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
- MARCH 29, 2001KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Two Tanzanians accused of robbing 29 American tourists...
Two Tanzanians accused of robbing 29 American tourists in Kenya's Masai Mara game park were sentenced to hang after pleading guilty to the charges
- MARCH 29, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
In a letter, Reggio Emilia Mayor Antonella Spaggiari...
In a letter, Reggio Emilia Mayor Antonella Spaggiari threatened to dissolve the cultural exchange relationship with Fort Worth city, in Texas
- MARCH 29, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The Bekaa Criminal Court handed down two death sentences,...
The Bekaa Criminal Court handed down two death sentences, convicting a man and a woman of murder in two separate cases
- MARCH 29, 2001TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
Two Tanzanians accused of robbing 29 American tourists...
Two Tanzanians accused of robbing 29 American tourists in Kenya's Masai Mara game park were sentenced to hang after pleading guilty to the charges
- MARCH 29, 2001IraqDEATH PENALTY
The Bekaa Criminal Court convicted an Iraqi national...
The Bekaa Criminal Court convicted an Iraqi national to death
- MARCH 29, 2001DEATH PENALTY
U.N. MORATORIUM
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- MARCH 28, 2001ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Deputy speaker Tigran Torosyan said the Armenian parliament...
Deputy speaker Tigran Torosyan said the Armenian parliament needs to make changes in the special part of the Criminal Code concerning the abrogation of the death penalty as part of its responsibilities towards the Council of Europe
- MARCH 28, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Prime Minister John Howard was assailed by callers...
Prime Minister John Howard was assailed by callers to an Adelaide talkback radio program who demanded he introduce capital punishment or use the army to clear heroin traffickers from Sydney's western suburbs
- MARCH 28, 2001MissouriDEATH PENALTY
Tomas Ervin was executed for his role in the 1988 murders...
Tomas Ervin was executed for his role in the 1988 murders of a woman and her son: Mildred Hodges, 75, and, Richard, 49
- MARCH 28, 2001Sud CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
5 York County deputies had to restrain Bobby Lee Holmes...
5 York County deputies had to restrain Bobby Lee Holmes when Circuit Court Judge John Hayes sentenced him to die
- MARCH 27, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Minister of Justice and Human Rights Baharuddin...
The Minister of Justice and Human Rights Baharuddin Lopa submitted to the House of Representatives a new clemency bill
- MARCH 27, 2001MalawiDEATH PENALTY
At least six people have been arrested following what...
At least six people have been arrested following what authorities in Malawi said was an uncovered coup plot against the government of President Bakili Muluzi
- MARCH 27, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
One day before he was scheduled to die, Michael Moore...
One day before he was scheduled to die, Michael Moore received a reprieve from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
- MARCH 27, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
A man who fatally shot his wife and two teen-age daughters...
A man who fatally shot his wife and two teen-age daughters in 1997 apologized for what he did before the state executed him in the night
- MARCH 27, 2001CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Robert Lee Massie, a convicted killer who spent two...
Robert Lee Massie, a convicted killer who spent two separate stints on death row and gained notoriety while pursuing his own demise for more than 30 years, was executed by the State of California early this morning
- MARCH 27, 2001DEATH PENALTY
72% of Pennsylvanians favor a temporary halt to the...
72% of Pennsylvanians favor a temporary halt to the administration of the death penalty until questions about its fairness can be studied, according to a poll of 509 registered voters in Pennsylvania conducted by Madonna Yost Opinion Research earlier this
- MARCH 27, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
According to lawyers acting for President Thabo Mbeki,...
According to lawyers acting for President Thabo Mbeki, South African courts have no power to order the government to request that an alleged Muslim bomber on trial in the United States not be given a death sentence
- MARCH 27, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
A second South African is facing murder charges in...
A second South African is facing murder charges in Botswana and possibly the gallows if convicted
- MARCH 27, 2001DEATH PENALTY
CALIFORNIA CARRIES OUT FIRST EXECUTION IN A YEAR
March 27, 2001: Double-murderer Robert Lee Massie was executed by lethal injection after spending 28 years on death row.
- MARCH 26, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Stavropol region Governor Alexander Chernogorov suggested...
Stavropol region Governor Alexander Chernogorov suggested that Russian President Vladimir Putin "revive the death penalty in Russia in relation to the organisers and perpetrators of terrorist attacks"
- MARCH 26, 2001SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
The editor of the weekly "War Ogaal", Abdishakur Yusuf...
The editor of the weekly "War Ogaal", Abdishakur Yusuf Ali, was due to appear in court for reporting that two women had been sentenced to death in Bosaso, the commercial capital of the self-declared autonomous region of Puntland, northeastern Somalia
- MARCH 26, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan was charged with...
Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan was charged with new offences that could see him face a second death penalty, said the state-run Anatolian news agency
- MARCH 26, 2001TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The European Union welcomed Turkey's political reform...
The European Union welcomed Turkey's political reform plan as a "landmark" in its EU membership drive, but said Ankara needs to do more on key issues such as abolition of the death penalty
- MARCH 26, 2001KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
The Kazakh Justice Minister, Igor Rogov, said the way...
The Kazakh Justice Minister, Igor Rogov, said the way criminal law is developing in Kazakhstan makes it possible to speculate that the republic may be getting ready to abolish the death penalty
- MARCH 26, 2001KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
Five members of an international terrorist grouping...
Five members of an international terrorist grouping that carried out terrorist acts in the Kyrgyzstani city of Osh in May and June 1998 were sentenced to capital punishment
- MARCH 26, 2001KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Five members of an international terrorist grouping...
Five members of an international terrorist grouping that carried out terrorist acts in the Kyrgyzstani city of Osh in May and June 1998 were sentenced to capital punishment
- MARCH 26, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Five members of an international terrorist grouping...
Five members of an international terrorist grouping that carried out terrorist acts in the Kyrgyzstani city of Osh in May and June 1998 were sentenced to capital punishment
- MARCH 26, 2001OmanDEATH PENALTY
Habib bin Jumaa, Faisal bin Hilal, Najib bin Mahfouz,...
Habib bin Jumaa, Faisal bin Hilal, Najib bin Mahfouz, Ahmed bin Habib and Mohammed bin Habib were executed by firing squad for murder in Oman
- MARCH 25, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
A national poll recently conducted by Peter D
A national poll recently conducted by Peter D
- MARCH 25, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Abdu Shouan Mohammed Mokbil was executed in the northern...
Abdu Shouan Mohammed Mokbil was executed in the northern Hajjah province for the 1993 murder of Nasser Kassem, during a dispute over land