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
NOVEMBER 19, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: OFFICIAL EXECUTED FOR SELLING IMPERIAL RELICS
China executed a local official six years after he was convicted of illegally selling hundreds
- NOVEMBER 19, 2010TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee. Judge, Claudia Bonnyman ruled that the state's lethal injection method is unconstitutional
USA - Tennessee. Judge, Claudia Bonnyman ruled that the state's lethal injection method is unconstitutional
- NOVEMBER 18, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: LUDHIANA COP SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF THREE
in Ludhiana, India, Additional Sessions Judge Manjider Singh sentenced constable Jarnail Singh to death for murdering Harbans Singh and his sons Bhagwant and Beant in 2004 over an old grudge. The court has also fined Jarnail Rs 5000.
- NOVEMBER 18, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: THAI WOMAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE IN MALAYSIA FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Thai woman Phrueksa Taemchim, 26, was sentenced to death in Malaysia for trafficking drugs.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HC UPHOLDS DEATH FOR TAILOR WHO KILLED FAMILY
Justices Hardas and Potdar of the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court in India confirmed the death sentence of tailor Sunil Gaikwad, 35, for murdering his wife and two minor sons on July 8, 2008.
NOVEMBER 17, 2010IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: PRESIDENT TALABANI REFUSES TO SIGN AZIZ DEATH ORDER
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said he would never sign former deputy premier Tareq Aziz's
- NOVEMBER 17, 2010South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - South Carolina. A jury sentenced Steven Louis Barnes, 31, black, to death
USA - South Carolina. A jury sentenced Steven Louis Barnes, 31, black, to death
- NOVEMBER 17, 2010TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has thrown out the conviction and death penalty of Roderick Newton, 32, black
USA - Texas. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has thrown out the conviction and death penalty of Roderick Newton, 32, black
- NOVEMBER 16, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY: ZAMPARUTTI (RADICALS)- ITALY NOT TO COLLABORATE WITH THE US LETHAL INJECTION
Radical parliamentarian and Hands Off Cain treasurer Elisabetta Zamparutti today presented an urgent interrogation to the Council President and the Health Minister.
- NOVEMBER 16, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
DRUNK DRIVER SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CHINA OVER FATAL COLLISIONS
the Intermediate People's Court in Fuyang city in China's eastern Anhui province sentenced Dong Fei, 33, to death for killing two people while driving when drunk in March.
- NOVEMBER 16, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN SETS EXECUTION DATE FOR WOMAN
Iran set a date for the execution of female prisoner Shahla Jahed, the Human
- NOVEMBER 16, 2010DEATH PENALTY
U.N. PANEL CUTS GAY REFERENCE FROM VIOLENCE MEASURE
Arab and African nations succeeded in getting a U.N. General Assembly panel to delete from
- NOVEMBER 16, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
TWO GANG LEADERS EXECUTED IN SW. CHINA
Chen Zhiyi and Yang Quan were executed in southwest China...
NOVEMBER 16, 2010JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: JURORS HAND DOWN FIRST DEATH SENTENCE
a Japanese jury trial sent a man to the gallows for a double murder in the country's first death
- NOVEMBER 16, 2010United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Poll Shows Growing Support for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
USA - Poll Shows Growing Support for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
- NOVEMBER 15, 2010DEATH PENALTY
OHIO (USA): GOVERNOR TED STRICKLAND GRANTED CLEMENCY TO SIDNEY CORNWELL
Ohio Governor Ted Strickland granted clemency to Sidney Cornwell a day before scheduled
- NOVEMBER 15, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MURDER OF COUPLE: ONE SENTENCED TO DEATH
the Kottayam Fast Track Court II in India sentenced Pradeep Borah...
- NOVEMBER 15, 2010OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Governor Strickland granted clemency to Sidney Cornwell
USA - Ohio. Governor Strickland granted clemency to Sidney Cornwell
- NOVEMBER 14, 2010JordanDEATH PENALTY
in Jordan, the Police Court sentenced Captain Ali Sardi to death for murdering a colleague.
in Jordan, the Police Court sentenced Captain Ali Sardi to death for murdering a colleague.
- NOVEMBER 13, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
MAN HANGED IN SOUTHWEST OF IRAN
One man was hanged in the prison of Ahvaz, southwest of Iran.
- NOVEMBER 13, 2010SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPOREAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Pathip Selvan Sugumaran, 24, was sentenced to death by Justice Kan Ting Chiu of the Singapore High Court for murdering his ex-girlfriend Jeevitha Panippan, 18, in Ang Mo Kio on July 8, 2008.
- NOVEMBER 12, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA'S TOP COURT APPROVES DEATH PENALTIES
China's Supreme People's Court approved the death penalty of three men, it said in a
- NOVEMBER 12, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
COURT REJECTS DEATH FOR LEBANESE SORCERER
the Supreme Court in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia...
- NOVEMBER 12, 2010EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
ETHIOPIAN COURT SENTENCES ONE TO CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
the Ethopian Federal Supreme Court sentenced Melaku Tefera to death for plotting to dismantle the constitution and the constitutional order.
- NOVEMBER 12, 2010TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN COURT ACQUITS THREE IN 20-YEAR-OLD MURDER CASE
Taiwan's High Court acquitted three men who had been sentenced to death for the murder of a couple 20 years ago.
- NOVEMBER 11, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTY
MALI: HANDS OFF CAIN MISSION FOR ABOLITION AND UN MORATORIUM CONTINUES
the Hands Off Cain and Radical Party mission in Mali is continuing. Its objectives are to accelerate the parliamentary procedures for the definitive abolition of the death penalty in the country and to gain Mali's support for two important resolutions in
- NOVEMBER 11, 2010United NationsDEATH PENALTY
UNITED NATIONS: THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE ADOPTS A RESOLUTION ON A MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS
The UN General Assembly would, for the third time in four years, renew its call for a moratorium on the use of the death penalty under the terms of a draft resolution approved today in the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) by a recorded
- NOVEMBER 11, 2010MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
MOROCCO: JUSTICE MINISTER- WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY
"We hope to be able to abolish the death penalty in Morocco with an ad hoc law", Moroccan
- NOVEMBER 11, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HANDS OFF CAIN: NOW DEATH PENALTY MORATORIUM FOR TAREQ AZIZ AS WELL
"The new vote at the United Nations in favour of the moratorium records the positive
- NOVEMBER 11, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTY
MALI: HANDS OFF CAIN MISSION - HEARING IN PARLIAMENT AND VISIT TO BAMAKO WOMEN'S PRISON
the Hands Off Cain delegation in Mali (comprising Marco Pannella