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- AUGUST 7, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. EXECUTION POLICY KEEPS FUGITIVES SAFE ABROAD
China's lack of key extradition treaties and heavy hand with the death penalty was allowing many escaped corrupt officials to stay far from the arm of Chinese law, the state-run Xinhua Daily Telegraph reported.
- AUGUST 7, 2005DEATH PENALTY
speaking at the American Bar Association's Thurgood Marshall Awards Dinner in Illinois...
speaking at the American Bar Association's Thurgood Marshall Awards Dinner in Illinois...
- AUGUST 7, 2005DEATH PENALTY
homicide figures for New York City show that the number of murders in 2005...
homicide figures for New York City show that the number of murders in 2005...
- AUGUST 6, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR TWO MEN CONVICTED OF CHILD MURDER, 2 ACCOMPLICES SENTENCED TO 7 YEARS RIGOROUS IMPRISONMENT
an Anti-terrorist Court (ATC) in Faisalabad, Pakistan, sentenced to death Muhammad Ashfaq Shah and Muhammad Umair on charges of abduction for ransom and murder of a six year old boy.
- AUGUST 5, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. HONG KONG REPORTER ACCUSED OF SPYING
China has formally charged Hong Kong journalist Ching Cheong, 55, with spying for its rival Taiwan, the state news agency Xinhua has reported. If Mr Ching is convicted, he could face the death penalty.
- AUGUST 4, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. DEATH FOR PARLIAMENT RAIDER
the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence handed to Mohammed Afzal for involvement in a deadly attack on parliament by Muslim militants four years ago.
- AUGUST 4, 2005Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
SIERRA LEONE. GOVERNMENT REJECTS THE ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY
the government of Sierra Leone has published on late June proposals for implementing the recommendations of the country's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). In one statement that pointedly contradicts the TRC recommendations, the government's 17-p
- AUGUST 4, 2005DEATH PENALTY
ALABAMA. MAN EXECUTED FOR 1993 SLAYING
an anti-government extremist was executed for the 1993 shooting death of a police officer who was gunned down as he approached the man's car.
- AUGUST 4, 2005BurundiDEATH PENALTY
BURUNDI. UN REPORTS 34 SUMMARY EXECUTIONS IN BURUNDI IN JULY
the United Nations announced in Bujumbura that a total of 34 summary executions of civilians reportedly occurred in Burundi just in July 2005.
- AUGUST 4, 2005IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. COURT SENTENCES TWO MEN TO DEATH FOR PRODUCTION OF ECSTASY
the South Jakarta district court, Indonesia, sentenced to death Sastra Wijaya, 47, and Yudha alias Akang. 33, after convicting them of working in an ecstasy factory in Cengkareng, West Jakarta.
- AUGUST 4, 2005DEATH PENALTY
in Jackson, the Mississippi Supreme Court dismissed the death sentence of Ronald Chris Foster
in Jackson, the Mississippi Supreme Court dismissed the death sentence of Ronald Chris Foster and ordered the Lowndes County Circuit Court to re-sentence him to life in prison without parole.
- AUGUST 4, 2005DEATH PENALTY
anti-government extremist George Sibley Jr. was executed
anti-government extremist George Sibley Jr. was executed at Holman Prison near Atmore for the 1993 shooting death of a police officer.