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 22, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA MAY SOON EXECUTE ACCUSED TAIWAN SPY
China could soon execute a man sentenced to death for spying for diplomatic and political rival Taiwan...
- NOVEMBER 22, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: KHAIRLANJI CONVICTS MOVE HC AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
those convicted in the Khairlanji case in India filed an appeal to the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court challenging their death penalty.
- NOVEMBER 22, 2008United NationsDEATH PENALTY
VOTE SHOWS SHIFT IN ATTITUDE TOWARD DEATH PENALTY
campaigners against the death penalty are celebrating a vote in the United Nations that indicates a shift in the position of Arab governments towards state executions
- NOVEMBER 22, 2008LibyaDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: 6 SENTENCED TO DEATH
the Federal Court of Cassation in Iraq upheld the death sentences imposed by the Criminal Court on six convicts, including two Arab nationals, for murder, abduction and terrorism-related crimes.
- NOVEMBER 21, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: CHILD OFFENDER FACING EXECUTION
Iranian child offender Reza Alinejad is at imminent risk of execution for a crime he committed at the age of 17, Amnesty International claimed.
- NOVEMBER 21, 2008BurundiDEATH PENALTY
BURUNDI ABOLISHES DEATH PENALTY, OUTLAWS HOMOSEXUALS
Burundi's parliament overwhelmingly agreed to abolish the death penalty, but homosexuals
- NOVEMBER 21, 2008CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. New Death Penalty Rules Rejected by California Court. With no legal method for lethal injection, state must keep delaying executions.
USA - California. New Death Penalty Rules Rejected by California Court. With no legal method for lethal injection, state must keep delaying executions.
- NOVEMBER 21, 2008KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
USA - Kentucky. Marco Allen Chapman was executed.
USA - Kentucky. Marco Allen Chapman was executed.
- NOVEMBER 20, 2008DEATH PENALTY
UN VOTE SHOWS GROWING SUPPORT OF DEATH PENALTY BAN
The U.N. General Assembly's human rights committee voted for the second year in a row to urge a global moratorium on the death penalty.
- NOVEMBER 20, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. TWO OFFICIALS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Two former officials from China's Hunan Province were sentenced to death for taking bribes.
- NOVEMBER 20, 2008United States Armed ForcesDEATH PENALTY
USA. FIRST MILITARY EXECUTION SINCE 1961 SCHEDULED NEXT MONTH
A U.S. soldier convicted of rape and murder two decades ago will be executed December 10 in the
- NOVEMBER 20, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
an Iranian man convicted of drug trafficking was hanged in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas, a newspaper reported.
- NOVEMBER 20, 2008United NationsDEATH PENALTY
UN. THIRD COMMISSION APPROVES NEW PRO-MORATORIUM RESOLUTION
the Third Commission of the United Nations’ General Assembly approved, for the second consecutive year, the draft resolution on the 'Moratorium on the use of the death penalty.' 105 countries voted in favour, 48 against, with 31 abstentions.
- NOVEMBER 20, 2008South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
S KOREA ABSTAINS IN UN VOTE ON ENDING CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
South Korea abstained from voting on a UN resolution to end the death penalty worldwide...
- NOVEMBER 20, 2008JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY: DEATH PENALTY NOT BEST FOR JAMAICA
Amnesty International joined voices globally advising the Jamaican Government to remove the death penalty from its books.
- NOVEMBER 20, 2008TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texaas. Robert Jean Hudson was executed
USA - Texaas. Robert Jean Hudson was executed
- NOVEMBER 20, 2008United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - The U.S. military had scheduled its first execution since 1961 for December 10
USA - The U.S. military had scheduled its first execution since 1961 for December 10
- NOVEMBER 20, 2008North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - North Carolina. A Forsyth County jury handed down the death penalty in the case of James Ray Little III
USA - North Carolina. A Forsyth County jury handed down the death penalty in the case of James Ray Little III
- NOVEMBER 19, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED FOR KILLING FAMILY
a Saudi Arabian man was beheaded by the sword after being convicted of murdering
- NOVEMBER 19, 2008SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN REJECTS EU PROPOSAL TO FORGO CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
the Sudanese government rejected a proposal by the EU calling for abolishing capital punishment in Sudan in exchange for suspending the bid by the ICC's prosecutor for issuing an arrest warrant against President Umar al-Bashir.
- NOVEMBER 19, 2008North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
DEFIANT INMATES EXECUTED AT NORTH KOREAN CAMPS
North Korea’s prison camps hold about 300,000 people and the authorities conduct annual mass executions of inmates seen as defiant, a new group formed by defectors said.
- NOVEMBER 19, 2008OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Gregory Bryant-Bey was executed
USA - Ohio. Gregory Bryant-Bey was executed
- NOVEMBER 19, 2008FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Circuit Judge O.H. Eaton Jr. gave the death penalty to Andrew Allred
USA - Florida. Circuit Judge O.H. Eaton Jr. gave the death penalty to Andrew Allred
- NOVEMBER 19, 2008DEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. Troy Davis will have the opportunity to challenge his conviction
USA - Georgia. Troy Davis will have the opportunity to challenge his conviction
- NOVEMBER 18, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: TURKISH BARBER SPARED BEHEADING
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia rescinded the death penalty against a Turkish barber convicted of "cursin
- NOVEMBER 18, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Salman bin Salim bin Khaled Sheqama was publicly...
Salman bin Salim bin Khaled Sheqama was publicly beheaded in Saudi Arabia for murder. No further details are available.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
MAN HANGED IN IRAN FOR ALLEGEDLY SPYING FOR ISRAEL
Iran executed a man convicted of spying for Israel, a judiciary spokesman said. Al
- NOVEMBER 17, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING LOVER
a man was sentenced to death in China for strangling his lover to death and causing an explosion that injured three people in August 2007, Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court ruled
- NOVEMBER 17, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA SENTENCES TWO TAIWANESE TO DEATH FO DRUG DEALING
a Chinese court sentenced two Taiwanese, convicted of trafficking heroin from Myanmar, to death.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2008SudanDEATH PENALTY
EU SEEKS DIALOGUE WITH SUDAN ON DEATH PENALTY
a delegation of European diplomats arrived in southern Sudan seeking Sudan's support for a European Union call for a moratorium on the death penalty.