Fuqiang and Ye Zhixiong to death for drug smuggling and Chen Pengfei to seven years imprisonment for his involvement in the crime.
- JULY 21, 2005MalawiDEATH PENALTY
Malawi Chief commissioner for Prisons McDonald Chawona said...
Malawi Chief commissioner for Prisons McDonald Chawona said...
- JULY 21, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Song Zhang’ai, 48, was executed in Beijing, China...
Song Zhang’ai, 48, was executed in Beijing, China...
JULY 21, 2005IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA. PROSECUTORS SEEK DEATH PENALTY FOR MCDONALD BOMBER
Indonesian prosecutors recommended the death penalty for Agung Abdul Hamid for masterminding a bomb attack on a McDonald restaurant in South Sulawesi province that killed three people, including a suicide bomber.
- JULY 20, 2005GreeceDEATH PENALTY
Greece was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
Greece was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
- JULY 20, 2005TexasDEATH PENALTY
the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals tossed out the death sentence, but not the conviction...
the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals tossed out the death sentence, but not the conviction, of Carl L. Brooks. The 3-judge panel ruled that a juror might have been beholden to prosecutors after he was charged with bringing a semiautomatic pistol to the cour
- JULY 20, 2005JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. PRISONERS PROTEST DEATH PENALTY
it was reported that sixteen prisoners in Jordan were on their ninth day of hunger strike to protest the death penalty.
- JULY 20, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. GUANGZHOU COURT SENTENCES TWO TO DEATH WITH REPRIEVE FOR MAKING ANDTRAFFICKING ECSTASY
in its second trial, a Guangzhou court, China, sentenced Yu Zhuoxiong, Guo Mingqing and Chen Yuhan to death with two years reprieve.
- JULY 20, 2005United StatesDEATH PENALTY
GUANTANAMO BAY. US ADVISER RULES OUT DEATH PENALTY
Air Force Brigadier-General Thomas Hemingway, the US military legal adviser overseeing the possible trials of up to 12 terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, including Australian David Hicks, says no evidence from any of the cases warrant him seeking the deat
- JULY 19, 2005OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
OKLAHOMA, USA. PENNINGTON EXECUTED FOR 1991 MURDER
Michael Pennington, convicted of killing a store clerk during a 1991 robbery and blamed it on steroid use, was executed by lethal injection.
- JULY 19, 2005ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
a Maricopa County Superior Court jury brought back 5 death penalty verdicts...
a Maricopa County Superior Court jury brought back 5 death penalty verdicts...
- JULY 19, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN TO DIE FOR KILLING HIS WIFE
Jalaluddin, 28, of Amtali , was condemned to death by a court in Pirojpur, for killing his newlywed wife.
- JULY 19, 2005JapanDEATH PENALTY
HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN CONVICTED OF MURDERS
the Tokyo High Court upheld a lower court ruling, which sentenced Toshiaki Kaga, a 44-year-old man, to death for murdering a woman and her daughter and stealing their money.
JULY 19, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA. SIX MEN CONVICTED OF HOMICIDE PUT TO DEATH
six men were executed in the Chinese capital Beijing for murder and other crimes including robbery and rape, state media reported.
JULY 19, 2005IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. TWO MEN PUBLICLY HANGED FOR RAPING TEENAGER
Mahmoud Asgari, 16, and Ayaz Marhoni, 18, two men convicted for raping a teenage boy were hanged in public in the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad
JULY 19, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA. COURTS WARNED OVER DEATH PENALTY CONVICTIONS
China, whose judicial system has been under scrutiny after a series of widely publicised wrongful convictions, asked its courts to think twice before handing down the death penalty.
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- JULY 18, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN WHO PLOTTED WIFE'S DEATH TO COLLECT INSURANCE
Yang Aiping, a man who took out accident and life insurance worth 530,000 yuan (64,000 dollars) for his wife, was sentenced to death for murder by a court in the southwestern province of Sichuan.
JULY 18, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDERING TEENAGER IN 54TH EXECUTION OF THE YEAR
Ali bin Ahmad bin Hashidi Shuhaythi, a Saudi man, was beheaded by the sword in the holy city of Mecca, for strangling to death a teenager, the Saudi interior ministry announced.
- JULY 18, 2005EgyptDEATH PENALTY
LIBYA. 4 EGYPTIANS EXECUTED
the Arab Centre for the Independence of the Judiciary and Legal Council, an Egyptian human rights group, said that Libyan authorities had recently executed four Egyptians on criminal charges.
JULY 18, 2005RussiaDEATH PENALTYRUSSIA. RF SHOULD RATIFY PROTOCOL ON DEATH PENALTY – MARGELOV
Russia should ratify the protocol on the death penalty, Chairman of the Federation Council Foreign Affairs Committee Mikhail Margelov said.
- JULY 17, 2005BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
BULGARIA. OUTGOING FOREIGN MINISTER CONDEMNS DEATH PENALTY
Bulgaria's stand is against death penalty, wherever in the world it is being implemented, Foreign Minster Solomon Passy said.
- JULY 17, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. THREE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Mohammad Kaosar, 50, his wife Rasheda Begum, 40, and his brother Manik Miah, 35, were condemned to death by a speedy trial tribunal in Chittagong, after they were convicted of murder.
- JULY 17, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. SIX PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
it was reported that six “underground terrorists”, Khalilur Rahman alias Kazal, Zakir Hossain, Asaduzzaman Mintu, Badiuzzaman Litu, Hafizur Rahman and Masud Hossain were sentenced to death, the latter three in absentia, by a court in Bagerhat, for the mur
- JULY 17, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. THREE SIBLINGS ARE TO GO GALLOWS, TWO TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
Kazi Mohammad Panna, Kazi Mohammad Anna and Kazi Mohammad Manna, aged 28 to 35, were sentenced to death and their two younger brothers, Kazi Mohammad Shahin, 24, and Kazi Mohammad Tuhin, 26, to life imprisonment by a court in Jessore, for severing the ar
- JULY 17, 2005IraqDEATH PENALTY
TRIBUNAL FORMALLY CHARGES SADDAM HUSSEIN
Iraq's special tribunal laid the first formal charges against Saddam Hussein for crimes committed during his 25-year rule and a date for his trial may be announced "within days", the tribunal said.
- JULY 16, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER HANGED PUBLICLY
Eyvazali Hosseinzadeh, an Iranian man convicted of murder, was hanged in public in northwestern Ardebil province for killing a man in 1999.
- JULY 16, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. GOVERNMENT TO BUILD PRISON FOR CONDEMNED AS DEATH-ROW NUMBERS ROCKET
Bangladesh would build a new jail for death-row inmates after a crackdown on violent crime doubled the number of condemned prisoners in three years, officials said.
- JULY 16, 2005IraqDEATH PENALTY
KURDISH ISLAMIC SCHOLARS CALL FOR EXECUTION OF INSURGENTS
text of report by Meriwan Neqishbendi entitled "In their Friday sermon, Kurdistan Islamic scholars call for execution of terrorists", published by Iraqi Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) newspaper, Khabat...
JULY 16, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA. PAKISTANI BEHEADED FOR MURDERING COMPATRIOT
Mohammad Zadeh Sawali, a Pakistani national, was beheaded by the sword in the northern Saudi town of Arar after being convicted of killing a compatriot residing in the kingdom, the Saudi interior ministry announced.
- JULY 15, 2005CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
for the 2nd time, the 9th Circuit in San Francisco overturned the death penalty for Fernando Belmontes
for the 2nd time, the 9th Circuit in San Francisco overturned the death penalty for Fernando Belmontes, 44. Belmontes was 19 when, on March 15, 1981, killed of Steacy McConnell during a robbery.
- JULY 15, 2005BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUS. CONSTITUTIONAL COURT CHAIRMAN IN FAVOUR OF DEATH PENALTY
Grigory Vasilevich, chairman of the Constitutional Court of Belarus, said that he believed death penalty was a strong deterrent against crime that should be retained.
- JULY 14, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. HIGH NUMBER OF "SPEEDY" COURT DEATH SENTENCES RAISES CONCERN IN BANGLADESH
Judge Shahed Nooruddin has sentenced 114 people to death in under three years, according to official figures. The judge presides over one of nine fast-track courts introduced in November 2002 as part of a government initiative to crack down on crime, a ma
- JULY 14, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. FOUR FAMILY MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
four members of a family were sentenced to death by hanging after a court found them guilty of killing their neighbour in a dispute over grass eaten by his cow.
- JULY 14, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
52ND EXECUTION OF THE YEAR
Mohammad bin Ghanem al-Fifi, a Saudi man, was beheaded by the sword in the southwestern region of Asir after he was convicted of fatally shooting a compatriot.
- JULY 14, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. GUANGZHOU COURT SENTENCES ONE TO DEATH FOR HEROIN AND ECSTASY TRAFFICKING
it was reported that the Guangzhou City Intermediate People's Court, China, sentenced Chen Qiugeng, a 38-year-old Jiangxi native, to death for trafficking 1.05 kg of heroin and 120 grams of ecstasy pills.
JULY 14, 2005IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ. GOVERNMENT APPROVES FIRST DEATH SENTENCE
the Iraqi prime minister Ibrahim Jaafari has approved the first death sentence handed down by a Iraqi tribunal and confirmed by the court of cassation - the country's highest court.
- JULY 14, 2005LibyaDEATH PENALTY
LIBYA. TWO TURKISH NATIONALS EXECUTED FOR MURDER, TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY
two Turkish citizens were executed in Libya, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said. ''Selim Aslan and Yunus Ozkan, who were sentenced to death in Libya as they were accused of committing murder in 1995, were executed today. We express condolences to their fam
JULY 14, 2005United StatesDEATH PENALTYVERMONT, USA. JURY RECOMMENDS DEATH FOR MAN IN FIRST DEATH PENALTY CASE FOR 50 YEARS
Donald Fell, a man convicted of kidnapping a supermarket worker and fatally beating her as she prayed for her life, was sentenced to death by a federal jury in Vermont's first capital punishment case in almost a half century.
JULY 14, 2005United NationsDEATH PENALTYUNITED NATIONS. COUNTRIES RETAINING DEATH PENALTY FAIL TO GIVE DETAILS OF EXECUTIONS, UN SAYS
despite calls to countries retaining capital punishment to be transparent about their executions, United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan's latest report on the use of the death penalty worldwide laments the absence of a full accounting for death sent
- JULY 13, 2005LaosDEATH PENALTY
LAOS. TWO PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Laos, which is not believed to have carried out an execution for more than a decade, passed death sentences on two drug traffickers, the official KPL news agency said.
JULY 13, 2005NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA. MEN CHARGED WITH SODOMY BY ISLAMIC COURT, FACE STONING
two Nigerian men appeared in court charged with committing sodomy and could face being stoned to death after they were caught together in a toilet in the northern Muslim city of Katsina.
JULY 13, 2005United NationsDEATH PENALTYUN. UNICEF CALLS ON SUDAN TO ELIMINATE DEATH PENALTY FOR CHILDREN UNDER 18
while lauding Sudan for including provisions in its new constitution that strengthen the rights of children and women, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) called for the elimination of exceptions allowing the death penalty for youngsters under 18.
JULY 13, 2005IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. MAN PUBLICLY HANGED FOR MURDER OF POLICEMAN
Ali Safarpour, a 20 year old Iranian man convicted of killing police officer Hamid Enshadi, was hanged in public in Poldokhtar in the western province of Lorestan.
- JULY 12, 2005United StatesDEATH PENALTY
VIRGINIA, USA. HIGH COURT STAYS LOVITT EXECUTION
the US Supreme Court granted a last-minute stay of execution to Robin Lovitt, a man convicted of murder in Virginia, because much of the evidence was accidentally destroyed.
- JULY 12, 2005GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Robert Conklin, 44, white, was given a lethal injection at the state prison in Jackson
Robert Conklin, 44, white, was given a lethal injection at the state prison in Jackson
- JULY 12, 2005AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. AUSTRALIAN DEATH-ROW CONVICT LOSES DEATH PENALTY APPEAL
a 45-year-old Australian of Vietnamese origin has lost his appeal against his death sentence for trafficking heroin in Vietnam, state media say.
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- JULY 12, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. 15 PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR FIVE MURDERS IN LOUHAJANG
fifteen people were sentenced to death in Dhaka, nine of which in absentia, for the murder of five people at Bagra bazaar in the Louhajang district in 2001.
JULY 12, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH. FIVE MEN TO HANG FOR MURDER OF SCHOOLGIRL WHO REJECTED MARRIAGE OFFER
suitor Imarul, who uses one name, and four other men were sentenced to hang after being convicted of killing a 14 year old girl whose family spurned his offer of marriage. After the family accepted an offer from another man, Imarul and his accomplices bro
- JULY 11, 2005TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR POISONING ENERGY DRINKS WITH CYANIDE
Wang Ching-chan, a Taiwan man, was sentenced to death for poisoning energy drinks with cyanide in a botched extortion attempt that left one person dead.
- JULY 11, 2005BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUS. DEATH PENALTY MIGHT BE ANNULLED VIA A NATIONAL REFERENDUM
Belarussian deputy presidential chief of staff Natalya Petkevich said the death sentence might be annulled in Belarus via a national referendum.
- JULY 11, 2005JapanDEATH PENALTY
HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH FOR DOG BREEDER FOR KILLING 4 PEOPLE
the Tokyo High Court upheld a March 2001 ruling by the Urawa District Court sentencing to death Gen Sekine, 63, and his former wife Hiroko Kazama, 48, for murdering four people in 1993 following disputes over the sale of dogs.
- JULY 11, 2005BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUS. COUNTRY MAY ANNUL DEATH SENTENCE THROUGH REFERENDUM, OFFICIAL
Belarus deputy presidential chief of staff Natalya Petkevich said the death sentence might be annulled in the country via a national referendum.
JULY 11, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTYAUSTRALIA. CHINA OPPOSES THE GIVING OF ASYLUM TO DIPLOMAT FOR FEAR OF EXECUTION
China voiced "resolute opposition" to Australia's decision to grant asylum to Chen Yonglin, a former Chinese diplomat, and dismissed his accusations that he faced execution if repatriated as "lies not worthy of response".
- JULY 10, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR HEROIN SMUGGLING
the semi-official Saudi Ukaz daily said a tribunal in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah had sentenced a Pakistani and an Afghan to death for smuggling heroin into the country.
- JULY 10, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH AND 18 OTHERS TO LIFE FOR MURDER
a court in Naogaon, sentenced to death Awami League leader Dr Nurul Islam, 72, for the murder of Hashem Reza Chowdhury, a former chairman of the Badalgachhi region, following an argument on June 3, 1994.
JULY 10, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBAHRAIN. TWO BANGLADESHI NATIONALS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
two people were sentenced to death for the murder of a Bahraini housewife, Latifa Abdulla Abdulaziz.
JULY 10, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA. WOMAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabia executed Noura al-Faydi, a Saudi woman convicted of stabbing to death another woman and setting her body on fire.
- JULY 9, 2005JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL URGES JORDAN TO END THE DEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International urged the Jordanian government to commute all death sentences and establish a moratorium on the death penalty, a statement issued by the human rights body said.
- JULY 9, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
a young man, identified only as Abbas, was sentenced to death
a young man, identified only as Abbas, was sentenced to death
- JULY 8, 2005CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
in El Cajon, a jury recommended the death penalty for Eric Anderson
in El Cajon, a jury recommended the death penalty for Eric Anderson
- JULY 8, 2005RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. KUDRIN CALLS FOR REVIVAL OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR TERRORISTS
in responce to the explosions in London on July 7, Russian Finance Minister Alexey Kudrin said: “Terrorists are to be caught and brought before court
- JULY 8, 2005IdahoDEATH PENALTY
the Office of Attorney General has negotiated an agreement under which Faron E. Lovelace will serve a fixed life sentence for the 1995 kidnapping and murder of Jeremy Scott.
the Office of Attorney General has negotiated an agreement under which Faron E. Lovelace will serve a fixed life sentence for the 1995 kidnapping and murder of Jeremy Scott.
- JULY 8, 2005NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
STOP THE POLICE KILLINGS, UN EXPERT TELLS NIGERIA
Nigeria must act to stop police escaping with the murder of innocent people by claiming their victims were armed robbers, the UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Philip Alston, said.
- JULY 8, 2005JapanDEATH PENALTY
APPEAL BY FIVE-TIME KILLER AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE REJECTED
Japan’s Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Yasutoshi Kamata, a 64-year-old man, against the death sentence for murdering a 9-year-old girl and four women between 1985 and 1994.
- JULY 8, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. SEVEN PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN JIANGSU FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
seven people were sentenced to death and another to death with reprieve by the Wuxi Municipal Intermediate People's Court in east China's Jiangsu Province following what police described as the largest drug trafficking case cracked in the province.
JULY 8, 2005United NationsDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA. MAN FACES DEATH FOR SODOMY IN SHARIA CASE, UN
Philip Alston, the UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions raised the alarm over the case of a man who was on death row in northern Nigeria awaiting execution by stoning after a Sharia court found him guilty of sodomy.
- JULY 7, 2005IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. COUNTRY PREPARES TO EXECUTE TWO BROTHERS FOR TRIPLE MURDER
Indonesian authorities would soon execute two brothers on death row for a premeditated triple murder during a robbery in the island of Sumatra in 2002, Antasari Azhar, chief prosecutor of West Sumatra province, said.
- JULY 7, 2005FloridaDEATH PENALTY
the Florida Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of Donny Crook...
the Florida Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of Donny Crook...
- JULY 7, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
a court in Sherpur, sentenced Israfil, 27, of Dohalia village in Nalitabari to death by hanging for murder.
- JULY 7, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO HANG FOR RAPE
the district court in Manikganj, sentenced Refaj Uddin, 34, to death in absentia for raping a minor girl leading to her death.
- JULY 7, 2005NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CONDEMNS RECOMMENDATIONS TO EXECUTE JUVENILES
as the National Political Reform Conference in Nigeria prepared to reconvene in the upcoming week, Amnesty International condemned the recommendations by its Committee on Judicial and Legal Reform that juveniles should be executed when they had committed
- JULY 7, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. COURT SENTENCES TWO PAKISTANIS TO DEATH FOR SMUGGLING HEROIN
a lower court in Dhaka sentenced to death two Pakistani nationals, Rais Khan of Karachi and Alekjan of Peshwar after finding them guilty of smuggling 24 kg of heroin into the country on September 20, 1999.
- JULY 7, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
the District and Sessions Court in Chitradurga, sentenced to death Siddaruda, 30, after convicting him of brutally murdering an engineer of the Zilla Panchayat sub-division.
- JULY 7, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN DOUBLE MURDER CASE
Panney Lal was sentenced to death by a court while his father Indrasan and mother Anari Devi were sentenced to life imprisonment for their involvement in the case of two women murdered following a dispute over a drain at Samaysthan village, Badhalganj, on
- JULY 7, 2005FijiDEATH PENALTY
FIJI. MAJORITY FAVOUR DEATH PENALTY, POLL
a snap poll was conducted on the streets of Suva and Lautoka over sentences handed out be Fiji's justice system.
JULY 7, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA. MONEY SAVES PALESTINIAN TEENAGER FROM EXECUTION
it was reported that a Palestinian teenager on death row in Saudi Arabia on charges of killing her Saudi husband at the age of 13 would walk free within days after her in-laws accepted "blood money".
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- JULY 6, 2005IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
in Cook County, Judge Fred Suria has imposed the death penalty
in Cook County, Judge Fred Suria has imposed the death penalty
- JULY 6, 2005NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA. COURT DROPS TREASON CHARGE AGAINST YOUNG FOOTBALLERS
a Nigerian court found 53 young men who attempted to stage a football tournament in honour of the defunct separatist "Republic of Biafra" not guilty of treason, saving them from the gallows.
- JULY 6, 2005Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
PRESIDENT URGED TO PREVENT RETURN OF DEATH PENALTY AFTER 29 YEAR MORATORIUM
Amnesty International issued a statement saying it was gravely concerned at reports that Sri Lanka was set to carry out its first execution in 29 years and called on the country's president to prevent the resumption of executions in the country.
- JULY 6, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, Gafarzadeh Mohsen, was executed in Salmas, Iran
a man, Gafarzadeh Mohsen, was executed in Salmas, Iran
JULY 6, 2005IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. THREE MEN PUBLICLY HANGED FOR 'ARMED ROBBERY'
three men who had been condemned to death for armed robbery were hanged in the Qasemabad district of Mashhad, Iran.
- JULY 5, 2005DEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN EXECUTED FOR KILLING SLEEPING WIFE
Sultan al-Laqmani, a Saudi man, was executed in the western city of Medina for attacking and killing his wife as she slept, the Saudi Interior Ministry said.
- JULY 5, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. FIVE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
a Speedy Trial Tribunal in Natore, Bangladesh, sentenced five men to death by hanging in the Maju murder case.
- JULY 5, 2005New ZealandDEATH PENALTY
NEW ZEALAND. LAWMAKER CONDONES STONING GAYS
Ashraf Choudhary, a Muslim lawmaker in Prime Minister Helen Clark's government, said he condoned the stoning executions of homosexuals and adulterers as prescribed by strict Islamic law.
- JULY 5, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. DESPATCH RIDER LOSES APPEAL AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE IN FEDERAL COURT
the Federal Court dismissed the appeal of Mohamad Yazri Minhat against the death sentence imposed by the High Court which found him guilty of trafficking 133 kg of cannabis.
- JULY 5, 2005United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
UK. FOREIGN OFFICE UNABLE TO HAND OVER SADDAM EVIDENCE
it was reported that British Ministers were refusing to hand over evidence of Saddam Hussein's war crimes to Iraqi prosecutors - for fear of breaching his human rights.
- JULY 5, 2005LiberiaDEATH PENALTY
LIBERIA. DEATH PENALTY FOR RITUALISTIC KILLERS, CHAIRMAN BRYANT
the Chairman of the Transitional Government Charles Gyude Bryant disclosed that under the transitional arrangement, there would be no room for impunity for any Liberian engaging in ritualistic activities when found guilty.
- JULY 5, 2005JapanDEATH PENALTY
SUPPORTERS PETITION FOR RETRIAL OF BOXER 25 YEARS ON DEATH ROW
supporters of Iwao Hakamada, a former professional boxer who had been on death row for 25 years handed the Japanese Supreme Court a petition with 2,880 signatures demanding a retrial.
- JULY 5, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Sultan al-Laqmani, a saudi national, was hanged in the city of Medina
Sultan al-Laqmani, a saudi national, was hanged in the city of Medina
JULY 5, 2005IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. COUPLE HANGED FOR MURDER
an Iranian couple, Roya, 28, and Mohammad, 30, accused of murder were hanged at dawn in the main prison in Isfahan (central Iran), according to a state-run daily.
JULY 5, 2005RussiaDEATH PENALTYRUSSIA. SUPPORT FOR CAPITAL PUNISHMENT DECREASING, POLL
the number of supporters of capital punishment in Russia is steady on the descent, a Levada Center opinion poll found in the middle of June, having questioned 1,600 Russian men and women in 128 cities and communities in 46 regions.
JULY 5, 2005IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. MAN CONVICTED OF RAPE HANGED IN PUBLIC
an Iranian man convicted of rape was hanged in public in Salmas, northwestern Azarbaijan province, the Shargh daily reported.
- JULY 4, 2005ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND. DOCTOR VISUT SENTENCED TO DEATH
the Thai Appeals Court ruled that Doctor Visut Boonkasemsanti was to be put to death for killing his wife, Mrs. Phassaporn, who disappeared in early 2001.
JULY 4, 2005Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA. FIVE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING JUDGE
five men were sentenced to hang for killing Sarath Ambepitiya, a Sri Lankan judge who had handed down heavy sentences on gangsters.
JULY 4, 2005MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCO. TWO RADICAL ISLAMISTS SENTENCED TO DEATH
a Moroccan court sentenced two radical Islamists to death and jailed four of their followers for life on charges that included killing five Moroccans, one of them Jewish.
JULY 4, 2005AlgeriaDEATH PENALTYALGERIA. 7 FUGITIVES SENTENCED TO DEATH
an Algerian criminal court sentenced to death in absentia seven Islamic gunmen belonging to the radical Salafi Movement for Daawa and Fighting.
- JULY 3, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. KURDISH SINGER THREATENED WITH STONING
Nazi Azizi, a female poet from the Iranian city of Mahabad, was summoned by Iranian intelligence services for investigation and was told that she could no longer sing or write poems.
- JULY 3, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. TWO PAKISTANIS BEHEADED FOR KILLING AUNT
two Pakistani brothers convicted of murdering their aunt were beheaded by the sword in the western Saudi town of Yanbu, the interior ministry announced.
- JULY 2, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR EMBEZZLEMENT
Yu Hu, female, was sentenced to a provisional death penalty in Beijing, charged with embezzling more than 16 million yuan (US$2 million) from more than 180 people.
- JULY 2, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. DHAKA PLANS SPECIAL JAIL FOR DEATH ROW PRISONERS
it was reported that Bangladesh was planning a special jail for prisoners on the death row.
- JULY 1, 2005GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
GEORGIA. GUILTY PLEA IN NUN KILLING MEANS MAN SPARED DEATH PENALTY
Adrian O. Robinson of Hamilton pleaded guilty in Harris County Superior Court to 19 crimes, avoiding a possible death penalty, with the understanding he will never be released from prison.
- JULY 1, 2005TexasDEATH PENALTY
the U.S. District Court for the Eastern Division of Texas ruled that the state cannot execute Eric Lynn Moore
the U.S. District Court for the Eastern Division of Texas ruled that the state cannot execute Eric Lynn Moore
- JULY 1, 2005FloridaDEATH PENALTY
following a jury's recommendation, Circuit Judge Susan Robert sentenced Thomas Davis Woodel...
following a jury's recommendation, Circuit Judge Susan Robert sentenced Thomas Davis Woodel...
- JULY 1, 2005KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA. COURT FREES SEVEN DEATH ROW CONVICTS
seven death row convicts were released by the High Court for lack of evidence
- JULY 1, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE
a court in Bhola, Bangladesh, sentenced Nazrul Islam to death for killing his wife.
JULY 1, 2005UzbekistanDEATH PENALTYUZBEKISTAN. COUNTRY TO KEEP DEATH PENALTY FOR AT LEAST 2 YEARS
Uzbekistan is working to abolish the death penalty, but it will be "no less than two or three years" before the country scraps capital punishment, Justice Minister Buritosh Mustafayev said.