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MAY 9, 2005Nigeria
DEATH PENALTY
"A system that would take a life must first give justice."
"A system that would take a life must first give justice."
MAY 9, 2005Singapore
DEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. ‘LET JUDGES DECIDE DEATH SENTENCE’, FORMER JUDICIAL COMMISSIONER
K.S. Rajah, a former judicial commissioner, called for a review of sentencing in cases in Singapore where the death penalty was compulsory. Rajah, now a senior counsel, wanted judges to be given the discretion to impose a life jail term where it was deeme
MAY 9, 2005Singapore
DEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. LAWYER TO CALL ON UN TO HELP SAVE DEATH ROW INMATE
lawyer M. Ravi said he would appeal to the United Nations in a last-ditch attempt to save his client Shanmugam Murugesu from being executed in Singapore for drug smuggling.
MAY 8, 2005Saudi Arabia
DEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. PAKISTANI EXECUTED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Saudi Arabia executed Salim Abdul-Rahman, a Pakistani national.
MAY 8, 2005Kenya
DEATH PENALTY
KENYA. MUGGERS ELIGIBLE FOR DEATH PENALTY
it was reported that muggers in Kenya would be charged with robbery with violence, a crime that carried a mandatory death sentence.
MAY 8, 2005Jordan
DEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. COURT SENTENCES FUGITIVE ISRAELIS IN MURDER CASE
the Jordanian Supreme Criminal Court handed down sentences in absentia against three Israeli defendants after convicting them of premeditated murder, being an accessory to murder and inciting premeditated murder.
MAY 7, 2005China
DEATH PENALTY
CHINA. FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR HEROIN TRAFFICKING
three convicted drug traffickers were sentenced to death in southwestern China's Sichuan province, while two accomplices were given long prison terms, the Chengdu Commercial Daily said.
MAY 7, 2005India
DEATH PENALTY
INDIA. TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR UNION LEADER MURDER
the Jharkhand High Court, India, sentenced Shiv Shankar Singh and Umesh Singh to death in connection with the murder of trade union leader Gurudas Chatterjee on April 14, 2000.
MAY 7, 2005Japan
DEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. DEATH SENTENCE FOR EX-AUM CULTIST STANDS, 1ST IN AUM-RELATED CASES
the death sentence for Kazuaki Okazaki, a former senior member of the AUM Shinrikyo cult, was finalized after Japan’s Supreme Court rejected his plea to change the ruling.
MAY 7, 2005
DEATH PENALTY
Joseph Bishop Goff, 29, has been sentenced to death
Joseph Bishop Goff, 29, has been sentenced to death for the Aug. 27, 2004 capital murder of Brandy Stewart Yates.
MAY 7, 2005Iran
DEATH PENALTY
Abdolrabi, 41, was sentenced to death in Iran
Abdolrabi, 41, was sentenced to death in Iran
MAY 7, 2005Iran
DEATH PENALTY
the Head of the Judiciary ordered the local judiciary in Mashhad not to proceed...
the Head of the Judiciary ordered the local judiciary in Mashhad not to proceed with the Abbas Hosseini’s execution, and referred his case to the judiciary in Tehran for review.