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JANUARY 1, 2001
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Maryland forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
Maryland forbids the execution of the mentally retarded and juvenile offenders
JANUARY 1, 2001
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New York forbids the execution of the mentally retarded,...
New York forbids the execution of the mentally retarded, except for murders by prisoners, and prohibits the execution of juveniles by requiring that the offender be "more than 18" at the time of the crime
JANUARY 1, 2001
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Florida does not forbid the execution of juvenile offenders
Florida does not forbid the execution of juvenile offenders
JANUARY 1, 2001
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Kentucky forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
Kentucky forbids the execution of the mentally retarded but does not forbid the execution of juvenile offenders
JANUARY 1, 2001
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Indiana forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
Indiana forbids the execution of the mentally retarded but does not forbid the execution of juvenile offenders
JANUARY 1, 2001
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Kansas forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
Kansas forbids the execution of the mentally retarded and juvenile offenders
JANUARY 1, 2001Georgia
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Georgia forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
Georgia forbids the execution of the mentally retarded but does not forbid the execution of juvenile offenders
JANUARY 1, 2001Iran
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Secretary of the Islamic Human Rights Committee Hasan...
Secretary of the Islamic Human Rights Committee Hasan Zia'ifar dismissed complaints lodged against a report , published on 17 October 2000, by the special representative of the UN Commission on Human Rights Maurice Copithorne to the effect that executions
DECEMBER 31, 2000Bahrain
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Bahrain executed Shi'ite activist Isa Ahmed Qambar...
Bahrain executed Shi'ite activist Isa Ahmed Qambar for killing a policeman, the first such move against an anti-government protester since political unrest erupted in the Gulf Arab state in 1994
DECEMBER 31, 2000Russia
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The Special Rapporteur has continued to follow the...
The Special Rapporteur has continued to follow the situation in Chechnya, where Russian government forces are reported to be committing grave human rights violations, including deliberate and targeted extrajudicial executions of unarmed civilians
DECEMBER 29, 2000China
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At least 24 Uighur Muslims from the Xinjiang Uighur...
At least 24 Uighur Muslims from the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region were executed in 2000 on charges of separatism
DECEMBER 29, 2000
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Rep. Tom Burch (D-Louisville), who in 1974 voted to...
Rep. Tom Burch (D-Louisville), who in 1974 voted to reinstate the death penalty because he believed it was a deterrent, said he now intends to introduce legislation to abolish capital punishment in Kentucky. "I was just wrong," said Burch of his 1974 vote