Archive timeline
2002
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2002, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
The year in data
- Executions recorded worldwide
- 535
- Countries where they were recorded
- 27
- News items in the archive
- 3,937
Latest news of 2002
- JULY 11, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
There is an even chance that President Arroyo will...
There is an even chance that President Arroyo will spare the life of convicted rapist Alfredo Nardo, who is scheduled to die by lethal injection on Oct
- JULY 11, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Participants in the anti-kidnapping summit held in...
Participants in the anti-kidnapping summit held in Manila on July 9 recommended the reimposition of the death penalty and freezing the assets of kidnap victim's families
- JULY 10, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
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- JULY 10, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A young man was sentenced to death by the District...
A young man was sentenced to death by the District and Sessions Judge's Court for poisoning to death his wife
- JULY 10, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
The Palestinian Authority urged "collaborators" suspected...
The Palestinian Authority urged "collaborators" suspected of betraying Palestinians fighting Israeli occupation to give up within a month to win better legal treatment
- JULY 10, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Fresh from passing state laws prescribing stoning,...
Fresh from passing state laws prescribing stoning, whipping and amputation, a fundamentalist party has vowed to impose harsh Islamic laws across Malaysia if it wins power
- JULY 10, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan concluded the closed-door...
An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan concluded the closed-door trial of four men charged with the kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl and reserved the judgment until July 15
- JULY 10, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Thai Appeals Court upheld a ruling by the Criminal...
The Thai Appeals Court upheld a ruling by the Criminal Court sentencing 10 police officers to death and one to life imprisonment for the killing of four defence volunteers in 1994
- JULY 10, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Turkey's ailing prime minister Bulent Ecevit is coming...
Turkey's ailing prime minister Bulent Ecevit is coming under increasing pressure to step down as a revolt against him grows
- JULY 10, 2002Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
Trinidad and Tobago's attorney general said the government...
Trinidad and Tobago's attorney general said the government would wait for courts to test a ruling by a human rights tribunal telling the country not to execute 32 death row prisoners
- JULY 10, 2002PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
Allegheny County Judge Jeffrey Manning formally imposed...
Allegheny County Judge Jeffrey Manning formally imposed 2 death sentences on Kenneth Hairston, 50, who bludgeoned his wife and son with a 10-pound sledgehammer so they wouldn't witness his trial on sexual assault charges against his stepdaughter
- JULY 10, 2002DEATH PENALTY
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- JULY 10, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Indonesian general in overall charge of East Timor...
The Indonesian general in overall charge of East Timor during its bloody independence vote in 1999 went on trial for his life, saying he had nothing to do with the carnage
- JULY 10, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International (AI) expressed concern that the...
Amnesty International (AI) expressed concern that the four persons charged with various crimes relating to the attack on the Parliament House complex on December 13, 2001 may not receive a fair trial
- JULY 10, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
The hudud bill passed in Terengganu on July 8 is a...
The hudud bill passed in Terengganu on July 8 is a Bill which metes flawed justice, and a political ploy to assist Pas retain the confidence of the Terengganu voters in 2003 or 2004
- JULY 10, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A Thai court handed two Thai hill tribesmen the death...
A Thai court handed two Thai hill tribesmen the death sentences after finding them guilty of murdering an Australian tourist and raping his female companion in early 2000
- JULY 10, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Early elections in Turkey seem inevitable after 32...
Early elections in Turkey seem inevitable after 32 MPs deserted ailing Prime Minister's s Bulent Ecevit Democratic Left Party
- JULY 10, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
A Thai court handed two Thai hill tribesmen the death...
A Thai court handed two Thai hill tribesmen the death sentences after finding them guilty of murdering an Australian tourist and raping his female companion in early 2000
- JULY 10, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
The hudud bill passed in Terengganu on July 8 is a...
The hudud bill passed in Terengganu on July 8 is a Bill which metes flawed justice, and a political ploy to assist Pas retain the confidence of the Terengganu voters in 2003 or 2004
- JULY 10, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Jose Briseno's lethal injection was halted by the Texas...
Jose Briseno's lethal injection was halted by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals less than 4 hours before he was scheduled to be executed after his attorneys found a prison record indicating the former laborer had an IQ that would make him mentally retar
- JULY 10, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
In yet another what's-in-a-name mix-up, the President...
In yet another what's-in-a-name mix-up, the President of the Philippines was all set to send two convicts to the death chamber when, as it turned out, they were not the ones scheduled for execution
- JULY 10, 2002DEATH PENALTY
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO AWAITS COURT TESTING ON DEATH ROW CASES
July 10, 2002: Trinidad and Tobago´s attorney general said on Wednesday the government would wait for courts to test a ruling by a human rights tribunal telling the country not to execute 32 death row prisoners.
- JULY 10, 2002DEATH PENALTY
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO AWAITS COURT TESTING ON DEATH ROW CASES
July 10, 2002: Trinidad and Tobago´s attorney general said on Wednesday the government would wait for courts to test a ruling by a human rights tribunal telling the country not to execute 32 death row prisoners.
- JULY 9, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A young man was sentenced to execution in the Iranian...
A young man was sentenced to execution in the Iranian capital Tehran
- JULY 9, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
In Gaza, a Palestinian sentenced to death for collaborating...
In Gaza, a Palestinian sentenced to death for collaborating with Israeli security was shot and killed by Palestinian police while trying to escape, the Palestinian prosecutor said
- JULY 9, 2002New YorkDEATH PENALTY
New York's highest court threw out the death sentence...
New York's highest court threw out the death sentence for the first man condemned under the state's 1995 capital punishment law, saying the law was unconstitutional at the time he was sentenced
- JULY 9, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Armenia should continue complying with its commitments...
Armenia should continue complying with its commitments to the Council of Europe, according to the Council's secretary general, Walter Schwimmer, who spoke in Yerevan
- JULY 9, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh convicted a man and sentenced...
A court in Bangladesh convicted a man and sentenced him to death in absentia for killing a woman
- JULY 9, 2002TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
The Tanzanian government said there are no plans whatsoever...
The Tanzanian government said there are no plans whatsoever to repeal the death penalty in the country
- JULY 9, 2002Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
The Trinidad and Tobago government said it was still...
The Trinidad and Tobago government said it was still awaiting the ruling by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) that has ordered it to pay 50,000 US dollars to support and educate the son of an executed multiple murderer