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
- APRIL 7, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
The occupation forces [Israel Defence Forces] executed...
The occupation forces [Israel Defence Forces] executed in cold blood five old people in front of their relatives at dawn in Jenin
- APRIL 7, 2002IsraelDEATH PENALTY
The occupation forces [Israel Defence Forces] executed...
The occupation forces [Israel Defence Forces] executed in cold blood five old people in front of their relatives at dawn in Jenin
- APRIL 6, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani President Gen
Pakistani President Gen
- APRIL 6, 2002United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
In an unprecedented ruling, the Dubai Cassation Court...
In an unprecedented ruling, the Dubai Cassation Court ruled that if a prisoner sentenced to death is sick, his condition will not delay or stop the execution
- APRIL 6, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Ankara State Security Court [DGM] of the First...
The Ankara State Security Court [DGM] of the First Instance sentenced two men to death and a third to a prison term of 20 years for their role in the Sivas incidents [when 37 people were killed during an Alevi cultural festival]
- APRIL 6, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani President Gen
Pakistani President Gen
- APRIL 6, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani President Gen
Pakistani President Gen
- APRIL 6, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Five armed bandits received 74 lashes of the whip each...
Five armed bandits received 74 lashes of the whip each in one of the major squares of the ancient central Iranian city of Esfahan for a variety of crimes including rape, armed robbery, hooliganism and disrupting public security on various occasions
- APRIL 6, 2002ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
Former death row inmate Ray Krone was released from...
Former death row inmate Ray Krone was released from prison in Arizona after DNA testing showed that he did not commit the murder for which he was convicted 10 years ago
- APRIL 5, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Relations between China and Europe are in full flower,...
Relations between China and Europe are in full flower, yet both sides must commit to candidly discussing any remaining differences - especially human rights and trade practices, the European Union's commissioner for external relations said
- APRIL 5, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The trial of British born Omar Saeed Sheikh and three...
The trial of British born Omar Saeed Sheikh and three alleged accomplices accused of murdering the American reporter Daniel Pearl opened in Karachi amid tight security but was adjourned after just one hour
- APRIL 5, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The trial of British born Omar Saeed Sheikh and three...
The trial of British born Omar Saeed Sheikh and three alleged accomplices accused of murdering the American reporter Daniel Pearl opened in Karachi amid tight security but was adjourned after just one hour
- APRIL 5, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The trial of British born Omar Saeed Sheikh and three...
The trial of British born Omar Saeed Sheikh and three alleged accomplices accused of murdering the American reporter Daniel Pearl opened in Karachi amid tight security but was adjourned after just one hour
- APRIL 5, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Relations between China and Europe are in full flower,...
Relations between China and Europe are in full flower, yet both sides must commit to candidly discussing any remaining differences - especially human rights and trade practices, the European Union's commissioner for external relations said
- APRIL 5, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Justice Secretary Hernando Perez said there are actually...
Justice Secretary Hernando Perez said there are actually 17 convicts slated for the lethal injection chamber this year
- APRIL 5, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A group of lawyers has cautioned President Arroyo against...
A group of lawyers has cautioned President Arroyo against allowing the execution of convicted kidnappers Roderick Licayan and Roberto Lara
- APRIL 5, 2002CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
In Ventura, Judge Donald Coleman sentenced Socorro...
In Ventura, Judge Donald Coleman sentenced Socorro Caro, 44, to death for killing 3 of her sons ages 5, 8 and 11 by shooting them with a handgun as they slept on
- APRIL 4, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani High Court rejected an appeal for an open...
A Pakistani High Court rejected an appeal for an open court trial of Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the British-born Islamic militant charged with the murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl
- APRIL 4, 2002DEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani High Court rejected an appeal for an open...
A Pakistani High Court rejected an appeal for an open court trial of Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the British-born Islamic militant charged with the murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl
- APRIL 4, 2002KenyaDEATH PENALTY
A man was sentenced to death for violently stealing...
A man was sentenced to death for violently stealing a mobile telephone and Sh300
- APRIL 4, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Amina Lawal, a 30-year-old Nigerian woman condemned...
Amina Lawal, a 30-year-old Nigerian woman condemned to die by stoning for adultery, has filed an appeal against her sentence
- APRIL 4, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Dallas, Mark Stroman, 32, convicted of killing Vasudev...
In Dallas, Mark Stroman, 32, convicted of killing Vasudev Patel, 49, an immigrant from India on Oct
- APRIL 4, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani High Court rejected an appeal for an open...
A Pakistani High Court rejected an appeal for an open court trial of Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the British-born Islamic militant charged with the murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl
- APRIL 4, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A court in Vietnam's Mekong Delta sentenced a man to...
A court in Vietnam's Mekong Delta sentenced a man to death after he was found guilty of killing four women as sacrifices for his ritual beliefs
- APRIL 4, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesia's former military chief testified it was...
Indonesia's former military chief testified it was the United Nations, not the Indonesian army, that was to blame for the violence that wracked East Timor after the 1999 poll for independence
- APRIL 4, 2002AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
The U
The U
- APRIL 4, 2002IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Chairman Amien...
The People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Chairman Amien Rais said that those behind the April 3 bombing in the Indonesian city of Ambon deserved heavy punishment as the incident had a disruptive effect on the implementation of the peace pact between the t
- APRIL 4, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
A Japanese legislator displayed in parliament a picture...
A Japanese legislator displayed in parliament a picture of an inmate who was executed by hanging in 2001 to illustrate the cruelty of the death penalty
- APRIL 4, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
State Minister Nejat Arseven received the members of...
State Minister Nejat Arseven received the members of the Dutch Parliament's EU and Foreign Affairs Commissions
- APRIL 3, 2002AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Twenty detainees were killed in a fire in an Algerian...
Twenty detainees were killed in a fire in an Algerian prison started by a convict who had been sentenced to death, state television reported