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 11, 2008LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. District Judge Todd Hernandez followed a jury's April 17 recommendation that Anthony Bell be executed
USA - Louisiana. District Judge Todd Hernandez followed a jury's April 17 recommendation that Anthony Bell be executed
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2008DEATH PENALTY
CHINA: TWO EXECUTIONS FOR MURDER AND SPYING
China has executed two men. Abduhalik Muzht, 39, convicted of fatally cutting two children with a knife in December 2006, was executed on September 4.
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: TEACHER EXECUTED FOR BRUTAL RAPE
a teacher was executed for raping or molesting 39 female primary school pupils in northwestern Gansu Province, China.
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2008IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. PROSECUTOR CLARIFIES DEATH PENALTY FOR GRAFT OFFENDERS
the death penalty can only be applied to criminals convicted of embezzling funds for natural disasters, riots and economic crises, Indonesia's Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes stated.
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2008VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY ON THREE FOR HEROIN TRAFFICKING
in Vietnam, the Ho Chi Minh City Appeal Court retained the death penalty for three who led a trans-national ring that smuggled up to 5.28 kg of heroin.
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2008IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: 10 NIGERIANS SENTENCED TO DEATH
the Indonesian Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence passed on 10 Nigerians for drug-related offences.
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2008CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. San Bernardino County Superior Court Judge Michael Smith took up an Aug. 13 (see) jury recommendation, and sentenced Luis Mendoza and Lorenzo Inez Arias to death
USA - California. San Bernardino County Superior Court Judge Michael Smith took up an Aug. 13 (see) jury recommendation, and sentenced Luis Mendoza and Lorenzo Inez Arias to death
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: EX-CONVICTS GET DEATH PENALTY FOR RUNNING MAFIA-STYLE CRIME RING
two brothers from a south Chinese city were given the death penalty for crimes including operating an organized crime ring and causing two deaths.
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: HRW CALLS FOR GLOBAL END TO JUVENILE EXECUTIONS
Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report calling on Iran, Saudi Arabia...
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
two Iranian Christians have officially been charged with 'apostasy'.
two Iranian Christians have officially been charged with 'apostasy'.
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING IN FENI
a court in Feni, Bangladesh, sentenced two people to death and another to three years rigorous imprisonment for killing a young woman after raping her in 1998.
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN MOVES ONE STEP CLOSER TO MANDATING DEATH PENALTY FOR APOSTASY
Iran's parliament, or Majlis, voted by an overwhelming majority in favor of a draft law that would mandate the death penalty for apostates
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN GETS DEATH FOR RAPE AND MURDER
a sessions court in Siwan, Bangladesh, awarded the death sentence to a man in a four-year-old rape and murder case.
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2008UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: K’JONG WARRIORS SENTENCED TO DEATH
two Karimojong warriors were sentenced to death by the Soroti High Court in Uganda for the murder of two people.
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2008TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has granted a stay of execution for Charles Dean Hood, who was set to die tomorrow.
USA - Texas. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has granted a stay of execution for Charles Dean Hood, who was set to die tomorrow.
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2008LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: HIZBULLAH EXECUTED SENIOR ORGANIZATION OFFICIAL ACCUSED OF ESPIONAGE
the Kuwaiti daily Al-Siyassa reported that Hizbullah executed one of its senior military officers, Jamal Salah, on charges of maintaining contacts with "hostile elements" in Lebanon and of spying for Walid Jumblatt's Socialist Progressive Party.
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2008GambiaDEATH PENALTY
GAMBIA: SENEGALESE MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
Justice Mabel Maame Agyemang of the Banjul High Court in Gambia convicted and sentenced Salifu Nyang, a Senegalese national, to death for murdering his fellow Senegalese national one Alfonse Faye.
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE ARMY OFFICER EXECUTED FOR SPYING
a Chinese People's Liberation Army (P.L.A) officer was executed after a military court found him guilty of selling classified documents to Taiwan, a Hong Kong newspaper reported
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2008PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. Judge Michael Conahan says George Banks is too mentally ill to be executed
USA - Pennsylvania. Judge Michael Conahan says George Banks is too mentally ill to be executed
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2008TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. In the Hood's case (see Sept 3 and 4), the judge and prosecutor from the man's trial have been ordered to testify under oath about allegations that they were romantically involved during the case.
USA - Texas. In the Hood's case (see Sept 3 and 4), the judge and prosecutor from the man's trial have been ordered to testify under oath about allegations that they were romantically involved during the case.
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH
the Mullahs' Regime in Iran sentenced two prisoners, a man and a woman named Mojtaba and Fatemeh, to death, the state-run Khorasan reported.
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2008KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: NJUE CALLS FOR SCRAPPING OF DEATH PENALTY
Nairobi Archbishop John cardinal Njue called on the Kenyan Parliament to scrap the death penalty.
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. SUPREME COURT QUASHES JOURNALIST’S DEATH SENTENCE
Reporters Without Borders welcomed with great relief the ruling by the Tehran Supreme
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2008VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. EXPERTS OPPOSE SCRAPPING OF DEATH SENTENCE FOR GRAFT, BRIBERY
a proposal to remove capital punishment for crimes of corruption and taking bribes was strongly opposed
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: TEACHER GETS DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER OF STUDENT
disturbed by the recent spate in rape and murder of minors and determined to set a deterrent example, the Indian Supreme Court awarded the death penalty to a teacher, himself a father of three, for raping and murdering a 5th standard girl.
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: 19 YEAR OLD SENTENCED TO DEATH
in the most recent death sentence passed on a juvenile in Iran, a 19 year old indentified only by his first name, Hossein, will soon face the gallows for the alleged crime committed when he was 17
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2008DelawareDEATH PENALTY
USA - Delaware. Superior Court Judge M. Jane Brady sentenced Shannon M. Johnson to death
USA - Delaware. Superior Court Judge M. Jane Brady sentenced Shannon M. Johnson to death
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY. CAPPATO: REALISATION OF THE UN MORATORIUM URGENT
the European Parliament approved a resolution on the worrying increase in executions in Iran.
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN EXECUTED AFTER STABBING ATTACK
a man was executed for killing two students at a school in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Abduhalik Muzht, 39, was found guilty of fatally cutting two children with a knife in December 2006.
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2008TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. A Waco district court jury once again sentenced Billie Wayne Coble to death
USA - Texas. A Waco district court jury once again sentenced Billie Wayne Coble to death