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 22, 2001Sud CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Circuit Judge Gary E
Circuit Judge Gary E
- OCTOBER 22, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
A state task force headed by the Oklahoma State Bureau...
A state task force headed by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation has ordered DNA testing for two death row inmates, John Hooker and Michael Hooper
- OCTOBER 22, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Iranian authorities hanged three men, Mohsen, Mehrdad...
Iranian authorities hanged three men, Mohsen, Mehrdad and Ali-Reza, for rape
- OCTOBER 22, 2001DEATH PENALTY
TALIBAN HANG FIVE FOR SABOTAGE AND SPYING
October 22, 2001: Afghanistan´s ruling Taliban authorities say they have executed five men for sabotage and spying on behalf of the United States.
- OCTOBER 21, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and Chinese...
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and Chinese President Jiang Zemin signed the prisoner swap treaty when they met briefly in Shanghai on the last day of the Asia-Pacific Cooperation summit
- OCTOBER 21, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and Chinese...
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and Chinese President Jiang Zemin signed the prisoner swap treaty when they met briefly in Shanghai on the last day of the Asia-Pacific Cooperation summit
- OCTOBER 20, 2001SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
The president of the Constitutional Court of Montenegro,...
The president of the Constitutional Court of Montenegro, Ratko Vukotic, is of the view that Montenegro "would not have had the death penalty had it been an independent state, since it would have been bound by European laws"
- OCTOBER 19, 2001SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
The Yugoslav government adopted draft annexes and amendments...
The Yugoslav government adopted draft annexes and amendments to the Yugoslav criminal law, abolishing the death penalty in the country's legislation, introducing instead a prison sentence of 40 years
- OCTOBER 19, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
President Gloria Arroyo's reinstatement of the death...
President Gloria Arroyo's reinstatement of the death penalty was criticised by some of her supporters from the Roman Catholic church as well as civil-rights groups which helped to drum up support for a civilian revolt that installed her in power
- OCTOBER 19, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
"Executing people will not resolve the rise in crimes...
"Executing people will not resolve the rise in crimes such as kidnapping and drug trafficking," Amnesty International said in response to the President Arroyo 's call for the execution of convicted kidnappers
- OCTOBER 19, 2001VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Ho Chi Minh City Police newspaper said dozens had...
The Ho Chi Minh City Police newspaper said dozens had been sentenced to death in Vietnam so far in 2001 for drug-related offences
- OCTOBER 19, 2001ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Rapporteurs of the monitoring commission of the Parliamentary...
Rapporteurs of the monitoring commission of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe [PACE] met the National Assembly delegation for the Council of Europe, the National Assembly standing commissions and parliamentary factions and groups
- OCTOBER 19, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Taliban judges are expected to issue a verdict next...
Taliban judges are expected to issue a verdict next week in the trial of eight foreigners held in jail in Kabul since August on charges of spreading Christianity, their lawyer said
- OCTOBER 19, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Taliban judges are expected to issue a verdict next...
Taliban judges are expected to issue a verdict next week in the trial of eight foreigners held in jail in Kabul since August on charges of spreading Christianity, their lawyer said
- OCTOBER 19, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Taliban judges are expected to issue a verdict next...
Taliban judges are expected to issue a verdict next week in the trial of eight foreigners held in jail in Kabul since August on charges of spreading Christianity, their lawyer said
- OCTOBER 19, 2001GermanyDEATH PENALTY
Taliban judges are expected to issue a verdict next...
Taliban judges are expected to issue a verdict next week in the trial of eight foreigners held in jail in Kabul since August on charges of spreading Christianity, their lawyer said
- OCTOBER 19, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Prime Minister John Howard backed executing Osama bin...
Prime Minister John Howard backed executing Osama bin Laden if he were captured and convicted
- OCTOBER 19, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
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At the Nebraska State Bar Association's annual meeting, U
- OCTOBER 19, 2001DEATH PENALTY
FOUR AL QAEDA ACTIVISTS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR US EMBASSY BOMBINGS
October 19, 2001: four terrorists convicted of conspiring with Osama bin Laden in the 1998 bombings of two American Embassies in East Africa were sentenced to life in prison without parole.
- OCTOBER 18, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
The Florida Supreme Court declined to open up DNA testing...
The Florida Supreme Court declined to open up DNA testing to inmates who have already pleaded guilty or no contest to criminal charges
- OCTOBER 18, 2001VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
Christopher Beck, 26, was put to death by injection...
Christopher Beck, 26, was put to death by injection at the Greensville Correctional Center
- OCTOBER 18, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Alvie James Hale, 53, was declared dead at 9:24 p
Alvie James Hale, 53, was declared dead at 9:24 p
- OCTOBER 18, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, vowing...
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, vowing to resume executing criminals, ordered officials to check if it was possible to reverse decisions to grant clemency to those formerly on death row
- OCTOBER 18, 2001FranceDEATH PENALTY
Michel Peyrard, the Paris Match journalist arrested...
Michel Peyrard, the Paris Match journalist arrested by the Taleban has spoken from captivity for the first time, saying he knew the risk before he slipped into Afghanistan
- OCTOBER 18, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Khalfan Khamis Mohamed, a Tanzanian, was sentenced...
Khalfan Khamis Mohamed, a Tanzanian, was sentenced to life in prison without parole for having a direct role in the 1998 bombing of the U
- OCTOBER 18, 2001TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
Khalfan Khamis Mohamed, a Tanzanian, was sentenced...
Khalfan Khamis Mohamed, a Tanzanian, was sentenced to life in prison without parole for having a direct role in the 1998 bombing of the U
- OCTOBER 18, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Michel Peyrard, the Paris Match journalist arrested...
Michel Peyrard, the Paris Match journalist arrested by the Taleban has spoken from captivity for the first time, saying he knew the risk before he slipped into Afghanistan
- OCTOBER 18, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The lawyer for eight foreign aid workers on trial for...
The lawyer for eight foreign aid workers on trial for preaching Christianity in Afghanistan said he had lost contact with Kabul after the United States stepped up its air raids on the country
- OCTOBER 18, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The total number of former South Lebanon Army members...
The total number of former South Lebanon Army members sentenced to death in absentia rose to 54, after the Military Tribunal announced five new convictions
- OCTOBER 18, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Thousands of people - mostly women wearing national...
Thousands of people - mostly women wearing national costumes and youths - welcomed the leaders of the Kurdish based People's Democracy Party, HADEP, at the foot of the Agri mountain shouting "No to the death penalty"