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- MARCH 20, 2005IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. WOMAN EXECUTED FOR TRIPLE MURDERS
an Indonesian woman, 49-year-old Astini, was executed in the East Java capital of Surabaya after spending eight years in jail for a series of murders in which three women were killed and mutilated
- MARCH 20, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. STATE EXECUTES WITH ‘DEATH VANS’
the death van is an inconspicuous blue-and-white police vehicle that parks near the courtroom when its services are required by the Chinese judicial system. Inside it is fitted with a couch that can be raised or lowered like an operating table, set in the
- MARCH 19, 2005BrazilDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT SEEKING CLEMENCY FOR DRUG SMUGGLER
Brazil's President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, was to make a special appeal to Indonesia for clemency for Marco Archer Cardoso Moreira, a Brazilian national condemned to death for drug smuggling.
- MARCH 18, 2005BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
LIBYA. EU BACKS CAMPAIGN TO FREE BULGARIAN NURSES CONDEMNED TO DEATH
a European Union official backed Bulgaria’s attempts to secure the release of five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya for the infection of hundreds of children with the AIDS virus.
- MARCH 18, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. FOUR GANG-RAPE SUSPECTS REARRESTED
Pakistani authorities acting on the orders of the president and prime minister rearrested four men involved in a high-profile gang-rape case after an appeal by the alleged victim, Mukhtiar Mai.
- MARCH 18, 2005DEATH PENALTY
in a Richland County courtroom, Circuit Judge G. Thomas Cooper sentenced...
in a Richland County courtroom, Circuit Judge G. Thomas Cooper sentenced the 25-year-old Quincy Allen to death for the 2002 slayings of Dale Evonne Hall and Jedediah Harr.
- MARCH 18, 2005DEATH PENALTY
in Vero Beach, Judge Robert Hawley has vacated the death sentence...
in Vero Beach, Judge Robert Hawley has vacated the death sentence Rodney Lowe received 14 years ago after he was convicted of the 1st-degree murder of a clerk at a convenience store.
- MARCH 18, 2005MexicoDEATH PENALTY
MEXICO. SENATE VOTES TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
the Mexican Senate voted overwhelmingly to explicitly forbid the death penalty, which had not been imposed in the country since 1961.
- MARCH 17, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. GANG-RAPE VICTIM APPEALS TO MUSHARRAF FOR JUSTICE
Mukhtiar Mai, a Pakistani gang-rape victim, appealed to President Pervez Musharraf on to order the re-arrest of four of her alleged attackers, who had been freed from jail despite a court decision to reconsider their acquittal.
- MARCH 17, 2005AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN. 4 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN ATTACKS ON FOREIGNERS
an Afghan court sentenced four people to death for planning two attacks in 2004 that killed 12 people, including four Americans, a senior judge said, blaming both incidents on Al Qaeda.
- MARCH 17, 2005NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
the High Court in central Nigeria’s Plateau State sentenced
the High Court in central Nigeria’s Plateau State sentenced
- MARCH 16, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. LAWYERS APPEAL DEATH CONVICTION, CITING NAME MIX-UP
a Bangladeshi with the same nickname as a murder suspect was mistakenly tried and sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit, his lawyers told a court.