Cardinal  Francis George against Mc Weigh�s execution .

Haq Nawaz Jhangvi was hanged .

Illinois Lawmakers Propose Death Penalty Abolition.

Article about the death penalty in the United Staes.

"Japan in dock for 'inhuman' treatment on death row Tokyo could have its Council of Europe observer status revoked after delegation is refused access to 'secretive' execution facilities", article.

�Impatient For Death Penalty Reforms�, an article in Chicago Tribune updates about the situation in Illinois, after one year of moratorium.

Assembly Approves Bill On DNA Tests for Inmates.

A man on death row commits suicide.

Preliminary studies of Maryland's death penalty suggest enough racial bias that the state should wait for further analysis before carrying out more executions, researchers told a Senate committee. A proposal to suspend executions in Maryland until July 2003..

Lawyer in Canada: Don't Deport Man to China, he could be executed.

People were executed  for their role in a multi-billion dollar smuggling scandal.

Taliban Kill Convicted Prostitutes.

Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, Archbishop of Philadelphia and the 16 other Catholic Bishops of Pennsylvania have issued a document that restates their opposition to the use of the death penalty.

A man on death row doesn�t want appeals .

The head of the Council of Europe's committee on human rights said Wednesday that Japan must consider abolishing the death penalty if it hopes to continue to be an observer nation to the intergovernmental organization.

Two Lesbians convicted to death .

China: death penalty to data-processing spy.

Court hears plea to stop execution.

Former U.S. Ambassador Felix G. Rohatyn says: "The United States Should Rethink the Death Penalty"�

A man from Afghanistan was hanged.

Botswana church leaders have spoken out against the Appeal Court's decision to uphold the death sentence imposed on South African Marietta Sonjaleen Bosch.

A Saudi man was executed

Fla. Court Overturns '82 Conviction.

The Communioty of Sant�Egidio has  organized a conference on death penalty, in collaboration with Amnesty International in Lieges

Italian President Ciampi declares that Italy will support � by means of any diplomatic way - every iniziative asking for a moratorium of the death penalty, in the view of a total abolition everywhere in the world.

Earl Washington Jr. was freed from prison after a DNA test.

Oklahoma Bomber Wants Televised Execution.

Ali Goudarzi hamged on the public square

Corriere della Sera reports on death penalty, after the execution of Adolph Hernandez, 50 years old..

The Chinese authorities have executed 7 people found guilty of involvement in China's biggest banknote.

UN Rights Chief Urges U.S. Action on Profiling. 

Catholic bishops oppose death penalty for escapees.

Gov. Rick Perry designated DNA testing legislation an "emergency" Thursday and urged lawmakers to consider passing it immediately.

Moratorium legislation proposed..

The government in the west African state of Guinea has carried out its 1st executions since President Lansana Conte came to power in 1984.

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled that a man sentenced to death in the murder of his stepdaughter had an ineffective lawyer.

Stanley Lingar was executed.

The opponents to the regime say that already  34 people (31 men, 3 women) were executed this year.

Even Staunch Conservatives Rethink Executions (Washington Post, 02/03/01).

Feingold launches bill To halt Federal Death Penalty.

Dead Wrong: an innocent man on death row.

Lawmakers Call for Execution Moratorium.

2 Indian men executed.