Archive timeline
2008
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2008, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2008
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2008YemenDEATH PENALTY
Hammoud Ahmed Qaid Saeed was executed
Hammoud Ahmed Qaid Saeed was executed
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2008MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. MAN SETENCED TO HANG FOR MURDER, TWO FRIENDS FREED
the High Court of Malaysia sentenced a self-employed man to hang after finding him guilty of murdering a blacksmith, but freed two of his friends of the same charge.
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ SENDS 8 SAUDIS HOME
eight Saudi Arabian nationals jailed in Iraq were sent home ahead of a new extradition treaty between the two countries.
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2008FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Circuit Judge Mallory Cooper upheld an April 22 jury recommendation, and sentenced Galante Romar Phillips to death.
USA - Florida. Circuit Judge Mallory Cooper upheld an April 22 jury recommendation, and sentenced Galante Romar Phillips to death.
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: PAPIYA MURDER CASE: SHANKAR SHAH GETS DEATH PENALTY
a fast track court in India handed down the death sentence to one in the sensational double murder of eminent History Professor Papiya Ghosh and her maidservant Malti in December, 2006.
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2008NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: MAN WITH 86 WIVES APPEALS DEATH SENTENCE
Alhaji Bello Masaba, the Nigerian man with 86 wives...
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: ONE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE, TWO KIDS
a man in Jalandhar, India, was sentenced to death District and Sessions Court Judge Gurdev Singh for killing his wife and two children on September 21, 2007.
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2008DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS EXONERATES DEATH ROW INMATE AFTER DNA TESTS
a man on death row in Texas for 14 years for the murder of a young girl has been exonerated after DNA tests, the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) reported.
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR TAXI DRIVER MURDER
a father was sentenced to death and his son to life imprisonment for killing a female taxi driver and then dismembering her body in the course of a robbery.
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2008United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - After years of professing their parents' innocence, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg's sons acknowledge their father was a spy.
USA - After years of professing their parents' innocence, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg's sons acknowledge their father was a spy.
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2008IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: EXECUTION PLANS FOR BALI BOMBERS LABELLED TORTUROUS
Indonesia's Constitutional Court heard a detailed description of how the Bali bombers will die from a Catholic priest who says execution is torturous.
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2008IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: TWO INDONESIANS, MALAYSIAN GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRUG DEALING
an Indonesian district court sentenced two Indonesians and a Malaysian to death for illegally distributing ecstasy pills in the country, media reports said.
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2008Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
FIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DR CONGO POLITICIAN'S MURDER
three soldiers and two civilians were sentenced to death for the July 6th murder of Daniel Boteti, an opposition member of the Democratic Republic of Congo's parliament.
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2008CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Serial killer William Jennings Choyce was sentenced to death for killing three women.
USA - California. Serial killer William Jennings Choyce was sentenced to death for killing three women.
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2008TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. A Texas prosecutor plans to review some 40 pending death penalty cases, after several recent instances in which capital convictions were overturned, by DNA testing.
USA - Texas. A Texas prosecutor plans to review some 40 pending death penalty cases, after several recent instances in which capital convictions were overturned, by DNA testing.
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2008TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. After the May 23 (see) overturning of the murder conviction, today the Collin County court has dismissed capital murder charges against Michael Blair
USA - Texas. After the May 23 (see) overturning of the murder conviction, today the Collin County court has dismissed capital murder charges against Michael Blair
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2008GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. Jack Alderman was executed.
USA - Georgia. Jack Alderman was executed.
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2008Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
PA. TWO THIRDS OF PALESTINIANS OPPOSE DEATH PENALTY
in the most recent poll prepared by Dr Nabil Kukali, conducted and published by the Palestinian Center for Public Opinion (PCPO), two thirds opposed the imposition of the death penalty in their home land, whilst only 28.5 % supported it.
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2008DEATH PENALTY
YEMEN. PAKISTANI DRUGS TRAFFICKER, ONE YEMENI EXECUTED
two men were executed in Yemen for drug trafficking and murder.
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2008TexasDEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA). MAN EXECUTED FOR KILLING 93-YEAR-OLD WOMAN
a man who raped and murdered a 93-year-old woman in her Dallas-area home was executed after he apologized to his victim's relatives.
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2008DEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. William Murray was executed today
USA - Texas. William Murray was executed today
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. SC UPHOLDS ACQUITTAL OF MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
the Supreme Court in New Delhi, India, upheld the acquittal of a man sentenced to death by a sessions court for allegedly murdering a minor girl after she resisted his attempt to rape her.
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2008ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY-LIBYA: RADICALS- THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD REPORT IN PARLIAMENT ON THE AGREEMENT WITH GHADDAFI
"In forty years of absolute power, Colonel Ghaddafi's regime has been characterised by the persecution of every type of political dissent, by the systematic repression of the free opinions of individuals and associations not acknowledged by the regime, by
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA COURT UPHOLDS SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE OF FORMER BROKERAGE EXECUTIVE
the Higher People's Court in south China's Hainan Province upheld the suspended death sentence against a former executive of a trust and investment company who pocketed a large amount of money from public funds, a court spokesman said.
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: 3 GET DEATH FOR TRIPLE MURDER
a local court in Aligarh, India, handed down the death penalty to three people, accused of a triple murder 12 years ago.
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2008YemenDEATH PENALTY
a man was executed in Yemen for a killing crime...
a man was executed in Yemen for a killing crime which led to the death five security individuals.
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2008YemenDEATH PENALTY
at the Central Prison in Sana'a, Yemen...
at the Central Prison in Sana'a, Yemen...
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: ONE TO GO TO GALLOWS IN MURDER CASE IN DINAJPUR
a special tribunal in Dinajpur, Bangladesh, sentenced a man to death for killing his wife.
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: WOMENS ORGANISATIONS DEMAND HANGING OF RAPISTS
with the rising crimes against women in Meghalaya, several women’s organisations demanded the death penalty against the arrested people involved in the killing of two women.
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRANIAN ACTIVISTS FIGHT CHILD EXECUTIONS
Iranian rights groups and lawyers stepped up a campaign against the execution of juvenile offenders hoping to save about 120 people convicted as minors who are now on death row...