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
- MAY 29, 2001KenyaDEATH PENALTY
The European Union said it wanted to see concrete action...
The European Union said it wanted to see concrete action on political and economic reforms as key steps in enhancing relations with the Kenyan government
- MAY 29, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
For the latest exhibit of the fallibility of the judicial...
For the latest exhibit of the fallibility of the judicial system, we turn to Joyce Gilchrist, a chemist with the Oklahoma City Police Department who has worked on more than 3,000 cases
- MAY 29, 2001Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
A Palestinian security court sentenced a Palestinian...
A Palestinian security court sentenced a Palestinian policeman to death by firing squad for murdering a fellow security man in a revenge killing
- MAY 29, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Shijiazhuang Municipal Court carried out the execution...
Shijiazhuang Municipal Court carried out the execution order on Xu Ailing, a female, for swindling money
- MAY 29, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded three Saudi men for crimes ranging...
Saudi Arabia beheaded three Saudi men for crimes ranging from theft to sodomy
- MAY 29, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
In his report on the human rights situation in Russia...
In his report on the human rights situation in Russia in 2000, Ombudsman Oleg Mironov said that on the abolition of the death penalty, sociological surveys and opinion polls indicate that 71% of respondents considers capital punishment the most effective
- MAY 29, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Vincent Allen Johnson, a 2-time killer, died by drug...
Vincent Allen Johnson, a 2-time killer, died by drug injection for the murder of Shirley Mooneyham, 44, on Feb
- MAY 29, 2001Nord CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Under a new law giving prosecutors greater discretion...
Under a new law giving prosecutors greater discretion in capital murder cases, a man on trial in Watauga County avoided a death sentence by agreeing to plead guilty to first-degree murder
- MAY 29, 2001ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
The Arizona Supreme Court recently remanded a death...
The Arizona Supreme Court recently remanded a death penalty case for re-sentencing to a county that does not have the resources to pay for it
- MAY 29, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Courts in Beijing, Zhuzhou, Qingdao and Shijiazhuang...
Courts in Beijing, Zhuzhou, Qingdao and Shijiazhuang executed Cao Yufei, Tang Tianhe, Li Tianping and Xu Ailing for financial fraud, with the approval of China People's Supreme Court,From June 1997 to July 1998, Cao Yufei, chairman of Beijing Xindongya In
- MAY 28, 2001ChileDEATH PENALTY
President Ricardo Lagos signed the law that abolished...
President Ricardo Lagos signed the law that abolished the death penalty
- MAY 28, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitutional Court on the case of Khalfan Mohamed,...
The Constitutional Court on the case of Khalfan Mohamed, an alleged embassy bomber, ruled that South African government should have sought protection from the death penalty for alleged embassy bomber Mohamed before handing him to the FBI for trial in Amer
- MAY 28, 2001VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The People's Supreme Court in Ho Chi Minh City upheld...
The People's Supreme Court in Ho Chi Minh City upheld the death sentence for Vietnamese American Bui Huu Tai, 33, who was charged with drug trafficking and possession
- MAY 28, 2001ChileDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty was abolished on May 28, 2001
The death penalty was abolished on May 28, 2001
- MAY 28, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The Bekaa criminal court sentenced two men to death...
The Bekaa criminal court sentenced two men to death for the 1994 double-homicide of a woman and her daughter in Anjar
- MAY 28, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Sher Khan, alias Khapra, was given the death sentence...
Sher Khan, alias Khapra, was given the death sentence on six counts of murder
- MAY 28, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
With the approval of the People's Supreme Court, Hubei...
With the approval of the People's Supreme Court, Hubei Provincial Higher People's Court carried out the execution order on Jin Jianpei, director of the Hubei Provincial Hong Kong and Macao Office, also president of the Hubei Yifeng Trading Company and cha
- MAY 28, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Assessing his government's performance in the previous...
Assessing his government's performance in the previous two years, Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said the government had made significant accomplishments against the separatist, anti-secularist and anti-democratic forces
- MAY 28, 2001IrelandDEATH PENALTY
A group set up by the Irish Bishops' Conference has...
A group set up by the Irish Bishops' Conference has said it is "not only desirable but morally incumbent on Irish Catholics" to vote for the removal from the Constitution of references to the death penalty, in the referendum on June 7th
- MAY 28, 2001Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning...
The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning started its examination of an initial report of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by asking the delegation, among other things, about the situation of children sentenced to capital punishment
- MAY 28, 2001BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The High Court confirmed the death sentence of three...
The High Court confirmed the death sentence of three policemen convicted of the rape and killing of a 14-year-old girl in 1995
- MAY 28, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Defendant illegally faces death penalty
The Constitutional Court ruled that the south African government illegally extradited a Tanzanian suspect to the U.S. as they failed to seek assurances he would not be sentenced to death.
- MAY 27, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Many Oklahomans are less confident now in the criminal...
Many Oklahomans are less confident now in the criminal justice system because of the wrongful conviction of an Oklahoma City man and the FBI's mistake that led to a stay of Timothy McVeigh's execution
- MAY 27, 2001IrelandDEATH PENALTY
Justice Minister John O'Donoghue said Ireland should...
Justice Minister John O'Donoghue said Ireland should throw out the death penalty in the June 7 referendum
- MAY 26, 2001RwandaDEATH PENALTY
A court in the northwestern Rwandan town of Gisenyi...
A court in the northwestern Rwandan town of Gisenyi sentenced ten ethnic Hutus to death on charges of genocide and other crimes against humanity committed in the town in 1994
- MAY 26, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
At least 13 people were killed in the troubled Aceh...
At least 13 people were killed in the troubled Aceh region on the Indonesian island of Sumatra where an offensive by government troops aimed at containing a separatist insurgency there is now in its second month
- MAY 25, 2001AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Gary Wayne Drinkard, 45, who spent 5 years on prison's...
Gary Wayne Drinkard, 45, who spent 5 years on prison's death row, has been found innocent at retrial
- MAY 25, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Jinan Municipal Intermediate People's Court, Shandong...
Jinan Municipal Intermediate People's Court, Shandong Province, sentenced Xue Yuquan, director of the Gold Industry Bureau, to death with two years reprieve for accepting bribes and falsely reporting registered capital
- MAY 25, 2001CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Leon Chauncey Cooper, 40, who was convicted of raping...
Leon Chauncey Cooper, 40, who was convicted of raping and murdering on March 26, 1998, his stepdaughter LaRhonda Johnson, 15, will be executed
- MAY 25, 2001DelawareDEATH PENALTY
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