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- JUNE 2, 2009DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): HANKINS' EXECUTION 200TH UNDER PERRY
Terry Lee Hankins was executed for the slayings of his 2 stepchildren. The lethal injection was the 200th during the tenure of Gov. Rick Perry, a milestone denounced by capital punishment opponents.
- JUNE 2, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: SCHOOL HEAD SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Justice John Bosco Katutsi, of the High Court in Uganda’s Rukungiri district, sentenced the former head teacher of Kitazigurukwa Primary School, Frank Turyatemba, to death for murder.
- JUNE 2, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
EU URGES BANGLADESH EXPLANATION OVER "EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS" - PAPER
the European Commission urged the Bangladeshi government to make its position clear on the death penalty and extra-judicial killing, and to improve the conditions in the prisons.
- JUNE 2, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
GOVT TRYING TO SAVE WOMAN FROM CHINESE FIRING SQUAD
Zambian government spokesperson Ronnie Shikapwasha said the government intervened in the case where a Zambian woman was sentenced to death by firing squad in China.
- JUNE 2, 2009DEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Terry Lee Hankins, 34, white, was executed today
USA - Texas. Terry Lee Hankins, 34, white, was executed today
- JUNE 1, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH SENTENCE APPEAL
a tourism official in southwest China's Sichuan Province is appealing to a higher court after being sentenced to death for drug trafficking, Life News reported.
- JUNE 1, 2009TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: ACADEMICS CALL FOR REVIEW OF POLICY THAT CAPITAL PUNISHMENT DETERS CRIME
Taiwanese academics urged the government to review its policy on capital punishment by conducting an in-depth study on whether it discourages crime.
- JUNE 1, 2009DEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. The Georgia Supreme Court has reinstated a death sentence given to Brian Keith Terrell
USA - Georgia. The Georgia Supreme Court has reinstated a death sentence given to Brian Keith Terrell
- JUNE 1, 2009DEATH PENALTY
USA - North Carolina. Poll shows support for death penalty
USA - North Carolina. Poll shows support for death penalty
JUNE 1, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: KENYANS RECEIVE DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
authorities in China sentenced five Kenyan nationals to death after they were convicted
JUNE 1, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: THOSE WHO BURN BRIDES NEED TO BE HANGED - SC
the Indian Supreme Court said people convicted of burning their wives for bringing
MAY 31, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FIVE PEOPLE EXECUTED IN KERMAN
Five people were hanged in the prison of Kerman, south east of Iran, reported the official news portal of the city.