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
- APRIL 30, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Sister Helen Prejean, an activist for the abolition...
Sister Helen Prejean, an activist for the abolition of the death penalty and writer of the book which inspired the film 'Dead Man Walking', declared herself in favour of a live television broadcast of the McVeigh execution so that all would be able to see
- APRIL 30, 2001BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
The Head of Botswana Television news and current affairs...
The Head of Botswana Television news and current affairs Chris Bishop resigned over government attempts to control news broadcasts
- APRIL 30, 2001BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
The Head of Botswana Television news and current affairs...
The Head of Botswana Television news and current affairs Chris Bishop resigned over government attempts to control news broadcasts
- APRIL 29, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Jin Ruchao, the perpetrator of the notorious explosions...
Jin Ruchao, the perpetrator of the notorious explosions that killed 108 people on March 16, together with the other two offenders involved in the explosion, were executed
- APRIL 29, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Vice President Dick Cheney said that Oklahoma City...
Vice President Dick Cheney said that Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh deserved to be executed, dismissing a papal plea to spare the life of the man responsible for the worst act of domestic terrorism in U
- APRIL 29, 2001DEATH PENALTY
A poll found that 81% of Louisiana residents favour...
A poll found that 81% of Louisiana residents favour a moratorium on executions while the state's capital punishment system is studied
- APRIL 29, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russian writer and Nobel Prize winner Alexander Solzhenitsyn...
Russian writer and Nobel Prize winner Alexander Solzhenitsyn stated his belief that Russia will stop terrorism only if it lifts the moratorium on capital punishment
- APRIL 28, 2001VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Five men were sentenced to death by a southern Vietnam...
Five men were sentenced to death by a southern Vietnam court in a trial of nine people accused of drug trafficking from Laos (2
- APRIL 28, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
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- APRIL 28, 2001Vatican CityDEATH PENALTY
Pope John Paul II has asked President Bush to spare...
Pope John Paul II has asked President Bush to spare the life of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, who is scheduled to be executed on May 16
- APRIL 28, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Baomin, whose sentence had been ratified by the...
Li Baomin, whose sentence had been ratified by the Supreme People's Court, was executed in Fuzhou City after being convicted of belonging to a smuggling ring
- APRIL 28, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Pope John Paul II has asked President Bush to spare...
Pope John Paul II has asked President Bush to spare the life of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, who is scheduled to be executed on May 16
- APRIL 27, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Following the execution of five drug traffickers Amnesty...
Following the execution of five drug traffickers Amnesty International's Secretary General wrote an open letter to the Prime Minister of Thailand urging him to use his executive powers to issue a moratorium on the use of the death penalty
- APRIL 27, 2001LibyaDEATH PENALTY
Mr Ngwakosi [phonetic] and Mr Mafuta [phonetic] were...
Mr Ngwakosi [phonetic] and Mr Mafuta [phonetic] were sentenced to death by a criminal court after being convicted of assassinating the Libyan ambassador to Central African Republic
- APRIL 27, 2001ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Reacting to press reports that death row prisoners...
Reacting to press reports that death row prisoners choked Kabwe's Mukobeko Maximum Prison, Fr
- APRIL 27, 2001SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
A Singapore man was sentenced to death for trafficking...
A Singapore man was sentenced to death for trafficking two kilograms of cannabis
- APRIL 27, 2001SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
The United Nations Commission on Human Rights, expressed...
The United Nations Commission on Human Rights, expressed concern at the human rights situation in Somalia
- APRIL 27, 2001KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
Jefferson Circuit Judge Lisabeth Hughes Abramson sentenced...
Jefferson Circuit Judge Lisabeth Hughes Abramson sentenced to death Roger L
- APRIL 27, 2001VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
Blacksburg has become the third locality to call for...
Blacksburg has become the third locality to call for a moratorium on executions in Virginia, and a group opposed to the death penalty says it will continue to seek supporters in town and city halls across the state
- APRIL 27, 2001FranceDEATH PENALTY
The regional court of Caen, in Normandy, released Patrick...
The regional court of Caen, in Normandy, released Patrick Henry after he had served 25 years of a life long prison sentence
- APRIL 27, 2001Governo Federale degli Stati UnitiDEATH PENALTY
Since 1988, the federal government has authorized seeking...
Since 1988, the federal government has authorized seeking the death penalty against 211 defendants
- APRIL 27, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets...
Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets to demonstrate for the release of ex President Joseph Estrada, imprisoned due to a corruption charge accusing him of stealing from the state whilst he was in charge
- APRIL 27, 2001Central African RepublicDEATH PENALTY
The Central African Criminal Court sentenced to death...
The Central African Criminal Court sentenced to death Ngoakossi Juvenal, a private detective, and Mafouta Jeannot, a former senior corporal in the army, for the killing and carjacking of the Libyan Ambassador in August 2000
- APRIL 26, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Mark Tarmthai, a philosophy lecturer at Chulalongkorn...
Mark Tarmthai, a philosophy lecturer at Chulalongkorn University, speaking at a seminar on the death sentence and drug problems organised by Amnesty International (Thailand) and the Union of Civil Liberty, said the government should set up a committee to
- APRIL 26, 2001Nord CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
After the approval by the Senate, it was referred to...
After the approval by the Senate, it was referred to Judiciary Committee of the House, bill (SB 109) that would allow the North Carolina Supreme Court to craft new minimum standards for defense lawyers, prosecutors, and judges in capital cases
- APRIL 26, 2001DelawareDEATH PENALTY
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- APRIL 26, 2001AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
A death row inmate whose case never got a full federal...
A death row inmate whose case never got a full federal court review because he didn't have a lawyer until recently was spared execution as federal courts approved a stay
- APRIL 26, 2001KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of...
The Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of Gerald Young, though his murder conviction was upheld
- APRIL 26, 2001TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
Federal marshals have been ordered to seize Tennessee's...
Federal marshals have been ordered to seize Tennessee's electric chair
- APRIL 26, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
New Amnesty International report on death penalty in...
New Amnesty International report on death penalty in Oklahoma The rate at which the state of Oklahoma is executing prisoners is the highest per capita in the USA, and higher than most countries including China and Iran, Amnesty International said today as