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- JANUARY 29, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH AND TWO OTHERS TO LIFE FOR MURDER OF TRADER
the Speedy Trial Tribunal of Rajshahi, Bangladesh, sentenced Akter Hossain, 40, to death and Dulal and Anwar, both 35, to life imprisonment for the murder of cloth trader Afsar Ali.
- JANUARY 28, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SERIAL RAPE
an Iranian man was convicted and sentenced to death for kidnapping and raping an estimated 340 young girls, media reports said.
- JANUARY 28, 2006DEATH PENALTY
THE BAHAMAS. DEATH PENALTY BACKED IN POLL
Prime Minister Perry Christie's decision to back capital punishment received overwhelming public support in an exclusive street poll conducted by The Guardian.
- JANUARY 27, 2006DEATH PENALTY
INDIANA, USA. MAN EXECUTED FOR 1983 DOUBLE MURDER
the state of Indiana executed a former drug dealer convicted of killing a young couple in 1983. Marvin Bieghler, 58, died at 2:17 a.m. EST (0717 GMT) following an injection of lethal chemicals at the Indiana State Prison, officials said.
- JANUARY 27, 2006DEATH PENALTY
AUSTRALIA. DEATH PENALTY NOT THE ANSWER TO DRUG SCOURGE, EDITORIAL
“The fact that prosecutors in Bali have
- JANUARY 27, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. FUGITIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH ARRESTED IN MUNSHIGANJ
Faruq, a fugitive who had been sentenced to death on July 12, 2005, was arrested near his home in Bagra village in Bangladesh’s Srinagar district
- JANUARY 27, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. SINDH HIGH COURT COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY IN RAPE AND MURDER CASE
the Sindh High Court dismissed the appeal of Imran for rape and murder but commuted his death sentence into life imprisonment.
- JANUARY 27, 2006DEATH PENALTY
THE BAHAMAS. OPPOSITION CRITICAL OF PM’S DEATH PENALTY REMARKS
accusing Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie of pandering for votes on the issue of capital punishment, Free National Movement leader Hubert Ingraham said the country should not believe the present government will carry out hangings of condemned murdere
- JANUARY 26, 2006AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. DEATH PENALTY SOUGHT FOR BALI NINE 'RINGLEADER'
Prosecutors in Bali asked judges in Denpasar District Court to sentence Australian national Andrew Chan to death if they found him guilty of organising the so-called Bali nine heroin trafficking conspiracy.
- JANUARY 26, 2006DEATH PENALTY
THE BAHAMAS. PRIME MINISTER DECLARES SUPPORT FOR HANGING
in what has amounted to his strongest statement in recent times on capital punishment, Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie declared his full support for hangings and said he would be willing to fight those who opposed the death penalty.
- JANUARY 25, 2006DEATH PENALTY
UNITED STATES. SUPREME COURT BLOCKS FLORIDA EXECUTION OF CLARENCE HILL
the US Supreme Court has blocked the execution of Clarence Hill to consider his appeal over the method used to carry out the punishment.
- JANUARY 25, 2006DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS, USA. MARION DUDLEY PUT TO DEATH IN FIRST TEXAS EXECUTION OF THE YEAR
Marion Dudley, a man convicted of killing four people in Houston 14 years ago was put to death by lethal injection, hours after the Supreme Court rejected a request to spare him.