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JAPAN. MPS MOOT HALT TO EXECUTIONS

February 10, 2008: a cross-party group of Japanese legislators drafted a bill proposing a four-year moratorium on the death penalty. The bill, a step towards abolition, will shortly be submitted to parliament and introduces life imprisonment without parole as a substitute. But the initiative is likely to meet stiff opposition.
The way the death penalty is administered has been condemned both domestically and abroad: death row inmates are executed at short notice, to deter appeals. They are put to death by hanging, generally on a Friday and during parliamentary recess to avoid media exposure or public opposition. At the trial stage, defendants may not have easy access to a lawyer, and the prosecutorial system tends to value confessions above evidence.
Abolitionist parliamentarians appear to think the time is right for reform. But the current Justice Minister, Kunio Hatoyama, is a vocal supporter of capital punishment. He has signed off six executions since taking office last September. And surveys suggest a majority of Japanese want to retain the death penalty for particularly heinous crimes. (Sources: BBC, 10/02/2008)

LIBYA. TWO GHANAIANS EXCUTED FOR MURDER
YEMEN. TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER FALSE PLOT
NIGERIA. SIX SHARIAH CONVICTS AWAIT STONING DEATH IN BAUCHI
JAPAN. SUPREME COURT SEALS 5TH DEATH PENALTY FOR AUM MEMBER
CYPRUS. OHIO DOCTOR APPEALS EXTRADITION OVER WIFE'S POISONING DEATH
PAKISTAN. DEATH SENTENCE TO TWO CONVICTS
SAUDI ARABIA. HALT WOMAN'S EXECUTION FOR 'WITCHCRAFT'
IRAN QUASHES EXECUTION VERDICT FOR FOOTBALL CASE WOMAN
SAUDI ARABIA. CITIZEN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
GUATEMALA LIFTS MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS
IRAN. RADICALS MOBILISED TO SAVE TWO GAY YOUTHS
NORTH KOREA GIVES DEATH SENTENCE FOR AIDING ESCAPEES
IRAN. YOUNG BELUCHI JOURNALIST CONDEMNED TO DEATH
IRAN. LIFE OF A TEENAGE HANGS IN BALANCE
BANGLADESH. MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING WIFE FOR DOWRY
USA. EXECUTION SOUGHT FOR SIX DETAINEES IN 9/11 ATTACKS
UGANDA. SOLDIER SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER MURDER
NEBRASKA (USA). STATE COURT SAYS ELECTRIC CHAIR UNCONSTITUTIONAL
SAUDI ARABIA. 8 BANGLADESHIS ON DEATH ROW
IRAN HANGS MAN CONVICTED OF CHILD MURDERS
AFGHANISTAN. JOURNALIST MAY ESCAPE DEATH PENALTY
COUNCIL OF EUROPE CONDEMNS BELARUS OVER EXECUTIONS
INDIA. MUMBAI'S FIRST DEATH PENALTY IN A DRUG CASE
IRAN. MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR BEING DRUNK
SAUDI ARABIA BEHEADS CITIZEN CONVICTED OF MURDER
BELARUS. THREE MEMBERS OF MAROZAW GANG EXECUTED BY SHOOTING
IRAN. DRAFT LAW PROPOSES DEATH PENALTY FOR RELIGIOUS CONVERSION
IRAN. TWO SISTERS FACE STONING FOR ADULTERY
SAUDI ARABIA. THREE FOREIGNERS BEHEADED
BANGLADESH. TWO YOUNG MEN TO HANG FOR MURDER IN CHITTAGONG

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