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
- MAY 2, 2008GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Judge John E. Morse Jr. has overturned Ernest U. Morrison's death sentence
Judge John E. Morse Jr. has overturned Ernest U. Morrison's death sentence
- MAY 2, 2008CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Judge George Genesta handed down a death sentence on James Winslow Dixon
Judge George Genesta handed down a death sentence on James Winslow Dixon
- MAY 2, 2008RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA VACILLATING OVER ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
Russia is possibly just two or three years away from abolishing the death penalty, Penal Reform International’s director for Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, Victoria Sergeyeva suggested
- MAY 2, 2008DEATH PENALTY
A jury sentenced Leroy D. Cropper to death
A jury sentenced Leroy D. Cropper to death
- MAY 2, 2008Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
the Sierra Leone Supreme Court sentenced Tahimu Sesay...
the Sierra Leone Supreme Court sentenced Tahimu Sesay...
- MAY 1, 2008DEATH PENALTY
DRC. FIGHTING TO ESTABLISH THE UNCONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE DEATH PENALTY
ongoing penal code reform in the Democratic Republic of Congo is giving abolitionists the chance to
- MAY 1, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. 3 PAKISTANIS EXECUTED FOR HASHISH SMUGGLING
Zargar Sadajan, Roajan Sodajar, and Naik Mohammed Malak Mohammed, all Pakistanis, were
- MAY 1, 2008TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: DEPRESSED MAN’S DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED TO LIFE
the Supreme Court in Taiwan commuted the death sentence of a motorist for killing his friend whom he had suspected of stealing NT$700 to life imprisonment.
- MAY 1, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ONE GETS DEATH PENALTY IN KIDNAPPING AND KILLING CASE
an Anti-Terrorism Court sentenced to death a man and awarded life imprisonment to a co-defendant woman after finding them guilty of kidnapping a businessman for ransom and later killing him. M Sohail, 21, and Ms. Zainab, 21, were prosecuted for kidnapping
- MAY 1, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: AZERBAIJANI ON DEATH ROW IN CHINA MAY HAVE SENTENCE COMMUTED
the Azerbaijani ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to China...
- MAY 1, 2008NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: REV KING'S APPEAL SUFFERS SETBACK
attempts by the General Overseer of the Christian Praying Assembly (CPA), Isolo, Lagos, Emeka Ezeugo, alias Dr Rev King, to introduce additional grounds of appeal in the appeal he filed before the Court of Appeal in Lagos suffered serious setback as the c
- MAY 1, 2008UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH, ONE OF WHOM HANGED, IN KARAMOJA
a village court in Karamoja, Uganda, condemned three men to death and hanged one of them before the UPDF intervened and rescued the others
- APRIL 30, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran hanged two men convicted of drug trafficking in a prison in the central city
- APRIL 30, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. TRIBAL ELDERS URGED TO HELP STOP EXECUTIONS IN MOHMAND AGENCY
fearing yet another public execution of an alleged outlaw, tribesmen in Machinai locality
- APRIL 30, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HC UPHOLDS DEATH TERM TO FATHER FOR MURDERING SONS
the Punjab and Haryana High Court in India upheld the death sentence...
- APRIL 30, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC RESERVES VERDICT ON SHRADHANANDA'S PLEA AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE
the Indian Supreme Court reserved its verdict on a petition filed by Swami Shradhananda, alias Murli Manohar Mishra, challenging his death sentence handed down for burying his wife alive in 1991.
- APRIL 30, 2008SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN: FOUR MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER & ROBBERY
the Khartoum North Criminal Court in Sudan, presided over by Judge Mudathir al-Rashid, sentenced four men to death by hanging after they were convicted of killing a policeman in an exchange of fire at a Central Reserve Force camp in Al-Fula.
- APRIL 30, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE LOVE TRIANGLE TO END WITH EXECUTION
an 18 year old Chinese student was sentenced to death for killing a classmate in a love-triangle dispute involving a middle-aged teacher, state media reported.
- APRIL 30, 2008CubaDEATH PENALTY
REACTIONS TO CUBA’S COMMUTATION OF DEATH PENALTY
Cuban President Raúl Castro’s announcement that virtually all death sentences would be commuted to terms of 30 years to life was welcomed by social sectors calling for the abolition of capital punishment.
- APRIL 30, 2008NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: ‘DRUG PEDDLERS SHOULD BE EXECUTED’
Muhammed JubrilAlhaji Muhammad Jibril, the commander of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) of Malam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) in Nigeria, said that he preferred the death penalty for drug trafficking to a jail sentence.
- APRIL 30, 2008IraqDEATH PENALTY
TIKRIT COURT SENTENCES AL-QAEDA-LINKED GROUP LEADER TO DEATH
the Criminal Court in Tikrit, Iraq, sentenced an al-Qaeda-linked group member to death, a police source said.
- APRIL 29, 2008UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
UZBEKISTAN. DEATH SENTENCES REVISED
with capital punishment in the country abolished, the Supreme Court of
- APRIL 29, 2008IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. SENTENCING JUDGE CONDEMNS HUSSEIN'S EXECUTION
the Iraqi judge who sentenced Saddam Hussein to death condemned the manner in which
- APRIL 29, 2008CubaDEATH PENALTY
CUBA. D'ELIA, COMMUTATION OF DEATH SENTENCES AN IMPORTANT HUMANITARIAN ACT
"we are happy that President Raul Castro has commuted almost all death sentences in Cuba," Sergio D'Elia, Hands Off Cain Secretary, said.
- APRIL 29, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. SC SEEKS AG’S EXPLANATION
a three member bench of the Pakistani Supreme Court directed the attorney general to report whether
- APRIL 29, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SARABJIT’S EXECUTION PROCEDURALLY DELAYED BY 14-21 DAYS
the execution of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh in Pakistan was procedurally delayed by 14 to 21 days, Dawn News reported.
- APRIL 29, 2008TexasDEATH PENALTY
Illegally withheld evidence probably
Illegally withheld evidence probably
- APRIL 29, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON'S AL-MANAR TV REPORTS SYRIAN PROTESTS OVER SAUDI EXECUTIONS
the families of Syrian prisoners and inmates being held in Saudi Arabia staged a sit-in in front of the Saudi Embassy in Damascus for the third time.
- APRIL 29, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRUG SMUGGLING IN EAST CHINA
a man in east China was given a death sentence with a two-year stay for smuggling 3.8 tonnes of methaqualone pills, a potentially habit-forming drug used as a sedative and hypnotic.
- APRIL 28, 2008CubaDEATH PENALTY
CUBA'S RAUL CASTRO COMMUTES MOST DEATH SENTENCES
New Cuban President Raul Castro announced that all death sentences had been commuted to prison terms o