Archive timeline
2007
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2007, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2007
- APRIL 12, 2007South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR SERIAL KILLINGS
the South Korean Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that sentenced a man to death for a series of murders.
- APRIL 12, 2007DEATH PENALTY
Missouri House backs death penalty for police killers...
Missouri House backs death penalty for police killers...
- APRIL 12, 2007TexasDEATH PENALTY
Christopher Devon Jackson, convicted of killing a man...
Christopher Devon Jackson, convicted of killing a man...
- APRIL 11, 2007TexasDEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA). MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER, RAPE OF TEEN
Texas executed a man by lethal injection for the 1993 rape and murder of a 17-year-old girl.
- APRIL 11, 2007DEATH PENALTY
the House Appropriations Committee approved...
the House Appropriations Committee approved...
- APRIL 11, 2007FloridaDEATH PENALTY
in Panama City, Circuit Judge Michael Overstreet issued a death sentence...
in Panama City, Circuit Judge Michael Overstreet issued a death sentence...
- APRIL 11, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH ONE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN JHALAKATI
a man was sentenced to death in Jhalakati, Bangladesh.
- APRIL 10, 2007YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN. PALESTINIANS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TRIPLE MURDER
a Yemeni court sentenced two Palestinian brothers to death and a third to prison for
- APRIL 10, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
MORATORIUM. MINISTER BONINO SAYS NECESSARY TO GO ON EVEN WITHOUT UNANIMITY
discussing the initiative for the UN moratorium on capital punishment, the Italian
- APRIL 10, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE SAUSAGE SELLER SPARED EXECUTION
a Chinese roadside sausage seller was given a suspended death sentence for slitting a government inspector's throat
- APRIL 10, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN MAN GIVEN DEATH FOR MURDER-ROBBERY DURING PAROLE
the Japanese Supreme Court upheld the death sentence handed to Shozo Nishiyama, 54, for killing a woman in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, in 1992 while he was on parole from a life sentence for murder and robbery.
- APRIL 10, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI EXECUTED FOR MURDER IN ASIR REGION
the Saudi Press Agency SPA carried an Interior Ministry statement saying that Saudi citizen Fayiz Bin-Yusuf Bin-Muhammad al-Shihri was executed for fatally shooting Saudi citizen Hasan Bin-Ali Bin-Uthman al-Shihri after being found guilty in the courts.
- APRIL 10, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA CONFLICTING EVIDENCE SAVES TWO ON DEATH ROW
conflicting evidence in two Malaysian drug trafficking trials saw the accused's charges reduced from death to jail for possession.
- APRIL 9, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA SERVANT GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in India awarded the death penalty to Ajay Kumar Pal, a domestic aide of Jharkhand Industry director Dhirendra Kumar, for killing Pal's wife Amita Sinha, their son and three other minor children three
- APRIL 9, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES MAN FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabia executed Saudi national Mejhar Al Dosari for murdering Saad Al Dosari, the Interior Ministry said in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency
- APRIL 9, 2007AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
after spending more than 25 years on death row, a United States District..
after spending more than 25 years on death row, a United States District...
- APRIL 8, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. THREE HANGED FOR RAPE
three Iranians convicted of kidnapping and then raping a woman
- APRIL 8, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. MARCH IN SUPPORT OF UN MORATORIUM OF EXECUTIONS
Around 3000 people marched in Rome calling on the government to help speed the adoption of a UN resolution for a world moratorium on death penalty.
- APRIL 8, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY. D'ALEMA GIVES FULL SUPPORT TO BATTLE FOR MORATORIUM
the Italian deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary, Massimo D'Alema, gave his
- APRIL 8, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG OFFENCES
Wan Bakri Wan Ahmad, a technician, was sentenced to death for drug trafficking in Malaysia.
- APRIL 7, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDERING COUNTRYMAN OVER DISPUTE
a Saudi man convicted of fatally shooting another Saudi over a dispute was beheaded, the Interior Ministry said.
- APRIL 6, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. US CITIZEN TO FACE DEATH PENALTY
a federal appeals court refused to intervene in the case of a U.S. citizen facing a death
- APRIL 6, 2007United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR BRITISH CITIZEN
a Vietnam appeals court upheld the death sentence imposed on a British citizen of Vietnamese origin who was convicted of heroin trafficking, state-controlled media reported.
- APRIL 5, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA DEATH SENTENCE FOR TWO GANGSTERS
the MP High Court's principal bench in Jabalpur awarded the death penalty to Mukhtar Malik and Asif Mamu, and life imprisonment to nine others in a 1996 murder case.
- APRIL 5, 2007SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. LAW SOCIETY URGES END TO MANDATORY DEATH PENALTY
the Law Society has called for the scrapping of the mandatory death penalty in Singapore for crimes such as murder, drug trafficking and firearms-related offences.
- APRIL 4, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. EASTER MARCH IN SUPPORT OF MORATORIUM OF EXECUTIONS TO BE ADOPTED BY THE UN
Hands off Cain and the Nonviolent Transnational Radical Party, with the patronage of the Mayor of Rome, and the National Association of Municipalities promote, together with the Comunità di Sant'Egidio, a march in support of a moratorium of capital execut
- APRIL 4, 2007DEATH PENALTY
VIRGINIA (USA). GENERAL ASSEMBLY TURNS BACK 3 DEATH-PENALTY VETOES
The General Assembly turned back Gov. Tim Kaine's vetoes of three bills that expand
- APRIL 4, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. YEMENI EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabia executed Majid bin Othman bin Mohammed al-Adani, a Yemeni man
- APRIL 4, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA DRUG SMUGGLER EXECUTED
Mohammed bin Mubarak bin Ibrahim al-Radwan, a Saudi National...
- APRIL 4, 2007VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
the Republican-controlled General Assembly defied Gov. Timothy...
the Republican-controlled General Assembly defied Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D) in voting overwhelmingly to expand the death penalty to include the murders of judges and witnesses in criminal cases.