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
- JANUARY 10, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Justice Minister Samir Jisr said he will improve what...
Justice Minister Samir Jisr said he will improve what he calls the country's "disastrous" prison conditions, but remained firm in his belief that capital punishment is a necessity
- JANUARY 9, 2001TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court of Tajikistan sentenced to death...
The Supreme Court of Tajikistan sentenced to death the leader of a criminal armed group, (Murodali Bozorov), and two of his accomplices, (Abror Sulaymonov) and (Kiyemiddiyen Fayzullayev) for murder, banditry and also with taking several servicemen of the
- JANUARY 9, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Eddie Leroy Trice, 48, was executed by lethal injection...
Eddie Leroy Trice, 48, was executed by lethal injection in McAlester for the 1987 killing of Ernestine Jones, 84, in her Oklahoma City home
- JANUARY 9, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
In a letter to the Governor of Oklahoma, Mr
In a letter to the Governor of Oklahoma, Mr
- JANUARY 9, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
Convicted killer Jack Wade Clark was executed this...
Convicted killer Jack Wade Clark was executed this evening for the abduction, rape and fatal stabbing of a 23-year-old Lubbock County woman more than 11 years ago
- JANUARY 9, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
A month after a Florida death row inmate was cleared...
A month after a Florida death row inmate was cleared of a murder by a drop of his blood, Gov
- JANUARY 9, 2001CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Los Angeles County's new district attorney decided...
Los Angeles County's new district attorney decided to forgo the death penalty and seek life sentences in some murder cases in which foreigners have fled to countries that refuse extradition in death penalty cases
- JANUARY 9, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Jur'at Nuri and Abduhalik Abdureshit were executed...
Jur'at Nuri and Abduhalik Abdureshit were executed in Yining city in the Xinjiang region, for working to overthrow Chinese rule
- JANUARY 9, 2001IndianaDEATH PENALTY
Indiana State Rep
Indiana State Rep
- JANUARY 9, 2001ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Welder Saeng-Un Udom, 22, a Thai national was sentenced...
Welder Saeng-Un Udom, 22, a Thai national was sentenced by the Singapore High Court to hang for murdering Mr Weerasak Suebban, a fellow worker after an argument on June 23, 2000
- JANUARY 9, 2001SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Welder Saeng-Un Udom, 22, a Thai national was sentenced...
Welder Saeng-Un Udom, 22, a Thai national was sentenced by the High Court to hang for murdering Mr Weerasak Suebban, a fellow worker after an argument on June 23, 2000
- JANUARY 9, 2001Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed a Sri Lankan man for the murder...
Saudi Arabia executed a Sri Lankan man for the murder of a fellow Sri Lankan while he was sleeping
- JANUARY 9, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Texas legislators Lucio, McClendon, and Hinojosa, introduced...
Texas legislators Lucio, McClendon, and Hinojosa, introduced Life Without Parole Bills on January 9, 2001
- JANUARY 9, 2001DEATH PENALTY
A resolution was introduced proposing a constitutional...
A resolution was introduced proposing a constitutional amendment to provide the governor with sole discretion to commute punishment in capital cases
- JANUARY 9, 2001DEATH PENALTY
A bill was introduced that provides that an individual...
A bill was introduced that provides that an individual taxpayer who holds a religious, moral or ethical objection to the death penalty, may, upon approval of his or her application, be certified by the Department of Revenue as a capital punishment object
- JANUARY 9, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed a Sri Lankan man for the murder...
Saudi Arabia executed a Sri Lankan man for the murder of a fellow Sri Lankan while he was sleeping
- JANUARY 8, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed an Indian man, Chandra Baboragoon,...
Saudi Arabia executed an Indian man, Chandra Baboragoon, and a Pakistani for smuggling heroin
- JANUARY 8, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Legislation was introduced to increases the minimum...
Legislation was introduced to increases the minimum age for death penalty eligibility from 16 to 18 years old at the time of the offense
- JANUARY 8, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Sen. Zakas presented a bill (SB 81) which will allow...
Sen. Zakas presented a bill (SB 81) which will allow inmates to petition the court for postconviction DNA testing. (text: http://www
- JANUARY 8, 2001PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed an Indian man and a Pakistani...
Saudi Arabia executed an Indian man and a Pakistani for smuggling heroin
- JANUARY 8, 2001GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Two bills (HB 11, HB 44) were introduced
Two bills (HB 11, HB 44) were introduced
- JANUARY 8, 2001IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed an Indian man for smuggling heroin
Saudi Arabia executed an Indian man for smuggling heroin
- JANUARY 8, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Taliban's supreme leader Mulla Mohammad Omar issued...
Taliban's supreme leader Mulla Mohammad Omar issued a decree of ban on conversion from Islam
- JANUARY 7, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Hassan Faylom, 39, was hanged in public outside Tehran's...
Hassan Faylom, 39, was hanged in public outside Tehran's Qasr prison, for killing his wife, Fatemeh, 24, and his 19-month old daughter, Melika, stabbing them 41 times "in order to satisfy his lust and that of his lover Mojgan"
- JANUARY 7, 2001ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
A federal judge has stayed the scheduled Jan
A federal judge has stayed the scheduled Jan
- JANUARY 6, 2001GhanaDEATH PENALTY
Ghanaian President Jerry Rawlings, pardoned Kwame Pianim,...
Ghanaian President Jerry Rawlings, pardoned Kwame Pianim, an old political foe convicted of treason against his then military government in 1982, who served 10 years in prison after a death sentence
- JANUARY 6, 2001MassachusettsDEATH PENALTY
One arm cradling a bouquet of yellow roses, the other...
One arm cradling a bouquet of yellow roses, the other wrapped tightly around his tearful wife, Peter Limone walked out of Middlesex Superior Courthouse a free man after allegedly being framed for murder by the FBI and spending 33 years in prison, 4 of the
- JANUARY 5, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) executed commanders,...
Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) executed commanders, Kagui Gani Abdul and Dong Abdul, in Mamasapano, as the two were about to meet government emissaries working out their return to the fold of the law
- JANUARY 5, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Two Chechen traitors were executed in Urus-Martan after...
Two Chechen traitors were executed in Urus-Martan after the mandate issued by the Mojahedin Military Command Council
- JANUARY 5, 2001DEATH PENALTY
It was revealed that California's 1st university-run...
It was revealed that California's 1st university-run clinic to represent death row inmates, part of a growing national trend to help provide better legal representation for the condemned, will open this year at Boalt Hall law school in Berkeley