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
- MARCH 19, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: PUNE COURT GIVES DEATH SENTENCE TO LABOURER FOR KILLING WIFE
in Pune, India, district principal and session judge PD Desai sentenced construction labourer Ramesh Mahipati Randive...
MARCH 19, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TRAFFICKING SYABU
a court interpreter was sent to the gallows by the High Court in Miri, Malaysia, after he
- MARCH 18, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: FILIPINO DEATH SENTENCES UPHELD
China's Supreme People's Court upheld the death sentences of Filipino nationals Ramon Credo...
- MARCH 18, 2011DEATH PENALTY
USA - Illinois. Abolition of death penalty means job cuts
USA - Illinois. Abolition of death penalty means job cuts
- MARCH 18, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: THREE YOUTHS TO HANG FOR MURDER
Judicial Commissioner Datuk Akhtar Tahir of the Malaysian High Court sentenced former welder K.Yogeswaran, 25, car possessor P.Murugan, 23, and tow truck call man R.Sureshvarman, 27, to death for murdering J.Parkas, 26, on July 28, 2009, in Hulu Selangor,
- MARCH 18, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DEATH FOR SINGAPOREAN SINGLE MOTHER FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Judge Noor Azian Shaari of the Shah Alam High Court in Malaysia sentenced legal assistant and single mother Noor Atiqah M. Lasim, 27, of Singapore, to death for trafficking 342.1gs of heroin and 30.3gs of monoacethyl morphine in a bag at the Low Cost Carr
- MARCH 18, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE IN MURDER CASE
in Pakistan, Kasur District & Sessions judge Nazeer Ahmed Gajan...
- MARCH 18, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING WOMAN
in Barabanki, India, Additional Sessions Judge Rajendra Chandra sentenced Narendra...
- MARCH 18, 2011IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
USA - Montana. A proposal to abolish death penalty has failed.
USA - Montana. A proposal to abolish death penalty has failed.
- MARCH 18, 2011DEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. The Georgia Supreme Court reversed the death sentence of David Aaron Perkins
USA - Georgia. The Georgia Supreme Court reversed the death sentence of David Aaron Perkins
- MARCH 18, 2011DEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. The Georgia Supreme Court reversed the death sentence of Nicholas Jason Bryant
USA - Georgia. The Georgia Supreme Court reversed the death sentence of Nicholas Jason Bryant
- MARCH 17, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: VEGETABLE FARMER GETS DEATH FOR CANNABIS TRAFFICKING
vegetable farmer Ahmad Roslan Mat, 46, from Selama, Perak, was sentenced to death by Judge Datuk Zakiah Kassim of the Malaysian High Court for trafficking in 26.35 kgs of cannabis on May 1, 2009 at Kampung Tebing Tinggi in Baling.
- MARCH 17, 2011KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: MAN TO BE EXECUTED FOR KILLING EXPATRIATE
a Kuwaiti court sentenced a unnamed local man to death for murdering an Asian expatriate after robbing him, a newspaper said.
- MARCH 17, 2011Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
MYANMAR: BRIGADIER SERVED ‘CAPITAL PUNISHMENT’: GPRN/NSCN
Brig. Khungwang, alias Chipu Menon, was sentenced to death for treason “as per the National Yehzabo” by the Government of People’s Republic of Nagaland/National Socialist Council of Nagaland, in Myanmar
- MARCH 17, 2011FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. A jury sentenced Lesly Jean-Philippe, 24, black, to death
USA - Florida. A jury sentenced Lesly Jean-Philippe, 24, black, to death
- MARCH 16, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN TO EXPEDITE EXECUTION SENTENCES
Radio Zamaneh reported the head of Iran’s Supreme Court had announced
- MARCH 16, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: COURT AWARDS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR MASS MURDER
in Bihar's Banka district, India, Additional district and session court judge S.C.Jha sentenced Md. Sabbir Mian to death for robbing and murdering seven people in Badua on July 7, 1997.
- MARCH 16, 2011DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS FINDS A SUBSTITUTE DRUG TO CARRY ON EXECUTIONS
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) announced today that it will switch to pentobarbital as part of its three-drug lethal injection protocol for the upcoming execution of Cleve Foster on April 5.
- MARCH 16, 2011DEATH PENALTY
USA - Virginia. A jury sentenced Mark E. Lawlor, 45, white, to death
USA - Virginia. A jury sentenced Mark E. Lawlor, 45, white, to death
MARCH 16, 2011IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: AL-QAIDA LEADER SENTENCED TO DEATH
the Iraqi Supreme Criminal Court sentenced al-Qaida leader Munaf al-Rawi and five
MARCH 16, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: BLOOD MONEY – CIA CONTRACTOR ACQUITTED OF MURDERS
Raymond Davis, a CIA contractor, who was alleged to have shot and killed two men
- MARCH 16, 2011TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice announced today that it will switch to pentobarbital for the upcoming execution of Cleve Foster on April 5
USA - Texas. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice announced today that it will switch to pentobarbital for the upcoming execution of Cleve Foster on April 5
MARCH 16, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED IN BEHBEHAN
One man was hanged in the southwestern Iranian town of Behbehan, reported
- MARCH 15, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
GEORGIA (USA): DEA SEIZES SUPPLY OF EXECUTION DRUG
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents seized Georgia's supply of sodium
- MARCH 15, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: MAN TO BE EXECUTED
the Dubai Criminal Court in the United Arab Emirates sentenced an Indian, identified as MSS, to death for burying two compatriots alive under ground and concealing the dead bodies.
- MARCH 15, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN DEATH ROW PRISONERS 'LANGUISH IN JAIL'
More than 8,000 prisoners sentenced to death by Pakistani courts over the past 20 years
- MARCH 15, 2011GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents seized Georgia's supply of sodium
USA - Georgia. U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents seized Georgia's supply of sodium thiopental
- MARCH 15, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH FOR DRUG PEDDLING CHALLENGED
the Indian Harm Reduction Network, a consortium of NGOs for humane drug policies, filed a petition with the Gujarat high court challenging the constitutional validity of Section 31A of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, which prescribe
- MARCH 15, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING COPS
the court in Shandong, China, sentenced Liu Jianjun, 51, to death for killing four police officers in January 2011.
- MARCH 15, 2011BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
BOTSWANA: MAN TO HANG FOR MURDER
Justice Terrence Rannowane of the Botswana High Court sentenced Thamo Zibane to death for murdering his lover Sihle Dube...