Archive timeline
2004
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2004, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2004
- AUGUST 18, 2004VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
James Bryant Hudson, 57, died by lethal injection at...
James Bryant Hudson, 57, died by lethal injection at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt at 9:07 p
- AUGUST 18, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a man named Mukul was hanged in Bangladesh for murder
a man named Mukul was hanged in Bangladesh for murder
- AUGUST 17, 2004DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
Denmark has resumed handing over Iraqi detainees to...
Denmark has resumed handing over Iraqi detainees to British forces, after receiving guarantees that no prisoners will face the death penalty
- AUGUST 17, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
Denmark has resumed handing over Iraqi detainees to...
Denmark has resumed handing over Iraqi detainees to British forces, after receiving guarantees that no prisoners will face the death penalty
- AUGUST 17, 2004United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Denmark has resumed handing over Iraqi detainees to...
Denmark has resumed handing over Iraqi detainees to British forces, after receiving guarantees that no prisoners will face the death penalty
- AUGUST 17, 2004KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
two men named Uwaisdeen Abdurabi Nistar and Abdulhassan Mohammad Ajmeer were hanged
two men named Uwaisdeen Abdurabi Nistar and Abdulhassan Mohammad Ajmeer were hanged
- AUGUST 16, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A relics conservation official was sentenced to death...
A relics conservation official was sentenced to death in what state media described as the largest antiquities theft case since the People's Republic of China was founded in 1949
- AUGUST 16, 2004South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
About 57 percent of lawmakers - 135 out of 237 - say...
About 57 percent of lawmakers - 135 out of 237 - say they want the death penalty to be abolished
- AUGUST 16, 2004North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Michael Lee Fullwood, 48, who was convicted of the...
Michael Lee Fullwood, 48, who was convicted of the March 29, 1985 murder of Deirdre Waters, had his death sentence overturned by Graham C
- AUGUST 16, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
four men named Nguyen Minh Tong, Vo Minh Tam, Tran Van Phuoc and Luu Kien Quang were executed
four men named Nguyen Minh Tong, Vo Minh Tam, Tran Van Phuoc and Luu Kien Quang were executed
- AUGUST 16, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a man named Golam Mortuza was hanged in Bangladesh for murder
a man named Golam Mortuza was hanged in Bangladesh for murder
- AUGUST 15, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
The Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance...
The Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran said that the clerical regime's henchmen executed a 16-year-old girl in the town of Neka, northern Iran
- AUGUST 15, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
agents of the State Security Forces in Qazvin arrested 41 men
agents of the State Security Forces in Qazvin arrested 41 men
- AUGUST 15, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Mahmoud Hashemi-Shahroudi, head of the Judiciary confirmed the sentence
Mahmoud Hashemi-Shahroudi, head of the Judiciary confirmed the sentence
- AUGUST 14, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Dhananjay Chatterjee, 39, was hanged performing India's...
Dhananjay Chatterjee, 39, was hanged performing India's first execution in 9 years
- AUGUST 13, 2004CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
A T-shirt splattered with the blood of death row inmate...
A T-shirt splattered with the blood of death row inmate Kevin Cooper and 2 murder victims must be tested for a preservative that, if found, could possibly indicate tampering by law enforcement officials, a U
- AUGUST 13, 2004TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
In Memphis, James Christopher Riels, accused of killing...
In Memphis, James Christopher Riels, accused of killing 2 elderly women last year, was sentenced to death today in court
- AUGUST 13, 2004North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
The state Supreme Court awarded a new trial to convicted...
The state Supreme Court awarded a new trial to convicted killer Todd Charles Boggess, who is on death row for fatally beating Danny Lee Pence, a student, 9 years ago
- AUGUST 13, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Sudanese national was beheaded for the stabbing death...
A Sudanese national was beheaded for the stabbing death of a Saudi during a fight
- AUGUST 13, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Seventeen members of the al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf...
Seventeen members of the al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf group were sentenced to death for kidnapping nurses from a hospital in the southern Philippines three years ago
- AUGUST 12, 2004DEATH PENALTY
The state has agreed it will not seek to execute a...
The state has agreed it will not seek to execute a Mexican man whose attorneys say he is mentally retarded, and in return the inmate will drop appeals of his murder conviction
- AUGUST 12, 2004NevadaDEATH PENALTY
Terry Jess Dennis, resolute to the end about not wanting...
Terry Jess Dennis, resolute to the end about not wanting any appeals, was executed tonight at the Nevada State Prison for strangling a woman in 1999
- AUGUST 12, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Four leaders of a crime gang in southern China were...
Four leaders of a crime gang in southern China were sentenced to death after being convicted of a series of offences including injuries and one killing
- AUGUST 12, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian convicted of murdering his father-in-law...
An Iranian convicted of murdering his father-in-law has been hanged in Tehran's main Evin prison, a newspaper reported
- AUGUST 12, 2004EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Egyptian national Sayed Faruq Ibrahim was sentenced...
Egyptian national Sayed Faruq Ibrahim was sentenced to death for strangling to death the four-year-old boy of an Omani diplomat after a breaking into a house in April 2004
- AUGUST 12, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
the Thai embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, asked the Legal Counsel...
the Thai embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, asked the Legal Counsel...
- AUGUST 11, 2004DEATH PENALTY
The state Senate voted to alter the sentencing provisions...
The state Senate voted to alter the sentencing provisions of the state's death penalty law to remove procedures declared unconstitutional in June by the state's highest court
- AUGUST 11, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Smith County, Tracy Lane Beatty, 43, was sentenced...
In Smith County, Tracy Lane Beatty, 43, was sentenced to death this afternoon for murdering his mother and burying her body in their backyard
- AUGUST 11, 2004VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
A closely divided U-S Supreme Court today lifted a...
A closely divided U-S Supreme Court today lifted a stay of execution for James Edward Reid
- AUGUST 11, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
A Harris County jury sentenced Robert Aaron Acuna to...
A Harris County jury sentenced Robert Aaron Acuna to death for killing his elderly neighbours last year