Archive timeline
2009
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2009, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2009
- AUGUST 18, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: FOUR MEN EXECUTED FOR DEADLY ROBBERY OF POLICE FINES CASH
four men were executed for murder, a court in east China's Anhui Province said.
- AUGUST 18, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: AWARDING DEATH PENALTY TO BE MADE TOUGHER: SC
the Supreme Court said judges, while awarding death penalty in mechanical consonance with the 1980 ‘Bachan Singh’ judgment, appear to have lost sight of vital ingredients – “the lesser alternative (life imprisonment) is unquestionably foreclosed” and “obj
- AUGUST 18, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: THAI WOMAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
the High Court in Kota Baharu, Malaysia, passed the mandatory death sentence on a Thai woman after she was found guilty of trafficking in cannabis.
- AUGUST 18, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 2 BROTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING A WOMAN OVER KARI ALLEGATIONS
the court of Second Sessions Judge Aijaz Ali Khaskheli sentenced two brothers to death for killing a woman over fake allegations of Kari or casuing the family disgrace.
- AUGUST 18, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL LAUNCHES ANOTHER CAMPAIGN AGAINST DEATH PENALTY IN BELARUS
Amnesty International launched another campaign against the death penalty in Belarus.
- AUGUST 18, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN TO BE EXECUTED FOR MURDER COMMITTED AS MINOR
an Iranian man, convicted of murder at the age of 16, is expected to be executed in Tehran, according to the Iran Human Rights group.
- AUGUST 18, 2009OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Jason Getsy was executed
USA - Ohio. Jason Getsy was executed
- AUGUST 17, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA : MAN'S DEATH SENTENCE FOR FRAUD UPHELD
a court in eastern China upheld the death sentence handed to an entrepreneur convicted of embezzling 970 million yuan (S$206 million) in a deer-breeding scam, state media said.
- AUGUST 17, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH, JAIL TERMS FOR PONZI 'CAB' SWINDLERS
a gang leader who swindled people in a Ponzi scheme linked to nonexistent taxicab investments was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve by Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's Court in China.
- AUGUST 17, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI BEHEADED FOR MURDER
a Saudi Arabian man was beheaded by the sword for shooting dead a Yemeni man in a fight over the sale of hashish, the Interior Ministry said in a statement carried by SPA state news agency.
- AUGUST 17, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI BEHEADED FOR DOUBLE MURDER
a Saudi Arabian man who shot dead two compatriots was beheaded by the sword in the holy city of Mecca, the official SPA news agency reported. It quoted the interior ministry as saying the man, named as Ali Assiri, shot the two others dead in a dispute.
- AUGUST 17, 2009GambiaDEATH PENALTY
GUINEAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING GAMBIAN WOMAN: COURT
a court in Banjul, Gambia, sentenced a Guinean shopkeeper to death for murdering a housewife.
- AUGUST 17, 2009NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
GROUP SEEKS REPRIEVE FOR NIGERIANS ON LIBYAN DEATH ROW
Nigerian rights group Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) appealed to the African Union (AU) to prevail on Libya not to execute 14 Nigerians said to be on death row in the North African nation.
- AUGUST 17, 2009IraqDEATH PENALTY
TORTURE AND EXECUTION OF IRAQI GAYS ON RISE: HRW
Iraqi militias are increasingly torturing and executing men suspected of homosexuality, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said.
- AUGUST 17, 2009EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
ETHIOPIAN WOMAN GETS DEATH IN THE KILLING OF SPONSOR
Judge Abdurrahman Al-Darmi of the Kuwaiti Criminal Court sentenced an Ethiopian housemaid, identified only as Amakeel, to death for the premeditated murder of her sponsor, a Lebanese woman.
- AUGUST 17, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: THREE WOMEN PRISONERS IN GOHARDASHT JAIL OF KARAJ ON THE VERGE OF EXECUTION
three women prisoners in Gohardasht jail in Karaj, Iran, are on the verge of execution.
- AUGUST 17, 2009TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. A Randall County jury sentenced Brent Ray Brewer, 39, to death
USA - Texas. A Randall County jury sentenced Brent Ray Brewer, 39, to death
- AUGUST 17, 2009IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
USA - Illinois. Illinois governor signs reform of state's death-penalty defense fund
USA - Illinois. Illinois governor signs reform of state's death-penalty defense fund
- AUGUST 17, 2009DEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. The U.S. Supreme Court, in an exceptional move, has ordered a U.S. district court in Georgia to hear new testimony in the case of Troy Davis
USA - Georgia. The U.S. Supreme Court, in an exceptional move, has ordered a U.S. district court in Georgia to hear new testimony in the case of Troy Davis
- AUGUST 15, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN EXECUTED FOR RAPING 24 MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS
Wu Tianxi, 63, the former vice chairman of the Zhenping county committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, was executed in Nanyang, in China’s Henan province.
- AUGUST 15, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR BYNDOOR YOUTH
Abdul Majeed, 27, of Navunda, near Byndoor in India, was awarded capital punishment by a Saudi Arabian court for transporting narcotic drugs.
- AUGUST 14, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CENTRAL CHINA COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR CORRUPT OFFICIALS
the Higher People's Court of Hunan Province in China rejected the appeals of two men against their death sentences, local officials said. Li Dalun, 59, former secretary of Communist Party of China (CPC) Chenzhou Municipal Committee, was sentenced to death
- AUGUST 14, 2009LibyaDEATH PENALTY
RELATIVES REVEAL NIGERIANS EXECUTED IN LIBYA
between 32 and 40 black Africans, mainly Nigerians, were secretly executed in Libya despite a denial by the Libyan presidency, a Nigerian House of Representatives source said.
- AUGUST 14, 2009PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. Raymond Johnson, who spent 9 years on death row, has been resentenced to 10 years in prison
USA - Pennsylvania. Raymond Johnson, who spent 9 years on death row, has been resentenced to 10 years in prison
- AUGUST 14, 2009AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. A Jefferson County jury recommended execution for Steven Petric
USA - Alabama. A Jefferson County jury recommended execution for Steven Petric
- AUGUST 14, 2009CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. An Orange County judge sentenced Jason Alejandro Aguirre to death
USA - California. An Orange County judge sentenced Jason Alejandro Aguirre to death
- AUGUST 14, 2009LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. Judge Carl Sharp sentenced Lee Roy Odenbaugh Jr. to death
USA - Louisiana. Judge Carl Sharp sentenced Lee Roy Odenbaugh Jr. to death
- AUGUST 14, 2009OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Governor Ted Strickland has denied clemency for Jason Getsy
USA - Ohio. Governor Ted Strickland has denied clemency for Jason Getsy
- AUGUST 14, 2009CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge William Froeberg sentenced Jason Alejandro Aguirre to death
USA - California. Judge William Froeberg sentenced Jason Alejandro Aguirre to death
- AUGUST 14, 2009CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge Kathleen Kennedy sentenced Steven Anthony Jones to death
USA - California. Judge Kathleen Kennedy sentenced Steven Anthony Jones to death