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Apr 18 2005 12:00am
USA: Kenny Richey case – News that successful appeal not set aside welcomed
Mr Richey won an appeal against his sentence in January this year. The...
Apr 7 2005 12:00am
New report shows world executions at second-highest level in 25 years
The new report - The death penalty worldwide: developments in 2004 - s...
Mar 1 2005 12:00am
USA: US Supreme Court bans child executions - ruling welcomed by Amnesty International
Kate Allen continued:"The death penalty does nothing to deter crime an...
Feb 9 2005 12:00am
China: Horrific new year as executions rise to 100 a week
There were at least 650 executions reported in local media in the mont...
Feb 8 2005 12:00am
USA: Kenny Richey case – disappointment at further delay
Ohio’s Attorney General Jim Petro yesterday filed papers in an attem...
Jan 25 2005 12:00am
USA: Kenny Richey case – appeal victory welcomed and speedy release urged for death row scot
Earlier today the 6th Circuit Federal Court of Appeal in Cincinnati ru...
Jan 5 2005 12:00am
Scotland: Kenny Richey case – appeal victory welcomed and speedy release urged for death row Scot
Amnesty International Scotland has welcomed the decision of a court in...
Dec 22 2004 12:00am
Iran: Woman sentenced to be buried up to chest and stoned to death
Hajieh Esmailvand’s death sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court l...
Dec 22 1999 12:00am
Amnesty International urges the Bahamas to grant clemency
Amnesty International yesterday urged the Bahamas to grant clemency to...