2006

in Jefferson City, the state Supreme Court ordered a new sentencing hearing for Terrance Anderson.

in Jefferson City, the state Supreme Court ordered a new sentencing hearing for Terrance Anderson.

the Punjab and Haryana High Court, India...

the Punjab and Haryana High Court, India...

GUANTANAMO. US TOP COURT DECLARES GUANTANAMO TRIBUNALS ILLEGAL

in a sharp rebuke of President George W. Bush's tactics in the war on terrorism, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down as unlawful the military tribunal system set up to try Guantanamo prisoners.

PAKISTAN. 4 MEN HANGED FOR GANG RAPE OF CHRISTIAN WOMAN

Shehzad Ahmad, 29, Muhammad Ashraf, 34, Mubarik Ali, 28, and Umer Hayat, 32, were hanged in Pakistan for gang-raping a teenaged Christian girl at gunpoint in the central city of Faisalabad on November 7, 1999.

MOLDOVA. PARLIAMENT EXLUDES DEATH PENALTY FROM CONSTITUTION

Moldova's parliament unanimously supported the definitive exclusion from the country's Constitution of Paragraph 3 of Article 24 allowing the use of death penalty in exceptional cases.

IRAQ. 22 EXECUTIONS AND 260 DEATH SENTENCES IN TWO YEARS

Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri-al-Maliki said that courts in the country had sentenced 260 people to death in the past two years.

BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING TEENAGE GIRL

Mominul Islam was sentenced to death in Rangpur, Bangladesh...

JAPAN. PSYCHIATRIST BACKS SHOKO ASAHARA

Shoko Asahara, the Aum Supreme Truth founder sentenced to death over a 1995 nerve-gas attack on the Tokyo subway, is mentally unfit and shows no reaction to his children, psychiatrist Haruo Akimoto said.

Curtis Giovanni Flowers has won a new trial in the killings...

Curtis Giovanni Flowers has won a new trial in the killings of 4 people because prosecutors sought to keep blacks off his Montgomery County jury, the Mississippi Supreme Court ruled.

MALAYSIA. DEATH PENALTY WON'T BE ABOLISHED, GOVERNMENT

the death penalty will be maintained to show the Government’s seriousness in curbing serious crimes, Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk M. Kayveas said, adding that the punishment was based on the principles of prevention and was in

CHINA. 52 EXECUTED ON ANTI-DRUG DAY

according to reports from the Chinese government's state-run media organization, Xinhua News Agency, China has executed in the last week as many as 52 people found guilty of drug law violations.

Sedley Alley, 50, was pronounced dead at 2:12 a.m. at the state's death chamber...

Sedley Alley, 50, was pronounced dead at 2:12 a.m. at the state's death chamber at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in west Nashville.

RUSSIA. MOST RUSSIANS AGAINST ABOLISHMENT OF DEATH PENALTY, SPEAKER

Russia has not formally abolished the death penalty because such a move would not get the support of the majority of the population, the speaker of Russia's upper house of parliament said.

IRAN. WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY STONING

MALAYSIA. BAR COUNCIL RENEWES CALL FOR DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION

the Bar Council renewed its call for the abolishment of capital punishment in Malaysia reasoning that the death penalty is a cruel and extreme form of punishment.

IRAN. FIVE WOMEN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY STONING IN PAST TWELVE MONTHS

the mullahs' regime has sentenced a woman, Ashraf Kalhori, to death by stoning, according to reports received.

NORTH KOREA. THREE PUBLICLY EXECUTED

Good Friend, a support organization for North Korea with news from internal sources, revealed that on May 17th and 19th, public executions were administered on the riverbanks of the Susung creek next to the Sunam market in Chongjin.

IRAQ. SAVING SADDAM FROM EXECUTION IS OPPORTUNITY FOR ITALY FOLLOWING DECISION TO WITHDRAW TROOPS, ROSE IN THE FIST

“What is the Italian government’s intention regarding the offer made by Marco Pannella for a special appointment to save Saddam from execution, and with Saddam’s life, the life of the rights and the civility which he massacred during 50 years of bloody ru

CHINA. TWO MEN EXECUTED FOR INTERNET CAFE FIRE

two men were executed for an arson attack at an Internet cafe in Longchuan County, in southern China's Guangdong Province.

JAPAN. DEATH SENTENCE FINALISED FOR MAN IN MURDER-ROBBERY CASE

Japan's Supreme Court finalised a death sentence for a Chinese man by upholding a high court ruling on him over a murder-robbery on May 25...

INDONESIA. AUTHORITIES TO EXECUTE 16 DRUG OFFENDERS, INCLUDING 10 FOREIGNERS

Indonesian authorities were preparing to execute 16 people on death row for drug trafficking, an official said.

JAPAN. DEATH SENTENCE FOR HOMELESS MAN COMMUTED TO LIFE

the Tokyo High Court commuted the death penalty of Yoshio Ando to life in prison for the 1999 murders of three homeless men in Tokyo, citing his ''diminished'' mental capacity at the time of the crime due to the influence of amphetamines.

a Harris County jury sentenced Demetrius Dwayne Smith, 29, to death for the March 24, 2005...

a Harris County jury sentenced Demetrius Dwayne Smith, 29, to death for the March 24, 2005...

serial killer Angel Maturino Resendiz, linked to at least 15 murders near railroad tracks around the country, was executed in Huntsville. In his final statement, Resendiz asked for forgiveness. Resendiz, 46, was pronounced dead at 8:05 p.m..

serial killer Angel Maturino Resendiz, linked to at least 15 murders near railroad tracks around the country, was executed in Huntsville. In his final statement, Resendiz asked for forgiveness. Resendiz, 46, was pronounced dead at 8:05 p.m..

CANADIAN EXTRADITED FROM UZBEKISTAN FACES POSSIBLE DEATH PENALTY IN CHINA

Canadian citizen Huseyincan Celil was extradited from Uzbekistan to China where he may be executed for founding a political party to represent a minority ethnic group in Xinjiang province, Canada's foreign affairs spokeswoman Kim Girtel told AFP. Celil, 3

IRAN. SIX MEN HANGED

an Iranian man convicted of murder was hanged in public in the southern city of Shiraz.

MISSOURI, USA. FEDERAL JUDGE HALTS EXECUTIONS

a federal judge halted executions in Missouri until the state makes sweeping changes to ensure that inmates do not suffer excruciating pain when they are put to death.

CHINA. OILFIELD FIRM CHIEF SENTENCED TO DEATH

China sentenced to death Li Rongxing, the former president of a firm connected with the country's number-two oil field, for taking bribes and embezzling nearly 37 million yuan ($4.62 million).

INDIA. DEATH FOR MAN CONVICTED OF BURNING WIFE AND KIDS

the Bombay High Court, India, upheld the death sentence handed by a trial court to Ajit Singh Gujral for burning his wife and three children in their Sher-e-Punjab flat in Andheri.

INDONESIA. PROSECUTORS SEEK APPROVAL FOR EXECUTION OF BALI BOMBERS

prosecutors in Indonesia sought permission from the justice minister to execute the three Bali bombers on death row, the attorney-general's office said.