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
- MAY 22, 2009DEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. A jury unanimously recommended the death penalty for Michael Ledford
USA - Georgia. A jury unanimously recommended the death penalty for Michael Ledford
- MAY 22, 2009ConnecticutDEATH PENALTY
USA - Connecticut. The Senate has passed 19-17 the bill that replaces the state's death penalty with a life sentence without the chance of parole
USA - Connecticut. The Senate has passed 19-17 the bill that replaces the state's death penalty with a life sentence without the chance of parole
MAY 22, 2009NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: MINISTER SEEKS TO RELEASE PRISONERS ON DEATH ROW TO DECONGEST PRISONS
as part of measures to decongest the nation's prisons, the Nigerian government was
- MAY 22, 2009MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. Circuit Judge David Evans of West Plains sentenced Lance Shockley to death
USA - Missouri. Circuit Judge David Evans of West Plains sentenced Lance Shockley to death
- MAY 22, 2009ConnecticutDEATH PENALTY
USA - Connecticut. Gov. M. Jodi Rell said today she will veto the bill approved this morning as soon as it hits her desk.
USA - Connecticut. Gov. M. Jodi Rell said today she will veto the bill approved this morning as soon as it hits her desk.
MAY 22, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: ELECTRICIAN TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
an electrician was sentenced to death by the Malaysian High Court after he was found
- MAY 21, 2009JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: POPULAR JURIES RETURN TO TRIALS AFTER 66 YEARS
Japan reintroduced popular juries in penal trials after a break of 66 years. This aligned
- MAY 21, 2009TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Veto threat alters death-penalty bill.
USA - Texas. Veto threat alters death-penalty bill.
- MAY 21, 2009GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. Former judges push for hearing on Troy Davis innocence claim
USA - Georgia. Former judges push for hearing on Troy Davis innocence claim
- MAY 21, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: GROUPS DENOUNCE AGO PLAN TO CAP EXECUTION APPEALS
human rights groups criticised Indonesia’s Attorney General’s Office plan to limit the time death row inmates could lodge a final case review to 30 days.
- MAY 21, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER OF FRIEND
Rabin Malick, 19, was sentenced to death by Partha Sarathi Mukherjee, the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate of the Barrackpore First Track Third Court in India, for the murder of his friend Abhishek
- MAY 21, 2009TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Judge Raymond Angelini sentenced Armando Leza to death.
USA - Texas. Judge Raymond Angelini sentenced Armando Leza to death.
MAY 21, 2009EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: TYCOON TO BE HANGED FOR LEBANESE DIVA MURDER
a Cairo court sentenced an Egyptian tycoon and a former policeman to death for the
- MAY 20, 2009DEATH PENALTY
IRAN: FOUR PEOPLE HANGED IN SHIRAZ
Four people were hanged in the prison of Shiraz in the morning, according to several Iranian newspapers such as Etemad.
- MAY 20, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
A woman identified as Afsaneh (29) was hanged in the prison of Shiraz, Etemad
A woman identified as Afsaneh (29) was hanged in the prison of Shiraz, Etemad
- MAY 20, 2009OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Ohio adjusts its lethal injection protocol.
USA - Ohio. Ohio adjusts its lethal injection protocol.
- MAY 20, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
A man identified as Rasoul (age not given), convicted of keeping drugs, was hanged in
A man identified as Rasoul (age not given), convicted of keeping drugs, was hanged in
- MAY 20, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
An Afghan man (age not mentioned) was hanged in the prison of Shiraz, Etemad
An Afghan man (age not mentioned) was hanged in the prison of Shiraz, Etemad
- MAY 20, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
A 20 years young man convicted of a murder in August 2006 was hanged in the
A 20 years young man convicted of a murder in August 2006 was hanged in the
- MAY 20, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: THREE TO GO TO GALLOWS FOR KILLING GIRL AFTER RAPE IN SYLHET
Judge M Mahbub-Ul-Islam of the Speedy Trial Tribunal in Sylhet, Bangladesh, sentenced three people to death and fined them Tk 20,000 each.
- MAY 20, 2009JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: DEATH SENTENCE APPEAL REJECTED BY TOP COURT
the Japanese Supreme Court rejected a request from Wakayama woman Masumi Hayashi to amend a death sentence handed to her following her conviction for killing four people and poisoning 63 with arsenic-laced curry in 1998.
- MAY 20, 2009KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: PINOY ON DEATH ROW IN KUWAIT PARDONNED BY VICTIM'S FAMILY
an overseas Filipino worker sentenced to death by a Kuwaiti court for killing a compatriot may be spared, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.
MAY 20, 2009ItalyDEATH PENALTYIRAN: ZAMPARUTTI- CANCELLING VISIT IS THE MINIMUM FRATTINI COULD DO
"Cancelling his visit to Iran is the minimum that Frattini could and should do,” Elisabetta Zamparutti, Radical Deputy and Hands Off Cain director, said.
- MAY 20, 2009MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. Dennis Skillicorn, 49, white, was executed
USA - Missouri. Dennis Skillicorn, 49, white, was executed
MAY 20, 2009SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: MORE DARFUR REBELS SENT TO DEATH
a Sudanese court sentenced another nine Darfur rebels to death for a 2008 attack on
- MAY 19, 2009North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
REPORT: EX-TOP NORTH KOREAN OFFICIAL EXECUTED IN 2008
North Korea has executed a former official in charge of inter-Korean relations,
- MAY 19, 2009NebraskaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nebraska. State lawmakers gave 1st-round approval today to LB 36 which replaces the electric chair with lethal injection
USA - Nebraska. State lawmakers gave 1st-round approval today to LB 36 which replaces the electric chair with lethal injection
- MAY 19, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
Iranian authorities hanged a man convicted of drug trafficking. The man, identified as
Iranian authorities hanged a man convicted of drug trafficking. The man, identified as
- MAY 19, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: EX-POLICEMAN TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
in Malaysia, a former police constable was sentenced to death by Judicial
- MAY 19, 2009DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): MAN EXECUTED FOR 1986 MURDER
A 51-year-old man was executed by lethal injection in Texas for the February 1986 murder of a young sales clerk as he robbed a convenience store.