Archive timeline
2009
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2009, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
The year in data
- Executions recorded worldwide
- 682
- Countries where they were recorded
- 26
- News items in the archive
- 2,220
Latest news of 2009
- MARCH 3, 2009New MexicoDEATH PENALTY
USA - New Mexico. The bill that would abolish capital punishment got a do-pass recommendation in the Senate Public Affairs Committee
USA - New Mexico. The bill that would abolish capital punishment got a do-pass recommendation in the Senate Public Affairs Committee
- MARCH 3, 2009TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. A Brazos County jury unanimously sentenced Christian Olsen to death.
USA - Texas. A Brazos County jury unanimously sentenced Christian Olsen to death.
- MARCH 3, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: MAN ON DEATH ROW CHEATS DEATH TWICE
Jizan inmate Yahya Al-Mujaribi was spared execution a second time in Saudi Arabia.
MARCH 3, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO MEN HANGED IN ZAHEDAN
Two men were hanged in the prison of Zahedan (south-eastern Iran) early this morning reported
MARCH 3, 2009EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 10 SENTENCED TO HANG FOR GANG-RAPE
an Egyptian court sentenced 10 men to death by hanging for gang-raping a woman, a
MARCH 3, 2009YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: MOSQUE ATTACKER EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD
a man convicted of killing ten people in a shooting rampage outside a mosque in north-western Yemen was executed in his home city, a security source said. A police firing squad shot dead Abdullah Saleh al-Kohali, 27, in the central prison of Amran.
- MARCH 3, 2009TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Willie Pondexter, 34, black, was executed
USA - Texas. Willie Pondexter, 34, black, was executed
MARCH 3, 2009ItalyDEATH PENALTYITALY: PROTOCOL ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES RATIFIED
Italy ratified Protocol 13 to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental
MARCH 3, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
authorities beheaded a Saudi Arabian man convicted of murdering his mother and an Indonesian maid. An
- MARCH 2, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING WIFE, DAUGHTER
a local court in Allahbad, India, awarded the death penalty to a man found guilty for murdering his wife and five-year-old daughter.
- MARCH 2, 2009YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMENI COURT SENTENCES PAKISTANI MAN TO DEATH FOR DRUG-TRAFFICKING
a Yemeni state security court sentenced a Pakistani man to death and 15 others to 25 years in prison for smuggling around 10,000 kilograms of hashish into the country.
- MARCH 2, 2009NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: KIDNAPPERS: AMAECHI EXPLAINS STANCE TO AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
Nigerian Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, explained to Amnesty International why kidnapping should attract capital punishment
- MARCH 2, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI BEHEADED FOR KILLING HIS FATHER
Saudi Arabian authorities beheaded a citizen convicted of murdering his father following a dispute
MARCH 2, 2009IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 'CHEMICAL ALI' CONDEMNED TO DEATH FOR THIRD TIME
An Iraqi court condemned Saddam Hussein's notorious henchman, "Chemical Ali" Hassan
MARCH 2, 2009IraqDEATH PENALTYPANNELLA WANTS AZIZ'S ACCOMPLICES TO BE SPARED AS WELL
“We acknowledged that intervening and preventing the state assassination in Iraq of Tareq Aziz, an official
- MARCH 1, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
TEACHER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE
a primary school teacher was sentenced to death for raping 21 female students over three years in central China's Hubei Province.
- MARCH 1, 2009QatarDEATH PENALTY
QATAR: COURT HANDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR ‘MANHOLE MURDER’
a man was sentenced to death by firing squad for the “premeditated murder” of a Pakistani compatriot in Doha, Qatar, on January 15, 2007.
- MARCH 1, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC BACKS THE DEATH PENALTY
in a setback to opponents of capital punishment, the Indian Supreme Court enlarged
MARCH 1, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: KURDISH ACTIVIST SENTENCED TO DEATH
an appeals court in Iran found Kurdish student, Habibolah Latifi, guilty of waging war against God
MARCH 1, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN HANGS 10 CONVICTED OF DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran executed 10 men for drug trafficking in the western Kermanshah Province, the province’s
- FEBRUARY 28, 2009AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHAN VILLAGER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 'WRONG INFORMATION'
a villager was sentenced to death by an Afghan court for giving "wrong information" that resulted in nearly 100 civilians being killed in Nato airstrikes.
- FEBRUARY 28, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC IMPOSES DEATH SENTENCE ON DUO FOR MURDER OF SIX
the Indian Supreme Court sentenced two people to death for murdering six members of a family in 1994 in Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh.
- FEBRUARY 28, 2009BeninDEATH PENALTY
a year after its creation by presidential decree, on February 18, 2008...
a year after its creation by presidential decree, on February 18, 2008...
- FEBRUARY 28, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China's top legislature ratified a treaty on extradition with Mexico.
China's top legislature ratified a treaty on extradition with Mexico.
FEBRUARY 28, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED IN THE PRISON OF OROUMIEH
One man identified as Mehdi Ghasemzadeh was hanged in the prison of Orumieh (northwestern
FEBRUARY 28, 2009AlgeriaDEATH PENALTYALGERIA: DEATH PENALTY FOR DROUKDAL AND 11 OF HIS MEMBERS
the criminal court of Djelfa, Algeria, handed the death penalty to the emir of “El Qaida
- FEBRUARY 27, 2009UtahDEATH PENALTY
USA - Utah. The Senate advanced the bill that would to speed up the appeals process in death-penalty cases.
USA - Utah. The Senate advanced the bill that would to speed up the appeals process in death-penalty cases.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2009MarylandDEATH PENALTY
USA - Maryland. The Judicial Proceedings Committee of the Senate rejected a bill that would abolish the death penalty
USA - Maryland. The Judicial Proceedings Committee of the Senate rejected a bill that would abolish the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 27, 2009AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
THREE AFGHAN POLICEMEN GET DEATH PENALTY
an open trial of five policemen was held in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2009JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING 2 IN OSAKA
a 59 year old man was sentenced to death at the Osaka District Court in Japan for robbing and killing a female Chinese student and a male company employee with a knife on separate occasions in Osaka.