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 8, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Rajab Ali, 22, and Abdus Salam, 23, were sentenced...
Rajab Ali, 22, and Abdus Salam, 23, were sentenced to death by hanging for the rape of an eight year old girl which resulted in her death
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2003OhioDEATH PENALTY
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The 6th U
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2003NebraskaDEATH PENALTY
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In line with the 9th U
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
An Additional District and Sessions in Bangladesh convicted...
An Additional District and Sessions in Bangladesh convicted four people, sentencing Abdul Malek to death and his brother Shahadat and nephews Bakul and Mukul to life term rigorous imprisonment for killing a member of their family
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Corporal Pimundu Gimaro of the Ugandan Military Police...
Corporal Pimundu Gimaro of the Ugandan Military Police was sentenced to death by the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) field court martial for cowardice and failure to carry out duties
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Woman and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal,...
The Woman and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal, Bangladesh, convicted Lokman Sarder of killing his wife for dowry and sentenced him to death by hanging
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Hui Jinbo and Li Junlin, two Chinese men who drowned...
Hui Jinbo and Li Junlin, two Chinese men who drowned seven people in bath tubs after robbing a Beijing bath house, were executed
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2003DEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe (CE) was disappointed with the...
The Council of Europe (CE) was disappointed with the fact that there were provisions in the law on the application of the new Armenian Criminal Code, which would allow the death penalty to be applied to criminals sentenced to death prior to 1 August 2003,
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2003ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe (CE) was disappointed with the...
The Council of Europe (CE) was disappointed with the fact that there were provisions in the law on the application of the new Armenian Criminal Code, which would allow the death penalty to be applied to criminals sentenced to death prior to 1 August 2003,
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Huang Xiaojun and Li Meisheng were executed after taking...
Huang Xiaojun and Li Meisheng were executed after taking part in the ransacking of three tombs on land belonging to the Guo museum in central Henan province, according to the People's Court Daily
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2003GhanaDEATH PENALTY
The Court of Appeal in Malaysia upheld the conviction...
The Court of Appeal in Malaysia upheld the conviction and death sentence imposed on Emmanuel Yaw Teiku, a 43 year old Ghanian national, by the Alor Star High Court on July 24, 2001, for trafficking in more than half a kilogramme of heroin into Malaysia in
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2003MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
The Court of Appeal in Malaysia upheld the conviction...
The Court of Appeal in Malaysia upheld the conviction and death sentence imposed on Emmanuel Yaw Teiku, a 43 year old Ghanian national, by the Alor Star High Court on July 24, 2001, for trafficking in more than half a kilogramme of heroin into Malaysia in
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2003United NationsDEATH PENALTY
The UN Human Rights Committee said Canadian authorities...
The UN Human Rights Committee said Canadian authorities breached an international human rights treaty by deporting convicted killer Roger Judge back to death row in Pennsylvania in 1998 after he had served a separate 10-year term in Quebec for crimes comm
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2003CanadaDEATH PENALTY
The UN Human Rights Committee said Canadian authorities...
The UN Human Rights Committee said Canadian authorities breached an international human rights treaty by deporting convicted killer Roger Judge back to death row in Pennsylvania in 1998 after he had served a separate 10-year term in Quebec for crimes comm
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2003CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
In Ventura, a jury recommended the death penalty for...
In Ventura, a jury recommended the death penalty for Vincent Sanchez, 32, a serial rapist and convicted killer of a 20-year-old college student
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Shubhash Rajbanshi, 27, and Bimal Rajbanshi, 26, of...
Shubhash Rajbanshi, 27, and Bimal Rajbanshi, 26, of Katigram village in Sadar were sentenced them to death for killing a schoolboy
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2003TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
A group of legislators from the opposition People First...
A group of legislators from the opposition People First Party (PFP) suggested that the law enforcement authorities prescribe capital punishment for "snakehead" ringleaders to stem human trafficking across the Taiwan Strait
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2003PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
Delaware County Common Pleas Judge William R
Delaware County Common Pleas Judge William R
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2003North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Judge Quentin Sumner, referring to the U
Judge Quentin Sumner, referring to the U
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's supreme court has overturned the death sentences...
Iran's supreme court has overturned the death sentences of six men convicted of Islamist vigilante murders (see 'The death penalty for violent crimes' May 11, 2003)
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2003FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Paul Jennings Hill died today by lethal injection in...
Paul Jennings Hill died today by lethal injection in the Florida State Prison
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Three policemen convicted of killing three prominent...
Three policemen convicted of killing three prominent businessmen in Jinja, on suspicion that they were armed robbers, were sentenced to death by the High court
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2003Bosnia & HerzegovinaDEATH PENALTY
The remains of more than 320 people were exhumed from...
The remains of more than 320 people were exhumed from a mass grave in eastern Bosnia which is considered to be the largest from the country's 1992-95 war
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2003OhioDEATH PENALTY
The prosecutor, judge and defense attorneys in a 1999...
The prosecutor, judge and defense attorneys in a 1999 murder trial made a series of mistakes that led to a wrongful death sentence, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in voting to reverse the sentence
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Sapporo High Court in Japan overturned the death...
The Sapporo High Court in Japan overturned the death sentence given to Kazuyuki Oikawa, 26, for the murder of two children and the attempted murder of another on 8 August 2001, sentencing him to life in prison
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Special Tribunal on Women and Children Repression...
The Special Tribunal on Women and Children Repression in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced six people, including two women, to death by hanging for the April 23, 1998, rape and murder of Shazneen Tasnim Rahman
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A government-appointed commission in Pakistan called...
A government-appointed commission in Pakistan called for the abolition of strict Islamic laws, which rights activists say discriminate against women
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2003DEATH PENALTY
By an 8 to 3 vote, an expanded panel of the San Francisco-based...
By an 8 to 3 vote, an expanded panel of the San Francisco-based U
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani Shah Bali Jan, convicted of smuggling heroin...
Pakistani Shah Bali Jan, convicted of smuggling heroin into Saudi Arabia, was publicly beheaded by sword in the Saudi city of Jeddah
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Chinese citizen Yin Zhi Hua, persecuted by her...
The Chinese citizen Yin Zhi Hua, persecuted by her country for political reasons, consigned herself to the Italian authorities in Prato, in the presence of Radical MEP Gianfranco Dell'Alba and Tuscan Radical Party militants