Archive timeline
2012
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2012, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
The year in data
- Executions recorded worldwide
- 933
- Countries where they were recorded
- 31
- News items in the archive
- 1,731
Latest news of 2012
FEBRUARY 14, 2012KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: TWO TO HANG FOR KILLING ELGON BODA BODA MAN
In Kenya, two men were sentenced to death for robbery with violence in Mt Elgon district.
FEBRUARY 14, 2012DEATH PENALTYTEXAS (USA): EXECUTIONS THREATENED AS STOCKS OF DEATH PENALTY DRUG RUN LOW
According to the human rights group Reprieve, Texas is running out of the drugs
FEBRUARY 13, 2012MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: INDIAN NATIONAL SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
An Indian national was sentenced to death in Malaysia for trafficking in 1,982.8 grams
- FEBRUARY 13, 2012CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Authors of California's 1978 Death Penalty Initiative Now Support Repeal
USA - California. Authors of California's 1978 Death Penalty Initiative Now Support Repeal
FEBRUARY 13, 2012BelarusDEATH PENALTYEU ISSUES STATEMENT ON DEATH SENTENCES IN BELARUS
The EU has issued a statement saying it is “deeply concerned” that two men facing
FEBRUARY 13, 2012DEATH PENALTYCALIFORNIA (USA): AUTHORS OF CALIFORNIA'S 1978 DEATH PENALTY INITIATIVE NOW SUPPORT REPEAL
Ron Briggs, along with the other authors of the initiative which expanded California’s
- FEBRUARY 12, 2012YemenDEATH PENALTY
two Yemenis were beheaded at dawn by Islamist militants in southern Yemen for charges
two Yemenis were beheaded at dawn by Islamist militants in southern Yemen for charges
FEBRUARY 12, 2012IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN SCRAPS STONING, CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR MINORS
Iranian news agencies reported that Iran's Guardian Council, a powerful body of clerics
FEBRUARY 12, 2012Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA DEPORTS SAUDI JOURNALIST
Malaysia deported a young Saudi journalist who is wanted in his home country over a
FEBRUARY 11, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN GETS DEATH FOR KILLING 6-YR-OLD GIRL AFTER RAPE
A Delhi court has awarded death penalty to a man who killed a six-and-half-year-
- FEBRUARY 10, 2012BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
Gotlhalosamang Gabaokelwe will face the hangman after the Court of Appeal...
Gotlhalosamang Gabaokelwe will face the hangman after the Court of Appeal...
FEBRUARY 10, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: HC UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY OF THREE FOR 2003 MUMBAI BLASTS
The Bombay high court upheld death sentence to three people, including a woman, convicted
- FEBRUARY 10, 2012FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Judge Battles officially sentenced Humberto Delgado, 36, Hispanic, to death
USA - Florida. Judge Battles officially sentenced Humberto Delgado, 36, Hispanic, to death
- FEBRUARY 10, 2012MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: THAI WOMAN TO HANG FOR TRAFFICKING IN COCAINE
In Malaysia, a Thai woman was sentenced to the gallows by the High Court after she
FEBRUARY 10, 2012DEATH PENALTYFLORIDA (USA): COP KILLER DELGADO GETS DEATH SENTENCE
Circuit Judge Emmett Lamar Battles officially sentenced Humberto Delgado, 36,
FEBRUARY 9, 2012North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: PARTY OPENLY THREATENS TO SHOOT THOSE WHO ESCAPE
The death penalty is the right answer for those who betray the people of North
- FEBRUARY 9, 2012United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Death row inmates sue to stop FDA from allowing importation of drug used in executions
USA - Death row inmates sue to stop FDA from allowing importation of drug used in executions
FEBRUARY 9, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: PRESIDENT PATIL COMMUTED DEATH PENALTY OF 23 TO LIFE DURING HER TENURE
President Pratibha Patil accepted the clemency petition of Sushil Murmu, pending
- FEBRUARY 8, 2012MississippiDEATH PENALTY
USA - Mississippi - Edwin Turner, 38, white, was executed today.
USA - Mississippi - Edwin Turner, 38, white, was executed today.
- FEBRUARY 8, 2012CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. A jury sentenced Sherhaun Kerod Brown, 34, black, to death
USA - California. A jury sentenced Sherhaun Kerod Brown, 34, black, to death
FEBRUARY 8, 2012IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FOUR PRISONERS EXECUTED IN QOM
Four prisoners have been executed in the prison of Qom in the past few days, reported
- FEBRUARY 8, 2012VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Virginia. Bill to expand death penalty dies in Senate committee.
USA - Virginia. Bill to expand death penalty dies in Senate committee.
- FEBRUARY 8, 2012MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: ‘BLASPHEMOUS’ SAUDI POET WILL BE EXTRADITED TO SAUDI ARABIA
A Saudi poet and writer, Kashghari Hamza, who fled over a week from his country to avoid threats
FEBRUARY 8, 2012Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: SIX INDIVIDUALS SENTENCED TO DEATH
In Sri Lanka, the Kegalle Provincial High Court sentenced to death six individuals who were found
- FEBRUARY 8, 2012Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
GAZA: 58 YEAR OLD TAXI DRIVER SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING
Palestine Today reports that a 58 year old taxi driver from Gaza City has been
- FEBRUARY 8, 2012United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - The latest edition of "Death Row USA" shows a decrease of 31 inmates between January 1 and July 1, 2011
USA - The latest edition of "Death Row USA" shows a decrease of 31 inmates between January 1 and July 1, 2011
FEBRUARY 8, 2012DEATH PENALTYMISSISSIPPI (USA): MAN EXECUTED FOR 1995 ROBBERY SPREE KILLINGS
A Mississippi man convicted of murdering two people during convenience store robberies was executed
FEBRUARY 8, 2012United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA: DEATH ROW POPULATION DECREASED OVER THE LAST DECADE
The latest edition of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund's Death Row USA shows a decrease
- FEBRUARY 7, 2012Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
the Higher Judicial Council said in a statement that Iraq has sentenced to death
the Higher Judicial Council said in a statement that Iraq has sentenced to death a Saudi man who was an Al-Qaeda leader in northern Iraq.
- FEBRUARY 7, 2012LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. A jury sentenced Robert Coleman, 41, black, to death
USA - Louisiana. A jury sentenced Robert Coleman, 41, black, to death