Archive timeline
2001
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2001, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2001
- OCTOBER 30, 2001IndianaDEATH PENALTY
Seven Indiana newspapers spent a year examining the...
Seven Indiana newspapers spent a year examining the fairness of the state's capital punishment system
- OCTOBER 30, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
South Korea has executed a total of 1,634 people for...
South Korea has executed a total of 1,634 people for serious crimes since it was liberated from Japanese rule in 1945, averaging 28
- OCTOBER 30, 2001DEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA MOVES TO ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY
October 30, 2001: government and opposition MPs have tabled a motion to abolish the death penalty in South Korea.
- OCTOBER 29, 2001AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Alabama sentenced 31 people to death in 1996-1997,...
Alabama sentenced 31 people to death in 1996-1997, the same number as Florida, which has a population of 16 million, or more than 3 times Alabama's 4
- OCTOBER 29, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
South Korea protested to China for breaking diplomatic...
South Korea protested to China for breaking diplomatic practices by executing a Korean drug dealer in China
- OCTOBER 29, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Seoul's Yonhap news agency reported that another South...
Seoul's Yonhap news agency reported that another South Korean, a 50-year-old man named Yun, was sentenced to death this year in China for trying to smuggle two kg (4
- OCTOBER 29, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Ruling and opposition parties criticized China for...
Ruling and opposition parties criticized China for failing to give Seoul prior notice of its execution of a Korean citizen convicted of drug-trafficking
- OCTOBER 29, 2001FranceDEATH PENALTY
A 44-year-old father of three armed with a shotgun...
A 44-year-old father of three armed with a shotgun went on a shooting spree in downtown Tours, killing four people and wounding at least 12 others, police said
- OCTOBER 29, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
South Korea protested to China for breaking diplomatic...
South Korea protested to China for breaking diplomatic practices by executing a Korean drug dealer in China
- OCTOBER 29, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Seoul's Yonhap news agency reported that another South...
Seoul's Yonhap news agency reported that another South Korean, a 50-year-old man named Yun, was sentenced to death this year in China for trying to smuggle two kg (4
- OCTOBER 29, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Ruling and opposition parties criticized China for...
Ruling and opposition parties criticized China for failing to give Seoul prior notice of its execution of a Korean citizen convicted of drug-trafficking
- OCTOBER 29, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
Four pilots were reportedly executed in the Muthanna...
Four pilots were reportedly executed in the Muthanna air force base near Baghdad
- OCTOBER 29, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
French Foreign Ministry said that Michel Peyrard, Paris...
French Foreign Ministry said that Michel Peyrard, Paris Match reporter who has been detained by Taliban since October 9 on charges of espionage, should be freed as soon as possible
- OCTOBER 29, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri called for...
Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri called for the death sentence for drug producers and pushers
- OCTOBER 29, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Amendments to the Criminal Code, the Criminal Code...
Amendments to the Criminal Code, the Criminal Code of Practice and the Administrative Code entered into force in Uzbekistan
- OCTOBER 29, 2001FranceDEATH PENALTY
French Foreign Ministry said that Michel Peyrard, Paris...
French Foreign Ministry said that Michel Peyrard, Paris Match reporter who has been detained by Taliban since October 9 on charges of espionage, should be freed as soon as possible
- OCTOBER 29, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitutional Review Commission has extended for...
The Constitutional Review Commission has extended for one day in Kampala, secretary Dr
- OCTOBER 29, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Sen. Panfilo M. Lacson proposed the Anti-Firearms Smuggling...
Sen. Panfilo M. Lacson proposed the Anti-Firearms Smuggling Act which seeks to define and penalize the smuggling of firearms in the Philippines
- OCTOBER 29, 2001BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
Two Botswana nationals detained in connection with...
Two Botswana nationals detained in connection with murder and rape in their country and who handed themselves over to South African police after escaping from custody in Lobatse could be extradited, officials said
- OCTOBER 29, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Two Botswana nationals detained in connection with...
Two Botswana nationals detained in connection with murder and rape in their country and who handed themselves over to South African police after escaping from custody in Lobatse could be extradited, officials said
- OCTOBER 29, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Filipinos generally are in favour of the death penalty,...
Filipinos generally are in favour of the death penalty, according to most independent polls
- OCTOBER 29, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Two Iranian men, Feraydoun Gorji and Mohammadyar Zahouri-Rad,...
Two Iranian men, Feraydoun Gorji and Mohammadyar Zahouri-Rad, were hanged for banditry
- OCTOBER 28, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Fifteen Christian worshippers, including six children,...
Fifteen Christian worshippers, including six children, and a Muslim guard were massacred when gunmen opened fire on a Protestant church service in southern Pakistan in an attack being blamed on Islamic extremists
- OCTOBER 28, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Burhanuddin Rabbani, the political head of the Northern...
Burhanuddin Rabbani, the political head of the Northern Alliance and president of Afghanistan from 1992 to 1996, denounced Abdul Haq's execution
- OCTOBER 28, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Four gang members were sentenced to death in Sichuan...
Four gang members were sentenced to death in Sichuan for gang-raping eight college women and murdering seven of them, AFP reported
- OCTOBER 28, 2001New MexicoDEATH PENALTY
New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson recently sent a letter...
New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson recently sent a letter to the hundreds of people who wrote to him about the upcoming execution of Terry Clark, whose execution was decided for November 6
- OCTOBER 28, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
The latest FBI Uniform Crime Report shows that in 2000,...
The latest FBI Uniform Crime Report shows that in 2000, the national murder rate decreased 3
- OCTOBER 27, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On September 25 the Chinese government executed a South...
On September 25 the Chinese government executed a South Korean, who was sentenced to death for drug trafficking, without any prior notice to the Korean government, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) said
- OCTOBER 27, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
On September 25 the Chinese government executed a South...
On September 25 the Chinese government executed a South Korean, who was sentenced to death for drug trafficking, without any prior notice to the Korean government, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) said
- OCTOBER 27, 2001South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
About 60 percent of Koreans favour retaining the death...
About 60 percent of Koreans favour retaining the death penalty according to a recent poll