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- SEPTEMBER 14, 2006JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR PLANNING TERRORIST ATTACKS
three militants were sentenced to death and a fourth was sentenced...
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2006PeruDEATH PENALTY
PERU. BISHOPS REAFFIRM ANTI DEATH PENALTY STANCE
as Peruvians debated a proposal to apply the death penalty to individuals who sexually assaulted and murdered minors, the country's bishops urged unconditional respect for human life.
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2006UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA DRAFTING BILL TO EXECUTE HIV INFECTORS
it was reported that the Ugandan government was drafting a bill to execute offenders who knowingly infected minors with HIV.
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2006DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS. MAN EXECUTED FOR 1991 ROBBERY, MURDER SPREE
Texas executed Farley Charles Matchett for the 1991 murder of a 52-year-old Houston paint contractor who refused to hand over money in order to feed his drug addiction.
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2006EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
ETHIOPIA PARDONS DETAINEES IN 'NEW YEAR' FETE
Ethiopia granted amnesties to hundreds of prison inmates in the first such move in five decades that also saw death row convicts have their sentences commuted, officials said.
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2006DEATH PENALTY
MISSOURI, US. JUDGE ORDERS SECOND REVISION OF DEATH PENALTY PROTOCOLS
a federal judge ordered the state of Missouri to submit new protocols for carrying out the state death penalty by lethal injection and has refused to authorize executions until revisions are approved.
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. DEATH PENALTY FOR LARGEST HEROIN CASE SINCE 1949
Guangdong High People's Court, China, recently ruled on a smuggling case involving approximately 380 kilograms of heroin...
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2006Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. TWO SAUDIS, THREE YEMENIS BEHEADED FOR MURDER
two Saudis and three Yemenis were beheaded by the sword in Saudi Arabia on after they were convicted of murder, the interior ministry said.
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. KURDISTAN PARLIAMENT VOTES FOR USING DEATH PENALTY
in the 4th ordinary session of the Kurdistan parliament in Iraq, chaired by the parliament Deputy Speaker, the Kurdistan parliament unanimously voted for the resumption of capital punishment in the Kurdistan Region.
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. SUPREME COURT AGAIN UPHOLDS CONVICTED WOMAN'S DEATH SENTENCE
Shahla Jahed, 36, was once again facing imminent execution, after the Supreme Court reportedly upheld her death sentence for the second time.
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2006JordanDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCES UPHELD IN JORDAN VALLEY MURDER
Jordan’s Court of Cassation upheld the death sentences passed by the Criminal Court against...
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2006MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. DEATH SENTENCE WILL BE MAINTAINED, SAYS NAZRI
the government of Malaysia reiterated that capital punishment for serious crimes would not be abolished.