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- JANUARY 17, 2006DEATH PENALTY
22 years ago, Angie Anderson begged a judge not to condemn...
22 years ago, Angie Anderson begged a judge not to condemn her mother's killer to death row. The judge sentenced James Floyd to die anyway.
- JANUARY 17, 2006DEATH PENALTY
a 2005 study indicating condemned inmates may suffer pain when being put to death...
a 2005 study indicating condemned inmates may suffer pain when being put to death by lethal injection is inconclusive and no reason to delay the scheduled execution of Clarence Edward Hill, the Florida Supreme Court ruled.
- JANUARY 17, 2006DEATH PENALTY
Clarence Ray Allen was executed by lethal injection early at San Quentin State Prison
Clarence Ray Allen was executed by lethal injection early at San Quentin State Prison for ordering three killings from his prison cell in 1980.
- JANUARY 17, 2006DEATH PENALTY
COUNCIL OF EUROPE. COE CONDEMNS CALIFORNIA EXECUTION
Terry Davis, the head of the 46-member Council of Europe, condemned the execution in California of a 76-year-old blind and disabled prisoner.
- JANUARY 17, 2006EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
SWAZILAND. TEACHERS ASSOCIATION DEMANDS RETURN OF DEATH PENALTY
the Swaziland National Association of Teachers (SNAT) called for the return of the death penalty.
- JANUARY 17, 2006MexicoDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION. EU WELCOMES ABOLISHMENT OF DEATH PENALTY IN MEXICO
in a statement issued on behalf of the EU by the Austrian Presidency on the full abolition of the death penalty in Mexico...
- JANUARY 17, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN CONVICTED OF KILLING CHILDREN
Japan's Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for Tsutomu Miyazaki, a man convicted of killing and mutilating girls in a series of grisly crimes that horrified Japan in the late 1980s.
- JANUARY 16, 2006United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
UNITED KINGDOM. DON’T EXECUTE MY DAUGHTERS KILLERS, MOTHER OF BRITISH BACKPACKER
Wichai Somkhaoyai, and Bualoi Posit, the two Thai fisherman who raped and murdered British backpacker Katherine Horton should be spared the death penalty but locked up for life, the victim's mother said.
- JANUARY 16, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. FIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
a Vietnamese court sentenced five people including a woman to death for trafficking drugs, a court official said.
- JANUARY 16, 2006DEATH PENALTY
a bill to propose a moratorium on the death penalty in Virginia has failed before...
a bill to propose a moratorium on the death penalty in Virginia has failed before a Senate committee. Richmond Democrat Henry Marsh's bill died on a voice vote.
- JANUARY 16, 2006JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. COURT CONFIRMS DEATH PENALTY FOR TWO CONVICTED OF TERRORISM
Jordan's State Security Court (SSC) confirmed for the fourth time the death penalty passed previously on two Islamists, Khader Abu Hosher and Osama Sammar, after condemning them for plotting to carry out acts of terrorism and manufacturing explosives.
- JANUARY 16, 2006St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
ST LUCIA. PRIME MINISTER WANTS REFORM TO ENSURE DEATH PENALTY
St Lucia's prime minister called for constitutional reforms to ensure convicted murderers received the death penalty as part of a plan to stiffen penalties for violent offenders.