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- MAY 15, 2006UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER OF INFANT
a panel of three judges of the Court of Appeal unanimously ruled that the trial judge, Lugadya Atwooki, who presided over the High Court sitting in Mbale, Uganda, on November 11, 2002, had rightly sentenced Zubairi Waira, in his sixties, to death.
- MAY 15, 2006DEATH PENALTY
the Supreme Court agreed to decide whether old cases are affected...
the Supreme Court agreed to decide whether old cases are affected by a 2-year-old ruling reiterating that the Constitution guarantees a criminal defendant the right to confront his accusers.
- MAY 14, 2006United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
BRITAIN. FOREIGN SECRETARY PLEADS WITH MUSHARRAF TO SPARE TOURIST CONDEMNED TO HANG
it was reported that new British Foreign Secretary, Margaret Beckett, will make a personal plea to President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan to spare the life of Mirza Tahir Hussain, from Leeds, due to be hanged at dawn at the Adiala central jail in Rawalpin
- MAY 14, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. SADDAM READY FOR HANGMAN
former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has resigned himself to being sent to the gallows. "I am ready to die," he told his lawyer and confidante in an interview in his Baghdad prison. "I am not scared of execution."
- MAY 14, 2006South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH AFRICA. POLL REVEALS MAJORITY OF SOUTH AFRICANS SUPPORT DEATH PENALTY
many adults in South Africa believe capital punishment should be implemented again, according to a poll by Research Surveys.
- MAY 14, 2006JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
JAMAICA. DEATH PENALTY 'STALEMATE' REMAINS
"As long as the law remains as it is, nobody is going to be hanged in Jamaica. Nobody," Justice Minister Senator A.J. Nicholson was reported to have said.
- MAY 13, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. FIRST KNOWN EXECUTION OF A CHILD OFFENDER IN 2006
Majid Segound, 17-year old, and an unnamed 20-year old male were executed by hanging in Khorramabad, the capital of Iran’s Lorestan province.
- MAY 13, 2006DEATH PENALTY
a jury recommended the death penalty for William F. Davis.
a jury recommended the death penalty for William F. Davis.
- MAY 13, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. FARMER GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING SCHOOL HEADMASTER
a farmer from East China's Zhejiang Province was sentenced to death for murdering the headmaster of his son's school in a dispute over the boy's behavior and punishment.
- MAY 13, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. RIGHTS GROUP URGES EU TO PRESSURE IRAN TO STOP EXECUTION
a Tehran-based group, Human Rights Activists in Iran, called on the European Union to pressure Iran to suspend the imminent execution of a long-time political prisoner.
- MAY 12, 2006DEATH PENALTY
a Warren County Circuit court jury sentenced Phillip L. Brown to death
a Warren County Circuit court jury sentenced Phillip L. Brown to death
- MAY 12, 2006DEATH PENALTY
in Riverside, Superior Court Judge Christian F. Thierbach handed down...
in Riverside, Superior Court Judge Christian F. Thierbach handed down...