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
- NOVEMBER 26, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
MAN EXECUTED FOR POLICE KILLINGS IN CHINA
a 28-year-old man convicted of killing six policemen in Shanghai was executed...
- NOVEMBER 26, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPE AND MURDER OF TEENAGED GIRL
the Mahila court in Coimbatore, India, awarded the death sentence to a daily wage worker for kidnapping, raping and murdering a teenaged girl three years ago
- NOVEMBER 26, 2008CanadaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE
an appeals court in Saudi Arabia upheld the death penalty for Dollard des Ormeaux resident Mohammed Kohail, 23, who was convicted of killing a Syrian national during a school fight in 2007.
- NOVEMBER 26, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: IMMINENT EXECUTION OF FARZAD KAMANGAR
Farzad Kamangar, the Iranian Kurdish teacher and social worker sentenced to death on, according to his lawyer, "absolutely zero evidence", could be hanged on November 26, 2008 ITUC warned.
- NOVEMBER 26, 2008United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Military. The U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas today entered a Stay of Execution in the case of Private Ronald A. Gray.
USA - Military. The U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas today entered a Stay of Execution in the case of Private Ronald A. Gray.
NOVEMBER 26, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SIX AWARDED DEATH SENTENCES IN SEPARATE CASES
six men convicted for murder were sentenced to death in Pakistan.
NOVEMBER 26, 2008United States Armed ForcesDEATH PENALTYUSA: EXECUTION STAY FOR RONALD GRAY
The federal Judge Richard Rogers has issued a stay in Ronald Gray’s execution, that
- NOVEMBER 25, 2008JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
JAMAICAN PARLIAMENT VOTES TO KEEP DEATH PENALTY
Jamaica's Parliament easily rejected a proposal to ban the death penalty in a vote propelled by the country's
- NOVEMBER 25, 2008North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - North Carolina. Clinton Cebert Smith has been removed from North Carolina's death row after Superior Court Judge John R. Jolly Jr. ruled ha is mentally retarded
USA - North Carolina. Clinton Cebert Smith has been removed from North Carolina's death row after Superior Court Judge John R. Jolly Jr. ruled ha is mentally retarded
- NOVEMBER 25, 2008LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: PUBLIC MUST WAIT FOR FULL ABOLITION PLAN
the Lebanese government will use television to gain maximum attention for its plan to abolish the death
- NOVEMBER 25, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR MURDER
Iran hanged a man convicted of murder in a prison in the western city of Borujerd. The Kayhan newspaper
- NOVEMBER 25, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA CRACKS ORGANISED CRIME GANG
in a case involving serious organised crimes...
- NOVEMBER 25, 2008GambiaDEATH PENALTY
GAMBIA: MURDER ACCUSED SENTENCED TO DEATH
a Gambian court handed down a death sentence to a police officer who killed a man during a police raid in 2007, local journalists said
- NOVEMBER 25, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
EIGHT AFRICANS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CHINA FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
eight Africans were sentenced to death in southern China after being convicted of drug smuggling, state press reported.
- NOVEMBER 25, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: LHC SETS ASIDE DEATH SENTENCE OF ALLAHYAR AKA YARU
a division bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) in Pakistan set aside the death sentence of Allahyar alias Yaru, accused of killing four people and injuring two in a police lock-up.
- NOVEMBER 25, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL URGES CHINA TO STOP THE EXECUTION OF WO WEIHAN
Amnesty International called on the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress in China to pardon 59 year-old medical scientist Wo Weihan
- NOVEMBER 25, 2008GuineaDEATH PENALTY
the Conakry Court of Assizes, in Guinea...
the Conakry Court of Assizes, in Guinea...
NOVEMBER 25, 2008TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY AMID ALBINO KILLINGS UNREALISTIC
the Tanzanian Government said that the proposal to abolish the death penalty has come at the wrong time
NOVEMBER 25, 2008IsraelDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: TWO ISRAELI SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG OFFENCES
two Israelis convicted of drug trafficking were sentenced to death by a Thai
- NOVEMBER 25, 2008United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Gap Between the Murder Rate of Death Penalty States and Non-Death Penalty States Remains Large
USA - Gap Between the Murder Rate of Death Penalty States and Non-Death Penalty States Remains Large
- NOVEMBER 24, 2008AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
ALGERIA. 300 TERRORISTS SENTENCED TO DEATH SINCE EARLY 2008
the capital punishment sentences issued by the Algerian Justice system against pe
- NOVEMBER 24, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. THREE HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran hanged three men convicted of drug trafficking in a prison in the
- NOVEMBER 24, 2008United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Military. Marine removed from death row, gets new trial.
USA - Military. Marine removed from death row, gets new trial.
- NOVEMBER 24, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 3 TO FACE GALLOWS FOR KILLING 3 BDR MEN
a court in Thakurgaon, Bangladesh, convicted three people and sentenced them to death for killing three BDR members in 2004.
- NOVEMBER 24, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN HANGED IN PRISON FOR MURDER
Iran executed a man convicted of murder in a prison in the western city of Shahr-e Kord, the
- NOVEMBER 24, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
a man was hanged in the central prison of Mashad...
a man was hanged in the central prison of Mashad...
- NOVEMBER 24, 2008MaliDEATH PENALTY
Mali President Amadou Toumani Touré expressed his support ...
Mali President Amadou Toumani Touré expressed his support...
- NOVEMBER 23, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: FOUR PRISONERS TRANSFERRED TO SOLITARY FOR HANGING
four prisoners were transferred to solitary confinement in preparation for their execution at a later date in the notorious Gohardasht prison, 40 kilometer west of Tehran, Iran.
- NOVEMBER 22, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO GET DOUBLE DEATH SENTENCE
in Arifwala, Pakistan, Additional District and Session Judge Malik Tariq Mahmood...
- NOVEMBER 22, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAK GOVT PROCESSING ABOLITION OF DEATH SENTENCE
the Pakistan Government is considering a proposal to abolish the death penalty in the country.