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30/04/02 Iran |
Six
men were hanged in Teheran.
(IT)
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30/04/02 Texas/USA |
Judge
sets May 28 execution date for Beazley.
(EN)
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|
30/04/02 USA |
Alabama
abolishes electric chair: Nebraska Only State which uses it.
(EN)
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29/04/02 Texas/USA
Urgent
Appeal
|
Henry Earl Dunn - (Texas) � 27 years
old - is scheduled for execution on may 14, 2002
(EN) |
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29/04/02 Ohio/USA |
Alton
Coleman, 46, was executed.
(IT-EN)
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29/04/02 New
York/USA |
Andrew
Cuomo, the son of Mario Cuomo, who was famous for his opposition
to death penalty, is the new Democrat candidate to be
Governor of New York.
(IT)
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|
28/04/02 USA |
Supreme
Court Looks at Death Penalty: death sentences passed by one judge
and then the mentally retarded.
(EN)
|
|
28/04/02 Cuba |
The
President of Human Rights Commission in Cuba, Elizardo Sanchez
said that Fidel Castro�s Government took many steps
forward and imposed a de-facto moratorium of executions
lasting 2 years.
(IT)
|
|
28/04/02 Caribbean
states |
Amnesty
condemns death penalty in English-speaking Caribbean states.
(EN)
|
|
27/04/02 Arizona/USA |
Ariz.
Case Could Affect Death Penalty.
(EN)
|
|
27/04/02 USA |
The
System Dances With Death (New York Times).
(EN)
|
|
26/04/02 Texas/USA
Urgent
Appeal
|
Johnny
Joe Martinez -
29 years old. (EN)
|
|
26/04/02 Pakistan |
Stoning
sentence for Zafran Bibi, convicted for adultery in Pakistan.
(IT-EN)
|
|
26/04/02 Community
of Sant'Egidio |
Belgian
Newspaper �De staandard� reports: �4 millions signatures for
hte moratorium of death penalty�.
|
|
25/04/02 Uganda/Francia |
France
Wants Death Sentence Abolished.
(EN)
|
|
25/04/02 Nigeria |
The
Community of Sant'Egidio invites again to sign the appeal to save
Amina (now available in French too).It can be sent to several
Nigerian Embassies in the world.
(IT-EN-FR)
|
|
24/04/02 California/USA |
State,
U.S. courts at odds on death penalty sentences.
(EN)
|
|
24/04/02 USA |
Death
Penalty Shpwdown. U.S. Supreme Court to decide several cases that
raise fundamental questions about the constitutionality of the
death penalty as it was imposed.
(EN)
|
|
23/04/02 Amnesty
International |
Amnesty
International Report Shows Decline in Use of Death Penalty
Internationally.
(EN)
|
|
23/04/02 California/USA |
Mentally
ill on death row pose quandary for the law.
(EN)
|
|
22/04/02 Oklahoma/USA |
Senate
passes ban on executing the mentally retarded.
(EN)
|
|
22/04/02 Turkey |
Government
sent a draft law to parliament that would abolish the death
penalty except in cases of terrorism and treason.
(EN)
|
|
22/04/02 China |
China
sentences notorious gang kingpin to death.
(EN)
|
|
21/04/02 Texas/USA |
Texas
Court of Criminal Appeals rejected the appeal of Napoleon Beazley,
who committed murder before the age of 18. The same Court
had granted a stay of the execution just a few hours before the
time scheduled.
(EN)
|
|
21/04/02 Belgium/Community
of Sant'Egidio |
Belgian
newspaper Kerknet: 4 millions signatures collected by
Sant�Egidio against death penalty. The case of Dominique Green.
|
|
21/04/02 Missouri/USA |
Chris
Simmons, one of the 83 juveniles now on death row, could be
executed on May 1st.
(EN)
|
|
21/04/02 Germany |
Any
possibility to use death penalty soon could disappear from German
Constitution.
(EN)
|
|
20/04/02 Texas/USA |
AG,
court dispute still simmering The case of V. Saldano is in
limbo; federal showdown is likely.
(EN)
|
|
20/04/02 Iran |
Saeed
Hanai was executed by hanging.
(EN)
|
|
20/04/02 Switzeland |
Geneva
- Mario Marazziti of the Community of Sant'Egidio speaks out
against death penalty for juveniles.
(EN)
|
|
19/04/02 Illinois/USA |
After
2 years of study, Illinois panel says death penalty has to be
refromed, not abolished.
(EN-IT)
|
|
19/04/02 Singapore |
Singapore
death penalty shrouded in silence.
(EN)
|
|
19/04/02 Arizona/USA |
Free
at last: Death Penalty Foes Mark a Milestone.
(EN)
|
|
18/04/02 Tanzania |
Mkapa
Commutes 100 Death Sentences to Life. (EN)
|
|
18/04/02 China |
China's
foreign ministry has dismissed as baseless a complaint by the
human rights group Amnesty International about what it called
China's excessive and arbitrary use of the death penalty.
(EN)
|
|
18/04/02 Ethiopia |
Death
sentence to Ethiopia bombersAn Ethiopian court has sentenced 5
members of a Somali Islamic group to be publicly hanged for
killing 27 civilians in bomb attacks during the mid-1990s.
(EN)
|
|
18/04/02 USA |
Death
penalty errors can't be corrected A few words about 100 people who
were not killed. (EN)
|
|
17/04/02 Texas/USA |
Jose
Santellan, 40, was executed. (IT)
|
|
17/04/02 Delaware/USA |
Bill
Pelke and George White, members and founders of the Journey of
Hope ... From Violence to Healing, started their tour around the
U.S. (EN)
|
|
16/04/02 Vietnam |
Vietnam
considering reduction in death penalties and alternative to firing
squads. (EN)
|
|
16/04/02 Nigeria/European
Union |
Some
European newspapers emphasize the appeal of the European
Parliament to save Amina in Nigeria. (DE)
|
|
15/04/02 Texas/USA |
Jury
decides that Johnny Paul Penry
is competent for sentencing hearing, despite claims of
mental retardation. (IT-EN)
|
|
15/04/02 Texas/USA |
William
Burns, 43, was executed. (IT-EN)
|
|
15/04/02 European
Union/Nigeria |
The European Parliament to hold an emergency
debate on Human Rights in Nigeria and the case of Amina Lawal. (EN)
|
|
15/04/02 Italy |
All
the political parties agree: the word �death penalty� to
disappear from the Italian Constitution. (IT)
|
|
15/04/02 USA
|
Clarity
sought from court on executing the retarded. (EN)
|
|
15/04/02 India
|
Hindus,
Muslims divided over India's new anti-terrorism law and death
penalty. (EN)
|
|
14/04/02 Tennessee/USA
- Alabama/USA |
US
Supreme Court stayer the execution of Abu-Ali Abdur'Rahman,
(Tennessee), scheduled on April 10 and Gary Leon Brown, just a few
hours before he was scheduled to be executed. (EN)
|
|
14/04/02 Arizona/USA |
Ray
Krone. 1st full day of freedom for the ex death row inmate.
(EN)
|
|
14/04/02 Texas/USA |
Jose
Santellan was executed.
(EN)
|
|
13/04/02 Amnesty
International |
Amnesty:
: Executions in 2001 (3,048) doubled in comparison with 2000
(1,457). China led (2,468 ex.). (IT
- EN)
|
|
13/04/02 United
Arab Emirated |
Ukranian
Seefred Andre, 28, and 24-year-old Russian Sergei Doboni were
convicted to death. (EN)
|
|
13/04/02 Philippines |
In
August 1st execution in 3 years. (EN)
|
|
12/04/02 European
Parliament/Nigeria |
European
Parliament launches an appeal to save Amina. (IT)
|
|
11/04/02 Switzeland |
Gen�ve
- Briefing with Mario Marazziti Community of Sant'Egidio - A
Universal Moratorium on Death Penalty.
(FR - EN)
|
|
11/04/02 Community
of Sant'Egidio |
4
million signatures collected by the Community of Sant'Egidio to
stop the death penalty in the world.
|
|
11/04/02 Arizona/USA |
Ray
Krone is the 100th Death Row Inmate Exonerated.
(IT - EN)
|
|
11/04/02 Missouri/USA |
Pual
Kreutzer, 36, was executed.
(IT - EN)
|
|
11/04/02 Florida/USA |
Judges
decide: Aileen Wuomos, 46, can drop appeals and now
execution is impending.
(EN)
|
|
11/04/02 Russia |
Supreme
Court chairman said that the country should not revive the death
penalty.
(EN)
|
|
10/04/02 China |
Five
people were executed.
(IT)
|
|
10/04/02 USA |
Death
Penalty Symposium:Scalia and Dulles Comment on the Church's
teaching on the death penalty.
(EN)
|
|
09/04/02 Fiji |
Parliament
votes to abolish death penalty.
(EN)
|
|
09/04/02 China/European
Union |
EU's
Patten hails China ties, calls for candor in dealing with
differences about human rights and death penalty.
(EN)
|
|
09/04/02 Philippines |
17
convicts to be executed in Philippines this year.
(EN)
|
|
08/04/02 USA |
ABA
Launches Death Penalty Moratorium Implementation Project.
(EN)
|
|
08/04/02 Virginia/USA |
He
wanted to die and had dropped appeals: Daniel Lee Zirkle, 33, was
executed.
(IT - EN)
|
|
08/04/02 Philippines |
Philippine
prisons chief says death-row convicts cannot be executed in August.
(EN)
|
|
08/04/02 Texas/USA |
Johnny
Paul Penry: the resumption of the trial.
(EN)
|
|
08/04/02 Amnesty
International |
Women
stoned in the world (Amnesty International).
(IT)
|
|
08/04/02 USA
|
Too
many poor people sentenced to death without a good legal help.
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor said it may be time to require minimum
standards for lawyers.
(IT - EN)
|
|
07/04/02 Alabama/USA |
Supreme
Court Halts Ala. Execution: electric chair is too cruel.
(IT - EN)
|
|
07/04/02 Uganda |
Robber
Handed Death Sentence.
(EN)
|
|
07/04/02 Nigeria |
Safiya:
Obasanjo Hails Judgment.
(EN)
|
|
07/04/02 Philippines |
Pope's
upcoming visit may abolish death penalty.
(EN)
|
|
06/04/02 European
Union |
European
Commissioner for Human Rights Alvaro Gil Robles expressed his deep
concern because some western democratic countries use death
penalty in the struggle against terrorism.
(ES)
|
|
06/04/02 Nigeria |
Death
Penalty Awaits Any Striking Soldier, Says Army.
(EN)
|
|
06/04/02 Saudi
Arabia |
Jordanian
beheaded for armed robbery.
(EN)
|
|
05/04/02 Singapore/Germania |
German
woman has drug-trafficking charges reduced; avoids death penalty.
(EN)
|
|
05/04/02 Ireland/Uganda |
Ireland
protests execution of Ugandan soldiers.
(EN)
|
|
05/04/02 Usa/Great
Britain |
Krishna
Maharaj, British millionaire, after 15 years spent on death row,
was sentenced to life in prison.
(EN)
|
|
04/04/02 Sudan |
Justice
Minister defended the use of Islamic punishments, but criticized the Court which sentenced to death by stoning Abok A.
Abok: It was a cruel and excessive� sentence.
(EN)
|
|
02/04/02 Nigeria
Urgent
Appeal |
Urgent
Appeal presented by the Community of Sant'Egidio to save the life
of Amina Lawal Kurami, sentenced to death by stoning.
(EN)
|
|