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 16, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
The Speedy Trial Act created with the purpose of curbing...
The Speedy Trial Act created with the purpose of curbing violent crimes would remain in force in Bangladesh for another two years following its expiry on April 9, 2004
- MARCH 16, 2004SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
The Indonesian government would help a number of migrant...
The Indonesian government would help a number of migrant workers facing the death penalty in the country Singapore by hiring lawyers to defend them, Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Jusuf Kalla said
- MARCH 15, 2004SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Zailani Ahmad, 35, was sentenced to death by a court...
Zailani Ahmad, 35, was sentenced to death by a court in Singapore after being convicted of killing Chi Tue Tiong, a 68-year-old caretaker, during a robbery on June 28, 2003
- MARCH 15, 2004MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
An Italian court ordered the extradition to Morocco...
An Italian court ordered the extradition to Morocco of Moroccan cleric Mohammed Rafik wanted in connection with the 2003 Casablanca bombings after the court received assurances the suspect wouldn't face the death penalty if convicted
- MARCH 15, 2004ItalyDEATH PENALTY
An Italian court ordered the extradition to Morocco...
An Italian court ordered the extradition to Morocco of Moroccan cleric Mohammed Rafik wanted in connection with the 2003 Casablanca bombings after the court received assurances the suspect wouldn't face the death penalty if convicted
- MARCH 15, 2004ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
Jurors recommended the death penalty for Antonio Jones...
Jurors recommended the death penalty for Antonio Jones in the beating death of an 80-year-old woman
- MARCH 15, 2004PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
In Lebanon, Lebanon County Judge Robert Eby has overturned...
In Lebanon, Lebanon County Judge Robert Eby has overturned the death sentence for Bradley Martin becouse of ineffective assistance from his lawyer during the sentencing phase of his trial almost a decade ago
- MARCH 15, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China sentences to death and immediately executes around...
China sentences to death and immediately executes around 10,000 convicted criminals every year, according to Chen Zhonglin, a delegate who was seeking to curb the practice at China's parliamentary session
- MARCH 15, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
according to the intelligence and public relations department of Khuzistan province...
according to the intelligence and public relations department of Khuzistan province...
- MARCH 15, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
seven people accused of kidnapping and murder...
seven people accused of kidnapping and murder...
- MARCH 14, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Kalu Mia alias Kaosar, 28, Quddus Ali, 30, Hajrat Ali,...
Kalu Mia alias Kaosar, 28, Quddus Ali, 30, Hajrat Ali, 32, Zulhash, 35 and Firoze Mia, 33 were sentenced to death by a court in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, after being convicted of killing Abdul Awal over a land dispute
- MARCH 14, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
after investigation by the 22nd branch of Ahwaz's public court, Habib Z. was sentenced to death
after investigation by the 22nd branch of Ahwaz's public court, Habib Z. was sentenced to death
- MARCH 14, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Qaumi Lashkar (tribal force) executed publicly eight abductors
Qaumi Lashkar (tribal force) executed publicly eight abductors
- MARCH 13, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zhao Bingzhi, the director of the China Criminology...
Zhao Bingzhi, the director of the China Criminology Society, suggested that the Supreme People's Court withdraw provincial high courts' authority to hand down the death penalty
- MARCH 13, 2004ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Thai Criminal Court sentenced to death by lethal...
The Thai Criminal Court sentenced to death by lethal injection four people after convicting them of possessing more than one million methamphetamine pills
- MARCH 13, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
some 40,000 satellite dishes were recently confiscated by Islamist militia
some 40,000 satellite dishes were recently confiscated by Islamist militia
- MARCH 12, 2004RussiaDEATH PENALTY
It was announced that Yelena Timchenko, a Russian woman...
It was announced that Yelena Timchenko, a Russian woman sentenced to death in China in March 2002 for drugs trafficking, could have her punishment eased
- MARCH 12, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
It was announced that Yelena Timchenko, a Russian woman...
It was announced that Yelena Timchenko, a Russian woman sentenced to death in China in March 2002 for drugs trafficking, could have her punishment eased
- MARCH 12, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zheng Hongjun and Zheng Jinning, two leaders of a smuggling...
Zheng Hongjun and Zheng Jinning, two leaders of a smuggling gang, were sentenced to death by the People's Intermediate Court in Guangzhou on charges of trafficking diesel oil from Hong Kong
- MARCH 11, 2004BelarusDEATH PENALTY
Belarus may announce a moratorium on the death penalty,...
Belarus may announce a moratorium on the death penalty, or even abolish it, the Belarussian Constitutional Court said
- MARCH 11, 2004LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
In its concluding remarks on the second periodic report...
In its concluding remarks on the second periodic report of Lithuania, which was considered in November 1997, the UN Human Rights Committee noted with great interest that the State had undertaken major reforms of the legal system, including repeal of preve
- MARCH 11, 2004LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
In its concluding remarks on the second periodic report...
In its concluding remarks on the second periodic report of Lithuania, which was considered in November 1997, the UN Human Rights Committee noted with great interest that the State had undertaken major reforms of the legal system, including repeal of preve
- MARCH 11, 2004KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed a law...
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed a law amending the country's Criminal Code, Criminal Proceedings Code and the Penal Code as a follow up to the decree signed by him on December 17, 2003, instituting the moratorium on capital punishment
- MARCH 11, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
Gov. Rick Perry has commuted the death sentence of...
Gov. Rick Perry has commuted the death sentence of a Houston killer deemed retarded by the courts in a decision that was considered inevitable under a 2002 Supreme Court ruling prohibiting execution of mentally deficient inmates. Robert Smith, 36, who was
- MARCH 11, 2004DEATH PENALTY
In Raleigh, an Army appeals court set aside the death...
In Raleigh, an Army appeals court set aside the death sentence of Army Sgt
- MARCH 11, 2004LaosDEATH PENALTY
christians in Laos have been told they will be killed
christians in Laos have been told they will be killed
- MARCH 10, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China might strip lower courts of the power to impose...
China might strip lower courts of the power to impose the death penalty as the Beijing News reported that the People's Supreme Court said it was "considering taking back the right to approve death sentences"
- MARCH 10, 2004KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki commuted into life imprisonment...
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki commuted into life imprisonment all death sentences in the country
- MARCH 10, 2004South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The Democratic Alliance slammed Independent Democrats...
The Democratic Alliance slammed Independent Democrats leader Patricia de Lille's reaction to its leader's stance on the death penalty, describing her actions as a "flip-flop and "exposing her as the hypocrite she is"
- MARCH 10, 2004NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Recent revelation by the Federal Government that 458...
Recent revelation by the Federal Government that 458 condemned men have been in various prisons in some parts of the country, awaiting the hangman for the past 20 years and above, is a sad commentary on our judicial process