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
- JANUARY 11, 2011OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. Jeffrey David Matthews, 38, white, has been executed
USA - Oklahoma. Jeffrey David Matthews, 38, white, has been executed
- JANUARY 11, 2011TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. The United States Supreme Court issued a last minute reprieve for Cleve Foster, 47, white
USA - Texas. The United States Supreme Court issued a last minute reprieve for Cleve Foster, 47, white
- JANUARY 11, 2011IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
USA - Illinois. The Senate today approved SB3539 to end the death penalty
USA - Illinois. The Senate today approved SB3539 to end the death penalty
- JANUARY 11, 2011TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee. Outgoing Gov. Phil Bredesen commuted Edward Jerome Harbison 's death sentence
USA - Tennessee. Outgoing Gov. Phil Bredesen commuted Edward Jerome Harbison 's death sentence
- JANUARY 10, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH SENTENCE
Yu Haixu, 24, was given a two-year suspended death sentence recently by an intermediate people's court in Hohhot, China, for killing a male student Yao on May 10 at a cafe.
- JANUARY 10, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BRUTALLY KILLING FATHER
in Delhi, India, Additional sessions judge Mr RK Gauba sentenced Jitender resident Nabi Karim, 25, to death and fined him Rs 5,000 for killing his father on March 13, 2008, as a sacrifice to a deity in 2008 to ward off troubles with his wife.
- JANUARY 10, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: 137 CONVICTS AWAITING DEATH AT KIRIKIRI
137 inmates in Kirikiri Maximum prison in Lagos, Nigeria, have been condemned to death, the Daily Sun reported after visiting the prison.
JANUARY 10, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI MAN EXECUTED IN RIYADH
SPA news agency carried a Saudi Arabian Interior Ministry statement
- JANUARY 10, 2011MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. Gov. Jay Nixon commuted Richard Clay's death sentence
USA - Missouri. Gov. Jay Nixon commuted Richard Clay's death sentence
- JANUARY 9, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN'S COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR DETAINED MAN - WEBSITE
the 36th branch of the Tehran Court of Appeals presided over by Hojjat...
- JANUARY 8, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: CHINA FREES ZAMBIAN WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY FIRING SQUAD
Zambian woman Mary Musyalike, who was sentenced to death by firing squad in China for trafficking in drugs, was released and returned to Zambia. Zambia Direct Democracy Movement (ZDDM) National Co-ordinator Edwin Sakala thanked the Zambian Government for
- JANUARY 8, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH SENTENCE RULE FACES EXTRA SCRUTINY
China's Supreme People's Court will directly overturn death sentences in cases where evidence was collected by illegal means, in a move to further limit the application of capital punishment and pressure local courts to check evidence more thoroughly, SPC
- JANUARY 8, 2011ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ILLINOIS: HANDS OFF CAIN APPEAL FOR THE SUSPENSION OF GEORGE RYAN'S SENTENCE
“We appeal to your sense of humanity and ask for a moratorium on the six and a half year sentence of ex Illinois Governor George Ryan, half of which he has already served, so that he can be at the bedside of his dying wife Lura,” the Hands Off Cain direct
- JANUARY 8, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Police officials argue death penalty doesn't make us safer
USA - Police officials argue death penalty doesn't make us safer
- JANUARY 8, 2011YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN: MAN ON DEATH ROW MAKES CLEMENCY APPEAL TO SALEH
a Yemeni man facing execution next week for a murder committed in 1999 while he was 13 years old urged President Ali Abdullah Saleh to commute his death sentence.
- JANUARY 8, 2011ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: MINER GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDERING CHINESE BOSS
Supreme Court judge Munyinda Wanki, sitting at the Lusaka High Court in Zambia, sentenced Pythias Chinene of Lusaka to death for murdering his Chinese boss Zong Tangku at Collum Coal Mine in Chongwe district on February 2, 2010.
JANUARY 8, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FOUR HANGED IN ISFAHAN FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Four men were hanged in the prison of central Iranian city of Isfahan, early today
- JANUARY 7, 2011New HampshireDEATH PENALTY
USA - New Hampshire. Home invasion bill expands death penalty
USA - New Hampshire. Home invasion bill expands death penalty
- JANUARY 7, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TWO MEN HANGED IN BOROUJERD
Two men were hanged in Boroujerd, west of Iran, early this morning.
- JANUARY 7, 2011ColoradoDEATH PENALTY
USA - Colorado. Outgoing Gov. Bill Ritter today awarded a posthumous pardon to Joe Arridy, who was executed in 1939
USA - Colorado. Outgoing Gov. Bill Ritter today awarded a posthumous pardon to Joe Arridy, who was executed in 1939
- JANUARY 6, 2011AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
AUSTRALIAN ESCAPES EXECUTION IN AFGHANISTAN
a former Australian soldier convicted of murder in Afghanistan had his January 2009 death sentence commuted to a 20-year jail term.
- JANUARY 6, 2011DEATH PENALTY
ILLINOIS (USA): HOUSE VOTED TO ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY
Illinois House voted to abolish the death penalty. Late Thursday afternoon, the House
- JANUARY 6, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MEERUT FATHER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING, KILLING DAUGHTER
in Meerut, India, Additional district and sessions judge Shyam Vinod sentenced Ajay Kumar, a labourer from Bihar, to death for raping and killing his daughter Renu, 7, on May 16, 2008.
- JANUARY 6, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabian national Naji bin Arif bin Sa'b al-Shamari, sentenced to death for killing fellow citizen Khalid bin Matrid bin Khalaf Al-Shamari over a family fued, was beheaded in A'rar in the country's north, the interior ministry said in a statement.
- JANUARY 6, 2011SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
AL SHABAAB EXECUTES ENGLISH-SPEAKING MAN IN SOUTHERN SOMALIA FOR SPYING
in Goobweyne village in Somalia's Lower Jubba region...
- JANUARY 6, 2011IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. Billy Don Alverson, 39, black, was executed
USA - Oklahoma. Billy Don Alverson, 39, black, was executed
- JANUARY 6, 2011OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Illinois. Illinois House voted to abolish the death penalty
USA - Illinois. Illinois House voted to abolish the death penalty
- JANUARY 5, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
PROSTITUTION-RING LEADER'S DEATH PENALTY UPHELD IN SW CHINA
the death penalty given to female gang boss Wang Ziqi in August 2010 by China's Chongqing No. 5 Intermediate People's Court was upheld by the Chongqing Municipal Higher People's Court.
- JANUARY 5, 2011GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
GUYANA: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING FATHER
in Guyana, Justice Dawn Gregory-Barnes sentenced Gowkarran ‘Silence’ Ramdayal, 25, to death for bludgeoning his father Bhowan Ramdayal on October 10, 2007, with a piece of iron in an argument money. The father died on January 16, 2008.
- JANUARY 5, 2011GambiaDEATH PENALTY
GAMBIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
the High Court in Janjangbureh, Gambia...