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, 1999United StatesDEATH PENALTY
A new dialogue about the death penalty appears to...
A new dialogue about the death penalty appears to be under way inside the Supreme Court
- JANUARY 1, 1999PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
Pennsylvania is the only state in the Northeastern...
Pennsylvania is the only state in the Northeastern United States to have an execution since the death penalty was reinstated
- JANUARY 1, 1999São Tomé & PríncipeDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Sao...
The Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe (1990) at Art
- JANUARY 1, 1999TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
In January 1998, the Government presented a draft law...
In January 1998, the Government presented a draft law for the abolition of the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 1999ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
Arizona does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Arizona does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded or juvenile offenders but does have life without parole
- JANUARY 1, 1999NebraskaDEATH PENALTY
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- JANUARY 1, 1999MichiganDEATH PENALTY
A poll of 600 people taken April 21-25 in Michigan...
A poll of 600 people taken April 21-25 in Michigan indicated that support for the death penalty is declining and the majority of residents (56%) would prefer a life sentence and payment to victims' families instead of the death penalty (33%)
- JANUARY 1, 1999South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
One of the most recent inmates to be freed from death...
One of the most recent inmates to be freed from death row is from South Carolina
- JANUARY 1, 1999VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
Virginia does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Virginia does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded or juvenile offenders but does have life without parole
- JANUARY 1, 1999South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
South Carolina does not forbid the execution of the...
South Carolina does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded or juvenile offenders and does not have life without parole
- JANUARY 1, 1999MississippiDEATH PENALTY
Mississippi does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Mississippi does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded or juvenile offenders but does have life without parole
- JANUARY 1, 1999New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
A Star-Ledger/Eagleton poll released in October found...
A Star-Ledger/Eagleton poll released in October found that 63% of New Jersey residents favor the death penalty for persons convicted of murder
- JANUARY 1, 1999UtahDEATH PENALTY
Utah was the state with the first execution after the...
Utah was the state with the first execution after the death penalty was reinstated
- JANUARY 1, 1999North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Public executions are held frequently in North Korea,...
Public executions are held frequently in North Korea, though the North Korean authorities try to deny the fact
- JANUARY 1, 1999BahamasDEATH PENALTY
The UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary...
The UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions denounced the execution of Trevor Fisher and Richard Woods on October 1998
- JANUARY 1, 1999NevadaDEATH PENALTY
Nevada forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
Nevada forbids the execution of the mentally retarded but does not forbid the execution of juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 1999NevadaDEATH PENALTY
A bill to provide $120,000 to establish a death penalty...
A bill to provide $120,000 to establish a death penalty resource center was defeated
- JANUARY 1, 1999ColoradoDEATH PENALTY
Colorado has one of the better systems of legal representation,...
Colorado has one of the better systems of legal representation, a small death row and no executions in 1999 or 1998
- JANUARY 1, 1999United States Armed ForcesDEATH PENALTY
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- JANUARY 1, 1999UtahDEATH PENALTY
Utah does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Utah does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded or juvenile offenders but does have life without parole
- JANUARY 1, 1999Trinidad & TobagoDEATH 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, 1999Governo Federale degli Stati UnitiDEATH PENALTY
The federal death penalty forbids the execution of...
The federal death penalty forbids the execution of the mentally retarded and juvenile offenders, and has life without parole
- JANUARY 1, 1999WashingtonDEATH PENALTY
Washington forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
Washington forbids the execution of the mentally retarded and juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 1999MarylandDEATH PENALTY
Maryland forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
Maryland forbids the execution of the mentally retarded and juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 1999ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
A bill to eliminate the death penalty for those with...
A bill to eliminate the death penalty for those with mental retardation was introduced, but did not pass
- JANUARY 1, 1999New HampshireDEATH PENALTY
New Hampshire does not forbid the execution of the...
New Hampshire does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded or juvenile offenders but does have life without parole
- JANUARY 1, 1999OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Oklahoma does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Oklahoma does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded or juvenile offenders but does have life without parole
- JANUARY 1, 1999Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
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