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
- DECEMBER 13, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. ‘WILLIAMS EXECUTION IS RUTHLESS JUSTICE’, D’ELIA
Stanley Williams was executed after being denied clemency by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
- DECEMBER 13, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. EIGHT CHILD OFFENDERS EXECUTED THIS YEAR
“Iran has executed at least eight juvenile offenders so far this year, two of whom were still under 18 at the time they were executed”, Amnesty International said in a statement.
- DECEMBER 13, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO YOUTHS SENTENCED TO EXECUTION
Iran’s State Supreme Court upheld sentences for two young men to be hanged in the Iranian capital Tehran, a state-run daily reported.
- DECEMBER 13, 2005CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
CALIFORNIA. OUTCRY AFTER WILLIAMS' DEATH GLITCHES SLOW BUT DON'T STOP EXECUTION
at 12:01 a.m., having exhausted all appeals, Stanley Tookie Williams shuffled into San Quentin's death chamber, shackled at the wrists and waist and escorted by four guards.
- DECEMBER 13, 2005DEATH PENALTY
Stanley Tookie Williams was executed by lethal injection
Stanley Tookie Williams was executed by lethal injection
- DECEMBER 13, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. 23 YEAR OLD SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF NIECE
Nigel Fernandez, 23, was sentenced to death and his twin brother, Truver Fernandez, given life imprisonment by a sessions court in Thiruvananthapuram, India, after being found guilty of murdering their 17-year-old niece.
- DECEMBER 13, 2005VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. DEATH SENTENCE GIVEN TO DRUG TRAFFICKER
a court in Vietnam’s northern mountainous province of Son La sentenced Dinh Van Loc to death for trafficking heroin.
- DECEMBER 13, 2005Vatican CityDEATH PENALTY
VATICAN CITY. VATICAN DEPLORES EXECUTION OF US GANG LEADER
the Vatican said there was no room for the death sentence in the modern world after the execution in a US jail of former Los Angeles gang leader Stanley Williams.
- DECEMBER 12, 2005DEATH PENALTY
in Norristown, John Eichinger was formally sentenced to death...
in Norristown, John Eichinger was formally sentenced to death for the stabbing deaths of four people, including a child.
- DECEMBER 12, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
the Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate People's Court, China, sentenced Shen Daming to death with a reprieve of two years for murder.
- DECEMBER 12, 2005European UnionDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT. EU PARLIAMENT PRES URGES DEATH PENALTY'S GLOBAL ABOLITION
European Parliament president Josep Borrell called on the 76 countries still allowing the death penalty to respect the right to life and end the practice of capital punishment. Borrell said the US was the only democratic state that made "widespread use" o
- DECEMBER 11, 2005CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
CALIFORNIA. SUPREME COURT REJECTS TOOKIE WILLIAMS' APPEAL
the state Supreme Court late Sunday refused to grant a stay of execution for Stanley Tookie Williams.
- DECEMBER 11, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. COMMITTEE URGES IMMEDIATE ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY
the Committee to Oppose the Death Penalty in Pondicherry, India, urged the Central Government to take immediate steps to put an end to capital punishment in the country.
- DECEMBER 10, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. YOUNG MAN HANGED IN TEHRAN
a young man was hanged in the Iranian capital Tehran, the state-run news agency ISNA reported.
- DECEMBER 10, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. IRAN PUBLICLY HANGS AFGHAN FOR CRIME COMMITTED AS MINOR
Iran publicly hanged Rostam Tajik, an Afghan national, for a crime he was alleged to have committed as a minor.
- DECEMBER 10, 2005AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
a Jefferson County judge sentenced Nathaniel Woods to death
a Jefferson County judge sentenced Nathaniel Woods to death by lethal injection for his role in the slayings of three Birmingham police officers by a drug-dealing friend.
- DECEMBER 10, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. BUSINESSMAN EXECUTED FOR MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR SCAMS
Meng Fanhui was executed in China's Liaoning province for a series of scams that included swindling local consumers out of 30 million yuan (3.7 million dollars). Meng was executed for fake business operations he instigated as director of Shenyang Longjie
- DECEMBER 10, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
a man was hanged in a prison in the city of Qazvin...
a man was hanged in a prison in the city of Qazvin...
- DECEMBER 9, 2005EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
ETHIOPIA. FIGURE IN ETHIOPIA 'RED TERROR' SENTENCED TO DEATH
the Federal High Court sentenced to death Major Melaku Tefera, one of Marxist dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam's top soldiers, for genocide during the country's 1970s "Red Terror" campaign.
- DECEMBER 9, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
the Sialkot Additional District and Sessions Court, Pakistan, sentenced to death Shehzad Khan and Faryad Khan on two counts and imposed on them a fine of Rs.200,000 each.
- DECEMBER 8, 2005CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated Stevie Lamar Fields's death sentence...
the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated Stevie Lamar Fields's death sentence, ruling that jurors did not invalidate their deliberations by considering biblical arguments in favor of vengeance.
- DECEMBER 8, 2005WashingtonDEATH PENALTY
the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously overturned the death sentence of Cal Coburn Brown.
the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously overturned the death sentence of Cal Coburn Brown.
- DECEMBER 8, 2005PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
in Philadelphia, the 3rd U.S. Circuit of Appeals has agreed to hear an appeal from Mumia Abu-Jamal...
in Philadelphia, the 3rd U.S. Circuit of Appeals has agreed to hear an appeal from Mumia Abu-Jamal, the former Black Panther convicted in the 1981 murder of a white police officer.
- DECEMBER 8, 2005OhioDEATH PENALTY
the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals threw out the Ashland County...
the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals threw out the Ashland County death sentence of Maxwell White, but upheld his murder conviction.
- DECEMBER 8, 2005AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN. TWO GANG MEMBERS GET CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
a court in Kabul, Afghanistan, sentenced to death Hashmatullah and Mahmood
- DECEMBER 8, 2005AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN. MURDER ACCUSED SENTENCED TO DEATH
a primary court in Alisher district in Afghanistan’s south-eastern Khost province sentenced to death Hazer Mohammad for murdering one Abdul Akbar.
- DECEMBER 8, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. GOVERNMENT: NO DEATH PENALTY TO ABU SALEM
the Indian Government declared that extradited underworld don Abu Salem would not be punished with the death penalty or with a prison term exceeding 25 years, as per the guarantee given to the Portuguese Government prior to extradition.
- DECEMBER 8, 2005VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. COURT SENTENCES WOMAN TO DEATH FOR HEROIN TRAFFICKING
a court in northern Vietnam sentenced Tran Thi Thu Thanh, a 39 year old female, to death for smuggling heroin to neighboring China.
- DECEMBER 8, 2005BelarusDEATH PENALTY
Nikolai A. Lubich was sentenced to death, in Belarus.
Nikolai A. Lubich was sentenced to death, in Belarus.
- DECEMBER 7, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. CHINA TO OPEN DEATH PENALTY APPEALS PROCESS TO PUBLIC
China will make court proceedings on death penalty appeals open to the public next year in a bid to safeguard human rights, the government said.