The Washington Post on Johnny Paul Penry�s case.

The Year in Death: 2000, An artcile on the Washington Post.

A death row inmate freed after 13 years.

Philippine President Makes Moves to Modify the Death Penalty.

A total of 52 Indians were awarded death penalty in different countries during the last 3 years. 25 are on death row in Saudi Arabia.

The Death Penalty in 2000: Year End Report - Death Penalty Information Center.

The Colosseum will be lit up this evening, just while 3 million signatures to the appeal asking for a world moratorium will be presented to Kofi Annan at the U.N. by Mario Marazziti of the Community of Sant�Egidio, Amnesty International and Sr. Helen Prejean.
The Colosseum will be lit up for one week, until Dec. 24th night, just to feast this important event.

Death Row and DNA.

Due esecuzioni

Secondo fonti non ufficiali nove indiani sarebbero stati decapitati, con l�accusa di traffico di droga.

Enlightened stand on death penalty in the Philippines.

The Oklahoma Board of Pardons and Parole rejected Wanda Jean Allen's clemency request. She could become the first woman to be executed in Oklahoma.

For the decision of the Philippino  President Estrada to commute  105 death-sentences into  life sentences.

On the occasion of the World Day for Peace, the Pope launches an appeal stressingthat all civilizations must protect the value of life and condemns the "unnecessary recourse'' to the death penalty.

Thailand Proposes Ban on Juvenile Death Penalty.

During a ceremony in New York, on Dec. 18th a delegation of the Community of Sant�Egidio � with Amnesty International and Sr. Helen Prejean, will be received by the Secretary General of the U.N.-On this occasion the appeal and the 3 million signatures collected will be handed over to Kofi Annan.

Amnesty International denounces the recent executions in Japan.

Clinton Grants 6 months  Reprieve in Federal Death Penalty Case.

EU signs charter of rights. The art. 2 forbidding the death penalty.

Edward Castro, 50, was executed by lethal injection.

Claude Howard, 36, was executed by lethal injection.

Bundestag (the German Parliament) has officially asked the United States to abooish the death penalty, which is �inhuman and scarcely effective".

Christopher Goins,  27, was executed by lethal injection

Daniel Joe Hittle, 50 anni, � stato messo a morte mediante iniezione letale.

Texas Death Sentence Thrown Out.

Garry Miller, 33, was executed by lethal injection. Texas Breaks Own Execution Record: 38 executions in one year.