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
- FEBRUARY 27, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
a former customer service technician was sent to the gallows by the Malaysian High Court for trafficking in drugs.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2009TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. A Tarrant County jury decided that Erick Davila should die
USA - Texas. A Tarrant County jury decided that Erick Davila should die
- FEBRUARY 27, 2009CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. An Orange County jury recommended that John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 43, black, be executed
USA - California. An Orange County jury recommended that John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 43, black, be executed
FEBRUARY 27, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: OFFICIAL GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR BRIBERY
A former planning official from southwest China's Chongqing municipality was sentenced to death
- FEBRUARY 26, 2009KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
FIVE KYRGYZ CITIZENS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CHINA
“Five Kyrgyz citizens were sentenced to death in China...
- FEBRUARY 26, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Additional Sessions Judge S. Soman (Fast Track Court-I) sentenced to death a 39-year-old man named Raju, alias Monkuttan, after finding him guilty of the murder of a scooter rider, Sunil Kumar, alias Podiyappan, near All Saints College junction in India o
- FEBRUARY 26, 2009South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA: TOP COURT CONFIRMS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING CHILDREN
the South Korean Supreme Court handed down an appellate court's death penalty to Chung Sung-hyun on charges of kidnapping and murdering three people, including two children, between 2004 and 2007.
- FEBRUARY 26, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Supreme People's Court said in a statement that 1,279 people...
Supreme People's Court said in a statement that 1,279 people...
- FEBRUARY 26, 2009Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Hamza Mahmoud al-Shoubaki, 40, was abducted by unidentified...
Hamza Mahmoud al-Shoubaki, 40, was abducted by unidentified...
- FEBRUARY 26, 2009FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Scott Mansfield can get new trial
USA - Florida. Scott Mansfield can get new trial
- FEBRUARY 26, 2009AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. District Judge Brian Howell sentenced Mark Dwaytt Brown to death
USA - Alabama. District Judge Brian Howell sentenced Mark Dwaytt Brown to death
FEBRUARY 26, 2009IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ HANDS DEATH PENALTY TO 28 CULTISTS FOR ATTACKS
Twenty-eight members of a Shiite messianic cult responsible for brutal attacks on
- FEBRUARY 25, 2009KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: UN CONDEMNS EXECUTIONS CARRIED OUT BY KENYAN POLICE
a brutal succession of hundreds of summary executions carried out with impunity by Kenyan security forces was roundly condemned by a top UN investigator, who called on President Mwai Kibaki to sack his police chief and attorney general.
- FEBRUARY 25, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: 'ALLOW THOSE ON DEATH ROW EARLY APPEALS'
the Malaysian Bar Council wants the judiciary to fast track the appeals of convicted prisoners on Death Row.
FEBRUARY 25, 2009EgyptDEATH PENALTYUNITED ARAB EMIRATES: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
the Federal Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, upheld the death sentence of Egyptian
FEBRUARY 25, 2009United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA: GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS COULD PUT AN END TO DEATH PENALTY
A clutch of American states are considering whether to abolish capital punishment because of the
- FEBRUARY 24, 2009OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Death row inmate eligible for release
USA - Ohio. Death row inmate eligible for release
- FEBRUARY 24, 2009VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Virginia. The Senate today passed a bill expanding the death penalty
USA - Virginia. The Senate today passed a bill expanding the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 24, 2009KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
USA - Kentucky. U.S. District Judge Thomas B. Russell overturned Robert Keith Woodall's death sentence
USA - Kentucky. U.S. District Judge Thomas B. Russell overturned Robert Keith Woodall's death sentence
- FEBRUARY 24, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: THREE GET DEATH PENALTY FOR WOMEN TRAFFICKING
three people were sentenced to death in Bangladesh in 77 women trafficking cases from
- FEBRUARY 23, 2009ColoradoDEATH PENALTY
USA - Colorado. Judiciary Committee votes to abolish death penalty
USA - Colorado. Judiciary Committee votes to abolish death penalty
- FEBRUARY 23, 2009IraqDEATH PENALTY
SUPREME CRIMINAL COURT SENTENCES THREE TO DEATH FOR MURDER
the Supreme Criminal Court in Diyala, Iraq, sentenced three people to death for murder.
- FEBRUARY 23, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
Ashraf Kalhori, approximately 40 years old, detained in the Sepidar jail...
Ashraf Kalhori, approximately 40 years old, detained in the Sepidar jail...
- FEBRUARY 23, 2009North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - North Carolina. A Charlotte jury has ordered Michael Wayne Sherrill be sent to death row
USA - North Carolina. A Charlotte jury has ordered Michael Wayne Sherrill be sent to death row
FEBRUARY 23, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: PRISONER EXECUTED IN PUBLIC
a Saudi Arabian man sentenced to death for murder was beheaded in the western port city of
FEBRUARY 23, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SNACK BAR POISONING
Two migrant workers have been sentenced to death for poisoning food at a snack bar in the
- FEBRUARY 22, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: NUSAKAMBANGAN INMATES WAITING FOR EXECUTION
as many as 65 inmates detained at Nusakambangan Penitentiary in Cilacap, Central Java, Indonesia, are still waiting for their execution.
- FEBRUARY 22, 2009YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN: AL-LEWA FACES EXECUTION AFTER BEING PARDONED FOR BLOOD MONEY
in Sana'a, Yemen, Hisham Al-Lewa asked the Attorney-General to rescind the death sentence against his elder brother Mohammed Al-Lewa. Mohammed, 35, killed a highway robber while helping the security authorities arrest the robber in 2003.
- FEBRUARY 22, 2009YemenDEATH PENALTY
According to lawyer Ahmad Al-Wadei...
According to lawyer Ahmad Al-Wadei...
- FEBRUARY 22, 2009South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
64 PERCENT OF KOREANS BACK DEATH PENALTY
64 percent of South Koreans back the death penalty, according to a survey conducted on 3,000 people over the age of 19 by Hankook Research.