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- APRIL 27, 2005JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER-FOR-INSURANCE MONEY
the Hiroshima District Court, Japan, sentenced Kiyotaka Oyama, a former company president, to death for killing his stepfather and wife in the city of Hiroshima to obtain a total of 73 million yen in life insurance money.
- APRIL 27, 2005KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA. MPS BACK TOUGH NEW PENALTIES FOR RAPISTS
rapists should be castrated, stoned to death or face the firing squad, MPs were told.
- APRIL 27, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN. AMNESTY PUTS ON PRESSURE TO HALT EXECUTION OF YOUNG WOMAN
Amnesty International piled pressure on Yemen to halt the planned execution of Amina Ali Abdulatif, a young woman convicted of murdering her husband when she was 16 -- under the legal age to be sentenced to death.
- APRIL 27, 2005DEATH PENALTY
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. OPPOSITION LEADER AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY
it was reported that Trinidad and Tobago’s Opposition Leader Basdeo Panday was against instituting the death penalty for kidnapping.
- APRIL 27, 2005St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
ST LUCIA. AUTHORITIES WANT SPEEDY EXECUTION OF CONVICTED MURDERERS
St Lucia's National Security Minister Calixte George said that speedy executions of condemned murders would have a deterrent effect on violent crime.
- APRIL 27, 2005DEATH PENALTY
Donald Jones was executed. Jones, 38, was pronounced dead at 12:07 a.m..
Donald Jones was executed. Jones, 38, was pronounced dead at 12:07 a.m..
- APRIL 27, 2005VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Vietnam. Five to face firing squad for drug smuggling
five people, including a woman, were sentenced to death for drug trafficking in Vietnam, court officials said.
- APRIL 27, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
a 22 year old man, identified by his first name Ismail, was given a death sentence
a 22 year old man, identified by his first name Ismail, was given a death sentence
- APRIL 27, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
Mohsen Khoshdel, a 33 year old man was sentenced to death
Mohsen Khoshdel, a 33 year old man was sentenced to death
- APRIL 26, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. SEVEN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER AMERICAN CENTRE ATTACK
a court in Calcutta, India, sentenced seven men to death over the killing of five policemen guarding US government offices in the city on January 22, 2002.
- APRIL 26, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. NEW WAVE OF ARRESTS AGAINST FALUN GONG
in the largest campaign since 1999, police have made massive arrests across the country in an operation against Falun Gong followers, especially in the provinces of Shandong, Jiangxi, Sichuan, and Inner Mongolia, this according to Falun Gong sources.
- APRIL 26, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. FORMER LEGISLATOR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE, FRAUD
Sang Yuechun, a former Chinese legislator, was sentenced to death for rape, embezzling public funds, defrauding banks, possessing guns and leading criminal gangs, the government said.