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- DECEMBER 20, 2002Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
The PNG Post Courier reported that state prosecutors...
The PNG Post Courier reported that state prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for three prisoners who killed a man in front of his family, saying the courts were slow in imposing the maximum penalty on serious and worst-type offenders
- DECEMBER 20, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
A bipartisan group of Japanese lawmakers opposed to...
A bipartisan group of Japanese lawmakers opposed to capital punishment asked Justice Minister Mayumi Moriyama to impose a moratorium on capital punishment for the duration of the Diet recess, the lawmakers said
- DECEMBER 20, 2002DEATH PENALTY
In Raleigh, the state Supreme Court threw out the death...
In Raleigh, the state Supreme Court threw out the death sentence of a woman who admitted hiring a killer to shoot her abusive husband, Wayne Kemmerlin
- DECEMBER 20, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The state Supreme Court has overturned the death penalty...
The state Supreme Court has overturned the death penalty in the case of a man convicted in the drug-related shooting murder of his cousin
- DECEMBER 20, 2002DEATH PENALTY
A three-judge panel in Franklin County Common Pleas...
A three-judge panel in Franklin County Common Pleas Court issued the sentence against Michael Turner, 44
- DECEMBER 20, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Aaron Patterson, an Illinois death row inmate with...
Aaron Patterson, an Illinois death row inmate with a strong claim of innocence went on hunger strike to ask Illinois Governor George Ryan for a pardon, rather than a commutation of his death sentence
- DECEMBER 20, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Cheng Dongtao, Sun Zhenwu, Chang Yong and six unnamed...
Cheng Dongtao, Sun Zhenwu, Chang Yong and six unnamed people were executed in China for robbery and murder
- DECEMBER 20, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Tran Hoai Nam e Nguyen Van Phi, two Vietnamese nationals...
Tran Hoai Nam e Nguyen Van Phi, two Vietnamese nationals of respectively 27 and 28 years of age, were executed by firing squad in Ho Chi Minh City for producing and putting into circulation false banknotes to the value of 50,000 dollars
- DECEMBER 20, 2002DEATH PENALTY
ILLINOIS DEATH ROW PRISONER ON HUNGER STRIKE
December 20, 2002: Aaron Patterson, an Illinois death row inmate with a strong claim of innocence is on hunger strike to ask Illinois Governor George Ryan for a pardon, rather than a commutation of his death sentence.
- DECEMBER 19, 2002IraqDEATH PENALTY
The UN General Assembly voted on a resolution condemning...
The UN General Assembly voted on a resolution condemning summary executions in Iraq
- DECEMBER 19, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Stoning is to be abolished in Iran as a form of capital...
Stoning is to be abolished in Iran as a form of capital punishment, according to official assurances given to a European Union human rights delegation to Tehran
- DECEMBER 19, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The UN General Assembly voted on a resolution condemning...
The UN General Assembly voted on a resolution condemning summary executions in Iraq