It's a death sentence.

Subject matter Death sentence after unfair proceedings

He served 18 years of a death sentence.

Before executing death sentence given to women, conditions for non application of death sentence as provided for in the Penal Code must be checked to see whether their sentence can be commuted to life imprisonment.

In difficult times, pessimism is a self fulfilling, self inflicted death sentence.

Both of those counts carry a possibly death sentence, according to the court document.

A total of 17 countries had replaced the death penalty with a discretionary maximum sentence of life imprisonment, with the alternative being a determinate sentence.

The Indian Supreme Court had upheld his sentence, despite the fact that the Juvenile Justice Act prohibits imposition of the death sentence on persons under 16.

Substantive issues Imposition of death sentence after unfair trial and ill treatment during preliminary investigation

In Morocco, the death penalty is mandatory for eight types of homicide, including beating and wounding leading to death without intention and perjury leading to a death sentence against an innocent person .

(g) Anyone sentenced to death shall have the right to seek pardon, or commutation of sentence pardon or commutation of sentence may be granted in all cases of capital punishment

On 23 September 1993, he received a Presidential pardon, and the death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment.

She stated that keeping her son under such conditions amounted to an extrajudicial death sentence, and requested that those responsible for her son's death be brought to justice.

Ronald Jones served eight years of a death sentence for rape and murder of a 28 year old woman.

Now, you might think of flu as just a really bad cold, but it can be a death sentence.

She submits the communication on behalf of her husband, Mr. Deolall, currently imprisoned in Guyana under sentence of death.

The Court of Appeal dismissed his appeal and the Chief Justice confirmed the death sentence on 30 January 1997.

In Nigeria, the sentence of death by stoning passed on Amina Lawal in 2003 was quashed after international condemnation.

It is illegal to impose a life sentence or the death penalty on a convicted child under the Juvenile Code.

On 1 January 1999, 53 prisoners remained under sentence of death and on 31 December 2003 the number was 56.

Because war torn areas tend to lack medicine and adequate health care services, being HIV positive is virtually a death sentence.

The author notes that Mr. Deolall has been on death row since November 1995, and that his sentence should have been commuted.

The code of criminal procedure provides that a death sentence can only be enforced after the plea for pardon has been rejected.

Statement (3) is manifestly incorrect in the light of the opening words of article 6, paragraph 2 In countries that which have not abolished the death penalty, sentence of death may be imposed .

But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead

But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead

7.5 The author claimed that her son's right to have his death sentence reviewed by a higher tribunal according to law was violated.

Concerns have regularly been voiced in the United States that innocent persons remain under sentence of death and that some are eventually executed.

The death penalty is in place for a limited number of especially serious crimes, and every individual who is sentenced to death has the right to appeal the sentence and to petition for clemency.

Ron Williamson. Ron was convicted of the rape and murder of a barmaid at a club, and served 11 years of a death sentence.

Three pardons had been granted and eight persons remained under sentence of death on 31 December 2003, half the number on 1 January 1999.

(d) Eliminating the death penalty for persons suffering from mental retardation or extremely limited mental competence, whether at the stage of sentence or execution.

Yes, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead,

Yes, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead,

Elsewhere the reply stated There is not a public hearing in all circumstances in Thailand however every death sentence will be informed to the public .

A death row prisoner can request a retrial, but in the course of this procedure the Court examines only if there is new and obvious evidence, which proves the applicant's innocence, or that the crime he she committed deserves a lighter sentence  . After the conviction of the death sentence, there is a possibility of execution even if the prisoner is requesting a retrial  .

On 26 January 2000, the State party observed that Mr. Zhurin's death sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court of the RSFSR on 11 May 1990.

In 1987 the Philippines removed capital punishment from it legal order, so that no provision of criminal law included a possibility to sentence any person to death.

Of particular concern in a number of countries are the conditions under which persons are kept in confinement while under sentence of death or under a moratorium.

(c) After the seventh sentence, add the following sentence

Thus, they may not remove, either by deportation or extradition, individuals from their jurisdiction if it may be reasonably anticipated that they will be sentenced to death, without ensuring that the death sentence would not be carried out. (emphasis added)

Further, in view of the commutation of Mr. Arutyuniantz's death sentence, there is no longer any factual basis for the author's claim under article 6 of the Covenant.

Pursuant to article 2, paragraph 3 (a) of the Covenant, the Committee concludes that the author is entitled to an appropriate remedy including commutation of his death sentence.

From 1987 to 1993, the legal order of the Philippines did not include a possibility to sentence a person to death, or even the institution of capital punishment.

This violation is separate from and additional to the violation of article 6 established by the Committee on the basis of the mandatory nature of the death sentence.