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
- MARCH 31, 2003DEATH PENALTY
The US State Department issued its 27th annual report...
The US State Department issued its 27th annual report on human rights conditions world-wide
- MARCH 31, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Murder during the commission of a terroristic threat...
Murder during the commission of a terroristic threat would become a death penalty crime under legislation tentatively approved by the Texas House on Monday
- MARCH 31, 2003NevadaDEATH PENALTY
In Carson City, the Nevada Assembly voted to bar executions...
In Carson City, the Nevada Assembly voted to bar executions of criminals who are mentally retarded criminals or under age 18
- MARCH 31, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Ugandan Constitutional Court ruled that the UPDF...
The Ugandan Constitutional Court ruled that the UPDF (Uganda's People's Defence Forces) might continue executing convicts sentenced to death by the army's field court martial
- MARCH 31, 2003EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Hanan Muhammad Rashid, female, and Muhammad Ahmad 'Abd...
Hanan Muhammad Rashid, female, and Muhammad Ahmad 'Abd al-Salam, male, are at imminent risk of execution
- MARCH 31, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Chengdu Railway Communications Intermediate Court,...
The Chengdu Railway Communications Intermediate Court, in Sichuan Province, China, sentenced Wang Pingxue to death with two years reprieve for trafficking and transporting drugs
- MARCH 30, 2003ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
More than 300 prisoners facing the death penalty in...
More than 300 prisoners facing the death penalty in Zambia are kept in overcrowded cells, where conditions violate basic human rights, Jethro Mumbuwa, the country's commissioner of prisons, said
- MARCH 29, 2003ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
Pima County Superior Court Judge Frank Dawley decided...
Pima County Superior Court Judge Frank Dawley decided that John Michael Harper, 21, will be resentenced because he was denied the opportunity to challenge a juror who may have been biased
- MARCH 29, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Saudi man was beheaded after he was convicted of...
A Saudi man was beheaded after he was convicted of murdering a compatriot, the Saudi Interior Ministry said in a statement
- MARCH 29, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Ahmad Gulzar and Ahmad Riaz were sentenced to death...
Ahmad Gulzar and Ahmad Riaz were sentenced to death by the Additional District and Session Court in the murder case of Ali Liaqat, Gulzar's business partner
- MARCH 28, 2003IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
In Springfield, the Illinois House passed legislation...
In Springfield, the Illinois House passed legislation that would limit the governor's power to grant blanket clemency
- MARCH 28, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Ton Van, former director of Quoc Binh private...
Nguyen Ton Van, former director of Quoc Binh private enterprise, a trading company, was sentenced to death by a court in Ho Chi Minh City for "defrauding and appropriating public property"
- MARCH 27, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A Vietnamese man, Nong Quoc Luong, 25, convicted of...
A Vietnamese man, Nong Quoc Luong, 25, convicted of murdering a friend to steal his motorcycle was blindfolded, tied to a stake and executed by firing squad in Hanoi
- MARCH 27, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesia will delay the execution of six convicts...
Indonesia will delay the execution of six convicts including an Indian on death row after five of them appealed to the Supreme Court for a second review, prosecutors said
- MARCH 27, 2003SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
The Humanitarian Law Centre (FHP) said that the initiative...
The Humanitarian Law Centre (FHP) said that the initiative for temporary introduction of the death penalty in the legal system of Serbia and Montenegro was contradictory to international standards and the constitutional charter
- MARCH 27, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
Relatives of victims of gas attacks carried out by...
Relatives of victims of gas attacks carried out by Japan's Aum Supreme Truth cult vented their anger at the trial of cult guru Shoko Asahara and demanded the death sentence for him
- MARCH 27, 2003OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
A retrial produced the same result for Shelton Dewayne...
A retrial produced the same result for Shelton Dewayne Jackson, who again received the death penalty for murdering a woman
- MARCH 27, 2003FloridaDEATH PENALTY
In Tallahassee, the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday...
In Tallahassee, the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday threw out the death sentence of Roger Stewart, 45
- MARCH 27, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
Mustafa Adam Abdella was sentenced to death before...
Mustafa Adam Abdella was sentenced to death before the Nyala Court, Sudan
- MARCH 27, 2003DEATH PENALTY
AMINA LAWAL’S STONING APPEAL POSTPONED
March 27, 2003: a Nigerian Islamic court postponed Tuesday the start of Amina Lawal´s appeal against being stoned to death after the chief trial judge failed to turn up.
- MARCH 26, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Regional Court in Brno, Czech Republic, decided...
The Regional Court in Brno, Czech Republic, decided not extradite Chinese citizen Wen-min Zhang to China on fears he could be executed
- MARCH 26, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Regional Court in Brno, Czech Republic, decided...
The Regional Court in Brno, Czech Republic, decided not extradite Chinese citizen Wen-min Zhang to China on fears he could be executed
- MARCH 26, 2003CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Michael Schultz, 34, was sentenced to death for the Aug
Michael Schultz, 34, was sentenced to death for the Aug
- MARCH 26, 2003SerbiaDEATH PENALTY
Zivojin Stjepic of the Christian Democratic Party of...
Zivojin Stjepic of the Christian Democratic Party of Serbia (DHSS) said the party would propose to the republican government and the assembly that talks be started with the European Union on a temporary change to the Serbian Penal Code in order to re-esta
- MARCH 26, 2003DEATH PENALTY
In Huntsville, a mentally ill murderer spared from...
In Huntsville, a mentally ill murderer spared from execution 5 months ago by a last-minute reprieve was executed for fatally stabbing a woman during an attempted rape
- MARCH 25, 2003GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Larry Eugene Moon was executed for the 1984 murder...
Larry Eugene Moon was executed for the 1984 murder and robbery of 34-year-old Ricky Callahan
- MARCH 25, 2003OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
In McAlester, John Michael Hooker was executed for...
In McAlester, John Michael Hooker was executed for stabbing his girlfriend Sylvia Stokes, 28, and her mother Drusilla Morgan, 53, on March 27, 1988
- MARCH 25, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A Nigerian Islamic court postponed the start of Amina...
A Nigerian Islamic court postponed the start of Amina Lawal's appeal against being stoned to death after the chief trial judge failed to turn up
- MARCH 25, 2003AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Mohamed Ferfar, arrested by the police on 28 December...
Mohamed Ferfar, arrested by the police on 28 December 1998, was sentenced to death by the criminal court in Annaba, the Algerian newspaper Le Matin reported on its website
- MARCH 25, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Sikh body Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee...
The Sikh body Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) called upon the Federal government to abolish the death penalty saying it would raise India's image in the eyes of the world