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- AUGUST 18, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH, THREE OTHERS TO LIFE FOR MURDER
a court in Sherpur, Bangladesh, sentenced M. Selim Mahamud Helal, 22, to death and three others to life imprisonment for murder
- AUGUST 18, 2005JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
JAMAICA. 25 DEATH ROW PRISONERS HAVE SENTENCE COMMUTED TO LIFE
it was reported that some 25 inmates of the Catherine Adult Centre Correctional Centre, Jamaica, were taken off death row and had their sentences commuted to life following the August 16 stabbing of former death row Prisoner Stephen Palmer, 32.
- AUGUST 18, 2005MoldovaDEATH PENALTY
MOLDOVA. MOLDOVA ABOLISHES DEATH PENALTY
the Moldovan government approved amendments to clause 24 of the republic's constitution aimed at abolishing the death penalty, Moldova's Deputy Justice Minister Nicolae Yeshanu said.
- AUGUST 18, 2005NorwayDEATH PENALTY
NORWAY. NORWAY RATIFIES PROTOCOL ON THE ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY
Norway ratified Protocol No. 13 to the European Human Rights Convention concerning the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances, including crimes committed in war or under the threat of war.
- AUGUST 18, 2005South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH AFRICA. STATE FAILS TO SET ASIDE DEATH ROW SENTENCES
South African constitutional Court judges expressed their disappointment at the government's failure to present a report on what it had done to set aside sentences of 59 prisoners still on death row.
- AUGUST 17, 2005DEATH PENALTY
since 1993, federal courts have overturned 46 death sentences in California on various grounds...
since 1993, federal courts have overturned 46 death sentences in California on various grounds, most of which no longer would qualify for federal review under sweeping new rules now being considered by Congress that would prohibit most federal appeals unl
- AUGUST 17, 2005DEATH PENALTY
death by lethal injection was the jury's decision for Noah Espada, 21.
death by lethal injection was the jury's decision for Noah Espada, 21.
- AUGUST 17, 2005VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Nguyen Le Duy Linh, 32, was executed for murder in Vietnam’s southern Long An province.
- AUGUST 17, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. 2 MEN EXECUTED FOR SMUGGLING HASHISH
Mohammed bin Saad bin Mutheb al-Bilad al-Qahtani , a Saudi national, and Mohammed bin Hamad bin Mutlaq al-Sayhari from Yemen were executed in Jizan province, Saudi Arabia, for smuggling hashish into the kingdom
- AUGUST 17, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
Abdel Salam bin Abdel Mohsen bin Matar al-Shummari, a Saudi national, was publicly beheaded
- AUGUST 16, 2005DEATH PENALTY
TURKEY. EUROPEAN COURT SAID OCALAN TRIAL 'UNFAIR,' RECOMMENDS RETRIAL
the European Court of Human Rights upheld a ruling in favour of jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan, saying that he had been unfairly tried by a Turkish court, and urged Ankara to retry him.
- AUGUST 16, 2005VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Tran Van Binh, 48, was put to death for murder in the northern Vietnamese port city of Hai Phong.