Archive timeline
2003
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2003, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
The year in data
- Executions recorded worldwide
- 546
- Countries where they were recorded
- 25
- News items in the archive
- 2,951
Latest news of 2003
- NOVEMBER 3, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Two men were sentenced to death by a Beijing intermediate...
Two men were sentenced to death by a Beijing intermediate court for fraud involving the buying and selling of value-added tax (VAT) vouchers that were eventually used in writing off some 393 million (47 million dollars) in taxes, state press said
- NOVEMBER 3, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zhou Kun, a Chinese police officer given a national...
Zhou Kun, a Chinese police officer given a national award for huge drug busts, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve by a central Chinese court after being convicted of trafficking 5,000 kilograms (11,000 pounds) of heroin
- NOVEMBER 3, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian woman condemned to death for killing a police...
An Iranian woman condemned to death for killing a police officer she says was trying to rape her has had her case sent back to the supreme court by Iran's hardline-run judiciary, press reports said
- NOVEMBER 3, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
"No human being has power over the life of another
"No human being has power over the life of another
- NOVEMBER 3, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
"I call on the Chamber to ensure that the Italian government...
"I call on the Chamber to ensure that the Italian government finally declares the truth on its commitment to the moratorium resolution," HOC General Secretary Sergio D'Elia said, also with reference to rumours that the Italian government has already given
- NOVEMBER 3, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Italian Chamber of Representatives opened the debate...
The Italian Chamber of Representatives opened the debate on four motions regarding the presentation of a resolution calling for a worldwide moratorium on executions at the ongoing UN General Assembly by the Italian EU presidency
- NOVEMBER 3, 2003NevadaDEATH PENALTY
24-year-old Pascual Lozano, convicted of firing the...
24-year-old Pascual Lozano, convicted of firing the shots that killed a 9-year-old girl, Genesis Gonzales, will be put to death, jurors announced this morning
- NOVEMBER 3, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Conroe, a Montgomery County jury sentenced convicted...
In Conroe, a Montgomery County jury sentenced convicted murderer Jason Burkett to life in prison for killing three people in a 2001 plot to steal their cars
- NOVEMBER 3, 2003LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
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- NOVEMBER 3, 2003NevadaDEATH PENALTY
Dorion Lee Daniel's death sentence, for the 1997 execution-style...
Dorion Lee Daniel's death sentence, for the 1997 execution-style slayings of Mark Payne and Frederick Washington and attempted murders of 2 others following an argument over $10, was overturned by the Nevada Supreme Court
- NOVEMBER 3, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
The Nyala criminal court in Sudan sentenced three men...
The Nyala criminal court in Sudan sentenced three men to death by hanging after being convicted of murder under Article 130 of the Penal Code (1991)
- NOVEMBER 3, 2003OhioDEATH PENALTY
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- NOVEMBER 2, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Additional District and Sessions Court in Daska,...
The Additional District and Sessions Court in Daska, Pakistan, sentenced Sajjad Ahmad to death for murder
- OCTOBER 31, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Pham Tan Luong, 20, was sentenced to death by Gia Lai...
Pham Tan Luong, 20, was sentenced to death by Gia Lai People's Court for murder
- OCTOBER 31, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Jiangmen Intermediate People's Court, in Guangdong...
The Jiangmen Intermediate People's Court, in Guangdong Province, China, sentenced to death 53 year old Xie Jianzhuo, deputy director of the Jiangmen urban district government general office, for embezzling 12
- OCTOBER 30, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Additional District and Sessions Court in Jessore,...
The Additional District and Sessions Court in Jessore, Bangladesh, sentenced five people to death by hanging for killing a man after abducting him
- OCTOBER 30, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Minister of Justice and Human Rights Yusril Ihza Mahendra...
Minister of Justice and Human Rights Yusril Ihza Mahendra said that Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri had commuted the death sentence of convicted murderer Harnoko Dewantoro, alias Oki, to life imprisonment
- OCTOBER 30, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Thalasserry district and sessions court, India,...
The Thalasserry district and sessions court, India, sentenced to death M
- OCTOBER 29, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Tran Van Khoa, a 50-year old Vietnamese man convicted...
Tran Van Khoa, a 50-year old Vietnamese man convicted of the murder of his grandfather, was executed in the central Binh Dinh province
- OCTOBER 29, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A Speedy Trial Court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced...
A Speedy Trial Court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Saidul, 20, Adel, 22, and Badiul after convicting them of murder
- OCTOBER 29, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International urged the European Union to rethink...
Amnesty International urged the European Union to rethink its China policy, saying the Asian country's economic success overshadows a justice system plagued with human rights abuses
- OCTOBER 29, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
"The Bangladeshi government has, to some extend, come...
"The Bangladeshi government has, to some extend, come out of the legacy of the British colonial judicial system as a total of 183 sensational cases have been settled under the landmark law "Speedy Trial Act" and 274 criminals sentenced to death in one and
- OCTOBER 29, 2003MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
M. Kathavarayan, 54, was sentenced to death by the...
M. Kathavarayan, 54, was sentenced to death by the Malaysian High Court for trafficking 937.8g of cannabis
- OCTOBER 29, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Tokyo District Court, Japan, sentenced Tomomasa...
The Tokyo District Court, Japan, sentenced Tomomasa Nakagawa, a senior figure of the Aum Supreme Truth cult, to death for multiple murder in the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin gas attack and 10 other crimes
- OCTOBER 29, 2003MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said he rejected...
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said he rejected Islamic criminal laws prescribing amputations and death by stoning introduced by the hardline Islamic Party in the country's north-eastern Terengganu state
- OCTOBER 29, 2003TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Taipei Minister without Portfolio Hsu Chih-hsiung said...
Taipei Minister without Portfolio Hsu Chih-hsiung said that an anti-terrorism law approved by the country's Cabinet that included the death penalty did not contradict the government's goal of abolishing executions
- OCTOBER 29, 2003TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
An anti-terrorism law envisaging the death penalty...
An anti-terrorism law envisaging the death penalty was approved by the Taipei Cabinet
- OCTOBER 29, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Pham Thanh Tuan, a 40 year old man who pretended to...
Pham Thanh Tuan, a 40 year old man who pretended to be a doctor of traditional medicine, was executed in southern Vietnam for fatally poisoning four people and robbing them
- OCTOBER 29, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Delhi High court, India, acquitted two people originally...
The Delhi High court, India, acquitted two people originally sentenced to death in the December 13, 2001, terrorist attack on Parliament, lecturer Sayed Abdul Rahman Geelani and Afsan Guru, a woman
- OCTOBER 29, 2003MissouriDEATH PENALTY
John Clayton Smith, 42, was put to death by injection...
John Clayton Smith, 42, was put to death by injection at the Potosi Correctional Center in the July 5, 1997 fatal stabbings of his former girlfriend, Brandie Kearns, 22, and her stepfather, Wayne Hoewing, 51