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 15, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
Cases involving DNA analysis from the troubled Houston...
Cases involving DNA analysis from the troubled Houston police crime lab won't be treated any differently than other capital cases that reach Gov
- MARCH 15, 2003South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Former Western Cape premier Gerald Morkel called for...
Former Western Cape premier Gerald Morkel called for the reintroduction of the death penalty whilst attending the funeral of nine-year-old Miquela Appollis, slain by gangster crossfire near her home in Steenberg
- MARCH 14, 2003BahamasDEATH PENALTY
Two men were handed death sentences in the Bahamas,...
Two men were handed death sentences in the Bahamas, at the end of separate murder trials in which the juries returned unanimous guilty verdicts
- MARCH 14, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A court in northern Vietnam sentenced six men to death...
A court in northern Vietnam sentenced six men to death for trafficking nearly 90 kilograms of heroin
- MARCH 14, 2003AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
A Jefferson County jury decided Renard Marcel Daniel,...
A Jefferson County jury decided Renard Marcel Daniel, 28, should be put to death for killing 2 people execution-style on Sept
- MARCH 14, 2003OhioDEATH PENALTY
Cleveland killer Ernest Martin got a three-month reprieve...
Cleveland killer Ernest Martin got a three-month reprieve from execution in the first of what could be many cases involving capital punishment and the mentally retarded
- MARCH 14, 2003PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Malaysia suspended for 30 days the execution of Filipino...
Malaysia suspended for 30 days the execution of Filipino convict Andy Baguindah in order to revaluate his case upon request from the Philippine government
- MARCH 14, 2003MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Malaysia suspended for 30 days the execution of Filipino...
Malaysia suspended for 30 days the execution of Filipino convict Andy Baguindah in order to revaluate his case upon request from the Philippine government
- MARCH 14, 2003MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Lee Kwai Heong, 38 and Lee Ah Seng, 25 were sentenced...
Lee Kwai Heong, 38 and Lee Ah Seng, 25 were sentenced to death by the High Court after being found guilty of murdering a fisherman, Sanip Leham, 50
- MARCH 13, 2003AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
In Atmore, Michael Eugene Thompson was executed by...
In Atmore, Michael Eugene Thompson was executed by lethal injection for the 1984 murder of Maisie Carlene Gray, 57, on Dec
- MARCH 13, 2003FloridaDEATH PENALTY
The Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Court jury voted 7-5 that...
The Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Court jury voted 7-5 that Charles Carpenter should die for the Nov
- MARCH 13, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The People's High Court in the eastern province of...
The People's High Court in the eastern province of Zhejiang announced that Yan Liang, 31, an employee of China Unicom's Quzhou branch, had been executed on terrorist charges for sending a mail bomb that killed his boss
- MARCH 13, 2003DEATH PENALTY
The EP adopted a resolution on the case of Amina Lawal,...
The EP adopted a resolution on the case of Amina Lawal, sentenced to death by stoning in Nigeria for committing adultery, pushing the Nigerian government to suspend all executions and to put an end to the use of the death penalty
- MARCH 13, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The EP adopted a resolution on the case of Amina Lawal,...
The EP adopted a resolution on the case of Amina Lawal, sentenced to death by stoning in Nigeria for committing adultery, pushing the Nigerian government to suspend all executions and to put an end to the use of the death penalty
- MARCH 13, 2003JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
A report released by Amnesty International stated that...
A report released by Amnesty International stated that Jamaican police deliberately killed a group of young men in 2001 in a high-profile case known as the Braeton Seven
- MARCH 12, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
The Aftab-e Yazd daily reported that students at the...
The Aftab-e Yazd daily reported that students at the Tarbiat-e Modarres teacher training university in Tehran had signed a petition calling for the unconditional release of academic dissident Hashem Aghajari sentenced to death for blasphemy
- MARCH 12, 2003DEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court stopped Texas from executing its...
The Supreme Court stopped Texas from executing its 300th inmate since capital punishment resumed in the United States in 1977, granting a dramatic last-minute stay to condemned killer Delma Banks
- MARCH 12, 2003MississippiDEATH PENALTY
Death row inmate David Blue has been resentenced to...
Death row inmate David Blue has been resentenced to life in prison without parole under a U
- MARCH 12, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda's Attorney General (AG) supported capital punishment...
Uganda's Attorney General (AG) supported capital punishment issued by Field Court Martial, describing it as necessary to instil discipline in soldiers
- MARCH 12, 2003Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
The Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the Council...
The Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the Council of Europe Ambassador Nicolaos Emiliou handed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe Mr Walter Schwimmer, the instrument of ratification of Protocol 13 to the Convention for the Protection of
- MARCH 12, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Eight people were sentenced to hang for the vicious...
Eight people were sentenced to hang for the vicious murder of a land dealer in Kenya
- MARCH 12, 2003CyprusDEATH PENALTY
The Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the Council...
The Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the Council of Europe Ambassador Nicolaos Emiliou handed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe Mr Walter Schwimmer, the instrument of ratification of Protocol 13 to the Convention for the Protection of
- MARCH 12, 2003TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The European Court of Human Rights condemned Turkey...
The European Court of Human Rights condemned Turkey for violating the human rights of jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan
- MARCH 12, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
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- MARCH 12, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shanghai Higher People's Court sentenced Chen Tongbao...
The Shanghai Higher People's Court sentenced Chen Tongbao to death for murder
- MARCH 12, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Nagoya High Court in Japan upheld a lower court...
The Nagoya High Court in Japan upheld a lower court ruling that sentenced two men to death for murdering two women by burning them alive inside oil barrels
- MARCH 12, 2003TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The last execution in Turkey took place in October...
The last execution in Turkey took place in October 1984 and provoked an international outcry
- MARCH 11, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
Bobby Glen Cook was executed for robbing and fatally...
Bobby Glen Cook was executed for robbing and fatally shooting Edwin Earl Holder, 42, on Feb
- MARCH 11, 2003QatarDEATH PENALTY
Indian national Arun Abraham, sentenced to death by...
Indian national Arun Abraham, sentenced to death by Qatar's Sharia court for killing his Indian colleague, was executed by firing squad in Doha's central prison
- MARCH 11, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Indian national Arun Abraham, sentenced to death by...
Indian national Arun Abraham, sentenced to death by Qatar's Sharia court for killing his Indian colleague, was executed by firing squad in Doha's central prison