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
- JANUARY 13, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Five convicted drug traffickers were sentenced to death...
Five convicted drug traffickers were sentenced to death by a local court in Zhejiang Province
- JANUARY 13, 2003UkraineDEATH PENALTY
Viktoria Mamontova, a Ukrainian woman who was sentenced...
Viktoria Mamontova, a Ukrainian woman who was sentenced to death for drug possession in Thailand, had her sentence commuted
- JANUARY 13, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Viktoria Mamontova, a Ukrainian woman who was sentenced...
Viktoria Mamontova, a Ukrainian woman who was sentenced to death for drug possession in Thailand, had her sentence commuted
- JANUARY 12, 2003MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Datuk Nik Aziz, controversial spiritual leader of the...
Datuk Nik Aziz, controversial spiritual leader of the hardline Party Islam Se Malaysia, declared he wanted the federal government to allow rapists to be stoned to death publicly as per strict Islamic law
- JANUARY 12, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's reformist-held parliament approved the details...
Iran's reformist-held parliament approved the details of a law granting non-Muslim minorities the right to the same "blood money" as Muslim men
- JANUARY 12, 2003DEATH PENALTY
HANDS OFF CAIN PROPOSES HONORARY PRESIDENCY TO OUTGOING ILLINOIS GOVERNOR
January 12, 2003: following outgoing Illinois Gov. George Ryan’s decision to commute the death sentences of all 167 prisoners on Illinois’ death row, Hands Off Cain has decided to propose to him an honorary Presidency of the association, which is campaig
- JANUARY 11, 2003Congo - BrazzavilleDEATH PENALTY
A UN investigation committee in the Congo found 117...
A UN investigation committee in the Congo found 117 cases of arbitrary executions
- JANUARY 11, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
The Mexican government hailed Illinois Governor George...
The Mexican government hailed Illinois Governor George Ryan's decision to commute the death sentences of 167 convicts, three of them Mexicans
- JANUARY 11, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian court sentenced a teen-ager to death by...
An Iranian court sentenced a teen-ager to death by hanging after he was convicted for a third time of drinking alcohol, the state newspaper Iran said
- JANUARY 11, 2003MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Ahmad Sabri Mat Isa, 30, was sentenced to death by...
Ahmad Sabri Mat Isa, 30, was sentenced to death by the High Court after being found guilty of trafficking 958gm of cannabis in 1999
- JANUARY 11, 2003ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that the Supreme Court commuted to...
It was reported that the Supreme Court commuted to life imprisonment a death penalty imposed by the High Court on Robert Mugwanda
- JANUARY 11, 2003DEATH PENALTY
The Mexican government hailed Illinois Governor George...
The Mexican government hailed Illinois Governor George Ryan's decision to commute the death sentences of 167 convicts, three of them Mexicans
- JANUARY 11, 2003IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
In the largest purge of death row in US history, Illinois...
In the largest purge of death row in US history, Illinois Gov
- JANUARY 11, 2003DEATH PENALTY
In the largest purge of death row in US history, Illinois...
In the largest purge of death row in US history, Illinois Gov
- JANUARY 11, 2003DEATH PENALTY
A UN investigation committee in the Congo found 117...
A UN investigation committee in the Congo found 117 cases of arbitrary executions
- JANUARY 10, 2003ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
The Maricopa County Superior Court handed down the...
The Maricopa County Superior Court handed down the death penalty on Richard Glassel, 62, the enraged homeowner who killed 2 women in a shooting spree in a retirement community
- JANUARY 10, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Patna High Court commuted the death sentence awarded...
The Patna High Court commuted the death sentence awarded to Arnit Das, a murder case convict, to life imprisonment
- JANUARY 10, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Tensin Deleg Rimpoche and Lobsang...
It was reported that Tensin Deleg Rimpoche and Lobsang Dhondup, two Tibetans under death sentence for a series of bombings in western China were scheduled to begin a new trial on this day on the same charges and before the same court
- JANUARY 10, 2003IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
On January 31, 2000, Illinois Governor George Ryan...
On January 31, 2000, Illinois Governor George Ryan declared a moratorium on executions in his state, pending an investigation into the state's capital punishment system
- JANUARY 10, 2003SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Remand prisoner Kanesan Ratnam was hanged at approximately...
Remand prisoner Kanesan Ratnam was hanged at approximately 6 am in Changi Prison
- JANUARY 10, 2003DEATH PENALTY
ILLINOIS GOVERNOR PARDONS FOUR DEATH ROW INMATES
January 10, 2003: Gov. George Ryan said Friday he is pardoning four death row inmates who insist their confessions were tortured out of them by Chicago police. Ryan´s term in office ends Monday.
- JANUARY 10, 2003DEATH PENALTY
ILLINOIS GOVERNOR PARDONS FOUR DEATH ROW INMATES
January 10, 2003: Gov. George Ryan announced Friday pardons for four of the state´s death row inmates. More than 150 other inmates on the state’s death row are awaiting his decision on their fate before he leaves office on Monday.
- JANUARY 9, 2003PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
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- JANUARY 9, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Seven people were executed immediately after a public...
Seven people were executed immediately after a public sentencing rally in the southern Chinese city of Sanya
- JANUARY 9, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Indian Federal Cabinet approved its Government's...
The Indian Federal Cabinet approved its Government's decision to give a sovereign assurance to Portugal that Abu Salem, wanted in connection with the 1993 Mumbai blasts, would not be given capital punishment if he is extradited to India
- JANUARY 9, 2003BahamasDEATH PENALTY
The Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme...
The Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, Sir Dennis Byron, called for careful consideration to be given to the capital punishment debate
- JANUARY 9, 2003MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
The Cabinet agreed to proposed stricter penalties such...
The Cabinet agreed to proposed stricter penalties such as the death penalty for rapists who cause death and child rapists
- JANUARY 9, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Defence lawyers for those found guilty of killing Congolese...
Defence lawyers for those found guilty of killing Congolese President Laurent Kabila officially requested that his son and successor Joseph pardon them
- JANUARY 9, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Congo's former colonial ruler Belgium called for President...
Congo's former colonial ruler Belgium called for President Joseph Kabila to annul death sentences dished out on January 7 to those found guilty of murdering his father
- JANUARY 9, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
The state-run daily Sedaye Edalat reported that two...
The state-run daily Sedaye Edalat reported that two men were sentenced to death in the southern port city of Boushehr