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31/05/03
Illinois/USA |
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Death
Penalty Reform Approved. (EN) |
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31/05/03
Cuba |
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Distraught
mom grieves for executed son. (EN) |
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30/05/03
USA |
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2
famous Professors at Law School: "Let's break the
impasse on death penalty". (EN) |
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30/05/03
Iran |
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2
brothers accused of drugs trafficking were hanged in the
square. (IT) |
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28/05/03
Louisiana/USA |
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Governor
commuted the death sentence of Herbert Welcome, mentally
retarded. (EN) |
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27/05/03
Japan |
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Death
penalty is upheld for Aum's sarin attack. (EN) |
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26/05/03
China |
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He
recovers from Sars, but now he could be sentenced to death.
(FR) |
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26/05/03
Georgia/USA |
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Facing
the death penalty at 19. (EN) |
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24/05/03
Nigeria Urgent
Appeal |
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Sarimu
Mohammed Mallam Ado Baranda (55 years old) - Sentenced to death by
stoning.
(EN) |
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24/05/03
Florida/USA |
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After
13 hours stay, the execution of Newton Carlton Slawson, 48,
mental patient. (IT-ES) |
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24/05/03
Cina/USA |
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US
criticised China over death penalty for SARS quarantine
violations. (EN) |
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23/05/03
Mississippi/USA |
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Federal
judge ordered the state to make changes in the way it treats
death row prisoners. Their conditions constituted "cruel
and unusual punishment" and offended "contemporary
concepts of decency, human dignity." (EN) |
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23/05/03
Zambia |
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High
Court: Lusaka Man to Hang. (EN) |
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23/05/03
Iran |
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Sentenced
to death man who had drunk wine. (IT) |
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22/05/03
Sri Lanka |
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Appeal
of Amnesty International to members of Parliament to oppose
resumption of executions. (EN) |
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22/05/03
Palestinian Autority |
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Man
accused of collaborating with Israel, was executed by firing
squad. (FR) |
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22/05/03
Italia/Nigeria |
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Italian
Senate approves a resolution in favour of Amina, to try to
save her. (EN) |
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21/05/03
Saudi Arabia |
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National
executed for murder. (EN) |
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20/05/03
North Carolina/USA |
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Republican
Backs Moratorium. (EN) |
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19/05/03
Louisiana/USA |
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Court:
Mother's opinion impermissible. (EN) |
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19/05/03
Iran |
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Man
beheaded on the public square. (IT) |
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17/05/03
Florida/USA |
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Newton
Slawson Upset at Delayed Execution. (IT-EN) |
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16/05/03
Texas/USA |
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Bruce
Charles Jacobs, 56, was executed. (IT-EN) |
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16/05/03
Cina |
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Govt.
has threatened to execute anyone who breaks Sars quarantine
orders and spreads the virus intentionally. (IT-EN) |
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16/05/03
Nigeria |
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New
York TImes and Herald Tribune warn against mysterious e-mail
petition about Amina. (EN) |
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16/05/03
Vietnam |
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A
soldier, aged 22, was executed by firing squad. (IT) |
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15/05/03
USA |
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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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14/05/03
Texas/USA |
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Retarded
on death row in legal limbo. State does little after high
court ruling. (EN) |
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13/05/03
Georgia/USA |
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Carl
Isaacs, who was executed recently, had ben 30 years waiting
for the execution. (IT) |
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12/05/03
Saudi Arabia |
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A
man form Nepal and another from Afghanistan were beheaded on
the public square. (IT) |
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10/05/03
Italy/USA |
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Ryan
is satisfied: Italian Govt. to present the resolution for a
world moratorium of the executions, at the UN General Ass.
(IT) |
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10/05/03
Italy |
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In
1994 the resolution for a moratorium was presented at the UN
General Assembly. Many things changed in these 9 years: the
campaign of Sant'Egidio in favour of a moratorium, for
instance, changed many opinions.
(IT) |
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09/05/03
Texas-Georgia/USA |
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Roger
Dale Vaughan, 48, and Carl Isaacs, 49, were executed in
Texas and Georgia.
(IT-EN) |
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08/05/03
Italy |
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Former
Governor Ryan meets Mayor of Rome and President of Italian
Senate. Colosseum lit up for his visit to Rome.
(IT) |
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07/05/03
Missouri/USA |
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Joseph
Amrine is 108th person sentenced to death and
found innocent.
(EN) |
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06/05/03
USA |
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Black
mayors back execution moratorium. Houston Mayor Lee Brown
supports the initiative.
(EN) |
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05/05/03
Sudan |
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24
new death sentences.
(EN) |
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05/05/03
Indiana/USA |
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Kevin
L. Hough, 43, was executed.
(EN) |
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03/05/03
North Carolina/USA |
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N.C.
Senate approves two-year moratorium.
(EN) |
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03/05/03
USA |
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Death
penalty discriminates against black crime victims.
(EN) |
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02/05/03
Texas/USA |
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US
Supreme Court to examine the case of Delma Banks.
(IT-EN) |
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01/05/03
Nigeria
Urgent
Appeal |
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Fatima
Usman (34 years old) and Ahmadu Ibrahim (34 years old) -
Sentenced to death by stoning
(EN) |
