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- MAY 17, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Governor Easley ratified a law approved by the Parliament...
Governor Easley ratified a law approved by the Parliament that would allow prosecutors to seek life in prison without parole for a 1st-degree conviction even when aggravating circumstances are present
- MAY 17, 2001TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Premier Chang Chun-hsiung said formation of a new policy...
Premier Chang Chun-hsiung said formation of a new policy will require a public consensus
- MAY 17, 2001BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
The High Court ordered Lehlohonolo Bernard Kobedi's...
The High Court ordered Lehlohonolo Bernard Kobedi's retrial, a South African man who was due to hang for murder
- MAY 17, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Tokyo High Court sentenced Kaoru Okashita, 54,...
The Tokyo High Court sentenced Kaoru Okashita, 54, a former real estate broker, to death for murdering Ume Endo, 82, an apartment owner, in Tokyo on October 1, 1989, after swindling her out of land by forging a sales contract
- MAY 17, 2001TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Taiwan's Justice Minister Chen Ding-nan said he planned...
Taiwan's Justice Minister Chen Ding-nan said he planned to abolish the death sentence before his term ends in 2004
- MAY 17, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Circuit Judge Peter Dearing sentenced to death James...
Circuit Judge Peter Dearing sentenced to death James Belcher, 41, for the 1996 death of 29-year-old Jennifer Embry
- MAY 17, 2001DEATH PENALTY
San Joaquin County Judge Michael Garrigan sentenced...
San Joaquin County Judge Michael Garrigan sentenced Wesley Shermantine Jr
- MAY 17, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Only a handful of California prisoners are taking advantage...
Only a handful of California prisoners are taking advantage of a new state law allowing them to use DNA testing to try to prove their innocence, according to the attorney general's office
- MAY 16, 2001DEATH PENALTY
People sentenced for any criminal offence would be...
People sentenced for any criminal offence would be able to petition a court for a DNA analysis if there is reasonable probability the evidence would clear them or shorten their sentences, under legislation approved by a Senate panel
- MAY 16, 2001AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
A new law "On extraditing criminals" adopted by the...
A new law "On extraditing criminals" adopted by the Milli Maclis [parliament] states that "in case of death penalty, a criminal can be extradited only if the demanding country gives enough guarantees that the punishment will not be carried out
- MAY 16, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The court in Zhoushan City in east China's Zhejiang...
The court in Zhoushan City in east China's Zhejiang Province found that a woman, Miao Saixian, 59, cheated 46 people out of a total of 6
- MAY 16, 2001PolandDEATH PENALTY
The European Union Commission and ambassadors of Sweden...
The European Union Commission and ambassadors of Sweden and Belgium have appealed to the governor of Illinois to grant clemency to a Polish citizen awaiting the death sentence for the murder of a Chicago woman