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
- FEBRUARY 27, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Four brothers who killed a person in a holdup with...
Four brothers who killed a person in a holdup with homemade guns were sentenced to death in south China's Guangdong Province
- FEBRUARY 27, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Thai Ambassador to Indonesia, Dr
Thai Ambassador to Indonesia, Dr
- FEBRUARY 27, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Thai Ambassador to Indonesia, Dr
Thai Ambassador to Indonesia, Dr
- FEBRUARY 26, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The special rapporteur on extra-judicial, summary or...
The special rapporteur on extra-judicial, summary or arbitrary executions of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Asma Jahangir, expressed deep concern at the many deaths in Thailand's war on drugs, the Bangkok Post reported
- FEBRUARY 26, 2003IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
A jury issued Illinois' first death sentence since then-Gov
A jury issued Illinois' first death sentence since then-Gov
- FEBRUARY 26, 2003MontanaDEATH PENALTY
Lawmakers defeated a bill to abolish Montana's death penalty
Lawmakers defeated a bill to abolish Montana's death penalty
- FEBRUARY 26, 2003FloridaDEATH PENALTY
At Florida State Prison, Amos King, maintaining his...
At Florida State Prison, Amos King, maintaining his innocence to the end, was executed by lethal injection for the rape and murder of Natalie "Tillie" Brady, 68, in March 1977
- FEBRUARY 26, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Most inmates on death row will remain there despite...
Most inmates on death row will remain there despite the fact that the procedure used to sentence them has since been declared unconstitutional
- FEBRUARY 26, 2003CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Jurors spent two days of deliberations before reaching...
Jurors spent two days of deliberations before reaching a verdict against 34-year-old Michael Schultz
- FEBRUARY 26, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Three convicted bank robbers were sentenced to death
Three convicted bank robbers were sentenced to death
- FEBRUARY 26, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Eight Indian Muslims, including four who had been sentenced...
Eight Indian Muslims, including four who had been sentenced to death, were acquitted over the 1997 killing of a policeman that had led to deadly communal riots in southern India
- FEBRUARY 26, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Thailand brushed off United Nations criticism of its...
Thailand brushed off United Nations criticism of its bloody war on drugs, saying dealers and traffickers ran the risk of violent death
- FEBRUARY 26, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Thailand brushed off United Nations criticism of its...
Thailand brushed off United Nations criticism of its bloody war on drugs, saying dealers and traffickers ran the risk of violent death
- FEBRUARY 25, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
Richard Head Williams was executed for killing, on...
Richard Head Williams was executed for killing, on March 24, 1997, Jeanette Williams, 44, a wheelchair-bound woman
- FEBRUARY 25, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
President Mwai Kibaki ordered the release of 28 death...
President Mwai Kibaki ordered the release of 28 death row prisoners and commuted the death sentences of another 195 inmates to life in prison, following his campaign pledge to reform Kenya's prison system, a senior official said
- FEBRUARY 25, 2003TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Tajikistan's Supreme Court has sentenced 11 Islamic...
Tajikistan's Supreme Court has sentenced 11 Islamic militants to death and jailed 74 of their comrades after finding them guilty of murder and kidnapping
- FEBRUARY 25, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court of the United States ruled that Thomas...
The Supreme Court of the United States ruled that Thomas Miller El must be allowed to present evidence of systemic racial bias during jury selection as his case returns to the lower court
- FEBRUARY 25, 2003GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Georgian MP Elene Tevdoradze denounced in Parliament...
Georgian MP Elene Tevdoradze denounced in Parliament a recent death sentence passed on an ethnic Georgian by the de facto authorities of the separatist region of Abkhazia
- FEBRUARY 25, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
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- FEBRUARY 25, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Three Iranian armed robbers were hanged, two on February...
Three Iranian armed robbers were hanged, two on February 24 in the south-western city of Ahwaz, and one in Tehran on February 16, Iranian newspapers reported
- FEBRUARY 25, 2003DEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court of the United States ruled that Thomas...
The Supreme Court of the United States ruled that Thomas Miller El must be allowed to present evidence of systemic racial bias during jury selection as his case returns to the lower court
- FEBRUARY 25, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China retains the death penalty because the public...
China retains the death penalty because the public still supports the ultimate punishment, but Beijing has taken steps to restrict its use and turn to more humane ways of executing criminals, said a Beijing-based academic
- FEBRUARY 25, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A Vietnamese man was sentenced to death for murdering...
A Vietnamese man was sentenced to death for murdering and robbing a motorbike taxi driver in the central province of Lam Dong
- FEBRUARY 25, 2003DEATH PENALTY
A bill barring executions of mentally retarded Nevada...
A bill barring executions of mentally retarded Nevada criminals won approval in the Assembly Judiciary Committee
- FEBRUARY 25, 2003DEATH PENALTY
A bill that would ban executing the mentally retarded...
A bill that would ban executing the mentally retarded won key approval in the House on
- FEBRUARY 25, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The parents of a young English teacher stabbed to death...
The parents of a young English teacher stabbed to death in Thailand made a plea for the woman accused of his murder not to face the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 25, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The parents of a young English teacher stabbed to death...
The parents of a young English teacher stabbed to death in Thailand made a plea for the woman accused of his murder not to face the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 25, 2003European UnionDEATH PENALTY
Gianfranco Dell'Alba, MEP from the Lista Bonino, asked...
Gianfranco Dell'Alba, MEP from the Lista Bonino, asked the European Commission and Council whether they consider it an opportune moment to amend the UN Conventions on Drugs from 1961, 1971 and 1988, which foresee the criminalization of drug related crimes
- FEBRUARY 25, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Communist Vietnam launched the trial of 155 suspected...
Communist Vietnam launched the trial of 155 suspected gangsters in a showpiece trial aimed at reassuring investors the government is serious about cracking down on crime
- FEBRUARY 25, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Amroz, one of the key Bali bombing suspects, claimed...
Amroz, one of the key Bali bombing suspects, claimed that he was not afraid of a possible death sentence to be imposed upon him for his actions