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- AUGUST 29, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Gagan Kanojia and Rajinder Kumar, two men convicted...
Gagan Kanojia and Rajinder Kumar, two men convicted of murdering eight-year-old Heena and her six-year-old brother Abhishek in June, 2000, were sentenced to death by Jalandhar District and Sessions Court, India
- AUGUST 29, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Five people, including a Noida police sub-inspector,...
Five people, including a Noida police sub-inspector, were sentenced to death by a court in Faridabad, India, for their involvement in a case in which four people were murdered in December 1999
- AUGUST 29, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Chittagong, Bangladesh, sentenced six people...
A court in Chittagong, Bangladesh, sentenced six people to death for the murder of a Buddhist monk, Gyan Jyoti Mohasthobir
- AUGUST 29, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a man was executed in Rajaii Shahr Prison in Karaj
a man was executed in Rajaii Shahr Prison in Karaj
- AUGUST 28, 2004DEATH PENALTY
In San Francisco, ruling 4-3, the California Supreme...
In San Francisco, ruling 4-3, the California Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of James Heard, 50, a child killer, ruling that the trial judge improperly conducted jury selection
- AUGUST 28, 2004YemenDEATH PENALTY
Yemeni was sentenced to death and 14 others to jail...
Yemeni was sentenced to death and 14 others to jail over the 2002 bombing of the French supertanker Limburg and for other attacks
- AUGUST 27, 2004MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
The High Court in Johor Baru, Malaysia sentenced former...
The High Court in Johor Baru, Malaysia sentenced former security guard Mohd Abbas Danus Baksan, 47, to death by hanging after finding him guilty of murdering 10-year-old Nurul Huda Gani on Jan
- AUGUST 27, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Tokyo High Court rejected a plea for a retrial...
The Tokyo High Court rejected a plea for a retrial by Iwao Hakamada, a former professional boxer who had been on death row for 36 years for the 1966 murder of a family of four in Shizuoka Prefecture, upholding a lower court decision to reject the request
- AUGUST 27, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
In their closing argument at the Hiroshima District...
In their closing argument at the Hiroshima District Court, Japan, prosecutors pushed for the death penalty for Kiyotaka Oyama, 43, saying he ''planned how to spend insurance money even before the death of his stepfather, which is disgustingly inhumane
- AUGUST 27, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Du Phuoc Hung, 21, was sentenced to death by firing...
Du Phuoc Hung, 21, was sentenced to death by firing squad in Vietnam for murder and the destruction of private property following a failed love affair
- AUGUST 27, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A fast track court in India's Bharuch district town...
A fast track court in India's Bharuch district town of south Gujarat sentenced to death Devi Singh Vasava for hacking a man to death
- AUGUST 27, 2004TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
The supreme court of Taiwan upheld a death sentence...
The supreme court of Taiwan upheld a death sentence handed to Wang Chung-hsiung, a boat captain, for the drowning of six mainland Chinese women