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 12, 2007GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
a defendant in Georgia could be sentenced to die even...
a defendant in Georgia could be sentenced to die even if up to three members of the jury in the case voted against the death penalty...
- MARCH 11, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MORE CAUTIOUSLY HANDLING OF DEATH PENALTY CASES URGED
China's four major law enforcement agencies called for more cautiously handling death penalty cases by jointly issuing a document.
- MARCH 11, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO HANGED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
two men convicted of armed drug smuggling were publicly hanged in the town...
- MARCH 10, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH IN NASIRIYA
A court in Nasiriya sentenced two Iraqis to death for murder and kidnapping.
- MARCH 10, 2007KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
the Kuwait Criminal Court sentenced Mohammed H. to capital punishment...
the Kuwait Criminal Court sentenced Mohammed H. to capital punishment...
- MARCH 9, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. TWO PAKISTANIS BEHEADED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Mohammad Sadiq Chirag Deen, a male Pakistani, and Mjedan bibi Mohammad Sherif, a female Pakistani,
- MARCH 9, 2007BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
Suleiman Shahoumi, secretary of the Foreign Affairs...
Suleiman Shahoumi, secretary of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Libya's General Peoples Congress...
- MARCH 9, 2007TexasDEATH PENALTY
Gov. Rick Perry commuted to life in prison the sentence for Doil Edward Lane.
Gov. Rick Perry commuted to life in prison the sentence for Doil Edward Lane.
- MARCH 8, 2007KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF GIRLFRIEND
after more than two years of trial, a Nairobi court found James Love Mwangongo guilty of murdering his
- MARCH 8, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR CHINESE STUDENT
Fukuoka High Court, in Japan, upheld the death penalty for a former vocational...
- MARCH 8, 2007TunisiaDEATH PENALTY
TUNISIA. JOURNALISTS PLEA FOR ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY
Tunisian journalists published their plea for the abolition of the death penalty from the country's statute
- MARCH 8, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Khan Muhammad Chachar was sentenced to death by...
Khan Muhammad Chachar was sentenced to death by...
- MARCH 8, 2007New MexicoDEATH PENALTY
in Santa Fe, a bill to abolish the death penalty...
in Santa Fe, a bill to abolish the death penalty...
- MARCH 8, 2007TexasDEATH PENALTY
a Fort Bend County jury, in 400th District Judge Clifford Vacek's court...
a Fort Bend County jury, in 400th District Judge Clifford Vacek's court...
- MARCH 8, 2007TexasDEATH PENALTY
in San Antonio, 379th District Judge Bert Richardson sentenced...
in San Antonio, 379th District Judge Bert Richardson sentenced...
- MARCH 8, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN SECOND CONVICT TO BE HANGED IN DISTRICT JAIL LARKANA ON FRIDAY
Wali Muhammad s/o Ghulam Qadir Bhutto, convicted for killing Ghulam Fareed s/o Din Muhammad Bhutto on January 27, 1992 will to be hanged in Central Jail, Larkana, on Friday March 09 at 6.30a.m.
- MARCH 7, 2007DEATH PENALTY
HANDS OFF CAIN DEDICATES MARCH 8 TO IRANIAN WOMEN
inspired by Iranian Nobel Prize Shrin Ebadi's plea, Hands Off Cain decided to dedicate this year's International Women's Day, March 8, to all Iranian woman, particularly to the activists arrested last Sunday.
- MARCH 7, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALIAN SENATE APPROVED FULL ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY FROM ITS CONSTITUTION
the Italian Senate approved a draft law to modify article 27 of the Constitution (226 votes in favour, 12 abstained and no votes contrary). The law is designed to abolish the death penalty also from wartime military laws.
- MARCH 7, 2007TexasDEATH PENALTY
TEXAS. MAN EXECUTED AFTER 25 YEARS ON DEATH ROW
a man who spent 25 years on Texas death row was executed by lethal injection for a 1980 murder but only after prison officials had to carry him to the death chamber.
- MARCH 7, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
YOUNG MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
the Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal Court, in Bangladesh...
- MARCH 7, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS FIVE MEN CONVICTED OF MURDER
Iran executed five men convicted of murder, the semi-official
- MARCH 6, 2007TexasDEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA). ROBERT PEREZ EXECUTED FOR DOUBLE SLAYING
Texas executed a San Antonio man condemned to death for the murders of two rivals in a 1994 gang leadership dispute.
- MARCH 6, 2007GhanaDEATH PENALTY
GHANA FREES OR COMMUTES SENTENCES OF 1,206 PRISONERS
Ghana’s President, John Kufuor, freed or commuted the sentences of 1,206 prisoners to mark the 50th
- MARCH 6, 2007United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE. PAKISTANI MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SHARJAH
the United Arab Emirates Appeal Court upheld the death sentence against a 22 year old Pakistani man,
- MARCH 6, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE, FINE FOR MURDER
the Pakistan Additional District and Sessions Court awarded the death sentence and a Rs.100,000 fine to Rustam Ali of Saddar Chishtian for murder.
- MARCH 6, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. DEATH PENALTY FOR TERRORISM OFFENCES
Those convicted of terror acts that cause death will now face the mandatory death penalty.
- MARCH 5, 2007TexasDEATH PENALTY
TEXAS HOUSE APPROVES DEATH PENALTY FOR HARDCORE REPEAT OFFENDERS
approved by the state House of Representatives, Texas is trying to pass a Bill to harshly prosecute child
- MARCH 5, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR CANNY ONG'S KILLER
the Court of Appeal, in Malaysia, upheld the death sentence on a former aircraft cabin cleaning supervisor for the rape and murder of IT analyst Canny Ong Lay Kian.
- MARCH 5, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
SUJAN MURDER CASE: HC SET ASIDE DEATH SENTENCE OF ONE PERSON
as the state counsel failed to prove the murder charges, the High Court set aside a verdict awarded by the Speedy Trial Tribunal on March 17 2004 in Dhaka.
- MARCH 5, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
DISTRICT (JHANG): AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
the Pakistan Additional Session Court awarded the death sentence to a man...