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 19, 2004CanadaDEATH 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, 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, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shanghai No
The Shanghai No
- JULY 19, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Thai criminal court sentenced one Pakistani man to...
A Thai criminal court sentenced one Pakistani man to death and another to life in prison for the murder and attempted murder of an Indian mobster and his associate
- JULY 19, 2004ThailandDEATH PENALTY
A Thai criminal court sentenced one Pakistani man to...
A Thai criminal court sentenced one Pakistani man to death and another to life in prison for the murder and attempted murder of an Indian mobster and his associate
- JULY 19, 2004GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Eddie Albert Crawford was executed for the 1983 kidnapping,...
Eddie Albert Crawford was executed for the 1983 kidnapping, sexual assault and strangulation of his 2-year-old niece
- JULY 19, 2004OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
The 10th U
The 10th U
- JULY 19, 2004DEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MORE EXECUTIONS IN ESFAHAN
July 19, 2004: The Islamic regime has executed two individuals under charges of "Banditism" and "Kidnapping" in the City of Esfahan
- JULY 19, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
the Iranian state-controlled media reported that three prisoners were hanged.
the Iranian state-controlled media reported that three prisoners were hanged.
- JULY 18, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded Adnan al-Shahrani in the capital...
Saudi Arabia beheaded Adnan al-Shahrani in the capital Riyadh on for attempting to rape a woman in her home, the Interior Ministry said
- JULY 18, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Stung by international criticism, China announced it...
Stung by international criticism, China announced it was holding a retrial of two Nepalese on death row but warned this should not be used as an excuse to target the Chinese judicial system
- JULY 18, 2004NepalDEATH PENALTY
Stung by international criticism, China announced it...
Stung by international criticism, China announced it was holding a retrial of two Nepalese on death row but warned this should not be used as an excuse to target the Chinese judicial system
- JULY 18, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
Iraq's interim government denied a report that Iyad...
Iraq's interim government denied a report that Iyad Allawi, the prime minister, had personally executed six suspected insurgents in May, just days before America handed over power
- JULY 17, 2004OmanDEATH PENALTY
Oman's criminal court sentenced a US woman, Rebecca...
Oman's criminal court sentenced a US woman, Rebecca Thompson, to death for murdering her husband
- JULY 17, 2004OmanDEATH PENALTY
Oman's criminal court sentenced a US woman, Rebecca...
Oman's criminal court sentenced a US woman, Rebecca Thompson, to death for murdering her husband
- JULY 17, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Government of India's Ministry of Health & Family...
The Government of India's Ministry of Health & Family Welfare issued the following press release: 'The government proposes to amend the Drugs and Cosmetics Act on the basis of recommendations made by Mashalkar Committee?
- JULY 17, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court, China, handed...
Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court, China, handed Zhu Zhiwei the death sentence with a two-year reprieve for smuggling heroin to Canada via Hong Kong
- JULY 17, 2004BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
The justice and peace commission of the Roman Catholic...
The justice and peace commission of the Roman Catholic diocese in Barbados renewed calls for a constitutional amendment to abolish the death penalty, following a Privy Council ruling that the death sentence in Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago was constitu
- JULY 17, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
Iraq's Prime Minister, Iyad Allawi, pulled a pistol...
Iraq's Prime Minister, Iyad Allawi, pulled a pistol and executed as many as six suspected insurgents at a Baghdad police station just days before the United States handed control of the country to his interim government, The Sydney Morning Herald reported
- JULY 17, 2004OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
In Oklahoma City, a jury has sentenced Brenda Andrew...
In Oklahoma City, a jury has sentenced Brenda Andrew to death in the shotgun slaying of her estranged husband
- JULY 17, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a man was sentenced to death in Tehran
a man was sentenced to death in Tehran
- JULY 16, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A man was sentenced to death for hiring a hitman to...
A man was sentenced to death for hiring a hitman to murder his wife in order to profit from an insurance payout
- JULY 16, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Le Xuan Hoc, a 24-year-old unemployed man, was sentenced...
Le Xuan Hoc, a 24-year-old unemployed man, was sentenced to death by firing squad in Vietnam after being convicted of killing and robbing an elderly woman
- JULY 16, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
At least seven people were executed in China after...
At least seven people were executed in China after being found guilty of crimes including murder, embezzlement and poisoning, state media reported
- JULY 16, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
"We are an Oriental people and it is the will of the...
"We are an Oriental people and it is the will of the people," said an Iraqi judge who whipped up a storm this week by condemning three men to death even before a ban on capital punishment had been officially lifted
- JULY 16, 2004OhioDEATH PENALTY
In Akron, a jury has recommended that Donald Lavell...
In Akron, a jury has recommended that Donald Lavell Craig be put to death for the Feb
- JULY 16, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Beaumont, a federal prisoner serving a life sentence...
In Beaumont, a federal prisoner serving a life sentence was sentenced to death for the Jan
- JULY 15, 2004South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that the governing Uri Party was preparing...
It was reported that the governing Uri Party was preparing to submit legislation that if enacted would put an end to the death penalty in South Korea
- JULY 15, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
Thousands of demonstrators protested in Baghdad and...
Thousands of demonstrators protested in Baghdad and the holy cities of Najaf and Kerbala, calling for the death penalty for former president Saddam Hussein
- JULY 15, 2004SenegalDEATH PENALTY
Senegal's government approved a bill to abolish the...
Senegal's government approved a bill to abolish the death penalty