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- MAY 28, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. ISLAMIST VIGILANTE SENTENCED TO DEATH
a member of an Islamist vigilante group convicted of a string of murders in Iran was sentenced to death while five other gang members were handed long prison terms.
- MAY 28, 2005JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
JAMAICA. COUNTRY’S TWO MAJOR PARTIES DISAGREE ON DEATH PENALTY
in the wake of calls for more steps to be taken in the fight against crime...
- MAY 28, 2005DEATH PENALTY
in Fort Worth, Eddie C. Johnson, who has spent 8 years on death row...
in Fort Worth, Eddie C. Johnson, who has spent 8 years on death row, has been resentenced to life in prison because he was 17 when the murder occurred.
- MAY 27, 2005AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. BALI COURT SENTENCES AUSTRALIA'S CORBY FOR 20 YRS
an Indonesian court sentenced Australian beauty therapist Schapelle Corby to 20 years in jail for trying to smuggle 4.1 kg (9 lb) of marijuana into Bali.
- MAY 27, 2005RussiaDEATH PENALTY
COUNCIL OF EUROPE. CE RIGHTS CHIEF CALLS ON RUSSIA TO OUTLAW DEATH PENALTY
Russia is the only member country of the Council of Europe not to have legally abolished the death penalty...
- MAY 27, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN TRIPURA FOR RAPE AND MURDER
Samir Bhaumick, a man convicted of raping and murdering a seven year old girl and then hiding her body in a box, was sentenced to death by a court in the West district of Tripura, India.
- MAY 27, 2005RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. DEPUTY SEEKS LAW ON RUSSIA'S REJECTION OF DEATH PENALTY
State Duma legislative committee chief Pavel Krasheninnikov called on the lower chamber of the Russian Parliament to adopt a bill that would confirm the abolition of the death penalty in Russia.
- MAY 27, 2005RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. RUSSIA TOO QUICK WITH DEATH PENALTY MORATORIUM IT CAN'T REVOKE, PARLIAMENTARIAN
Russia was too quick to introduce its capital punishment moratorium, Vladimir Vasilyev, State Duma member, told a news conference.
- MAY 27, 2005South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH AFRICA. DEATH ROW PRISONERS SHOULD BE RELEASED: SAPOHR
all prisoners on death row should be released, the South African Prisoners' Organisation for Human Rights (Sapohr) said.
- MAY 26, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. TORCHLIT DEMONSTRATION FOR MAJDA, A MOROCCAN WOMAN AT RISK OF DECAPITATION IN SAUDI ARABIA
the plight of Majda Mustapha Mahir, a 40-year old Moroccan woman condemned to death in Saudi Arabia for the murder of her husband in 1998, took Hands Off Cain and the Association of Moroccan Women in Italy to the streets of Rome in protest.
- MAY 26, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. POLICE URGED TO STOP USING TORTURE TO MAKE PEOPLE CONFESS
China's top prosecution office urged police to stop using illegal methods such as torture to force suspects to confess, after a series of high profile miscarriages of justice.
- MAY 26, 2005VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. SIXTEEN DEATH SENTENCES UPHELD IN COUNTRY’S BIGGEST DRUGS CASE
sixteen people failed in their appeal against death sentences in Vietnam's biggest drug trafficking case, a court official in Ho Chi Minh City said.