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- JUNE 1, 2006CanadaDEATH PENALTY
CANADA. COURT DELAYS DEPORTATION OF CHINESE FUGITIVE LAI
Chinese fugitive Lai Changxing, the alleged kingpin of a multi-billion-dollar smuggling operation, will not be deported on June 2 as planned, Canada's Federal Court ruled.
- JUNE 1, 2006DEATH PENALTY
John Albert Boltz, 74, was given a lethal injection at 6 p.m. at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.
John Albert Boltz, 74, was given a lethal injection at 6 p.m. at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.
- JUNE 1, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. ZHEJIANG PROVINCE TO EXECUTE PEOPLE BY LETHAL INJECTION
the Zhejiang Provincial Supreme Court announced that as of September 1 the province would start to implement death by lethal injection instead of putting convicts before a firing squad.
- JUNE 1, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. HONG KONG MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Li Qingyuan and an accomplice, Liu Xisong, were sentenced to death by a court in the southern town of Shenzhen, bordering Hong Kong, after being convicted of drug trafficking.
- JUNE 1, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. PRESIDENT ARROYO ASKS CONGRESS TO SPEED UP DEATH PENALTY BAN
Philippine President Gloria Arroyo asked leaders of Congress to speed up passage of a bill abolishing capital punishment after imposing a freeze on judicial executions, her chief aide, Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita, said.
- MAY 31, 2006North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
UNITED NATIONS. UN RIGHTS EXPERTS URGE N KOREA TO SUSPEND TREASON EXECUTION
a group of UN rights experts called on North Korea to suspend the scheduled execution of Son Jong Nam for alleged treason, saying he was reportedly tortured and sentenced to death without a trial.
- MAY 31, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. NAZANIN DEATH PENALTY OVERTURNED, NEW TRIAL TO BE HELD
the Iranian Supreme Court ordered a new trial for Nazanin, overturning the death sentence handed down to her for having killed her attempted rapist, the 'Sharq' daily reported. Nazanin, who has been imprisoned for over a year, was sentenced to hang in Jan
- MAY 31, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. THREE HANGED FOR MURDER, RAPE
an Iranian man convicted of murder and two others convicted of rape were hanged in Tehran's Evin prison. The man convicted of murder, identified as Alireza, had driven over and killed three people with his bus. He admitted doing so because he was angry af
- MAY 31, 2006DEATH PENALTY
the death sentence of Alfred Brian Mitchell...
the death sentence of Alfred Brian Mitchell, convicted of killing 21-year-old Elaine Scott 1991, is being overturned and he'll get a new sentencing hearing.
- MAY 31, 2006DEATH PENALTY
the Ohio Supreme Court reversed the death penalty...
the Ohio Supreme Court reversed the death penalty for a man convicted of strangling and stomping a 76-year-old man to death during a robbery.
- MAY 31, 2006DEATH PENALTY
a bill that will allow prosecutors to seek the death penalty...
a bill that will allow prosecutors to seek the death penalty for some repeat child molesters has been approved by the state House.
- MAY 31, 2006DEATH PENALTY
Oklahoma County District Judge Twyla Mason Gray followed...
Oklahoma County District Judge Twyla Mason Gray followed...