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27/12/03
Pennsylvania/USA |
Nicholas James Yarris � stato riconosciuto
innocente e liberato dal braccio della morte. (EN) |
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24/12/03
North Carolina/USA |
Man freed from death row because of retardation. (EN) |
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22/12/03
Kazakhstan |
Moratorium of executions by decree. (EN) |
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13/12/03
Texas/USA |
Supreme
Court Halts Texas Execution
(IT-EN) |
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11/12/03
Kenya |
2 men
sentenced to hang for violent robbery were yesterday freed
by the High Court.
(EN) |
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08/12/03
Messico |
President
Fox spares 2 soldiers facing death penalty.
(IT-EN) |
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24/11/03
South Africa |
Court
commutes Japanese man's death sentence. (EN) |
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15/11/03
Nigeria |
Yunusa
Rafin Chiyawa acquitted from sentence to death by stoning (see
our urgent appeal) (EN) |
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12/11/03
Kuwait |
The
death sentence of Sami Al-Moutairi, 25, was commuted into
life sentence. (EN) |
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07/11/03
Alabama/USA |
The
U.S. Supreme Court blocked the execution of David Larry
Nelson, just a 3 hours before the time scheduled.
(EN) |
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04/11/03
Iran |
Afsaneh
Noruzi was spared from execution (see our urgent appeal).
The head of the judiciary, Ayatollah Mahmoud
Hashemi-Shahrudi, ordered that the death sentence be lifted.
(IT-EN) |
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26/10/03
Trinidad & Tobago |
Robert
Mohammed was released from the death row.
(IT) |
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24/10/03
Vietnam |
Seven
prisoners on death row in Vietnam have had their sentences
commuted to life imprisonment by the President.
(EN) |
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19/10/03
Lituania |
Parliament
has ratified protocol of Council of Europe for abolition of
the death penalty in any circumstance.
(IT) |
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28/09/03
Missouri/USA |
Death
sentence for juvenile killer overturned.
(EN) |
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25/09/03
Nigeria |
Amina
Lawal was acquitted.
(IT-EN) |
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25/09/03
Tennessee/USA |
Workman's
execution postponed. Gov. grants reprieve till Jan. 15
because of federal investigation.
(EN) |
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21/09/03
Armenia |
Parliament
voted to abolish the death penalty.
(IT-ES-EN-FR) |
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15/09/03
Japan |
Man
gets life as court overturns death sentence.
(EN) |
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14/09/03
Iran |
Six
death sentences overturned.
(IT) |
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13/09/03
Texas/USA |
Court
stayed the execution of Mark Robertson. (EN) |
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03/09/03
Arizona/USA |
U.S.
Court Overturns Some 100 Death Sentences.
(EN) |
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30/08/03
Armenia |
President
commutes 42 death sentences and closes the death row, in
september hopefully the abolition. The Community of
Sant'Egidio expresses satisfaction for the event.
(EN) |
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26/08/03
Armenia |
Council
of Europe welcomes the commuting of 42 death sentences.
(EN) |
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22/08/03
Nigeria |
Court
overturns death sentence (stoning) to Sarimu Mohamed. See our
urgent appeal.
(IT-EN) |
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18/08/03
Ohio/USA |
Federal
judge postponed the execution of Richard Cooey.
(EN) |
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15/08/03
Texas/USA |
Controversial
execution of J.A. Rivera halted. Circuit court finds that
convicted murderer's mental ability is in doubt.
(EN) |
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10/08/03
Ohio/USA |
Two Former Death Row Inmates Exonerated and Freed.
(EN) |
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01/08/03
Indiana/
USA |
Governor Delays Execution for DNA Testing.
(IT-EN) |
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01/08/03
California/USA |
Death sentence vacated for poor jury instructions.
(EN) |
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25/06/03
Texas/USA |
C. Burdine, Client Of Sleeping Lawyer, Gets Life
Sentence. (EN) |
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05/06/03
Colorado/USA |
Death
Sentence Overturned Because Jury Used Bible. (IT-EN) |
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28/05/03
Louisiana/USA |
Governor
commuted the death sentence of Herbert Welcome, mentally
retarded. (EN) |
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17/05/03
Florida/USA |
Newton
Slawson Upset at Delayed Execution. (IT-EN) |
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15/05/03
USA |
Ryan
Matthews, mentally-ill young innocent black man on Death Row,
was saved by the tenacious intervention of an English dotcom
entrepreneur. (EN) |
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07/05/03
Missouri/USA |
Joseph
Amrine is 108th person sentenced to death and
found innocent.
(EN) |
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28/04/03
Illinois/USA |
New
Governor to maintain moratorium.
(IT-EN) |
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23/04/03
Texas/USA |
Kenneth
Wayne Morris won a reprieve two hours before his scheduled
execution
(EN-ES) |
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22/04/03
Armenia |
Armenian
parliament approved new Criminal Code that abolishes the
death penalty, except for special cases.
(EN-ES) |
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10/04/03
Arizona/USA |
Supreme
Court to examine 27 death sentences.
(IT-EN) |
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31/03/03
Uzbekistan |
Commuted
to 20 years' imprisonment the death sentence pending on
Ilchomzhon Chakimzhon Karimov (see our urgent appeal).
(EN) |
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25/03/03
USA |
Ashcroft
Says Retarded Man No Longer Faces Death Penalty.
(EN) |
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20/03/03
Kenya |
Pregnant female spared death penalty.
(EN) |
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17/03/03
Kenya |
Gibson Njau Githaria was set free after spending 16
years on death row for an offence he says he did not commit.
(EN) |
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14/03/03
Texas/USA |
US Supreme Court blocks the execution of Delma Banks,
just few hours before the scheduled lethal injection.
(IT-EN) |
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27/02/03
Texas/USA |
Supreme
Court Rules in Favor of T. Miller El Claiming Racial Bias.
(appeal) (IT-EN-ES) |
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26/02/03
Kenya |
Kenyan
president orders release of 28 death row prisoners and
commutes death sentences of another 195. (IT-EN-ES) |
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22/02/03
Iran |
Supreme
Court overturns the death sentence, but Aghajari could be
sentenced again. (IT-EN) |
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17/02/03
USA-Mexico |
World
Court Tells U.S. to Delay Executing 3 Mexicans. (IT-EN-ES) |
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16/02/03
Texas/USA |
Gregory
Van Alstyne's execution was stayed for his mental retard to
be monitored. (appeal)
(EN) |
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10/02/03
Iran |
Military
court revokes death penalty of three former intelligence
agents. (EN) |
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08/02/03
Utha/USA |
Judge
Nixes Death Penalty for Utah Inmate. (EN) |
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05/02/03
Indiana/USA |
Justice
Stevens (Supreme Court) stops execution of 70 year-old man. (IT) |
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01/02/03
California/USA |
The
death sentence given to Fred Berre Douglas, 74, was
overturned. (EN) |
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29/01/03
Florida/USA |
Rudolph
Holton Freed After 16 Years on death row. (IT-EN) |
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27/01/03
Libia-Nigeria-Ghana |
The
death sentence of a man and from Nigeria and of 3 from Ghana
were commuted. (FR) |
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24/01/03
North Carolina/USA |
The
North Carolina Supreme Court stayed the execution of Henry
Lee Hunt. (see
our urgent appeal). (EN) |
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22/01/03
Texas/USA |
Execution
reprieve for Elkie Taylor. Court to examine mental
retardation issue.
See our urgent appeal
(EN) |
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21/01/03
Taiwan |
3
death row inmates were acquitted and released. (EN) |
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18/01/03
Zimbabwe |
Man's
Death Sentence Commuted to Life Imprisonment.
(EN) |
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12/01/03
Illinois/USA |
Gov. Ryan
commutes 156 death sentences. - Colosseum
is lit up.
(IT-EN-FR-DE)) |
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12/01/03
Illinois/USA |
4
death row prisoners pardoned.
(IT-EN) |
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11/01/03
Kyrgyzstan |
President
prolongs moratorium on death penalty.
(EN) |
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07/01/03
Iran |
When
he was already on the scaffold, he was forgiven by the
family of the victim and saved.
(IT) |