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- FEBRUARY 21, 2006DEATH PENALTY
ARIZONA, US. LAWMAKERS APOLOGIZE TO THE 100TH PERSON FREED FROM DEATH ROW
several members of the Arizona House and Senate recently offered apologies to Ray Krone, a former Arizona death row inmate who was freed in 2002 following new DNA tests.
- FEBRUARY 21, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. 11 MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT
a Pakistani court sentenced 11 militants to death for an assassination attempt on Lieutenant General Ahsan Saleem Hayat in 2004 in which 11 people were killed.
- FEBRUARY 21, 2006DEATH PENALTY
Nevada's death row population dropped to 82 last week after a negotiation...
Nevada's death row population dropped to 82 last week after a negotiation between prosecutors and convicted murderer Steven Kaczmarek.
- FEBRUARY 21, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. DEATH SENTENCES UPHELD FOR GANG MEMBERS
two gang members had their death sentences upheld at the Baoding Municipal Intermediate People's Court in North China's Hebei Province.
- FEBRUARY 20, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. CULT LEADER FIT TO APPEAL AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE
Shoko Asahara, the former leader of the cult responsible for the deadly 1995 nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway moved a step closer to the gallows when a psychiatrist ruled that he was mentally fit to continue his appeal against the death penalty.
- FEBRUARY 20, 2006TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN. JUSTICE MINISTRY WORKING TO REDUCE EXECUTION RATE
while the government of Taiwan had not been able to achieve its goal of abolishing the death penalty, it had managed to lower the number of executions, the Ministry of Justice said.
- FEBRUARY 20, 2006DEATH PENALTY
TURKEY. PROTOCOL NO. 13 RATIFIED
Turkey ratifies Protocol No. 13 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, concerning the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances.
- FEBRUARY 20, 2006TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
it was reported that a former Taipei County senior high school teacher...
it was reported that a former Taipei County senior high school teacher...
- FEBRUARY 20, 2006AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. BALI NINE APPEAL AGAINST DEATH SENTENCES
Andrew Chan, 22, and Myuran Sukumaran, 24, sentenced to death for trafficking heroin in the Indonesian resort island of Bali and seven others given life imprisonment for their involvement in the smuggling ring filed appeals in the Indonesian justice syste
- FEBRUARY 20, 2006NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. APPEALS COURT REJECTS APPLICATION TO OVERTURN DEATH SENTENCE OF 2 MEN
the Singapore Appeals Court rejected the application of two men to have their death sentence overturned.
- FEBRUARY 20, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. HIGH COURT AWARDS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR RAPE
the Guwahati High court, India, confirmed the death sentence, awarded to Mithu Kalita, for murdering and raping a minor girl in Morigaon.
- FEBRUARY 20, 2006JordanDEATH PENALTY
a Criminal Court in Jordan sentenced two men to death for the 2004 rape and murder of a man.
a Criminal Court in Jordan sentenced two men to death for the 2004 rape and murder of a man.