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JUNE 7, 2006Qatar
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QATAR. FILIPINO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING COMPATRIOT
a Qatari judge sentenced a Filipino worker to death for the 2004 knife slaying of a compatriot in Doha.
JUNE 7, 2006South Africa
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SOUTH AFRICA. CALLS FOR THE RETURN OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
leaders from political parties such as the Freedom Front Plus, the Christian Democratic Party and the Pro-Death Penalty Party were reportedly united in one cause: reinstating capital punishment in South Africa.
JUNE 6, 2006
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PAKISTAN. LAHORE HIGH COURT STAYS THREE EXECUTIONS AND DISMISSES A FOURTH
a Lahore High Court division bench, Pakistan, stayed for a day the execution of three condemned prisoners, Muhammad Ilyas, Muhammad Abbas and Muhammad Ilyas, scheduled to be executed later in the day, the daily times reported.
JUNE 6, 2006Pakistan
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a Lahore High Court division bench, Pakistan...
a Lahore High Court division bench, Pakistan...
JUNE 6, 2006Philippines
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THE PHILIPPINES. LEGISLATURE PASSES LAW ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY
Philippine legislators have passed a bill to abolish capital punishment, and President Gloria Arroyo is likely to sign it into law, officials said. The proposed law abolishing the "heinous crimes" act of 1994 passed without dissent in the Senate late Tue
JUNE 6, 2006
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IRAN. THREE HANGED FOR MURDER, RAPE
an Iranian man convicted of murder and two others convicted of rape have been hanged in Tehran's Evin prison, the Etemad Melli newspaper reported.
JUNE 6, 2006Pakistan
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the Lahore High Court rejected an application to stay the execution...
the Lahore High Court rejected an application to stay the execution of Muhammad Asif. Asif was to be executed later in the day in the Gujranwala Central Jail.
JUNE 6, 2006Japan
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JAPAN. SERIAL KILLER MIYAZAKI DECRIES HANGING IN LETTERS TO MAGAZINE EDITOR
Tsutomu Miyazaki, due to be hanged for killing four young girls in 1988 and 1989, proposed that the death penalty be carried out with drugs instead of the scaffold, a magazine editor who received letters from the convict said.
JUNE 6, 2006China
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when Liu Zhixiang was given a suspended death sentence in April 2006...
when Liu Zhixiang was given a suspended death sentence in April 2006...
JUNE 6, 2006China
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CHINA. MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER OF BOSS’ FAMILY
a bank official was executed for killing his boss' family of three after a dispute in Gushi County in China’s Henan Province.
JUNE 6, 2006Philippines
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THE PHILIPPINES. PROTESTANT CHURCHES BACK DEATH PENALTY
Protestant churches in the Philippines reaffirmed their support for the implementation of capital punishment. The Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches (PCEC) issued a statement maintaining its position of 1999, espousing the value of "retribution"
JUNE 6, 2006
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Cleveland County district judge William Hetherington followed...
Cleveland County district judge William Hetherington followed a jury's recommendation in giving Anthony Castillo Sanchez the death penalty for killing Jewell "Juli" Busken on December 20th, 1996.