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
- NOVEMBER 15, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International has called on authorities in...
Amnesty International has called on authorities in Fiji to prosecute those who suppressed the military mutiny in November 2000, as well as those who staged it
- NOVEMBER 15, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
The Cabinet is due to discuss stiffer sentences for...
The Cabinet is due to discuss stiffer sentences for rapists, including the death penalty, in a fortnight and if comments from the country's de facto law minister are any indication, the proposal to hang offenders will be endorsed by Prime Minister Mahath
- NOVEMBER 15, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Magistrate Lisa Hannan has ordered the extradition...
Magistrate Lisa Hannan has ordered the extradition to Singapore of a British businessman, Michael McCrea, accused of a grisly double murder and ordered him to remain in custody pending receipt of a Singaporean surrender warrant
- NOVEMBER 15, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Armenia should built state without death penalty, advisor...
Armenia should built state without death penalty, advisor to RA minister of home affairs, head of task force of reformation of RA Criminal Code Mikael Grigoryan said
- NOVEMBER 15, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Nikolay Arustamyan, a representative of the Armenian...
Nikolay Arustamyan, a representative of the Armenian Justice Ministry, said that today there were 42 people sentenced to death and expecting their sentence to be commuted to life imprisonment in connection with the death penalty moratorium announced in Ar
- NOVEMBER 15, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Softly chanting "There is no God but Allah" until he...
Softly chanting "There is no God but Allah" until he lost consciousness, a Pakistani man was put to death by injection on November 14 for the slayings of two CIA employees in 1993
- NOVEMBER 15, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Softly chanting "There is no God but Allah" until he...
Softly chanting "There is no God but Allah" until he lost consciousness, a Pakistani man was put to death by injection on November 14 for the slayings of two CIA employees in 1993
- NOVEMBER 15, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds of hardline demonstrators in Tehran called...
Hundreds of hardline demonstrators in Tehran called for the execution of Hashem Aghajari, a popular academic and ally of President Mohammad Khatami sentenced to death for blasphemy
- NOVEMBER 14, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Fort Worth, Heliberto Chi, 23, was sentenced to...
In Fort Worth, Heliberto Chi, 23, was sentenced to die by lethal injection for the March 24, 2001, robbery and fatal shooting of Armand Paliotta, 56
- NOVEMBER 14, 2002VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
In Jarratt, Mir Aimal Kasi, whose real name was Aimal...
In Jarratt, Mir Aimal Kasi, whose real name was Aimal Khan Kasi, was executed by injection for the 1993 slayings of two CIA employees in what he said was a protest of U
- NOVEMBER 14, 2002KansasDEATH PENALTY
In Wichita Reginald Carr, 25, and his brother, Jonathan,...
In Wichita Reginald Carr, 25, and his brother, Jonathan, 22, were sentenced to death for the killing of 4 people in December 2000
- NOVEMBER 14, 2002Nord CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
In Greensboro, a Guilford County Superior Court jury...
In Greensboro, a Guilford County Superior Court jury sentenced John Henry Thompson, 34, to death for the March 31, 2001 shooting of Kenneth Bruhmuller
- NOVEMBER 14, 2002FijiDEATH PENALTY
A Fiji military court sentenced the leader of a failed...
A Fiji military court sentenced the leader of a failed mutiny to death but court officials said the sentence was automatically commuted to life in prison
- NOVEMBER 14, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani protesters burned the US flag and called...
Pakistani protesters burned the US flag and called for a strike in the home town of a Muslim militant due to be executed later in the day in the United States
- NOVEMBER 14, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani protesters burned the US flag and called...
Pakistani protesters burned the US flag and called for a strike in the home town of a Muslim militant due to be executed later in the day in the United States
- NOVEMBER 14, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indonesian who confessed to being part of the devastating...
An Indonesian who confessed to being part of the devastating bomb attacks on Bali in October has no fear of the death penalty, content he achieved what he set out to do, police said
- NOVEMBER 14, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The central council of the Islamic Students Association...
The central council of the Islamic Students Association of Shahid Saduqi's Medical Science University in Yazd sent an open letter to Ayatollah Hashemi-Shahrudi, calling on him to resign from his post as head of the Judiciary, following the death sentence
- NOVEMBER 13, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
"I really appreciate the support of the contestants who have offered to boycott for me
"I really appreciate the support of the contestants who have offered to boycott for me
- NOVEMBER 13, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
In the 410th state District Court, a jury sentenced...
In the 410th state District Court, a jury sentenced Keith Steven Thurmond to death for the Sept
- NOVEMBER 13, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
In Peoria, a jury of 7 men and 5 women deliberated...
In Peoria, a jury of 7 men and 5 women deliberated almost 9 hours before sentencing Dale W
- NOVEMBER 13, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
William Putman was executed for the deaths of a couple,...
William Putman was executed for the deaths of a couple, David Hardin and Katie Hardin on July 10, 1980
- NOVEMBER 13, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Attending the Miss World contest in Nigeria this month...
Attending the Miss World contest in Nigeria this month would be a bold statement against the treatment of women in the country, according to Australia's representative Nicole Gazal
- NOVEMBER 13, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court of Appeals approved punishments given...
The Supreme Court of Appeals approved punishments given to Necdet Yuksel and Rustu Aytufan, the suspects of the Umut Case, by commuting their death sentence to life imprisonment while it annulled punishments of eight other suspects including Ferhan Ozmen
- NOVEMBER 13, 2002SpainDEATH PENALTY
With an article published by El Mundo, Emma Bonino,...
With an article published by El Mundo, Emma Bonino, former EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid, reacted strongly to the resolution approved by a commission of Spanish Parliamentarians and Senators calling for a boycott of the Miss World contest by the co
- NOVEMBER 13, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Embattled President Mohammad Khatami broke his silence...
Embattled President Mohammad Khatami broke his silence over the sentencing to death for blasphemy of Hashem Aghajari, a prominent academic and close ally
- NOVEMBER 13, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
State prosecutor-general Ayatollah Abdolnabi Namazi...
State prosecutor-general Ayatollah Abdolnabi Namazi said that the dossier of Hashem Aghjari should go through its legal procedure and that everyone should accept the final verdict of the law
- NOVEMBER 13, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Hashem Aghajari refused to appeal his sentence in a...
Hashem Aghajari refused to appeal his sentence in a defiant challenge to the Islamic republic's hardline judiciary, his lawyer said
- NOVEMBER 13, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Around 2,500 students gathered at a Tehran university...
Around 2,500 students gathered at a Tehran university burst into prolonged applause when a speaker announced Hashem Aghajari's decision not to appeal his death sentence for blashpemy
- NOVEMBER 13, 2002DEATH PENALTY
AGHAJARI “READY TO DIE”, STUDENTS IN TEHRAN CONTINUE PROTEST
November 13, 2002: Hashem Aghajari, a prominent intellectual condemned to death for blasphemy has refused to appeal his sentence in a defiant challenge to the Islamic republic´s hardline judiciary, his lawyer said Wednesday."Twenty years ago, when I was o
- NOVEMBER 12, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
A jury in the court of state District Judge Debbie...
A jury in the court of state District Judge Debbie Stricklin deliberated for less than 2 hours before agreeing on the death sentence for Ronald James Hamilton Jr