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
- MAY 22, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Traffic police constable Chandrajeet Yadav was sentenced...
Traffic police constable Chandrajeet Yadav was sentenced to death by Sessions judge JN Paliwal for killing five members of his family, including wife Vidya Devi and four daughters
- MAY 22, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
Prosecutors demanded that Mamoru Takuma be sentenced...
Prosecutors demanded that Mamoru Takuma be sentenced to death for killing eight primary school children and wounding 15 others at Ikeda Primary School in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, in June 2001
- MAY 22, 2003LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
The Lithuanian parliament gave initial backing to ratification...
The Lithuanian parliament gave initial backing to ratification of Protocol No
- MAY 22, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
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- MAY 22, 2003OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Pontotoc County jurors recommended that Glen Dale Gore...
Pontotoc County jurors recommended that Glen Dale Gore should die for the Dec
- MAY 22, 2003NevadaDEATH PENALTY
The Republican-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee...
The Republican-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee approved AB 16 dealing with post-conviction DNA testing, and advanced the bill to the Senate floor
- MAY 22, 2003VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
In Manassas, a man who killed a perceived romantic...
In Manassas, a man who killed a perceived romantic rival and his fiancee was sentenced to death despite his protestations of innocence
- MAY 21, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
At least 18 civilians were reportedly shot dead by...
At least 18 civilians were reportedly shot dead by Indonesian soldiers as government troops stepped up their operations against separatist rebels in Aceh province
- MAY 21, 2003YemenDEATH PENALTY
The Republic of Yemen TV reported that President Ali...
The Republic of Yemen TV reported that President Ali Abdallah Salih granted amnesty to the leaders of the secession of 1994, some of whom had been sentenced to death in absentia
- MAY 21, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
A Japanese court handed down the death penalty to Ryoji...
A Japanese court handed down the death penalty to Ryoji Ui, a 63-year-old man who killed a woman in 2001 while he was on parole
- MAY 21, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court, acting as last court of appeal,...
The Supreme Court, acting as last court of appeal, ruled that the former Prime Minister of the western kingdom of Toro, John Sanyu Katuramu, must hang for murdering Prince Charles Happy Kijanangoma
- MAY 21, 2003ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
"Human rights campaigners in Zambia won a major victory...
"Human rights campaigners in Zambia won a major victory recently when President Levy Mwanawasa refused to sign scores of death sentences, commuting all the sentences to life imprisonment," reported the Inter Press Service
- MAY 21, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A speedy trial court in Barisal, Bangladesh, condemned...
A speedy trial court in Barisal, Bangladesh, condemned to death Mamun Peyada and sentenced 16 others to life imprisonment for murder
- MAY 21, 2003OhioDEATH PENALTY
A jury in Cincinnati recommended the death sentence...
A jury in Cincinnati recommended the death sentence for an Ohio inmate convicted of killing a prison guard
- MAY 21, 2003DEATH PENALTY
State Senate approves 2 anti-terror bills -- 1 requires...
State Senate approves 2 anti-terror bills -- 1 requires response plan; other spells out new penalties
- MAY 21, 2003SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Tan Chun Seng, 28, had his death sentence for murder...
Tan Chun Seng, 28, had his death sentence for murder commuted to ten years imprisonment for culpable homicide by the Court of Appeals in Singapore
- MAY 21, 2003SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
February: Tan Chun Seng, 28, was sentenced to death...
February: Tan Chun Seng, 28, was sentenced to death by the High Court in Singapore for murdering a 44 year old deaf and mute man following an argument
- MAY 20, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Two brothers convicted of drug smuggling were publicly...
Two brothers convicted of drug smuggling were publicly hanged in a park in eastern Tehran
- MAY 20, 2003South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
A Berkeley County jury sentenced Jesse W
A Berkeley County jury sentenced Jesse W
- MAY 20, 2003Governo Federale degli Stati UnitiDEATH PENALTY
Native American receives federal death sentence U
Native American receives federal death sentence U
- MAY 19, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Tokyo High Court upheld a death sentence for one...
The Tokyo High Court upheld a death sentence for one of five Aum Supreme Truth members who released sarin nerve gas on Tokyo subway trains
- MAY 19, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Yuan Xiuzhen, a 46 year old woman, and three men, Hu...
Yuan Xiuzhen, a 46 year old woman, and three men, Hu Aizhong, Yang Pinwu and Chen Shibin were executed in Beijing after being convicted of violent crime, including murder and armed robbery
- MAY 19, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
An inquiry into the murder of an Irish priest, the Rev
An inquiry into the murder of an Irish priest, the Rev
- MAY 19, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Vu Van Tam, a 22-year-old unemployed Vietnamese man,...
Vu Van Tam, a 22-year-old unemployed Vietnamese man, was sentenced to death by firing squad after being convicted of murdering a schoolboy to steal his bicycle
- MAY 19, 2003CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Alfred Flores III, convicted of shooting 3 teens who...
Alfred Flores III, convicted of shooting 3 teens who refused to join his gang has been sentenced to death
- MAY 18, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi defence lawyers appealed to King Fahd to free...
Saudi defence lawyers appealed to King Fahd to free five Britons and a Canadian convicted of planting a car bomb that killed a Briton in November 2000
- MAY 17, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Fuhaid bin Ali bin Saad al-Qarni, a Saudi citizen convicted...
Fuhaid bin Ali bin Saad al-Qarni, a Saudi citizen convicted of murdering a compatriot in a dispute, was beheaded by the sword in Saudi Arabia's southern province of Assir
- MAY 17, 2003IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Major changes in capital punishment in Illinois continue...
Major changes in capital punishment in Illinois continue their march through the General Assembly
- MAY 17, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In its initial trial, the Guangzhou Intermediate People's...
In its initial trial, the Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court, Guangdong Province, China, sentenced Lan Jinquan, Chen Hongying and Jian Zhiqiang to death, sentenced Wang Jun to death with two years reprieve and Yang Peng to life imprisonment after convi
- MAY 16, 2003ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Roel Goosen, 33, was sentenced to death by the Lusaka...
Roel Goosen, 33, was sentenced to death by the Lusaka High Court after he was convicted of killing Lillian Nkhata on August 30, 2001 during a prayer meeting in Lusaka's Barlastone area