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 10, 2003AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Australian Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty...
Australian Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty warned that imposing the death penalty on the Bali bombers would answer their wish to be treated as martyrs
- FEBRUARY 10, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Bill Rammell, Foreign Office Minister with responsibility...
Bill Rammell, Foreign Office Minister with responsibility for human rights policy, met members of the Foreign Secretary's Death Penalty Panel to discuss how the UK can promote abolition of the death penalty in Africa
- FEBRUARY 10, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Baroness Sarah Ludford asked the President of Parliament...
Baroness Sarah Ludford asked the President of Parliament to write to the Governor of Texas and President Bush following the execution of Jackie Elliott
- FEBRUARY 10, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that a recent U
It was reported that a recent U
- FEBRUARY 10, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Australian Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty...
Australian Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty warned that imposing the death penalty on the Bali bombers would answer their wish to be treated as martyrs
- FEBRUARY 10, 2003MissouriDEATH PENALTY
The Missouri Supreme Court overturned the convictions...
The Missouri Supreme Court overturned the convictions of Danny Wolfe, who had been convicted of 2 counts of 1st-degree murder for the killings of Leonard and Lena Walters, who were found dead on Feb
- FEBRUARY 10, 2003OhioDEATH PENALTY
An inmate convicted of strangling his cellmate in November...
An inmate convicted of strangling his cellmate in November 2001 at Mansfield Correctional Institution, was sentenced to die
- FEBRUARY 10, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Iranian Judiciary chief Ayatollah Mahmud Hashemi-Shahrudi...
Iranian Judiciary chief Ayatollah Mahmud Hashemi-Shahrudi told visiting EU Commissioner for External Relations Chris Patten on 3 February that executions by stoning are seen as a way of protecting the family, state television reported
- FEBRUARY 10, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Iranian Judiciary chief Ayatollah Mahmud Hashemi-Shahrudi...
Iranian Judiciary chief Ayatollah Mahmud Hashemi-Shahrudi told visiting EU Commissioner for External Relations Chris Patten on 3 February that executions by stoning are seen as a way of protecting the family, state television reported
- FEBRUARY 10, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Four key suspects in the Bali bombings will be charged...
Four key suspects in the Bali bombings will be charged with offences punishable by death while others will face up to 20 years' jail if convicted, Indonesian police said
- FEBRUARY 10, 2003BurundiDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International appealed to African Union observers...
Amnesty International appealed to African Union observers due to visit Burundi, to take note of human rights abuses by the government or rebel movements, especially the killings of unarmed civilians
- FEBRUARY 10, 2003DEATH PENALTY
US FEDERAL COURT RULES INSANE INMATE CAN BE EXECUTED
February 10, 2003: a US federal appeals court ruled Monday that a paranoid schizophrenic inmate who is sane only when forced to take medication is eligible for death row.
- FEBRUARY 9, 2003Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
A visit to a Colombo prison by Sri Lanka's Interior...
A visit to a Colombo prison by Sri Lanka's Interior Minister John Amaratunga to inspect the gallows and ensure the hangman's noose is ready for use - if needed - triggered a fresh debate on the use of the death penalty to curb crime
- FEBRUARY 9, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A blind, bedridden widow is taking on the might of...
A blind, bedridden widow is taking on the might of the Chinese Government in an effort to halt "executions on demand"
- FEBRUARY 8, 2003CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
In Santa Barbara, Ryan Hoyt was sentenced to death...
In Santa Barbara, Ryan Hoyt was sentenced to death for killing a teenager authorities say was kidnapped over a $200 drug debt his half brother owed
- FEBRUARY 7, 2003OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Michael Allen Browning received two death sentences
Michael Allen Browning received two death sentences
- FEBRUARY 7, 2003UtahDEATH PENALTY
In Salt Lake City, the Utah Senate unanimously approved...
In Salt Lake City, the Utah Senate unanimously approved a bill that would bring Utah's death penalty law in line with a recent U
- FEBRUARY 7, 2003OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
A jury recommended Bigler John "Bud" Stouffer II be...
A jury recommended Bigler John "Bud" Stouffer II be sentenced to death
- FEBRUARY 7, 2003OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
A jury recommended James Lawrence Mitchell III, 28,...
A jury recommended James Lawrence Mitchell III, 28, be sentenced to death for the fatal beating of a 3-year-old girl
- FEBRUARY 7, 2003DEATH PENALTY
US Attorney General John Ashcroft has directed federal...
US Attorney General John Ashcroft has directed federal prosecutors in New York and Connecticut to seek the death penalty in a dozen cases in which they had recommended lesser sentences
- FEBRUARY 7, 2003DEATH PENALTY
US Attorney General John Ashcroft has directed federal...
US Attorney General John Ashcroft has directed federal prosecutors in New York and Connecticut to seek the death penalty in a dozen cases in which they had recommended lesser sentences
- FEBRUARY 7, 2003JapanDEATH PENALTY
A Tokyo District Court ruled that the Tokyo Detention...
A Tokyo District Court ruled that the Tokyo Detention House must allow Toshiaki Masunaga, 54, a death-row inmate, to purchase a book even though he had exceeded his allowed limit of possessions
- FEBRUARY 7, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A study by the Law Commission on the barbarity involved...
A study by the Law Commission on the barbarity involved in methods of execution recommended that India replace hanging with lethal injection
- FEBRUARY 7, 2003DEATH PENALTY
ALAN PARKER FILM ON DEATH PENALTY PREMIERES IN BERLIN
February 7, 2003: acclaimed film director Alan Parker’s latest film The Life of David Gale will be presented today at the Berlin film festival, one of Europe’s top three cinema events. The film is one of the first major motion pictures to take an explici
- FEBRUARY 6, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
Henry Dunn Jr
Henry Dunn Jr
- FEBRUARY 6, 2003OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
A Grady County jury has recommended the death penalty...
A Grady County jury has recommended the death penalty for Mexican national Isidro Marquez-Burrola, 41, for the February 13, 2002 murder of his his estranged wife Enruquenta Marquez
- FEBRUARY 6, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
A Grady County jury, in Oklahoma, has recommended the...
A Grady County jury, in Oklahoma, has recommended the death penalty for Mexican national Isidro Marquez-Burrola, 41, for the February 13, 2002 murder of his his estranged wife Enruquenta Marquez
- FEBRUARY 6, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Texas said it would ignore a World Court order demanding...
Texas said it would ignore a World Court order demanding it stay the executions of 2 Mexicans, Cesar Robert Fierro Reyna and Roberto Moreno Ramos
- FEBRUARY 6, 2003DEATH PENALTY
Texas said it would ignore a World Court order demanding...
Texas said it would ignore a World Court order demanding it stay the executions of 2 Mexicans, Cesar Robert Fierro Reyna and Roberto Moreno Ramos
- FEBRUARY 6, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Texas said it would ignore a World Court order demanding...
Texas said it would ignore a World Court order demanding it stay the executions of 2 Mexicans, Cesar Robert Fierro Reyna and Roberto Moreno Ramos