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- MARCH 27, 2001DEATH PENALTY
A man who fatally shot his wife and two teen-age daughters...
A man who fatally shot his wife and two teen-age daughters in 1997 apologized for what he did before the state executed him in the night
- MARCH 27, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Robert Lee Massie, a convicted killer who spent two...
Robert Lee Massie, a convicted killer who spent two separate stints on death row and gained notoriety while pursuing his own demise for more than 30 years, was executed by the State of California early this morning
- MARCH 27, 2001DEATH PENALTY
72% of Pennsylvanians favor a temporary halt to the...
72% of Pennsylvanians favor a temporary halt to the administration of the death penalty until questions about its fairness can be studied, according to a poll of 509 registered voters in Pennsylvania conducted by Madonna Yost Opinion Research earlier this
- MARCH 27, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
According to lawyers acting for President Thabo Mbeki,...
According to lawyers acting for President Thabo Mbeki, South African courts have no power to order the government to request that an alleged Muslim bomber on trial in the United States not be given a death sentence
- MARCH 27, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
A second South African is facing murder charges in...
A second South African is facing murder charges in Botswana and possibly the gallows if convicted
- MARCH 27, 2001DEATH PENALTY
CALIFORNIA CARRIES OUT FIRST EXECUTION IN A YEAR
March 27, 2001: Double-murderer Robert Lee Massie was executed by lethal injection after spending 28 years on death row.
- MARCH 26, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Stavropol region Governor Alexander Chernogorov suggested...
Stavropol region Governor Alexander Chernogorov suggested that Russian President Vladimir Putin "revive the death penalty in Russia in relation to the organisers and perpetrators of terrorist attacks"
- MARCH 26, 2001SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
The editor of the weekly "War Ogaal", Abdishakur Yusuf...
The editor of the weekly "War Ogaal", Abdishakur Yusuf Ali, was due to appear in court for reporting that two women had been sentenced to death in Bosaso, the commercial capital of the self-declared autonomous region of Puntland, northeastern Somalia
- MARCH 26, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan was charged with...
Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan was charged with new offences that could see him face a second death penalty, said the state-run Anatolian news agency
- MARCH 26, 2001DEATH PENALTY
The European Union welcomed Turkey's political reform...
The European Union welcomed Turkey's political reform plan as a "landmark" in its EU membership drive, but said Ankara needs to do more on key issues such as abolition of the death penalty
- MARCH 26, 2001KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
The Kazakh Justice Minister, Igor Rogov, said the way...
The Kazakh Justice Minister, Igor Rogov, said the way criminal law is developing in Kazakhstan makes it possible to speculate that the republic may be getting ready to abolish the death penalty
- MARCH 26, 2001KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
Five members of an international terrorist grouping...
Five members of an international terrorist grouping that carried out terrorist acts in the Kyrgyzstani city of Osh in May and June 1998 were sentenced to capital punishment