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
- FEBRUARY 24, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Ali Firouzi, branded the "King of Terror"...
Mohammad Ali Firouzi, branded the "King of Terror" for his violent run of crime, was hanged at dawn in a prison in the south-western town of Marvdasht
- FEBRUARY 24, 2004South DakotaDEATH PENALTY
The state House of Representatives voted 36-34 to outlaw...
The state House of Representatives voted 36-34 to outlaw the death penalty for crimes committed when a person is younger than 18
- FEBRUARY 24, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court lifted the death sentence for Delma...
The Supreme Court lifted the death sentence for Delma Banks, who claimed that prosecutors played dirty and withheld evidence at his trial
- FEBRUARY 24, 2004ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
The year-long treason trial of Zimbabwean opposition...
The year-long treason trial of Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai began winding up with the state prosecutor declaring him guilty of plotting to assassinate President Robert Mugabe - a crime that carries the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 24, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A court in Harbin in China's Heilongjiang Province...
A court in Harbin in China's Heilongjiang Province sentenced Sun Weimin, Chen Bo, Du Jun and Li Luhe to death, with a two years probation, in a major drug-trafficking case involving 94 tons of caffeine
- FEBRUARY 23, 2004EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
The Ethiopian Federal High Court in Addis Ababa sentenced...
The Ethiopian Federal High Court in Addis Ababa sentenced Maj Tsehaye Woldeselase to death by firing squad after convicting him of killing Ethiopia's former Security, Immigration and Refugee Affairs General Manager Kinfe Gebremedhin
- FEBRUARY 23, 2004JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
"In Jamaica, which has the highest rate of police shootings...
"In Jamaica, which has the highest rate of police shootings per capita in the world, evidence repeatedly contradicts police claims that they were fired upon first and indicates instead a disturbing pattern of extrajudicial executions," Amnesty said in a r
- FEBRUARY 23, 2004BrazilDEATH PENALTY
Many people are shot dead by police forces who do not...
Many people are shot dead by police forces who do not follow United Nations standards on using lethal force only where necessary and in self-defence, Amnesty International said
- FEBRUARY 23, 2004South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
A Union County jury decided that Wesley Shafer, sent...
A Union County jury decided that Wesley Shafer, sent to death row in 1998 for killing a convenience store clerk, will now serve the rest of his life in prison
- FEBRUARY 21, 2004European UnionDEATH PENALTY
The European Union said it was considering a response...
The European Union said it was considering a response to the decision by Vietnam's Government to stop releasing details about the use of the death penalty in the country
- FEBRUARY 21, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The European Union said it was considering a response...
The European Union said it was considering a response to the decision by Vietnam's Government to stop releasing details about the use of the death penalty in the country
- FEBRUARY 20, 2004UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Ugandan High Court sentenced Samson Iga, 23, Muhamed...
The Ugandan High Court sentenced Samson Iga, 23, Muhamed Lukabwe, 29 and Siraji Bisaso, 26, to death for robbery
- FEBRUARY 20, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Additional District and Session Court of Daska,...
The Additional District and Session Court of Daska, Pakistan, awarded a death sentence on four counts with a fine of Rs
- FEBRUARY 20, 2004DEATH PENALTY
Corey Williams, convicted of the robbery-murder of...
Corey Williams, convicted of the robbery-murder of a pizza delivery man is mentally retarded and not be subject to the death penalty, Caddo District Judge Scott Crichton ruled today in ordering him taken off death row
- FEBRUARY 20, 2004CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
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- FEBRUARY 20, 2004New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
In Trenton, the Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate...
In Trenton, the Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division, by unanimous decision, halted all executions in New Jersey, saying the state's regulations for lethal injection killings "appear to be arbitrary and unreasonable
- FEBRUARY 20, 2004OhioDEATH PENALTY
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- FEBRUARY 20, 2004DEATH PENALTY
In Cheyenne, The Wyoming House of Representatives voted...
In Cheyenne, The Wyoming House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly this morning to ban the execution of juvenile offenders
- FEBRUARY 20, 2004DEATH PENALTY
In Pierre, the House Judiciary Committee voted 10-3...
In Pierre, the House Judiciary Committee voted 10-3 for SB182
- FEBRUARY 20, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Wan Ruizhong, was executed in Nanning, the capital...
Wan Ruizhong, was executed in Nanning, the capital of southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, for bribery and abuse of power
- FEBRUARY 20, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The Indian Supreme Court stayed the execution of alleged...
The Indian Supreme Court stayed the execution of alleged Jaish-e-Mohd militant Mohd Afzal, given death penalty by the Delhi High Court for the December 13, 2001 attack on Parliament, and issued notice to the Delhi Government on his petition challenging th
- FEBRUARY 19, 2004MexicoDEATH PENALTY
President Vicente Fox proposed writing the death penalty...
President Vicente Fox proposed writing the death penalty out of Mexican law
- FEBRUARY 19, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Roberto Lara and Roderick Licayan, two Filipinos sentenced...
Roberto Lara and Roderick Licayan, two Filipinos sentenced to death and reprieved four days before their due execution on January 30, were granted a retrial after the country's supreme court said new evidence could prove their innocence
- FEBRUARY 19, 2004UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
A military court in Kyrgyzstan sentenced to death Asadullo...
A military court in Kyrgyzstan sentenced to death Asadullo Abdullayev, 24, and Ilkhom Izatullayev, 25, two Islamic militants of Uzbek nationality, after finding them guilty of plotting an explosion on December 2002 at a market in Bishkek which killed seve
- FEBRUARY 19, 2004EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
An Ethiopian high court sentenced to death Fisseha...
An Ethiopian high court sentenced to death Fisseha Biresa and Dereje Deme, two members of the rebel Oromo Liberation Front, after they were found guilty of of killing 43 innocent civilians in Mugi town in Oromia State, some 300 kilometres (190 miles) west
- FEBRUARY 19, 2004KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
A military court in Kyrgyzstan sentenced to death Asadullo...
A military court in Kyrgyzstan sentenced to death Asadullo Abdullayev, 24, and Ilkhom Izatullayev, 25, two Islamic militants of Uzbek nationality, after finding them guilty of plotting an explosion on December 2002 at a market in Bishkek which killed seve
- FEBRUARY 19, 2004RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Senior Deputy Speaker of the Russian State Duma Lyubov...
Senior Deputy Speaker of the Russian State Duma Lyubov Sliska said she thought the moratorium on the death penalty would be abolished, but not soon
- FEBRUARY 19, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China rejected Japan's call to reduce the penalty for...
China rejected Japan's call to reduce the penalty for a Japanese national sentenced to death for drug smuggling
- FEBRUARY 19, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
China rejected Japan's call to reduce the penalty for...
China rejected Japan's call to reduce the penalty for a Japanese national sentenced to death for drug smuggling
- FEBRUARY 19, 2004TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
A court in southern Tajikistan sentenced two men to...
A court in southern Tajikistan sentenced two men to death for murder, the Tajik national news agency Khovar web site reported