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
MARCH 8, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Two men were hanged in the province of Lorestan, west of Iran, early this week.
- MARCH 7, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: 198 CONVICTED FOR UNREST IN XINJIANG
China has so far convicted 198 people for involvement in deadly ethnic violence last July in
- MARCH 7, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: SC COMMUTES AZAM REZA'S DEATH PENALTY
the Appellate Division of the Bangladeshi Supreme Court...
MARCH 7, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED IN PRISON WEST OF TEHRAN
One man was hanged in the prison of Rajaee Shahr (west of Tehran) last week. According
MARCH 7, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PROSECUTOR SAYS VALIAN DEATH SENTENCE NOT CARRIED OUT, STILL AWAITING APPEAL
in Iran, Tehran Prosecutor General Abbas Jafari-Dolatabadi denied reports that Mohammad Amin
- MARCH 6, 2010KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: RETRIAL ORDERED IN DEATH SENTENCE CASE
Kenyan appellate judges Samuel Bosire, Erastus Githinji and Philip Waki recently set aside the death sentence of Richard Charo Mole and ordered a retrial.
- MARCH 6, 2010OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. A jury resentenced Roderick Lynn Smith twice to death
USA - Oklahoma. A jury resentenced Roderick Lynn Smith twice to death
- MARCH 5, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MEN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCES IN SEPARATE MURDER CASES
in Pakpattan, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge sentenced Gul Hassan and Khalid to death and fined them Rs 1,00,000 each for fatally shooting a man during an attempted robbery near Chak no 36.
- MARCH 5, 2010OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Joe D'Ambrosio, once on death row, now free
USA - Ohio. Joe D'Ambrosio, once on death row, now free
- MARCH 5, 2010TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. A jury sentenced Daniel Lopez to death
USA - Texas. A jury sentenced Daniel Lopez to death
- MARCH 4, 2010LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: DEATH SENTENCES FOR 12 EXTREMISTS
twelve Islamic extremists were sentenced to death in Lebanon for terrorism.
- MARCH 4, 2010EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT OVERTURNS DEATH SENTENCE IN STAR’S MURDER
Egypt’s Court of Cassation threw out the death sentences of millionaire Hisham Talat Moustafa...
- MARCH 4, 2010TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Judge Kevin Fine declares penalty unconstitutional.
USA - Texas. Judge Kevin Fine declares penalty unconstitutional.
- MARCH 4, 2010FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Judge William A. Wilkes sentenced David Martin to death
USA - Florida. Judge William A. Wilkes sentenced David Martin to death
- MARCH 4, 2010JordanDEATH PENALTY
Jordanian Justice Minister M. Ayman Odeh said that shortly...
Jordanian Justice Minister M. Ayman Odeh said that shortly...
- MARCH 4, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Chinese man Huang Haiyong (alias Wong Ho Wing) is facing extradition
Chinese man Huang Haiyong (alias Wong Ho Wing) is facing extradition
- MARCH 4, 2010JordanDEATH PENALTY
CRIMINAL COURT HANDS DEATH SENTENCE TO WOMAN FOR MURDERING MOTHER-IN-LAW
the Criminal Court in Jordan increased a 10-year prison term passed against a 39-year-old woman, identified as S. Q., for murdering her mother-in-law to a death sentence after a higher court ruled that the sentence was too light.
MARCH 4, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SUDANESE MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
a Sudanese driver convicted of murdering his Saudi Arabian employer has
MARCH 4, 2010North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: MAN EXECUTED FOR CALLING SOUTH KOREA
a North Korean has been publicly executed for using a mobile phone to tell a defector friend
- MARCH 3, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN TO DIE FOR MINOR'S RAPE, MURDER
in New Delhi, India, Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Kumar sentenced Ranjeet, 28, of Bihar to death for raping and murdering a five-year-old girl on July 3, 2007, in Gopalpur, near Timarpur.
- MARCH 3, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: AMPUTATION SENTENCE OF ONE PERSON AND PUBLIC FLOGGING OF ANOTHER CARRIED OUT IN KHUZESTAN
According to the web site of the Public Relations Office of the Khuzestan Court House
- MARCH 3, 2010OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. After 20 Years, Death Row InmateJoe D'Ambrosio May Be Exonerated.
USA - Ohio. After 20 Years, Death Row InmateJoe D'Ambrosio May Be Exonerated.
MARCH 3, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH FOR OPPOSITION ACTIVIST
An Iranian opposition-run Web site says an appeals court has upheld the death sentence for a student who
MARCH 3, 2010Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTYDR CONGO: 'REBEL LEADER' GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE
a military court in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, sentenced Firmin Yangambi, 41,
- MARCH 2, 2010DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): MAN EXECUTED FOR BRAZILIAN MAN'S MURDER
Michael Sigala was executed in Texas. Sigala, 32, hispanic, was condemned in 2001 for the August
- MARCH 2, 2010ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND: DEATH FOR MURDER
the Thai Criminal Court sentenced Somkid Phumphuang...
- MARCH 2, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN MURDER CASE
in Kasur, Pakistan, Additional district & session judge Jazeela Aslam sentenced Safarash Ali to death for fatally shooting Shahzad Ali about two years back in the jurisdiction of Khaddian police station.
- MARCH 2, 2010UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: WOMAN ACQUITTED OF MURDER, DEATH SENTENCE
Justices Bahigeine, Twinomujuni and Byamugisha of the Ugandan Court of Appeal dismissed a death sentence against Joan Tumuhairwe, 28, from Kakoni village in Kiruhura district, for murdering her husband Edgar Mwijukye.
- MARCH 2, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 1 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN PABAN MURDER CASE
in Pabna, Bangladesh, Additional District and Sessions Judge Motajidur Rahman sentenced Nazrul Islam alias Nazu, 32, of Koikunta village in Ishwardi upazila, to death.
- MARCH 2, 2010WashingtonDEATH PENALTY
USA - Washington. Washington switches its lethal injection method to a one-drug protocol
USA - Washington. Washington switches its lethal injection method to a one-drug protocol