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- FEBRUARY 20, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Wyoming's Governor signed a law (SB 20) to add the...
Wyoming's Governor signed a law (SB 20) to add the sentencing option of life imprisonment without parole as an alternative penalty for those convicted of 1st-degree murder
- FEBRUARY 20, 2001DEATH PENALTY
A group of Alabama death row inmates is pushing an...
A group of Alabama death row inmates is pushing an unusual solution to the state's school-funding crisis: abolish the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 20, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
An Afghan national, Shalif Alizehi, was executed after...
An Afghan national, Shalif Alizehi, was executed after being found guilty of robbery, rape and drug trafficking
- FEBRUARY 20, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A Thai cabinet minister sent a letter to Indonesian...
A Thai cabinet minister sent a letter to Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid asking for clemency for two compatriots, Namsong Sirlak, and Saelaw Praset
- FEBRUARY 20, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
An Afghan national, Shalif Alizehi, was executed in...
An Afghan national, Shalif Alizehi, was executed in Iran after being found guilty of robbery, rape and drug-trafficking
- FEBRUARY 20, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
The head of Iran's judiciary, Ayatollah Mahmud Hashemi-Shahrudi,...
The head of Iran's judiciary, Ayatollah Mahmud Hashemi-Shahrudi, defended the use of the death penalty to the visiting UN Human Rights High Commissioner Mary Robinson saying most death sentences passed in Iran were drug-related
- FEBRUARY 20, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
A Thai cabinet minister sent a letter to Indonesian...
A Thai cabinet minister sent a letter to Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid asking for clemency for two compatriots, Namsong Sirlak, and Saelaw Praset
- FEBRUARY 19, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Saudi man was executed in the city of Najran for...
A Saudi man was executed in the city of Najran for strangling his sister to death
- FEBRUARY 19, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
A delegation from the Council of Europe arrived in...
A delegation from the Council of Europe arrived in Japan to study capital punishment in the country
- FEBRUARY 19, 2001SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
Two women were sentenced to death because they were...
Two women were sentenced to death because they were found to be living in the same residence as husband and wife, they were thus found guilty of "unnatural" behaviour according to Sharia law, which the Somalian Penal Code bases itself on
- FEBRUARY 19, 2001GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Superior Court Judge Hal Craig imposed the death penalty...
Superior Court Judge Hal Craig imposed the death penalty against Mustafa Raheem, 21, on recommendation from the Henry County jury that heard the case
- FEBRUARY 19, 2001DEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA
February 19, 2001: two women have been sentenced to death for having a lesbian relationship.