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
- MARCH 30, 2010AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Judge Kenneth Quattlebaum has ordered a new trial for Emanuel Gissendanner Jr.
USA - Alabama. Judge Kenneth Quattlebaum has ordered a new trial for Emanuel Gissendanner Jr.
- MARCH 30, 2010CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge Francisco Briseno sentenced Rodney James Alcala to deat
USA - California. Judge Francisco Briseno sentenced Rodney James Alcala to deat
MARCH 30, 2010European UnionDEATH PENALTYAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: BELARUS EXECUTIONS UNDERLINE THE NEED FOR MORE EU ACTION
Amnesty International is urging the EU to strongly and publicly condemn the two executions in Belarus from earlier this month.
MARCH 30, 2010JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: MURDER- TOWARDS ABOLITION FOR STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
Japan’s controlling Democratic Party approved a draft law that would abolish the statute of limitations for
- MARCH 29, 2010NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: SUPREME COURT AFFIRMS DEATH SENTENCES ON FOUR ROBBERS
Justice Olufunke Adekeye of the Nigerian Supreme Court confirmed the death sentences passed on Samuel Attah...
- MARCH 29, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MINOR'S RAPE AND MURDER
in Pakistan, Ganjam District and Sessions Judge Raghubir Das sentenced A Chandraya, of Dayapalli village, to death for raping and murdering Chandra Lekha Das, 8, in Orissa on December 24, 2007.
- MARCH 29, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY URGES CHINA TO DISCLOSE EXECUTION FIGURES
Rights group Amnesty International urged China to disclose the number of prisoners it executes.
- MARCH 29, 2010UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: ARINAITWE APPEALS AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE
Richard Arinaitwe appealed against the death sentence handed down by the Ugandan High Court in December, 2003, as he was tried without legal representation.
- MARCH 29, 2010OregonDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oregon. Gregory Allen Bowen was sentenced to death a 2nd time
USA - Oregon. Gregory Allen Bowen was sentenced to death a 2nd time
MARCH 29, 2010DEATH PENALTYAMNESTY: 714 EXECUTIONS IN 2009, EXCLUDING CHINA
in 2009, at least 714 people were put to death in 18 countries and 2001 were
MARCH 29, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTYUAE: DEATH PENALTY FOR 17 INDIANS IN UAE
a court in the United Arab Emirates sentenced 17 Indian nationals to death for killing a Pakistani man after a
- MARCH 26, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: SUSPENDED DEATH PENALTY FOR MOUTAI EX-BOSS UPHELD
the Higher People's Court in southwest China's Guizhou province upheld a suspended death sentence with a two year reprieve for Qiao Hong, former liquor maker Kweichow Moutai general manager.
- MARCH 26, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: OFFICIAL EXECUTED FOR EMBEZZLING PUBLIC FUNDS
government official Li Shubiao, 46, was executed for corruption and embezzlement in central China's Hunan province.
- MARCH 26, 2010Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCES IN DR CONGO FOR KILLING JOURNALIST
in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Kinshasa Military High Court upheld the judgement by the Bukavu military court (in the eastern province of South Kivu) that sentenced Bisimwa Matabaro, Mugisho Rwenzabo and Bisimwa Sifitu to death.
- MARCH 26, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: WOMAN GETS DEATH FOR KILLING NEPHEW
the Summary Court in Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia, sentenced a 23-year-old woman to death for throwing her sister’s baby to his death from the second floor of their house because he was “born out of wedlock.”
- MARCH 26, 2010OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. Judge Lori Walkley formally sentenced William Eugene Davis to death
USA - Oklahoma. Judge Lori Walkley formally sentenced William Eugene Davis to death
MARCH 26, 2010VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: DRUG RING GETS 5 DEATH PENALTIES
a court in Vietnam’s northern province of Thai Nguyen sentenced five people to death and fined
MARCH 26, 2010Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: HAMAS TO EXECUTE SEVERAL 'AGENTS OF ISRAEL' SOON
Hamas announced it will execute several men found guilty of collaborating with Israel
- MARCH 25, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: LORRY DRIVER TO HANG FOR DRUGS
lorry driver G.P. Jiva, 40, was sentenced to death by Judicial Commissioner Mohd Amin Firdaus Abdullah of the Malaysian High Court for trafficking 9kg of ganja in Seberang Prai Utara on June 28, 2007.
- MARCH 25, 2010EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
ETHIOPIA PASSES DEATH SENTENCE ON CONVICTED SOMALI ISLAMIST
the Federal court of Ethiopia sentenced a former radical Somali Al -Itihad Al-Islamiya group member to death for committing "terrorist acts" during the mid 1990s.
- MARCH 25, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MP HOUSE CLEARS TOUGH TERROR LAW
the Madhya Pradesh Assembly in India passed a stringent law that provides for capital punishment when terror attacks, disruptive activities and organised crimes result in death.
- MARCH 25, 2010NebraskaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nebraska. The Senate rejected a proposal to study the cost of the death penalty
USA - Nebraska. The Senate rejected a proposal to study the cost of the death penalty
MARCH 25, 2010BotswanaDEATH PENALTYBOTSWANA: MODISE FLY EXECUTED
Botswana Prisons Service public relations officer Superintendent Ramolefhe confirmed that Modise
- MARCH 25, 2010OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. An investigation says Lawrence Reynolds tried to commit suicide taking about 30 antidepressants
USA - Ohio. An investigation says Lawrence Reynolds tried to commit suicide taking about 30 antidepressants
MARCH 25, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: TWO EXECUTED IN KIDNAPPING CRACKDOWN
in southern China, the Intermediate People's Court of Shenzhen announced that Xu
- MARCH 24, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: MAN ADMITS MURDER 4 YEARS LATER, GIVEN DEATH
the Hail grand court in Saudi Arabia sentenced a young man to death for killing his 67 year old neighbour by poisoning his food with insecticide four years ago.
- MARCH 24, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: BROTHERS TO HANG FOR MURDER
two brothers were sentenced to death by Judicial commissioner Datuk Ahmad Nasfy Yasin of the Malaysian High Court for murdering rubber tapper Mohd Khairul Nizam Md Yusof.
- MARCH 24, 2010KansasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Kansas. Gavin Scott receives life sentences instead of death
USA - Kansas. Gavin Scott receives life sentences instead of death
- MARCH 24, 2010TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Less than an hour before Henry "Hank" Skinner was scheduled to be executed by injection, the U.S. Supreme Court granted him temporary stay of execution
USA - Texas. Less than an hour before Henry "Hank" Skinner was scheduled to be executed by injection, the U.S. Supreme Court granted him temporary stay of execution
MARCH 24, 2010TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: TRIO SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER SLAYING OF TEACHER
the Taiwan High Court upheld the death sentences given by the Keelung District Court to three men in