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- DECEMBER 27, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In China two men involved in a killing spree that left...
In China two men involved in a killing spree that left 14 people dead were sentenced to death, while an accomplice was jailed for life, AFP reported
- DECEMBER 27, 2001MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Malaysia's High Court declared that an Islamic sect...
Malaysia's High Court declared that an Islamic sect was guilty of armed rebellion and 19 of its members could face the death penalty
- DECEMBER 27, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
At least 13 convicted criminals were executed and a...
At least 13 convicted criminals were executed and a spate of others sentenced to death as China began its end of the year judicial purge
- DECEMBER 27, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Movement Secretariat recommended the retention...
The Movement Secretariat recommended the retention of the death penalty
- DECEMBER 27, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Sani Yakubu, also known as Sani Rodi, failed to appeal...
Sani Yakubu, also known as Sani Rodi, failed to appeal against the death sentence passed on him by the Katsina State Sharia court
- DECEMBER 27, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
A former Japanese mental patient charged with stabbing...
A former Japanese mental patient charged with stabbing eight schoolchildren to death in June pleaded guilty, saying he wanted to pay for the brutal crime with his life
- DECEMBER 27, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
Japan hanged two male death row inmates, Japan's first...
Japan hanged two male death row inmates, Japan's first executions in 13 months and the first under the administration of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi
- DECEMBER 27, 2001SudanDEATH PENALTY
Adam Ibrahim Uthman and Abdullah Isma'il Ibrahim were...
Adam Ibrahim Uthman and Abdullah Isma'il Ibrahim were convicted of banditry and possession of unlicensed weapons, and sentenced to cross amputation - amputation of the right hand and left foot, a Human Rights Watch statement said
- DECEMBER 27, 2001EgyptDEATH PENALTY
A court in Egypt passed the death sentence given to...
A court in Egypt passed the death sentence given to a 35-year-old woman, Afaf Abu al Magid Uthman, for infanticide to the Mufti, the highest religious authority in the country
- DECEMBER 26, 2001DEATH PENALTY
A legislator from northern Virginia is proposing a...
A legislator from northern Virginia is proposing a law he says would make opponents of the death penalty accountable for their opinions
- DECEMBER 26, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Some 3,000 people held a vigil at the Nigerian Embassy...
Some 3,000 people held a vigil at the Nigerian Embassy in Rome to call on the West African government spare the life of a woman due to be stoned to death under sharia law
- DECEMBER 26, 2001MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Following a letter from a concerned reader who lamented...
Following a letter from a concerned reader who lamented the rape of an eight-year-old girl in front of her parents in Kepong, saying that convicted rapists deserve to die, The Paper That Cares took up her rallying cry and conducted a public poll which rec