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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 10, 2004AustriaDEATH PENALTY
Austrian Second President of Parliament and SPÖ presidential...
Austrian Second President of Parliament and SPÖ presidential candidate Heinz Fischer welcomed the news that the US Supreme Court had ordered a new trial for convicted murderer Kevin Cooper, who had been scheduled to die by lethal injection
- FEBRUARY 10, 2004AustriaDEATH PENALTY
Around 50 persons demonstrated against California Governor...
Around 50 persons demonstrated against California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in the main square of the city of Graz, Austria
- FEBRUARY 10, 2004CubaDEATH PENALTY
A leading dissident group unveiled a list of proposals...
A leading dissident group unveiled a list of proposals it planned to submit to local Cuban government representatives in favor of free speech, private business ownership and the formation of labor unions
- FEBRUARY 10, 2004DEATH PENALTY
Austrian Second President of Parliament and SPÖ presidential...
Austrian Second President of Parliament and SPÖ presidential candidate Heinz Fischer welcomed the news that the US Supreme Court had ordered a new trial for convicted murderer Kevin Cooper, who had been scheduled to die by lethal injection
- FEBRUARY 10, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A speedy trial court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced...
A speedy trial court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced six people to death and four to life imprisonment for the murder of police officer Konokuzzaman in the capital
- FEBRUARY 10, 2004AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
A court in Kabul, Afghanistan, convicted two Afghans...
A court in Kabul, Afghanistan, convicted two Afghans for the murder of Bettina Goislard, a 29 year old French UN staffer and sentenced them to death
- FEBRUARY 10, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Fast-track courts in Bangladesh had sentenced some...
Fast-track courts in Bangladesh had sentenced some 100 people to death in two years but not a single hanging was carried out due to delays in the appeals system, a law ministry spokesman said
- FEBRUARY 10, 2004RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Debates on death penalty for terrorism should be unemotional...
Debates on death penalty for terrorism should be unemotional and linked to the current events and Russia's international commitments, heads of Duma committees said
- FEBRUARY 10, 2004KenyaDEATH PENALTY
"More than half of the countries of the world no longer...
"More than half of the countries of the world no longer authorise the death penalty for any crime
- FEBRUARY 10, 2004DEATH PENALTY
South Dakota should continue to allow the death penalty...
South Dakota should continue to allow the death penalty to be imposed for some horrible crimes, the state Senate decided
- FEBRUARY 9, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China rejected criticism of its treatment of Tenzin...
China rejected criticism of its treatment of Tenzin Deleg Rinpoche, a Tibetan Buddhist monk, who was convicted in a fatal bombing, saying he was prosecuted according to the law
- FEBRUARY 9, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
The Ho Chi Minh City Supreme People's Court, Vietnam,...
The Ho Chi Minh City Supreme People's Court, Vietnam, ruled that the death sentence handed down to Huynh Van Gioi in November 2003 for murdering a 10-year-old girl should stand
- FEBRUARY 9, 2004United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Asylum seekers in Northern Ireland were being sent...
Asylum seekers in Northern Ireland were being sent home to imminent death due to Government failures, an Amnesty International report entitled 'Get it right: How Home Office Decision Making Fails Refugees' claimed
- FEBRUARY 9, 2004NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The use of the death penalty in Nigeria violates women's...
The use of the death penalty in Nigeria violates women's human rights by curbing their right to a fair trial and by exposing them to homicide charges for abortion-related offences, the rights group Amnesty International said in a report
- FEBRUARY 9, 2004CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
In Chicago, 1 of the death row inmates pardoned by...
In Chicago, 1 of the death row inmates pardoned by former Gov
- FEBRUARY 9, 2004IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Acting on a jury's recommendation, a Cook County judge...
Acting on a jury's recommendation, a Cook County judge sentenced Ricardo Harris to death for the May 13, 1999 slayings of Dipak Patel and Ambalal Patel, 2 store employees
- FEBRUARY 9, 2004DEATH PENALTY
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- FEBRUARY 9, 2004South DakotaDEATH PENALTY
Senators voted 23-11 to pass the measure, which would...
Senators voted 23-11 to pass the measure, which would prevent the execution of those who were 16 or 17 at the time they committed a crime
- FEBRUARY 8, 2004United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
British Prime Minister Tony Blair's wife, Cherie Blair,...
British Prime Minister Tony Blair's wife, Cherie Blair, renewed her attack on America's use of the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 8, 2004DEATH PENALTY
British Prime Minister Tony Blair's wife, Cherie Blair,...
British Prime Minister Tony Blair's wife, Cherie Blair, renewed her attack on America's use of the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 8, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a man in Dezful was sentenced to having four fingers of his right hand amputated
a man in Dezful was sentenced to having four fingers of his right hand amputated
- FEBRUARY 7, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
About 205 convicts on death row in the Philippines...
About 205 convicts on death row in the Philippines could face execution in the next 18 months, an anti-crime group declared
- FEBRUARY 7, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
the judiciary issued a death for a person.
the judiciary issued a death for a person.
- FEBRUARY 6, 2004North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Canadian Immigration Minister Judy Sgro said she would...
Canadian Immigration Minister Judy Sgro said she would consider the humanitarian appeal of Song Dae Ri, a North Korean dissident whose asylum plea was rejected by the national refugee board leaving him to face execution for treason in his homeland
- FEBRUARY 6, 2004CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Canadian Immigration Minister Judy Sgro said she would...
Canadian Immigration Minister Judy Sgro said she would consider the humanitarian appeal of Song Dae Ri, a North Korean dissident whose asylum plea was rejected by the national refugee board leaving him to face execution for treason in his homeland
- FEBRUARY 6, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Nagoya High Court, Japan, sentenced to death Keiki...
The Nagoya High Court, Japan, sentenced to death Keiki Muto, a man convicted in a 2002 murder-and-robbery case, raising the life imprisonment penalty imposed by a lower court
- FEBRUARY 6, 2004NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, Nigeria,...
An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, Nigeria, sentenced Rasheed Olaiya, 38, to death by hanging after convicting him of killing a five-month old baby
- FEBRUARY 6, 2004CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
In Santa Ana, Orange County Superior Court Judge Frank...
In Santa Ana, Orange County Superior Court Judge Frank Fasel sentenced Maurice Steskal to death for shooting and killing Orange County Deputy Brad Riches in 1999
- FEBRUARY 6, 2004North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
The North Carolina Supreme Court overturned 2 death...
The North Carolina Supreme Court overturned 2 death sentences Friday, ordering a new trial in one case because of ineffective legal representation
- FEBRUARY 6, 2004North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Forsyth County Superior Court Judge Anderson Cromer...
Forsyth County Superior Court Judge Anderson Cromer officially exonerated Darryl Hunt, 40, in the 1984 murder of Deborah Sykes