Archive timeline
2006
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2006, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2006
- MAY 5, 2006DEATH PENALTY
Gary Black was sentenced to death for the 2nd time.
Gary Black was sentenced to death for the 2nd time.
- MAY 4, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
TEXAS. WILSON EXECUTED FOR 1988 MURDER
Jackie Wilson was executed by lethal injection for the 1988 murder of a 5-year-old girl abducted from her bed in Arlington, Texas.
- MAY 4, 2006SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: MOGADISHU ISLAMIC COURT CONDEMNED FOR HASTY EXECUTION
the relatives of Sheekha Omar Hussein, the man stabbed to death by the son of the teacher he was convicted of killing, said they were not aware of the Islamic court’s execution verdict upon him.
- MAY 4, 2006WisconsinDEATH PENALTY
the state Assembly narrowly approved a resolution to hold a statewide...
the state Assembly narrowly approved a resolution to hold a statewide...
- MAY 4, 2006DEATH PENALTY
the state Assembly narrowly approved a resolution to hold a statewide advisory referendum in the Nov. 7...
the state Assembly narrowly approved a resolution to hold a statewide advisory referendum in the Nov. 7 election asking voters whether they favor the death penalty in cases involving 1st-degree murder convictions backed up by DNA evidence. The Assembly vo
- MAY 4, 2006RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. CONSTITUTIONAL BAN ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT TO EXPIRE IN 2007
Russia’s Human rights commissioner Vladimir Lukin said life imprisonment should become the maximum punishment in Russia. "Life imprisonment is worse than capital punishment everywhere in the world, and especially in Russian conditions," he said.
- MAY 4, 2006IsraelDEATH PENALTY
ISRAEL. CALL TO EXECUTE PRO-HAMAS MPS
the leader of the Jewish ultra-nationalist Yisrael Beitenu party called for the execution of those Israeli Arab MPs who had been in contact with members of the Palestinian Hamas government.
- MAY 3, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN’S DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER APPROVED
it was reported that the death sentence for a “young man”, Qarib Rahman, has been approved by the Iranian mullahs' judiciary putting him on the verge of execution.
- MAY 3, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. JUVENILE SENTENCED TO DEATH
Iran’s Etemad state daily reported that a 17-year-old boy from the central city of Isfahan was sentenced to death.
- MAY 3, 2006FranceDEATH PENALTY
UNITED STATES. JURY REJECTS DEATH PENALTY FOR MOUSSAOUI
a divided jury spared the life of Zacarias Moussaoui, deciding to send to jail for the rest of his life the only man tried on US soil for the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
- MAY 3, 2006LibyaDEATH PENALTY
LIBYA. POLITICAL PRISONER MAY FACE DEATH PENALTY
Libya's most prominent political prisoner, Fathi al-Jahmi, faces a possible death sentence for slandering Libyan leader Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi and talking with a foreign official, Human Rights Watch said.
- MAY 2, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. WOMAN HANGED IN PUBLIC
Farzaneh Sadeqi, female, was hanged in public for murder in Iran’s western province of Lorestan.
- MAY 2, 2006SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA. TEEN EXECUTES FATHER'S KILLER UNDER ISLAMIC LAW
a Somali teenager killed a man convicted by an Islamic court of murdering his father in what is believed to be Mogadishu's first public execution under Sharia Islamic law in a decade.
- MAY 2, 2006OhioDEATH PENALTY
OHIO, USA. STATE EXECUTES JOSEPH CLARK AFTER UNPRECEDENTED DELAY
Joseph Clark was put to death in Ohio but not until after one of his veins had collapsed, causing the condemned man to sit up and tell his executioners, "It's not working".
- MAY 2, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT. FIVE MEN EXECUTED FOR MURDER, DRUG SMUGGLING, RAPE
Kuwait carried out the executions of five men convicted of murder and drug smuggling. The bodies of the men were then put on public display from the gallows.
- MAY 2, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. BANK OFFICIAL GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR BRIBERY
Wen Mengjie, a former official from Beijing's Bank of Agriculture, has been sentenced to death, after being charged with taking bribes worth more than 10 million yuan (US$1.25 million) and embezzling more than 4.32 million yuan.
- MAY 2, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. THREE UYGHURS FACE EXECUTION IF EXTRADITED
it was reported that human rights groups fear that three Uyghurs might face torture and even death if extradited to China.
- MAY 2, 2006ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA. SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS FOUR DEATH SENTENCES, COMMUTES A FIFTH
the Zambian Supreme Court upheld four death sentences passed by the High Court, including that of a police officer who killed three High School teachers in September 2001.
- MAY 2, 2006RomaniaDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. ROMANIAN HEAD BACKS REPEAL OF DEATH PENALTY
Romanian President Traian Basescu lauded President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo for her "Christian courage" when she announced the commutation of all death sentences into life imprisonment.
- MAY 2, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA. ARSON EXPERTS DISMISS EVIDENCE THAT LED TO TEXAS EXECUTION
4 of the nation's top arson experts have concluded that the state of Texas executed a man based on scientifically invalid evidence, and they called for an official re-investigation of the case.
- MAY 1, 2006United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA. ALITO'S FIRST OPINION SETS ASIDE SOUTH CAROLINA DEATH SENTENCE
the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously set aside a South Carolina murder conviction and death sentence, as Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. in his 1st high court opinion said the man wasn't given a fair chance to mount a defense.
- MAY 1, 2006SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA. ISLAMIC COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH FOR MURDER
the Islamic court of Makkah al-Mukarramah in the Bermuda district of Mogadishu..
- MAY 1, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
Ronnie Joe Neal, 35, was sentenced to death by 226th District Judge Sid Harle.
Ronnie Joe Neal, 35, was sentenced to death by 226th District Judge Sid Harle.
- MAY 1, 2006CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
the chief justice of the California Supreme Court has some strong words on how the death penalty is handled in the state.
the chief justice of the California Supreme Court has some strong words on how the death penalty is handled in the state.
- APRIL 30, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. FORMER OFFICIAL SENTENCED TO DEATH
Liu Zhixiang, a former railway official in China’s Hubei Province, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for good behaviour after being convicted of conspiring to injure a man, embezzlement and bribery.
- APRIL 29, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
SPAIN. CHINA RATIFIES EXTRADITION TREATY WITH SPAIN, NOT TO EXECUTE REPATRIATES
China ratified an extradition treaty with Spain, the first such treaty the communist nation has signed with a developed western country, in which Beijing agreed not to execute repatriated criminals.
- APRIL 29, 2006RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. MP HOPES RUSSIA WILL ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY IN 2006
Pavel Krasheninnikov, chairman of the Russian State Duma's Legislation Committee...
- APRIL 28, 2006North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA. NORTH KOREAN DEFECTOR SEEKS TO STOP BROTHER'S EXECUTION
North Korean defector Son Jong Hoon recently received the devastating news from his communist homeland: his brother was sentenced to death on charges of spying for rival South Korea.
- APRIL 28, 2006RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. FEDERATION COUNCIL MEMBER SUPPORTS DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION
the abolition of death penalty in Russia will help the extradition of criminals and terrorists, who are hiding abroad, Chairman of the Federation Council International Affairs Committee Mikhail Margelov said, referring to prospects for Russia’s ratificati
- APRIL 28, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
U.S. District Judge Kenneth Hoyt has overturned the capital murder conviction...
U.S. District Judge Kenneth Hoyt has overturned the capital murder conviction of a man who fatally shot a motorcycle officer, saying the state trial judge had a "deep-seated and vocal bias" against the defendant.