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
- MARCH 30, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
Tomoyuki Furusawa was sentenced to death by the Yokohama...
Tomoyuki Furusawa was sentenced to death by the Yokohama District Court, Japan, after being convicted of murder and illegal confinement
- MARCH 30, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Idris Mia, 35, was sentenced to death and...
Mohammad Idris Mia, 35, was sentenced to death and nine others to various terms imprisonment by a Speedy Trial Tribunal in Chittagong, Bangladesh, after they were convicted of murder
- MARCH 30, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced Tofael Ahmed...
A court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced Tofael Ahmed Joshep, 35, and Tariq Sayeef alias Mamun, 30, to death and four others to life imprisonment for shooting an activist of the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), the student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist
- MARCH 30, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Tangail, Bangladesh, sentenced nine people...
A court in Tangail, Bangladesh, sentenced nine people to death and one man to life imprisonment after convicting them of murder
- MARCH 30, 2004Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
Myanmar agreed to review death sentences handed to...
Myanmar agreed to review death sentences handed to three men over contacts with the International Labour Organisation (ILO), saying the court's decision was flawed, the ILO said
- MARCH 30, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
U.K. Venugopal was sentenced to death by a fast track...
U.K. Venugopal was sentenced to death by a fast track court in Manjeri, India, after being found guilty of murdering his employer
- MARCH 30, 2004OhioDEATH PENALTY
In the Southern Ohio Correctional near Lucasville,...
In the Southern Ohio Correctional near Lucasville, William Dean Wicklines was executed today
- MARCH 30, 2004South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
In South Carolina, where inmates can choose between...
In South Carolina, where inmates can choose between lethal injection and electrocution, Jason Scott Byram has chosen to be electrocuted by the state Corrections Department on April 23
- MARCH 30, 2004DEATH PENALTY
Myanmar agreed to review death sentences handed to...
Myanmar agreed to review death sentences handed to three men over contacts with the International Labour Organisation (ILO), saying the court's decision was flawed, the ILO said
- MARCH 29, 2004Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Papua New Guinea was looking at the possibility of...
Papua New Guinea was looking at the possibility of adopting death penalty laws used in Singapore
- MARCH 29, 2004Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Ben Simakot, convicted of raping a mother and then...
Ben Simakot, convicted of raping a mother and then bludgeoned her and her two-year-old son to death with an iron bar, was sentenced to death in Vanimo, Papua New Guinea
- MARCH 29, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Ilyas Sheikh, 30, was sentenced to death in absentia...
Ilyas Sheikh, 30, was sentenced to death in absentia by a court in Bagerhat, Bangladesh, for killing his elder brother at Chandipur in the Moralganj district
- MARCH 29, 2004Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
Three people in Myanmar were convicted of high treason...
Three people in Myanmar were convicted of high treason and sentenced to death for having contacts with the UN's International Labor Organization, according to the ILO
- MARCH 29, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A court in Karachi, Pakistan, convicted and sentenced...
A court in Karachi, Pakistan, convicted and sentenced to death Zulfiqar Ali for fatally shooting two police officers outside the US consulate in Karachi
- MARCH 28, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
Saddam Hussein will hang, the British envoy to Iraq,...
Saddam Hussein will hang, the British envoy to Iraq, Sir Jeremy Greenstock, predicted as he left the country
- MARCH 28, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The need for abolishing the death penalty was emphasised...
The need for abolishing the death penalty was emphasised at a meeting organised by the Society for Community Organisation Trust (SOCO)
- MARCH 28, 2004CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
The oldest person on death row in California, Raymond...
The oldest person on death row in California, Raymond Fredrick Johns, died of natural causes Sunday morning, said Vernell Crittendon, spokesman for San Quentin State Prison
- MARCH 27, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Madras High Court, India, commuted the death sentence...
The Madras High Court, India, commuted the death sentence of 32 year old Marimuthu into life imprisonment
- MARCH 27, 2004DEATH PENALTY
BHUTAN. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT ABOLISHED
March 27, 2004: it was reported by BBC Monitoring South Asia that on March 20 the King of Bhutan issued a royal decree abolishing capital punishment in the kingdom
- MARCH 26, 2004PolandDEATH PENALTY
More than three-quarters of Poles questioned in a poll...
More than three-quarters of Poles questioned in a poll by the CBOS opinion center thought the death penalty should be reintroduced for the most serious crimes
- MARCH 26, 2004ItalyDEATH PENALTY
A delegation of Italian Radicals, led by MEP Emma Bonino,...
A delegation of Italian Radicals, led by MEP Emma Bonino, held talks in Baghdad with the Iraqi Justice Minister, among others
- MARCH 26, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Abdul-Karim al-Ghoraid, a 21-year-old convicted Saudi...
Abdul-Karim al-Ghoraid, a 21-year-old convicted Saudi murderer, escaped death by seconds when he was forgiven by his victim's father as he knelt down before the executioner's sword
- MARCH 26, 2004DEATH PENALTY
A delegation of Italian Radicals, led by MEP Emma Bonino,...
A delegation of Italian Radicals, led by MEP Emma Bonino, held talks in Baghdad with the Iraqi Justice Minister, among others
- MARCH 26, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
A delegation of Italian Radicals, led by MEP Emma Bonino,...
A delegation of Italian Radicals, led by MEP Emma Bonino, held talks in Baghdad with the Iraqi Justice Minister, among others
- MARCH 26, 2004DelawareDEATH PENALTY
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- MARCH 26, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Toyama District Court, Japan, sentenced Minoru...
The Toyama District Court, Japan, sentenced Minoru Ito to death for murdering a gang boss and his wife in Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture, in July 2000
- MARCH 26, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
Tomoaki Takanezawa and Mitsunori Onogawa were sentenced...
Tomoaki Takanezawa and Mitsunori Onogawa were sentenced to death at the Saitama District Court, Japan, for murdering two pachinko parlor workers
- MARCH 26, 2004DEATH PENALTY
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- MARCH 26, 2004NevadaDEATH PENALTY
Lawrence Colwell Jr
Lawrence Colwell Jr
- MARCH 25, 2004South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
South Korea was trying to confirm reports that about...
South Korea was trying to confirm reports that about 100 North Korean refugees at a detention centre in China were on hunger strike to protest plans to repatriate them