21.   The ruling effectively ends hangings in many Caribbean countries, where appeals cases sometimes drag on for a decade.

22.   They have also accused the human rights commission of purposely delaying appeal cases from death row inmates, claims the commission denies.

23.   Fisher was speaking to reporters outside the Federal Court in Brisbane, where an appeal case against the ban began Friday.

24.   Haq had withdrawn from the appeals case only to reverse his decision Wednesday, claiming he had been coerced by police and the Punjab government to drop the complaint.

25.   Andreotti is accused of intervening to secure verdicts favorable to the mafia in appeal court cases in exchange for support from the underworld to their political factions in Sicily.

26.   No rulings have so far been made in appeal cases.

27.   The appeal case is expected to start hearing next week.

28.   The Hungarians have now set up a special commission to prepare their appeal case, which they have to submit by Thursday.

29.   The main complainant against a Christian teen-ager and his uncle sentenced to death for blasphemy withdrew from the appeal case Monday because he feared for his life.