Archive timeline
2010
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2010, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
The year in data
- Executions recorded worldwide
- 5,895
- Countries where they were recorded
- 34
- News items in the archive
- 1,990
Latest news of 2010
- APRIL 12, 2010CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge William Gallagher sentenced Scott Paul Varner to death
USA - California. Judge William Gallagher sentenced Scott Paul Varner to death
- APRIL 12, 2010CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. As California Spends Hundreds of Millions on the Death Penalty, Los Angeles Can't Afford Homicide Investigations.
USA - California. As California Spends Hundreds of Millions on the Death Penalty, Los Angeles Can't Afford Homicide Investigations.
- APRIL 12, 2010TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. A jury sentenced Mabry Landor to death
USA - Texas. A jury sentenced Mabry Landor to death
- APRIL 11, 2010VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Virginia. Governor Bob McDonnell has signed into law HB 166 expanding the death penalty
USA - Virginia. Governor Bob McDonnell has signed into law HB 166 expanding the death penalty
APRIL 11, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: APPEAL COURT UPHOLDS CHILD KILLER'S DEATH SENTENCE
A Dubai court rejected the appeal of an Emirati man sentenced to death for raping and
APRIL 11, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE MEN HANGED IN ISFAHAN
Three men were hanged in the prison of Isfahan, in central Iran, reported the state run news agency Fars.
- APRIL 10, 2010AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
MPS CONCERNED OVER HANGING OF AFGHANS IN IRAN
Nur Akbari, a parliamentarian for Herat Province in Afghanistan, told parliament that he saw the bodies of 45 Afghans who were hanged in Iran and then sent to Afghanistan via Islam Qala port.
- APRIL 9, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 3 GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING SISTERS
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Mohammad Jehangir Mir sentenced Najeeb Khan, Ghulam Farid and Sahib Khan to death for killing two sisters...
- APRIL 9, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MYANMAR SENTENCED TO GALLOWS FOR KILLING COUNTRYMAN
Justice Datuk Wira Mohtarudin Baki of the Malaysian High Court sentenced Myanmar security guard Mohd Naki Mohd Yusuf, 44, to death for killing countryman Nowshad, 27, at Kajang on April 14, 2007.
APRIL 9, 2010JapanDEATH PENALTYCHINA: THREE JAPANESE EXECUTED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
the Chinese Supreme People's Court announced that Japanese nationals Teruo Takeda, 67, Hironori Ukai
- APRIL 9, 2010TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Judge A. Joe Fish says the state of Texas must give serial killer Faryion Wardrip, 51, white, a new punishment trial
USA - Texas. Judge A. Joe Fish says the state of Texas must give serial killer Faryion Wardrip, 51, white, a new punishment trial
APRIL 9, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYSOUTH AFRICAN WOMAN GETS DEATH PENALTY IN CHINA FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
a court in China upheld the death sentence awarded to South African woman Janice Bronwyn Linden, 35, for smuggling drugs into the country, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
- APRIL 8, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: WELDER SENT TO THE GALLOWS FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Judicial Commissioner Datuk Mariana Yahya of the Malaysian High Court in Kuantan sentenced welder Tan Teck Yong, 49, to death by hanging for trafficking 10.12gm of heroin and 14.23gm of monoacetylmorphines at Rompin on July 1, 2009.
- APRIL 8, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 3 CHILD KILLINGS
P Vellertore, 52, was sentenced to death by the Malaysian High Court for murdering three of his children in a failed suicide pact on November 20, 2004, after his wife left him.
- APRIL 8, 2010United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - The crimeandconsequences.com blog published the following opinion, critical with the “innocence list”.
USA - The crimeandconsequences.com blog published the following opinion, critical with the “innocence list”.
- APRIL 8, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TWO MEN HANGED IN THE SOUTHWESTERN PROVINCE OF KHUZESTAN
two men were hanged in public in the towns of Behbehan and Shadegan, in the southwest Iranian
- APRIL 8, 2010United States Armed ForcesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Military. Timothy Hennis, who was exonerated in 1989, convicter in the same triple murder
USA - Military. Timothy Hennis, who was exonerated in 1989, convicter in the same triple murder
APRIL 8, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FIVE DRUG TRAFFICKERS HANGED
Five people were hanged in Mashad (northeastern Iran) according to the reports.
- APRIL 8, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: THREE PEOPLE HANGED IN TAIBAD
Three people were hanged in the prison of Taibad (Taybad) northeastern Iran, reported the
APRIL 8, 2010TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: GRADUAL ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY IS GOVT'S AIM
the gradual abolition of the death penalty is the Taiwanese government's aim, Justice Minister
- APRIL 7, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: APPEAL FILED AGAINST CAPITAL PUNISHMENT TO 17 INDIANS
an appeal was filed on behalf of 17 Indians recently sentenced to death by a Sharjah court in the United Arab Emirates for killing a Pakistani national and injuring three of his compatriots, India's Consul-General Sanjay Verma said.
- APRIL 7, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: TWO TO DIE FOR CHILD MURDER IN CHITTAGONG
in Chittagong, Bangladesh, Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal judge Shafiqul Karim sentenced Jashim Uddin, alias Iqbal, from Salimpur area in Sitakundu upazila, and his wife, Parvin Akhter, to death for killing Rozina Akter on December 8, 2000.
- APRIL 7, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MURDER ACCUSED GETS DEATH SENTENCE
in Hasilpur, Pakistan, an Additional Session judge sentenced Ghulam Haider to death for murder.
- APRIL 7, 2010ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
ZIMBABWE: MAN CHALLENGES DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER
Shepherd Mazango, sentenced to death in November 2009 for murder, challenged the constitutionality of the death penalty at the Zimbabwean Supreme Court saying that the death penalty offends the Constitution.
- APRIL 7, 2010OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. A three judge panel has sentenced Jeremiah Jackson to death.
USA - Ohio. A three judge panel has sentenced Jeremiah Jackson to death.
APRIL 7, 2010Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: HAMAS REJECTS RIGHTS GROUP'S APPEAL NOT TO RESUME DEATH PENALTY
Hamas rejected rights group' call for not resuming executions in the Gaza Strip.
- APRIL 7, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
BIHAR (INDIA): 16 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN 1997 CARNAGE
Sixteen persons were sentenced to death in India by a Bihar court for their involvement in
- APRIL 6, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA EXECUTES JAPANESE FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
China executed Japanese man Mitsunobu Akano in Liaoning province for drug smuggling, the Supreme People's Court announced.
- APRIL 6, 2010SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: AL-SHABAB PUBLICLY EXECUTES FIGHTER IN SOUTHERN REGION
the Islamic administration of Harakat Al-shabab Mujahideen publicly executed fighter Muse Abdi Abud in a field in Somalia's Lower Shabelle region, officials said.
- APRIL 6, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: 3 OFWs SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SAUDI
overseas Filipino workers Victorino Gaspar Jr., Paul Miquibas, and Edgardo Genetiano were found guilty of killing and robbing Filipino worker Raymundo Dimaculangan in Jeddah by the Jizan General Shari'ah Court in Saudi Arabia and were sentenced to death.