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
- NOVEMBER 23, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: THREE MEN SPARED DEATH PENALTY, GET LIFE TERM
in Karachi, Pakistan, a full bench of the Supreme Court commuted the death sentences of three men to life imprisonment.
- NOVEMBER 23, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS NOOSE FOR KILLING 12-YR-OLD BOY
in Thrissur, India, District and Sessions Judge B Kemal Pasha awarded capital punishment to Hamsu, 29, for murder.
- NOVEMBER 23, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: GOVT COMMUTED DEATH SENTENCE OF GOVINDASAMY
the death sentence of R. Govindasamy was commuted to life imprisonment under Article 72 of the Constitution of India in November, Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram revealed.
NOVEMBER 23, 2009IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: KILLER OF FATHER, HUSBAND SENTENCED TO DEATH
the criminal court in Karbala, Iraq, sentenced a woman to death for killing her father and husband with the
- NOVEMBER 23, 2009CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge Frank Fasel sentenced Billy Joe Johnson to death
USA - California. Judge Frank Fasel sentenced Billy Joe Johnson to death
- NOVEMBER 23, 2009CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. A jury recommended the death penalty for Christopher Evans
USA - California. A jury recommended the death penalty for Christopher Evans
- NOVEMBER 23, 2009IndianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Indiana. Christopher M. Stevens, whose murder of a 10-year-old boy led to the creation of Indiana's sex offender registry, has been resentenced to life in prison without parole.
USA - Indiana. Christopher M. Stevens, whose murder of a 10-year-old boy led to the creation of Indiana's sex offender registry, has been resentenced to life in prison without parole.
- NOVEMBER 22, 2009SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN: SIX CHILDREN SENTENCED TO DIE OVER REBEL RAID
Sudan sentenced six children to death for taking part in a Darfur rebel attack on Khartoum but has since
- NOVEMBER 22, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: AI URGES BANGLADESH TO COMMUTE DEATH SENTENCES
Amnesty International (AI) urged Bangladesh not to execute five former army officers sentenced to death for the assassination of Bangladesh's founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
- NOVEMBER 22, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN TO GO TO GALLOWS FOR KILLING WIFE IN JESSORE
in Jessore, Bangladesh, District Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Shamsur Rahman sentenced Ismail Hossain, 40, of Agrobhulot village in Sharsha upazila to death.
NOVEMBER 22, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: PRESIDENT TALABANI IN IRAN SEEKING KURD EXECUTION HALT
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani flew to Tehran to appeal for the lives of Iranian Kurds sentenced to death, a
- NOVEMBER 21, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Sargodha, Pakistan, Additional Sessions Judge Ghaffar Jalil sentenced Faisal Abbas to death for
- NOVEMBER 21, 2009United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - New York. Poll finds broad support among New Yorkers for death penalty in Khalid Shaikh Mohammed terror case
USA - New York. Poll finds broad support among New Yorkers for death penalty in Khalid Shaikh Mohammed terror case
- NOVEMBER 20, 2009KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
KYRGYZ YOUTH DEMONSTRATE AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
Kyrgyzstan's youth human rights organisation staged a protest near Government House in Bishkek. Young
- NOVEMBER 20, 2009IraqDEATH PENALTY
SUNNI LEADER IN IRAQ SENTENCED TO DEATH
Sunni leader Adil al-Mashhadani was sentenced to death, in Iraq, for terrorism according to Justice Ministry spokesman Abdul-Sattar Bayrkdar.
- NOVEMBER 20, 2009CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge Michael Johnson sentenced Kai Harris to death.
USA - California. Judge Michael Johnson sentenced Kai Harris to death.
- NOVEMBER 20, 2009ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. James Wallace has been sentenced to die
USA - Arizona. James Wallace has been sentenced to die
- NOVEMBER 19, 2009DEATH PENALTY
KENTUCKY (USA): INMATE DIES WHILE WAITING FOR EXECUTION
A death row inmate who once played a role in a controversial Benetton clothing advertising campaign
- NOVEMBER 19, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: 2 GET DEATH FOR MURDERS
in Rohtak, India, Additional Sessions Judge Puneesh Jindia sentenced Sangeet and Narender to death and fined them Rs 7000 each.
- NOVEMBER 19, 2009AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
AUSTRALIA: GOVT ENSURING DEATH PENALTY GONE FOREVER
Australian Attorney-General Robert McClelland told parliament he was introducing legislation that would ensure that the death penalty could not be reintroduced.
- NOVEMBER 19, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: DEATH SENTENCES FOR 1975 KILLING OF BANGLADESHI LEADER
the Bangladeshi Supreme Court rejected final appeals by five former soldiers sentenced to death in the 1975 killing of the country’s independence leader in a military coup
- NOVEMBER 19, 2009VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: TEENAGER GETS DEATH FOR FATHER’S MURDER
in Vietnam’s Hai Duong Province, Nghiem Viet Thanh, 18, was sentenced to death for killing his father before taking his money to clear his debts.
- NOVEMBER 19, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI MAN EXECUTED FOR KILLING SISTER
Saudi Arabian man Mourif al-Ribai was executed in the Kharj region of Riyadh after being convicted of murdering his sister, the interior ministry announced in a statement carried by the official SPA agency.
NOVEMBER 19, 2009RussiaDEATH PENALTYRUSSIA: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT EXTENDS MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY
Russia's Constitutional Court prolonged a moratorium on the death penalty, which was due to expire on January 1, until it is banned completely.
NOVEMBER 19, 2009TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: 75 DEATH SENTENCES COMMUTED: KIKWETE
Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete said at a conference in Rome he had commuted 75 death sentences to
- NOVEMBER 19, 2009South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - South Carolina. A jury sentenced Stephen Stanko to death
USA - South Carolina. A jury sentenced Stephen Stanko to death
- NOVEMBER 19, 2009TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Robert Lee Thompson was executed
USA - Texas. Robert Lee Thompson was executed
NOVEMBER 19, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE HANGED FOR RAPING TEENAGE BOY
three Iranian men were hanged for raping a 17-year-old boy who subsequently committed suicide, the Fars
- NOVEMBER 18, 2009IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ PLANNING TO HANG UP TO 126 WOMEN BY YEAR'S END
Iraq is planning to execute up to 126 women by the end of this year.
- NOVEMBER 18, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR RAPE
ISNA news agency said an unidentified 23-year-old man convicted of robbery and rape was hanged in Bojnourd city in Iran’s north eastern North Khorasan province. It did not give the date of execution.