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
- DECEMBER 23, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS DEATH FOR MURDERS IN 7 MONTHS
Singrauli, India, Additional District Judge P C Gupta sentenced Santosh Singh to death for murdering Gulam Mohammad's wife and son on May 7, 2010...
DECEMBER 23, 2010EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MILITANT'S DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED TO JAIL TERM
Judge Abdullah Abu Hashem of the Egyptian state security court commuted
DECEMBER 23, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: 9 EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
China executed at least nine people for drug-related crimes in the
- DECEMBER 22, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI BEHEADS BANGLADESHI CONVICTED OF MURDER
Saudi Arabia beheaded Bangladeshi national Kirun Abdelghani in Jeddah
- DECEMBER 22, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY: THE CHAMBERS APPROVES ZAMPARUTTI MOTION AGAINST PENTOTAL EXPORTATION FOR LETHAL INJECTION
today, the Chamber of Deputies approved the motion presented by Radical parliamentarian
- DECEMBER 22, 2010OregonDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oregon. A jury unanimously recommended that both Bruce and Joshua Turnidge be put to death
USA - Oregon. A jury unanimously recommended that both Bruce and Joshua Turnidge be put to death
- DECEMBER 22, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: SENTENCED TO HANG FOR MURDER
Malaysian High Court Judge Datuk Mohd Yazid Mustafa sentenced M. Nagarajan
- DECEMBER 21, 2010United NationsDEATH PENALTY
NEW RESOLUTION APPROVED BY THE UN. THE PRO MORATORIUM FRONT GROWS
The United Nations General Assembly approved a new resolution in favour of a universal moratorium on the death penalty. It is the third time after the historic resolution approved in December 2007 and then again in December 2008.
- DECEMBER 21, 2010JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN: DRIVER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING HIS FORMER EMPLOYER
the Criminal Court in Jordan, comprising judges Nayef...
- DECEMBER 21, 2010YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMENI AUTHORITIES CALLED UPON TO COMMUTE JUVENILE OFFENDER'S DEATH SENTENCE
Amnesty International called upon the Yemeni authorities to halt the imminent execution of a young man for a crime he is alleged to have committed at the age of 15.
DECEMBER 21, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER OF COMPATRIOT
A Saudi man sentenced to death for killing a fellow citizen was beheaded
- DECEMBER 20, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HANDS OFF CAIN: MINISTER FRATTINI ACTS ON PENTOTAL
"We take satisfaction in the commitment by minister Franco Frattini to stop the Pe
- DECEMBER 20, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALIAN HOSPIRA AFFILIATE GUARANTEE ON PENTOTAL
the Italian heads of American company Hospira have made themselves widely available to collaborate with Italian authorities, accepting that the production and sale of Pentotal will be exclusively authorised for medical purposes.
- DECEMBER 20, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: 6 GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING COUPLE AND THEIR SON
in Kashiramnagar, India, Additional District Justice Bani Singh Hirak sentenced 6 people to death for conspiring to murder for land in the district on February 25, 2009.
- DECEMBER 20, 2010JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
JAMAICA: MAN BEATS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
Peter Dougal, 41, farmer and construction worker of Santoy district, had his 2007 death sentence for murdering former Jamaica Gasolene Retailers Association president Lloyd G. Brown...
- DECEMBER 20, 2010JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
JAMAICA: MAN BEATS DEATH SENTENCE
Kingston labourer Peter Dougal, 41, had his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment by the Jamaican Court of Appeal. He was sentenced for murdering Lloyd G. Brown, and his fiancée, Sandra Campbell in St Andrew on June 5, 2005.
DECEMBER 20, 2010DEATH PENALTYIRAN: 12 PEOPLE EXECUTED
twelve people were hanged in Iran, in two different cases.
- DECEMBER 20, 2010CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Californa. A jury sentenced Melvin Forte, 60, black, to death
USA - Californa. A jury sentenced Melvin Forte, 60, black, to death
- DECEMBER 20, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: 11 MEN HANGED IN ZAHEDAN
eleven men were hanged in the south-eastern Iranian city of Zahedan (capital of Baluchestan
- DECEMBER 20, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: WOMAN HANGED FOR MURDERS
According to the Iranian daily Asr-e-Iran, a young woman identified as Mahin Ghadiri
- DECEMBER 20, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: CRIMINAL LAW DRAFT AMENDMENT UNCHANGED IN REDUCING NUMBER OF CRIMES SUBJECT TO DEATH PENALTY
A draft amendment to China's Criminal Law remained unchanged in reducing
- DECEMBER 20, 2010United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Executions Down 12% Nationwide; Death Sentences Near Historic Lows in 2010
USA - Executions Down 12% Nationwide; Death Sentences Near Historic Lows in 2010
DECEMBER 19, 2010JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: 1,800 RALLY IN TOKYO AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
More than 1,800 people called for the abolition of the death penalty
- DECEMBER 18, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER
in Khanpur, Pakistan, Additional district and sessions judge sentenced Mukhtar Ahmed of Chak 199/9-R to death and fined him Rs 500,000 for shooting dead Sharifan over a matrimonial issue a couple of years ago.
- DECEMBER 18, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: THREE CONVICTED IN TWO MURDER CASES
in Kasur, Pakistan, Additional District & Sessions judge Ch Nazir Ahmed...
- DECEMBER 18, 2010PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. A jury sentenced Kevin Mattison, 34, black, to death
USA - Pennsylvania. A jury sentenced Kevin Mattison, 34, black, to death
- DECEMBER 17, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING FIVE IN CHINA
Chen Huangye, 36, was sentenced to death by an intermediate court in Hainan province, China, for killing five people including three children on November 9, 2010, Xinhua news agency said.
- DECEMBER 17, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRIVER WHO KILLED BABY IN SHENZHEN
in China, Hong Kong truck driver Leung Koon-biu...
- DECEMBER 17, 2010JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: MAN APPEALS TO HIGH COURT OVER DEATH SENTENCE FOR TRIPLE MURDER
in Japan, Akihiro Okuymoto, 22, appealed his death sentence for killing his wife Kumiko...
- DECEMBER 17, 2010AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. The Court of Appeals told a Jefferson County judge to take another look at claims by Kenneth Eugene Smith
USA - Alabama. The Court of Appeals told a Jefferson County judge to take another look at claims by Kenneth Eugene Smith