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
- NOVEMBER 26, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The new democratic Iran that will follow the downfall...
The new democratic Iran that will follow the downfall of the current democratic regime should abolish the death penalty, even for those responsible for grave violations of human rights, HOC Board Director Antonio Stango said
- NOVEMBER 26, 2003BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
The Botswana Centre for Human Rights (Ditshwanelo)...
The Botswana Centre for Human Rights (Ditshwanelo) criticised Botswana authorities for continuing to hang death row convicts
- NOVEMBER 26, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The European Union called on Vietnam to improve its...
The European Union called on Vietnam to improve its human rights record as the communist nation's parliament lashed out at criticism from the European Parliament and the US Congress
- NOVEMBER 26, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The European Union called on Vietnam to improve its...
The European Union called on Vietnam to improve its human rights record as the communist nation's parliament lashed out at criticism from the European Parliament and the US Congress
- NOVEMBER 25, 2003TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
The Miaoli District Court in central Taiwan sentenced...
The Miaoli District Court in central Taiwan sentenced to death Wang Chung-hsing, the skipper of a smuggling boat, for drowning six Chinese illegal women immigrants by throwing them off a boat while trying to escape from authorities
- NOVEMBER 25, 2003New YorkDEATH PENALTY
New York State's highest court has tossed out the death...
New York State's highest court has tossed out the death sentence against a man convicted of the poisoning death of his wife in a Syracuse hospital
- NOVEMBER 25, 2003United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Australian officials said that the United States promised...
Australian officials said that the United States promised not to seek the death penalty against two Australian citizens being held at a detention camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, with others captured during the war on terrorism
- NOVEMBER 25, 2003AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Australian officials said that the United States promised...
Australian officials said that the United States promised not to seek the death penalty against two Australian citizens being held at a detention camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, with others captured during the war on terrorism
- NOVEMBER 24, 2003FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Jurors recommended by a 9-3 vote that Gerhard "Chip"...
Jurors recommended by a 9-3 vote that Gerhard "Chip" Hojan, 28, should die for killing Christina De La Rosa, 17, and Willy Absolu, 29, during a robbery at a Davie Waffle House on March 11, 2002
- NOVEMBER 24, 2003Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Lady Carol Kidu, Ministrer of Social Welfare and Development...
Lady Carol Kidu, Ministrer of Social Welfare and Development in Papua New Guinea, said judges should start fast-tracking the worst criminals for hanging
- NOVEMBER 24, 2003PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo favoured...
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo favoured the lifting of the ban on the imposition of the death penalty for convicted kidnappers and drug lords, the presidential palace said
- NOVEMBER 23, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian man was hanged publicly in a square in the...
An Iranian man was hanged publicly in a square in the north-western city of Tabriz after being convicted of raping 23 girls ranging in age from six to 11, the Kayhan newspaper reported
- NOVEMBER 23, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A court in northeast China sentenced three people to...
A court in northeast China sentenced three people to death for defrauding 6,400 people through investment schemes, state media said
- NOVEMBER 23, 2003New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
A Camden County jury was unable to reach a unanimous...
A Camden County jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict on whether a convicted killer should be executed for two of three murders in a January 1995 dispute over how a marijuana distribution operation
- NOVEMBER 23, 2003LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
A day after finding Kellen Parker, 20, guilty of 1st-degree...
A day after finding Kellen Parker, 20, guilty of 1st-degree murder, a Jefferson Parish jury could not agree Sunday whether to sentence him to death, meaning he automatically will be sentenced to life in prison without parole
- NOVEMBER 22, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Heron Varela Flores, a Mexican soldier facing the death...
Heron Varela Flores, a Mexican soldier facing the death penalty for killing a superior, rejected a decision by President Vicente Fox to spare his life
- NOVEMBER 22, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
7 people were tried for an attack on a village belonging...
7 people were tried for an attack on a village belonging to the Reziegat tribe on 1 July 2003
- NOVEMBER 21, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three men were executed in Guangdong for robbery and...
Three men were executed in Guangdong for robbery and murder immediately after being sentenced at mass sentencing rallies held on November 21 at seven different locations in the provincial capital, Guangzhou, the Xinxi Shibao newspaper said
- NOVEMBER 21, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A drug addict from Beijing and three people from southern...
A drug addict from Beijing and three people from southern China's Guangdong province were executed for drug-related crimes, state media reported
- NOVEMBER 21, 2003ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
Judge Brian Hauser of Maricopa County Superior Court,...
Judge Brian Hauser of Maricopa County Superior Court, who imposed the death penalty on Efren Medina, has changed his mind and ordered that he be resentenced
- NOVEMBER 21, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
The Mexican armed forces announced that they were in...
The Mexican armed forces announced that they were in favour of formally ending the use of the death penalty in their country - where no one has been executed since 1942 - and of adjusting military law to modern times
- NOVEMBER 21, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Changjiang, a hired assassin, was executed after...
Li Changjiang, a hired assassin, was executed after being convicted of the murder of the woman who hired him
- NOVEMBER 21, 2003PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Sen. Robert Barbers urged Philippine President Arroyo...
Sen. Robert Barbers urged Philippine President Arroyo to lift the moratorium on the implementation of the death penalty following the increasing cases of heinous crimes, particularly illegal drugs and kidnapping for ransom. "I call on the President to lif
- NOVEMBER 21, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Longview a jury decided to sentence Mario Rashad...
In Longview a jury decided to sentence Mario Rashad Swain,24, to death in connection with the killing of Lola Nixon, 46, in December 2002 while burglarizing her Longview home
- NOVEMBER 21, 2003DEATH PENALTY
MEXICAN MILITARY WANTS TO PUT AN END TO THE DEATH PENALTY
November 21, 2003: the Mexican armed forces announced that they are in favour of formally ending the use of the death penalty in their country.
- NOVEMBER 20, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds of prisoners on death row in the Caribbean...
Hundreds of prisoners on death row in the Caribbean were given new hope as the Privy Council in Britain declared the mandatory death penalty in Trinidad and Tobago unconstitutional
- NOVEMBER 20, 2003Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds of prisoners on death row in the Caribbean...
Hundreds of prisoners on death row in the Caribbean were given new hope as the Privy Council in Britain declared the mandatory death penalty in Trinidad and Tobago unconstitutional
- NOVEMBER 20, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Huntsville, Robert Henry, 41, was executed
In Huntsville, Robert Henry, 41, was executed
- NOVEMBER 20, 2003DEATH PENALTY
A convicted murderer asked for his victim's forgiveness...
A convicted murderer asked for his victim's forgiveness as he avoided a jury-imposed death sentence because of issues tied to his nationality
- NOVEMBER 19, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Ngo Van Da, a 27 year old unemployed man, was sentenced...
Ngo Van Da, a 27 year old unemployed man, was sentenced to death in Vietnam for killing his brother-in-law and the man's two children after he thought they were encouraging his wife to file for divorce