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
JULY 16, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN EXECUTED FOR GUN TRADING
Wu Zhiqiao was executed in eastern China for illegally making and selling firearms
- JULY 15, 2010GambiaDEATH PENALTY
GAMBIA COURT HANDS DEATH PENALTY TO COUP PLOTTERS
at a Gambian court, Judge Emmanuel Amadi sentenced eight people to death for
- JULY 15, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: WOMAN, PARAMOUR GET DEATH PENALTY
a court in Uttar Pradesh's Amroha district in India sentenced a woman and her paramour, identified as Shabnam and Saleem, to death for killing members of her family in Bawankheri village on April 14, 2008, over property.
- JULY 15, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
an Iranian court sentenced a pregnant woman, Maryam Ghorbanzadeh...
an Iranian court sentenced a pregnant woman, Maryam Ghorbanzadeh...
JULY 15, 2010MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCO: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
a Moroccan court sentenced Tareq H., 26, to death for murdering and robbing an
- JULY 14, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR BILLIONAIRE
in China, the Heilongjiang Provincial Higher People's Court upheld the death sentence of Wang Wenxiang, founder and chairman of Xinheng Group, for hiring two people to murder former business partner Zhong Yishi on May 18, 2009.
- JULY 14, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
BOMBAY HC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF 6 CONVICTS TO LIFE TERM
in India, Justices A P Lawande and R C Chauhan of the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court commuted the death sentences of 6 people to life imprisonment.
- JULY 14, 2010DEATH PENALTY
TENNESSEE (USA): GOVERNOR COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF WOMAN
Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen has commuted the death sentence of a woman convicted
- JULY 14, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: CASE OF 17 INDIANS ON DEATH ROW IN UAE ADJOURNED TO SEPT 1
the hearing in the appeals for 17 Indians sentenced to death in the United Arab Emirates for killing a Pakistani man was adjourned for the third time by a Sharjah Court of Appeals, saying that it wanted an official interpreter for the convicts.
- JULY 14, 2010DEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. A jury decided that Michael Tisius be sentenced to death
USA - Missouri. A jury decided that Michael Tisius be sentenced to death
- JULY 14, 2010FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. A jury recommended life imprisonment rather than capital punishment for Omar Loureiro
USA - Florida. A jury recommended life imprisonment rather than capital punishment for Omar Loureiro
- JULY 14, 2010FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Former Judge Lester A. Garringer, Jr., appointed as executive director of the Innocence Commission
USA - Florida. Former Judge Lester A. Garringer, Jr., appointed as executive director of the Innocence Commission
JULY 14, 2010IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: US HANDS OVER TARIQ AZIZ, OTHER DETAINEES
the U.S. this week handed over nearly 30 former members of Saddam Hussein's inner circle, including
- JULY 13, 2010DEATH PENALTY
OHIO (USA): ARSONIST EXECUTED FOR KILLING 5 CHILDREN
William L. Garner was executed. Garner, 37, black, was convicted of 5 counts of aggravated murder after confessing he had set an apartment on fire on January 26, 1992.
- JULY 13, 2010LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: ANOTHER ISRAELI SPY SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Lebanese military court sentenced a man to death for spying for Israel’s Mossad intelligence
- JULY 13, 2010KenyaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCES FOR MURDER OF KENYA HIV RESEARCHER
Simon Ndungu Wainaina and Paul Ndungu Kariuki were sentenced to death by Nairobi Chief Magistrate Gilbert Mutembei for robbing and killing Kenya's leading HIV researcher, Professor Job Bwayo, on February 4, 2007.
JULY 13, 2010SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: PALESTINIAN CITIZEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING BUSINESSMAN
in Sudan, Khartoum's criminal court sentenced Palestinian citizen Iyad Hani Mahmud
- JULY 13, 2010OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. William L. Garner was executed
USA - Ohio. William L. Garner was executed
- JULY 12, 2010NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: MAN TO DIE FOR STEALING N1,750
in Abuja, Nigeria, Supreme Court Justice Mahmud Mohammed upheld the death sentence of Olayinka Afolalu for robbing a woman of N1,750 at gun point in Ekiti State on April 27, 2002.
- JULY 12, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: THREE GET DEATH IN UAE FOR KILLING NRI FROM KERALA
three men from Kerala, India, M Sakkaria, K T Basheer and T K Anvar, were sentenced to death by a Sharia court in Sharjah, the United Arab Emirates, for murder.
- JULY 12, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: SHARJAH WORKER SENTENCED TO DEATH
in the United Arab Emirates, the Sharjah Sharia Court of First Instance sentenced Indian worker S.S. to death for beating an unidentified man to death who tried to rob him, a judicial official said.
JULY 12, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: CABINET OKAYS BORDER GUARD BANGLADESH ACT
the Bangladeshi cabinet approved the draft of the Border Guard Bangladesh Act
- JULY 12, 2010CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Poll. 41% support death penalty, 42% life without parole
USA - California. Poll. 41% support death penalty, 42% life without parole
- JULY 11, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: EXECUTION DEFERRED
in Pakistan, the execution of Farooq, who was scheduled to be hung on July 10...
- JULY 11, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH, FINE FOR MURDER
in Sargodha, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Ch Muhammad Javed sentenced Rab Nawaz to death for killing Ahmad Khan over a water dispute some time ago.
JULY 11, 2010YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: APPEAL COURT CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCES FOR AL-QAIDA MEMBERS OVER ATTACKS
a Yemeni security appeal court upheld death sentences against gang members Rawi Ahmed
JULY 11, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: YEARS ON DEATH ROW FOR BRIDE TOO YOUNG TO BE STONED
within months of her arranged marriage in Iran, Azar Bagheri had been charged with adultery
- JULY 10, 2010SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE: DRUG TRAFFICKING DEATH SENTENCE
Justice Kan Ting Chiu of the Singapore High Court sentenced Azman Sanwan, 38, to
- JULY 10, 2010Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING BROTHER
in Sri Lanka, Puttalam High Court Judge S.D.A. Thaasim sentenced Kiriyage Susil, a resident of Periyakulam in the Anamaduwa Police Division, to death for murdering Kiriyage Abeyruwan on August 3, 1997. Susil strangled his older brother for harassing their
- JULY 10, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
According to the reports from Iran a minor offender identified as Mohammad was hanged in the Marvdasht
According to the reports from Iran a minor offender identified as Mohammad was hanged in the Marvdasht