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- JANUARY 23, 2003Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
A Papua New Guinean court has sentenced a man to death...
A Papua New Guinean court has sentenced a man to death by hanging for the murder of two teenage boys - the fifth person to face the death penalty in the South Pacific nation in the past 12 years
- JANUARY 23, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Grand Khadi Aminu Ibrahim Katsina, the chief judge...
Grand Khadi Aminu Ibrahim Katsina, the chief judge presiding over the case of Amina Lawal, a woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, said of fornication that ''The best deterrent is the death sentence, for people to see what happens to a fornica
- JANUARY 22, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Bangladeshi man was sentenced to hang for burning...
A Bangladeshi man was sentenced to hang for burning a woman with acid, in the second death penalty handed down for the crime this month
- JANUARY 22, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Eight months after Maryland's governor declared a moratorium...
Eight months after Maryland's governor declared a moratorium on executions, a judge agreed to sign a death warrant, allowing the first capital case to move forward under new Gov
- JANUARY 22, 2003DEATH PENALTY
In Huntsville, Robert Lookingbill, 37, was executed
In Huntsville, Robert Lookingbill, 37, was executed
- JANUARY 22, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A convict identified as Abdul Quader alias Kela Quader,...
A convict identified as Abdul Quader alias Kela Quader, 30, was sentenced to death for killing another prisoner in 1999
- JANUARY 22, 2003JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
Court of Appeal Judge Seymour Panton expressed concern...
Court of Appeal Judge Seymour Panton expressed concern over decisions handed down by the London-based Privy Council, saying that while the English Speaking Caribbean's highest court had served the region well in the past, in recent years it had not been c
- JANUARY 22, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
Six Iraqi women who said they or their families were...
Six Iraqi women who said they or their families were brutalised by Saddam Hussein's dictatorship called for the Iraqi leader to be indicted for war crimes, and said regime change was the only way to save their desperate nation
- JANUARY 22, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
Sudan's Government angrily dismissed rebel demands...
Sudan's Government angrily dismissed rebel demands that Islamic or Sharia law should not be enforced in the capital, Khartoum
- JANUARY 22, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Federico Estevez, political science professor at Mexico's...
Federico Estevez, political science professor at Mexico's National Autonomous University Estevez, said that a poll by the Reforma newspaper indicated about 55 percent of Mexicans favor the death penalty, which is unconstitutional in the country except in
- JANUARY 22, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's foreign minister was harangued over human rights...
Iran's foreign minister was harangued over human rights by European parliamentarians and protesters in Brussels, but pleaded for more time to reform a culture deeply rooted in tradition
- JANUARY 22, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Iran's foreign minister was harangued over human rights...
Iran's foreign minister was harangued over human rights by European parliamentarians and protesters in Brussels, but pleaded for more time to reform a culture deeply rooted in tradition