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
- MAY 12, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: 14 YEARS AFTER MASSACRE, 3 GET DEATH
in Bihar, India, Additional district and sessions judge A K Shrivastava sentenced Ajay Singh...
- MAY 12, 2010PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. Judge Joseph Augello has ruled that George Banks is incompetent and therefore cannot be executed
USA - Pennsylvania. Judge Joseph Augello has ruled that George Banks is incompetent and therefore cannot be executed
MAY 12, 2010TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: TIME NOT RIPE FOR DEATH PENALTY REFERENDUM, SAYS JUSTICE MINISTER
Taiwan’s Minister of Justice Tseng Yung-fu said there was no need to hold a
MAY 12, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: TWO DRUG DEALERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Two drug traffickers have been sentenced to death for dealing large amounts of crystal methamphetamine, or "ice", in east China's Zhejiang Province, sources with the local court said.
- MAY 12, 2010OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed the death sentence of Ernest Eugene Phillips
USA - Oklahoma. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed the death sentence of Ernest Eugene Phillips
- MAY 12, 2010TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Kevin Varga was executed.
USA - Texas. Kevin Varga was executed.
MAY 12, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: CONTRACTOR TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Malaysian High Court judge Datuk Syed Ahmad Helmy sentenced freelance contractor Cheah
- MAY 12, 2010CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. A jury has recommended the death penalty for Aaron Dunn
USA - California. A jury has recommended the death penalty for Aaron Dunn
- MAY 11, 2010KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: DEATH PENALTY TO STAY
Kenya rejected a UN proposal to delete the death penalty from its law books among
- MAY 11, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN DOUBLE MURDER CASE
a tribunal in Chittagong, Bangladesh, sentenced Abdur Rahim, a resident of Kashinathpur village in Comilla Sadar Upazila, to death in absentia in a double murder case
- MAY 11, 2010NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
a Shari’ah court in Alkaleri, Bauchi State in northern Nigeria...
a Shari’ah court in Alkaleri, Bauchi State in northern Nigeria...
- MAY 11, 2010MarylandDEATH PENALTY
USA - Maryland. Pool. Maryland voters remain divided on death penalty
USA - Maryland. Pool. Maryland voters remain divided on death penalty
- MAY 11, 2010OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. A jury has sentenced Charles Cunningham to death
USA - Ohio. A jury has sentenced Charles Cunningham to death
- MAY 11, 2010IdahoDEATH PENALTY
USA - Idaho. Judge Deborah Bail reinstated the death penalty for Michael Jauhola
USA - Idaho. Judge Deborah Bail reinstated the death penalty for Michael Jauhola
MAY 11, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MUMBAI ATTACKS GUNMAN COULD BE HANGED THIS YEAR
The lone surviving gunman of the 2008 Mumbai attacks could be executed this year
- MAY 10, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: SENTENCE FOR KILLING WIFE
in Narashingdi, Bangladesh, district judge Sadikul Islam Talukdar sentenced Jainal Abedin, from Tatapara village of the Sadr upazila, to death and fined him Tk 1 lakh for beating his wife to death over dowry demands on November 25, 2007.
- MAY 10, 2010SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE JUSTIFIES MANDATORY DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG TRAFFICKERS
Singapore's law minister K Shanmugam justified imposing the mandatory death penalty for drug
- MAY 10, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING WIFE
in Jhenaidah, Bangladesh, district and sessions judge Md Mofizul Islam sentenced Mosharraf Hossain...
- MAY 10, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC STAYS DEATH SENTENCE
the Indian Supreme Court stayed the death sentence of Jamiluddin Nasir...
- MAY 10, 2010OregonDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oregon. A jury sentenced Mike Spencer Washington Jr., to death.
USA - Oregon. A jury sentenced Mike Spencer Washington Jr., to death.
MAY 10, 2010ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: COURT ACQUITS MUGABE OPPONENT ROY BENNETT
Roy Bennett, a leading opponent of Zimbabwe’s president, Robert
- MAY 9, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS 5 KURDISH ACTIVISTS, INCLUDING WOMAN
five Kurdish activists, including a woman, were hanged in Iran's notorious Evin Prison.
- MAY 9, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA 'MURDER VICTIM' FOUND ALIVE
a Chinese man who spent almost 10 years in jail for murder was freed after his supposed victim was found alive. Zhao Zuohai's neighbour Zhao Zhenshang disappeared after they had fought and Zuohai was charged when a headless, decomposed body was found 18 m
MAY 8, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SIX HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran hanged six men convicted of drug trafficking in
- MAY 7, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HC REDUCES MAN'S DEATH PENALTY TO 20 YEARS JAIL TERM
Justices Pradeep Nandrajog and Suresh Kait of the Delhi High Court in India commuted the death sentence of an unidentified man for raping and murdering a 5-year-old girl to life imprisonment.
- MAY 7, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: COURT SENTENCES FOUR TO HANG FOR MURDER OF INDIAN NATIONAL
judicial commissioner Datuk Umi Kalthum Abdul Majid of the Malaysian sessions court sentenced four men to hang for the murder of an Indian national.
- MAY 7, 2010IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MALAYSIA WEDDING SHOOTING
a Malaysian court in Sarawak state sentenced Indonesian national Nyambang Entuhan to death for fatally shooting five people during a wedding reception on Borneo island.
- MAY 7, 2010UgandaDEATH PENALTY
TWO YOUTHS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN UGANDA
Justice Caroline Atima Okello of the High Court, sitting in Apac district, Uganda, sentenced Moses Otim, 23, to death for the armed robbery and murder of Alex Ongom on October, 1, 2005.
- MAY 7, 2010JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
JAMAICA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Aandre Reid, alias 'Chadwick Gordon', was sentenced to death by High Court Justice Gloria Smith in Jamaica for robbing, raping and murdering two women.
MAY 7, 2010LebanonDEATH PENALTYLEBANON: COLONEL GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR SPYING FOR ISRAEL
the Beirut Military Tribunal in Lebanon sentenced a Lebanese Army