Archive timeline
1999
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 1999, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
The year in data
- Executions recorded worldwide
- 351
- Countries where they were recorded
- 14
- News items in the archive
- 1,648
Latest news of 1999
- JANUARY 1, 1999NebraskaDEATH PENALTY
Nebraska does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Nebraska does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded but does forbid the execution of juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 1999MontanaDEATH PENALTY
Montana passed legislation raising the minimum age...
Montana passed legislation raising the minimum age for the death penalty to 18, becoming the fifteenth state to eliminate capital punishment for juvenile offenders, in addition to the 12 states with no death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 1999MontanaDEATH PENALTY
Montana does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Montana does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded but does forbid the execution of juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 1999LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
A bill to abolish the death penalty in Louisiana was...
A bill to abolish the death penalty in Louisiana was defeated in committee (1998)
- JANUARY 1, 1999New YorkDEATH PENALTY
Bills to abolish the death penalty, to lower the age...
Bills to abolish the death penalty, to lower the age of eligibility from 18 to 17, to broaden the crimes for which death could be imposed, to curtail appeals, to allow victim impact statements and other changes in the trial procedures, and to eliminate li
- JANUARY 1, 1999OregonDEATH PENALTY
Bills to restrict the death penalty for mentally retarded...
Bills to restrict the death penalty for mentally retarded defendants and when evidence of racial discrimination can be shown were introduced but not passed in Oregon
- JANUARY 1, 1999IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Illinois does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Illinois does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded but does forbid the execution of juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 1999LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
Louisiana does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Louisiana does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded or juvenile offenders but does have life without parole
- JANUARY 1, 1999New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
A bill to abolish the death penalty was defeated in...
A bill to abolish the death penalty was defeated in June, as was a bill to reduce the number of peremptory challenges (removing prospective jurors without providing a reason) in criminal cases
- JANUARY 1, 1999Trinidad & TobagoDEATH 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, 1999IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
The legislature has established a state-funded program...
The legislature has established a state-funded program for financial assistance at the trial level for death penalty cases
- JANUARY 1, 1999New YorkDEATH PENALTY
New York forbids the execution of the mentally retarded,...
New York forbids the execution of the mentally retarded, except for murders by prisoners, and prohibits the execution of juveniles by requiring that the offender be "more than 18" at the time of the crime
- JANUARY 1, 1999North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
North Carolina does not forbid the execution of the...
North Carolina does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded or juvenile offenders but does have life without parole
- JANUARY 1, 1999TexasDEATH PENALTY
Texas does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Texas does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded or juvenile offenders and does not have life without parole
- JANUARY 1, 1999OhioDEATH PENALTY
Almost half the men on Ohio's death row are black,...
Almost half the men on Ohio's death row are black, yet blacks make up just 9% of the state's population
- JANUARY 1, 1999IndianaDEATH PENALTY
Indiana forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
Indiana forbids the execution of the mentally retarded but does not forbid the execution of juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 1999OhioDEATH PENALTY
Ohio does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Ohio does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded but does forbid the execution of juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 1999CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
There were many bills to expand the death penalty in...
There were many bills to expand the death penalty in California, but none of them passed
- JANUARY 1, 1999Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
The Democratic Republic of Congo was a cosponsor of...
The Democratic Republic of Congo was a cosponsor of the amendments presented by Egypt (A/C
- JANUARY 1, 1999TexasDEATH PENALTY
A recent poll in Texas showed that only a bare majority...
A recent poll in Texas showed that only a bare majority (53%) support the death penalty if the death row inmate has "shown signs of turning his or her life around
- JANUARY 1, 1999WyomingDEATH PENALTY
Wyoming has not had an execution since 1992
Wyoming has not had an execution since 1992
- JANUARY 1, 1999OhioDEATH PENALTY
A bill to allow evidence at sentencing that the death...
A bill to allow evidence at sentencing that the death penalty was being imposed in a demographically disparate manner was considered but not passed
- JANUARY 1, 1999WyomingDEATH PENALTY
Wyoming does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Wyoming does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded or juvenile offenders but does have life without parole
- JANUARY 1, 1999KansasDEATH PENALTY
Kansas did not reinstate the death penalty until 1994
Kansas did not reinstate the death penalty until 1994
- JANUARY 1, 1999ColoradoDEATH PENALTY
Colorado's new system of death sentencing using a three-judge...
Colorado's new system of death sentencing using a three-judge panel instead of a jury faced its first case in 1999
- JANUARY 1, 1999OregonDEATH PENALTY
Oregon does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Oregon does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded but does forbid the execution of juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 1999ColoradoDEATH PENALTY
District Judge Michael Heydt - selected to decide whether...
District Judge Michael Heydt - selected to decide whether Lucas Salmon should be executed for a 1997 murder in Colorado Springs - refused to participate in this new process
- JANUARY 1, 1999New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
New Jersey does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
New Jersey does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded but does forbid the execution of juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 1999North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
It has been revealed that North Korea immediately executes...
It has been revealed that North Korea immediately executes repatriated defectors whom it thinks it impossible to re-educate because they were exposed to too much information on South Korea while staying in China, and who may cause social unrest if they ar
- JANUARY 1, 1999West VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
West Virginia does not have the death penalty, having...
West Virginia does not have the death penalty, having abolished it in 1965