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
- APRIL 28, 2007IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA EXECUTES MAN FOR MURDERING FAMILY
an Indonesian man has been executed by a firing squad for his 1999 conviction of killing a family of six, including four children, on Borneo island.
- APRIL 28, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER
an Iranian man convicted of murder has been hanged in southern Hormozgan province...
APRIL 28, 2007DEATH PENALTYINDONESIA EXECUTES MAN FOR MURDERING FAMILY
an Indonesian man has been executed by a firing squad for his 1999 conviction of killing a family of six, including four children, on Borneo island.
- APRIL 27, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. 3 DEATH ROW INMATES EXECUTED
Three death row inmates were executed at detention centers in Tokyo, Osaka and Fukuoka.
- APRIL 27, 2007CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
a Riverside County judge sentenced a 26-year-old Jonathan...
a Riverside County judge sentenced a 26-year-old Jonathan Ross Luther to death this morning.
- APRIL 27, 2007TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
a Sullivan County jury sentences Nikolaus Johnson...
a Sullivan County jury sentences Nikolaus Johnson to death in the fatal shooting of a police officer.
- APRIL 27, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA DEATH SENTENCE FOR 'WITCH' KILLER
an Orissa court in India sentenced a man to death here for killing two "witches".
- APRIL 27, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pawan Kumar Mittal was sentenced to death in Pakistan...
Pawan Kumar Mittal was sentenced to death in Pakistan...
APRIL 27, 2007MalawiDEATH PENALTYMALAWI COURT RULES AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
in Malawi, the Constitutional Court sitting in Blantyre declared that mandatory death
- APRIL 26, 2007TexasDEATH PENALTY
Ryan Dickson, 30, a street gang member convicted...
Ryan Dickson, 30, a street gang member convicted of fatally shooting an Amarillo couple during a botched beer theft at their grocery store more than a dozen years ago was executed.
- APRIL 26, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN EX-GANGSTER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING 2 IN SAITAMA IN 2003
the Saitama District Court in Japan sentenced Hidenori Ogata, a 29 year old former gangster, to death for murdering two people and seriously injuring two others in Saitama Prefecture.
- APRIL 26, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDIS BEHEAD 3 MEN CONVICTED OF MURDER AND ROBBERY
three Saudis convicted of robbery and murder were beheaded, the Saudi Arabian Interior Ministry said in a statement.
- APRIL 26, 2007Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA APPEAL COURT SETS ASIDE DEATH SENTENCE
the Appeal Court in Colombo, Sri Lanka...
- APRIL 26, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI PRINCE PAYS BLOOD MONEY TO SPARE DEATH ROW VETERAN
Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz has payed nearly $400,000 in blood money to the family of murder victim Ismail Ali al-Zahranito to spare the life of convicted murderer Salah Mussaed al-Zahrani.
- APRIL 26, 2007European UnionDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN MPS REPEAT CALL FOR UNIVERSAL MORATORIUM
An overwhelming majority of MEPs adopted a resolution backing a universal moratorium on capital punishment and urging the European Union presidency to act on the parliament's call earlier this year to table an immediate resolution at the United Nations.
- APRIL 25, 2007CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Sacramento Superior Court Judge Trena Burger-Plavan...
Sacramento Superior Court Judge Trena Burger-Plavan has formalized James Karis Jr.’s death sentence.
- APRIL 25, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING RESTAURANT OWNER, SHOOTING RAILWAY WORKER
an appeal court in Japan sentenced a unemployed man to death for murder and robbery.
- APRIL 25, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN COMMUTING DEATH SENTENCE AFTER 16 YEARS NOT APPROPRIATE: SC
the Pakistan Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed an appeal stating it is not appropriate to commute a death sentence to life imprisonment after sixteen years.
- APRIL 25, 2007United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES TWO MEN FACING DEATH PENALTY WIN RETRIAL
in the United Arab Emirates, two men facing the death penalty for killing a man have won a retrial.
- APRIL 25, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
ISNA news agency reported the execution of a man...
ISNA news agency reported the execution of a man...
APRIL 25, 2007IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. TWO HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
in Iran, two men convicted of drug trafficking were hanged in Tehran's main prison.
- APRIL 24, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. ARMY DESERTERS TO BE EXECUTED
Iraqi soldiers who desert their units now face execution, according to a decree by the country’s Presidential Council.
- APRIL 24, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES MAN FOR MURDER IN LAND ROW
Saudi Arabia executed a convicted murderer...
- APRIL 24, 2007CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA. NEW STUDY CASTS DOUBT ON RELIABILITY OF LETHAL INJECTION DRUGS
a new scientific study of 41 lethal injections that took place in California and North
- APRIL 24, 2007TexasDEATH PENALTY
the Texas Senate passed a bill targeting sexual predators...
the Texas Senate passed a bill targeting sexual predators that includes a possible death penalty for those who are twice convicted of raping children under 14. Senator Bob Deuell sponsored the measure.
- APRIL 24, 2007OhioDEATH PENALTY
James Filiaggi was executed for the Jan. 24, 1994 killing of his ex-wife, Lisa Huff Filiaggi.
James Filiaggi was executed for the Jan. 24, 1994 killing of his ex-wife, Lisa Huff Filiaggi.
- APRIL 24, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DOUBLE MURDER IN NAOGAON
the district and sessions judge’s court in Bangladesh sentenced two men to death in absentia for a double murder at Biswaspur in Patnitala Upazila eleven years ago.
- APRIL 24, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. 4 SENTENCED TO DEATH, 7 TO LIFE TERM FOR MURDER IN CTG
a special court in Bangladesh sentenced four people to death and seven to life imprisonment for killing a businessman in 2003.
- APRIL 24, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN ROBBERY-MURDER GETS DEATH PENALTY
Presiding Judge Shinji Sugiyama of the Morioka District Court in Japan sentenced Kazuyuki Wakabayashi, 30, to death for killing two women in Hirono, Iwate Prefecture, last July 19.
- APRIL 24, 2007JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDANIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BEHEADING FELLOW STUDENT
a male student who decapitated a colleague after he made sexual advances has been sentenced to death by Jordan's High Court, Al-Arab Al-Yom newspaper reported.