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 13, 2010UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA: COURT SENDS MAN TO GALLOWS
Ugandan High Court Justice Benjamin Kabiito sentenced casual labourer Peter
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2010United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - 2009 FBI Crime Report: Murder Rate Highest in the South, Lowest in the Northeast
USA - 2009 FBI Crime Report: Murder Rate Highest in the South, Lowest in the Northeast
SEPTEMBER 12, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: PRESIDENT COMMUTES 14 DEATH SENTENCES INTO LIFE TERMS
Indian President Pratibha Devisingh Patil commuted the death
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2010AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Holly Wood, 50, black, was executed
USA - Alabama. Holly Wood, 50, black, was executed
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2010DEATH PENALTY
WASHINGTON (USA): 1ST EXECUTION IN THE STATE SINCE 2001
Cal Coburn Brown, 52, white, was executed at the Washington State Penitentiary
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2010WashingtonDEATH PENALTY
USA - Washington. Cal Coburn Brown, 52, white, was executed. It is the 1st execution since 2001
USA - Washington. Cal Coburn Brown, 52, white, was executed. It is the 1st execution since 2001
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2010KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
USA - Kentucky. Judge Phillip Shepherd has halted the execution of Gregory L. Wilson and all others in the state
USA - Kentucky. Judge Phillip Shepherd has halted the execution of Gregory L. Wilson and all others in the state
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH IN MURDER CASE
in Nagercoil, India, district sessions judge Saravanan sentenced Anbarasu to death for murdering Malik Mohammed, 75, his wife Katheeja Beevi, 65, and watchman Gnanaprakasam, 71, on November 12, 2007, as revenge after he was fired.
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2010DEATH PENALTY
ALABAMA (USA): HOLLY WOOD EXECUTED
Holly Wood, 50, black, was executed in Alabama. He was accused
SEPTEMBER 9, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: ANTI-CORRUPTION CHIEF SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER BRIBES
provincial anti-corruption official Wang Huayuan, 62, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2010United States Armed ForcesDEATH PENALTY
USA - U.S. Military. Marine Jessie A. Quintanilla has death sentence reduced to life in prison
USA - U.S. Military. Marine Jessie A. Quintanilla has death sentence reduced to life in prison
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: EIGHT YEAR DELAY IN SC HEARING ALLOWS MAN TO ESCAPE GALLOWS
in India, the Delhi High Court commuted the death sentence of Ajit Seth for murdering Sunny Arora, 7, and Shikha Arora, 3, to life imprisonment because the Supreme Court took eight years to decide the case.
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
FORMER CHINESE OFFICIAL SENTENCED TO DEATH WITH TWO-YEAR REPRIEVE FOR CORRUPTION
in southwest China's Guizhou Province, former government official Fan Zhongqian was sentenced to death by the Guiyang Intermediate People's Court with a two-year reprieve for accepting bribes from 1988 to 2008.
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE
a Division Bench the Karnataka High Court in India comprising Justices Rao and Pinto upheld the death sentences of Madhurnath, Rafiq and Jayanna of Anandpuram in Sagar taluk for robbing and murdering ginger merchant Madhusudan in Sagar on August 8, 2005.
SEPTEMBER 8, 2010UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA: COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH FOR LAKARA MURDER
Chuba Lochieng, 20, was sentenced to death in Uganda by court chairman Lt. Col. Eugene
SEPTEMBER 8, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: STONING SENTENCE ON HOLD, SAYS FOREIGN MINISTRY
Iran’s foreign ministry said the stoning death sentence given to a woman convicted of adultery and murder was now on hold.
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: PRESIDENT PARDONS TWENTY DEATH ROW CONVICTS
Bangladesh has granted clemency to 20 death row inmates under a presidential
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: BOMBAY HIGH COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF MURDERER TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
the division bench of justices Ranjana Desai and VK Tahilramani of the Bombay high court in India commuted the death sentence issued by the Sessions Court to Kamlakar Shinde, 25, for murdering and robbing his aunt Draupadi Shinde, 55, in July 2007, to lif
SEPTEMBER 7, 2010SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: TWO SUDANESE GET DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING 4 CHINESE
A Sudanese court sentenced two men to death for killing four kidnapped Chinese oil workers
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC STAYS DEATH SENTENCE OF TWO AKSHARDHAM TERROR ATTACK CONVICTS
Justices Reddy and Nijjar of the Indian Supreme Court stayed the death penalty awarded to Adambhai Sulemanbhai Ajmeri and Abdul Kayum in the 2002 Akshardham temple terror attack case.
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE IN MURDER CASE
in Islamabad, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Iqbal sentenced Wahid Gul to death for killing Shaheen Akhtar and wounding six others over a petty dispute on August 4, 2008.
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR WOMAN'S MURDER
Justices Rao and Pinto of the Karnataka High Court in India upheld the March 28, 2009...
SEPTEMBER 6, 2010NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: PRISONERS AWAIT EXECUTION IN JOS
over 123 prison inmates including 39 indigenes of Benue State who are sentenced to death
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH IN NORTHWEST FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
four unidentified major importers of precursors of opiates were sentenced to death
SEPTEMBER 5, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: MAN TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Judicial commissioner Mohd Zaki Abdul Wahab of the High Court in Alor Star, Ma
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2010SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE: TWO SPARED DEATH PENALTY
two of three Singaporeans found guilty of killing a lorry driver during a May 2006 robbery attempt
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: WOMAN FACING DEATH BY STONING IS 'LASHED 99 MORE TIMES'
an Iranian widow sentenced to death by stoning for adultery has been lashed 99 times for ''spreading corruption and indecency'' after a newspaper published an alleged picture of her without a headscarf, her son said.
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2010CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge Philip H. Hikok sentenced Mila Johnson to death.
USA - California. Judge Philip H. Hikok sentenced Mila Johnson to death.
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2010DEATH PENALTY
OHIO (USA): GOVERNOR TED STRICKLAND GRANTS CLEMENCY TO KEVIN KEITH
Ohio Governor Ted Strickland granted clemency to Kevin Keith, 46, commuting his
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING LOVER
Malaysian High Court judge Datuk Abd Halim Aman sentenced furniture shop assistant Hoo Eu Hee, 44, to death for murdering his lover, Wong Nyik Yon, 46, after a fight in Jalan Datuk Keramat on November 29, 2007. She was stabbed eight times on her chest and