Archive timeline
1999
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 1999, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 1999
- JANUARY 1, 1999ChileDEATH PENALTY
The Penal Code envisages the death penalty for murder...
The Penal Code envisages the death penalty for murder of relatives; kidnapping and child abuse; kidnapping of adults provoking death; murder of police
- JANUARY 1, 1999CubaDEATH PENALTY
The Penal Code presently in force provides for the...
The Penal Code presently in force provides for the death penalty for 112 offenses, 33 of which are common crimes
- JANUARY 1, 1999CubaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty has been used in Cuba since the 1959...
The death penalty has been used in Cuba since the 1959 revolution, after which Castro's triumphant revolutionary forces tried and executed scores of supporters of former dictator Fulgencio Batista
- JANUARY 1, 1999ParaguayDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of Paraguay (1992) at Art
The Constitution of Paraguay (1992) at Art
- JANUARY 1, 1999GrenadaDEATH PENALTY
Grenada is a British Independent Territory that retains...
Grenada is a British Independent Territory that retains the death penalty and for which the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council remains the final court of appeal
- JANUARY 1, 1999Dominican RepublicDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Dominican Republic (1992) at Art
The Constitution of the Dominican Republic (1992) at Art
- JANUARY 1, 1999EcuadorDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador (1979,...
The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador (1979, as codified in 1998) at Art
- JANUARY 1, 1999GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
The Guatemalan Penal Code (1973) provides for the death...
The Guatemalan Penal Code (1973) provides for the death penalty for parricide, aggravated homicide, and assassination of the President and Vice-President
- JANUARY 1, 1999GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
Guyana is a British Independent territory that retains...
Guyana is a British Independent territory that retains the death penalty but has relinquished the link with the Judicial Commission of the Privy Council
- JANUARY 1, 1999PeruDEATH PENALTY
Peru has been abolitionist for common crimes since...
Peru has been abolitionist for common crimes since 1979, when the last execution was held
- JANUARY 1, 1999GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
The Guatemalan Congress adopted lethal injection after...
The Guatemalan Congress adopted lethal injection after a botched firing squad execution in 1996 forced prison guards to finish off two men with pistol shots to the head, a gruesome scene replayed hundreds of times on local television
- JANUARY 1, 1999GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
An estimated 200,000 people, mostly Mayan civilians,...
An estimated 200,000 people, mostly Mayan civilians, were killed or disappeared in the 36-year civil war that ended in 1996 with a United Nations-sponsored peace accord between the Government and Marxist rebels
- JANUARY 1, 1999NicaraguaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Republic of Nicaragua (1987) at Art
The Constitution of the Republic of Nicaragua (1987) at Art
- JANUARY 1, 1999St. Kitts & NevisDEATH PENALTY
St. Kitts and Nevis was a cosponsor of the amendments...
St. Kitts and Nevis was a cosponsor of the amendments presented by Egypt (A/C.3/54/L
- JANUARY 1, 1999JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
Jamaica is a British Independent Territory that retains...
Jamaica is a British Independent Territory that retains the death penalty, but for which the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council is the final court of appeal
- JANUARY 1, 1999JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
During a mission to Jamaica, Hands off Cain met with...
During a mission to Jamaica, Hands off Cain met with the Commissioner of Correction John E
- JANUARY 1, 1999PeruDEATH PENALTY
In 1993, Congress approved a new Constitution introducing...
In 1993, Congress approved a new Constitution introducing a new capital offense: terrorism (Art
- JANUARY 1, 1999MexicoDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the United States of Mexico (1971)...
The Constitution of the United States of Mexico (1971) at Art
- JANUARY 1, 1999Puerto RicoDEATH PENALTY
The prohibition of the death penalty is enshrined in...
The prohibition of the death penalty is enshrined in the 1952 Bill of Rights
- JANUARY 1, 1999St. Kitts & NevisDEATH PENALTY
Saint Kitts is a British Independent Territory that...
Saint Kitts is a British Independent Territory that retains the death penalty and for which the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council is the final court of appeal
- JANUARY 1, 1999St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
Saint Lucia is a British Independent Territory that...
Saint Lucia is a British Independent Territory that retains the death penalty and for which the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council is the final court of appeal
- JANUARY 1, 1999Puerto RicoDEATH PENALTY
There is a debate in the country as to whether or not...
There is a debate in the country as to whether or not the death penalty should be applied, because of Puerto Rico's status as a U
- JANUARY 1, 1999SurinameDEATH PENALTY
Aggravated murder and offenses against the State are...
Aggravated murder and offenses against the State are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 1999DEATH PENALTY
After several years of mounting violence, Prime Minister...
After several years of mounting violence, Prime Minister Basedo Panday used the crime issue to win election on a get-tough platform in 1995
- JANUARY 1, 1999MexicoDEATH PENALTY
During the year, the case of Hernandez Leyva, the biggest...
During the year, the case of Hernandez Leyva, the biggest multiple-murder in recent history, split the residents of a southern Mexico city over the issue of the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 1999St. Vincent & GrenadinesDEATH PENALTY
Saint Vincent is a British Independent Territory for...
Saint Vincent is a British Independent Territory for which the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council remains the final court of appeal
- JANUARY 1, 1999BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: murder, treason, an attempt on...
Capital crimes are: murder, treason, an attempt on the life of the head of state, and the military offenses of mutiny and desertion
- JANUARY 1, 1999Burkina FasoDEATH PENALTY
Burkina Faso was a cosponsor of the amendments presented...
Burkina Faso was a cosponsor of the amendments presented by Egypt (A/C
- JANUARY 1, 1999DEATH PENALTY
However, at a meeting of Caribbean Attorneys General...
However, at a meeting of Caribbean Attorneys General early in 1998, they affirmed their commitment to the death penalty and that "their sovereignty must not be undermined and their laws subverted as a result of inaction of the Human Rights Committee
- JANUARY 1, 1999Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
Trinidad and Tobago is a British Independent Territory...
Trinidad and Tobago is a British Independent Territory for which the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council remains the last court of appeal