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House of Representatives Votes to Retain Death Penalty (Dec. 19, 2008) by Stephen Clarke
In 2007, Jamaica had more than 1,400 murders. (Neil Clark, Holiday Paradise Brings Back the Hangman, EXPRESS NEWSPAPERS, Nov. 29, 2008, LEXIS-NEXIS, News Library, 60 Days ...
Topic: Capital Punishment
Jurisdiction: Jamaica
Supreme Court Reaffirms Ruling on Unconstitutionality of Death Penalty for Child Rape (Oct. 10, 2008) by Luis Acosta
On October 1, 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a motion for rehearing and affirmed its June 25, 2008, holding in Kennedy v. Louisiana that ...
Topic: Capital Punishment
Jurisdiction: United States
Supreme Court Rules Death Penalty for Child Rape Unconstitutional (Jul. 02, 2008) by Luis Acosta
On June 25, the Supreme Court ruled that the ban on cruel and unusual punishment in the U.S. Constitution bars the death penalty for child rape. ...
Topic: Capital Punishment
Jurisdiction: United States
Proposal to Abolish Death Penalty (Jun. 02, 2008) by Constance Johnson
On May 21, 2008, the Justice Minister of the Republic of China on Taiwan, Wang Ching-feng, announced plans to try to abolish the death penalty in ...
Topic: Capital Punishment
Jurisdiction: Taiwan
Proposal to End Death Penalty Meets Opposition (May. 02, 2008) by Constance Johnson
The government of Mali has proposed ending the use of capital punishment in the country, but opposition politicians have rallied to oppose the move and keep ...
Topic: Capital Punishment
Jurisdiction: Mali
Supreme Court Rules Lethal Injection Cocktail is Constitutional (May. 02, 2008) by Luis Acosta
On April 16, the Supreme Court ruled that a state's use of a three-drug lethal injection protocol for capital punishment does not violate the ban on ...
Topic: Capital Punishment
Jurisdiction: United States
Iran Bans Execution in Public (Mar. 02, 2008) by Gholam Vafai
According to a directive issued by Iran's Chief of the Judiciary, no convicted criminal may be executed in public without the prior approval of the Head ...
Topic: Capital Punishment
Jurisdiction: Iran
Basic Information on Executed Criminals Now Available (Feb. 02, 2008) by Sayuri Umeda
On December 7, 2007, the Ministry of Justice of Japan released the names of three executed criminals, together with information on the crimes they committed and ...
Topic: Capital Punishment
Jurisdiction: Japan
Execution by Electrocution Held Unconstitutional in Nebraska (Feb. 02, 2008) by Gary Robinson
On February 8, 2008 the Supreme Court of Nebraska held that execution by means of electrocution constituted "cruel and unusual punishment" under Article I, Section 9 ...
Topic: Capital Punishment
Jurisdiction: United States
Call for Death Penalty Moratorium (Jan. 02, 2008) by Constance Johnson
On December 18, 2007, the United Nations General Assembly approved a resolution calling for a moratorium on capital punishment. The vote, held in a plenary ...
Topic: Capital Punishment
Jurisdiction: United Nations
New Jersey Passes Law Abolishing Death Penalty (Jan. 02, 2008) by Gary Robinson
On December 17, Governor Jon Corzine of New Jersey signed legislation abolishing the death penalty and replacing it with life in prison without eligibility of parole. ...
Topic: Capital Punishment
Jurisdiction: United States
Death Sentences for Ex-Legislators in a Lynching Case (Nov. 02, 2007) by Krishan Nehra
On October 1, 2007, the Additional Sessions Judge, Ram Krishna Rai, handed down a landmark judgment when he awarded a former member of the Parliament (M.P.), ...
Topic: Capital Punishment
Jurisdiction: India
Repeal of Capital Punishment (Nov. 02, 2007) by Dario Ferreira
On October 2, 2007 the Italian Parliament approved Constitutional Law no.1, which amends article 27 of the Constitution, concerning the repeal of capital punishment. The previous ...
Topic: Capital Punishment
Jurisdiction: Italy
Death Penalty Developments (Nov. 02, 2007) by Wendy Zeldin
The non-governmental human rights organization Amnesty International (AI) reported in October 2007 on various developments concerning capital punishment in five African countries. Most notably, Rwanda abolished ...
Topic: Capital Punishment
Jurisdiction: Africa
Cabinet Abolishes Death Penalty (Nov. 02, 2007) by Constance Johnson
L'Essor, a government newspaper in Mali, reported on its Web site on October 18, 2007, that the Cabinet had passed a bill on the abolition of ...
Topic: Capital Punishment
Jurisdiction: Mali
Last updated: 12/19/2008