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 16, 2008DEATH PENALTY
GEORGIA (USA). MAN ON DEATH ROW 33 YEARS IS EXECUTED
a man who had been on Georgia's death row for 33 years was executed by lethal injection for killing his wife in 1974.
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2008JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR 'EXORCIST' OVER DEATHS OF 6
the Supreme Court in Tokyo, Japan, upheld rulings by lower courts that sentenced a self claimed exorcist to death for the deaths of six followers, tossing out her not-guilty appeal.
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: POLICEMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
a policeman was sentenced to death for killing his friend by District and Session Judge in Quetta, Pakistan.
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2008KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: HIGH COURT QUASHES TERROR SUSPECT'S DEATH SENTENCE
at the High Court in Kenya, Omar Said Omar was acquitted of terrorism charges after being sentenced to hang...
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2008PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
PHILIPPINES: ESCUDERO COOL ON ENDORSING RETURN OF DEATH PENALTY
in the Philippines, the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights is not inclined to support a measure that seeks to reimpose capital punishment.
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2008AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. A federal appeals court has reinstated the death penalty of Holly Wood.
USA - Alabama. A federal appeals court has reinstated the death penalty of Holly Wood.
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2008ItalyDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY: D'ELIA- INCREASE EFFORT TO ATTAIN ABOLITION
"We need to increase our efforts to consolidate these results and move from a moratorium to the abolition of the death penalty," Hands Off Cain Secretary Sergio D'Elia said in response to Ban Ki-Moon's report on the death penalty around the world.
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2008United NationsDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY: BAN KI-MOON'S REPORT RELEASED
Ban Ki-Moon, the Secretary General of the United Nations, released a report on the death penalty. It was one of the provisions of the Resolution on the moratorium on capital punishment, approved by the General Assembly in December 2007, asking the Secreta
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN TO GO TO GALLOWS FOR KILLING BNP LEADER IN CHUADANGA
at a court in Chuadanga, Bangladesh, Additional Sessions Judge Motahar Hossaina convicted a regional leader of an outlawed party and sentenced him to death for killing BNP leader Nur Ali in 2005.
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2008United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - According to the F.B.I.'s latest crime report released today, murder rate declines in every region except the South, where executions are most prevalent.
USA - According to the F.B.I.'s latest crime report released today, murder rate declines in every region except the South, where executions are most prevalent.
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2008KansasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Kansas. A jury recommended the death penalty for Gary Kleypas
USA - Kansas. A jury recommended the death penalty for Gary Kleypas
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. TWO DEATH SENTENCES COMMUTED
a Saudi Arabian court overruled the verdict of a lower court and sentenced a Kuwaiti girl and her brother to 20 years in jail for killing their sister in a desert in Saudi Arabia before surrendering themselves to Saudi authorities, reports Awan daily.
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: PAPERS ORDERED TO CENSOR EXECUTION NEWS
the mullahs' Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance (MCIG) in Iran warned newspaper editors to censor reports about escalating number of executions, in particular that of the minors in the country.
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2008KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER AT FUNERAL
the Kenyan High Court upheld the death sentence against Nyando Mukuta Mwambanga for the murder of Mizingo Munga Gube on 2nd April, 2001.
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MULLAHS' JUDICIARY CHIEF UPHELD DEATH SENTENCE FOR A MINOR
Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, mullahs' judiciary chief upheld death sentence for a minor, reported the state-run daily Etemaad on Sunday
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. FIGHT AGAINST DEATH PENALTY SET TO GET TOUGHER
with increasing support for tougher laws to deal with fundamentalist and extremist activities in India, the fight against death penalty is set to get tougher, former Additional Director of Central Bureau of Investigation V.R.Lakshminarayanan said.
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2008TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
UN CALL ON TANZANIA TO RATIFY PROTOCOL ON DEATH PENALTY
the United Nations advised Tanzania to ratify the International Covenant on civil and Political Right's Optional Protocol on Abolition of Death Penalty as a step in protecting and promoting human rights
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2008MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. DEATH PENALTY NOT THE WAY TO ADDRESS CRIMINALITY: AMNESTY
"it is the responsibility of governments to address criminality effectively without resorting to the death penalty," said Amnesty International Malaysia executive director Nora Murat.
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2008JapanDEATH PENALTY
EU CONCERNED BY EXECUTIONS IN JAPAN
the European Union released a statement saying it was "deeply concerned at the Japanese authorities' announcement that three people under sentence of death – Mr Yoshiyuki Mantani, aged 68, Mr Mineteru Yamamoto, aged 68, Mr Isamu Hirano, aged 61 – were han
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA POLICE KILLER APPEALS AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
Yang Jia, the jobless Beijing man who intruded into Shanghai police bureau and killed six officers, has appealed against the death penalty handed down earlier by a Shanghai court.
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2008UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: FARMER MUST HANG - COURT INSISTS
the Court of Appeal in Kampala, Uganda, upheld a death sentence against a 25 year old farmer from the Kabarole district who was convicted of murder.
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2008DEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. The state Board of Pardons and Paroles today refused to grant clemency to Troy Anthony Davis
USA - Georgia. The state Board of Pardons and Paroles today refused to grant clemency to Troy Anthony Davis
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2008TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. A Tarrant County jury today sentenced Paul David Storey to death
USA - Texas. A Tarrant County jury today sentenced Paul David Storey to death
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran has hanged a man convicted of drug trafficking in a prison in the northern city of Sari, the government's Iran newspaper reported
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2008JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN EXECUTES THREE MEN FOR MURDERS
Japan hanged three death-row inmates, officials said, bringing the number of executions this year to 13
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: TWO AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE IN CTG FOR MURDER
a special court in Chittagong, Bangladesh, found a young man and one of his accomplices guilty of killing his wife after rape nine years ago and sentenced them to death.
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MPHC CANCELS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
the Madhya Pradesh High Court in India cancelled the capital punishment of a man who was held guilty by a lower court for immolating eight people, including four women.
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2008VietnamDEATH PENALTY
a court in Hanoi sentenced three men to death for trafficking heroin...
a court in Hanoi sentenced three men to death for trafficking heroin...
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2008CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. A Los Angeles County jury has recommended 3 death penalty for a Barry Mosley
USA - California. A Los Angeles County jury has recommended 3 death penalty for a Barry Mosley
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2008OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. Jurors decided today Gilbert Ray Postelle should die for killing 4 people
USA - Oklahoma. Jurors decided today Gilbert Ray Postelle should die for killing 4 people