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- DECEMBER 18, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Ma Yong, 43, and his partner Duan Zhiqun, 20, were...
Ma Yong, 43, and his partner Duan Zhiqun, 20, were executed after being convicted by the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court of murdering and robbing 12 women lured to their deaths with offers of jobs in the southern Chinese town of Shenzhen
- DECEMBER 18, 2003GermanyDEATH PENALTY
Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer said that Germany...
Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer said that Germany would oppose any decision to execute fallen Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, after talks with leaders of Iraq's interim Governing Council
- DECEMBER 18, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's cabinet...
Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's cabinet gave the green light for the death sentence for those guilty of making fake pharmaceutical products in the country, officials said
- DECEMBER 18, 2003South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
"The South African government joins the international...
"The South African government joins the international community in expressing its rejection of calls for the execution of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in line with dictates of our own constitution," a South African foreign ministry statement said
- DECEMBER 18, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A poll in the UK revealed that 59 percent of those...
A poll in the UK revealed that 59 percent of those questioned supported Saddam being tried by a court in Iraq, while 29 percent said the United Nations should deal with him
- DECEMBER 18, 2003ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Zambia's Supreme Court confirmed death sentences for...
Zambia's Supreme Court confirmed death sentences for 44 soldiers for their role in a failed 1997 military coup, but acquitted 10 others, citing a lack of evidence
- DECEMBER 18, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China's supreme court urged courts nationwide to equip...
China's supreme court urged courts nationwide to equip themselves with special execution vans that can put to death convicted criminals immediately after sentencing, a judicial official said
- DECEMBER 18, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian man faces a possible lengthy prison term...
An Iranian man faces a possible lengthy prison term or even the death penalty for attaching a sticker to the rear window of his car proclaiming "The era of arrogant rulers is over"
- DECEMBER 18, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Seven opium traffickers were sentenced to death by...
Seven opium traffickers were sentenced to death by the People's Court in Vietnam's northern province of Tuyen Quang and 40 others from the drug network were jailed as part of a government crackdown, court officials said
- DECEMBER 18, 2003KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed a death...
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed a death penalty moratorium, deputy head of the presidential administration in charge of the state and legal department Igor Rogov said at a briefing in Astana
- DECEMBER 17, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Jalil Attaii, an Iranian man convicted of a murder...
Jalil Attaii, an Iranian man convicted of a murder committed on 12 July 2000, was hanged in public at dawn in the main square of the northern Iranian town of Gonbad-e-Kavoos, the Kayhan evening newspaper said
- DECEMBER 17, 2003DEATH PENALTY
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