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 25, 2005PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
in Greensburg, a Westmoreland County jury gave Michael Travaglia the death penalty for his conviction in a 25-year-old murder
in Greensburg, a Westmoreland County jury gave Michael Travaglia the death penalty for his conviction in a 25-year-old murder
- JULY 25, 2005North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
in Danbury, Stokes County Superior Court judge John O. Craig ordered a new trial for Rex Penland
in Danbury, Stokes County Superior Court judge John O. Craig ordered a new trial for Rex Penland
- JULY 25, 2005SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
MAJORITY WANT CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, POLL
a poll carried out in Slovakia by the MVK agency for the SME daily showed that 61.7 percent of respondents were in favor of reintroducing capital punishment. Roughly 80 percent said they welcomed the 2004 introduction of the “three strikes you’re out” sys
- JULY 25, 2005Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
Sri Lanka. President urged to implement capital punishment
the Attorney General's Department of Sri Lanka recommended that President Chandrika Kumaratunga implement capital punishment against those already sentenced to death.
- JULY 24, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. FIVE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
five men were sentenced to death, four of them in absentia, by a Speedy Trial Court in Sylhet, Bangladesh, after being found guilty of killing a member of the Islampur union at Chhatak.
- JULY 24, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. FIVE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
five men were sentenced to death, four of them in absentia, by a Speedy Trial Court in Sylhet, Bangladesh, after being found guilty of killing a member of the Islampur union at Chhatak.
- JULY 23, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. NOBEL LAUREATE SLAMS TEEN HANGINGS
Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi condemned the hanging of two teenagers accused of raping younger boys in north-eastern Iran, a punishment that also prompted protests by the international community and rights groups.
- JULY 23, 2005IraqDEATH PENALTY
SADDAM TO BE EXECUTED SOON, PAPER
the government-financed al-Sabah daily said that toppled President Saddam Hussein was expected to be sentenced and executed within weeks.
- JULY 22, 2005CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Orange County Superior Court Judge William R. Froeberg formally sentenced to death Alejandro Avila.
Orange County Superior Court Judge William R. Froeberg formally sentenced to death Alejandro Avila.
- JULY 22, 2005NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. TWO TO HANG ON HEROIN CHARGE
Iwuchukwu Amara Tochi, a 19 year old Nigerian national and Okeke Nelson Malachy, 33, were sentenced to death after a 13-day trial for importing approximately $1.5 million worth of high-grade heroin into Singapore.
- JULY 22, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. GUANGDONG COURT SENTENCES TWO TO DEATH FOR ECSTASY SMUGGLING
in its initial trial, the Foshan City Intermediate People's Court, China, sentenced Zhao Fuqiang and Ye Zhixiong to death for drug smuggling and Chen Pengfei to seven years imprisonment for his involvement in the crime.
- JULY 21, 2005IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. PROSECUTORS SEEK DEATH PENALTY FOR MCDONALD BOMBER
Indonesian prosecutors recommended the death penalty for Agung Abdul Hamid for masterminding a bomb attack on a McDonald restaurant in South Sulawesi province that killed three people, including a suicide bomber.
- JULY 21, 2005MalawiDEATH PENALTY
Malawi Chief commissioner for Prisons McDonald Chawona said...
Malawi Chief commissioner for Prisons McDonald Chawona said...
- JULY 21, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Song Zhang’ai, 48, was executed in Beijing, China...
Song Zhang’ai, 48, was executed in Beijing, China...
- JULY 20, 2005GreeceDEATH PENALTY
Greece was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
Greece was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
- JULY 20, 2005DEATH PENALTY
GUANTANAMO BAY. US ADVISER RULES OUT DEATH PENALTY
Air Force Brigadier-General Thomas Hemingway, the US military legal adviser overseeing the possible trials of up to 12 terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, including Australian David Hicks, says no evidence from any of the cases warrant him seeking the deat
- JULY 20, 2005TexasDEATH PENALTY
the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals tossed out the death sentence, but not the conviction...
the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals tossed out the death sentence, but not the conviction, of Carl L. Brooks. The 3-judge panel ruled that a juror might have been beholden to prosecutors after he was charged with bringing a semiautomatic pistol to the cour
- JULY 20, 2005JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. PRISONERS PROTEST DEATH PENALTY
it was reported that sixteen prisoners in Jordan were on their ninth day of hunger strike to protest the death penalty.
- JULY 20, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. GUANGZHOU COURT SENTENCES TWO TO DEATH WITH REPRIEVE FOR MAKING ANDTRAFFICKING ECSTASY
in its second trial, a Guangzhou court, China, sentenced Yu Zhuoxiong, Guo Mingqing and Chen Yuhan to death with two years reprieve.
- JULY 19, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. SIX MEN CONVICTED OF HOMICIDE PUT TO DEATH
six men were executed in the Chinese capital Beijing for murder and other crimes including robbery and rape, state media reported.
- JULY 19, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. COURTS WARNED OVER DEATH PENALTY CONVICTIONS
China, whose judicial system has been under scrutiny after a series of widely publicised wrongful convictions, asked its courts to think twice before handing down the death penalty.
- JULY 19, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO MEN PUBLICLY HANGED FOR RAPING TEENAGER
Mahmoud Asgari, 16, and Ayaz Marhoni, 18, two men convicted for raping a teenage boy were hanged in public in the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad
- JULY 19, 2005OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
OKLAHOMA, USA. PENNINGTON EXECUTED FOR 1991 MURDER
Michael Pennington, convicted of killing a store clerk during a 1991 robbery and blamed it on steroid use, was executed by lethal injection.
- JULY 19, 2005ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
a Maricopa County Superior Court jury brought back 5 death penalty verdicts...
a Maricopa County Superior Court jury brought back 5 death penalty verdicts...
- JULY 19, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN TO DIE FOR KILLING HIS WIFE
Jalaluddin, 28, of Amtali , was condemned to death by a court in Pirojpur, for killing his newlywed wife.
- JULY 19, 2005JapanDEATH PENALTY
HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN CONVICTED OF MURDERS
the Tokyo High Court upheld a lower court ruling, which sentenced Toshiaki Kaga, a 44-year-old man, to death for murdering a woman and her daughter and stealing their money.
- JULY 18, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDERING TEENAGER IN 54TH EXECUTION OF THE YEAR
Ali bin Ahmad bin Hashidi Shuhaythi, a Saudi man, was beheaded by the sword in the holy city of Mecca, for strangling to death a teenager, the Saudi interior ministry announced.
- JULY 18, 2005RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. RF SHOULD RATIFY PROTOCOL ON DEATH PENALTY – MARGELOV
Russia should ratify the protocol on the death penalty, Chairman of the Federation Council Foreign Affairs Committee Mikhail Margelov said.
- JULY 18, 2005EgyptDEATH PENALTY
LIBYA. 4 EGYPTIANS EXECUTED
the Arab Centre for the Independence of the Judiciary and Legal Council, an Egyptian human rights group, said that Libyan authorities had recently executed four Egyptians on criminal charges.
- JULY 18, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN WHO PLOTTED WIFE'S DEATH TO COLLECT INSURANCE
Yang Aiping, a man who took out accident and life insurance worth 530,000 yuan (64,000 dollars) for his wife, was sentenced to death for murder by a court in the southwestern province of Sichuan.