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- OCTOBER 18, 2002DEATH PENALTY
PRESIDENT OBASANJO SUPPORTS ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
October 18, 2002: Nigeria’s President Olusegun Obasanjo expressed full support for the worldwide abolition of the death penalty in a meeting with a Hands Off Cain delegation in Abuja. HOC’s mission, supported by MPs from the European and Italian parliamen
- OCTOBER 17, 2002DEATH PENALTY
A European Union delegation in Uganda said it is still...
A European Union delegation in Uganda said it is still waiting for an independent inquiry into the March 22 murder of the former parish priest of Panyangara, Fr
- OCTOBER 17, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Under pressure to get tough with terrorists after bombings...
Under pressure to get tough with terrorists after bombings in Bali killed nearly 200 people, a new anti-terrorism decree would include a death penalty and summoned a militant Muslim cleric for questioning
- OCTOBER 17, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
A European Union delegation in Uganda said it is still...
A European Union delegation in Uganda said it is still waiting for an independent inquiry into the March 22 murder of the former parish priest of Panyangara, Fr
- OCTOBER 17, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Benjamin Ritchie, 22, convicted of killing William...
Benjamin Ritchie, 22, convicted of killing William Toney, a police officer, in September 2000 was sentenced to death
- OCTOBER 17, 2002New ZealandDEATH PENALTY
The New Zealand Parliament unanimously passed a motion...
The New Zealand Parliament unanimously passed a motion condemning the sentencing of a Nigerian woman to death by stoning for having sex outside marriage
- OCTOBER 17, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NTC met with authorities of Katsina, the Nigerian state...
NTC met with authorities of Katsina, the Nigerian state that in the year 2000 introduced a "strict" Islamic code and sentenced Amina to death
- OCTOBER 17, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The Privy Council has quashed the death sentence on...
The Privy Council has quashed the death sentence on two Trinidadian men contending that their defence lawyers had failed to include good character evidence during their trial
- OCTOBER 17, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The Women's Committee of the National Council of Resistance...
The Women's Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran said that the death sentence for a woman, Taj Beigom, 45, had been sent to the "Department for Implementation of Sentences" to be carried out
- OCTOBER 17, 2002DEATH PENALTY
A Palestinian security court sentenced a Hamas veteran...
A Palestinian security court sentenced a Hamas veteran to death for helping Israeli intelligence track and kill five fellow members of the Islamic militant group between 1987 and 1995
- OCTOBER 17, 2002DEATH PENALTY
District Judge Robert Ensz ruled that prosecutors could...
District Judge Robert Ensz ruled that prosecutors could not seek the death penalty against Nazario Robles, a defendant in a Madison County murder trial
- OCTOBER 16, 2002DEATH PENALTY
A Czech sentenced to death in Yugoslavia recently had...
A Czech sentenced to death in Yugoslavia recently had his sentenced commuted to 40 years in prison