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
- OCTOBER 7, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Life In Prison Ruling Affirmed For 2 Death Penalty...
Life In Prison Ruling Affirmed For 2 Death Penalty Inmates---U
- OCTOBER 7, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Life In Prison Ruling Affirmed For 2 Death Penalty...
Life In Prison Ruling Affirmed For 2 Death Penalty Inmates---U
- OCTOBER 6, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Seven prisoners on death row in Vietnam had their sentences...
Seven prisoners on death row in Vietnam had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment by President Tran Duc Luong
- OCTOBER 6, 2003KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Kazakh TV's first channel reported that the West Kazakhstan...
Kazakh TV's first channel reported that the West Kazakhstan Regional court had sentenced a Russian citizen to death for killing four people
- OCTOBER 6, 2003RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Kazakh TV's first channel reported that the West Kazakhstan...
Kazakh TV's first channel reported that the West Kazakhstan Regional court had sentenced a Russian citizen to death for killing four people
- OCTOBER 6, 2003KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Four members of a criminal gang were sentenced to death...
Four members of a criminal gang were sentenced to death by the Karaganda Regional court in Kazakhstan after being found guilty of murdering five lorry drivers between February and June 2002
- OCTOBER 6, 2003AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Inflicting the death penalty was the ultimate acknowledgement...
Inflicting the death penalty was the ultimate acknowledgement of the failure of civilisation, Australian High Court Justice Michael Kirby said
- OCTOBER 6, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Convicted murderers with severe mental health problems...
Convicted murderers with severe mental health problems can be forced to take drugs that would make them clinically sane so that they can be executed, the US supreme court has ruled
- OCTOBER 6, 2003European UnionDEATH PENALTY
At a press briefing in Brussels given to promote "World...
At a press briefing in Brussels given to promote "World Day against the Death Penalty" on October 10, the European Commission reaffirmed its opposition to the death penalty
- OCTOBER 6, 2003ConnecticutDEATH PENALTY
The Connecticut Supreme Court threw out a death sentence...
The Connecticut Supreme Court threw out a death sentence for the bludgeoning of a 13-year-old boy, and clarified the standard jurors must meet before calling for capital punishment, was an 18-year-old ex-Marine at the time
- OCTOBER 5, 2003South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Angel Joe Pierre Vasquez, 24, was convicted Wednesday...
Angel Joe Pierre Vasquez, 24, was convicted Wednesday by the same jury of 2 counts of murder, 4 counts of kidnapping and 1 count each of armed robbery and conspiracy in the March 2002 shooting deaths of Kuma Walker, 19, and Joseph J
- OCTOBER 5, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian man identified as Mohammad A
An Iranian man identified as Mohammad A
- OCTOBER 4, 2003KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
Sammy Fields, 31, was convicted of murder and first-degree...
Sammy Fields, 31, was convicted of murder and first-degree burglary Wednesday in a retrial
- OCTOBER 4, 2003PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Senator Aquilino Pimentel Jr
Senator Aquilino Pimentel Jr
- OCTOBER 4, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Additional District and Sessions Judge Court in...
The Additional District and Sessions Judge Court in Sylhet, Bangladesh, sentenced six people to death and one to life imprisonment in two separate murder cases
- OCTOBER 3, 2003North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Edward Hartman, 38, was executed by injection at Central...
Edward Hartman, 38, was executed by injection at Central Prison in Raleigh
- OCTOBER 3, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Human Rights Watch (HRW) accused Ugandan security agents...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) accused Ugandan security agents of carrying out the extra-judicial killing of four men they detained in August 2003, a charge denied by the military
- OCTOBER 3, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Singapore prison officials hanged Arunprakash Vaithilingam,...
Singapore prison officials hanged Arunprakash Vaithilingam, 25, an Indian immigrant worker, for the murder of a flat mate on 22 December 2001
- OCTOBER 3, 2003PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Philippine officials rejected criticism by the human...
Philippine officials rejected criticism by the human rights group Amnesty International (AI) that Manila had put minors on death row
- OCTOBER 3, 2003SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
A poll by Internet portal Yahoo showed that majority...
A poll by Internet portal Yahoo showed that majority of Singaporeans support the death penalty
- OCTOBER 3, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Shafiq, Arshad Ali and Muhammad Sarwar, alias...
Muhammad Shafiq, Arshad Ali and Muhammad Sarwar, alias Taina, were sentenced to death by an Additional Sessions Court in Pakistan after being convicted of raping a newly wed woman
- OCTOBER 3, 2003SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Singapore prison officials hanged Arunprakash Vaithilingam,...
Singapore prison officials hanged Arunprakash Vaithilingam, 25, an Indian immigrant worker, for the murder of a flat mate on 22 December 2001
- OCTOBER 3, 2003AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
The Alabama Supreme Court has thrown out the death...
The Alabama Supreme Court has thrown out the death sentence of Phillip Wayne Tomlin
- OCTOBER 2, 2003CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
In San Francisco, a federal appeals court declared...
In San Francisco, a federal appeals court declared unconstitutional a 2000 law that requires federal prisoners or those on supervised release to give blood samples for the FBI's DNA databank
- OCTOBER 2, 2003IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Former Gov
Former Gov
- OCTOBER 2, 2003DEATH PENALTY
"For the crime of aggravated rape, this court sentences...
"For the crime of aggravated rape, this court sentences you to death
- OCTOBER 2, 2003United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Judge Leonie M
Judge Leonie M
- OCTOBER 2, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Amanullah alias Shahbaz had his death sentence for...
Amanullah alias Shahbaz had his death sentence for murder reduced to ten years rigorous imprisonment by a division bench of the Sindh High Court in Pakistan
- OCTOBER 2, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Mushtaq Ahmed and Jind Wadda were sentenced to death...
Mushtaq Ahmed and Jind Wadda were sentenced to death by the No
- OCTOBER 2, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Ali Ghufron, alias Mukhlas, one of the main organisers...
Ali Ghufron, alias Mukhlas, one of the main organisers of the October 12, 2002 Bali bombings which killed 202 people, was sentenced to death by firing squad in Indonesia