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- APRIL 17, 2008DEATH PENALTY
Nevada's highest court won't immediately lift a stay that has delayed a convicted murderer's execution.
Nevada's highest court won't immediately lift a stay that has delayed a convicted murderer's execution.
- APRIL 17, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: THREE MEN ARE TO WALK GALLOWS FOR MURDER IN CHUADANGA
the district court in Chuadanga, Bangladesh, sentenced three men to death and two others to life imprisonment for the murder of a UP member at Alamdanga 12 years ago
- APRIL 17, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: DHAKA SEEKS CLEMENCY FOR 8 CITIZENS ON DEATH ROW IN S ARABIA
Bangladesh President Iajuddin Ahmed sought amnesty from Saudi Arabia for eight Bangladeshis sentenced to death on a murder charge, foreign ministry and Bangabhaban presidential palace officials said.
- APRIL 17, 2008MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIAN MINISTER: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL'S EXECUTION ALLEGATION 'ILL-INTENDED'
Malaysian Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar hit out at human rights organization Amnesty International for its ill-intended claim that Malaysia was among countries that carried out secret executions.
- APRIL 16, 2008DEATH PENALTY
USA. SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS USE OF LETHAL INJECTIONS
The US Supreme Court upheld the most common method of lethal injections executions, clearing the way for states to resume executions that have been on hold for nearly 7 months.
- APRIL 16, 2008AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN. CONDEMNED JOURNALIST WINS RIGHT TO APPEAL DEATH SENTENCE
a young Afghan journalist, sentenced to death in January for spreading feminist
- APRIL 16, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH SEEKS FUNDS TO SAVE CONVICTS ON SAUDI DEATH ROW
Bangladesh's government is seeking funds to pay "blood money" to secure the release of eight workers now on death row in Saudi Arabia over the murder of an Egyptian worker, officials
- APRIL 16, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
FORMER SHAANXI FREEWAY EXECUTIVE GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR BRIBERY
the former board chairman of a northwest Chinese freeway construction company received a death sentence, with a two-year stay, after being convicted for bribery.
- APRIL 16, 2008MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA DEATH BY HANGING FOR MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER
a 29 year old factory van driver was sentenced to death by hanging after a High Court in Johor Baru, Malaysia, convicted him of murder.
- APRIL 16, 2008JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN RADIO STATION TO AIR EXECUTION TAPE AS HANGINGS RISE
a Japanese radio station will broadcast a 1955 tape of an execution in a special program next month, a rare move to raise public awareness as the government increases the frequency at which it hangs death row inmates.
- APRIL 16, 2008IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIAN NATIONAL SENTENCED TO DEATH IN MALAYSIA
an Indonesian national from Aceh province was sentenced to death by the Shah Alam high court in Selangor, Malaysia, after being found guilty of drug dealing.
- APRIL 16, 2008DEATH PENALTY
Virginia's moratorium on the death penalty was ended today by Gov. Timothy M. Kaine
Virginia's moratorium on the death penalty was ended today by Gov. Timothy M. Kaine