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
- MARCH 23, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Rafiqul Islam alias Bhola, 35, and Abul Khashem, 50, were sentenced to death
- MARCH 23, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. SERIAL KILLER CONFESSES TO UP TO 45 MURDERS, DESERVES TO DIE, LAWYER
Wang Qiang, an accused serial killer in north-eastern China's Liaoning province, confessed to killing up to 45 people and deserves to be sentenced to death for his lack of remorse, his lawyer said.
- MARCH 23, 2005TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN. MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY RECOMMENDED
before complete and unconditional abolition of the death penalty is enshrined in the law, the government of Taiwan could consider suspending the use of the death penalty as an interim measure, said Nicholas Howen, secretary-general of the International Co
- MARCH 23, 2005TexasDEATH PENALTY
an Hidalgo County jury decided to send Humberto
an Hidalgo County jury decided to send Humberto "Gallo" Garza III to death row for planning the murders of 6 men on Jan. 5, 2003.
- MARCH 23, 2005DEATH PENALTY
a bill designed to settle a long-running controversy over...
a bill designed to settle a long-running controversy over...
- MARCH 23, 2005TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned the death sentence of Wayne Lee Bates.
the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned the death sentence of Wayne Lee Bates.
- MARCH 23, 2005BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
LIBYA. BULGARIAN NURSES' LAWYER VOWS TO HAVE DEATH SENTENCES OVERTURNED
Trajan Markovski, the lawyer of five Bulgarian nurses facing the death penalty in Libya for allegedly giving children AIDS-tainted blood, vowed to have their sentences overturned even though Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi called them "murderers". "Despite a
- MARCH 23, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. DEATH PENALTY DEBATE 10 YEARS TOO LATE FOR NIE SHUBIN, EDITORIAL
- MARCH 23, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
TERRI SCHIAVO. THE VATICAN IS FUNDAMENTALIST ON EVERYTHING BUT THE DEATH PENALTY
the definitive ‘No’ by the Vatican on the question of euthanasia, does not correspond to its definitive ‘No’ against the death penalty,” declared Hands Off Cain Secretary Sergio D’Elia, in a dispute with the Vatican which had written in its daily, the Oss
- MARCH 22, 2005IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
EU. EUROPEAN UNION DISAPPOINTED WITH INDONESIA OVER APPLICATION OF DEATH SENTENCE
the European Union was disappointed with Indonesia for having applied a capital sentence against Mrs Astini, convicted of premeditated murder and mutilation.
- MARCH 22, 2005IrelandDEATH PENALTY
IRELAND. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT BACKED BY 64% IN LIMERICK, POLL
a Fine Gael-organised survey found that 64% of people in Limerick would support the re-introduction of capital punishment for the murder of members of the security forces.
- MARCH 22, 2005ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND. ACADEMICS CALL FOR AN END TO THE DEATH PENALTY
academics and civic groups in Thailand called for the abolition of capital punishment arguing that curing social problems and bringing criminal masterminds to justice would be much more effective.
- MARCH 22, 2005TexasDEATH PENALTY
the Senate Criminal Justice Committee approved legislation...
the Senate Criminal Justice Committee approved legislation...
- MARCH 22, 2005CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
the Supreme Court decided 5-3 to restore a death sentence for William Payton.
the Supreme Court decided 5-3 to restore a death sentence for William Payton.
- MARCH 22, 2005IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. GOVERNMENT URGED TO EXECUTE CONVICTED DRUG TRAFFICEKRS ON DEATH-ROW SOON
a member of the House of Representatives Commission III, Almuzammil Yusuf of the Prosperous Justice Party, called on the Indonesian government to implement the death sentences of a number of convicted drug traffickers soon.
- MARCH 21, 2005Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
DEMOCRTIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. NGOS DEMAND ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY
a delegation of the NGOs, calling themselves the "Congolese Coalition Against Death Penalty," met national assembly speaker Olivier Kamitatu to submit their grievance.
- MARCH 21, 2005LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
Thomas Deboue, sentenced to die for the 1984...
Thomas Deboue, sentenced to die for the 1984 murders of 2 children, will instead serve life in prison, a judge ruled.
- MARCH 21, 2005IndianaDEATH PENALTY
a jury sentenced Wayne Kubsch to death.
a jury sentenced Wayne Kubsch to death.
- MARCH 21, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. COURT AFFIRMS DEATH PENALTY FOR MAN CONVICTED OF MURDERING BANGLADESHI
the Federal Court of Malaysia in Bernama upheld the conviction and death sentence imposed on Francis Antonysamy for murdering a Bangladeshi man in oil palm estate in Temerloh. Francis, 33, had been sentenced to death by the Temerloh High Court for murderi
- MARCH 21, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER, SORCERY
Saudi national Zayed bin Ali bin Saleh al-Thabiti al-Maliki was executed for murdering a compatriot and having illicit sex with women, the Saudi Interior Ministry said. Al-Maliki was executed in Taif, a city in the Western part of the country.
- MARCH 21, 2005United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
UK. NO PARDON FOR RUTH ELLIS
documents revealed that 50 years after her death, convicted killer Ruth Ellis had been secretly denied a pardon by the British Government.
- MARCH 21, 2005FranceDEATH PENALTY
USA. GOVERNMENT URGES JUDGE TO SET DATE FOR MOUSSAOUI TRIAL
the US government asked a federal judge to set an October start date for the much-delayed trial of accused September 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui.
- MARCH 21, 2005United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA. CATHOLIC BISHOPS CAMPAIGN AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
US Catholic bishops launched a campaign against the death penalty and presented new data suggesting support for capital punishment among American Catholics had fallen sharply in recent years to below 50 percent. Washington Archbishop Theodore McCarrick to
- MARCH 20, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. THREE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Muhibur Rahman, Billal Ahmed and Abdul Latif were sentenced to death by a court in Sylhet, Bangladesh, for killing a day-labourer in the Jaintapur district.
- MARCH 20, 2005IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. WOMAN EXECUTED FOR TRIPLE MURDERS
an Indonesian woman, 49-year-old Astini, was executed in the East Java capital of Surabaya after spending eight years in jail for a series of murders in which three women were killed and mutilated
- MARCH 20, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. STATE EXECUTES WITH ‘DEATH VANS’
the death van is an inconspicuous blue-and-white police vehicle that parks near the courtroom when its services are required by the Chinese judicial system. Inside it is fitted with a couch that can be raised or lowered like an operating table, set in the
- MARCH 19, 2005BrazilDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT SEEKING CLEMENCY FOR DRUG SMUGGLER
Brazil's President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, was to make a special appeal to Indonesia for clemency for Marco Archer Cardoso Moreira, a Brazilian national condemned to death for drug smuggling.
- MARCH 18, 2005BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
LIBYA. EU BACKS CAMPAIGN TO FREE BULGARIAN NURSES CONDEMNED TO DEATH
a European Union official backed Bulgaria’s attempts to secure the release of five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya for the infection of hundreds of children with the AIDS virus.
- MARCH 18, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. FOUR GANG-RAPE SUSPECTS REARRESTED
Pakistani authorities acting on the orders of the president and prime minister rearrested four men involved in a high-profile gang-rape case after an appeal by the alleged victim, Mukhtiar Mai.
- MARCH 18, 2005South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
in a Richland County courtroom, Circuit Judge G. Thomas Cooper sentenced...
in a Richland County courtroom, Circuit Judge G. Thomas Cooper sentenced the 25-year-old Quincy Allen to death for the 2002 slayings of Dale Evonne Hall and Jedediah Harr.