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
- MAY 13, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. THREE EXECUTED FOR ARMED ROBBERY, BOMBING
three convicted armed robbers were executed in southwest China's Chongqing municipality after engaging in a cross province crime spree that included a bombing and gun battles with police. The three were executed immediately after the Chongqing high court
- MAY 13, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. POLITICIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
Hou Jianjun, a Chinese provincial legislator, was sentenced to death after he murdered a pedestrian in a drunken rage by running him down with his sports utility vehicle.
- MAY 13, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. LAWYER AND HIS ACCOMPLICE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
a district court in Lahore, Pakistan, sentenced to death a lawyer and his accomplice for abducting and clubbing to death a resident of Gulberg.
- MAY 13, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED FOR PATRICIDE
Maidh bin Nasser bin Sarhan al-Mkihli al-Sabei, a Saudi convicted of murdering his father, was decapitated
- MAY 13, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. COURT ORDERS EXECUTION OF DRUG TRAFFICKER, LIFE SENTENCES FOR MULES
Chengdu City Intermediate People's Court, pronounced the execution of Tang Mei, a female drug trafficker.
- MAY 13, 2005FloridaDEATH PENALTY
in Bartow, Circuit Judge Roger Alcott today condemned Harold Blake for killing a convenience store owner
in Bartow, Circuit Judge Roger Alcott today condemned Harold Blake for killing a convenience store owner
- MAY 13, 2005NebraskaDEATH PENALTY
the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a 2003 (see Oct. 9, 2003) ruling by...
the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a 2003 (see Oct. 9, 2003) ruling by U.S. District Judge Joseph F. Bataillon of Omaha that vacated Charles Jess Palmer's death sentence.
- MAY 13, 2005United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
OHIO. RICHEY’S HOPES RISE WITH NEW COURT RULING
Kenny Richey, a Scot on death row in the US state of Ohio was told that an appeal court decision to quash his conviction could not be set aside, a ruling that could finally end his imprisonment. Richey, who had been facing execution for 18 years, would ha
- MAY 13, 2005CubaDEATH PENALTY
CUBA. OLIVIERO TOSCANI’S EXHIBITION ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN CASTRO’S REGIME OPENS IN CADIZ
to keep public attention on the plight of political prisoners and the repression of dissent in Cuba two years after the wave of crackdowns, HOC, Con Cuba en la distancia and Reporters sans frontiers have promoted an exhibition in Cadiz by Oliviero Toscani
- MAY 13, 2005DEATH PENALTY
Michael Ross, who fought to hasten his own execution...
Michael Ross, who fought to hasten his own execution and was forced to prove he wasn't out of his mind, was put to death in the death chamber at Osborn Correctional Institution in Somers.
- MAY 13, 2005PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. FAMILY OF DEATH ROW SPANIARD PLEADS FOR RETRIAL
for the last eight years Paco Larrañaga has been in a Philippine jail, and on February 4, 2004 the Supreme Court sentenced him to death by lethal injection for kidnapping and murdering two young sisters on the island of Cebu.
- MAY 12, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. US SENATOR MULLS SANCTIONS AGAINST CHINA OVER NORTH KOREA REFUGEE CRISIS
Republican US Senator Sam Brownback threatened to seek sanctions against China if it did not stop turning back refugees from North Korea who faced persecution and possible execution at home.
- MAY 12, 2005KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT. DEATH PENALTY SOUGHT FOR MILITANTS
Kuwait’s public prosecution demanded the death penalty for 20 militants, allegedly linked to Al Qaeda, who clashed with police in January 2005 leaving four police officers dead and 10 others wounded.
- MAY 12, 2005UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. COUNTRY ACCUSED OF OPERATING SAFE HOUSES FOR TORTURE
the United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) asked Uganda to explain its continued use of torture chambers commonly referred to as safe houses.
- MAY 12, 2005IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Cook County Judge Fred Suria imposed the death penalty on Joseph Bannister, 38.
Cook County Judge Fred Suria imposed the death penalty on Joseph Bannister, 38.
- MAY 12, 2005OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
George James Miller Jr., 37, received a lethal injection of drugs
George James Miller Jr., 37, received a lethal injection of drugs
- MAY 12, 2005ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
a Maricopa County Superior Court jury returned 3 death sentences for Steve Boggs
a Maricopa County Superior Court jury returned 3 death sentences for Steve Boggs
- MAY 11, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. THREE CONVICTED MURDERERS PUBLICLY HANGED
it was reported that three Iranian men convicted of raping and murdering a young boy were publicly hanged in Susangerd, a town in the southwestern Iranian province of Khuzestan.
- MAY 11, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a special court in Panchagarh, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Md Motaleb Hossain of Dimla
a special court in Panchagarh, Bangladesh, sentenced to death Md Motaleb Hossain of Dimla
- MAY 11, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. FOUR TO GO GALLOWS FOR RAPE AND MURDER
four people were condemned to death, two in absentia, by a special court in Bagerhat, Bangladesh, for violating three women and killing a male member of a family in the Sadar district in 2003.
- MAY 11, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. NO CONSENSUS ON ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY, HOME MINISTER
in the absence of a consensus on whether the death sentence should be abolished, Indian Home Minister Shivraj Patil said the law would continue to be put into practice in its current form.
- MAY 11, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTY
Saleh Ali Said Banser al-Malqeb was executed in Yemen for murder.
Saleh Ali Said Banser al-Malqeb was executed in Yemen for murder.
- MAY 10, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. CONVICTED MURDERER HANGED
an Iranian man convicted of murder has been hanged in prison in the Caspian Sea town of Noshahr, the Jomhuri Eslami newspaper reported.
- MAY 10, 2005Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament, removed the reference to the death penalty in the draft constitution
the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament, removed the reference to the death penalty in the draft constitution
- MAY 10, 2005SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN. MUSLIM PROTESTORS DISRUPT BLASPHEMY TRIAL
hundreds of Muslim protestors baying for the death penalty forced a Sudanese court to adjourn the trial of a newspaper editor accused of insulting the Prophet Mohammed.
- MAY 10, 2005DEATH PENALTY
the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago overturned Mark Allen Wisehart's 1983 murder conviction
the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago overturned Mark Allen Wisehart's 1983 murder conviction
- MAY 10, 2005ConnecticutDEATH PENALTY
CONNECTICUT. SUPREME COURT WON'T BLOCK ROSS EXECUTION
Connecticut's Supreme Court struck down another request to postpone the execution of convicted killer Michael Ross, scheduled to be New England's first execution in 45 years.
- MAY 10, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN. HOC APPEALS PRESIDENT ALI ABDULLAH SALEH NOT TO EXECUTE AMINA
Hands off Cain, the international association which has been promoting an international campaign for a global moratorium on capital executions, appealed President of Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh to spare the Amina’s life. Amina al-Abduladif, a 21-year-old mot
- MAY 9, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENT TO GALLOWS FOR KILLING HIS WIFE
Shafiqul Islam Sony of Horidaspur village in Sadar, Bangladesh, was sentenced to death in absentia
- MAY 9, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. CONVICTED MURDERER EXECUTED
it was reported that Muhammad Hussain, alias Hussaini, was to be hanged in the district jail in Faisalabad, Pakistan, on May 10.