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
- MARCH 23, 2007UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA WOMEN DEFILERS FACE DEATH
convicted women defilers could get life sentences if the amendments to the Ugandan Penal Code proposed by legislators get Parliamentary approval.
- MARCH 23, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN COURT REJECTS DEATH ROW INMATE'S RETRIAL REQUEST
the Toyama District Court, Japan, dismissed a request for a retrial filed by a woman convicted of abducting and murdering two women in 1980 in Toyama and Nagano prefectures.
- MARCH 23, 2007Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA DEATH SENTENCES FOR WELIKADA MURDER
two Sri Lankans were sentenced to death by the Colombo High Court after being convicted of murder.
- MARCH 22, 2007JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. DEATH SENTENCE ON FATAH ISLAM CHIEF
Shaker al-Absi, head of Fatah Islam, a group based in a Lebanese Palestinian refugee camp, has been
- MARCH 22, 2007UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. SIX TO HANG IN GULU FOR MURDER, ONE ACQUITTED
a High Court session in Gulu sentenced six people hang for murder, as 12 judges are in northern Uganda to
- MARCH 22, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD, NO OF DEATH ROW INMATES REACHES 101
the Supreme Court upheld a high court decision to hang a 57 year old man for murdering and robbing a Nagoya bar owner in 2002.
- MARCH 22, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
6 JMB MILITANTS WALK GALLOWS APR 13-19
six condemned Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) militants will be executed between April 13 and 19 for killing two judges in Jhalakathi in a suicide bomb attack in November 2005.
- MARCH 22, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
SERIAL KILLER HANDED DEATH PENALTY
Tetsuo Odajima, 63, was sentenced to death for four killings at the Chiba District Court.
- MARCH 21, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
MORATORIUM. PANNELLA RESUMES HUNGER STRIKE AS OF TONIGHT
Marco Pannella has announced he will resume his hunger strike to get European Governments to honour the solemn and repeated commitments they have made regarding the moratorium on the death penalty.
- MARCH 21, 2007NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH ROWS OVERFLOW IN NIGERIA
about 600 people are now crammed into Nigeria's disease-infested death rows.
- MARCH 21, 2007DelawareDEATH PENALTY
a Wilmington jury has recommended a death sentence...
a Wilmington jury has recommended a death sentence for 36-year-old James Cooke. The same panel convicted him earlier this month in the May 2005 rape and murder of Lindsey Bonistall.
- MARCH 20, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. FORMER SADDAM AIDE EXECUTED IN BAGHDAD
Iraq executed Saddam Hussein's former vice president Taha Yassin Ramadan before dawn as the nation marked the fourth anniversary of the US led war.
- MARCH 20, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
FRANCE, CHINA SIGN EXTRADITION TREATY
France's justice minister said an extradition treaty signed with China would not be applied to people accused of political or military crimes.
- MARCH 20, 2007TexasDEATH PENALTY
TEXAS. MAN EXECUTED FOR ROBBERY-SLAYING
a man was executed in Texas for fatally shooting a convenience store owner during a robbery in Dallas nearly 10 years ago.
- MARCH 20, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. COURT REJECTS DEATH SENTENCE APPEALS
Mohammed Hj Muslimin, 34 and Basil Omar, 36, failed in their appeals to the Malaysian Federal Court to have their death sentences by hanging reversed.
- MARCH 20, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING PAKISTANI MINISTER
a court in Pakistan issued the death sentence on two counts to Ghualm Sarwar for shooting dead a provincial minister last month.
- MARCH 20, 2007RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA REGRETS EXECUTION OF IRAQ'S FORMER VICE PRESIDENT
the execution of former Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan will not help restore stability in the country, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mikhail Kamynin told Interfax.
- MARCH 20, 2007IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIAN GUARD SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING JAPANESE BOSS
the Java Bandung district court in West Java, Indonesia, sentenced a man to death for murdering his Japanese employer last year.
- MARCH 20, 2007GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
GEORGIA (USA). HOUSE PASSES DEATH PENALTY BILL
the Georgia House voted 106-65 to approve bill HB185 (see also March 12).
- MARCH 20, 2007DEATH PENALTY
COUNCIL OF EUROPE BLASTS IRAQI GOV'T OVER HANGING OF EX-OFFICIAL
Europe's human rights watchdog, the Council of Europe, blasted the Iraqi authorities over the hanging of former vice president Taha Yassin Ramadan.
- MARCH 20, 2007NebraskaDEATH PENALTY
by just one vote, 25-24, a bill to repeal the death penalty carried...
by just one vote, 25-24, a bill to repeal the death penalty carried...
- MARCH 20, 2007MissouriDEATH PENALTY
for the 2nd time in less than a year...
for the 2nd time in less than a year, the Missouri Supreme Court has struck down a death sentence over concerns that St. Louis County prosecutors removed blacks from juries for "racially discriminatory reasons."
- MARCH 20, 2007OhioDEATH PENALTY
Kenneth Biros waited more than 6 hours past his scheduled execution...
Kenneth Biros waited more than 6 hours past his scheduled execution time (Tuesday 20 March 2007, 10:00 ) at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville for the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether his sentence should proceed, with the court fina
- MARCH 20, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
the Sapporo District Court in Japan rejected...
the Sapporo District Court in Japan rejected...
- MARCH 19, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA'S HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCES FOR FOUR CONVICTS
China's highest court has approved four death sentences for violent crimes in its first rulings since being handed the power of final approval on capital punishment earlier this year, state press said.
- MARCH 19, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabia executed a convicted murderer in Riyadh. Salem bin Jumaian bin Khalif al-Shummari stabbed
- MARCH 19, 2007AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
a Covington County jury has unanimously recommended the death penalty...
a Covington County jury has unanimously recommended the death penalty...
- MARCH 19, 2007MissouriDEATH PENALTY
St. Charles County Circuit Judge Lucy Rauch followed the Feb...
St. Charles County Circuit Judge Lucy Rauch followed the Feb...
- MARCH 19, 2007UtahDEATH PENALTY
UTAH (USA). GOVERNOR EXPANDS DEATH PENALTY IN CHILD SLAYING CASES
Utah’s Governor Jon Huntsman signed laws that expand the death penalty in cases
- MARCH 19, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA EPILEPTIC MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DANGEROUS DRIVING
a court in Beihai, in China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, sentenced a man to death with a two year grace period.