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 13, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. 'INDIA CARRIED OUT 1,422 EXECUTIONS IN A DECADE', RIGHTS GROUP
the People's Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR), a leading Indian civil rights group, said that 1,422 executions were carried out in a single decade (1953-63) across the country.
- MARCH 12, 2005TexasDEATH PENALTY
a jury in Sherman today ordered execution for a man accused...
a jury in Sherman today ordered execution for a man accused in a triple slaying and convicted of one of the killings.
- MARCH 11, 2005MissouriDEATH PENALTY
a St. Louis County jury recommended that Vincent McFadden be sentenced to death
a St. Louis County jury recommended that Vincent McFadden be sentenced to death
- MARCH 11, 2005CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Taylor Helzer and his younger brother Justin Alan Helzer have been formally sentenced to death
Taylor Helzer and his younger brother Justin Alan Helzer have been formally sentenced to death
- MARCH 11, 2005DEATH PENALTY
Gregory Rouster, originally sentenced to death for...
Gregory Rouster, originally sentenced to death for the slayings of his foster parents has been resentenced to 60 years in prison.
- MARCH 11, 2005North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
William Dillard Powell was executed at Central Prison in Raleigh.
William Dillard Powell was executed at Central Prison in Raleigh.
- MARCH 11, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. TOP ISLAMIC COURT THROWS OUT GANGRAPE ACQUITTAL
Pakistan's top Islamic court, the Federal Shariat Court based in Islamabad, threw out the acquittal of five people convicted of raping a woman on the orders of a tribal village jury.
- MARCH 11, 2005NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
UNITED KINGDOM. SCOT ON DEATH ROW IN NIGERIA HAS MURDER CONVICTION QUASHED
the family of Scottish businessman Ian Millar, sentenced to death in Nigeria, spoke of their relief after his murder conviction was overturned. Millar, 56, spent a year and a half on death row after being found guilty of killing Anne Marie Gale, his girlf
- MARCH 11, 2005DEATH PENALTY
the Constitutional Court concluded its assessment
the Constitutional Court concluded its assessment of the compliance of the death-penalty provisions in the Criminal Code with the Constitution, following a request from the House of Representatives of the National Assembly.
- MARCH 11, 2005BelarusDEATH PENALTY
the Constitutional Court concluded its assessment...
the Constitutional Court concluded its assessment of the compliance of the death-penalty provisions in the Criminal Code with the Constitution, following a request from the House of Representatives of the National Assembly.
- MARCH 10, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. END TO BEHEADING OF NATIONALS IN SAUDI ARABIA URGED
the Gandheeya Navasakthi Sanghom party urged the Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, to take immediate steps to end the beheading of Indian citizens by the Saudi Arabian authorities on charges of drug trafficking.
- MARCH 10, 2005VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Vo Van Viet, a Vietnamese man, was sentenced to death for murder after dowsing his victim with gasoline and setting him on fire in a drunken dispute.
- MARCH 10, 2005AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Circuit Judge Laura W. Hamilton followed a jury's recommendation
Circuit Judge Laura W. Hamilton followed a jury's recommendation
- MARCH 10, 2005ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
In Tucson, John Montenegro Cruz was sentenced to death
In Tucson, John Montenegro Cruz was sentenced to death
- MARCH 10, 2005South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH AFRICA. CONSTITUTIONAL COURT TO DECIDE ON DEATH ROW PRISONERS
sixty-two prisoners were still under sentence of death although the death penalty was declared invalid in South Africa 10 years ago, the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg heard.
- MARCH 10, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
two men convicted of robbery were publicly given 74 lashes each
two men convicted of robbery were publicly given 74 lashes each
- MARCH 10, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. CONVICTED MURDERER HANGED, ROBBERS LASHED
Asghar Mohammadzadeh, an Iranian man convicted of murdering two brothers, was hanged before dawn in a prison in the north-eastern city of Mashhad.
- MARCH 10, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. JUDICIARY ENDS PROCEEDINGS AGAINST AGHAJARI
Iran's judiciary has ended proceedings against the country's top academic dissident, a man who faced the death penalty for telling Iranians not to follow their ruling clerics ''like monkeys'', his lawyer said.
- MARCH 10, 2005IndianaDEATH PENALTY
INDIANA, USA. WALLACE PUT TO DEATH BY LETHAL INJECTION
Donald Wallace, convicted of killing two children and their parents during a burglary 25 years ago, was executed by the state of Indiana on. Wallace, 47, was pronounced dead at 1:23 a.m. EST following an injection of lethal chemicals at the Indiana State
- MARCH 9, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. DEATH PENALTY FOR TWO CONVICTED OF RAPING AND KILLING 8 YEAR OLD
the Kamrup District and Sessions Court in Guwahati, India, sentenced to death two people in connection with the rape and murder of a minor girl.
- MARCH 9, 2005UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. KAYUNGA OPPOSES DEATH PENALTY FOR TREASON CONVICTS
the death penalty should not be applied in Uganda to people convicted of treason.
- MARCH 9, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. CHIEF JUSTICE PLEDGES TO IMPROVE DEATH PENALTY REVIEW PROCESS
China will further refine the death penalty review process this year, Chief Justice Xiao Yang told the on-going annual session of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature.
- MARCH 9, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA ARRESTS 800,000 FOR 'ENDANGERING STATE SECURITY'
China arrested more than 800,000 people last year for endangering state security or for being involved in activities regarded as separatist, terrorist or extremist, a top official.
- MARCH 8, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING THREE JAPANESE
Hai Ting and Cao Xiude, two Chinese men who were charged with murdering three Japanese tourists in Xi'an, capital city of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, were sentenced to death by the Xi'an Intermediate People's Court.
- MARCH 8, 2005DEATH PENALTY
George Hopper, a hitman convicted of killing a woman in a murder-for-hire scheme...
George Hopper, a hitman convicted of killing a woman in a murder-for-hire scheme, apologized for his crime as he lay strapped to a gurney awaiting the lethal injection, the fourth execution this year in Texas.
- MARCH 8, 2005OhioDEATH PENALTY
the state of Ohio executed William Smith, a 47-year-old man convicted of killing a woman in 1987, after a court rejected a claim that he suffered from brain damage.
the state of Ohio executed William Smith, a 47-year-old man convicted of killing a woman in 1987, after a court rejected a claim that he suffered from brain damage.
- MARCH 7, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. THREE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
three men were sentenced to death for shooting down two people in the Sherpur district of Bangladesh during a gang attack.
- MARCH 7, 2005BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
BOTSWANA. CLERIC PLANS MASSIVE CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY
the vice president of the Botswana Christian Council (BCC), Reverend Kebinang Moenga, said he intended to launch a massive war against the government on the issue of capital punishment.
- MARCH 7, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. HIGH COURT CONVERTS TIKA RAM'S DEATH PENALTY TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
the High Court in New Delhi, India, commuted into life imprisonment the death penalty passed on Tika Ram for the 1994 murders of five members of the Sharmas family in the city's Vasant Kunj area.
- MARCH 7, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. DECISION ON HANAFI'S APPEAL AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE DEFERRED
the Malaysian Court of Appeal postponed indefinitely the decision on the appeal by Hanafi Mat Hassan against his death sentence for killing computer engineer Noor Suzaily Mukhtar.