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 15, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: TWO GET DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING FOUR PEOPLE
an Additional Sessions Judge (II) in Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh, India, sentenced Durgadeen and Ishwardas, from Natarra village, to death for murdering four people over a family dispute on December 5, 2000.
- MARCH 15, 2011JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: MAN GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE
the Tokyo District Court handed down the death sentence to Kazuo Ino, 60, to death for stabbing a 74-year-old man to death when committing a robbery in Tokyo in November 2009.
- MARCH 15, 2011LiberiaDEATH PENALTY
the Government of Liberia presented its responses to recommendations...
the Government of Liberia presented its responses to recommendations...
- MARCH 15, 2011New HampshireDEATH PENALTY
USA - New Hampshire. The House approved HB 147 to expand the state's death penalty
USA - New Hampshire. The House approved HB 147 to expand the state's death penalty
MARCH 15, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: PHILANTHROPIST PAYS BLOOD MONEY, FOUR INDIANS ON DEATH ROW PARDONED
an Indian father pardoned four Indian expatriates who were found guilty of murdering
MARCH 15, 2011MauritaniaDEATH PENALTYMAURITANIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLER OF AMERICAN
A Mauritanian court handed down the death penalty to the main perpetrator of the murder of American
- MARCH 14, 2011MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
MALDIVES: PARLIAMENT RESUMES DEBATE ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
the Maldives parliament (Majlis) resumed the debate on amending the Clemency Act
- MARCH 14, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
UN CONCERNED WITH IRAN HUMAN RIGHTS
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced concern over increased violations of human rights in Iran. In a report to the Human Rights Council, Ban mentioned executions of drug traffickers, stonings, floggings and amputations.
- MARCH 14, 2011TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. A jury sentenced Cortne’ Mareese Robinson, 20, black, to death
USA - Texas. A jury sentenced Cortne’ Mareese Robinson, 20, black, to death
- MARCH 14, 2011TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. A jury sentenced Cortne Robinson, 20, black, to death
USA - Texas. A jury sentenced Cortne Robinson, 20, black, to death
- MARCH 14, 2011IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
USA - Illinois. Former Chicago Police Cmdr. Jon Burge is expected to report to prison later this week.
USA - Illinois. Former Chicago Police Cmdr. Jon Burge is expected to report to prison later this week.
MARCH 14, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FIVE PEOPLE HANGED IN EVIN PRISON
Iran secretly hanged five people in Evin prison according to Hrana news agency.
- MARCH 13, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: POLITICAL PRISONER TO BE EXECUTED
in Iran, political prisoner Behrouz Abdi faces the imminent threat of execution.
MARCH 13, 2011KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: THREE TO HANG FOR ROBBERY
Antony Mutembei Njeru, Isaack Murimi Mwaniki and John Murithi Kivuti were
- MARCH 13, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Federal prisons run out of key execution drug
USA - Federal prisons run out of key execution drug
- MARCH 11, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH
in Chakwal, Pakistan, District and Sessions Judge Sohail Akram sentenced Shaukat Iqbal, Qasim Naseeb and Atif Khalid, all residents of Waula village of tehsil Choa Syedan Shah, to death for murdering Mudassir Nafees on March 27, 2009.
- MARCH 11, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED FOR 5
Justices Mittal and Jeyapaul of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in India commuted five death sentences to 20 years imprisonment each. Manoj, 23, and Babli, 19, were murdered in June 2007 after they married against their families' wishes
- MARCH 11, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: THREE TO DIE FOR KILLING SCHOOLBOY
in Bangladesh, three people were sentenced to death kidnapping and killing schoolboy Tanjirul Islam Mishelin from Dania under Shyampur police station on July 5, 2003, for ransom
- MARCH 11, 2011FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. A jury has recommended the death penalty for Terry Antonio Smith, 22, black
USA - Florida. A jury has recommended the death penalty for Terry Antonio Smith, 22, black
MARCH 11, 2011DEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: THREE TO DIE FOR KILLING SCHOOLBOY
in Bangladesh, three people were sentenced to death for kidnapping and
- MARCH 10, 2011ItalyDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY: HANDS OFF CAIN - ABOLITION IN ILLINOIS SIGNALS A CHANGE IN ALL THE UNITED STATES
“The abolition of the death penalty in Illinois signals a change in all the United States. It shows
- MARCH 10, 2011DEATH PENALTY
OHIO (USA): INMATE EXECUTED USING SINGLE DRUG
Ohio put to death the killer of a Toledo store owner with the country's first-ever use of pentobarbital
- MARCH 10, 2011TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN TO DROP DEATH PENALTY FOR SOME CRIMES AMID GLOBAL CRITICISM
Taiwan's cabinet approved revisions of four laws to drop the death penalty for some crimes, including
- MARCH 10, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SIX GET CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN TRIPLE MURDER CASE
in Pakistan, Kasur Additional District and Sessions Judge Jazila Aslam sentenced Sarja, Rehmat
- MARCH 10, 2011IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Harun bin Ajis, Syofial bin Azwar and Syargawi bin Sanusi...
Harun bin Ajis, Syofial bin Azwar and Syargawi bin Sanusi...
- MARCH 10, 2011JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: DEATH SENTENCES TO STAND FOR 3 MEN OVER 1994 MURDERS
Justice Ryuko Sakurai of the Japanese Supreme Court upheld the 2001 Nagoya District Court and the October 2005 Nagoya High Court death sentences handed to Masato Kobayashi, Atsushi Komori and Masayoshi Haga, all 35.
- MARCH 10, 2011Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
MYANMAR: TEN FACE EXECUTION FOR DEADLY ROBBERY
two women and eight men were sentenced to death by a Rangoon court for murdering three people during a bungled armed robbery on May 16, 2010.
- MARCH 10, 2011EgyptDEATH PENALTY
the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces issued a decree...
the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces issued a decree...
MARCH 10, 2011JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: DEATH ROW INMATE, 75 TODAY, SHOULD BE GRANTED A STAY OF EXECUTION
a man in Japan who has spent 43 years on death row and is 75 today, should be granted
- MARCH 10, 2011OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Johnnie Baston, 37, black, was executed
USA - Ohio. Johnnie Baston, 37, black, was executed