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- OCTOBER 23, 2005AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
AUSTRALIA. NO HOPE FOR AUSTRALIAN FACING EXECUTION IN SINGAPORE: PM
Australian Prime Minister John Howard said there was no realistic hope that Nguyen Tuong Van, a 25-year-old Australian drug-runner, could be saved from execution in Singapore.
- OCTOBER 23, 2005DEATH PENALTY
Baldwin County Circuit Court Judge Robert E. Wilters upheld the jury's unanimous recommendation...
Baldwin County Circuit Court Judge Robert E. Wilters upheld the jury's unanimous recommendation for the death penalty, and sentenced Timothy Wade Saunders to death.
- OCTOBER 23, 2005AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN. EDITOR GIVEN TWO YEARS' JAIL FOR BLASPHEMY
the editor of a women's magazine, Haqooq-i-Zan (women's rights), was jailed for two years in Afghanistan after being convicted of publishing anti-Islamic articles, including one challenging a belief that Muslims who converted to other religions should be
- OCTOBER 23, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. HUSBAND OF TELEVISION STAR TO HANG FOR HER MURDER
a court in Bangladesh sentenced Abul Kaiser Chisti, the husband of a high-profile television presenter, to death by hanging after convicting him of her murder. Irin, 32, the presenter of a prime-time variety show, was gunned down in front of her four-year
- OCTOBER 23, 2005IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. BAR ASSOCIATION URGES BOYCOTT OF SADDAM COURT
the Iraqi Bar Association urged lawyers to stop working with the special court hearing the case against Saddam Hussein until the murder of Saadoun Janabi, a member of the defense team, was solved.
- OCTOBER 23, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
Etemaad daily reported that three men were sentenced to death in Iran.
Etemaad daily reported that three men were sentenced to death in Iran.
- OCTOBER 22, 2005United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. DEATH SENTENCE IS COMMUTED
the Federal Supreme Court has upheld a ruling by a Court of Appeal commuting the death sentence on a drug trafficker to a 10-year imprisonment and a fine of Dh50,000 to be followed by deportation.
- OCTOBER 22, 2005IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. FOURTEEN CONDEMNED INMATES ON DEATH ROW, PRIME MINISTER
fourteen condemned prisoners sit on death row in Iraq following the execution on September 1 of three for terror activities, Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari told reporters.
- OCTOBER 22, 2005IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. PRESIDENT NOT OPPOSED TO DEATH PENALTY FOR SADDAM
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said he was not opposed to the death for ousted dictator Saddam Hussein, currently on trial for crimes against humanity, but would not sign the decree to authorise it.
- OCTOBER 21, 2005Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 4.6 GRAMS OF HEROIN
Lakshman Jayaweera, a Sri Lankan man, was sentenced to death following a five-year trial for possessing 4.64 grams of heroin.
- OCTOBER 21, 2005DEATH PENALTY
even as the use of the death penalty continued to decline in the United States, the number of murders and the national murder rate dropped in 2004.
even as the use of the death penalty continued to decline in the United States, the number of murders and the national murder rate dropped in 2004.
- OCTOBER 21, 2005DEATH PENALTY
Circuit Judge Lawrence P. Haddock issued 2 death sentences for Thomas Eugene Bevel, 24.
Circuit Judge Lawrence P. Haddock issued 2 death sentences for Thomas Eugene Bevel, 24.