Archive timeline
2005
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2005, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2005
- JULY 30, 2005MalawiDEATH PENALTY
MALAWI. PRESIDENT WON'T SIGN DEATH WARRANTS, MINISTER
Malawi Information Minister Lipenga said President Bingu wa Mutharika would not sign any death warrant for convicts sentenced to death.
- JULY 29, 2005TexasDEATH PENALTY
TEXAS, USA. DRIFTER EXECUTED FOR SLAYING OF STUDENT
David Martinez was executed for the rape and murder of a woman who was attacked on a jogging trail eight years ago.
- JULY 29, 2005DEATH PENALTY
Charles Peterson, 45, should face execution
Charles Peterson, 45, should face execution for the murder of John Cardoso on Christmas Eve 1997, jurors in Clearwater said.
- JULY 29, 2005New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
Judge Thomas S. Smith used new DNA tests of hair to overturn the conviction of Larry Leroy Peterson
Judge Thomas S. Smith used new DNA tests of hair to overturn the conviction of Larry Leroy Peterson for the rape and murder of 25-year-old Jacqueline Harrison.
- JULY 29, 2005AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. AUSTRALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER APPEALS TO VIETNAM FOR CLEMENCY FOR AUSTRALIANS ON DEATH ROW
Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said he had appealed to Vietnam for clemency for two Australians facing the death penalty for drug smuggling.
- JULY 29, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. DEATH FOR TEACHER CONVICTED OF RAPE
Li Guang, a teacher in western China convicted of raping 23 girls in his office was sentenced to death.
- JULY 29, 2005St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
ST LUCIA. GOVERNMENT PREPARING TO RESUME HANGINGS
the Kenny Anthony administration was clearing the way for the resumption of hangings in St. Lucia in response to a violent crime wave that had been sweeping the country.
- JULY 28, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
OFFICER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
the Intermediate People's Court of Guigang City, sentenced Huang Jinxiong, a public security officer, and two other defendants, Tang Dazhang and He Shirong, to death after convicting them of drug trafficking.
- JULY 28, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
EX-OFFICIAL TO DEATH FOR CORRUPTION
Ma De, former secretary of the municipal committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in Suihua City, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve by Beijing No.2 Intermediate People's Court for accepting bribes.
- JULY 28, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. HANGING OF TEENAGERS VIOLATES INTL LAW, HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Iran's executions of juvenile offenders on July 19 violated international law, Human Rights Watch said. The organization condemned the public hangings of two teenagers, aged 18 and 16, after they were found guilty of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old boy
- JULY 28, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. SIX MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 10 MURDERS DURING CAR ROBBERIES
China sentenced to death six gang members convicted of killing 10 people during car robberies in the Pearl River Delta area and northern parts of Guangdong province.
- JULY 28, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. LEGISLATOR GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR FRAUD, RAPE
Sang Yuechun, a former Chinese legislator, was condemned to death for a range of crimes including embezzling public funds, defrauding banks and rape, after a court rejected his appeal.
- JULY 27, 2005Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY. CONVICTED MURDERER EXECUTED
the Palestinian Authority executed Raed al-Mughrabi, a 32 year old convicted murderer, in Gaza City's central prison. Mughrabi had been convicted of murder and robbery in 2001 and the execution was approved by President Mahmoud Abbas.
- JULY 27, 2005BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
BOTSWANA. COURT QUASHES DEATH SENTENCE
it was tears of joy for death row inmate Mothusi Phiri when the Court of Appeal substituted his death sentence with a 20-year jail term and upheld a five-year jail sentence for attempted murder.
- JULY 27, 2005IndianaDEATH PENALTY
INDIANA. CONNER EXECUTED FOR 1988 TRIPLE MURDER
Kevin A. Conner, a man convicted in a 1988 triple-murder, was executed by lethal injection, the fourth person executed this year in Indiana.
- JULY 27, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
ACCELERATES DRIVE TO PROSECUTE POLICE WHO USE TORTURE
China accelerated a campaign to prosecute police who extracted confessions by torture as part of a wider drive to curb human rights abuses in police custody, state media reported.
- JULY 27, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
HIGH COURT CONFIRMS DEATH PENALTY FOR FIVE IN MURDER CASE
the Kerala High Court confirmed the death sentences handed down by to five people for December 31, 1999 murder of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (Indian Popular Youth Front ) State vice-president, K. T. Jayakrishnan.
- JULY 27, 2005CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
in Fresno, Marcus Wesson was sentenced to death for the murder of 9 of his children...
in Fresno, Marcus Wesson was sentenced to death for the murder of 9 of his children, many of whom were born of incest and sexual abuse.
- JULY 27, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
US CONDEMNS IRANIAN EXECUTIONS, SAYS DUE PROCESS DENIED
The US State Department responded critically to 10 recent executions in Iran, saying the rights of defendants weren't safeguarded.
- JULY 26, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION. EU CONCERNED OVER EXECUTION OF TWO IRANIAN BOYS
the European Union expressed concern over reports of executions of two Iranian youths in Mashhad on July 19.
- JULY 26, 2005BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
BARBADOS. FIRST DEATH PENALTY CASE TO GO NEW CARIBBEAN COURT
Barbados will take the first death penalty case to the Caribbean court that replaced the colonial-era Privy Council as the country's highest court of appeal, Barbados Attorney- General Mia Mottley said.
- JULY 26, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN HANGED IN SOUTHERN PORT CITY FOR MURDER
an Iranian man was hanged at dawn in a prison in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas, the Iranian state-run daily Aftab Yazd said.
- JULY 26, 2005EgyptDEATH PENALTY
LIBYA. HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP CONFIRMS EXECUTION OF FOUR EGYPTIAN NATIONALS
The Libyan League for Human Rights has confirmed the execution, by firing squad, of four Egyptian nationals who, together with 11 other Egyptian expatriates, were "convicted" of "murder" by a Libyan court in 2004.
- JULY 26, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
TURIN, ITALY. PRESENTATION OF “THE DEATH PENALTY WORLDWIDE 2005 REPORT”
Hands Off Cain, together with the ‘Adelaide Aglietta’ association presented the 2005 edition of the annual Hands Off Cain Report: “The Death Penalty Worldwide”.
- JULY 26, 2005CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the murder conviction of Benjamin W. Silva, 52...
the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the murder conviction of Benjamin W. Silva, 52, who has been on death row since 1982, ruling that prosecutors violated his rights by failing to reveal a deal they had made with the key witness.
- JULY 25, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. INDIAN BEHEADED FOR KILLING COMPATRIOT
Soper Amani Rafi, an Indian national, was beheaded by the sword in the Saudi capital Riyadh after being convicted of killing a compatriot, the country’s interior ministry announced.
- JULY 25, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN ACCUSED OF FUKUOKA FAMILY MURDERS EXECUTED FOLLOWING FAILED APPEAL
Yang Ning, a Chinese man sentenced to death over the killing of a family of four in the Japanese city of Fukuoka in 2003 had been executed for the crime, Japanese diplomats said.
- JULY 25, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION. PANNELLA CALLS FOR END TO ALL DEALINGS WITH IRAN
MEP and Hands Off Cain President Marco Panella deposited a parliamentary question to the European Commission regarding the European bloc’s relations with Iran.
- JULY 25, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. 2 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING GIRL
the Women and Children Repression Control Tribunal sentenced Siddiqur Rahman and Sumon alias Megha, both from Aukpara village near Dhaka, to death for killing and raping their neighbour Rahima Khatun, 18, on October 12, 2000.
- JULY 25, 2005DEATH PENALTY
after being rebuked twice by the U.S. Supreme Court (see June 13, 2005)...
after being rebuked twice by the U.S. Supreme Court (see June 13, 2005), the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order overturning a conviction in a Texas death-penalty case.