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- MARCH 1, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Javad, has been sentenced...
a man, identified only as Javad, has been sentenced...
- FEBRUARY 28, 2006DEATH PENALTY
UNITED STATES. DEATH SENTENCES IN 2005 REACHED RECORD LOW
the latest edition of “Death Row Usa”, a quarterly report by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), a civil rights organization for ethnic minorities in the united States, shows an 8% decline in the country's death row pop
- FEBRUARY 28, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. 22 MILITANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BOMBINGS
a court in Bangladesh sentenced 21 people to death in connection with a wave of coordinated bombings on August 17, 2005.
- FEBRUARY 28, 2006DEATH PENALTY
PENNSYLVANIA. JUDGE BARS EXECUTION, CITES MENTAL ILLNESS
a judge has ruled that a former prison guard convicted of killing 13 people in a 1982 shooting rampage can't be executed because he is mentally ill.
- FEBRUARY 28, 2006RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY SHOULD BE LIFTED, COMMUNIST PARTY LEADER
Russian Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov assessed Russia's membership of the Council of Europe as positive, but suggested that Russia should lift its moratorium on the death penalty in the near future.
- FEBRUARY 28, 2006BurundiDEATH PENALTY
BURUNDI. SECURITY PERSONNEL CARRYING OUT EXECUTIONS, TORTURE
rogue soldiers and police officers in Burundi had executed and tortured suspected rebels and civilians, Presidential aide Philippe Nzobonariba acknowledged.
- FEBRUARY 28, 2006DEATH PENALTY
the state Supreme Court ruled that Tennessee judges can keep the names...
the state Supreme Court ruled that Tennessee judges can keep the names of trial jurors secret if deciding the fate of accused killers could put them in danger.
- FEBRUARY 28, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. RIGHTS WATCH CONDEMNS RISE IN EXECUTIONS
a US-based human rights monitor voiced "grave concern" over a spike in the number of executions in Iran since the election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2005.
- FEBRUARY 28, 2006YemenDEATH PENALTY
in at least one case said Amnesty International...
in at least one case said Amnesty International...
- FEBRUARY 27, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. 8,000 EXECUTIONS EVERY YEAR, SCHOLAR AT THE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
the number of executions in China is a state secret, but Liu Renwen, a scholar at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said he agreed with estimates in academic circles that the figure was likely to be about 8,000 a year.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2006YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN. MAN EXECUTED FOR US MISSIONARY KILLINGS
Abed Abdulrazzak Kamel, convicted of killing three US Christian missionaries in southern Yemen in 2002, was executed by firing squad. Kamel shot dead a surgeon and two of her colleagues at a Baptist mission hospital in the town of Jibla.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2006DEATH PENALTY
Eric Moffett has been sentenced to death...
Eric Moffett has been sentenced to death for the 1994 rape and murder of his girlfriends 5 year old daughter.