Archive timeline
2008
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2008, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
The year in data
- Executions recorded worldwide
- 728
- Countries where they were recorded
- 33
- News items in the archive
- 2,256
Latest news of 2008
- MAY 22, 2008MarylandDEATH PENALTY
Governor Martin O'Malley says he will reluctantly move forward with getting Maryland's execution protocol approved.
Governor Martin O'Malley says he will reluctantly move forward with getting Maryland's execution protocol approved.
- MAY 22, 2008GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles commuted the death sentence of Samuel David Crowe to life without parole
The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles commuted the death sentence of Samuel David Crowe to life without parole
- MAY 22, 2008CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
A Riverside County Superior Court jury recommended that Michael Cook should get the death penalty
A Riverside County Superior Court jury recommended that Michael Cook should get the death penalty
MAY 22, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA CLARIFIES DEFENCE LAWYERS' ROLE IN CAPITAL CASES
China's Supreme Court and Ministry of Justice jointly issued regulations on the protection of def
MAY 22, 2008Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTYDRC. THREE SEPARATISTS SENTENCED TO DEATH
three members of a separatist group were sentenced to death in Congo in a mass
MAY 22, 2008EthiopiaDEATH PENALTYETHIOPIA. FOUR AIR FORCE PILOTS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN ABSENTIA
a military tribunal recently sentenced four Ethiopian Air Force pilots to death.
MAY 22, 2008GambiaDEATH PENALTYGAMBIAN PRESIDENT THREATENS TO BEHEAD GAYS
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has threatened to behead gay
MAY 22, 2008CameroonDEATH PENALTYCAMEROON. PRESIDENT BIYA ISSUES PARDON
after successfully celebrating the 36th National Day, Cameroon President Paul Biya signed
- MAY 21, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
a Pakistani militant group, Lashkar-i-Islam...
a Pakistani militant group, Lashkar-i-Islam...
- MAY 21, 2008JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN COMMUTES EIGHT AL-QAEDA DEATH VERDICTS TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
Jordan's State Security Court (SSC) commuted the death penalty passed on eight al-Qaeda-linked suspects to life imprisonment, judicial sources said.
- MAY 21, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIAN CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS SEEK AFZAL GURU'S RELEASE
several Indian civil liberties and democratic rights organisations sought the immediate release of Mohammed Afzal Guru, who was falsely implicated in the Indian parliament attack case on December 13, 2001, and awarded capital punishment.
- MAY 21, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Additional District and Sessions Judge's Court in Chapainawabganj...
Additional District and Sessions Judge's Court in Chapainawabganj...
- MAY 21, 2008MississippiDEATH PENALTY
Earl Wesley Berry was executed at 6 p.m. today in Unit 17 of Parchman
Earl Wesley Berry was executed at 6 p.m. today in Unit 17 of Parchman
MAY 21, 2008TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN. JUSTICE MINISTER BIDS TO SCRAP DEATH PENALTY
Taiwan's new Justice Minister Wang Ching-feng said she will attempt to
MAY 21, 2008MississippiDEATH PENALTYMISSISSIPPI (USA). CONVICTED MURDERER EXECUTED
Mississippi put a convicted murderer to death by lethal injection in the second U.S. execution since the Supreme Court lifted an unofficial moratorium on the death penalty last month.
- MAY 20, 2008PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
PHILIPPINES: DEATH PENALTY NO SOLUTION TO HEINOUS CRIMES
the death penalty is not the solution to heinous crimes
- MAY 20, 2008Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
DR CONGO MURDER APPEAL MARRED BY RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the appeal trial of four men sentenced to death for a Congolese journalist's murder lacked "protection of the defendants' most basic rights," local and international rights groups charged.
- MAY 20, 2008ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: FORMER DEATH ROW INMATE TELLS OF CONDITIONS
the common prayer of those on Zambia’s jam-packed death row is for divine intervention to end their hell on earth and let the waiting hangman carry out his job speedily, according to a recently released inmate.
- MAY 20, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN TO BE HANGED FOR MURDER COMMITTED AT 17
Iranian judiciary chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi approved the death
- MAY 20, 2008EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
ETHIOPIA. HIGH COURT CONDEMNS EIGHT TO DEATH OVER 2007 BOMB BLAST
the Somali Regional State High Court in Jijiga, Ethiopia, sentenced eight culprits to death for killing and
- MAY 20, 2008Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR CONGOLESE JOURNALIST'S MURDER
a military appeals court in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo town of Bukavu sentenced three men to death for the murder of a Congolese journalist and acquitted two others in a case that sparked accusations of rights abuses.
- MAY 20, 2008PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
PHILIPPINES: BISHOP: DEATH PENALTY A 'COSMETIC SOLUTION' TO CRIMES
Bishop Pedro Arigo, head of the Episcopal Commission on Prison Pastoral Care of the Catholic Church in the Philippines said killing criminals will not address the root cause of crimes.
- MAY 20, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a Bagerhat court, in Bangladesh...
a Bagerhat court, in Bangladesh...
MAY 20, 2008JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN. DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR ROLE IN BURYING 2 ALIVE
the Osaka High Court in Japan upheld the death sentence given to a 23 year old unemployed man
MAY 20, 2008IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. AFGHAN NATIONAL HANGED FOR MURDER
Iran hanged an Afghan national convicted of murdering a woman in a prison in the central city
- MAY 19, 2008PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
PHILIPPINES: ZUBIRI, LACSON WANT TO RESTORE DEATH PENALTY
two senators in the Philippines called for the restoration of the death ...
- MAY 19, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH GOVERNMENT OKAYS TOUGH ANTI-TERRORISM LAW
Bangladesh's government approved a tough anti-terrorism ordinance which has a provision for the death sentence as the maximum penalty for those convicted of terrorism, officials said.
- MAY 19, 2008IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. CHURCH OPPOSES DEATH PENALTY FOR ARCHBISHOP'S KILLER
the Archbishop of Kirkuk, Louis Sako, said that the Chaldean Catholic Church in Iraq
- MAY 19, 2008MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Mexican-born Ramiro Rubi Ibarra lost an appeal before the U.S. Supreme Court
Mexican-born Ramiro Rubi Ibarra lost an appeal before the U.S. Supreme Court
MAY 19, 2008IranDEATH PENALTYUNITED KINGDOM. GAY STUDENT WHO FACED EXECUTION IN IRAN GRANTED ASYLUM
a gay man who faces the death penalty in Iran won asylum in the UK after protests prompted