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
- JANUARY 28, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Donald Newbury was sentenced to death by lethal injection...
Donald Newbury was sentenced to death by lethal injection for the slaying of Irving police Officer Aubrey Hawkins in a Dec
- JANUARY 28, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
An Aborigine elder is seeking the permission of Australia's...
An Aborigine elder is seeking the permission of Australia's highest court to have a police officer killed with a spear for putting out a sacred fire
- JANUARY 28, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Hong Kong businessman was sentenced to two years...
A Hong Kong businessman was sentenced to two years imprisonment for smuggling Bibles into the mainland and two mainlanders have been jailed for three years and fined 150,000 dollars each
- JANUARY 28, 2002Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Hong Kong businessman was sentenced to two years...
A Hong Kong businessman was sentenced to two years imprisonment for smuggling Bibles into the mainland and two mainlanders have been jailed for three years and fined 150,000 dollars each
- JANUARY 28, 2002YemenDEATH PENALTY
A Yemeni official source told the Yemen Times that...
A Yemeni official source told the Yemen Times that a general amnesty was likely to be issued on the Yemeni Socialist Party's leaders who were convicted with different charges after the 1994 civil war
- JANUARY 28, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Council of Islam in Nigeria warned the...
The Supreme Council of Islam in Nigeria warned the National Assembly not to pass into law a bill currently before the House of Representatives seeking to adopt as part of Nigeria's laws, certain aspects of the United Nations (UN) convention which the coun
- JANUARY 28, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The coalition whips rejected two draft amendments to...
The coalition whips rejected two draft amendments to the Penal Code in regard to international terrorism and the abolition of the death penalty for minors
- JANUARY 28, 2002ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
Robert Joseph Moody, was sentenced in Pima County Superior...
Robert Joseph Moody, was sentenced in Pima County Superior Court
- JANUARY 28, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
Campaigners against the death penalty staged a rally...
Campaigners against the death penalty staged a rally in Tokyo, asking the government to open a public debate on capital punishment and reforming Japan's law on it
- JANUARY 28, 2002DEATH PENALTY
HONG KONG BUSINESSMAN SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS
January 28, 2002: a Hong Kong businessman was sentenced to two years imprisonment for smuggling Bibles into the mainland and two mainlanders have been jailed for three years. The three were initially charged under laws which carry a potential death senten
- JANUARY 27, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China backed away from putting an alleged Bible-smuggler...
China backed away from putting an alleged Bible-smuggler on trial for his life, instead charging him with the lesser offence of illegal trading
- JANUARY 27, 2002Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China backed away from putting an alleged Bible-smuggler...
China backed away from putting an alleged Bible-smuggler on trial for his life, instead charging him with the lesser offence of illegal trading
- JANUARY 27, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Four men were hanged in prison in Ahvaz, Iran, the...
Four men were hanged in prison in Ahvaz, Iran, the Farsi language newspaper Keyhan reported
- JANUARY 26, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Sixteen members of a gang accused of running a massive...
Sixteen members of a gang accused of running a massive protection racket in Xuchang, Henan province, were executed after a public sentencing rally, AFP reported
- JANUARY 26, 2002PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
In Pittsburgh a jury sentenced Connie Williams, with...
In Pittsburgh a jury sentenced Connie Williams, with an IQ of 59, to die by lethal injection for the August 1999 killing his wife Frances Williams, 48
- JANUARY 26, 2002SwitzerlandDEATH PENALTY
China is willing to improve its human rights record...
China is willing to improve its human rights record but progress may be slow, according to Swiss delegates returning from talks in Beijing
- JANUARY 26, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China is willing to improve its human rights record...
China is willing to improve its human rights record but progress may be slow, according to Swiss delegates returning from talks in Beijing
- JANUARY 25, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Two murderers who brutally killed 14 people were executed...
Two murderers who brutally killed 14 people were executed in Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province in north China
- JANUARY 25, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A 49-year-old man convicted of drug trafficking was...
A 49-year-old man convicted of drug trafficking was hanged at the Kajang Prison
- JANUARY 25, 2002CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Contra Costa Superior Court Judge Peter Spinetta handed...
Contra Costa Superior Court Judge Peter Spinetta handed down a death sentence to Joseph Perez Jr
- JANUARY 25, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
MEP Emma Bonino said she encountered a wall of silence...
MEP Emma Bonino said she encountered a wall of silence in her efforts to discuss the death penalty with Japanese authorities
- JANUARY 25, 2002DEATH PENALTY
HANDS OFF CAIN HONORARY PRESIDENT MEETS JAPANESE AUHTORITIES
January 25, 2002: MEP Emma Bonino is holding a series of high-level meetings with Justice and Foreign Ministry officials on the use of the death penalty in Japan.
- JANUARY 25, 2002DEATH PENALTY
HANDS OFF CAIN HONORARY PRESIDENT SLAMS SECRECY OF JAPANESE DEATH PENALTY SYSTEM
January 25, 2002: MEP Emma Bonino said she encountered a wall of silence in her efforts to discuss the death penalty with Japanese authorities.
- JANUARY 24, 2002ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
Judge Jeffrey Coker of Coconino County gave Brian Dann,...
Judge Jeffrey Coker of Coconino County gave Brian Dann, 39, 3 death sentences for killing his girlfriend, Shelly Parks, 33, her brother, Andrew Parks, 34, and Ed Payan, 37 on April 4, 1999
- JANUARY 24, 2002AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Criminals in Afghanistan will continue to be punished...
Criminals in Afghanistan will continue to be punished with amputations and stonings under Islamic Sharia law as part of the interim government's efforts to crack down on crime, Chief Justice Fazul Hadi Shinwari said
- JANUARY 24, 2002AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The governor of the southern Afghan province of Kandahar,...
The governor of the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, Gul Agha, called a mass meeting at the site of Taliban executions to pledge loyalty to Kabul
- JANUARY 24, 2002BruneiDEATH PENALTY
The Director of Narcotic Control Bureau, Awg Hj Momin B
The Director of Narcotic Control Bureau, Awg Hj Momin B
- JANUARY 24, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Chinese drug trafficker who escaped from prison in...
A Chinese drug trafficker who escaped from prison in 1995 was recently arrested by Myanmar police and handed over to the Chinese police
- JANUARY 24, 2002Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
A Chinese drug trafficker who escaped from prison in...
A Chinese drug trafficker who escaped from prison in 1995 was recently arrested by Myanmar police and handed over to the Chinese police
- JANUARY 24, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
In its second periodic report to the UN Human Rights...
In its second periodic report to the UN Human Rights Committee, Vietnam detailed how it plans to deal with death-row appeals