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
- MAY 11, 2007ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
in a unanimous decision, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco...
in a unanimous decision, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco...
MAY 11, 2007GuyanaDEATH PENALTYGUYANA. THREE BROTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
three brothers were sentenced to death for the kidnap, rape and murder of a 32-year-old woman after they
MAY 11, 2007UzbekistanDEATH PENALTYUZBEKISTAN. NO EXECUTIONS SINCE 2005 - MINISTER
Not a single person sentenced to death has been executed in Uzbekistan since 2005, Justice Minister Fozilzhon Otakhonov told Interfax.
MAY 11, 2007OklahomaDEATH PENALTYOKLAHOMA (USA). MC CARTY FREED FROM DEATH ROW
Curtis Edward McCarty, who had been sentenced to die three times and has spent 21 years on Oklahoma's
- MAY 10, 2007UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA UPDF SOLDIER TO HANG FOR MURDER, ROBBERY
the division court martial in Mbarara, Uganda, has sentenced a UPDF soldier to death by hanging after he was found guilty of murder and robbery charges.
MAY 10, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED
Saudi Arabian authorities beheaded a Pakistani man convicted of drug smuggling, the interior ministry said in
MAY 10, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTYMORATORIUM. D’ELIA AND MECACCI: D’ALEMA MUST ANNOUNCE HE HAS THE RESOLUTION TEXT READY
“Yesterday’s ‘rumours’ originated from diplomatic sources in Brussels who confirmed that the EU Presidency intended to postpone all possible decisions until June. This passes the baton to the Portuguese President and makes the presentation of the Resoluti
MAY 10, 2007New JerseyDEATH PENALTYNEW JERSEY: PANEL SEEKS END OF DEATH PENALTY
a State Senate committee passed a bill that would make New Jersey the first state to abolish the death penalty since states began reinstating their capital punishment laws more than three decades ago.
- MAY 9, 2007TexasDEATH PENALTY
Texas bucked the national trend last year as the major crime...
Texas bucked the national trend last year as the major crime rate dropped 5.3 %, according to Texas Department of Public Safety statistics released.
- MAY 9, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: NEW APOSTASY BILL TO IMPOSE DEATH ON ANYONE WHO LEAVES ISLAM
a draft bill adopted in first reading by Pakistan’s National Assembly imposing the death penalty on men who leave Islam is now before a standing committee.
- MAY 9, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA BEHEADS ETHIOPIAN WOMAN FOR MURDER
an Ethiopian woman was beheaded by the sword in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the interior
MAY 9, 2007IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN PUBLICLY HANGS FIVE FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran publicly hanged five men convicted of drug trafficking in the southern town of Ravar in Kerman province, the governmental Iran newspaper reported.
MAY 9, 2007TennesseeDEATH PENALTYTENNESSEE EXECUTES MAN CONVICTED OF KILLING POLICE OFFICER
A man convicted of killing a Memphis police officer in 1981 was executed after a court rejected defense pleas for more time to examine newly revised execution protocols
- MAY 8, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI NATIONAL BEHEADED FOR MURDER
a Saudi national was beheaded by the sword in Riyadh, the interior ministry said in a statement carried by SPA state news agency.
- MAY 8, 2007ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
ZIMBABWE GARDENER GETS DEATH PENALTY
Maxwell Governor, a gardener, was sentenced to death by the Harare High Court in Zimbabwe, the state-controlled Herald newspaper reported.
- MAY 8, 2007MarylandDEATH PENALTY
a jury decided to change the fate of Jamaal Abeokuto...
a jury decided to change the fate of Jamaal Abeokuto...
MAY 8, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTYCAPITAL PUNISHMENT. PRODI, MORATORIUM MUST BE DISCUSSED AT CURRENT UN ASSEMBLY
"My Government is already committed to reopening the question of the UN Moratorium on Capital Punishment during the current General Assembly.
MAY 8, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYDEATH TO MALAYSIAN WATER CONTAMINATORS?
the Malaysian government is set to add contamination of water to its list of capital offences.
- MAY 7, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN MAN APPEALS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDERING 2 WOMEN IN IWATE
defence lawyers for Kazuyuki Wakabayashi, 30, have appealed his death sentence to the Sendai High Court in Japan.
- MAY 7, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA SUPREME COURT STAYS DEATH SENTENCE IN TANDOOR MURDER
India's Supreme Court ordered a stay on the death sentence of a former politician who shot his unfaithful wife and then burnt the body in the oven of a New Delhi restaurant in 1995.
- MAY 7, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE IN BIHAR
a fast track court in Bihar, India, has sentenced Lalan Singh to capital punishment for killing three people.
- MAY 7, 2007JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR TOURIST MURDER
Jordan's Court of Cassation upheld the death sentence by hanging of a Jordanian blacksmith for killing a British tourist, a judicial source said. Nabil Ahmad Jaaoura, 38, shot dead Christopher Stokes and wounded six others in Amman in September 2006
- MAY 7, 2007New YorkDEATH PENALTY
many adults in New York believe capital punishment is correct in some instances...
many adults in New York believe capital punishment is correct in some instances, according to a poll by SurveyUSA released by WABC. 67 % of respondents think the state of New York should have a death penalty for those convicted of murder.
MAY 7, 2007ThailandDEATH PENALTYSAUDI BEHEADS TWO THAIS FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
two Thai nationals, Shalirm Yonha Koy and Smnoq Mintcho Keet, were beheaded in the Saudi Arabian city of Al Dammam for drug smuggling.
MAY 7, 2007QatarDEATH PENALTYQATAR APPEAL COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF THREE IRANIANS
an appeals court in Doha, Qatar, commuted the death sentences issued to three Iranians to life sentences
MAY 7, 2007IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. A WOMAN HANGED IN BANDAR ABBAS
a 30 year old women identified as Zahra Nazari was hanged in the main prison of Iran's southern city of
MAY 7, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN. COURT REVOKES DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST MILITANT
the Sindh Provincial High Court in Karachi, Pakistan, threw out a lower court's death sentence against a
- MAY 5, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA BEHEADS MAN CONVICTED OF KILLING YEMENI CHILD
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Saudi man convicted of murder, according to an Interior Ministry statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency. Ibnalzen
MAY 5, 2007AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYIRAN HANGS TWO FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran hanged two men convicted of drug trafficking in the southern town of Roodan in Hormozgan province, according to the student ISNA news agency.
- MAY 4, 2007IndianaDEATH PENALTY
David Leon Woods was put to death by lethal injection at Michigan City prison for killing Juan Placencia...
David Leon Woods was put to death by lethal injection at Michigan City prison for killing Juan Placencia...