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- MAY 16, 2001DEATH 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
- MAY 16, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
A South Korean group of government, religious and business...
A South Korean group of government, religious and business leaders presented the UN High Commissioner for Refugees with a petition bearing 11 million signatures that seeks to improve the lot of North Koreans who say they fled their homeland to escape fami
- MAY 16, 2001BurundiDEATH PENALTY
About 20 people were handed sentences ranging from...
About 20 people were handed sentences ranging from 15 years' imprisonment to capital punishment from the Ngozi criminal court (northern Burundi) for "involvement in massacres" in northern Burundi after the assassination of the first democratically-elected
- MAY 16, 2001DEATH PENALTY
The House rejected by a 111-29 vote a proposed legislation...
The House rejected by a 111-29 vote a proposed legislation to reinstate the death penalty for people convicted of killing children 6 years old or younger
- MAY 16, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
A 38-year-old Iranian woman, identified only by her...
A 38-year-old Iranian woman, identified only by her first name, Robabeh, was sentenced to be stoned to death under Iran's Islamic law for murdering her husband
- MAY 16, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Dimitry Kozak, deputy head of the presidential administration,...
Dimitry Kozak, deputy head of the presidential administration, said the administration is planning to introduce juries before the end of 2002
- MAY 15, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Yiyang Municipal People's Court in Hunan Province...
The Yiyang Municipal People's Court in Hunan Province sentenced 12 alleged drug traffickers to death after the Yiyang municipal police smashed a Guangdong-Hunan drug-trafficking gang and arrested 42 suspects
- MAY 15, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Branch 1601 of the criminal court ordered the amputation...
Branch 1601 of the criminal court ordered the amputation of a young man's right hand fingers and condemned him to death, the Javan daily reported
- MAY 15, 2001VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Justice Minister Nguyen Dinh Loc stated that: "Each...
Justice Minister Nguyen Dinh Loc stated that: "Each year, we have around 200 death sentences, particularly sentences for drug crimes, yet the number of these crimes still increase
- MAY 15, 2001GreeceDEATH PENALTY
The Parliamentary Speaker Apostolos Kaklamanis met...
The Parliamentary Speaker Apostolos Kaklamanis met the head of the French delegation of the OSCE assembly, Michel Voisin, in Athens
- MAY 15, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
An AustralSCAN survey shows Australians would approve...
An AustralSCAN survey shows Australians would approve a referendum on capital punishment
- MAY 15, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Clive Stafford-Smith, a US lawyer fighting the death...
Clive Stafford-Smith, a US lawyer fighting the death penalty, arrived in Melbourne helping to launch the group Reprieve Australia, to campaign against the death penalty