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
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2003DEATH PENALTY
In his speech at the UN, Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi,...
In his speech at the UN, Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, speaking on behalf of the EU as current Presidency holder, asked for the universal abolition of the death penalty and for a general moratorium on executions
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Jibrin Babaji, a 43 year old Nigerian man, was sentenced...
Jibrin Babaji, a 43 year old Nigerian man, was sentenced to death by stoning by a Sharia court in the northern Bauchi State for sleeping with three boys
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Yao Ting, a local Shanghai man in his twenties, was...
Yao Ting, a local Shanghai man in his twenties, was given the death penalty by the Shanghai No 2 Intermediate People's Court, for his role in an arson attack that killed two
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2003CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
In Riverside, Superior Court jurors recommended the...
In Riverside, Superior Court jurors recommended the death penalty for Micky Ray Cage, convicted of murdering his mother-in-law and her 16-year-old son while attempting to track down his estranged wife and children 5 years ago
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Pardoned death row inmate Rolando Cruz appeared in...
Pardoned death row inmate Rolando Cruz appeared in Livingston County Court today after missing 2 earlier hearings on charges stemming from a May traffic stop near Pontiac
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2003OhioDEATH PENALTY
James Conway has received a 2nd death sentence
James Conway has received a 2nd death sentence
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
A jury took an hour of deliberations to recommend the...
A jury took an hour of deliberations to recommend the death penalty for David Renteria, convicted last week of capital murder in the slaying of 5-year-old Alexandra Flores, who vanished from a Wal-Mart in 2001
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2003MassachusettsDEATH PENALTY
Gov. Mitt Romney launched his bid to bring the death...
Gov. Mitt Romney launched his bid to bring the death penalty back to Massachusetts, saying he wants to craft a law that will make it "virtually certain" that only those guilty of the worst crimes would be executed. He named an 11-member panel of scientist
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2003ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The European Union called on Armenia to sign Protocol...
The European Union called on Armenia to sign Protocol 13 to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, repealing the death penalty under any circumstances, the EU said in a declaration published in Rome and Brusse
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2003ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The European Union called on Armenia to sign Protocol...
The European Union called on Armenia to sign Protocol 13 to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, repealing the death penalty under any circumstances, the EU said in a declaration published in Rome and Brusse
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Ho Chi Minh City Court announced that the head...
The Ho Chi Minh City Court announced that the head of one of the biggest smuggling rings to be found in Vietnam, Do Thi My Phuong, a 45 year old woman, received a Presidential commutation of his death sentence to life imprisonment
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indian court sentenced Dara Singh to death and 12...
An Indian court sentenced Dara Singh to death and 12 others to life imprisonment for killing an Australian Christian missionary and his two young sons in a mob attack
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
A young Iranian man, identified only as Arash, was...
A young Iranian man, identified only as Arash, was sentenced to death for murdering a young woman, identified as Mamak, who he had met over the Internet but who rejected his proposals of marriage
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2003EstoniaDEATH PENALTY
Estonia's government put before parliament draft laws...
Estonia's government put before parliament draft laws to join international agreements banning the death penalty under any circumstances, including wartime crimes and crimes committed in times of threat of war
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2003NebraskaDEATH PENALTY
A 3-judge panel will now decide if convicted killer...
A 3-judge panel will now decide if convicted killer Erick Vela will be sentenced to death in the electric chair or life in prison for his role in the killings of 5 people at a U
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2003New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
In Trenton, Gov
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- SEPTEMBER 22, 2003SenegalDEATH PENALTY
A court in Dakar, Senegal, sentenced to death Abdoualaye...
A court in Dakar, Senegal, sentenced to death Abdoualaye Diagne, an armed robber nicknamed "Foreman," found guilty of stabbing a young soldier in the throat to steal his belongings on 28 August 1993
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Chandrajeet Yadav, an ex traffic police constable sentenced...
Chandrajeet Yadav, an ex traffic police constable sentenced to death for murdering his wife Vidya Devi along with his four daughters, Neetu, Kiran, Madhu and Suman, had his conviction upheld by a high court in India but had his punishment reduced to life
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Farzad Jalali, a convicted rapist, was executed by...
Farzad Jalali, a convicted rapist, was executed by hanging in the south-western Iranian town of Khoramabad, the Kayhan newspaper reported
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Justice Malimath Committee on Reforms of Criminal...
The Justice Malimath Committee on Reforms of Criminal Justice System made a stand against application of the death penalty for rapists and instead recommended life imprisonment for offenders
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Shamsul Alam was sentenced to death by an Additional...
Shamsul Alam was sentenced to death by an Additional District and Sessions Judge Court in Bangladesh for killing his wife
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2003FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Jurors voted 12-0 to recommend Eric Simmons be executed...
Jurors voted 12-0 to recommend Eric Simmons be executed for the 1st-degree murder, kidnapping and sexual battery of Debbie Tressler on Dec
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Tran Kim Tuyen, who was convicted of drug trafficking,...
Tran Kim Tuyen, who was convicted of drug trafficking, was executed by firing squad in Vietnam's Tay Ninh province
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2003BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
Joseph Mokhobo, Douglas Simon and Gouwane Lele Tsae...
Joseph Mokhobo, Douglas Simon and Gouwane Lele Tsae were hanged at the Gaborone central Prison, Botswana
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Sri Lanka's Interior Minister John Amaratunga assured...
Sri Lanka's Interior Minister John Amaratunga assured a Hands Off Cain delegation visiting the country that the Sri Lankan government was not contemplating a swift return to the death penalty despite calls for its re-introduction to combat a rising crime
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2003Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
September 17-19, 2003: an HOC delegation made up of...
September 17-19, 2003: an HOC delegation made up of Italian MP Enrico Buemi, MEP Marco Cappato, Regional Counsellor for Lombardy (Italy) Alessandro Litta Modignani and HOC Board Member Anna Zammit, visited Sri Lanka to lobby for support of a worldwide mor
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2003Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
The debate on the resumption of executions seemed to...
The debate on the resumption of executions seemed to have died down somewhat after the Sri Lanka National Human Rights Commission wrote to the government pointing out that such a move would be in breach of the country's international obligations according
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court in Abuja, Nigeria, upheld a death...
The Supreme Court in Abuja, Nigeria, upheld a death sentence passed on Andrew Nwachukwu in November 1999
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Charnchao Chaiyanukij, human rights activist and director-general...
Charnchao Chaiyanukij, human rights activist and director-general of the Justice Ministry's Rights and Liberty Protection Department was reported as saying that the death penalty in Thailand was a "sensitive and controversial issue"
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2003MissouriDEATH PENALTY
1 of 2 death penalties against Vernon Brown was overturned...
1 of 2 death penalties against Vernon Brown was overturned by a federal appeals court whose members said a supportive letter from his stepbrother was wrongly kept from jurors