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 14, 2009ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. A jury sentenced Benjamin Cota to death
USA - Arizona. A jury sentenced Benjamin Cota to death
- AUGUST 13, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: HUSBAND GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING WIFE IN NILPHAMARI
a husband was sentenced to death and fined Taka 5,000 for killing his wife over a dowry in the Nilphamari district of Bangladesh.
- AUGUST 13, 2009KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: TWO DEATH SENTENCES FOR VIOLENT ROBBERY
in Kenya, Makadara principal magistrate Mrs Teresia Murigi sentenced two men to death for violently robbing a man coming from a funeral of Sh150 and a cell phone.
- AUGUST 13, 2009ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: SUPREME COURT LIFTS DEATH SENTENCE ON LUSAKA ROBBER
the Supreme Court sitting in Kabwe, Zambia, commuted the death sentence of a Lusaka man to 18 years imprisonment.
- AUGUST 13, 2009LibyaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESMAN SAYS "ONLY 14 NIGERIANS" ON DEATH ROW IN LIBYA
the Nigerian Presidency said that there were only 14 Nigerians on death row in Libya and they were convicted of offences such as murder, drugs and armed robbery.
- AUGUST 13, 2009SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDANESE DEATH SENTENCES COMMUTED
an appeals court in Sudan commuted the death sentences of four men convicted of killing an American diplomat and his Sudanese driver after the driver's family decided to pardon the murderers.
- AUGUST 13, 2009OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. Keary Lamar Littlejohn is now off death row
USA - Oklahoma. Keary Lamar Littlejohn is now off death row
- AUGUST 13, 2009IraqDEATH PENALTY
the Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq...
the Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq...
- AUGUST 12, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS TWO FOR RAPE
two men convicted of rape were executed in a prison in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz, the Etemad newspaper reported.
- AUGUST 12, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: ON DEATH ROW SINCE 1991, HE WAITS FOR HANGMAN
Piara Singh, 80, cannot walk or see and his dementia gets worse by the day. Piara, a murder convict sentenced to death in 1996, has been languishing in Amritsar jail since 1991, mostly in solitary confinement, with neither death nor mercy rescuing him fro
- AUGUST 11, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: OFFICE ASSISTANT GETS DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
a 56-year-old real estate agency office assistant was sentenced to death in Malaysia for drug trafficking.
- AUGUST 11, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING EX-WIFE
Daud Ahmad, 39, an odd-job labourer, was found guilty by the Malaysian High Court of murdering his ex-wife Mimi Afiza Tamby, 31, in Segamat on August 26, 2005.
- AUGUST 11, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA TO IMPROVE EVIDENCE IN DEATH PENALTY CASES: STATE MEDIA
China is to introduce tighter rules governing prosecution evidence in death penalty cases, state media said.
- AUGUST 11, 2009North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - North Carolina. Governor Beverly Perdue signed the Racial Justice Act into law
USA - North Carolina. Governor Beverly Perdue signed the Racial Justice Act into law
- AUGUST 11, 2009CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. A jury recommended the death penalty for Anthony Dent
USA - California. A jury recommended the death penalty for Anthony Dent
- AUGUST 10, 2009FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. A Brevard County jury has recommended death for Justin Heyne
USA - Florida. A Brevard County jury has recommended death for Justin Heyne
- AUGUST 7, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: BANGLADESHI NATIONAL EXECUTED IN RIYADH
Muneer Ahmed Hussein Shah, a Bangladeshi national residing in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, was executed for murder. A statement by the Saudi Interior Ministry said Shah pleaded guilty to raping a woman, trying to suffocate her and setting her on fire.
- AUGUST 7, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY SAYS LARGE SPIKE IN EXECUTIONS IN IRAN
Human rights watchdog Amnesty International said it recorded an "alarming spike" in executions in Iran since the disputed presidential election in June.
- AUGUST 7, 2009CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. A Los Angeles County jury today voted for the death penalty for Miguel Angel Magallon
USA - California. A Los Angeles County jury today voted for the death penalty for Miguel Angel Magallon
AUGUST 7, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: FORMER BEIJING AIRPORT BOSS EXECUTED
the former head of Beijing airport's management company was executed in China for
- AUGUST 7, 2009AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Circuit Judge John Bush overruled the jury's recommendation and sentenced Calvin McMillan to the death penalty.
USA - Alabama. Circuit Judge John Bush overruled the jury's recommendation and sentenced Calvin McMillan to the death penalty.
- AUGUST 6, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GIVEN DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING MINOR NEPHEWS
a bench of the Delhi High Court in India comprising Justices Pradeep Nandrajog and Indermeet Kaur upheld...
- AUGUST 6, 2009Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: SIX MYANMARS TO HANG FOR MURDER
six Myanmar nationals were sentenced to death by the Malaysian High Court for murdering their fellow countryman on June 26, 2005.
- AUGUST 6, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE IN MURDER RAPE CASE
in Sargodha, Pakistan, Additional District & Sessions Judge Ghulam Rasool Ch. awarded the death sentence to Mohammad Akram for raping and murdering a 12-year-old girl in 2008 in the jurisdiction of Tarkhanwala police station
AUGUST 6, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH
three people, including a woman, were sentenced to death for their involvement in two
- AUGUST 5, 2009South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA: DEATH PENALTY FOR SERIAL KILLINGS CONFIRMED
a man convicted of murdering 10 women in South Korea dropped his appeal, court officials said, making his death sentence final.
- AUGUST 5, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: TWO EXECUTED FOR DEFRAUDING PUBLIC OF HUGE AMOUNTS
two people were executed for fraud after China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) approved their sentences. The Intermediate People's Court of Hangzhou in southeast Zhejiang Province sentenced Si Chaxian to death.
- AUGUST 5, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCES FOR MURDER
Sadi Ahmad, a resident of Chak, and Mahboob Shah were sentenced to death by the Anti Terrorism Court in Faisalabad, Pakistan, for a murder committed under the Sadar Police Station on August 1, 2007.
- AUGUST 5, 2009AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. A Franklin County judge has ordered a death sentence for Christie Michelle Scott
USA - Alabama. A Franklin County judge has ordered a death sentence for Christie Michelle Scott
AUGUST 5, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: FEDERAL COURT CONFIRMS GALLOWS FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
the Malaysian Federal Court upheld the death sentence imposed on a part-time taxi