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- FEBRUARY 18, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Close to 100 convicted killers cannot now be executed...
Close to 100 convicted killers cannot now be executed in Trinidad and Tobago, because they either have petitions pending before international human rights organizations or the five-year limit set by the London-based Privy Council for them to be kept on de
- FEBRUARY 18, 2003DEATH PENALTY
People who purposely murder a child 11 or younger would...
People who purposely murder a child 11 or younger would face the death penalty under 2 bills that a Senate panel overwhelmingly recommended
- FEBRUARY 18, 2003DEATH PENALTY
In Columbia, the House Judiciary Committee approved...
In Columbia, the House Judiciary Committee approved a bill banning executions of the mentally retarded
- FEBRUARY 18, 2003DEATH PENALTY
The state Supreme Court has ordered a new sentencing...
The state Supreme Court has ordered a new sentencing hearing for Jeffery Haselden, who was sentenced to die for killing his 2-year-old son, Joshua
- FEBRUARY 18, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International commended Kenya's new government...
Amnesty International commended Kenya's new government for taking positive steps on human rights, but urged the team set up by President Mwai Kibaki to probe abuses committed in the past
- FEBRUARY 18, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six people charged with trafficking and selling drugs...
Six people charged with trafficking and selling drugs were sentenced to death by the Intermediate People's Court of Zhanjiang, in south China's Guangdong Province, in the case's first trial
- FEBRUARY 18, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court commuted the death penalty of three...
The Supreme Court commuted the death penalty of three gang rape convicts into ten years imprisonment each
- FEBRUARY 18, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Hashem Aghajari's lawyer rejected charges of blasphemy...
Hashem Aghajari's lawyer rejected charges of blasphemy against his client after the Iranian Judiciary announced that the veteran intellectual, whose death sentence was quashed on February 14, may face the same punishment during a new trial
- FEBRUARY 17, 2003ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
The High Court in Zambia sentenced Gibson Zimba, a...
The High Court in Zambia sentenced Gibson Zimba, a former aide of ex-president Frederick Chiluba, to death by hanging for the murder of three teachers
- FEBRUARY 17, 2003DEATH PENALTY
In Houston, a man convicted for killing his girlfriend...
In Houston, a man convicted for killing his girlfriend was sentenced to death
- FEBRUARY 17, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Politicians in Mexico's most populous state vowed to...
Politicians in Mexico's most populous state vowed to push ahead with a plan to institute the death penalty despite questionable public support and strong opposition from human rights groups, the president and the Roman Catholic Church
- FEBRUARY 17, 2003Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Warders and their bosses at Papua New Guinea's Bomana...
Warders and their bosses at Papua New Guinea's Bomana prison don't want to be the ones to hang a convicted killer