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
- FEBRUARY 28, 2006DEATH PENALTY
the state Supreme Court ruled that Tennessee judges can keep the names...
the state Supreme Court ruled that Tennessee judges can keep the names of trial jurors secret if deciding the fate of accused killers could put them in danger.
- FEBRUARY 28, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. RIGHTS WATCH CONDEMNS RISE IN EXECUTIONS
a US-based human rights monitor voiced "grave concern" over a spike in the number of executions in Iran since the election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2005.
- FEBRUARY 28, 2006YemenDEATH PENALTY
in at least one case said Amnesty International...
in at least one case said Amnesty International...
- FEBRUARY 27, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. 8,000 EXECUTIONS EVERY YEAR, SCHOLAR AT THE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
the number of executions in China is a state secret, but Liu Renwen, a scholar at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said he agreed with estimates in academic circles that the figure was likely to be about 8,000 a year.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2006YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN. MAN EXECUTED FOR US MISSIONARY KILLINGS
Abed Abdulrazzak Kamel, convicted of killing three US Christian missionaries in southern Yemen in 2002, was executed by firing squad. Kamel shot dead a surgeon and two of her colleagues at a Baptist mission hospital in the town of Jibla.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2006MississippiDEATH PENALTY
Eric Moffett has been sentenced to death...
Eric Moffett has been sentenced to death for the 1994 rape and murder of his girlfriends 5 year old daughter.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
Stephen Barbee, 38, was sentenced to death
Stephen Barbee, 38, was sentenced to death this afternoon for the Feb. 19, 2005 killing of Lisa Underwood and her 7-year-old son, Jayden.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. LAOS MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
the Quang Ninh provincial first instance court, Vietnam, sentenced to death Xom Phon, a 30-year-old Laotian, for trafficking over 70 cakes of heroin and 4,000 tablets of Methamphetamine from Lao to northern Quang Ninh province late in 2005.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2006IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
in Chicago, a jury has recommended the death penalty for accused serial killer Paul Runge.
in Chicago, a jury has recommended the death penalty for accused serial killer Paul Runge.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. PROVINCE TAPS THIEVES WITH EXECUTION
Courts in China's southern province of Guangdong will introduce harsher penalties, including death, to deter motorcycle-riding purse snatchers who sometimes chop off the hands of victims who resist, the Yangcheng Evening News said.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2006MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. PRISON OFFICER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF INMATE
Azhar Che Wil, an officer of Penor Prison, was sentenced to death by the High Court in Kauntan, Malaysia, for the murder of a 19-year-old detainee.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2006MarylandDEATH PENALTY
in Greenbelt, Judge Peter Messitte accepted the NOVEMBER 10...
in Greenbelt, Judge Peter Messitte accepted the NOVEMBER 10, 2005 (see) jury's recommendation for capital punishment for 23-year-old Kenneth Jamal Lighty.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2006GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
GUYANA. NFA WOMEN DEMAND RESUMPTION OF DEATH PENALTY
the women's section of the National Front Alliance demanded the reintroduction of the death penalty for murder while condemning what it called the "brutal execution'' of a woman taxi driver, Seeraji Singh. In a press release, the women noted that there ha
- FEBRUARY 27, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. FIVE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN DOUBLE MURDER CASE
five people were sentenced to death, in Bagladesh, in a double murder case involving the deaths of a grandmother and her grandchild at Kamrangir Char, near Dhaka
- FEBRUARY 27, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER
an additional sessions court in Bhind in India’s Madhya Pradesh state, sentenced to death Vijay Singh for the murder of Anil Mahto and his son Madan Mahto.
- FEBRUARY 26, 2006South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA. FORMER PRESIDENT CALLS FOR ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung called for scrapping the death penalty as his nation showed signs of ending the controversial practice.
- FEBRUARY 25, 2006AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN. COURT SENTENCES FORMER SPY CHIEF TO DEATH
an Afghan court sentenced former spy chief Assadullah Sarwari to death for killing hundreds of people during communist rule, the first such punishment for war crimes after decades of conflict in the country.
- FEBRUARY 25, 2006OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has thrown out the death sentence...
the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has thrown out the death sentence for a man convicted of killing his seven-year-old former stepdaughter.
- FEBRUARY 25, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. FIVE GANG MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
the Etawah Court in Kanpur, India, sentenced to death five alleged members of underworld don Chhota Rajan’s gang in connection with a 2002 murder.
- FEBRUARY 25, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Alireza, 29, has been hanged at Golpaygan...
a man, identified only as Alireza, 29, has been hanged at Golpaygan...
- FEBRUARY 24, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. DEATH PENALTY CASES TO BE HEARD IN OPEN COURT
all death penalty appeals must be heard in an open court from the latter half of this year to better protect human rights, China's chief justice Xiao Yang announced.
- FEBRUARY 24, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR MAN CONVICTED OF TWO MURDERS
Japan’s Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for Masuo Yamaguchi, convicted of two murders and robbery in 1994 and 1995 in Gifu and Mie prefectures.
- FEBRUARY 24, 2006RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. RUSSIANS IN FAVOUR OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, POLL
seventy-four percent of Russian citizens interviewed in a survey said they considered death sentences acceptable, 15% took the opposite view, and ten per cent were undecided.
- FEBRUARY 24, 2006FranceDEATH PENALTY
FRANCE. AUTHORITIES REFUSES TO EXTRADITE SYRIAN OVER HARIRI MURDER
French legal authorities refused to extradite to Lebanon an ex-Syrian intelligence officer to answer questions about the murder of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq el-Hariri.
- FEBRUARY 24, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CONDEMNS IRAN'S EXECUTIONS
Amnesty International expressed its outrage over an "alarming rate" of executions in Iran, particularly the use of the death penalty against children.
- FEBRUARY 23, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN HANGED FOR RAPE
an Iranian man convicted of rape was hanged in a prison in the northern city of Qazvin, the Etemad Melli newspaper reported.
- FEBRUARY 23, 2006IowaDEATH PENALTY
a bill to reinstate Iowa's death penalty is still alive after getting approval today from the House Judiciary Committee.
a bill to reinstate Iowa's death penalty is still alive after getting approval today from the House Judiciary Committee.
- FEBRUARY 23, 2006AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Circuit Judge Laura Petro has sentenced William Bruce Marshall to death
Circuit Judge Laura Petro has sentenced William Bruce Marshall to death for killing his teenage stepdaughter.
- FEBRUARY 23, 2006FloridaDEATH PENALTY
the Florida Supreme Court unanimously ordered the acquittal of a death row inmate...
the Florida Supreme Court unanimously ordered the acquittal of a death row inmate, saying prosecutors had not proved he killed 2 neighbors.
- FEBRUARY 23, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. GUJARAT HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPE AND MURDER OF MINOR
the Gujarat High Court in Ahmedabad, India, upheld a lower court judgement sentencing Ramesh Rathod, 31, to death for kidnapping, raping and murdering a 10-year-old girl in Surat city in 1999.