2006

Christopher Johnson, 34....

Christopher Johnson, 34, who admitted to jurors that he killed his infant son and asked to be executed, was sentenced to death.

to mark the ordinance ceremony of the Human Rights Commission in Sierra Leone...

to mark the ordinance ceremony of the Human Rights Commission in Sierra Leone...

SAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES NIGERIAN FOR DRUG SMUGGLING

Saudi Arabia executed a Nigerian man for drug smuggling.

UGANDA. 3 PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH

the High Court in Arua, Uganda...

UGANDA. 566 ON DEATH ROW

a total of 566 inmates condemned to death are being imprisoned at Luzira Prison and Kirinya Prison in Jinja, Uganda.

USA. FEWER INMATES ON DEATH ROW IN 2005, STUDY

fewer prison inmates were moved to death row in 2005, according to a federal study that shows one more person was executed than in the year before.

Kristi Fulgham was sentenced to the death penalty...

Kristi Fulgham was sentenced to the death penalty, becoming the 3rd woman awaiting execution by lethal injection in Mississippi.

a jury sentenced to death Anthony Woods, 42, for murdering and raping a woman in her home.

a jury sentenced to death Anthony Woods, 42, for murdering and raping a woman in her home.

PRISONER WHO LED DEATH PENALTY APPEAL RECEIVES LIFE SENTENCE IN

Forrester Bowe Jr., a death row prisoner at the center of a landmark ruling earlier in the year that struck down the mandatory death sentence for murder in the Bahamas, was sentenced to life in prison. Bowe was initially sentenced to death in 1998 for the

RUSSIAN LAWMAKERS MOVE TO EXTEND MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY

Russia’s Parliament extended a 10-year moratorium on the death penalty to 2010, an extension of three years, by delaying the introduction of juries in court cases in the rebellious republic of Chechnya.

In St Matthews, S.C. Judge Clifton Newman sentenced a man to death...

In St Matthews, S.C. Judge Clifton Newman sentenced a man to death for killing an off-duty police officer 2 years ago.

a Van Nuys jury ordered the death penalty for Julian Arturo Beltran, 32.

a Van Nuys jury ordered the death penalty for Julian Arturo Beltran, 32.

KAZAKHSTAN'S HIGHEST COURT UPHOLDS GUILTY VERDICTS IN OPPOSITION POLITICIAN'S MURDER CASE

Kazakhstan's highest court upheld the conviction of 10 men of involvement in the killing of an opposition politician, turning down appeals from the victim's and defendants' representatives, who demanded further investigation.

a death sentence was ordered for Jimmy Lamar Killingsworth Jr.

a death sentence was ordered for Jimmy Lamar Killingsworth Jr.

IRANIAN MAN HANGED FOR MURDERING GIRL

an Iranian man convicted of murdering a young girl was hanged at a prison in western Iran.

JORDAN. FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER US SHIP ATTACK

a Jordanian military tribunal condemned to death three Syrian nationals and an Iraqi in connection with a rocket attack on US warships that killed a Jordanian soldier.

CHINESE MAN GETS SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDERING JAPANESE

a court in Shenyang, northeastern China, sentenced 27-year-old Chinese national Zhou Bo to death for killing Japanese national Masahiko Sato in Fukuoka, south-western Japan, in May 2005.

PAKISTAN. APEX COURT DISMISSES APPEALS OF CONVICTED ARMY OFFICERS

the Pakistan Supreme Court dismissed appeals of six army officers and a civilian who were convicted by military courts for their involvement in assassination attempts against President Pervez Musharraf.

CHINESE SECRETLY EXECUTED AFTER PROTEST

a court in southwestern China has secretly executed a man who took part in an environmental protest which turned into a riot, a lawyer and a family member said. Three others were jailed, one of them for life, they said.

LIBYA. NEW EVIDENCE MAY EXONERATE BULGARIA’S NURSES

Nature Magazine has published a report claiming that there is new evidence to the innocence of the five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor accused of causing a HIV pandemic in a Benghazi hospital.

SAUDI ARABIA BEHEADS A PAKISTANI AND HIS DAUGHTER CONVICTED OF DRUG TRAFFICKING

SOMALIA. OFFICIAL THREATENS BEHEADINGS FOR NOT PRAYING 5 TIMES DAILY

residents of a southern Somalia town who do not pray five times a day will be beheaded, an official said, adding that the edict will be implemented in three days.

CHINA. DEATH FOR WOMAN WHO STABBED LOVER TO DEATH

the shanghai No. 2 Intermediate People's Court sentenced Liao Yan...

IRAQI COURT SENTENCES LIBYAN TO DEATH FOR TERRORISM

an Iraqi court sentenced a Libyan member of al-Qaida in Iraq to death after he admitted taking part in eight attacks on US-led coalition forces and Iraqi targets...

JAPAN. MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING 2 WOMEN IN FUKUSHIMA PREF.

the Sendai High Court, Japan, sentenced a 53-year-old man to death for killing a woman and her daughter and stealing some 50,000 yen in cash in Fukushima Prefecture in 2004, scrapping a sentence of life imprisonment imposed by a lower court.

IRAN. PARISA AKBARI, ORIGINALLY SENTENCED TO DEATH BY STONING, "RELEASED"

Parisa Akbari, one of the Iranian women sentenced to death by stoning for "adultery," was released from jail as a free woman after receiving 99 lashes for having sex outside of marriage.

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine postponed the execution of Percy Walton...

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine postponed the execution of Percy Walton to allow more time to review claims the condemned inmate is mentally retarded and insane.

Eugene McWatters, 28, was sentenced to death for the rape and strangling...

Eugene McWatters, 28, was sentenced to death for the rape and strangling...

CHINA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN ANHUI FOR SERIAL RAPE

Shi Jidong, a farmer from Dingyuan, a county in east China's Anhui Province, was sentenced to death after being convicted of raping three girls and attempting to rape six more.

IRAN PUBLICLY HANGS MAN FOR MURDER

an unidentified Iranian man convicted of murder and armed robbery...