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- DECEMBER 16, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MIGRANT WORKER EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Pang Maosheng, a 29 year old migrant worker who resented wealthy people, was executed in Beijing after being convicted of a robbery and extortion spree that left one woman dead.
- DECEMBER 15, 2006DEATH PENALTY
UNITED STATES. FLORIDA HALTS EXECUTIONS AFTER LINGERING DEATH OF INMATE
Florida Governor Jeb Bush called a temporary halt to all executions while a panel reviews how lethal injections are administered following the lingering death of inmate Angel Nieves Diaz on December 13.
- DECEMBER 15, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTY
RADICAL PARTY. LAUNCH OF 2007 REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN
a press conference was held in Rome to mark the launch of the 2007 campaign for membership to the Radical Party and its umbrella organisations, including Hands Off Cain, to further the battle for civil and human rights.
- DECEMBER 15, 2006DEATH PENALTY
UNITED STATES. CALIFORNIA'S USE OF LETHAL INJECTION RULED UNCONSTITUTIONAL
California's method of lethal injection for executions was ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge who said its risk of pain and discomfort to the condemned constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.
- DECEMBER 15, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. SUPREME COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
India’s Supreme Court upheld the conviction of CPM activist...
- DECEMBER 15, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY FOR INDIA POLICEMAN
a court in India sentenced to death a former senior police official after finding him guilty of killing a man in custody nearly 20 years ago.
- DECEMBER 15, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED IN MURDER CASE
the Sindh High Court, Pakistan, dismissed the appeal of Mohammad Jumman for murder but commuted his death sentence into life in prison.
- DECEMBER 15, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF STEPSON'S WIFE AND CHILD
Takemitsu Mori was sentenced to death for murdering a woman and her infant son at their apartment.
- DECEMBER 15, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM CONDEMNS SIXHEROIN TRAFFICKERS TO DEATH
a court in Hanoi, Vietnam...
- DECEMBER 15, 2006RwandaDEATH PENALTY
RWANDA. THE DEATH PENALTY HAS NOT BENEFITED US, MINISTER
Rwanda’s Minister of Infrastructure, Stanislas Kamanzi, appealed to the people of Gicumbi to support the government's proposal to scrap the death penalty.
- DECEMBER 14, 2006GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
GEORGIAN CONSTITUTION CLARIFIED ON DEATH PENALTY
MPs voted 173 to one to pass constitutional amendments that state explicitly that the death penalty and torture are banned in Georgia.
- DECEMBER 14, 2006Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA SENTENCES TWO TO HANG FOR TSUNAMI MURDER
two Sri Lankans accused of grabbing a gold chain from a woman caught in the 2004 tsunami before letting her be swept to her death have been sentenced to death for her murder. The men were caught on camera in December 2004 as they pushed the woman back int