Archive timeline
2003
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2003, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2003
- NOVEMBER 7, 2003North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Joseph Timothy Keel, 39, was executed by lethal injection...
Joseph Timothy Keel, 39, was executed by lethal injection at Central Prison in Raleigh
- NOVEMBER 7, 2003OhioDEATH PENALTY
A jury that convicted an ex-convict of savagely beating...
A jury that convicted an ex-convict of savagely beating his former girlfriend to death has recommended that he be sentenced to die by lethal injection
- NOVEMBER 7, 2003North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
The state Supreme Court ordered a new sentencing hearing...
The state Supreme Court ordered a new sentencing hearing for a man sentenced to death, ruling that the man did not get to fairly question a witness
- NOVEMBER 6, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
A Sudanese man was publicly executed by firing squad...
A Sudanese man was publicly executed by firing squad in Chad's capital city of Ndjamena
- NOVEMBER 6, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Five people, including a woman, were shot dead in front...
Five people, including a woman, were shot dead in front of thousands of people in a suburb of southern Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh city
- NOVEMBER 6, 2003ChadDEATH PENALTY
Chad ignored protests from human rights groups and...
Chad ignored protests from human rights groups and carried out the death penalty for the first time since 1991, executing eight people after vowing to crack down on unrest in the impoverished desert state
- NOVEMBER 6, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HOC president Marco Pannella MEP, criticised the centre-right...
HOC president Marco Pannella MEP, criticised the centre-right Casa delle Liberta, or House of Freedoms, majority in Parliament for the "compact vote" that failed to commit the government to present to the UN General Assembly currently in session a resolut
- NOVEMBER 6, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
"the Italian government has given up on the moratorium...
"the Italian government has given up on the moratorium resolution and faced with this cowardice, I renounce my Italian passport," HOC Board Member Oliviero Toscani stated in reaction to the Italian government's failure to present the resolution calling fo
- NOVEMBER 6, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Italian Chamber of Representatives approved two...
The Italian Chamber of Representatives approved two motions presented by government MPs that generically require the government to "despite the verified lack of consensus currently at a European level, continue in every forum the intensive political and d
- NOVEMBER 6, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain Secretary-General Sergio D'Elia says...
Hands Off Cain Secretary-General Sergio D'Elia says the Italian EU presidency has passed up on what may be its last chance to score a success before the end of its term
- NOVEMBER 6, 2003European UnionDEATH PENALTY
Pasqualina Napoletano, European elected member of the...
Pasqualina Napoletano, European elected member of the Democratici di Sinistra, expressed indignation about the fact that the Italian Presidency had renounced presenting to the UN a proposal of resolution on a moratorium on the death penalty
- NOVEMBER 6, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Pasqualina Napoletano, European elected member of the...
Pasqualina Napoletano, European elected member of the Democratici di Sinistra, expressed indignation about the fact that the Italian Presidency had renounced presenting to the UN a proposal of resolution on a moratorium on the death penalty
- NOVEMBER 6, 2003FloridaDEATH PENALTY
In Tallahassee, the Florida Supreme Court overturned...
In Tallahassee, the Florida Supreme Court overturned death sentences given to a pedophile who confessed to strangling two sisters in Broward County in 1996
- NOVEMBER 6, 2003DEATH PENALTY
ITALIAN PARLIAMENT FAILS TO BIND GOVERNMENT TO PRESENT MORATORIUM RESOLUTION TO 2003 UNGA
November 6, 2003: the Italian Government has pulled back from presenting a resolution for a worldwide moratorium on executions at the ongoing UNGA, despite its stated commitments. And the Italian Chamber of Representatives fell short of keeping the govern
- NOVEMBER 5, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International released a report criticising...
Amnesty International released a report criticising the lack of a credible investigation into the bloodshed unleashed by Thailand's 2003 official war on drugs
- NOVEMBER 5, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A Thai court sentenced a Russian national to death...
A Thai court sentenced a Russian national to death for a bank robbery during which a police officer was shot dead
- NOVEMBER 5, 2003RussiaDEATH PENALTY
A Thai court sentenced a Russian national to death...
A Thai court sentenced a Russian national to death for a bank robbery during which a police officer was shot dead
- NOVEMBER 5, 2003OhioDEATH PENALTY
A jury recommended the death penalty for Martin L
A jury recommended the death penalty for Martin L
- NOVEMBER 5, 2003DEATH PENALTY
In an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote, the House of...
In an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote, the House of Representatives passed legislation to give death-row inmates greater access to DNA testing to prove their innocence
- NOVEMBER 5, 2003MissouriDEATH PENALTY
The state Supreme Court re-sentenced another death...
The state Supreme Court re-sentenced another death row inmate to life in prison because a judge -- not a jury -- imposed the penalty
- NOVEMBER 5, 2003WashingtonDEATH PENALTY
Gary Leon Ridgway today admitted to being the Green...
Gary Leon Ridgway today admitted to being the Green River Killer, responsible for the deaths of 48 young women in the longest serial murder investigation in U
- NOVEMBER 4, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Truong Quoc Viet, 35, was put to death by firing squad...
Truong Quoc Viet, 35, was put to death by firing squad in Vietnam's central province of Lam Dong, a clerk at the Lam Dong People's Court said
- NOVEMBER 4, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HOC has warned that the Italian government may once...
HOC has warned that the Italian government may once again attempt to weaken the text of the parliamentary motions calling for the presentation of the resolution for a worldwide moratorium on executions at the UN General Assembly currently in session in Ne
- NOVEMBER 4, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain slammed the Italian government's stance...
Hands Off Cain slammed the Italian government's stance during the debate in the Italian Chamber of Representatives on the presentation at the UN General Assembly of a resolution calling for a worldwide moratorium on executions, accusing it of 'killing' th
- NOVEMBER 4, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Hoang Thanh Voi, a 54 year old former tax inspector,...
Hoang Thanh Voi, a 54 year old former tax inspector, was sentenced to death by firing squad by a court in Vietnam's northern Bac Giang province for killing his mistress after she broke off their relationship
- NOVEMBER 4, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Huang Mingxi, a 41 year old Chinese restaurant owner,...
Huang Mingxi, a 41 year old Chinese restaurant owner, was executed in accordance with a ruling from the Beijing No
- NOVEMBER 4, 2003CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Serial rapist Vincent Sanchez,33, was sentenced to...
Serial rapist Vincent Sanchez,33, was sentenced to death for the July 5, 2001 kidnap-slaying of Megan Barroso, a 20-year-old student
- NOVEMBER 4, 2003DelawareDEATH PENALTY
A Superior Court jury unanimously recommended the death...
A Superior Court jury unanimously recommended the death sentence for Chauncy S
- NOVEMBER 4, 2003GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
James Willie Brown, 55, was executed for the May 12,...
James Willie Brown, 55, was executed for the May 12, 1975 rape and murder of Brenda Sue Watson
- NOVEMBER 4, 2003DEATH PENALTY
THE BERLUSCONI GOVERNMENT “ HAS KILLED” THE MORATORIUM RESOLUTION
November 4, 2003: the Italian government’s stance during the debate on the presentation at the UN General Assembly of a resolution calling for a worldwide moratorium on executions in the Italian Chamber of Representatives provoked a harsh response from H