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
- JULY 23, 2004DEATH PENALTY
SENEGAL. CABINET APPROVES BILL FOR ABOLITION
July 23, 2004: Senegal’s government approved a bill to abolish the death penalty on July 15. The same day, President Abdoulaye Wade, who had brought up the bill in the Cabinet meeting, decided to propose it to Parliament.
- JULY 22, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Truong Si Kien, a 23-year-old farmer, was sentenced...
Truong Si Kien, a 23-year-old farmer, was sentenced to death in Vietnam for killing a friend in order to steal his motorbike
- JULY 22, 2004ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A Thai appeal court quashed death sentences against...
A Thai appeal court quashed death sentences against two men from hill tribes for the murder of an Australian tourist and the rape of his girlfriend
- JULY 22, 2004OhioDEATH PENALTY
Summit County Common Pleas Court Judge Patricia A
Summit County Common Pleas Court Judge Patricia A
- JULY 22, 2004VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
Mark W
Mark W
- JULY 22, 2004ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HOC Secretary General Sergio D'Elia and Elisabetta...
HOC Secretary General Sergio D'Elia and Elisabetta Zamparutti, editor of HOC's 2004 Report on the Death Penalty Worldwide, brought the capital punishment issue to the attention of the Human Rights Committee of the Italian Chamber of Representatives
- JULY 21, 2004SenegalDEATH PENALTY
An Indonesian court on sentenced Seck Osmane, a Senegalese...
An Indonesian court on sentenced Seck Osmane, a Senegalese man, to death for heroin trafficking
- JULY 21, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
An Indonesian court on sentenced Seck Osmane, a Senegalese...
An Indonesian court on sentenced Seck Osmane, a Senegalese man, to death for heroin trafficking
- JULY 21, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Five men were sentenced to death, four in absentia,...
Five men were sentenced to death, four in absentia, by a District court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, after they were found guilty of murdering a father and his son at Keraniganj
- JULY 21, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Indian government announced it had no plans to...
The Indian government announced it had no plans to abolish the death sentence
- JULY 21, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Two sisters were sentenced to death in Vietnam after...
Two sisters were sentenced to death in Vietnam after being convicted of a double murder and robbery
- JULY 21, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Crockett, Barney Ronald Fuller Junior was sentenced...
In Crockett, Barney Ronald Fuller Junior was sentenced to death by a Houston County jury after pleading guilty to the May 14, 2003 shooting deaths of 43-year-old Nathan Copeland and 39-year-old Annette Copeland
- JULY 21, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
Joe Lee Guy, 32, who was convicted and sentenced to...
Joe Lee Guy, 32, who was convicted and sentenced to death in 1994 for his part in a robbery-murder, was sentenced to life in prison
- JULY 21, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
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- JULY 21, 2004SudanDEATH PENALTY
A Sudanese media centre close to the government said...
A Sudanese media centre close to the government said that 200 members of pro-government militias accused of ethnic cleansing in Darfur had been tried and that some had received death sentences
- JULY 21, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China has executed two separatists from its muslim...
China has executed two separatists from its muslim Uighur ethnic minority and jailed 16 to terms ranging from five years to life on charges of damaging national security
- JULY 21, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. SIX PEOPLE HANGED, REPORTS
Arshad-ollah and Mohammad Ali were put to death on July 10
- JULY 20, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Four main culprits of a 60-member organized crime ring...
Four main culprits of a 60-member organized crime ring were executed in Shaoyang city, central-south China's Hunan Province
- JULY 20, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Iranian dissident Hashem Aghajari, sentenced to death...
Iranian dissident Hashem Aghajari, sentenced to death in 2002 for blasphemy, was been handed a five-year jail term following his re-trial
- JULY 20, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Pabna, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Sobed...
A court in Pabna, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Sobed Ali for killing his wife
- JULY 20, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Foreigners condemned to death in Saudi Arabia typically...
Foreigners condemned to death in Saudi Arabia typically were unaware of their sentences and had no advance notice of their date of execution, according to former prisoners in the Arab kingdom
- JULY 20, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Foreigners condemned to death in Saudi Arabia typically...
Foreigners condemned to death in Saudi Arabia typically were unaware of their sentences and had no advance notice of their date of execution, according to former prisoners in the Arab kingdom
- JULY 20, 2004MissouriDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe submitted a memorandum to stop...
The Council of Europe submitted a memorandum to stop the execution of a young 18 year old in Missouri (USA), Christopher Simmons, condemned to death for crimes he committed when he was a minor
- JULY 20, 2004DEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe submitted a memorandum to stop...
The Council of Europe submitted a memorandum to stop the execution of a young 18 year old in Missouri (USA), Christopher Simmons, condemned to death for crimes he committed when he was a minor
- JULY 20, 2004FloridaDEATH PENALTY
In Bartow, a 2nd jury has recommended a death sentence...
In Bartow, a 2nd jury has recommended a death sentence for Thomas Woodel in the fatal stabbing of an elderly Illinois couple on New Year's Eve 1996
- JULY 20, 2004OhioDEATH PENALTY
Scott Mink was pronounced dead just after 10 this morning...
Scott Mink was pronounced dead just after 10 this morning in Lucasville
- JULY 20, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
reports from Mashad says the anti-vice patrols
reports from Mashad says the anti-vice patrols
- JULY 19, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Seven men condemned to death by a district court in...
Seven men condemned to death by a district court in Bangladesh were acquitted the country's High Court in Dhaka
- JULY 19, 2004DEATH PENALTY
The European Union, former US president Jimmy Carter...
The European Union, former US president Jimmy Carter and the ex president of the former Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev called on the US Supreme Court to end the death penalty for offenders younger than 18 at the time of their crimes
- JULY 19, 2004MexicoDEATH PENALTY
The European Union, former US president Jimmy Carter...
The European Union, former US president Jimmy Carter and the ex president of the former Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev called on the US Supreme Court to end the death penalty for offenders younger than 18 at the time of their crimes