13 January 2004

Death - Other Countries:

Vietnam - Amnesty International is stunned, nay shocked, that "the Vietnamese government, in a decision signed by the Prime Minister on 5 January, has made the reporting and dissemination of statistics on the use of the death penalty a state secret."

Kyrgyzstan - The President has extended a moratorium for a year.

Amsterdam - A fight over how to proceed in an investigation of a plot to kill the top prosecutor.

Belfast - A trend toward tougher sentences.

Turkey - The death penalty is abolished by treaty.

India - You can get released from a life sentence if you get TB.

Jerusalem - A woman is found not guilty of having threatened to kill her husband.

Nairobi - Coaching a suspect as to what he should say once the camera was truned on.

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