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
- NOVEMBER 29, 2005MexicoDEATH PENALTY
MEXICO. SUSPECTS FACING LIFE TERMS CAN BE EXTRADITED, SUPREME COURT
Mexico's Supreme Court ruled that suspects facing life in prison can be extradited, overturning a 4-year-old ban that had prevented many of the country's most-notorious criminals from being sent to the US to face justice.
- NOVEMBER 29, 2005VietnamDEATH PENALTY
the Hanoi firing squad executed 31-year-old Ngo Thanh Lam for embezzling...
the Hanoi firing squad executed 31-year-old Ngo Thanh Lam for embezzling more than US$4.6 million while he worked for a bank in 2003.
- NOVEMBER 29, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTY
Fuad ‘Ali Mohsen al-Shahari was executed by firing squad in Taiz.
Fuad ‘Ali Mohsen al-Shahari was executed by firing squad in Taiz.
- NOVEMBER 29, 2005BelarusDEATH PENALTY
Viktor I. Tikhikh, was sentenced to death, in Belarus.
Viktor I. Tikhikh, was sentenced to death, in Belarus.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2005OhioDEATH PENALTY
John Hicks, 49, died by injection at 10:20 a.m. at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility.
John Hicks, 49, died by injection at 10:20 a.m. at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. SIGNATURES COLLECTED IN PARLIAMENT TO SAVE STANLEY WILLIAMS
Italy’s deputies and senators are also collecting signatures to ask California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to grant clemency to Stanley Williams, scheduled to be executed on December 13.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2005DEATH PENALTY
OHIO, USA. US SUPREME COURT RULES AGAINST KENNY RICHEY
an appeals court was wrong to throw out the conviction and death sentence of British citizen Kenneth Richey in a fire that killed an Ohio toddler, the US Supreme Court said.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. SIXTEEN REGIONAL PRESIDENTS SIGN WILLIAMS APPEAL
two more of Italy’s regional ‘Governors’ added their support to the appeal aimed at California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in order to halt the execution of Stanley Williams, scheduled to take place on December 13.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2005ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
Eric Nance was put to death by lethal injection
Eric Nance was put to death by lethal injection in the Cummins unit of the Arkansas State Penitentiary in Varner Monday night around 9:30.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. TWO MEN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabia executed two men who were convicted of murder, bringing to six the number of people put to death in the conservative Muslim kingdom in the last week.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. NINE SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER DHAKA MURDERS
a court in Bangladesh sentenced nine people to death for the grisly murders of a businessman and his son. In March 2005, the mutilated bodies of Shamsul Alam, a clothes merchant, and his son, Russel, were found in a forest near the capital, Dhaka. Only on
- NOVEMBER 28, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
italy. CIAMPI, LETTA AND TUTU BACK S.EGIDIO
"The Italian government confirms its commitment on a death penalty moratorium, as per UN proposal", according to Cabinet Undersecretary Gianni Letta, in his message to the "Sant'Egidio" Catholic NGO on the eve of the 4th International Death Penalty Abolit
- NOVEMBER 28, 2005SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. AUTHORITIES SAY HANGMAN NOT SACKED
Singapore's prison authorities denied the city-state's chief executioner Darshan Singh had been sacked.
- NOVEMBER 27, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN. MUSLIM CLERIC EXECUTED FOR MURDER
head of an extremist group in south Yemen who was convicted of murdering four tourists hardline Muslim cleric Ali Ahmed Jarallah was executed in Yemen by firing squad in the courtyard of the main Sanaa prison after being convicted of the murder of a top o
- NOVEMBER 27, 2005TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING GIRLFRIEND
Chang Chih-hui, a suspect in the murder of Pai Hsiao-yen, the 17-year-old daughter of TV entertainer Pai Ping-ping, was sentenced to death by the Taiwan High Court for the murder of his girlfriend in October 2004.
- NOVEMBER 27, 2005ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND. MANY IN FAVOUR OF DEATH PENALTY, SURVEY SHOWS
about 45 per cent of respondents to a Dhurakij Pundit University poll in Thailand said they supported capital punishment for drug traffickers and almost 8 per cent condoned the extrajudicial killing of drug dealers.
- NOVEMBER 26, 2005North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
North Korean state media denounced US based Cable News Network
North Korean state media denounced US based Cable News Network
- NOVEMBER 25, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDERING COMPATRIOT
Saudi authorities executed Saudi national Ahmad Bin-Muhammad Bin-Abdallah al-Shamrani following his conviction for murdering compatriot Badr Bin-Muq'ad al-Shibani.
- NOVEMBER 25, 2005CanadaDEATH PENALTY
CANADA SUPPORTS INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS TOWARD ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY
Foreign Affairs Minister Pierre Pettigrew and Minister of Justice Irwin Cotler announced Canada’s accession to a UN treaty that confirms its continued opposition to the death penalty.
- NOVEMBER 25, 2005MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. CASHIER TO HANG FOR MURDER
V. Alaggandiran, a 26 year old former cashier of a video game arcade, was sentenced to the gallows by the High Court in Shah Alam, Malaysia, after being found guilty of murdering a factory worker because the latter was in love with his cousin.
- NOVEMBER 24, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. MORE SIGNATURES FROM ITALIAN ‘GOVERNORS’ FOR WILLAMS APPEAL
seven regional Presidents have lent their name to an appeal promoted by Hands Off Cain to California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to halt the execution of Stanley Williams scheduled to take place on December 13.
- NOVEMBER 24, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. MORE REGIONAL PRESIDENTS SIGN WILLIAMS APPEAL
seven more of Italy’s Regional ‘Governors’ have added their names to the appeal to ask California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to halt the execution of Stanley Williams scheduled to take place on December 13.
- NOVEMBER 24, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. CHILD TRAFFICKING RING CRACKED, MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
a Chinese court sentenced one person to death and jailed nine people for running a child-trafficking ring in the prosperous southern province of Guangdong.
- NOVEMBER 24, 2005LibyaDEATH PENALTY
in an interview for Al Jazeera
in an interview for Al Jazeera
- NOVEMBER 23, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER, THIRD BEHEADING IN THREE DAYS
Saudi Arabia executed a Saudi man for murder, the third execution in three days in the conservative Muslim kingdom.
- NOVEMBER 23, 2005South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA. SOLDIER SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER SHOOTING
a South Korean army court martial sentenced Private First Class Kim Dong-min to death for killing eight soldiers while on guard duty on the border with North Korea, an army spokesman said.
- NOVEMBER 23, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. SUPREME COURT SENTENCES WOMAN TO HANGING
Iran’s State Supreme Court upheld a death sentence against a woman, state dailies reported.
- NOVEMBER 23, 2005OhioDEATH PENALTY
in Columbus, the Ohio Supreme Court struck down one of man's 2 death sentences.
in Columbus, the Ohio Supreme Court struck down one of man's 2 death sentences.
- NOVEMBER 23, 2005TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN. TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR CANNIBALISM
the Taiwan High Court in Taichung sentenced to death Chen Chin-huo and Kuang Teh-chiang for raping, murdering, and cannibalizing a female insurance agent.
- NOVEMBER 23, 2005Congo - BrazzavilleDEATH PENALTY
CONGO. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DROPS FORMER PREMIER'S DEATH SENTENCE
Congo’s National Assembly unanimously voted in favour of amnesty for former Brazzaville mayor and former prime minister, Bernard Kolelas .