Archive timeline
2010
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2010, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2010
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2010DEATH PENALTY
USA: GEORGIA EXECUTES INMATE WHO HAD ATTEMPTED SUICIDE
A Georgia prisoner who tried to kill himself last week by slashing his arms and throat with a razor blade was executed amid heightened security for the 1998 murders of a trucking company owner and his two children.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2010DEATH PENALTY
USA - California. State Supreme Court blocks Brown's execution
USA - California. State Supreme Court blocks Brown's execution
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2010EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: CAIRO COURT REDUCES TYCOON’S DEATH SENTENCE
the death sentence of Egyptian real estate tycoon Hesham Talaat Moustafa for paying an assassin to kill Suzanne Tamim in Dubai in 2008 was commuted to 15 years in prison.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: KASAB CHALLENGES DEATH PENALTY IN BOMBAY HIGH COURT
Pakistani national Ajmal Kasab filed an appeal in the Bombay High Court in India challenging the death penalty awarded to him for killing 166 people on November 26, 2008.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2010DEATH PENALTY
CALIFORNIA: SUPREME COURT BLOCKS EXECUTION OVER NEW LETHAL INJECTION METHODS
The California Supreme Court issued an order today that thwarts the state's plans to execute Albert Greenwood Brown on Thursday night.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2010SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
PIRATE RINGLEADER FACES EXECUTION IN SOMALIA
pirate ringleader Salah Mohamed Gelle was sentenced to death by presiding judge Mohamed Yusuf...
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING PART-TIME MODEL
in Alor Setar, Malaysia, High Court Judge Datuk Zamani A. Rahim sentenced unemployed man Ismawi Ishak, 25, to death for killing part-time model Mohamad Azhary Mohamed Osman, 26, at Sungai Petani on May 4, 2004.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
PRISON ESCAPEES EXECUTED IN NORTH CHINA
Qiao Haiqiang, Dong Jiaji and Li Hongbin were executed in Hohhot in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH FOR KILLING RELATIVE
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, additional district and sessions judge Judge Sajjad Hussain Sindhar sentenced Mehtab Khan to death and ordered him to pay Rs 200,000 compensation.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2010CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel granted Albert Greenwood Brown a reprieve
USA - California. U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel granted Albert Greenwood Brown a reprieve
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: GIRL’S TESTIMONY CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE FOR DAD
Justices P V Hardas and A V Potdar of the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court in India sentenced Sunil Gaikwad, 35...
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CHINA FOR TRAFFICKING IN CHILDREN
in China's eastern Fujian Province, the Intermediate People's Court of Quanzhou City sentenced Li Diji and Wu Suiqing, both 56, to death for child trafficking.
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2010MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. Judge Gary Oxenhandler sentenced Michael Tisius to death
USA - Missouri. Judge Gary Oxenhandler sentenced Michael Tisius to death
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2010CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. A jury ordered the death penalty for Jonathan Fajardo
USA - California. A jury ordered the death penalty for Jonathan Fajardo
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2010GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. Brandon Joseph Rhode, 31, white, was executed
USA - Georgia. Brandon Joseph Rhode, 31, white, was executed
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2010DEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Gov. Schwarzenegger ordered a temporary last-minute reprieve in Albert G. Brown's execution
USA - California. Gov. Schwarzenegger ordered a temporary last-minute reprieve in Albert G. Brown's execution
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
TALIBAN MILITANTS STONE WOMAN TO DEATH IN PAKISTAN
Taliban militants stoned a woman to death in Orakzai, Pakistan.
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Chen Mingliang, 52, from Yuzhong District, and Yong, 43, from Shapingba...
Chen Mingliang, 52, from Yuzhong District, and Yong, 43, from Shapingba...
SEPTEMBER 27, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabia beheaded a murderer by the sword in Medina, the interior ministry announced
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2010CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ordered Judge Fogel to reconsider his plan that would have allowed the execution for Albert Greenwood Brown
USA - California. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ordered Judge Fogel to reconsider his plan that would have allowed the execution for Albert Greenwood Brown
SEPTEMBER 27, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: CONFUSION OVER STONING WOMAN
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani has received a death sentence for committing murder
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
GANG LEADER, KEY MEMBER EXECUTED IN CHINA'S CHONGQING
in Chongqing, China, gang leader Fan Qihang, 40, and key gang member Wu Chuanjiang, 33, were executed according to the city's Higher Court.
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: TWO MEN GET DEATH FOR TRAFFICKING GANJA
in Alor Setar, Malaysia, High Court Justice Datuk Zamani A. Rahim sentenced factory van driver Rizal Sham Ahmad, 32, and his friend, unemployed Md Fitri Md Saad, 31, to death for trafficking 2,805 grammes of ganja in Gurun on February 7, 2006.
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2010DEATH PENALTY
IRAN: JUVENILE OFFENDER EXECUTED
According to the reports from Iran a minor offender identified as Mohammad was hanged on July 10th 2010 in the Marvdasht prison of Shiraz.
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE AWARDED TO THREE FOR MURDER
in Faisalabad, Pakistan, Additional Sessions Judge Sammundri Rai Hafeez Ullah Khan sentenced Tariq and his brother Abid and Raheel to death for murdering M Ashfaq of Chak No.209-GB over a minor dispute two years ago.
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2010DEATH PENALTY
ALABAMA (USA): DEATH SENTENCE OVERTURNED
Esau “Wolf” Jackson, 32, black, gets new trial in Alabama.
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2010DEATH PENALTY
VIRGINIA (USA): TERESA LEWIS EXECUTED DESPITE PROTESTS
Teresa Lewis died early today after being given a lethal injection at the Greensville correctional
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, additional district and sessions judge Raja Pervaiz Akhtar sentenced Khizar Iqbal to death for killing his rival Sajid Mehmood in September 2007 over a family feud and fined him Rs200,000.
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH
in Lahore, Pakistan, an additional district and sessions judge sentenced a man identifed as Ayaz to death for burning his wife to death under the Mustafabad police area in 2008 and fined him Rs50,000.
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2010DEATH PENALTY
NEVADA (USA): RONNIE MILLIGAN RELEASED
District Judge Richard Wagner ordered the immediate release of Ronnie Milligan, who