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- JUNE 9, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING FAMILY OF FIVE
the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's Court, China, handed a death sentence to Yang Hui, a man convicted of killing a family of five in Pudong.
- JUNE 9, 2005South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA. DEATH PENALTY UPHELD IN SERIAL KILLER VERDICT
upholding a lower court ruling, the South Korean Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence on Yoo Yeong-cheol, convicted of killing 20 people.
- JUNE 9, 2005DEATH PENALTY
in Anderson, Madison County Circuit Court Judge Fredrick Spencer sent Fredrick Michael Baer to Indiana's Death Row
in Anderson, Madison County Circuit Court Judge Fredrick Spencer sent Fredrick Michael Baer to Indiana's Death Row, rejecting claims of mental illness in sentencing him to die for the murder of a woman and her 4-year-old daughter.
- JUNE 9, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Iqbal was hanged in Pakistan for murder.
Muhammad Iqbal was hanged in Pakistan for murder.
- JUNE 9, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Dawei, 31, was executed in Xi’an, China...
Li Dawei, 31, was executed in Xi’an, China...
- JUNE 8, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. THREE MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN DOUBLE MURDER CASE
a court in Barisal, Bangladesh, sentenced three people to death, two to life term in jail and three others to 10 years' imprisonment for double murder.
- JUNE 8, 2005BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION. EU SLAMS LIBYAN RULING ON TORTURE OF CONDEMNED MEDICS
the EU was "seriously concerned" by a Libyan court's acquittal of police officers accused of having tortured six foreign medics facing death sentence over an AIDS-tainted blood scandal, officials said.
- JUNE 8, 2005JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
JAMAICA. JLP SHADOW CABINET TO ISSUE FORMAL REPLY ON DEATH PENALTY DELAY
it was reported that the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) was to formally reply to what it described as "blatant misrepresentations" made recently by Attorney-General A J Nicholson regarding delays in the administering of the death penalty.
- JUNE 8, 2005JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. TOP COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLER OF 4 WOMEN
Japan’s Supreme Court upheld the death sentence given by a lower court to Masakatsu Nishikawa, a man who murdered four female bar managers in western Japan in less than a month in 1991.
- JUNE 8, 2005DEATH PENALTY
a 3-judge panel ruled that convicted killer Todd Rizzo should be executed
a 3-judge panel ruled that convicted killer Todd Rizzo should be executed for bludgeoning a 13-year-old boy to death with a sledgehammer in 1997.
- JUNE 8, 2005EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Egyptian Grand Mufti Prof Dr Sheikh Ali Gouma endorsed the death sentence passed by...
Egyptian Grand Mufti Prof Dr Sheikh Ali Gouma endorsed the death sentence passed by a Cairo court on Ali Darman Agustri, an Indonesian national, for premeditated multiple murder.
- JUNE 7, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. TWO YEMENIS BEHEADED FOR KILLING SAUDI WOMAN
two Yemenis were beheaded for killing a Saudi woman after breaking into her home, the Saudi Arabia Interior Ministry said.