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- FEBRUARY 2, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
A delegation representing several human-rights groups...
A delegation representing several human-rights groups spoke with Speaker Nabih Berri, urging him to abolish the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 2, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Five Illinois lawmakers introduced a bill to repeal...
Five Illinois lawmakers introduced a bill to repeal the death penalty, 13 months after Gov
- FEBRUARY 2, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Jody Kollapen, commissioner of the South African Human...
Jody Kollapen, commissioner of the South African Human Rights Commission, said that calls for the reintroduction of the death penalty were futile from a legal and political point of view, nor was such a penalty a proven solution to crime
- FEBRUARY 1, 2001NamibiaDEATH PENALTY
The National Society for Human Rights joined the call...
The National Society for Human Rights joined the call to Botswana President Festus Mogae to commute the death penalty imposed on Mariette Bosch to life imprisonment
- FEBRUARY 1, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Tokyo District Court sentenced Yoshio Iwamoto,...
The Tokyo District Court sentenced Yoshio Iwamoto, a 56-year-old man to death for committing two murder-robberies in 1996 and 1999 in Tokyo
- FEBRUARY 1, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Arthur Hastings Wise didn't want mercy, and he didn't get it
Arthur Hastings Wise didn't want mercy, and he didn't get it
- FEBRUARY 1, 2001DEATH PENALTY
The New Jersey Supreme Court affirmed for the 2nd time...
The New Jersey Supreme Court affirmed for the 2nd time the death sentence imposed on the man who raped and strangled Megan Kanka
- FEBRUARY 1, 2001DEATH PENALTY
An inmate on death row longer than any other was executed...
An inmate on death row longer than any other was executed for a 1979 murder at a Lawton bar
- FEBRUARY 1, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed in Al-Qatif Governorate two Indian...
Saudi Arabia executed in Al-Qatif Governorate two Indian men for stabbing to death a co-worker
- FEBRUARY 1, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Lu Benqun, 21; Wang Xiaoming, 21; and Zhu Pingdong,...
Lu Benqun, 21; Wang Xiaoming, 21; and Zhu Pingdong, 17, were sentenced to death by the Xi'an Intermediate People' s Court
- FEBRUARY 1, 2001BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
The Namibian National Society for Human Rights joined...
The Namibian National Society for Human Rights joined the call to Botswana President Festus Mogae to commute the death penalty imposed on Mariette Bosch to life imprisonment
- FEBRUARY 1, 2001GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Five persons were executed for violent crimes
Five persons were executed for violent crimes