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
- JUNE 5, 2002TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
Russia has appealed to Zanzibar to review a death sentence...
Russia has appealed to Zanzibar to review a death sentence passed by the Court of Appeal to its two citizens early in 2002 after being convicted of murdering a compatriot
- JUNE 5, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Liberal politicians and human rights activists urged...
Liberal politicians and human rights activists urged for the passage of a bill that would allow independent inspections of prisons and visits to inmates, saying such visits would help root out prison abuses
- JUNE 5, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russia has appealed to Zanzibar to review a death sentence...
Russia has appealed to Zanzibar to review a death sentence passed by the Court of Appeal to its two citizens early in 2002 after being convicted of murdering a compatriot
- JUNE 5, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Intermediate People's Court in Hainan Province...
The Intermediate People's Court in Hainan Province executed six alleged drug criminals, including Zhang Ruifa and Zhang Chunlie
- JUNE 5, 2002IndianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Indiana. Judge Carl Heldt sentenced Paul McManus to death.
USA - Indiana. Judge Carl Heldt sentenced Paul McManus to death.
- JUNE 4, 2002ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
The Zambia Supreme Court quashed a death sentence on...
The Zambia Supreme Court quashed a death sentence on a farm worker convicted of murdering his lover for alleged infidelity
- JUNE 4, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
Twenty-five south Sudanese students were given a four-month...
Twenty-five south Sudanese students were given a four-month suspended sentence for celebrating the founding of the main rebel group in Sudan's civil war, defence lawyers said
- JUNE 3, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Calvin Jerold Burdine, whose lawyer slept for long...
Calvin Jerold Burdine, whose lawyer slept for long portions of his murder trial, will either win freedom or a new trial
- JUNE 3, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Hans-Christian Kruger, deputy secretary-general of...
Hans-Christian Kruger, deputy secretary-general of the Council of Europe, visited Ankara and made a speech at the Foreign Ministry
- JUNE 3, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A daily average of 20 murders were reported to the...
A daily average of 20 murders were reported to the Philippine National Police from January to April 2002, as against only 16 cases in the same period in 2001
- JUNE 3, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Hassan Mousavi, a convicted killer, was publicly hanged...
Hassan Mousavi, a convicted killer, was publicly hanged in the western town of Malayer
- JUNE 3, 2002JordanDEATH PENALTY
According to "Jordan Times", a 35-year-old man was...
According to "Jordan Times", a 35-year-old man was sentenced to death by the Criminal Court on conviction of robbing and murdering a woman in Amman in 2001
- JUNE 3, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigeria's Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) appealed...
Nigeria's Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) appealed to Abia State Governor Orji Kalu to exercise his prerogative of mercy for four Nigerians whose death sentence was recently affirmed by the Supreme Court
- JUNE 3, 2002Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
A Papua New Guinea judge warned that he will not hesitate...
A Papua New Guinea judge warned that he will not hesitate to impose the death penalty in the worst cases of murder
- JUNE 3, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
A group of lawmakers seeking to abolish the death penalty...
A group of lawmakers seeking to abolish the death penalty started discussions on a new set of rules for imprisonment that would eliminate parole for prisoners serving life sentences
- JUNE 3, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
In Japan a creche operator accused of brutally beating...
In Japan a creche operator accused of brutally beating two children to death and injuring four others was handed a maximum penalty of 20 years imprisonment
- JUNE 3, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A Nigerian woman sentenced to death by stoning for...
A Nigerian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery will be free to look after her child until January 2004, whatever the outcome of her appeal, an Islamic court ruled
- JUNE 3, 2002DEATH PENALTY
REPRIEVE FOR NIGERIAN ADULTERY CONVICT
June 3, 2002: Amina Lawal, a Nigerian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery will be free to look after her child until January 2004, whatever the outcome of her appeal, an Islamic court ruled.
- JUNE 2, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Three men - Javad Akbarpour, Jaber Talebi and Hassan...
Three men - Javad Akbarpour, Jaber Talebi and Hassan Afgani - were hanged in prison in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz
- JUNE 2, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A Philippines trial court sentenced three men to die...
A Philippines trial court sentenced three men to die by lethal injection after finding them guilty of selling almost one kilo of methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu in 2000
- JUNE 2, 2002BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
A Libyan court is to define new charges against six...
A Libyan court is to define new charges against six Bulgarian medical staff and a Palestinian accused of provoking an AIDS epidemic through tainted blood products, the Bulgarian foreign ministry said
- JUNE 2, 2002LibyaDEATH PENALTY
A Libyan court is to define new charges against six...
A Libyan court is to define new charges against six Bulgarian medical staff and a Palestinian accused of provoking an AIDS epidemic through tainted blood products, the Bulgarian foreign ministry said
- JUNE 2, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
An official from Shenyang was sentenced to death for...
An official from Shenyang was sentenced to death for his role in a massive corruption case that brought the municipal Government to its knees, AFP quoted state media reports as saying
- JUNE 2, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A man was sentenced to death for abducting 104 women...
A man was sentenced to death for abducting 104 women and selling them as wives to unwed farmers
- JUNE 2, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In an unusual case, a Chinese public prosecutor withdrew...
In an unusual case, a Chinese public prosecutor withdrew charges because of reasonable doubt against a murder and robbery case suspect who earlier had been sentenced to death
- JUNE 2, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A court in Mashdad, Iran, handed out death sentences...
A court in Mashdad, Iran, handed out death sentences to Mehsi and Hossein
- JUNE 2, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan...
The independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), in its recent 2001 report, estimates that one woman in Pakistan is raped every two hours, but most sexual assaults go unreported because of the impossibility of being able to prove the charges an
- JUNE 2, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
With tears trickling down her face, Shiraka Bibi says...
With tears trickling down her face, Shiraka Bibi says her daughter Zafran, sentenced to be stoned to death under strict Islamic laws for alleged adultery, is the prettiest of her 10 children
- JUNE 2, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Wang Zhihong, a man convicted of causing two deaths...
Wang Zhihong, a man convicted of causing two deaths by poisoning food in a school canteen in Chancheng County in China's Henan Province, was executed
- JUNE 1, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A court in Karaj, near the Iranian capital Tehran,...
A court in Karaj, near the Iranian capital Tehran, passed a death-by-stoning sentence on Shahnaz