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 5, 2007South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
the S.C. Supreme Court reverses death penalty ruling...
the S.C. Supreme Court reverses death penalty ruling for the first man in state to receive death sentence for killing fetus.
- MARCH 4, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH PRESIDENT REJECTS MERCY PETITIONS OF SIX MILITANTS
Bangladesh President Iajuddin Ahmed has rejected the mercy petitions of six of the seven top militants of the banned Jamaatul Mujaheedin Bangladesh (JMB) facing the gallows for killing two judges in November 2005.
- MARCH 3, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabia executed a man convicted of murder. Miftah bin Hilal al-Fahmi was executed in the province
- MARCH 2, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. BSF CONSTABLE GETS DEATH SENTENCE
a head un of the Border Security Force has been sentenced to death for murdering two officers of the force at Rajnagar border outpost last year.
- MARCH 2, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. EXECUTIONS PUT ON HOLD
efforts to stop the imminent execution of three Iraqi women seem to have had an effect, as the executions of
- MARCH 2, 2007TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
the Tennessee Supreme Court has reversed...
the Tennessee Supreme Court has reversed the death penalty of a man who pleaded guilty to fatally beating 2 women.
- MARCH 2, 2007MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
MOROCCO. HUGE AMNESTY SIGNALS HISTORIC DAY
King Mohammed VI of Morocco has pardoned almost 9,000 prisoners, on the occasion of the birth on February 28 of his daughter Lalla Khadija, the Justice ministry affirmed.
- MARCH 1, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. D'ELIA, CONFIDENCE IN GOVERNMENT DEPENDS ON COMMITMENT TO MORATORIUM
“Our confidence in the Government depends on their commitment to take the proposed Universal Moratorium on Capital Punishment to the UN,” Sergio D'Elia, the radical Rosa nel Pugno MP, stated today in the House debate on the vote of confidence.
- MARCH 1, 2007FloridaDEATH PENALTY
FLORIDA (USA). COMMISSION RECOMMENDS CHANGES TO LETHAL INJECTION PROCESS
The Florida commission charged with examining the state’s botched execution of Angel Diaz has urged
- MARCH 1, 2007TexasDEATH PENALTY
Guidry again sentenced to death in 1994 slaying Howard Paul Guidry...
Guidry again sentenced to death in 1994 slaying Howard Paul Guidry...
- FEBRUARY 28, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. ARMY OFFICER, TWO OTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
a special court in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, sentenced three people, including an army captain, to death for
- FEBRUARY 28, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN HANGED FOR CHILD RAPE AND MURDER
a young man convicted of child rape and murder was hanged in a prison in the northern Iranian
- FEBRUARY 28, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
HUSBAND TO WALK GALLOWS FOR KILLING WIFE
the divisional speedy trial tribunal sentenced to death Sirajul Islam Siraj, 40, for killing his wife three years ago for her dowry.
- FEBRUARY 28, 2007United NationsDEATH PENALTY
GLOBAL INTEREST IN DEATH PENALTY REVIEW; UN CITES SADDAM'S EXECUTION
Louise Arbour, the UN high commissioner for human rights...
- FEBRUARY 28, 2007OhioDEATH PENALTY
a Cuyahoga County jury needed only a couple...
a Cuyahoga County jury needed only a couple of hours to reach the rarest of unanimous decisions: to recommend a death sentence.
- FEBRUARY 28, 2007YemenDEATH PENALTY
a juvenile offender, Adil Muhammad Saif al-Ma'amari...
a juvenile offender, Adil Muhammad Saif al-Ma'amari...
- FEBRUARY 28, 2007BeninDEATH PENALTY
BENIN GOVERNMENT FAVOURS ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY
at the Third World Congress Against the Death Penalty in Paris...
- FEBRUARY 27, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
MORATORIUM. PRODI: THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT PROMOTES CIVILITY
The Italian Prime Minister, Romano Prodi, told the Senate: “Recently we have engaged in a significant battle against the death penalty.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. HIGHEST COURT TO ORDER PROVINCES TO RETRY DEATH SENTENCES
China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) will send back cases involving death sentence to provincial courts for retrial if it finds errors in judgement, instead of directly changing the sentence, according to a regulation released by the SPC.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2007DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA). MAN EXECUTED AFTER 24 YEARS ON DEATH ROW
Donald Miller, 44, was executed for a robbery and shooting 25 years ago that left two men dead.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
37 YEAR OLD FORMER CO-OP STAFFER SENTENCED TO DEATH
a 37-year-old former co-op staffer was sentenced to death in Japan for killing a colleague in 2004 and then killing his own wife in 2005.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
FORMER SENIOR GANGSTER, ELDEST SON SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING 4 PEOPLE
a former senior gangster and his eldest son were sentenced to death for murdering four people in Japan.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. DISTT (SIALKOT): TWO MEN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
the Daska Additional District, in Pakistan...
- FEBRUARY 27, 2007South DakotaDEATH PENALTY
Governor Mike Rounds Signs Execution Change...
Governor Mike Rounds Signs Execution Change...
- FEBRUARY 27, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCES AGAINST THREE YOUNG IRAQI WOMEN
the National Lawyers Guild International Committee (NLG-IC) has received information that an Iraqi Tribunal has convicted and sentenced three young Iraqi women to death for terrorism offences.
- FEBRUARY 26, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. CHILD RAPIST HANGED IN PUBLIC
a young man convicted of child rape was publicly hanged in Iran's central clerical capital of Qom, the
- FEBRUARY 26, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. THAI TO HANG AFTER APPEAL REJECTED
The Malaysian Federal Court dismissed an appeal by Thai national Wichai Onprom against a death
- FEBRUARY 26, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. SOLDIER ON DEATH ROW
a soldier, Sepoy Suresh Chandra Behera of 28 Rashtriya Rifles, was sentenced to death by a court martial in Jammu and Kashmir, according to an army headquarters source.
- FEBRUARY 26, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
MAN SENTECED TO DEATH FOR RAPE MURDER
a man identified as Packi, alias Packianathan, of Shenbaganur in Kodaikanal, India, was sentenced to death.
- FEBRUARY 26, 2007NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA. SUPREME COURT AFFIRMS DEATH SENTENCES FOR MURDER
the Nigerian Supreme Court affirmed the death sentence by hanging of John Ogbu and Linus Eze, found guilty of murdering Basil Ezian on October 12, 1986, over a minor disagreement caused by excessive drinking.