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
- DECEMBER 12, 2008ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. Warren Summerlin, whose 1982 case helped define how the death penalty is imposed in the United States, got off death row.
USA - Arizona. Warren Summerlin, whose 1982 case helped define how the death penalty is imposed in the United States, got off death row.
- DECEMBER 12, 2008TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Mariano Rosales Wins New Trial After 23 years on Texas’ death row
USA - Texas. Mariano Rosales Wins New Trial After 23 years on Texas’ death row
- DECEMBER 11, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
the Patna High Court in India acquitted a convict facing capital punishment of the charges of kidnapping and murdering
the Patna High Court in India acquitted a convict facing capital punishment of the charges of kidnapping and murdering
- DECEMBER 11, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: SWINDLER GETS SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE
a Chinese court gave a suspended death sentence to a man accused of swindling investors out of 98m yuan ($14m) through a get-rich-quick clover-growing scheme.
- DECEMBER 11, 2008JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY COULD CHOKE FOREIGN AID TO JAMAICA - JUNIOR MINISTER
junior Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Dr Ronald Robinson...
DECEMBER 11, 2008TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: UKONGA DEATH ROW INMATES ON DAY 6 OF HUNGER STRIKE
it is almost one week since a number of death row inmates at Ukonga Prison in Dar es Salaam,
- DECEMBER 11, 2008FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Mark Anthony Poole, who was sentenced to death in 2005, is no longer on death row.
USA - Florida. Mark Anthony Poole, who was sentenced to death in 2005, is no longer on death row.
- DECEMBER 11, 2008TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. A Dallas County jury decided that Robert Sparks, 34, should die
USA - Texas. A Dallas County jury decided that Robert Sparks, 34, should die
- DECEMBER 11, 2008ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arkansas. A Washington County jury recommended the death penalty for Zachariah Scott Marcyniuk
USA - Arkansas. A Washington County jury recommended the death penalty for Zachariah Scott Marcyniuk
- DECEMBER 11, 2008FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court ordered 7-0 a new trial for Gabby Tennis
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court ordered 7-0 a new trial for Gabby Tennis
DECEMBER 11, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MOI TO PROPOSE DEATH PENALTY FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKERS
the advisor to the Pakistani Prime Minister of the Interior, A. Rehman Malik, said the Ministry of Interior is
- DECEMBER 10, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR MURDER
Iran hanged a man convicted of murder in a prison in the southern city of Kazeroun, Quds newspaper
- DECEMBER 10, 2008TogoDEATH PENALTY
TOGOLESE CABINET RESOLVES TO ABOLISH DEATH SENTENCE
Oulegoh Keyewa, the Togolese Minister for Communication and Culture, read a statement announcing
- DECEMBER 10, 2008United StatesDEATH PENALTY
EXECUTIONS AND DEATH SENTENCES IN UNITED STATES DROPPED IN 2008, REPORT FINDS
New death sentences in the United States were at or near a three-decade low this year and the number of people executed will be the lowest since 1994, according to a new report. The nonprofit Death Penalty Information Center reports 37 executions in 2008
- DECEMBER 10, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
LAWMAKER IN CHINA'S ANHUI GETS SUSPENDED DEATH PENALTY FOR BRIBES
a local official was sentenced to death with a two-year stay for taking 6 million yuan (about US$875,000) worth of bribes, by the Fuyang Intermediate Court of east China's Anhui Province.
- DECEMBER 10, 2008TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
Human rights activists called for an end to the death penalty in Tanzania
Human rights activists called for an end to the death penalty in Tanzania
- DECEMBER 10, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI: THREE DEATH ROW PRISONERS ESCAPE FROM SAUDI PRISON
three prisoners sentenced to death escaped Malas prison in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh after attacking a prison guard, an official Saudi source said.
- DECEMBER 10, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: FORMER MP'S DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED TO LIFE
the Patna High Court in India commuted the death sentence of former Lok Sabha MP Anand Mohan to life imprisonment and acquitted the six others in the former Gopalganj district magistrate G Krishnaiah murder case.
- DECEMBER 10, 2008OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Nicole Diar, sentenced to death for murdering her 4-year-old son, will be removed from death row
USA - Ohio. Nicole Diar, sentenced to death for murdering her 4-year-old son, will be removed from death row
- DECEMBER 10, 2008OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. The Ohio Supreme Court threw out the death sentence of Nicole Diar
USA - Ohio. The Ohio Supreme Court threw out the death sentence of Nicole Diar
- DECEMBER 10, 2008FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. In Clay County, Gary B. "Goldie" McCray Jr. was sentenced to death four times
USA - Florida. In Clay County, Gary B. "Goldie" McCray Jr. was sentenced to death four times
- DECEMBER 8, 2008OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. District Judge Dana Kuehn delivered 2 death sentences to Victor Miller.
USA - Oklahoma. District Judge Dana Kuehn delivered 2 death sentences to Victor Miller.
- DECEMBER 8, 2008TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. A jury sentenced John Henry Ramirez, hispanic, 23, to death
USA - Texas. A jury sentenced John Henry Ramirez, hispanic, 23, to death
- DECEMBER 7, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRANIAN AUTHORITIES HANGED ONE MAN FOR FEW MINUTES, AND THEN SENT HIM TO A HOSPITAL FOR RESUSCITATION
One man was hanged for few minutes, and then sent to a hospital early today, reported the official Iranian news agency IRNA.
- DECEMBER 7, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
TWO PRISONERS SENTENCED TO BE THROWN OFF A CLIFF
the Mullahs' judiciary in Iran sentenced two young men to death by being thrown off of a
DECEMBER 7, 2008EgyptDEATH PENALTYQATAR: APPEALS COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE IN MAID MURDER CASE
a Doha Appeals Court commuted the death sentence given to a 31 year old Egyptian woman, accused of
- DECEMBER 6, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. THREE HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran hanged three men convicted of drug trafficking in a prison in the southeastern city of Zahedan
- DECEMBER 6, 2008AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
ALGERIAN MPS WANT TO ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY
a group of Algerian parliamentarians filed a bill aimed at abolishing capital punishment, amove
- DECEMBER 5, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HC COMMUTES TO LIFE CHILD KILLER'S DEATH SENTENCE
a man sentenced to death for murdering a child had his death sentenced commuted to life imprisonment by the Madras high court in India.
- DECEMBER 5, 2008BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
BARBADOS DEATH PENALTY CASE GOES TO HUMAN RIGHTS COURT
the Inter-American Court on Human Rights will hear a death penalty case from Barbados when it re-convenes in Costa Rica in 2009.