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- SEPTEMBER 27, 2006SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. BODY PARTS CASE: LEONG'S APPEAL AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE DISMISSED
Singapore's Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal by Leong Siew Chor against the death sentence received for murder.
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2006DEATH PENALTY
CALIFORNIA, USA. GUARDS BUNGLED WILLIAMS EXECUTION: OFFICIAL
a Californian official admitted that state prison guards had bungled the recent controversial execution of former gang leader Stanley Williams, but denied that lethal injection constituted cruel and unusual punishment.
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. GANG LEADER RECEIVES DEATH SENTENCE
Xiong Xinxing was sentenced to death for charges including heading an underground organization and causing the death of a man in Jiujiang in Central China's Jiangxi Province.
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MUSLIM JOURNALIST FACES DEATH PENALTY FOR PRINTING PRO-ISRAEL ARTICLES
a court in Bangladesh was scheduled to try a Muslim journalist for writing articles favourable to Israel.
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. COURT SETS DATE FOR PARLIAMENT ATTACK HANGING
an Indian court fixed October 20 as the date for executing Mohammed Afzal, a Muslim man convicted for his role in the 2001 militant attack on India's parliament.
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. BALI BOMBERS TO KEEP THEIR HEADS
Indonesia will not meet a request by three Islamic militants sentenced to death over the 2002 Bali bombings to be executed by decapitation rather than firing squad. Lawyers of Amrozi, Ali Ghufron alias Mukhlas and Imam Samudra had said the previous week t
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR NARA SCHOOLGIRL MURDER
the Nara District Court in Japan handed down the death penalty to Kaoru Kobayashi, convicted of murdering 7-year-old schoolgirl Kaede Ariyama after kidnapping her on November 17, 2004. Kobayashi was handed the death penalty after being convicted of abduct
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. HIGH COURT OVERTURNS DEATH SENTENCE, GIVES LIFE TERM FOR FATAL ARSON
the Tokyo High Court, Japan, overturned a lower court's death sentence and gave Daizo Fukushima...
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. NEW GOVERNMENT LEAVES DOOR OPEN TO EXECUTIONS
Japan’s new justice minister left open the door to executions after his predecessor refused to authorize any hangings.
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
ITALY-INDONESIA. HANDS OFF CAIN ADHERES TO CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY VIGIL
Hands Off Cain announced it would participate in today’s vigil, promoted by Christian Democratic party leader Pierferdinando Casini, outside the Indonesian embassy in Rome.
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MINOR’S RAPE AND MURDER IN BIHAR
a fast track court in Bihar, India, sentenced Munilal Sharma to death for raping and killing the four-year-old niece of his neighbour Dilip Kumar Sharma on April 29, 2004.
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2006DEATH PENALTY
a Madison County jury sentenced 42-year-old David Lynn Jordan...
a Madison County jury sentenced 42-year-old David Lynn Jordan...