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
- MAY 3, 2004UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Ugandan Ministry of Justice and Constitutional...
The Ugandan Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs stated that the death penalty would only be replaced with life imprisonment for those who defiled girls between 10 to 17 years, those found guilty of defiling girls under nine years of age would s
- MAY 3, 2004MassachusettsDEATH PENALTY
An 11-member panel of scientists, prosecutors and legal...
An 11-member panel of scientists, prosecutors and legal experts appointed on September 2003 (see) by Gov
- MAY 3, 2004South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Shawn Paul Humphries is entitled to a new sentencing...
Shawn Paul Humphries is entitled to a new sentencing because his lawyers failed to object when the prosecutor compared the value of the killer's life to that of his victim, a federal appeals court in Richmond, Va
- MAY 3, 2004ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain Secretary Sergio d’Elia heavily criticised...
Hands Off Cain Secretary Sergio d’Elia heavily criticised...
- MAY 2, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Cook Alauddin Munshi, 30, caretaker Mehdi Mamun Rana,...
Cook Alauddin Munshi, 30, caretaker Mehdi Mamun Rana, 28, and to hired killers Nasiruddin, 26 and Emdadul Haq, 27 were sentenced to death by a Speedy Trial Tribunal in Dhaka, Bangladesh for the murder of Sultana Khan Panni, 70-year old wife of former depu
- MAY 2, 2004MexicoDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that relatives of Osvaldo Torres, a...
It was reported that relatives of Osvaldo Torres, a Mexican awaiting execution in the US state of Oklahoma, would submit 12,500 signatures to the Prison Pardons Board on his behalf to strengthen their plea for a stay of execution
- MAY 2, 2004MexicoDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that relatives of Osvaldo Torres, a...
It was reported that relatives of Osvaldo Torres, a Mexican awaiting execution in the US state of Oklahoma, would submit 12,500 signatures to the Prison Pardons Board on his behalf to strengthen their plea for a stay of execution
- MAY 2, 2004North MacedoniaDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan condemned the killing of seven Pakistani immigrants...
Pakistan condemned the killing of seven Pakistani immigrants by Macedonian police in a staged anti-terrorism action, saying the act was a "heinous" crime and a "diabolical plot" aimed at impressing the US
- MAY 2, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
the Jomhouri-Islami reported that Hassan Pirdadeh Piranvand was hanged in public
the Jomhouri-Islami reported that Hassan Pirdadeh Piranvand was hanged in public
- MAY 2, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a prisoner, named Abolghassem, was hanged in Salman Farsi Street
a prisoner, named Abolghassem, was hanged in Salman Farsi Street
- MAY 1, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Prince Fahd bin Nayef, a minor Saudi prince aged 19,...
Prince Fahd bin Nayef, a minor Saudi prince aged 19, was saved from the executioner's sword by a last-minute pardon by the father of the teenager he murdered
- APRIL 30, 2004TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Tajikistan is to suspend the death penalty, its president...
Tajikistan is to suspend the death penalty, its president said, making Uzbekistan the only country among the five ex-Soviet Central Asian states to carry out capital punishment
- APRIL 30, 2004UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Ugandan government would soon replace death sentences...
The Ugandan government would soon replace death sentences on capital offences with long jail terms, the minister of justice and constitutional affairs, Janat Mukwaya said
- APRIL 30, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six were sentenced to death in Beijing for collectively...
Six were sentenced to death in Beijing for collectively killing six prostitutes after having sex with them
- APRIL 30, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Pabna, Bangladesh, sentenced Dulal Hossain...
A court in Pabna, Bangladesh, sentenced Dulal Hossain to death for killing his wife
- APRIL 30, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Indian serial killer Shashi Shekhar was ordered to...
Indian serial killer Shashi Shekhar was ordered to serve consecutive life terms after a judge told him the death sentence was not punishment enough for his crimes
- APRIL 30, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Huang Jianhu was sentenced to death in Taiyuan, in...
Huang Jianhu was sentenced to death in Taiyuan, in northern China's Shanxi province, for premeditated murder, rape and armed robbery after he was convicted of killing 12 prostitutes between 1997 and 2003
- APRIL 30, 2004ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Apisit Nanthapisit, the leader of a gang that abducted...
Apisit Nanthapisit, the leader of a gang that abducted and brutally killed an insurance manager in May 2003, was sentenced to death by a Criminal Court in Thailand, while two accomplices received life imprisonment
- APRIL 30, 2004PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
In Philadelphia, Common Pleas Judge Carolyn Temin threw...
In Philadelphia, Common Pleas Judge Carolyn Temin threw out the second death sentence of Simon Pirela, 45, citing a 2002 U
- APRIL 30, 2004DEATH PENALTY
TAJIKISTAN DEATH PENALTY COULD SOON BE SUSPENDED
April 30, 2004: Tajikistan is to suspend the death penalty, its president said, making Uzbekistan the only country among the five ex-Soviet Central Asian states to carry out capital punishment.
- APRIL 29, 2004St. Kitts & NevisDEATH PENALTY
Joseph Hazel, convicted of killing millionaire Briton...
Joseph Hazel, convicted of killing millionaire Briton Tony Fetherston in January 2000 in the garden of his home in Basseterre, the capital of St Kitts, was sentenced to death by hanging
- APRIL 29, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Gregorio Lazaro and Mariano Domingo were sentenced...
Gregorio Lazaro and Mariano Domingo were sentenced to death by the Quezon City Regional Trial Court in the Philippines after they were found guilty of kidnapping and killing businessman Jonell Mendiola
- APRIL 29, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Taichung High Court, China, sentenced ship captain...
The Taichung High Court, China, sentenced ship captain Wang Chung-hsing to death and a crewman Ke Ching-sung to life imprisonment for manslaughter after seven women from the Chinese mainland drowned after being thrown overboard
- APRIL 29, 2004MexicoDEATH PENALTY
With Mexican convict Osvaldo Torres set to be put to...
With Mexican convict Osvaldo Torres set to be put to death in the US state of Oklahoma in three weeks, his family and local politicians, buoyed by a ruling from the International Court of Justice, began stepping up activities they hoped would prevent the
- APRIL 29, 2004DEATH PENALTY
With Mexican convict Osvaldo Torres set to be put to...
With Mexican convict Osvaldo Torres set to be put to death in the US state of Oklahoma in three weeks, his family and local politicians, buoyed by a ruling from the International Court of Justice, began stepping up activities they hoped would prevent the
- APRIL 29, 2004UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International (AI) issued a report in which...
Amnesty International (AI) issued a report in which it voiced concern over the destinies of people sentenced to death in Uzbekistan
- APRIL 29, 2004Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Zimbabwe agreed to hand over to Equatorial Guinea 70...
Zimbabwe agreed to hand over to Equatorial Guinea 70 men accused of plotting a coup against President Teodoro Obiang Nguema
- APRIL 29, 2004ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Zimbabwe agreed to hand over to Equatorial Guinea 70...
Zimbabwe agreed to hand over to Equatorial Guinea 70 men accused of plotting a coup against President Teodoro Obiang Nguema
- APRIL 29, 2004South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Zimbabwe agreed to hand over to Equatorial Guinea 70...
Zimbabwe agreed to hand over to Equatorial Guinea 70 men accused of plotting a coup against President Teodoro Obiang Nguema
- APRIL 29, 2004GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
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