Archive timeline
2011
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2011, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2011
- JULY 1, 2011MississippiDEATH PENALTY
USA - Mississippi. Former Death Row Inmate Cory Maye To Be Released From Prison
USA - Mississippi. Former Death Row Inmate Cory Maye To Be Released From Prison
- JUNE 30, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE
in Pakistan, Rawalpindi Anti-Terrorist Court No-I Judge Malik Muhammad Akram Awan
- JUNE 30, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE
in Pakistan, Rawalpindi Additional District And Sessions Judge Muhammad Nazir Chaudhry sentenced Nasir Khan to death and fined him Rs200,000. RA Bazaar Police Station registered a case against him for killing Mir Afzal on July 7, 2009.
- JUNE 30, 2011FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of Kevin Jerome Scott, 25, black
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of Kevin Jerome Scott, 25, black
- JUNE 30, 2011DEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of Roy Ballard, 70, white
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of Roy Ballard, 70, white
- JUNE 30, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: ANOTHER RI MIGRANT WORKER ON DEATH ROW IN SAUDI
Indonesian migrant worker Sumartini binti Manaungi Galisung
- JUNE 30, 2011ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: LUSAKA TO HANG FOR AGGRAVATED ROBBERY
Judge Gregory Phiri of the Lusaka high court in Zambia sentenced Lackson Kacha, from Lusaka, to death by hanging on charges of aggravated robbery.
JUNE 30, 2011JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: MAN TO HANG FOR KILLING WOMAN, 21
Tatsumi Tateyama, 50, was sentenced to death by Presiding Judge Masanori Hatoko of the
JUNE 30, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR APOSTASY REPORTEDLY UPHELD FOR PASTOR NADARKHANI
Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) reported that the death sentence handed down in 2010
- JUNE 30, 2011ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. Richard Lynn Bible, 49, white, was executed
USA - Arizona. Richard Lynn Bible, 49, white, was executed
- JUNE 30, 2011Rhode IslandDEATH PENALTY
USA - Rhode Island. Governor Lincoln Chafee, who had refused to turn over to federal authorities a prisoner facing the death penalty, said today he would comply with a court order compelling him to do so.
USA - Rhode Island. Governor Lincoln Chafee, who had refused to turn over to federal authorities a prisoner facing the death penalty, said today he would comply with a court order compelling him to do so.
- JUNE 29, 2011Rhode IslandDEATH PENALTY
USA - Rhode Island. Governor pardons hanged in 1845
USA - Rhode Island. Governor pardons hanged in 1845
- JUNE 29, 2011Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
brothers Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Karunaratne and Dissanayake Mudiyanseslage Piyasena were sentenced to death by Badulla High Court judge Paiyaseeli Wickramasinghe in Sri Lanka for murdering Aththanayake Mudiyanselage Appuhamy at Madugastalawa, Passara,
- JUNE 29, 2011ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: 3 MEN TO HANG FOR MURDER
Supreme Court Judge Gregory Phiri, sitting at the Lusaka High Court in Zambia, sentenced Fredy Lungu, Shadreck Musonda and Aaron Kanyanga from Chazanga Township to death by hanging for raping and murdering Katongo, 17, of the same township between Februar
- JUNE 29, 2011TunisiaDEATH PENALTY
Tunisia ratified the First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on
Tunisia ratified the First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on
- JUNE 29, 2011LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. Judge Ramona Emmanuel sentenced Lamondre Tucker, 21, black, to death
USA - Louisiana. Judge Ramona Emmanuel sentenced Lamondre Tucker, 21, black, to death
- JUNE 28, 2011DEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. A jury sentenced Mark Anthony Poole, 48, black, to death
USA - Florida. A jury sentenced Mark Anthony Poole, 48, black, to death
- JUNE 28, 2011PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. A jury sentenced Richard Poplawski, 24, white, to death
USA - Pennsylvania. A jury sentenced Richard Poplawski, 24, white, to death
- JUNE 28, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: THREE TO HANG FOR KIDNAP
Judge Kamardin Hashim of the Malaysian High Court sentenced
- JUNE 28, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: EDO PROPOSES DEATH PENALTY FOR KIDNAPPERS
kidnappers may face the death penalty in Edo State
- JUNE 28, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
in Pakistan, Kasur Additional district & sessions Judge Syed Khursheed
- JUNE 28, 2011MexicoDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Mexico appeals to Supreme Court to spare Leal from death penalty
USA - Texas. Mexico appeals to Supreme Court to spare Leal from death penalty
JUNE 28, 2011IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: PRESIDENCY RATIFIES DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST TUNISIAN
Iraq’s Presidency ratified the death sentence against Tunisian citizen Yusri Fadhil al-Tureiqi
JUNE 28, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 'TWENTY-SIX ALLEGED DRUG TRAFFICKERS HANGED'
the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran (ICHRI) said local sources in Mashad told the ICHRI that 26 more alleged drug traffickers were hanged at Vakilabad Prison on June 15, 2011.
JUNE 28, 2011EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: CLERIC APPROVES COP'S DEATH SENTENCE
in Egypt, Islamic cleric Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa affirmed the death sentence handed
- JUNE 28, 2011New HampshireDEATH PENALTY
USA - New Hampshire. Gov. John Lynch signed HB 147 expanding the state's death penalty to cover burglaries.
USA - New Hampshire. Gov. John Lynch signed HB 147 expanding the state's death penalty to cover burglaries.
- JUNE 28, 2011LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. Sanchez Brumfield, 26, black, had the death penalty changed in life
USA - Louisiana. Sanchez Brumfield, 26, black, had the death penalty changed in life
- JUNE 28, 2011TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. A jury sentenced John Hummel, 35, white, to death
USA - Texas. A jury sentenced John Hummel, 35, white, to death
- JUNE 27, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING 10
in Faisalabad, Pakistan, ATC No.1 Judge Raja Muhammad Arshad
- JUNE 27, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKAN WOMAN FACES 'DEATH BY BEHEADING' IN SAUDI ARABIA
Sri Lankan maid Rizana Nafeek is poised to be executed in Saudi Arabia by beheading in front of a crowd of people for allegedly killing a four-month-old baby in her care in May 2005.