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
- JULY 24, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE IN MURDER CASE
in Pattoki, Pakistan, Additional Sessions Judge Shahid Mahmood handed down the death sentence to Sajjad Farooq in a murder case under Pattoki city police station.
- JULY 24, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE IN MURDER CASE
in Kasur, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Ch Muhammad Shafiq awarded the death sentence along with a fine of Rs 100,000 to Saleem, alias Shankar Masih, in a murder case under Raiwind Police Station.
- JULY 24, 2009Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: ALL ACQUITTED
the Sri Lankan Supreme Court set aside the death sentences of five army personnel in the Udathalawinna murder case.
- JULY 24, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: EXECUTION OF DELHI GIRL MURDER CONVICT STAYED
the execution in India of the son of a Delhi Police sub inspector, who was sentenced to death for murdering his girl friend...
- JULY 24, 2009OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has overturned the conviction and death sentence of Randal Ray Hunt.
USA - Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has overturned the conviction and death sentence of Randal Ray Hunt.
JULY 24, 2009DEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: WOMAN EXECUTED FOR DISTRIBUTING BIBLE
Ri Hyon Ok, a Christian woman accused of distributing the Bible, a book banned in
JULY 24, 2009KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR STEALING SH40
two people were sentenced to death by a Malindi court in Kenya for violently robbing a
- JULY 23, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR DRINK DRIVING DEATHS
a court in southwest China handed the death penalty to an unlicensed drunk driver who killed four people in Chengdu on December 14, 2008.
- JULY 23, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR RAPE, MURDER OF MINOR
Iran has hanged a man convicted of rape and murder in an execution carried out in a prison in the southern town of Estehban, the Kayhan newspaper reported.
- JULY 23, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DEATH ROW PRISONER GOES FREE AFTER APPEAL
an Indonesian businessman sentenced to death for drug trafficking in Malaysia was freed by the Federal Court.
- JULY 23, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ONE GETS DEATH SENTENCE
Additional district and session judge Muhammad Ajmal Hussain awarded capital punishment and a fine of Rs 100,000 to an accused involved in a murder case in Kotli Rai Abu Bakar village, Pakistan. Nisar Ahmed allegedly shot dead Shaoukat Ali of same village
- JULY 23, 2009South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA: HIGH COURT CONFIRMS DEATH PENALTY FOR SERIAL MURDERS
the Seoul High Court in South Korea upheld a lower court's death sentence for Kang Ho-sun, 38, for the murder of 10 women
JULY 23, 2009ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: THREE TO HANG FOR AGGRAVATED ROBBERY
the Ndola High Court in Zambia sentenced three villagers of Chiengi in Luapula
- JULY 23, 2009FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Judge Charles Arnold sentenced Kevin Jerome Scott to death.
USA - Florida. Judge Charles Arnold sentenced Kevin Jerome Scott to death.
- JULY 22, 2009JapanDEATH PENALTY
WOMAN ON JAPANESE DEATH-ROW ASKS FOR RETRIAL
a Japanese housewife sentenced to death for killing four people and poisoning 63 with arsenic-laced curry more than a decade ago asked for a retrial, a court official said.
- JULY 22, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SARABJIT SINGH FILES FRESH APPLICATION IN SUPREME COURT
a fresh application has been filed before the Pakistan Supreme Court seeking review of its decision to dismiss the Indian death row inmate Sarabjit Singh's petition challenging his death penalty.
- JULY 22, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: EXECUTED FOR MURDERING HIS WIFE
one man was hanged in the prison of Semnan (northern Iran), reported the official Iranian news agency Irna.
- JULY 22, 2009North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - North Carolina. House lawmakers approved legislation to prevent a murder suspect or death row prisoner with severe mental illness from facing capital punishment.
USA - North Carolina. House lawmakers approved legislation to prevent a murder suspect or death row prisoner with severe mental illness from facing capital punishment.
- JULY 22, 2009United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - The Innocence Project has released a new report pointing to the problems with eyewitness identifications
USA - The Innocence Project has released a new report pointing to the problems with eyewitness identifications
- JULY 22, 2009CzechiaDEATH PENALTY
CZECHS OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORT DEATH PENALTY
62 per cent of people in the Czech Republic support the death penalty, according to a poll by CVVM
- JULY 21, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS TWO FOR MURDER
Iran hanged two men convicted of murder in a prison in the central city of Isfahan, the Etemad newspaper reported.
- JULY 21, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE IN MURDER CASE
in Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Mahrukh Tarar awarded the death sentence to Haji Iftikhar and fined him Rs50,000.
- JULY 21, 2009ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND: TWO GET DEATH SENTENCE OVER POLICE SHOOTOUT
an army major and an accomplice convicted of running a drug racket were sentenced to death for killing two anti-narcotics policemen in a shootout at a Bangkok apartment complex in Thailand on April 12, 2007
- JULY 21, 2009NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: NBA AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE FOR KIDNAPPERS
the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) advised states proposing death sentence as penalty for kidnapping offences to drop the idea in the interest of the country.
- JULY 21, 2009OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Dewaine Poindexter spent 24 years on Ohio’s Death Row, but he will never be executed
USA - Ohio. Dewaine Poindexter spent 24 years on Ohio’s Death Row, but he will never be executed
- JULY 21, 2009TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Harold Murray 4th was sentenced to death today in Montgomery County Court
USA - Texas. Harold Murray 4th was sentenced to death today in Montgomery County Court
- JULY 21, 2009DelawareDEATH PENALTY
USA - Delaware. The Delaware Supreme Court today ordered a new trial for James E. Cooke Jr.
USA - Delaware. The Delaware Supreme Court today ordered a new trial for James E. Cooke Jr.
- JULY 21, 2009OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. USA's 1000th execution via lethal injection. Marvallous Keene was put to death by lethal injection
USA - Ohio. USA's 1000th execution via lethal injection. Marvallous Keene was put to death by lethal injection
- JULY 21, 2009United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - The European Union criticises US over death penalty
USA - The European Union criticises US over death penalty
- JULY 21, 2009IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: NINE WOMEN FACE IMMINENT EXECUTION
Amnesty International reported that at least three women have been executed since early June.