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
- MAY 10, 2002IndianaDEATH PENALTY
A jury recommended that Paul McManus, 29, who shot...
A jury recommended that Paul McManus, 29, who shot and killed his estranged wife and 2 daughters last year, be put to death
- MAY 10, 2002North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
The state Supreme Court overturned the death sentence...
The state Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of Lionel Lewis Rogers, convicted of killing 80-year-old Hazel Sechler in 1997
- MAY 10, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
In Peshawar, as in other districts of Pakistan's North...
In Peshawar, as in other districts of Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP), protest demonstrations were held against the US Commandos operations in the tribal belt following calls by the Amir Jamiat Ulama-i-Islam (JUI) Maulana Fazl-e-Rehman [Isl
- MAY 10, 2002DEATH PENALTY
A 53-year-old woman English woman from Chelmsford has...
A 53-year-old woman English woman from Chelmsford has met a 28-year-old killer on Ohio's death row
- MAY 10, 2002AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Lynda Lyon Block, 54, was executed at 12:01 a
Lynda Lyon Block, 54, was executed at 12:01 a
- MAY 9, 2002GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
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- MAY 9, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda Chief Justice, Justice Benjamin Joses Odoki...
Uganda Chief Justice, Justice Benjamin Joses Odoki while addressing the press and lawyers at Ikeja High Court, gave a detailed description of the Ugandan judiciary
- MAY 9, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Reginald Reeves, 28, was pronounced dead at 6:22 p
Reginald Reeves, 28, was pronounced dead at 6:22 p
- MAY 9, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
In Luzira Upper Prison will for the first time in history...
In Luzira Upper Prison will for the first time in history watch the World Cup due to start on May 31
- MAY 9, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Volkan Vural, the Secretary General for the European...
Volkan Vural, the Secretary General for the European Union (EU), said that they handled EU as a whole and speaking at a conference on future of Europe, he said, he believed that abolition of capital punishment from Turkish legal system was not a difficult
- MAY 9, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Netherlands Ambassador to Uganda, Matthieu Peters,...
Netherlands Ambassador to Uganda, Matthieu Peters, said that the Dutch donors are concerned about corruption and what Uganda is still doing in the DR Congo
- MAY 9, 2002NetherlandsDEATH PENALTY
Netherlands Ambassador to Uganda, Matthieu Peters,...
Netherlands Ambassador to Uganda, Matthieu Peters, said that the Dutch donors are concerned about corruption and what Uganda is still doing in the DR Congo
- MAY 9, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Volkan Vural, the Secretary General for the European...
Volkan Vural, the Secretary General for the European Union (EU), said that they handled EU as a whole and speaking at a conference on future of Europe, he said, he believed that abolition of capital punishment from Turkish legal system was not a difficult
- MAY 9, 2002MarylandDEATH PENALTY
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Maryland Gov
- MAY 9, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Aurat Foundation, Shirkat Gah, Women's Action Forum,...
Aurat Foundation, Shirkat Gah, Women's Action Forum, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, and Amnesty International in joint statement demanded the transfer of Zafran Bibi from death row to a normal jail ward
- MAY 8, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
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Mohammed A
- MAY 8, 2002United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
A teenager who was handed the death penalty on the...
A teenager who was handed the death penalty on the charge of dealing in narcotics has realised what a difference a day makes
- MAY 8, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The European Commission has adopted the Country Strategy...
The European Commission has adopted the Country Strategy Paper, which sets out a five year (2002-2006) strategy for its financial assistance to Thailand
- MAY 8, 2002AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The bodies of hundreds of Taliban prisoners massacred...
The bodies of hundreds of Taliban prisoners massacred by Northern Alliance soldiers have been discovered by United Nations investigators in what is the worst atrocity so far of the Afghan war
- MAY 8, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Two Nigerians who converted to Christianity nearly...
Two Nigerians who converted to Christianity nearly met their maker sooner than they anticipated
- MAY 8, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded two men for raping a woman after...
Saudi Arabia beheaded two men for raping a woman after grabbing her as she and her husband walked through Riyadh, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported
- MAY 8, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A special tribunal convicted and sentenced 5 persons...
A special tribunal convicted and sentenced 5 persons to death and 7 persons to suffer imprisonment for life with a fine of Tk 5000 each, in default to undergo another one year RI for killing a 16-year-old girl after rape
- MAY 8, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Minister of Justice and Human Rights Yusril Ihza Mahendra...
Minister of Justice and Human Rights Yusril Ihza Mahendra said that the government is proposing to submit in June to the House of Representatives an antiterrorism bill, which allows foreign countries to prosecute terrorists in Indonesia and threatens stif
- MAY 8, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The European Commission has adopted the Country Strategy...
The European Commission has adopted the Country Strategy Paper, which sets out a five year (2002-2006) strategy for its financial assistance to Thailand
- MAY 8, 2002North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
In Jacksonville, prosecutors will again seek the death...
In Jacksonville, prosecutors will again seek the death penalty for Bobby Lee Harris, once featured in the Benetton clothing company's anti-death penalty ads (see also OCTOBER 22, 2001)
- MAY 8, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A 42-year-old man, Nourmohammad Taheri, was executed...
A 42-year-old man, Nourmohammad Taheri, was executed in Gonabad, Iran
- MAY 7, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
A Turkish security court sentenced to death three Kurdish...
A Turkish security court sentenced to death three Kurdish separatists for the 1994 murder of an Islamist politician
- MAY 7, 2002BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
Botswana was summoned to appear before the African...
Botswana was summoned to appear before the African Human and People's Rights Commission sitting in Pretoria, South Africa from May 2 to10
- MAY 7, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
A Malaysian man was sentenced to death in neighbouring...
A Malaysian man was sentenced to death in neighbouring Indonesia for the bombing of a Jakarta shopping mall that the judge said aimed to stir up religious hatred
- MAY 7, 2002UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Seven Ugandan prisoners at the Luzira Upper Prison...
Seven Ugandan prisoners at the Luzira Upper Prison are set to sit for the A-level examinations this year, according to Mr John Kagambo, the prison department's senior welfare officer