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
- JUNE 29, 2010TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Ted Calvin Cole, a former death row inmate, will spend the rest of his life in prison
USA - Texas. Ted Calvin Cole, a former death row inmate, will spend the rest of his life in prison
- JUNE 28, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI SENTENCED TO DEATH IN EGYPT FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
the criminal court of Ismailia, in northeast Egypt, found Saudi Arabian national Lafi Munther Farhhan...
- JUNE 28, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN SENT TO GALLOWS FOR EXORCISM DEATH
Davender Singh, 49, was sentenced to death by judge Datuk Ghazali Cha in Malaysia for murdering toddler Nur Farah Adila Ridzuan as part of an exorcism ritual.
- JUNE 28, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE VENDOR APPEALS AGAINST DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING 'THUG' LAW ENFORCERS
an unlicensed food vendor in China will appeal against his death sentence over the killing two local security officers.
- JUNE 28, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: FEMALE POLITICAL PRISONER AT RISK OF IMMINENT EXECUTION
the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said that Kurdish political prisoner Zeynab Jalalian, 27, faces imminent execution.
- JUNE 28, 2010United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan is reaffirming her support for the death penalty
USA - Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan is reaffirming her support for the death penalty
- JUNE 28, 2010CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. A jury sentenced Jimmy Dale Kelley to death
USA - California. A jury sentenced Jimmy Dale Kelley to death
- JUNE 27, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: DEATH SENTENCE FOR COOK FOR KILLING PROSTITUTE
a 36-year-old Indian cook, AB, was sentenced to death by the Dubai Criminal Court in the United Arab Emirates. AB agreed with prostitute SY to have sex twice for Dh200, but after the first time she refused.
- JUNE 27, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: APPEAL TO SAVE MOTHER FROM EXECUTION
the children of a woman convicted of having sex with two men who murdered her husband and sentenced to death by stoning have appealed to save her life.
- JUNE 26, 2010YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN: TWO PAKISTANIS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Pakistani nationals Salim Dawod Abdulrahim and Imam Bakhsh Eyepub Yakoub were sentenced to death by a Yemeni court for smuggling 1,695 kg of hashish into Yemen through its coastal territories, official Saba news agency cited the court's verdict as saying.
- JUNE 25, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIAN SENTENCED TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING IN MALAYSIA
Malaysia's High Court sentenced a Zambian national to death by hanging after he was found guilty of attempting to bring almost 160 grams of drugs into the country in 2006.
- JUNE 25, 2010New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
USA - New Jersey. Judge James Mulvihill sentenced Steven Fortin, who was once on New Jersey's death row, to life in prison without parole
USA - New Jersey. Judge James Mulvihill sentenced Steven Fortin, who was once on New Jersey's death row, to life in prison without parole
- JUNE 24, 2010DEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court has ordered a new sentencing hearing for Victor Caraballo
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court has ordered a new sentencing hearing for Victor Caraballo
- JUNE 24, 2010AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. The U.S. Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of Billy Joe Magwood
USA - Alabama. The U.S. Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of Billy Joe Magwood
- JUNE 24, 2010FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court overturned the death sentences imposed on Khalid Ali Pasha
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court overturned the death sentences imposed on Khalid Ali Pasha
JUNE 24, 2010DEATH PENALTYUSA: THE SUPREME COURT OVERTURNED THE DEATH SENTENCE OF BILLY JOE MAGWOOD
The U.S. Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of Billy Joe Magwood, ruling that Magwood can argue that Alabama retroactively changed its laws to make his crime qualify for the death penalty.
- JUNE 23, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA EXECUTES DEALERS AHEAD OF INT'L ANTI-DRUG DAY
six men were executed in southeast China's Fujian Province ahead of the International
- JUNE 23, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO CONVICTED OF CAPITAL OFFENCE
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Mahrukh...
- JUNE 23, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
the Sharjah Appeal Court in the United Arab Emirates upheld the death sentence of Bangladeshi nationals
- JUNE 23, 2010EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT COURT SENTENCES MILITANT LEADER TO DEATH
top Egyptian Al-Gama'a Al-Islamiya leader Abdel Hamid Musa Abu Aqrab was sentenced
JUNE 23, 2010BahamasDEATH PENALTYBAHAMAS: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER
in the Bahamas, Justice Neville Adderley sentenced Renaldo Bonaby to death for murder.
- JUNE 23, 2010OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Judge Elinore Stormer sentenced Ashford Thompson to death
USA - Ohio. Judge Elinore Stormer sentenced Ashford Thompson to death
JUNE 23, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: PAIR EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
two men convicted of selling and trafficking 12,242 grams of heroin to Taiwan were executed
- JUNE 22, 2010GambiaDEATH PENALTY
MAURITANIA HANDS DOWN DEATH SENTENCES IN CRIME CRACKDOWN
a court in Nouakchott, Mauritania, handed down ten death sentences for
JUNE 22, 2010VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE IN PUBLIC LAND FRAUD CASE
in Vietnam, a Ho Chin Minh City court commuted the death sentence handed to property
JUNE 22, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: 14 DEATH-ROW PRISONERS GET PARDON
fourteen prisoners who received the death sentence in Malaysia were pardoned
- JUNE 21, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA BEHEADS AND NAILS MAN'S BODY TO CROSS
Saudi Arabia executed two men, the interior ministry said in a statement cited by the official
- JUNE 21, 2010TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee. A jury sentenced Howard Hawk Willis to death
USA - Tennessee. A jury sentenced Howard Hawk Willis to death
- JUNE 21, 2010IdahoDEATH PENALTY
USA - Idaho. George Junior Porter, a former death row inmate, entered an Alford plea today to 2nd-degree murder
USA - Idaho. George Junior Porter, a former death row inmate, entered an Alford plea today to 2nd-degree murder
JUNE 21, 2010UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA: MOTHER, SON TO BE HANGED FOR MURDER
Justice John Bosco Katutsihe of the Ugandan High Court, sitting in Rukungiri district,