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
- DECEMBER 20, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International expressed its dismay at the death...
Amnesty International expressed its dismay at the death sentences handed down to Mohammad Afzal, Shaukat Hussain and Abdul Rehman Geelani for the Parliament attack, stating that the course of justice was "not served by judicial murder
- DECEMBER 20, 2002Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
The PNG Post Courier reported that state prosecutors...
The PNG Post Courier reported that state prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for three prisoners who killed a man in front of his family, saying the courts were slow in imposing the maximum penalty on serious and worst-type offenders
- DECEMBER 20, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
A bipartisan group of Japanese lawmakers opposed to...
A bipartisan group of Japanese lawmakers opposed to capital punishment asked Justice Minister Mayumi Moriyama to impose a moratorium on capital punishment for the duration of the Diet recess, the lawmakers said
- DECEMBER 20, 2002Nord CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
In Raleigh, the state Supreme Court threw out the death...
In Raleigh, the state Supreme Court threw out the death sentence of a woman who admitted hiring a killer to shoot her abusive husband, Wayne Kemmerlin
- DECEMBER 20, 2002PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
The state Supreme Court has overturned the death penalty...
The state Supreme Court has overturned the death penalty in the case of a man convicted in the drug-related shooting murder of his cousin
- DECEMBER 20, 2002OhioDEATH PENALTY
A three-judge panel in Franklin County Common Pleas...
A three-judge panel in Franklin County Common Pleas Court issued the sentence against Michael Turner, 44
- DECEMBER 20, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Aaron Patterson, an Illinois death row inmate with...
Aaron Patterson, an Illinois death row inmate with a strong claim of innocence went on hunger strike to ask Illinois Governor George Ryan for a pardon, rather than a commutation of his death sentence
- DECEMBER 20, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Cheng Dongtao, Sun Zhenwu, Chang Yong and six unnamed...
Cheng Dongtao, Sun Zhenwu, Chang Yong and six unnamed people were executed in China for robbery and murder
- DECEMBER 20, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Tran Hoai Nam e Nguyen Van Phi, two Vietnamese nationals...
Tran Hoai Nam e Nguyen Van Phi, two Vietnamese nationals of respectively 27 and 28 years of age, were executed by firing squad in Ho Chi Minh City for producing and putting into circulation false banknotes to the value of 50,000 dollars
- DECEMBER 20, 2002DEATH PENALTY
ILLINOIS DEATH ROW PRISONER ON HUNGER STRIKE
December 20, 2002: Aaron Patterson, an Illinois death row inmate with a strong claim of innocence is on hunger strike to ask Illinois Governor George Ryan for a pardon, rather than a commutation of his death sentence.
- DECEMBER 19, 2002IraqDEATH PENALTY
The UN General Assembly voted on a resolution condemning...
The UN General Assembly voted on a resolution condemning summary executions in Iraq
- DECEMBER 19, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Stoning is to be abolished in Iran as a form of capital...
Stoning is to be abolished in Iran as a form of capital punishment, according to official assurances given to a European Union human rights delegation to Tehran
- DECEMBER 19, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The UN General Assembly voted on a resolution condemning...
The UN General Assembly voted on a resolution condemning summary executions in Iraq
- DECEMBER 19, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Liang Yaohua, accused of smuggling 262 cars and evading 51
Liang Yaohua, accused of smuggling 262 cars and evading 51
- DECEMBER 19, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament drew attention to the human...
The European Parliament drew attention to the human rights situation in Tibet by adopting a resolution calling on the Chinese Government to pursue the dialogue with the representatives of the Dalai Lama and urging the EU to link its financial aid to China
- DECEMBER 19, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Ahmed Mu'azu, Governor of Bauchi State, advised sharia...
Ahmed Mu'azu, Governor of Bauchi State, advised sharia judges in the state not to rush judgement on women accused of adultery and thus threatened with death by stoning
- DECEMBER 19, 2002Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International said that both loyalist forces...
Amnesty International said that both loyalist forces and rebel groups in Ivory Coast's messy war were carrying out summary executions and other abuses against civilians
- DECEMBER 19, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Shops and businesses were closed in Kashmir's main...
Shops and businesses were closed in Kashmir's main city, Srinagar, in protest against death sentences awarded to three Kashmiri men convicted for an attack on India's parliament
- DECEMBER 19, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Kashmiri separatists were planning...
It was reported that Kashmiri separatists were planning protests against the death sentences awarded to three Kashmiris convicted for the Parliament attack case
- DECEMBER 19, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The European Parliament drew attention to the human...
The European Parliament drew attention to the human rights situation in Tibet by adopting a resolution calling on the Chinese Government to pursue the dialogue with the representatives of the Dalai Lama and urging the EU to link its financial aid to China
- DECEMBER 19, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Thirty people, including lawyers and separatist leaders,...
Thirty people, including lawyers and separatist leaders, were taken into preventive custody as violent demonstrations marked day-long demonstrations staged by the Kashmir Bar Association to protest the death sentence issued to the Parliament attack case c
- DECEMBER 19, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Praveen Togadia, secretary-general of the Vishwa Hindu...
Praveen Togadia, secretary-general of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad welcomed the death sentence awarded to three of the four accused in the Parliament attack case, saying that to control "jehadi" terrorism, it was imperative that capital punishment be handed
- DECEMBER 19, 2002MississippiDEATH PENALTY
A man found guilty of capital murder in the death of...
A man found guilty of capital murder in the death of a 6-month-old girl was sentenced to the death penalty
- DECEMBER 19, 2002OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
A Mayes County judge sentenced Steven Thacker to death...
A Mayes County judge sentenced Steven Thacker to death for fatally stabbing and strangling a young woman during a three-state crime spree nearly 3 years ago
- DECEMBER 19, 2002OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
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- DECEMBER 19, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
In a 6-3 ruling, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals...
In a 6-3 ruling, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reduced the capital murder conviction and overturned the death sentence for John Milton Herrin, who had been on death row since August 2000
- DECEMBER 19, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
The Philippines Supreme Court ordered the release of...
The Philippines Supreme Court ordered the release of a death row inmate after it determined that there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction for rape and murder
- DECEMBER 19, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan-based militants promised to step up attacks...
Pakistan-based militants promised to step up attacks in Indian Kashmir to protest the death sentences handed to Syed Abdul Rahman Geelani, Mohammed Afzal and Shaukat Hussain Guru on December 18 for their part in a deadly attack on the Indian Parliament
- DECEMBER 18, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The European Union handed to Iran a list of individual...
The European Union handed to Iran a list of individual human rights cases during two days of talks on the thorny issue in Tehran, a statement from the 15-member bloc said
- DECEMBER 18, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
76 per cent of respondents to an online survey conducted...
76 per cent of respondents to an online survey conducted by the New Straits Times said they wanted to see the death penalty applied to people convicted of child rape