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US MARKS SIX MONTHS WITH NO EXECUTIONS

March 27, 2008: the United States marked its sixth consecutive month with no executions of prisoners, its longest such period since 1982, but experts say the death penalty could make a swift return once questions about lethal injection are resolved. The last execution took place on September 25, when Michael Richard, 48, was put to death for the rape and murder of a woman 20 years earlier. He was executed by lethal injection, the method most commonly used.
Just hours before Richards was pronounced dead, the US Supreme Court announced it would examine the legality of the lethal injection method. The court is considering arguments from several death row inmates, led by a pair from Kentucky, that execution by lethal injection violates the US Constitution, which prohibits "cruel and unusual punishment." According to the Death Penalty Information Center, only one more execution is planned this year, a convict in Louisiana in July, and that is expected to be postponed as well.
When the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the issue in January, the judges appeared split, with some seeming to lean toward the idea of returning the issue to lower courts for a deeper examination of alternative procedures. (Sources: Agence France Presse, 27/03/2008)

PAKISTAN. COUPLE STONED TO DEATH IN FATA
CHINA. TWO BANK WORKERS EXECUTED
EMIRATI SAVES TWO PRISONERS FROM CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. TWO MEN TO HANG FOR MURDER
PAKISTAN. 134 PEOPLE HANGED IN 2007
JAPAN. FAMILY'S DEATH SENTENCES UPHELD
SAUDI EXECUTED FOR MURDERING COMPATRIOT
BANGLADESH. FOUR STUDENTS GET DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING SPREE
YEMENI BEHEADED IN SAUDI ARABIA FOR MURDER
TIBET. RADICALS: RE-LAUNCH OF WORLD SATYAGRAHA FOR PEACE, FREEDOM AND RIGHTS WITH KARMA CHOPEL
JAPAN. HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR TWO MURDERS
SAUDI ARABIA HARSHLY CRITICISED FOR EXECUTING 15YO BOY
GUATEMALA. UN RIGHTS EXPERT WARNS AGAINST REINSTATING DEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. 'BALI BOMBERS' DEATH SENTENCE APPEAL DROPPED
SAUDI ARABIA. CITIZEN BEHEADED FOR FATAL SHOOTING
CHINA. WOMAN BOSS GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR FRAUD
TIBET. D'ELIA, DALAI LAMA NEEDS OUR HELP
SRI LANKA. ACCUSED IN MURDER CASE SENTENCED TO DEATH
IRAN. NEW DEATH PENALTY FOR KURDISH JOURNALIST
USA. JUSTICES CITE RACIAL BIAS, THROW OUT DEATH SENTENCE
IRAN. WOMAN WITH DEATH SENTENCE RELEASED WITH SON
VIETNAM. AUSTRALIAN WOMAN FACES FIRING SQUAD
CHINA TO RATIFY UN COVENANT ON CIVIL RIGHTS: WEN JIABAO
CHINA. HANDS OFF CAIN ASKS FOR RELEASE OF DATA ON DEATH SENTENCES AND EXECUTIONS
JAPAN. DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDERING TWO RELATIVES
BANGLADESH. 7 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN NARSINGDI MURDER CASE
SAUDI ARABIA. CITIZEN BEHEADED FOR KILLING COMPATRIOT
DEBATE ON DEATH PENALTY IN JAPAN
SATYAGRAHA. PANNELLA: CHANGES TO HUNGER STRIKE DUE TO WORDS FROM DALAI LAMA
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