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 10, 2011AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. A jury recommended the death penalty for Tawuan Townes, 20, black
USA - Alabama. A jury recommended the death penalty for Tawuan Townes, 20, black
- MARCH 9, 2011DEATH PENALTY
ILLINOIS (USA): GOV. PAT QUINN ABOLISHES THE DEATH PENALTY
Gov. Pat Quinn abolished the death penalty today, more than a decade after the state imposed a moratorium on executions out of concern that innocent people could be put to death by a justice system that had wrongly condemned 13 men.
- MARCH 9, 2011New HampshireDEATH PENALTY
USA - New Hampshire. A House Committee voted to pass HB 147 that would expand the death penalty
USA - New Hampshire. A House Committee voted to pass HB 147 that would expand the death penalty
- MARCH 9, 2011New MexicoDEATH PENALTY
USA - New Mexico. Death penalty reinstatement dies in committee
USA - New Mexico. Death penalty reinstatement dies in committee
- MARCH 9, 2011TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: MINISTER VOWS TO UPHOLD JUDICIAL SOVEREIGNTY
Taiwan's Justice Minister pledged that he will not suspend the implementation of the
- MARCH 9, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC STAYS DEATH PENALTY FOR RAPE MURDER
Justices Reddy and Nijjaar of the Indian Supreme Court stayed the death sentence of B A Umesh of Karnataka, for raping and murdering widow Jayashri in 1998.
- MARCH 9, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Pakistan, Joharabad District and Sessions Judge Mian Mureed Hussain sentenced Wali Daad to death for gunning down Muhammad Ashraf over water dispute on February 25, 2009, under Quaidabad Police Station. He was also ordered to pay Rs 100,000 compensatio
- MARCH 9, 2011IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
USA - Illinois. Gov. Pat Quinn abolished the death penalty today
USA - Illinois. Gov. Pat Quinn abolished the death penalty today
MARCH 9, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: BLASPHEMY ACCUSED GETS DEATH SENTENCE
in Jhelum, Pakistan, Additional Sessions Judge Tariq Mehmood Zargham sentenced Malik Ashraf
- MARCH 9, 2011FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. A jury has recommended 7-5 the death penalty to William Gregory, 28, white.
USA - Florida. A jury has recommended 7-5 the death penalty to William Gregory, 28, white.
- MARCH 8, 2011JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN FORMALISES DEATH SENTENCE FOR SARIN ATTACK CONSPIRATOR
Japan's Supreme Court on completed legal preparations for the execution of the Aum Shinrikyo chemist Masami Tsuchiya, 46, who helped the Japanese cult develop the sarin nerve agent it used to kill nearly 20 people in the 1994 and 1995 subway attacks.
- MARCH 8, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: EXECUTION VERDICT AMENDED
Judge Falah Al Hajri of the Federal Supreme Court of the United Arab Emirates amended a verdict issued by the Appellate Court of Fujairah, from life imprisonment to execution for an unidentified man who killed his wife deliberately.
- MARCH 8, 2011KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: MAN SENT TO THE GALLOWS FOR ROBBERY
Simion Oywonga Mochobo was sentenced to death in Kenya by Ogembo Principal Magistrate Lily Nafula at a Gucha court. He was sentenced for violently robbing Consolata Ntenga on December 2, 2009 at Bokimonge sub location in Kenyenya District, and Jackline Ke
- MARCH 8, 2011MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
MALDIVES PARLIAMENT PROPOSES AMENDMENT SEEKING DEATH PENALTY
an amendment was proposed to the Clemency Act, stipulating that despite the Act stating otherwise...
- MARCH 8, 2011OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. A 3-judge panel sentenced Edward Wayne Edwards, 77, white, to death
USA - Ohio. A 3-judge panel sentenced Edward Wayne Edwards, 77, white, to death
- MARCH 8, 2011IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
USA - Illinois. Gov. Pat Quinn intends to abolish the death penalty in Illinois tomorrow
USA - Illinois. Gov. Pat Quinn intends to abolish the death penalty in Illinois tomorrow
MARCH 8, 2011JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: TOP COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR SERIAL KILLINGS
Presiding Justice Kiyoko Okabe of the Japanese Supreme Court upheld the death penalty
- MARCH 7, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Pakistan, Chakwal Additional District & Sessions Judge Abu-Al-Hasnat Zulqarnain...
MARCH 7, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: THREE UNEMPLOYED MEN GET DEATH FOR MURDERING FOREMAN
Justice Datuk Abdul Alim Abdullah of the Malaysian High Court sentenced unemployed
- MARCH 6, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: DEATH SENTENCE ON POLICEMAN
in Nigeria, police cpl. Obanla Julius was sentenced to death by Abuja High Court Justice Abubakar Talba for killing Shagari Haruna on May 2, 2002, at the Federal Housing Authority junction in Kubwa, Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
- MARCH 6, 2011KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH
William Kinyua, James Muriithi and Erick Nyaga were sentenced to death in Kenya by Siakago magistrate Samuel Mokua for robbing trader Mwaniki Machaki of Sh10,900 and a Sh4,000 mobile phone on November 13, 2009 and Josephine Nyaga of Sh11,000 and a phone.
MARCH 6, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: DAD’S PARDON SAVES THREE CONVICTS FROM GALLOWS
a Saudi appeal court reversed a death sentence against three teen agers found guilty of causing the
MARCH 6, 2011SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL SHABAAB EXECUTES TWO MEN
Somalia’s al Shabaab group executed Abdullahi Hajji Mohammed and Abdinasir Hussein Ali at Maslah
- MARCH 5, 2011TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
President Ma Ying-jeou defended the Ministry of Justice’s...
President Ma Ying-jeou defended the Ministry of Justice’s...
- MARCH 5, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
CHRISTIAN PASTOR, AWAITING DEATH SENTENCE, HELD AMONG MURDERERS AND DRUG PEDDLERS IN IRAN
Youcef Nadarkhani, sentenced to death in Iran for apostasy is being held in Lakan prison in Gilan province in northern Iran, in the main part of the prison with drug dealers and murderers, Jason DeMars of www.presenettruthmn.com said.
- MARCH 5, 2011UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: SOLDIER GETS DEATH SENTENCE
in Uganda, Col. Eugene Sebugwawo of the UPDF 3rd Division Court Martial sentenced soldier John Ouma to death for murdering Lance Cpl. Dennis Aule at the mogosi detachment in July 2010
MARCH 5, 2011TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: DOCTORS TRANSPLANT ORGANS TAKEN FROM EXECUTED PRISONERS
Doctors at southern Taiwan's Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (KCGMH) conducted liver transplant surgeries after receiving the bodies of two inmates executed, local media reported.
MARCH 5, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE AFGHAN NATIONALS HANGED FOR RAPE
Iran hanged three Afghan nationals in a prison in Tehran after they were found guilty of raping an Afghan
- MARCH 4, 2011TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: FIVE DEATH-ROW CONVICTS EXECUTED
Five convicts on death row were executed in Taiwan, the Ministry of Justice said in a statement
- MARCH 4, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SENTENCED TO DEATH
in Attock, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Chaudhry Anwar Ahmed Khan sentenced Syedan Shah, resident of Khyber Agency, to death and fined him Rs200,000 for smuggling 15 kg of heroin in October 2010 in Attock.