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 16, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Regarding the implementation of the death penalty on...
Regarding the implementation of the death penalty on those convicted of raping minors, a New Straits Times article stated that: "the death penalty may not act as a deterrent
- DECEMBER 16, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Thirty former condemned men from around the United...
Thirty former condemned men from around the United States marched against a biting wind in a 37-mile relay from Joliet to Chicago, Illinois
- DECEMBER 16, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's parliament voted a watered-down law defining...
Iran's parliament voted a watered-down law defining political offences in a bid to fix strict limits for judicial action
- DECEMBER 16, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran and the European Union kicked off their formal...
Iran and the European Union kicked off their formal dialogue on human rights in Tehran, part of landmark discussions linking negotiations on trade to thorny political issues, a European diplomat said
- DECEMBER 16, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Iran and the European Union kicked off their formal...
Iran and the European Union kicked off their formal dialogue on human rights in Tehran, part of landmark discussions linking negotiations on trade to thorny political issues, a European diplomat said
- DECEMBER 15, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's reformist parliament approved a bill banning...
Iran's reformist parliament approved a bill banning the torture of prisoners on after an earlier version was rejected by a hardline constitutional watchdog, parliamentarians said
- DECEMBER 15, 2002DEATH PENALTY
US DEATH SENTENCES DECLINE FOR THIRD YEAR
December 15, 2002: the number of people sentenced to death in the United States plummeted by almost a third last year to 155, its lowest level since 1973, according to a report released Sunday by the Justice Department.
- DECEMBER 14, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A court sentenced four judicial interrogators to four...
A court sentenced four judicial interrogators to four years in jail for killing an alleged smuggler by using torture to get him to confess, Modabber newspaper reported
- DECEMBER 13, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Anthony Ler was hanged at dawn on in Changi Prison
Anthony Ler was hanged at dawn on in Changi Prison
- DECEMBER 13, 2002OregonDEATH PENALTY
Marion County Circuit Judge Don Dickey, who ruled in...
Marion County Circuit Judge Don Dickey, who ruled in April 2001 that Randall Loyal Smith, 48, did not receive a fair sentencing hearing, accepted an amended sentence giving Smith life in prison without the possibility of parole
- DECEMBER 13, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Badr bin Ghazi al-Utaibi was publicly beheaded for murder
Badr bin Ghazi al-Utaibi was publicly beheaded for murder
- DECEMBER 13, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Anthony Ler was hanged at dawn in Changi Prison
Anthony Ler was hanged at dawn in Changi Prison
- DECEMBER 13, 2002DEATH PENALTY
HANDS OFF CAIN ASKS FOR IMMEDIATE PROTECTION OF DEPORTED SYRIAN
December 13, 2002: Hands Off Cain has asked the Italian government for clarifications on the matter as well as immediate moves to protect a Syrian citizen detained with his family for four days at Italy’s Milan-Malpensa airport before being repatriated, i
- DECEMBER 12, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International said it was "gravely concerned"...
Amnesty International said it was "gravely concerned" that up to 115 people faced imminent execution for their alleged role in the January 2001 assassination of the former president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Laurent-Desire Kabila
- DECEMBER 12, 2002OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
In McAlester, Jay Wesley Neill, who killed 4 people...
In McAlester, Jay Wesley Neill, who killed 4 people in one of Oklahoma's deadliest bank robberies, was put to death
- DECEMBER 12, 2002AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
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In Atmore, at 6:27 p
- DECEMBER 12, 2002CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Judge Thomas Hastings affirmed a jury's death verdict...
Judge Thomas Hastings affirmed a jury's death verdict returned on October 9 against Cary Stayner
- DECEMBER 12, 2002New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
With 13 people on death row in New Jersey and against...
With 13 people on death row in New Jersey and against the hopes of death penalty opponents, the state Assembly postponed a planned vote on a creating a commission to study executions in the Garden State
- DECEMBER 11, 2002MississippiDEATH PENALTY
At Parchman, Jessie Derrell Williams, 51, was executed...
At Parchman, Jessie Derrell Williams, 51, was executed for the Jan
- DECEMBER 11, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
Japanese mass murderer Masumi Hayashi, who shocked...
Japanese mass murderer Masumi Hayashi, who shocked the nation when she killed four people and sickened 63 by poisoning curry served at a local festival in 1998, must be hanged, a court in Wakayama ruled
- DECEMBER 11, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
James Collier, 56, was executed
James Collier, 56, was executed
- DECEMBER 11, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Death row academic Hashem Aghajari filed a complaint...
Death row academic Hashem Aghajari filed a complaint against the Judiciary with the Majlis Article 90 Commission, IRNA quoted the press as saying
- DECEMBER 11, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
The proposal to impose the death penalty on child rapists...
The proposal to impose the death penalty on child rapists in Malaysia will now be tabled early in January 2003 to accommodate the views of the various parties concerned
- DECEMBER 11, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Australia said it was "pleased" with a first round...
Australia said it was "pleased" with a first round of discussions in Tehran with Iran on thorny human rights issues, saying the talks would continue
- DECEMBER 11, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Australia said it was "pleased" with a first round...
Australia said it was "pleased" with a first round of discussions in Tehran with Iran on thorny human rights issues, saying the talks would continue
- DECEMBER 11, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi defended capital...
Iran's Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi defended capital punishment in the country, saying it exists in many other countries, ahead of political and trade talks with the European Union
- DECEMBER 11, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Iran's Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi defended capital...
Iran's Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi defended capital punishment in the country, saying it exists in many other countries, ahead of political and trade talks with the European Union
- DECEMBER 11, 2002DEATH PENALTY
JAPANESE WOMAN TO HANG FOR CURRY KILLINGS
December 11, 2002: Wakayama mass murderer Masumi Hayashi, who shocked the nation when she killed four people and sickened 63 by poisoning curry served at a local festival in 1998, must be hanged, a court ruled Wednesday.
- DECEMBER 10, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Women and Family Development Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat...
Women and Family Development Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil said the death penalty may not be the best solution to curbing rape and incest, however, heavier punishment was called for given the increase in sex crimes perpetrated against children
- DECEMBER 10, 2002JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
In a statement issued to commemorate International...
In a statement issued to commemorate International Human Rights Day, Amnesty International Jamaica described capital punishment as cruel, inhumane and degrading punishment, stating that it opposes without reservation, the death penalty and views plans to