The Death Penalty Worldwide: Developments in 2003\n\n

The Death Penalty Worldwide: Developments in 2003\n\n

Index Number: ACT 50/007/2004
Date Published: 5 April 2004
Categories: Kazakstan, Kenya, Nigeria, Armenia, Czech Republic, Philippines, Tajikistan, Thailand, Chad, Trinidad & Tobago, USA, China, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Viet Nam

This document covers significant events concerning the death penalty during the year 2003. Subjects covered in this document include significant judicial decisions; the use of the death penalty against the innocent; reductions and expansions in the scope of the death penalty; moratoria on executions and commutations of death sentences.