Archive timeline
2000
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2000, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2000
- FEBRUARY 25, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Special Anti Terrorist Court handed out death sentences...
A Special Anti Terrorist Court handed out death sentences to two men for murdering six members of their family, including five children
- FEBRUARY 25, 2000JordanDEATH PENALTY
The Court of Cassation ratified a March 1999 State...
The Court of Cassation ratified a March 1999 State Security Court death sentence given to two men for their roles in what have become known as the "Rabia and Shmaysani murders," which left 12 people dead
- FEBRUARY 24, 2000BahamasDEATH PENALTY
Tennel McIntosh, 20, was saved from the gallows when...
Tennel McIntosh, 20, was saved from the gallows when a jury returned a majority verdict of not guilty to the murder and rape of 24-year-old British schoolteacher Joanne Clarke on Paradise Island
- FEBRUARY 24, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Betty Lou Beets was executed in Texas, two weeks before...
Betty Lou Beets was executed in Texas, two weeks before her 63rd birthday, for the murder of her fifth husband
- FEBRUARY 24, 2000BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Bulgarian President Petar Stoyanov asked his Libyan...
Bulgarian President Petar Stoyanov asked his Libyan counterpart, Muammar Gheddafi, to intervene on behalf of six Bulgarians facing the death penalty in Libya
- FEBRUARY 24, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Betty Lou Beets was executed in Texas, two weeks before...
Betty Lou Beets was executed in Texas, two weeks before her 63rd birthday, for the murder of her fifth husband
- FEBRUARY 24, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
A Gallup Poll shows that although a majority of Americans...
A Gallup Poll shows that although a majority of Americans favor the death penalty, that percentage has been gradually decreasing and is now at 66%, its lowest level since 1981
- FEBRUARY 24, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
The regime executed some 25 Republican Guard officers
The regime executed some 25 Republican Guard officers
- FEBRUARY 24, 2000ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
The Ministry of Justice asked the Zimbabwe Human Rights...
The Ministry of Justice asked the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) to give it details of allegations of corruption in Zimbabwe's justice delivery system
- FEBRUARY 24, 2000South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Dozens of people moved to the command centre where...
Dozens of people moved to the command centre where Johnny Jooste was being held and called for his execution
- FEBRUARY 24, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Three drug traffickers were executed by hanging after...
Three drug traffickers were executed by hanging after their death sentences were confirmed by Iran's Supreme Court
- FEBRUARY 24, 2000FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Anthony Brian, 40, white, was put to death by lethal...
Anthony Brian, 40, white, was put to death by lethal injection
- FEBRUARY 24, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
As representatives of the European Union, Joao da Rocha...
As representatives of the European Union, Joao da Rocha Paris, Ambassador of Portugal, Francois V
- FEBRUARY 23, 2000EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Egypt executed two Moslem militants, Ahmed el-Naggar...
Egypt executed two Moslem militants, Ahmed el-Naggar and Ahmed Ismail
- FEBRUARY 23, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Letters in the media urged capital punishment for rapists
Letters in the media urged capital punishment for rapists
- FEBRUARY 23, 2000MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
The Federal Court dismissed an appeal by a former soldier...
The Federal Court dismissed an appeal by a former soldier against the death sentence for drug trafficking
- FEBRUARY 23, 2000UkraineDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe welcomed the 22 February votes...
The Council of Europe welcomed the 22 February votes by Ukraine's parliament to abolish the death penalty and ratify Protocol No
- FEBRUARY 23, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Ubaid Bin Saud Bin Mishri Al-Beshi, a policeman, was...
Ubaid Bin Saud Bin Mishri Al-Beshi, a policeman, was sentenced to death and beheaded in Al-Dammam
- FEBRUARY 23, 2000UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Justice and Constitutional Affairs minister Jehoash...
Justice and Constitutional Affairs minister Jehoash Mayanja Nkangi warned that the ministry will not be bullied into changing the death penalty law
- FEBRUARY 23, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Cornelius Goss, 38, black, was put to death by lethal...
Cornelius Goss, 38, black, was put to death by lethal injection
- FEBRUARY 23, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Twenty four lady senators from different Italian political...
Twenty four lady senators from different Italian political formations invited New York senatorial candidate Hilary Clinton to rethink her stand in favour of the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 22, 2000LibyaDEATH PENALTY
Five Bulgarian nurses, Kristiyana Vulcheva, Nasya Stoicheva,...
Five Bulgarian nurses, Kristiyana Vulcheva, Nasya Stoicheva, Valentina Siropoulo, Valya Chervenyashka, Snezhana Dimitrova and one doctor, Zdravko Georgiev, were charged with intentionally infecting 393 Libyan children with the HIV virus in a Benghazi hosp
- FEBRUARY 22, 2000Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
The Jaffna Magistrate, M
The Jaffna Magistrate, M
- FEBRUARY 22, 2000UkraineDEATH PENALTY
Following the 30 December 1999 Constitutional Court's...
Following the 30 December 1999 Constitutional Court's decision, the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) abolished the death penalty clauses contained in the country's criminal code, criminal code of practice and correctional code replacing it with a maximum sente
- FEBRUARY 22, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Two men, Sanad ibn Abdullah Khulaif and Atef ibn Mishwah...
Two men, Sanad ibn Abdullah Khulaif and Atef ibn Mishwah Hamdan, were executed in Medina after being convicted of kidnapping and raping a girl
- FEBRUARY 22, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Faiza bint Hamoud Al-Joufi, a Saudi woman, was beheaded...
Faiza bint Hamoud Al-Joufi, a Saudi woman, was beheaded for killing her husband, Ibrahim ibn Salama Al-Dakheelullah, in Arar
- FEBRUARY 22, 2000JordanDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Court handed Bilal Musa, 34, his third...
The Criminal Court handed Bilal Musa, 34, his third death sentence in nine days, convicting him of killing a 28-year-old mother and her infant in March 1997
- FEBRUARY 22, 2000AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court, voting 5-4 Tuesday, rejected a challenge...
The Supreme Court, voting 5-4 Tuesday, rejected a challenge to Alabama's use of the electric chair as the only means of execution
- FEBRUARY 22, 2000FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Terry Melvin Sims, 58, white, was put to death by lethal...
Terry Melvin Sims, 58, white, was put to death by lethal injection
- FEBRUARY 22, 2000UkraineDEATH PENALTY
Following the 30 December 1999 Constitutional Court's...
Following the 30 December 1999 Constitutional Court's decision, the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) abolished the death penalty clauses contained in the country's criminal code, criminal code of practice and correctional code replacing it with a maximum sente