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- AUGUST 16, 2005KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA. FRESH CALLS TO ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International rekindled calls for the abolition of the death penalty in Kenya.
- AUGUST 15, 2005DEATH PENALTY
in Philadelphia, U.S. District Judge Anita B. Brody has thrown out the...
in Philadelphia, U.S. District Judge Anita B. Brody has thrown out the murder conviction and death sentence of a man who has spent nearly half his life on death row, citing faulty jury instructions and a deficient defense lawyer.
- AUGUST 15, 2005GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
GEORGIA. GRANTED A POSTHUMOUS PARDON TO AN EXECUTED WOMAN
the only woman ever executed in Georgia's electric chair is being granted a posthumous pardon, 60 years after the black maid was put to death for killing a white man she claimed held her in slavery and threatened her life.
- AUGUST 15, 2005UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
UZBEKISTAN. KAZAKH PAPER DOUBTS UZBEK DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION TRUE HUMANITARIAN MOVE
Uzbek President Islom Karimov's recent decree abolishing the death penalty can only be praised as a humanitarian and long overdue act, Delovaya Nedelya correspondent Andrey Saidov commented, questioning why it would only come into effect on 1 January 2008
- AUGUST 15, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
the daily Sharq and the State controlled news agency Fars...
the daily Sharq and the State controlled news agency Fars...
- AUGUST 14, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. CONVICTED MURDERER HANGED PUBLICLY
an Iranian man convicted of murdering an elderly couple was hanged publicly in the central town of Arak, the Iran daily reported.
- AUGUST 14, 2005IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
an Iranian man was hanged in front of a crowd at a public square in the city of Arak
an Iranian man was hanged in front of a crowd at a public square in the city of Arak
- AUGUST 14, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
two men, M. Akbar and K. Amir were executed in Ahwaz, Iran
two men, M. Akbar and K. Amir were executed in Ahwaz, Iran
- AUGUST 13, 2005DEATH PENALTY
newly published research examining 340 exonerations in the United States between...
newly published research examining 340 exonerations in the United States between 1989 and 2003 found that a significant number of those who were wrongly convicted had been sentenced to death.
- AUGUST 13, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. CONVICTED MURDERER HANGED
an Iranian man convicted of murdering a fellow prisoner during an escape attempt in July was hanged at a jail in the southwestern city of Shiraz, the Etemad newspaper reported.
- AUGUST 13, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. COURT AFFIRMS DEATH FOR THREE
former bus driver Hanafi Mat Hassan, 37, failed to overturn his death sentence for the murder of a 24-year-old female computer engineer.
- AUGUST 12, 2005DEATH PENALTY
Melvin Jay Hardy, who has spent more than 6 years on North Carolina's death row for the 1997 murder
Melvin Jay Hardy, who has spent more than 6 years on North Carolina's death row for the 1997 murder of Andrew Ray, may get to live.