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- JULY 25, 2005DEATH PENALTY
in Greensburg, a Westmoreland County jury gave Michael Travaglia the death penalty for his conviction in a 25-year-old murder
in Greensburg, a Westmoreland County jury gave Michael Travaglia the death penalty for his conviction in a 25-year-old murder
- JULY 25, 2005DEATH PENALTY
in Danbury, Stokes County Superior Court judge John O. Craig ordered a new trial for Rex Penland
in Danbury, Stokes County Superior Court judge John O. Craig ordered a new trial for Rex Penland
- JULY 25, 2005SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
MAJORITY WANT CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, POLL
a poll carried out in Slovakia by the MVK agency for the SME daily showed that 61.7 percent of respondents were in favor of reintroducing capital punishment. Roughly 80 percent said they welcomed the 2004 introduction of the “three strikes you’re out” sys
- JULY 25, 2005Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
Sri Lanka. President urged to implement capital punishment
the Attorney General's Department of Sri Lanka recommended that President Chandrika Kumaratunga implement capital punishment against those already sentenced to death.
- JULY 24, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. FIVE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
five men were sentenced to death, four of them in absentia, by a Speedy Trial Court in Sylhet, Bangladesh, after being found guilty of killing a member of the Islampur union at Chhatak.
- JULY 24, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. FIVE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
five men were sentenced to death, four of them in absentia, by a Speedy Trial Court in Sylhet, Bangladesh, after being found guilty of killing a member of the Islampur union at Chhatak.
- JULY 23, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. NOBEL LAUREATE SLAMS TEEN HANGINGS
Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi condemned the hanging of two teenagers accused of raping younger boys in north-eastern Iran, a punishment that also prompted protests by the international community and rights groups.
- JULY 23, 2005IraqDEATH PENALTY
SADDAM TO BE EXECUTED SOON, PAPER
the government-financed al-Sabah daily said that toppled President Saddam Hussein was expected to be sentenced and executed within weeks.
- JULY 22, 2005DEATH PENALTY
Orange County Superior Court Judge William R. Froeberg formally sentenced to death Alejandro Avila.
Orange County Superior Court Judge William R. Froeberg formally sentenced to death Alejandro Avila.
- JULY 22, 2005NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. TWO TO HANG ON HEROIN CHARGE
Iwuchukwu Amara Tochi, a 19 year old Nigerian national and Okeke Nelson Malachy, 33, were sentenced to death after a 13-day trial for importing approximately $1.5 million worth of high-grade heroin into Singapore.
- JULY 22, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. GUANGDONG COURT SENTENCES TWO TO DEATH FOR ECSTASY SMUGGLING
in its initial trial, the Foshan City Intermediate People's Court, China, sentenced Zhao Fuqiang and Ye Zhixiong to death for drug smuggling and Chen Pengfei to seven years imprisonment for his involvement in the crime.
- JULY 21, 2005IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. PROSECUTORS SEEK DEATH PENALTY FOR MCDONALD BOMBER
Indonesian prosecutors recommended the death penalty for Agung Abdul Hamid for masterminding a bomb attack on a McDonald restaurant in South Sulawesi province that killed three people, including a suicide bomber.