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- DECEMBER 14, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER
a fast-track court sentenced to death Padam Kashyap...
- DECEMBER 14, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA EXECUTES TWO FORMER BANK EMPLOYEES FOR FRAUD
two ex-employees of China's third-largest bank were put to death by lethal injection for defrauding customers of millions of dollars.
- DECEMBER 13, 2006DEATH PENALTY
UNITED STATES. EXECUTION OF FLORIDA INMATE TAKES 34 MINUTES
death penalty opponents criticized the execution of Angel Nieves Diaz who took more than half an hour to die and needed a rare second dose of lethal chemicals. Diaz, 55, convicted of murdering a Miami topless bar manager 27 years ago, appeared to grimace
- DECEMBER 13, 2006KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA. THREE SECURITY GUARDS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR VIOLENT ROBBERY
security guards Richard Maeta, Elias Shikuku Wanjala and Peter Mulati Wafula were sentenced to death for violently robbing novelist Ngugi wa Thiong’o and his wife. John Kiragu Chege, a nephew of the writer, was acquitted for lack of evidence.
- DECEMBER 13, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. JOBLESS MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF SISTERS
Yukio Yamaji, 23, was sentenced to death for robbery, murder and rape by the Osaka District Court for sneaking into the home of a woman and her younger sister and murdering them.
- DECEMBER 13, 2006TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
TANZANIA. ARUSHA RESIDENT LOSES DEATH SENTENCE APPEAL
the Tanzania Court of Appeal upheld a High Court death sentence against an Arusha resident, Robert Edward Moringe, alias Kadogo, for murder.
- DECEMBER 13, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. SUPREME COURT COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER
the Supreme Court of India converted to life imprisonment the death sentence handed down to Aloke Nath of Kolkata for the murder of his younger brother.
- DECEMBER 13, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. FIREWORKS FACTORY MANAGER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLAST KILLING 36
Shen Xishuan, legal representative of Lilin Firecrackers Company Ltd. in Linqi Town, Linzhou City in China’s Henan Province, was sentenced to death at the Intermediate People's Court of Anyang City with a two-year reprieve for illegally trading explosives
- DECEMBER 12, 2006EgyptDEATH PENALTY
TWO EGYPTIANS HANGED FOR MURDERING TODDLER
two Egyptians were hanged for beating and electrocuting to death a toddler whose cries were spoiling their televised football game, security sources said.
- DECEMBER 12, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN IN PUBLIC FOR MURDER
an Iranian man convicted of murdering 12 family members was publicly hanged in the southern town of Jahrom.
- DECEMBER 12, 2006SudanDEATH PENALTY
SEVEN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SUDAN
the central Khartoum criminal court, Sudan, headed by judge Abd-al-Rahim Qasm-al-Sid, sentenced seven suspects to death by hanging for their involvement in the Soba riots which led to the deaths of sixteen policemen and a number of citizens on May 18, 200
- DECEMBER 12, 2006Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES SAUDI MAN FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabia executed Misfir al-Qahtani in Riyadh for the murder of Mukhallad al-Muteiri...