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 12, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Two brothers and their brother-in-law were sentenced...
Two brothers and their brother-in-law were sentenced to death by a district court for throwing acid on a housewife in south Surma in November 2002
- MAY 12, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Two people were sentenced to death and another to life...
Two people were sentenced to death and another to life imprisonment for killing a young businessman in Bangladesh in 1999
- MAY 12, 2003NevadaDEATH PENALTY
Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn signed a bill that raises...
Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn signed a bill that raises the rate paid to court-appointed defense attorneys in death penalty cases to $125 an hour
- MAY 12, 2003DEATH PENALTY
The Nevada Senate has sent Gov
The Nevada Senate has sent Gov
- MAY 12, 2003NevadaDEATH PENALTY
Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn signed AB17, which improves...
Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn signed AB17, which improves legal assistance in death penalty cases (see also march 10, 2003)
- MAY 12, 2003MarylandDEATH PENALTY
In Annapolis, the Court of Appeals overturned the death...
In Annapolis, the Court of Appeals overturned the death sentence of Cortney Bryant, ruling that judges must consider the "youthful age" of any killer under age 19 as a factor in determining whether to issue a sentence of death or life without parole
- MAY 12, 2003New YorkDEATH PENALTY
By a vote of 23-12 last night (5/12/03), the Albany...
By a vote of 23-12 last night (5/12/03), the Albany County Legislature passed Resolution #251 urging the governor and the state legislature to place a moratorium on all executions in New York
- MAY 12, 2003South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
In Columbia, the state Supreme Court has ordered a...
In Columbia, the state Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for a man sentenced to death after he was convicted of fatally beating and shooting a police officer 3 years ago
- MAY 11, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Fahd Bin-Hadi Bin-Muhammad, a Saudi national, was executed...
Fahd Bin-Hadi Bin-Muhammad, a Saudi national, was executed in Riyadh city after being convicted a fellow national
- MAY 11, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Six men accused of a series of five murders to uphold...
Six men accused of a series of five murders to uphold Islamic morality in Iran's south-eastern city of Kerman were sentenced to death, the lawyer of one of the victims said
- MAY 11, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds of Iraqis marched in central Baghdad to commemorate...
Hundreds of Iraqis marched in central Baghdad to commemorate the deaths of relatives they believe were executed under Saddam Hussein
- MAY 10, 2003YemenDEATH PENALTY
A court in Yemen sentenced Abed Abdulrazzak Kamel to...
A court in Yemen sentenced Abed Abdulrazzak Kamel to death for killing three Americans who worked at a Christian-run hospital in December 2002
- MAY 10, 2003HondurasDEATH PENALTY
According to an official report, most of the 69 people...
According to an official report, most of the 69 people who died in the April riots at the El Porvenir prison were "executed" by Honduran police guards or soldiers after the mutiny had been brought under control
- MAY 9, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Sultan Khan Osman Omrah, an Afghani convicted of drug...
Sultan Khan Osman Omrah, an Afghani convicted of drug trafficking, was publicly beheaded in Saudi Arabia
- MAY 9, 2003AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Sultan Khan Osman Omrah, an Afghani convicted of drug...
Sultan Khan Osman Omrah, an Afghani convicted of drug trafficking, was publicly beheaded in Saudi Arabia
- MAY 9, 2003NepalDEATH PENALTY
Kioual Man Limbou, a Nepalese man convicted of murder,...
Kioual Man Limbou, a Nepalese man convicted of murder, was publicly beheaded by sword in Saudi Arabia
- MAY 9, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Kioual Man Limbou, a Nepalese man convicted of murder,...
Kioual Man Limbou, a Nepalese man convicted of murder, was publicly beheaded by sword in Saudi Arabia
- MAY 9, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that International human rights organisations...
It was reported that International human rights organisations condemned what they said were increasing cases of arbitrary arrests and torture by the Sudanese security forces in the Darfur state of western Sudan
- MAY 9, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A Bill was approved changing execution method to lethal...
A Bill was approved changing execution method to lethal injection instead of firing squad
- MAY 9, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The former vice governor of China's south-western province...
The former vice governor of China's south-western province of Yunnan, Li Jiating, was given a suspended death sentence for bribery, the official Xinhua news agency reported
- MAY 9, 2003CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Long Beach Superior Court Judge Joan Comparet-Cassani...
Long Beach Superior Court Judge Joan Comparet-Cassani sentenced a man to death for murdering a Long Beach officer
- MAY 9, 2003FloridaDEATH PENALTY
In Sanford, jurors recommended the death penalty Friday...
In Sanford, jurors recommended the death penalty Friday for convicted 3-time murderer Michael Gordon Reynolds, 41
- MAY 9, 2003LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
A mentally retarded man will be removed from death...
A mentally retarded man will be removed from death row after Gov
- MAY 9, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In its initial trial, the Jinan Intermediate People's...
In its initial trial, the Jinan Intermediate People's Court, in Shandong Province, China, sentenced two "principal criminals" to death and two to life imprisonment for manufacturing and trafficking drugs
- MAY 8, 2003Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
Three people were sentenced to hang in Trinidad and...
Three people were sentenced to hang in Trinidad and Tobago for the 1996 murder of Clint Huggins, a former state's witness in a much-publicized murder trial
- MAY 8, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Seventeen farmers received sentences ranging from imprisonment...
Seventeen farmers received sentences ranging from imprisonment to the death penalty from the Beijing No
- MAY 8, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
Ali Ibrahim was sentenced to death for running a lucrative...
Ali Ibrahim was sentenced to death for running a lucrative drug trafficking business under Al-Qaeda
- MAY 8, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A division bench of Sindh High Court dismissed the...
A division bench of Sindh High Court dismissed the appeal of three against a judgment made by the Anti-Terrorism Court in Karachi in a case involving kidnapping and ransom, but converted their death sentences into life terms
- MAY 8, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court upheld the death sentence given to...
The Supreme Court upheld the death sentence given to Duan Meerak, a 38-year-old woman, for possessing 70,000 speed pills in 1998
- MAY 8, 2003IndianaDEATH PENALTY
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago ruled that...
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago ruled that a judge had allowed the seating of jurors who were biased against Akeem Aki-Khuam during his trial on murder charges