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
- JUNE 14, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In its second trial, the Sichuan Provincial Higher...
In its second trial, the Sichuan Provincial Higher People's Court, China, upheld the death sentence passed on Tan Jin for issuance of false value-added specialized tax invoices
- JUNE 14, 2003DEATH PENALTY
HOC GENERAL ASSEMBLY SETS TARGETS FOR MORATORIUM CAMPAIGN
June 14, 2003: Hands Off Cain members from various countries met in Rome on Saturday to consult on the strategy for the re-presentation of a moratorium resolution at the upcoming UN General Assembly.
- JUNE 13, 2003ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Zimbabwe hanged four prisoners convicted of murder,...
Zimbabwe hanged four prisoners convicted of murder, the state-controlled Herald newspaper reported
- JUNE 13, 2003DEATH PENALTY
At the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, prison...
At the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, prison officials executed Joseph L
- JUNE 13, 2003North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
A jury recommended the death penalty for Jathiya A
A jury recommended the death penalty for Jathiya A
- JUNE 13, 2003VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
A Lynchburg jury recommended the death penalty for...
A Lynchburg jury recommended the death penalty for Leon Jermain Winston, 22, one of two men charged with the shooting deaths of Anthony and Ronda Robinson on April 19, 2002
- JUNE 12, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
In Pakistan the Punjab chief minister's adviser on...
In Pakistan the Punjab chief minister's adviser on law and human rights, Mr Rana Ejaz Ahmad Khan, announced that kite-flyers would face murder charges and a possible death penalty if their sharpened strings caused more deaths
- JUNE 12, 2003AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Circuit Judge Sam Monk sentenced Donald Ray Wheat ,...
Circuit Judge Sam Monk sentenced Donald Ray Wheat , 49, to death for the May 2002 gunshot slayings of 4 men during a holdup at a Blockbuster video store
- JUNE 12, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Dallas, a jury sentenced prison escapee Randy Halprin...
In Dallas, a jury sentenced prison escapee Randy Halprin to death today for his role in the Christmas Eve 2000 slaying of a police officer
- JUNE 11, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
The Jordan Times reported that a 23-year-old woman...
The Jordan Times reported that a 23-year-old woman was sentenced to death by the Criminal Court after being convicted of the March 2002 murder of her sister-in-law in the Zarqa Governorate
- JUNE 11, 2003UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
A court in Uzbekistan's central Bukhara Region sentenced...
A court in Uzbekistan's central Bukhara Region sentenced a man to death and his accomplice to 20 years imprisonment after finding them guilty of killing a driver on 31 August 2002 with the purpose of hijacking his car, the Huquq newspaper reported
- JUNE 11, 2003LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
The Senate agreed 28 to 7 to a House bill on no executions...
The Senate agreed 28 to 7 to a House bill on no executions for mentally retarded
- JUNE 11, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
Kia Levoy Johnson, 38, was executed this evening
Kia Levoy Johnson, 38, was executed this evening
- JUNE 11, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Sichuan Provincial Higher People's Court, China,...
The Sichuan Provincial Higher People's Court, China, upheld the death sentence with two years reprieve given to Zhu Cheng
- JUNE 11, 2003DEATH PENALTY
HANDS OFF CAIN INVITES YOU TO OUR GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN ROME ON JUNE 14
Hands Off Cain invites you to Rome on June 14 at via di Torre Argentina 76 where our general assembly will be held between 9:30 and 15:00.
- JUNE 10, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Tokyo District Court sentence to death Yoshio Ando,...
The Tokyo District Court sentence to death Yoshio Ando, a homeless man, for murdering three other homeless men in Tokyo in 1999
- JUNE 10, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
George Kelly, 27, who was executed for the murder of...
George Kelly, 27, who was executed for the murder of Leonard Thomas, the manager of a cinema in Liverpool, during a robbery in March 1949, had his conviction overturned by the Court of Appeal
- JUNE 10, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Lan Rong, a banker convicted of embezzling some 10...
Lan Rong, a banker convicted of embezzling some 10 million yuan from rural savings accounts, was executed in northern China's Weinan city, Shaanxi province, the official Xinhua news agency reported
- JUNE 9, 2003JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
Jamaica moved a step closer to removing Britain's Privy...
Jamaica moved a step closer to removing Britain's Privy Council as its final appellate court and replacing it with a proposed new Caribbean appeals court
- JUNE 9, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Guangzhou City Intermediate People's Court in south...
The Guangzhou City Intermediate People's Court in south China handed down two death sentences, one of which was suspended for two years, and 10 jail terms ranging from 3 years to life, for the killing of a young man whilst in police custody
- JUNE 9, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six people convicted of organizing a local mafia were...
Six people convicted of organizing a local mafia were executed in central China's Xuchang city, Henan province as part of an ongoing campaign aimed at cracking down on organized crime, state press reported
- JUNE 9, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Radio TV Hong Kong audio web site reported that four...
Radio TV Hong Kong audio web site reported that four Tibetans received "hefty jail sentences for arms trafficking
- JUNE 9, 2003DEATH PENALTY
A ban on use of a 3-judge panel in deciding whether...
A ban on use of a 3-judge panel in deciding whether the state should execute convicted murderers was signed into law Monday by Nevada Gov
- JUNE 8, 2003South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
All Africa reported that more than 200 inmates of South...
All Africa reported that more than 200 inmates of South Africa's prisons still had the status of Death Row prisoners even though the African Constitutional Court declared the death penalty unconstitutional on June 6, 1995
- JUNE 8, 2003MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Wan Marzuki Wan Abdullah, 26, was sentenced to death...
Wan Marzuki Wan Abdullah, 26, was sentenced to death by the High Court for trafficking in over 3 kilos of cannabis in 1999
- JUNE 7, 2003EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
The Ethiopian High Court sentenced Eshetu Shinkute...
The Ethiopian High Court sentenced Eshetu Shinkute Belete to publicly hang for his involvement in the extra-judicial executions of 27 people during the 1977-78 "Red Terror" period of Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam
- JUNE 7, 2003UkraineDEATH PENALTY
The Ukrainian Independent Information Agency (UNIAN)...
The Ukrainian Independent Information Agency (UNIAN) reported that two Ukrainians, Ruslan Voytyuk, born in 1973, and Oleksander Kuskin, born in 1978, had lodged an appeal to the Supreme Court of Belarus against their death sentences for the murder of a bu
- JUNE 7, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Chen Zongfa was sentenced to death by the Shanghai...
Chen Zongfa was sentenced to death by the Shanghai No 1 Intermediate People's Court following a conviction for double manslaughter
- JUNE 7, 2003BelarusDEATH PENALTY
The Ukrainian Independent Information Agency (UNIAN)...
The Ukrainian Independent Information Agency (UNIAN) reported that two Ukrainians, Ruslan Voytyuk, born in 1973, and Oleksander Kuskin, born in 1978, had lodged an appeal to the Supreme Court of Belarus against their death sentences for the murder of a bu
- JUNE 6, 2003European UnionDEATH PENALTY
Justice ministers from the European Union approved...
Justice ministers from the European Union approved extradition and judicial cooperation agreements with the United States designed to augment existing bilateral accords between Washington and EU member states