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- FEBRUARY 5, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Jerry Rodway, Christopher Rodway's, father, a British...
Jerry Rodway, Christopher Rodway's, father, a British man killed in a car bomb attack in Saudi Arabia said his son's killers should die
- FEBRUARY 4, 2001BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Thousands of supporters of Islamic religious leaders...
Thousands of supporters of Islamic religious leaders took to the streets in Dhaka carrying sticks and flags to protest against the High Court verdict against the fatwa
- FEBRUARY 3, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Hamas founder Shaykh Ahmad Yasin expressed his objection...
Hamas founder Shaykh Ahmad Yasin expressed his objection to the execution of collaborators and those suspected of dealing with the Israeli Shin Bet outside the framework of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA)
- FEBRUARY 2, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Senators Miller, Colburn, Forehand, Green, Hughes,...
Senators Miller, Colburn, Forehand, Green, Hughes, Mitchell, and Sfikas introduced a bill granting inmates access to DNA testing if a judge believes the evidence might prove their innocence
- FEBRUARY 2, 2001EgyptDEATH PENALTY
A penal court in Guizeh confirmed capital sentences...
A penal court in Guizeh confirmed capital sentences for murder on: Salah Abu Zaid Yusuf, Rawiaya Fathi Abd al Salam (Salah's wife) Abu Zaid Salah Abu Zaid Yusuf (Salah's son, 21)Gamal Fathi Abd al Salam, 19 and Mihammad Samir Ahmad, 25
- FEBRUARY 2, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
A delegation representing several human-rights groups...
A delegation representing several human-rights groups spoke with Speaker Nabih Berri, urging him to abolish the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 2, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Five Illinois lawmakers introduced a bill to repeal...
Five Illinois lawmakers introduced a bill to repeal the death penalty, 13 months after Gov
- FEBRUARY 2, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Jody Kollapen, commissioner of the South African Human...
Jody Kollapen, commissioner of the South African Human Rights Commission, said that calls for the reintroduction of the death penalty were futile from a legal and political point of view, nor was such a penalty a proven solution to crime
- FEBRUARY 1, 2001NamibiaDEATH PENALTY
The National Society for Human Rights joined the call...
The National Society for Human Rights joined the call to Botswana President Festus Mogae to commute the death penalty imposed on Mariette Bosch to life imprisonment
- FEBRUARY 1, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Tokyo District Court sentenced Yoshio Iwamoto,...
The Tokyo District Court sentenced Yoshio Iwamoto, a 56-year-old man to death for committing two murder-robberies in 1996 and 1999 in Tokyo
- FEBRUARY 1, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Arthur Hastings Wise didn't want mercy, and he didn't get it
Arthur Hastings Wise didn't want mercy, and he didn't get it
- FEBRUARY 1, 2001DEATH PENALTY
The New Jersey Supreme Court affirmed for the 2nd time...
The New Jersey Supreme Court affirmed for the 2nd time the death sentence imposed on the man who raped and strangled Megan Kanka