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
- MARCH 2, 2002BruneiDEATH PENALTY
Brunei has drastically toughened penalties for drug...
Brunei has drastically toughened penalties for drug abuse, including wider use of the death penalty, in a desperate bid to curb its drug problem
- MARCH 2, 2002LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Despite some positive steps to protect human rights,...
Despite some positive steps to protect human rights, Lebanon is still plagued with violations and abuses by the authorities, according to an annual report by the Lebanon branch of the Nouveau Droits de l'Homme
- MARCH 2, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The Self-Determination Union party favours abolishing...
The Self-Determination Union party favours abolishing the death penalty in Armenia, the party's leader, Paruyr Hayrikyan, said at a meeting of the heads of the party's regional branches
- MARCH 2, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk declared that leaders...
Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk declared that leaders of terrorist organizations were not included in a new amnesty bill
- MARCH 1, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
In Thailand a woman on trial for nearly a year on a...
In Thailand a woman on trial for nearly a year on a drug trafficking charge died of heart failure minutes before she was acquitted
- MARCH 1, 2002AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
The Court of Criminal Appeals told Circuit Judge James...
The Court of Criminal Appeals told Circuit Judge James Reid to better explain why he sentenced Calvin Stallworth to death
- MARCH 1, 2002AngolaDEATH PENALTY
The Portuguese weekly newspaper "Independente" revealed...
The Portuguese weekly newspaper "Independente" revealed that UNITA leader Jonas Malheiro Savimbi was executed in cold blood
- MARCH 1, 2002VenezuelaDEATH PENALTY
In the 2000-2001 period, 392 people were executed in...
In the 2000-2001 period, 392 people were executed in Venezuela by police or state security agents, the National Ombudsman's Office said in a report
- MARCH 1, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
An Australian woman appeared in court in Malaysia on...
An Australian woman appeared in court in Malaysia on charges of trying to smuggle 3kg of heroin hidden in her corset onto a flight to Sydney
- MARCH 1, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
An Australian woman appeared in court in Malaysia on...
An Australian woman appeared in court in Malaysia on charges of trying to smuggle 3kg of heroin hidden in her corset onto a flight to Sydney
- MARCH 1, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The Ramkavar Azatakan Party of Armenia [RAPA] said...
The Ramkavar Azatakan Party of Armenia [RAPA] said it would support the abolition of the death penalty in the republic on condition that an exception will be done for the criminals who committed the terrorist act in the Armenian parliament on October 27,
- MARCH 1, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Two members of a criminal gang who battered people...
Two members of a criminal gang who battered people to death with a hammer and robbed them of valuable items were executed in Beijing
- MARCH 1, 2002VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
The Virginia Supreme Court threw out the conviction...
The Virginia Supreme Court threw out the conviction and death sentence of Jeffrey Alan Thomas, convicted of the attempted rape and murder of a teen-age girl, Tara Rose Munsey on Jan
- MARCH 1, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
State Duma Legislation Committee Chairman Pavel Krasheninnikov...
State Duma Legislation Committee Chairman Pavel Krasheninnikov said during a press conference: "We planned to have the debate in March, but now we will put it off to a later date
- MARCH 1, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Bengbu Municipal Intermediate People's Court, Anhui...
Bengbu Municipal Intermediate People's Court, Anhui Province, sentenced Zhou Qidong, member of the Municipal Standing Committee, to death for intentional homicide
- FEBRUARY 28, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The Oklahoma House passed 51-47 legislation to ban...
The Oklahoma House passed 51-47 legislation to ban the execution of mentally retarded
- FEBRUARY 28, 2002ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
Capital punishment in Armenia should be replaced by...
Capital punishment in Armenia should be replaced by life imprisonment, Arthur Bagdasaryan, Orinats Erkir (Legal state) parliamentary faction leader told the national press-club
- FEBRUARY 28, 2002New ZealandDEATH PENALTY
It takes a fairly momentous event to unite the emotions...
It takes a fairly momentous event to unite the emotions of a disparate nation like New Zealand, but there is little doubt of the universal relief and reassurance that followed the surprise arrest of a suspect 15 years after the horrific murder of six-year
- FEBRUARY 28, 2002DEATH PENALTY
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 8-5 to exempt...
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 8-5 to exempt the mentally retarded from Alabama's death penalty law
- FEBRUARY 28, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Monty Delk, 35, was executed for the murder of Gene...
Monty Delk, 35, was executed for the murder of Gene Olan "Bubba" Allen II in November 1986
- FEBRUARY 28, 2002EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
A court hearing the cases of OLF [Oromo Liberation...
A court hearing the cases of OLF [Oromo Liberation Front - opposition] combatants sentenced one of them to capital punishment and another to life imprisonment for genocide, armed rebellion and war crimes
- FEBRUARY 28, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A 20-year-old woman named Kobra was sentenced to death...
A 20-year-old woman named Kobra was sentenced to death in Iran, state-run dailies reported
- FEBRUARY 28, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
Sami Selcuk, president of the Supreme Court of Appeals,...
Sami Selcuk, president of the Supreme Court of Appeals, has stated that it has become evident that the death penalty is not a deterrent force and added that Turkey is late in abolishing the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 28, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Nagoya High Court upheld a lower court's death...
The Nagoya High Court upheld a lower court's death sentence for a man convicted of two separate murder-robbery cases in Shizuoka and Aichi prefectures in 1996 and 1997
- FEBRUARY 27, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
A group of Australians gathered beside a largely forgotten...
A group of Australians gathered beside a largely forgotten grave site in South Africa to remember one of the nation's most controversial figures, Harry "Breaker" Morant
- FEBRUARY 27, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Cook County judge Edwin Gausselin sentenced 40-year-old...
Cook County judge Edwin Gausselin sentenced 40-year-old Henry Watson to die for the murder of his estranged wife, Sylvia Watson Jones, 38, on Nov
- FEBRUARY 27, 2002BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia is trying seven foreigners accused of...
Saudi Arabia is trying seven foreigners accused of bomb attacks that raised fears of anti-western terror in the kingdom, the interior minister said
- FEBRUARY 27, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia is trying seven foreigners accused of...
Saudi Arabia is trying seven foreigners accused of bomb attacks that raised fears of anti-western terror in the kingdom, the interior minister said
- FEBRUARY 27, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
UK Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, intervened in the...
UK Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, intervened in the case of a British murderer on Death Row, Tracy Housel, when he rang the Governor of Georgia and requested a reprieve
- FEBRUARY 27, 2002GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
UK Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, intervened in the...
UK Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, intervened in the case of a British murderer on Death Row, Tracy Housel, when he rang the Governor of Georgia and requested a reprieve