Archive timeline
2002
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2002, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2002
- FEBRUARY 8, 2002CambodiaDEATH PENALTY
The United Nations pulled out of a project with Cambodia...
The United Nations pulled out of a project with Cambodia to set up a special court to try former Khmer Rouge leaders blamed for some 1
- FEBRUARY 8, 2002SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
The Montenegrin government endorsed a bill of amendments...
The Montenegrin government endorsed a bill of amendments to the penal code abolishing the death sentence, Justice Minister Zeljko Sturanovic said
- FEBRUARY 8, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
West Australian barrister Ron Cannon will defend Fijian...
West Australian barrister Ron Cannon will defend Fijian coup plotter George Speight against charges of treason
- FEBRUARY 8, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Imam of Muslim inmates at the Federal Prisons in...
The Imam of Muslim inmates at the Federal Prisons in Awka, Anambra State, Sheikh Mohammad Abdullahi Anadu, awarded a scholarship to Adama, the daughter of the alleged Sokoto adulteress, Safiya Hussaini Tungar Tudu
- FEBRUARY 8, 2002CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
A unanimous 3-judge panel of the 9th U
A unanimous 3-judge panel of the 9th U
- FEBRUARY 8, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Southern Daily newspaper reported that the Zhanjiang...
The Southern Daily newspaper reported that the Zhanjiang Municipal Intermediate People's Court, Guangdong Province, sentenced Liu Hai to death and Zhou Fusheng, Peng Yong and Huang Xiaobo to death with a reprieve
- FEBRUARY 7, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Former Indian prime minister VP Singh called for capital...
Former Indian prime minister VP Singh called for capital punishment for politicians responsible for corruption, particularly in matters related to defence
- FEBRUARY 7, 2002LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
The execution of Leslie Dale Martin was called off by the U
The execution of Leslie Dale Martin was called off by the U
- FEBRUARY 7, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The Vice Speaker of Armenia's Parliament Gagik Aslanyan...
The Vice Speaker of Armenia's Parliament Gagik Aslanyan discussed the death penalty with Italy's Ambassador to Armenia Paolo Andrea Trabalza
- FEBRUARY 7, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Various parliamentary factions stated their support...
Various parliamentary factions stated their support for the abolition of the death penalty at a parliamentary briefing, however all said that an exception must be made for the terrorists accused of the October 27, 1999 attack on the Armenian Parliament
- FEBRUARY 7, 2002AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
In northern Afghanistan, members of the Hazara ethnic...
In northern Afghanistan, members of the Hazara ethnic group called for an international investigation into crimes committed by the Taliban
- FEBRUARY 7, 2002KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Six men were sentenced to death by a Kenyan court for...
Six men were sentenced to death by a Kenyan court for violent robbery
- FEBRUARY 7, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Xie Hong, former deputy chief of the public security...
Xie Hong, former deputy chief of the public security bureau and head of the traffic police detachment in Yunfu city, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve
- FEBRUARY 7, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Dealing a major blow to the criminal prosecution system...
Dealing a major blow to the criminal prosecution system and granting extreme relief to a man who was sentenced to death for murdering four members of a family in 1996, the Supreme Court acquitted the accused holding that no independent witness was examine
- FEBRUARY 7, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
Three more executions followed the first two hangings...
Three more executions followed the first two hangings in Jordan in 2002 on February 6
- FEBRUARY 7, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Guigang Municipal Intermediate People's Court, Guangxi...
Guigang Municipal Intermediate People's Court, Guangxi Province, sentenced to death Huang Hailin, director of the Guigang Municipal Rural Enterprise Bureau and chairman of the Rural Enterprises Development Fund Association, for accepting bribes
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Two men were condemned to death Shahriar, Iran
Two men were condemned to death Shahriar, Iran
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw wrote to the Governor...
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw wrote to the Governor of Georgia [Roy Barnes] urging him to commute the death sentence passed on a British man to imprisonment, [Prime Minister ] Tony Blair disclosed
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002MissouriDEATH PENALTY
Michael Owsley, 40, died at 12:07 a
Michael Owsley, 40, died at 12:07 a
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Ugandan members of parliament opposed a mandatory death...
Ugandan members of parliament opposed a mandatory death sentence for convicted terrorists in the new Suppression of Terrorism Bill being debated in parliament
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw wrote to the Governor...
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw wrote to the Governor of Georgia [Roy Barnes] urging him to commute the death sentence passed on a British man to imprisonment, [Prime Minister ] Tony Blair disclosed
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002FloridaDEATH PENALTY
The execution of Linroy Bottoson, scheduled for February...
The execution of Linroy Bottoson, scheduled for February 5, was stayed by the U
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002OhioDEATH PENALTY
In a 5-2 ruling the Ohio Supreme Court ordered a new...
In a 5-2 ruling the Ohio Supreme Court ordered a new trial for James Were, 44, sentenced to death for strangling Robert Vallandingham, a guard held hostage during a 1993 11-day riot at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002IndianaDEATH PENALTY
No one under 18 could be given the death penalty under...
No one under 18 could be given the death penalty under a bill that passed the Senate in a 40-8 vote
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Italian Equal Opportunities Minister Stefania Prestigiacomo...
Italian Equal Opportunities Minister Stefania Prestigiacomo said the time had come for the European Union to stop women being stoned to death in some Arab countries
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The People's Party of Armenia (PPA) considers the abolition...
The People's Party of Armenia (PPA) considers the abolition of capital punishment premature in a country where top-ranking officials recently fell victim to terror
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Italian Equal Opportunities Minister Stefania Prestigiacomo...
Italian Equal Opportunities Minister Stefania Prestigiacomo said the time had come for the European Union to stop women being stoned to death in some Arab countries
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
Italian Equal Opportunities Minister Stefania Prestigiacomo...
Italian Equal Opportunities Minister Stefania Prestigiacomo said the time had come for the European Union to stop women being stoned to death in some Arab countries
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Writer Anatoly Pristavkin, adviser the Russian president...
Writer Anatoly Pristavkin, adviser the Russian president Vladimir Putin on pardons, hopes that Russia "will soon bow out of the shameful list" of countries that have execution in force
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Montenegro's Deputy Prime Minister Dragan Djurovic...
Montenegro's Deputy Prime Minister Dragan Djurovic said that the death sentence is soon to be abolished in Montenegro