Archive timeline
2007
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2007, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
The year in data
- Executions recorded worldwide
- 897
- Countries where they were recorded
- 33
- News items in the archive
- 2,239
Latest news of 2007
- AUGUST 21, 2007OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Frank Duane Welch, 46, was put to death at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.
Frank Duane Welch, 46, was put to death at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.
- AUGUST 21, 2007IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
in Chicago, a 3-judge 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel...
in Chicago, a 3-judge 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel...
- AUGUST 21, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA TO APPLY DEATH PENALTY TO DESTROYERS OF POWER FACILITIES
China will apply the death penalty to those who damage electric power facilities, resulting in serious consequences.
- AUGUST 21, 2007South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA: SEOUL COURT ORDERS COMPENSATION FOR EXECUTED ACTIVISTS
a Seoul court ordered the South Korean government to pay almost US$26 million in compensation to families of eight pro-democracy activists executed on fabricated treason charges three decades ago
- AUGUST 21, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
Ali Qalandari and Rasul Gord were hanged in Iran. No further details are available.
Ali Qalandari and Rasul Gord were hanged in Iran. No further details are available.
- AUGUST 20, 2007AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
a Franklin County jury has recommended Jodey Wayne Waldrop...
a Franklin County jury has recommended Jodey Wayne Waldrop be executed for his role in his infant son's death. The jury voted 11 to 1 to impose the death penalty.
- AUGUST 20, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCES FOR TWO JAPANESE OVER DRUGS
a Chinese court upheld the death sentences of two Japanese men convicted of attempting to smuggle drugs from China to Japan in 2003, an official at the Japanese Consulate General in Shenyang said.
- AUGUST 20, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIANS ON DEATH ROW SEEK PARDON
two Indian nationals sentenced to death on drug smuggling charges in Saudi Arabia appealed to King Abdullah for clemency on humanitarian and compassionate grounds.
- AUGUST 20, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA BEHEADS YOUTH CONVICTED OF MURDERING STEPMOTHER WHILE A MINOR
Saudi Arabian authorities beheaded a Saudi national convicted of fatally shooting his stepmother while he was still a minor. The execution took place in the Muslim holy city of Mecca.
- AUGUST 20, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
JMB MAN GIVEN DEATH PENALTY FOR JAMALPUR KILLING
a Dhaka court sentenced a Majlish-e-Shura member of the Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh...
- AUGUST 19, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SYLHET
in Sylhet, Bangladesh, Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge AKM Nasiruddin Mahmud sentenced a man to death for killing his wife.
- AUGUST 19, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: TWO EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
two convicts were executed for drug trafficking in southwest China's Yunnan province, according to local sources.
- AUGUST 19, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS 3 FOR RAPE IN LATEST PUBLIC EXECUTION
Iran hanged three men in public for raping a woman, the official media reported.
- AUGUST 18, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH SENTENCES FOR SIX IN PATNA FOR KIDNAPPING
ADJ Ram Pravesh Sharma, at a fast track court in Patna, India, awarded capital punishment to six people for kidnapping and murdering a 13 year old schoolboy.
- AUGUST 18, 2007AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
a Jefferson County judge sentenced Roderick Byrd to death...
a Jefferson County judge sentenced Roderick Byrd to death this morning for his involvement in a triple homicide on Thanksgiving Day 2005.
- AUGUST 17, 2007CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Johnson has sentenced Mauricio Silva...
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Johnson has sentenced Mauricio Silv...
- AUGUST 17, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
DP TWO SAUDIS BEHEADED FOR MURDER, RAPE
a Saudi Arabian national was beheaded by the sword for murdering
- AUGUST 17, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
a Saudi Arabian national was beheaded by the sword for rape
a Saudi Arabian national was beheaded by the sword for rape
- AUGUST 16, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
MAN EXECUTED IN SOUTHEASTERN IRAN FOR "TERRORIZING" SOCIETY
the public relations centre of the judiciary department of Sistan-Baluchestan Province in Iran announced that an ‘armed thug’ called Sanaoallah Mirbaluchzehi was sentenced to death for his involvement in an armed kidnapping and for terrorizing society.
- AUGUST 16, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN HANGED FOR MURDER OF YOUTH
a convict, identified as Jarar, alias Chand, was hanged at Sialkot District Jail in Pakistan.
- AUGUST 16, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR BROTHER'S MURDER
the Tokyo High Court in Japan upheld a lower court ruling that sentenced a man to death for having an acquaintance kill his younger brother in 2005, while he was on parole after serving time for another murder.
- AUGUST 16, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER
the death sentence of a man identified as Subramaniam, 30, was upheld by the Federal Court in Malaysia
- AUGUST 16, 2007ConnecticutDEATH PENALTY
Jessie Campbell III today became Connecticut's eighth death row...
Jessie Campbell III today became Connecticut's eighth death row inmate after a Hartford Superior Court judge imposed the death sentence recommended by a jury last October 12.
- AUGUST 16, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
a prisoner was hanged in public in northern city of Astaneh Ashrafieh...
a prisoner was hanged in public in northern city of Astaneh Ashrafieh...
- AUGUST 16, 2007CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
a defence investigator who plead guilty to falsifying documents to cast doubt...
a defence investigator who plead guilty to falsifying documents to cast doubt on death penalty has been sentenced to 5 years in state prison in Sacramento Superior Court.
- AUGUST 16, 2007TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
the Tennessee Supreme Court ruled that inmates who try to avoid...
the Tennessee Supreme Court ruled that inmates who try to avoid the death penalty based on a claim of mental retardation can't rely on tests taken as adults to prove they have the disorder
- AUGUST 15, 2007Congo - BrazzavilleDEATH PENALTY
CONGO: PRESIDENT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCES OF 17 PRISONERS
Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso granted general pardons on the occasion of Congo's National Day
AUGUST 15, 2007TexasDEATH PENALTYKenneth Parr was executed for the Jan. 21, 1998...
Kenneth Parr was executed for the Jan. 21, 1998, rape and fatal shooting of a woman during a break-in at her home.
- AUGUST 14, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS TWO FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Iran hanged two convicted drug smugglers in a prison in the town of Taibad in the eastern Khorasan Razavi province, the student ISNA news agency reported.
- AUGUST 14, 2007IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: INDONESIAN WORKER IN MALAYSIA ACQUITTED DUE TO INSANITY
Adi bin Asnawi, an Indonesian worker from West Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara province, was acquitted by the Seremban High Court in Negeri Sembilan State, West Malaysia.