[Deathpenalty] death penalty news-----worldwide

[Rick Halperin]

July 1


MALAYSIA:

9 death sentences commuted


9 convicts who were sentenced to death won their petitions filed to the
Pardons Board.

5 of them had their death sentences commuted to life imprisonment and four
to 20 years' jail.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, in his written reply to
Fong Kui Lun (DAP-Bukit Bintang), said the Pardons Board received 16
petitions from convicts sentenced to death between 2003 and May this year.

(source: Malaysia Star)