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- MARCH 8, 2005DEATH PENALTY
George Hopper, a hitman convicted of killing a woman in a murder-for-hire scheme...
George Hopper, a hitman convicted of killing a woman in a murder-for-hire scheme, apologized for his crime as he lay strapped to a gurney awaiting the lethal injection, the fourth execution this year in Texas.
- MARCH 8, 2005DEATH PENALTY
the state of Ohio executed William Smith, a 47-year-old man convicted of killing a woman in 1987, after a court rejected a claim that he suffered from brain damage.
the state of Ohio executed William Smith, a 47-year-old man convicted of killing a woman in 1987, after a court rejected a claim that he suffered from brain damage.
- MARCH 7, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. THREE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
three men were sentenced to death for shooting down two people in the Sherpur district of Bangladesh during a gang attack.
- MARCH 7, 2005BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
BOTSWANA. CLERIC PLANS MASSIVE CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY
the vice president of the Botswana Christian Council (BCC), Reverend Kebinang Moenga, said he intended to launch a massive war against the government on the issue of capital punishment.
- MARCH 7, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. HIGH COURT CONVERTS TIKA RAM'S DEATH PENALTY TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
the High Court in New Delhi, India, commuted into life imprisonment the death penalty passed on Tika Ram for the 1994 murders of five members of the Sharmas family in the city's Vasant Kunj area.
- MARCH 7, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. DECISION ON HANAFI'S APPEAL AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE DEFERRED
the Malaysian Court of Appeal postponed indefinitely the decision on the appeal by Hanafi Mat Hassan against his death sentence for killing computer engineer Noor Suzaily Mukhtar.
- MARCH 7, 2005DEATH PENALTY
Johnny Johnson, 26, was sentenced to death by injection.
Johnny Johnson, 26, was sentenced to death by injection.
- MARCH 7, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER PUBLICLY BEHEADED
Saudi Arabia executed a convicted Saudi murderer in the southwestern al-Baha region
- MARCH 7, 2005DEATH PENALTY
USA. BUSH ADMINISTRATION QUITS PACT USED IN CAPITAL CASES
the Bush administration decided to pull out of an international agreement that opponents of the death penalty have used to fight the sentences of foreigners on death row in the United States, officials said.
- MARCH 7, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
the Judiciary in the city of Karaj, Iran, issued death sentences for two young men
the Judiciary in the city of Karaj, Iran, issued death sentences for two young men
- MARCH 6, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. THREE MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
an Additional district and sessions court in Bangladesh sentenced Abdul Hamid, Zahid Hasan and Hafizul to death for the murder of a motor cyclist.
- MARCH 6, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. DEATH PENALTY FOR RAPE CONVICTS
a fast-track court in India sentenced to death two men named Ramniwas and Balbir after convicting them of raping and murdering a nursing student.