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
- JUNE 13, 2005TexasDEATH PENALTY
TEXAS. SUPREME COURT ORDERS NEW TRIAL FOR DEATH ROW INMATE
the Supreme Court overturned the conviction of a black death row inmate who said Texas prosecutors unfairly stacked his jury with whites, issuing a harsh rebuke to the state that executes more people than any other.
- JUNE 13, 2005OhioDEATH PENALTY
in a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court had reinstated the murder conviction for...
in a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court had reinstated the murder conviction for...
- JUNE 13, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
UNITED NATIONS. UN RIGHTS ENVOY ASKS CHINA TO AID NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES
China should stop repatriating North Koreans who flee their country and give them refugee status instead, Vitit Muntarbhorn, UN special rapporteur on human rights in North Korea, said.
- JUNE 13, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN COMILLA
two people were sentenced to death and two others were sentenced to life imprisonment by an Additional District and Session court in Comilla, Bangladesh, after being convicted of murdering Zahirul Islam.
- JUNE 13, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. LONGYAN COURT GIVES DEATH SENTENCE FOR CHILD TRAFFICKING
in its initial trial, the Longyan City Intermediate People's Court, China, tried five suspects for involvement in the ‘26 February 2004’ child trafficking case, sentencing Lin Yudi, female, to death.
- JUNE 12, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. CONVICTED SERIAL KILLER HANGED PUBLICLY
Yaghoub Ali Mirshekari, an Iranian man convicted of killing 10 truck drivers to steal their vehicles, was hanged in public in the southeastern city of Zahedan.
- JUNE 12, 2005Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY. FOUR MEN CONVICTED OF MURDER EXECUTED
the Palestinian Authority executed four convicted murderers, officials said, defying international calls to halt capital punishment as part of reforms considered key to securing future Palestinian statehood.
- JUNE 12, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN. A YEMENI NATIONAL AND TWO PAKISTANIS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
the state security court in Sanaa, Yemen, sentenced two Pakistanis and a Yemeni to death after convicting them of drug trafficking.
- JUNE 11, 2005KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT. DEATH PENALTY DEMANDED FOR 34 MILITANTS
Kuwait’s public prosecutor demanded the death penalty for 34 of 37 militants suspected of links to Al Qaeda and deadly clashes with police in January 2005.
- JUNE 10, 2005UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. COURT STRIKES DOWN MANDATORY DEATH SENTENCES
Uganda's constitutional court struck down the imposition of mandatory death sentences but rejected an appeal by death-row inmates to completely outlaw capital punishment.
- JUNE 10, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN SENTENCED TO HAVE EYES GOUGED OUT FOR TEENAGE CRIME
Iran’s State Supreme Court has upheld a sentence for a young man’s eyes to be gouged out and sprayed with acid, for blinding another man at the age of 16 some 12 years ago.
- JUNE 10, 2005AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
AUSTRALIA. GOVERNMENT TO PLEAD FOR DRUG SMUGGLER FACING FIRING SQUAD IN VIETNAM
the Australian federal government said it would plead for the life of Mai Cong Thanh, an Australian sentenced to death in Vietnam for conspiring to smuggle heroin.
- JUNE 10, 2005IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
NEPAL. RIGHTS ACTIVISTS APPEAL FOR LIVES OF FIVE IN INDONESIA
human rights activists said the government must take immediate steps to stop the death sentence of five Nepalese nationals charged with drug trafficking in Indonesia.
- JUNE 10, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. SAUDI MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDERING COMPATRIOT
Melhem bin Fahd bin Amer al-Dosari, a Saudi convicted of murder, was beheaded by sword near the capital Riyadh, the interior ministry said
- JUNE 10, 2005Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. PITMAN RECEIVES STAY OF EXECUTION
the High Court of Trinidad and Tobago granted convicted murderer Lester Pitman a stay of execution following the production of a notice of appeal filed by his lawyers on April 22 which the State said it had never received.
- JUNE 10, 2005LiberiaDEATH PENALTY
LIBERIA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Nyonoh Diah was sentenced to death after a 12-man jury unanimously convicted him of murder
- JUNE 9, 2005AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. AUSTRALIAN-VIETNAMESE RECEIVES DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
a Vietnam court has sentenced a 46-year-old Australian of Vietnamese origin to death by firing squad for attempting to send heroin stuffed in loudspeakers to Australia, the state-run Voice of Vietnam radio said.
- JUNE 9, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. ISRAELIS BUY CHINESE DEATH ROW ORGANS FOR TRANSPLANTS
according to the Maariv daily China had become the number one destination for Israelis desperate for a life-saving transplant donor as Chinese authorities were selling organs taken from executed prisoners.
- JUNE 9, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING FAMILY OF FIVE
the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's Court, China, handed a death sentence to Yang Hui, a man convicted of killing a family of five in Pudong.
- JUNE 9, 2005South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA. DEATH PENALTY UPHELD IN SERIAL KILLER VERDICT
upholding a lower court ruling, the South Korean Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence on Yoo Yeong-cheol, convicted of killing 20 people.
- JUNE 9, 2005IndianaDEATH PENALTY
in Anderson, Madison County Circuit Court Judge Fredrick Spencer sent Fredrick Michael Baer to Indiana's Death Row
in Anderson, Madison County Circuit Court Judge Fredrick Spencer sent Fredrick Michael Baer to Indiana's Death Row, rejecting claims of mental illness in sentencing him to die for the murder of a woman and her 4-year-old daughter.
- JUNE 9, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Iqbal was hanged in Pakistan for murder.
Muhammad Iqbal was hanged in Pakistan for murder.
- JUNE 9, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Dawei, 31, was executed in Xi’an, China...
Li Dawei, 31, was executed in Xi’an, China...
- JUNE 8, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. THREE MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN DOUBLE MURDER CASE
a court in Barisal, Bangladesh, sentenced three people to death, two to life term in jail and three others to 10 years' imprisonment for double murder.
- JUNE 8, 2005BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION. EU SLAMS LIBYAN RULING ON TORTURE OF CONDEMNED MEDICS
the EU was "seriously concerned" by a Libyan court's acquittal of police officers accused of having tortured six foreign medics facing death sentence over an AIDS-tainted blood scandal, officials said.
- JUNE 8, 2005JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
JAMAICA. JLP SHADOW CABINET TO ISSUE FORMAL REPLY ON DEATH PENALTY DELAY
it was reported that the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) was to formally reply to what it described as "blatant misrepresentations" made recently by Attorney-General A J Nicholson regarding delays in the administering of the death penalty.
- JUNE 8, 2005JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. TOP COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLER OF 4 WOMEN
Japan’s Supreme Court upheld the death sentence given by a lower court to Masakatsu Nishikawa, a man who murdered four female bar managers in western Japan in less than a month in 1991.
- JUNE 8, 2005ConnecticutDEATH PENALTY
a 3-judge panel ruled that convicted killer Todd Rizzo should be executed
a 3-judge panel ruled that convicted killer Todd Rizzo should be executed for bludgeoning a 13-year-old boy to death with a sledgehammer in 1997.
- JUNE 8, 2005EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Egyptian Grand Mufti Prof Dr Sheikh Ali Gouma endorsed the death sentence passed by...
Egyptian Grand Mufti Prof Dr Sheikh Ali Gouma endorsed the death sentence passed by a Cairo court on Ali Darman Agustri, an Indonesian national, for premeditated multiple murder.
- JUNE 7, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. TWO YEMENIS BEHEADED FOR KILLING SAUDI WOMAN
two Yemenis were beheaded for killing a Saudi woman after breaking into her home, the Saudi Arabia Interior Ministry said.