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SEPTEMBER 27, 2001Japan
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The Osaka High Court upheld a death sentence against...
The Osaka High Court upheld a death sentence against a former gang leader for robbing and murdering a wealthy man and his daughter in Kobe and later burning their bodies in 1991
SEPTEMBER 27, 2001Rwanda
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In the first six months of 2001 Rwandan courts sentenced...
In the first six months of 2001 Rwandan courts sentenced 74 people to death for their part in the 1994 mass killing of Tutsi and politically moderate Hutus, a Rwandan human rights said
SEPTEMBER 27, 2001Belarus
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Regular invitations of a Belarussian National Assembly...
Regular invitations of a Belarussian National Assembly delegation to sessions of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) show that the Belarussian parliament's status in this organization could be restored, the head of the Belarussian F
SEPTEMBER 27, 2001Ukraine
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Yabluko party deputies in the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada...
Yabluko party deputies in the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada (parliament) Mykhailo Brodsky, Viktor Chaika, and Yuri Sakhno submitted a bill to amend the Ukrainian Criminal Code to partially restore the application of the death penalty in the country
SEPTEMBER 27, 2001
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The Mississippi Supreme Court cited multiple errors...
The Mississippi Supreme Court cited multiple errors by Harrison County prosecutors in throwing out the death sentence given Andre Armon Randall in the 1993 killing of Eugene Daniels Jr
SEPTEMBER 26, 2001
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An Oklahoma County jury sentenced Jimmy Dean Harris,...
An Oklahoma County jury sentenced Jimmy Dean Harris, 44, to death for the Sept
SEPTEMBER 26, 2001Saudi Arabia
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An Afghani man was beheaded for smuggling heroin into...
An Afghani man was beheaded for smuggling heroin into the kingdom
SEPTEMBER 26, 2001Afghanistan
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An Afghani man was beheaded for smuggling heroin into...
An Afghani man was beheaded for smuggling heroin into the kingdom
SEPTEMBER 26, 2001China
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The Communist Party's top disciplinary unit ousted...
The Communist Party's top disciplinary unit ousted two former senior provincial officials - former Yunnan governor Li Jiating and Fujian province's former deputy party secretary, Shi Zhaobin - for alleged corruption, paving the way for their trials
SEPTEMBER 26, 2001China
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Islamic militants faced the execution squad, stupefied...
Islamic militants faced the execution squad, stupefied by drink and driven to their deaths on an open lorry past laughing crowds
SEPTEMBER 26, 2001China
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A court in east China's Zhejiang Province sentenced...
A court in east China's Zhejiang Province sentenced five men to death for minting and selling one million fake one-yuan coins
SEPTEMBER 26, 2001
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The Turkish Parliament voted to change several articles...
The Turkish Parliament voted to change several articles of the constitution, including restricting the death penalty to crimes of terrorism, in times of war and close threat of war