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 2, 2010OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Governor Ted Strickland granted clemency to Kevin Keith
USA - Ohio. Governor Ted Strickland granted clemency to Kevin Keith
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2010ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arkansas. Johnny Depp appeals for release of Damien Echols
USA - Arkansas. Johnny Depp appeals for release of Damien Echols
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2010CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge Ronald Coen sentenced Antonio Rodriguez to death
USA - California. Judge Ronald Coen sentenced Antonio Rodriguez to death
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2010AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. A jury recommended a death sentence for Justin Tyler Hosch
USA - Alabama. A jury recommended a death sentence for Justin Tyler Hosch
SEPTEMBER 2, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: APPEALS ARE ENSURED FOR DEATH CASES
China has taken a new move to prevent wrongful convictions in death sentence
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2010NigerDEATH PENALTY
NIGER URGED BY RIGHTS GROUP TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY IN NEW CONSTITUTION
Niger has a “historic opportunity” to abolish the death penalty in a new constitution that will be voted
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2010UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: JUDGES UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE
three judges of the Ugandan Court of Appeal, led by Justice George Engwau, upheld
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: 17 INDIANS ON DEATH ROW SAY THEY WERE TORTURED FOR CONFESSION
seventeen Indian workers on death row in Sharjah, the United Arab Emirates, for the murder of a Pakistani man told an appeals court that the police extracted their confession after torturing them.
- AUGUST 31, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH SENTENCE TO 3 ADMK WORKERS UPHELD
Justices Singhvi and Chauhan the Indian Supreme Court upheld the death sentence awarded to AIADMK workers C Muniappan, Ravindran and Nedunchezhian.
AUGUST 31, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SAKINEH MOHAMMADI ASHTIANI SUBJECTED TO MOCK EXECUTION
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani the Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning, was told on August 28 that she was to be hanged at dawn the day after, but the sentence was not carried out, it emerged tonight.
- AUGUST 31, 2010CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge Verna Adams extends ban on state executions
USA - California. Judge Verna Adams extends ban on state executions
- AUGUST 30, 2010United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - DEATH ROW USA Winter 2010 Now Available
USA - DEATH ROW USA Winter 2010 Now Available
- AUGUST 29, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: DEATH SENTENCE FOR HEROIN SMUGGLER
in the United Arab Emirates, Afghan national MK, 22, was sentenced to death
AUGUST 29, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: MINISTER AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
A senior Malaysian minister reportedly urged the government to abolish the death
- AUGUST 29, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: SALESMAN TO HANG FOR FIANCEE'S MURDER
Judge Datuk Zamani A. Rahim of the Malaysian High Court sentenced salesman Raja Saiful Nizam Raja
- AUGUST 28, 2010United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Anesthesia shortage may delay executions.
USA - Anesthesia shortage may delay executions.
- AUGUST 28, 2010DEATH PENALTY
USA: ANESTHESIA SHORTAGE MAY DELAY EXECUTIONS
A nationwide shortage of several anesthesia drugs has left several states scrambling to
AUGUST 27, 2010JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: EXECUTION CHAMBER OPENED TO REPORTERS
The Tokyo Detention House opened its execution chamber to the media, giving the public its first peek at the place where death-row inmates are hanged.
AUGUST 27, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: PRESIDENTIAL PARDON FOR OLDEST DEATH ROW CONVICT
Indian President Pratibha Patil has commuted the death sentence of 75- year- old Shobhit
- AUGUST 26, 2010JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
JAMAICA: EX-SOLDIER SENTENCED TO DEATH
Jamaican Supreme Court Justice Horace March sentenced ex-soldier Leslie Moodie
- AUGUST 26, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA EXECUTES MAN FOR KILLING 15-YEAR-OLD
real estate employee Song Feiran, of Songxi Village, Xi'an, was executed for killing He An, 15, following a land dispute in northwest China' s Shaanxi Province.
AUGUST 26, 2010DEATH PENALTYGAMBIA: MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
three men have been sentenced to death in Gambia, in two different cases
- AUGUST 26, 2010TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Judge Sam Cummings overturned Michael Yowell's death sentence
USA - Texas. Judge Sam Cummings overturned Michael Yowell's death sentence
- AUGUST 26, 2010FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Judge James Earp resentenced George Porter to life in prison
USA - Florida. Judge James Earp resentenced George Porter to life in prison
- AUGUST 25, 2010TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals vacated the death sentence of Kenneth Dewayne Thomas
USA - Texas. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals vacated the death sentence of Kenneth Dewayne Thomas
AUGUST 25, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: HUNDREDS POSSIBLY EXECUTED IN MASHHAD
According to unofficial reports from several sources in Iran several hundred prisoners
- AUGUST 24, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
SENIOR CHINESE POLICE OFFICER SENTENCED FOR GRAFT
former Chinese Assistant Minister for Public Security Zheng Shaodong was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for taking bribes worth more than 8.3 million yuan, Xinhua news agency reported.
- AUGUST 24, 2010DEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. Judge denies Troy Davis appeal
USA - Georgia. Judge denies Troy Davis appeal
- AUGUST 23, 2010GambiaDEATH PENALTY
in Gambia, the Special Criminal Court presided over by Justice Joseph E. Ikpala sentenced Lamin Faye to
in Gambia, the Special Criminal Court presided over by Justice Joseph E. Ikpala sentenced Lamin Faye to
- AUGUST 23, 2010IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: GOVT CLAIMS ONLY 3 INDONESIANS FACING EXECUTION IN MALAYSIA
the Indonesian President instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to report accurate data on the number of Indonesians facing the death penalty in Malaysia...