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NO to the Death Penalty
International Campaign
       Comunità di Sant'Egidio

2003

 

27/12/03  Pennsylvania/USA

Nicholas James Yarris � stato riconosciuto innocente e liberato dal braccio della morte.  (EN)

 

24/12/03  North Carolina/USA

Man freed from death row because of retardation.   (EN)

 

22/12/03  Kazakhstan

Moratorium of executions by decree.   (EN)

 

13/12/03  Texas/USA

Supreme Court Halts Texas Execution   (IT-EN)

 

11/12/03  Kenya

2 men sentenced to hang for violent robbery were yesterday freed by the High Court.   (EN)

 

08/12/03  Messico

President Fox spares 2 soldiers facing death penalty.   (IT-EN)

 

24/11/03  South Africa

Court commutes Japanese man's death sentence. (EN)

 

15/11/03  Nigeria

Yunusa Rafin Chiyawa acquitted from sentence to death by stoning (see our urgent appeal)  (EN)

 

12/11/03  Kuwait

The death sentence of Sami Al-Moutairi, 25, was commuted into life sentence. (EN)

 

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)

 

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)

 

26/10/03  Trinidad & Tobago

Robert Mohammed was released from the death row. (IT)

 

24/10/03  Vietnam

Seven prisoners on death row in Vietnam have had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment by the President. (EN)

 

19/10/03  Lituania

Parliament has ratified protocol of Council of Europe for abolition of the death penalty in any circumstance. (IT)

 

28/09/03  Missouri/USA

Death sentence for juvenile killer overturned. (EN)

 

25/09/03   Nigeria

Amina Lawal was acquitted. (IT-EN)

 

25/09/03  Tennessee/USA

Workman's execution postponed. Gov. grants reprieve till Jan. 15 because of federal investigation. (EN)

 

21/09/03  Armenia

Parliament voted to abolish the death penalty.  (IT-ES-EN-FR)

 

15/09/03  Japan

Man gets life as court overturns death sentence.  (EN)

 

14/09/03  Iran

Six death sentences overturned.  (IT)

 

13/09/03  Texas/USA

Court stayed the execution of Mark Robertson. (EN)

 

03/09/03  Arizona/USA

U.S. Court Overturns Some 100 Death Sentences. (EN)

 

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)

 

26/08/03  Armenia

Council of Europe welcomes the commuting of 42 death sentences. (EN)

 

22/08/03  Nigeria

Court overturns death sentence (stoning) to Sarimu Mohamed. See our urgent appeal.  (IT-EN)

 

18/08/03  Ohio/USA

Federal judge postponed the execution of Richard Cooey.  (EN)

 

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)

 

10/08/03  Ohio/USA

Two Former Death Row Inmates Exonerated and Freed.  (EN)

 

01/08/03  Indiana/ USA

Governor Delays Execution for DNA Testing (IT-EN)

 

01/08/03  California/USA

Death sentence vacated for poor jury instructions. (EN)

 

25/06/03  Texas/USA

C. Burdine, Client Of Sleeping Lawyer, Gets Life Sentence. (EN)

 

05/06/03  Colorado/USA

Death Sentence Overturned Because Jury Used Bible.  (IT-EN)

 

28/05/03  Louisiana/USA

Governor commuted the death sentence of Herbert Welcome, mentally retarded.  (EN)

 

17/05/03  Florida/USA 

Newton Slawson Upset at Delayed Execution. (IT-EN)

 

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)

 

07/05/03  Missouri/USA

Joseph Amrine is 108th person sentenced to death and found innocent.   (EN)

 

28/04/03  Illinois/USA

New Governor to maintain moratorium.   (IT-EN)

 

23/04/03  Texas/USA

Kenneth Wayne Morris won a reprieve two hours before his scheduled execution  (EN-ES)

 

22/04/03  Armenia

Armenian parliament approved new Criminal Code that abolishes the death penalty, except for special cases.   (EN-ES)

 

10/04/03  Arizona/USA

Supreme Court to examine 27 death sentences.  (IT-EN)

 

31/03/03  Uzbekistan

Commuted to 20 years' imprisonment the death sentence pending on Ilchomzhon Chakimzhon Karimov (see our urgent appeal).  (EN)

 

25/03/03  USA

Ashcroft Says Retarded Man No Longer Faces Death Penalty.  (EN)

 

20/03/03  Kenya

Pregnant female spared death penalty (EN)

 

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)

 

14/03/03  Texas/USA

US Supreme Court blocks the execution of Delma Banks, just few hours before the scheduled lethal injection.  (IT-EN)

 

27/02/03  Texas/USA

Supreme Court Rules in Favor of T. Miller El Claiming Racial Bias. (appeal(IT-EN-ES)

 

26/02/03  Kenya

Kenyan president orders release of 28 death row prisoners and commutes death sentences of another 195. (IT-EN-ES)

 

22/02/03  Iran

Supreme Court overturns the death sentence, but Aghajari could be sentenced again. (IT-EN)

 

17/02/03  USA-Mexico

World Court Tells U.S. to Delay Executing 3 Mexicans.  (IT-EN-ES)

 

16/02/03  Texas/USA

Gregory Van Alstyne's execution was stayed for his mental retard to be monitored.  (appeal (EN)

 

10/02/03  Iran

Military court revokes death penalty of three former intelligence agents.   (EN)

 

08/02/03  Utha/USA

Judge Nixes Death Penalty for Utah Inmate.   (EN)

 

05/02/03  Indiana/USA

Justice Stevens (Supreme Court) stops execution of 70 year-old man.  (IT)

 

01/02/03  California/USA

The death sentence given to Fred Berre Douglas, 74, was overturned. (EN)

 

29/01/03  Florida/USA

Rudolph Holton Freed After 16 Years on death row. (IT-EN)

 

27/01/03  Libia-Nigeria-Ghana

The death sentence of a man and from Nigeria and of 3 from Ghana were commuted. (FR)

 

24/01/03  North Carolina/USA

The North Carolina Supreme Court stayed the execution of Henry Lee Hunt. (see our urgent appeal)(EN)

 

22/01/03  Texas/USA
Execution reprieve for Elkie Taylor. Court to examine mental retardation issue.
See our urgent appeal     (EN)

 

21/01/03  Taiwan

3 death row inmates were acquitted and released.  (EN)

 

18/01/03  Zimbabwe

Man's Death Sentence Commuted to Life Imprisonment.   (EN)

 

12/01/03  Illinois/USA

Gov. Ryan commutes 156 death sentences. - Colosseum is lit up (IT-EN-FR-DE))

 

12/01/03  Illinois/USA

4 death row prisoners pardoned.  (IT-EN)

 

11/01/03  Kyrgyzstan

President prolongs moratorium on death penalty.  (EN)

 

07/01/03  Iran

When he was already on the scaffold, he was forgiven by the family of the victim and saved.  (IT)