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 6, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MUMBAI GUNMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
in India, judge M.L. Tahaliyani sentenced Pakistani Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab
MAY 6, 2010JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH AFTER KILLING WIFE FOR REFUSING SEX
a 28-year-old Jordanian man was sentenced to death by the Amman Criminal Court
- MAY 5, 2010Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
DRC: TWO SOLDIERS AND A CIVILIAN GET DEATH
two soldiers Sergeant-Major Seba Tandema and Sergeant Oscar Tchenda Kashama and
- MAY 5, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MILITANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH
in Sargodha, Pakistan, three militants were sentenced to death by Anti-Terrorism Court judge Mian Muhammad Anwar Nazir for killing eight police officials and blowing up a check-post at Qudratabad on February 7, 2009.
- MAY 5, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH SENTENCE OVER MURDER, HOSPITAL HOSTAGE TAKING
a man who took eight people hostage in a hospital after killing the brother of his ex-wife was sentenced to death by the Intermediate People's Court of Fuzhou City in east China's Fujian Province.
- MAY 5, 2010BahamasDEATH PENALTY
BAHAMAS: ANDROSIAN GETS DEATH PENALTY
Alphonso Pinder, 33, from Andros in the Bahamas...
- MAY 5, 2010LiberiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: LIBERIAN'S DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING UPHELD
Justices Datuk Hashim Yusoff, Datuk Wira Mohd Ghazali Mohd Yusoff and Datuk
- MAY 5, 2010PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. A jury sentenced Laquaille Bryant twice to death
USA - Pennsylvania. A jury sentenced Laquaille Bryant twice to death
- MAY 5, 2010ColoradoDEATH PENALTY
USA - Colorado. Judge Gerald Rafferty formalized the death sentence of Robert Ray
USA - Colorado. Judge Gerald Rafferty formalized the death sentence of Robert Ray
- MAY 5, 2010WashingtonDEATH PENALTY
USA - Washington. A jury sentenced Conner Schierman to death
USA - Washington. A jury sentenced Conner Schierman to death
MAY 5, 2010AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: OVER 100 DEATH SENTENCES PENDING BEFORE PRESIDENT
more than a 100 death sentences are pending before Afghani President Karzai. Deputy
- MAY 5, 2010MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. Gary Black, twice sentenced to death, avoids death penalty with plea
USA - Missouri. Gary Black, twice sentenced to death, avoids death penalty with plea
- MAY 4, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: SHUKUR ALI'S DEATH SENTENCE STAYED FOR 3 MONTHS
the Bangladesh Supreme Court stayed the execution of Shukur Ali for three months. SC judge M Muzammel Hossain fixed August 10 for the appeal hearing after the High Court declared the sentence unconstitutional as the law provided no alternative to the deat
- MAY 4, 2010United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
USA. COURT REFUSES TO HEAR APPEAL OF KITTIAN WOMAN ON DEATH ROW
the United States Supreme Court refused to review the death sentence of Caribbean-born, British national Linda Carty, 51, who was convicted of murder in February 2002.
- MAY 4, 2010OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. A jury recommended 3 death sentences for Mark Pickens
USA - Ohio. A jury recommended 3 death sentences for Mark Pickens
- MAY 3, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: DEATH PENALTY FOR MAN WHO KILLED LOVER'S HUSBAND
in the United Arab Emirates, the Sharia Court of First Instance sentenced R.B., a 27-year-old Indian man, to death for murdering his lover's husband with a club and burning his face with acid.
- MAY 3, 2010OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. A panel of three judges sentenced Greg Osie to death
USA - Ohio. A panel of three judges sentenced Greg Osie to death
- MAY 2, 2010United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - The American Board of Anesthesiologists has decided to revoke the certification of any member who participates in executions
USA - The American Board of Anesthesiologists has decided to revoke the certification of any member who participates in executions
MAY 2, 2010DEATH PENALTYUSA: ANESTHESIOLOGISTS FACE PENALTY FOR PARTICIPATING IN DEATH PENALTY
The American Board of Anesthesiologists has decided to revoke the certification of any member who participates in executing a prisoner by lethal injection.
- MAY 1, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: OFW GETS DEATH SENTENCE IN JEDDAH
an overseas Filipino worker was sentenced to death in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, for killing an Indian national and wounding another in February 2009, a report the Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah said. Alberto del Rosario has appealed to the Court of Ca
- MAY 1, 2010TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: EU CONDEMNS RESUMPTION OF EXECUTIONS
the European Union condemned the resumption of executions in Taiwan,
- MAY 1, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN INVOLVED IN MURDER CASE SENTENCED TO DEATH
in Mianwali, Pakistan, Additional district and sessions judge Mushtaq Elahi Bangi sentenced Tahir Hameed to death.
- APRIL 30, 2010TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: DEATH PENALTY RETURNS, 4 EXECUTED
Taiwan executed four people, the justice ministry said, in the island's first cases of capital punishment since 2005 when the sentence became a sensitive political issue.
- APRIL 30, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN SENTENCES TWO TO DEATH
in Iran, Tehran lawyer Nasim Ghanavi told the International Campaign for Human
- APRIL 30, 2010FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. A jury recommended the death sentence for Michael Renard Jackson
USA - Florida. A jury recommended the death sentence for Michael Renard Jackson
- APRIL 30, 2010UtahDEATH PENALTY
USA - Utah. Ronnie Lee Gardner, facing firing squad, denied access to media.
USA - Utah. Ronnie Lee Gardner, facing firing squad, denied access to media.
- APRIL 29, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH IN MURDER CASE
in Pakistan, Syed Hasan Shah Bukhari of the Anti-Terrorism Court sentenced Kamran Yousuf and Farhan Hashmi to death for murdering policeman Mohammad Ashraf on June 30, 2006, in the limits of the Shara-e-Faisal police station
- APRIL 29, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
the Lahore High Court in Pakistan acquitted three brothers convicted of murder.
the Lahore High Court in Pakistan acquitted three brothers convicted of murder.
- APRIL 29, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN TO HANG FOR CHILD'S MURDER
in Malaysia, High Court Judge Datuk Mohd Zaki Mohd Yassin sentenced wireman Tan Chin Lee, 37, to death for murdering his ex-girlfriend's 3-year-old son Khor Wei Hong in Gat Lebuh Macallum on November 25, 2004.
- APRIL 29, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING POLICEMAN
Judge Syed Hasan Shah Bukhari of the Anti-terrorism court 1 in Karachi, Pakistan...