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
- JULY 19, 2002IsraelDEATH PENALTY
A prominent West Bank rabbi is facing police investigation...
A prominent West Bank rabbi is facing police investigation for suggesting that Israeli soldiers who refuse to serve in the occupied territories might be liable for execution under Jewish religious law
- JULY 19, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani Christian who claimed he was Jesus Christ...
A Pakistani Christian who claimed he was Jesus Christ and called Islam a fake religion was convicted of blasphemy and sentenced to death by hanging
- JULY 19, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The leader of the militant outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed,...
The leader of the militant outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, who was sentenced to death in kidnap-slaying of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl filed an appeal in Sindh High Court, saying he has been convicted on the basis of "fake,
- JULY 19, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A senior Pakistani investigator said DNA tests confirmed...
A senior Pakistani investigator said DNA tests confirmed that a decapitated body found in a shallow grave in Karachi in May is that of kidnapped American reporter Daniel Pearl
- JULY 19, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
America is ready to drop its demand for Pakistan to...
America is ready to drop its demand for Pakistan to extradite Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the British-born Muslim extremist sentenced to death for masterminding the kidnap and murder of the American journalist Daniel Pearl
- JULY 19, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Intermediate People's Court in Chaozhou, Guangdong...
The Intermediate People's Court in Chaozhou, Guangdong Province, sentenced Chen Zuolong, alleged head of a triad organization, to death, the Guangzhou Daily reported
- JULY 18, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A carpenter who raped and killed his nephew will be...
A carpenter who raped and killed his nephew will be executed by being thrown off a cliff in a sack, said an Iranian newspaper
- JULY 18, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
The Senate Judiciary Committee took the 1st step toward...
The Senate Judiciary Committee took the 1st step toward reforming the nation's death penalty system Thursday, approving a measure aimed at giving inmates greater access to DNA testing to prove their innocence and ensuring they have competent counsel at tr
- JULY 18, 2002FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Circuit Judge Williams Parsons agreed sentenced former...
Circuit Judge Williams Parsons agreed sentenced former death row inmate Jerry Rogers to life in prison for the murder of David Smith in January 1982
- JULY 18, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
A jury took 90 minutes Monday to decide that convicted...
A jury took 90 minutes Monday to decide that convicted child molester Jesse Joe Hernandez, 37, should die by injection for beating a 10-month-old boy to death with a flashlight last year while baby-sitting him
- JULY 18, 2002Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
Outgoing Chief Justice Michael de La Bastide said that...
Outgoing Chief Justice Michael de La Bastide said that while the death sentence is a "cruel and unusual punishment" in violation of basic human rights provisions, it could only be changed by parliament
- JULY 18, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Zacarias Moussaoui -- the only person charged in the Sept
Zacarias Moussaoui -- the only person charged in the Sept
- JULY 18, 2002DEATH PENALTY
LAWYER’S ENDEAVOUR SAVES CHINESE MAN FROM EXECUTION WITH FOUR MINUTES TO GO
July 18, 2002: a Chinese man sentenced to death for murder was saved from the executioner´s bullet with only four minutes to spare because of the persistence of his lawyer and an available mobile phone.
- JULY 17, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Metropolitan Sessions Judge Shahidul Islam handed down...
Metropolitan Sessions Judge Shahidul Islam handed down the death sentence to Mohammad Monir Hossain Liton, 21 and Mohammad Abu Sayeed, 20 who were on the dock, quiet and unnerved for killing Shihab, a schoolboy, in the city on February 7, 2001
- JULY 17, 2002KenyaDEATH PENALTY
The Court of Appeal has ordered the re-trial of a man...
The Court of Appeal has ordered the re-trial of a man who has been languishing in prison for the last six years awaiting to be hanged
- JULY 17, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
The special court in Nyala town, South Darfur State,...
The special court in Nyala town, South Darfur State, has sentenced 87 convicts to death and imprisonment of one accused for 10 years and acquitted eight defendants due to lack of evidence
- JULY 17, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded a murderer the official Saudi...
Saudi Arabia beheaded a murderer the official Saudi Press Agency reported
- JULY 17, 2002MississippiDEATH PENALTY
Tracy Alan Hansen was executed by lethal injection at 6:32 p
Tracy Alan Hansen was executed by lethal injection at 6:32 p
- JULY 17, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Jonathan Marcus Green stood motionless as a Montgomery...
Jonathan Marcus Green stood motionless as a Montgomery County 8-man, 4-woman jury sentenced him to death by lethal injection
- JULY 17, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Visit Puengrasamee was sentenced to death after being...
Visit Puengrasamee was sentenced to death after being found guilty of conspiring to murder businessman Kasem Khamwongsa, although the gunman he had hired mistakenly shot dead Kasem's adopted son, Chaiyakorn Maihom
- JULY 16, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The US welcomed the Pakistani court verdict sentencing...
The US welcomed the Pakistani court verdict sentencing Sheikh Omar to death and three of his accomplices to life imprisonment for the kidnapping and murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl
- JULY 16, 2002BelarusDEATH PENALTY
About 1,900 inmates will be released from prisons in...
About 1,900 inmates will be released from prisons in keeping with a law on amnesty signed by Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko
- JULY 16, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Rapists may face the death penalty in Nigeria under...
Rapists may face the death penalty in Nigeria under a new law to enhance children's rights, according to Women Affairs and Youth Development Minister Aisha Isma'il
- JULY 16, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The UK Foreign Office said that although it welcomed...
The UK Foreign Office said that although it welcomed the verdict on Omar Sheikh, Britain was opposed to the death penalty in all circumstances
- JULY 16, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The state Supreme Court has ordered attorneys to submit...
The state Supreme Court has ordered attorneys to submit new briefs in 8 death penalty cases in the wake of a U
- JULY 16, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Judge David Folsom of the U
Judge David Folsom of the U
- JULY 16, 2002Central African RepublicDEATH PENALTY
Rwandan-backed rebels killed at least 163 civilians...
Rwandan-backed rebels killed at least 163 civilians and soldiers following a mutiny in Kisangani in northeastern Congo, far more than the rebels have acknowledged, a UN official said
- JULY 16, 2002South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, who has only a...
South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, who has only a few months left in office, said this was the most difficult time of his life
- JULY 16, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The UK Foreign Office said that although it welcomed...
The UK Foreign Office said that although it welcomed the verdict on Omar Sheikh, Britain was opposed to the death penalty in all circumstances
- JULY 16, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An alliance of Pakistan's non-Muslim minority communities...
An alliance of Pakistan's non-Muslim minority communities urged the military government to repeal a controversial blasphemy law they say is being used against them to settle personal scores