Chronological archive
August 2014
The 93 news items published by Hands Off Cain in August 2014, in chronological order.
BAHRAIN: COP KILLER GETS DEATH SENTENCE
The High Criminal Appeals Court upheld the death sentence given to a Bahraini man convicted in
AUGUST 30, 2014EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: BADIE DEATH SENTENCE REDUCED TO LIFE
Egypt's Grand Mufti has commuted the death sentence handed to the Muslim Brotherhood's spiritual leader,
AUGUST 29, 2014JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: TWO DEATH-ROW INMATES EXECUTED IN SENDAI AND TOKYO
Japan executed two multiple killers, bringing to 11 the total number of death sentences carried out since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took power in 2012.
- AUGUST 28, 2014OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. Texas to Censor Its Autopsy Report in Botched Oklahoma Execution.
USA - Oklahoma. Texas to Censor Its Autopsy Report in Botched Oklahoma Execution.
- AUGUST 28, 2014ColoradoDEATH PENALTY
USA - Colorado. Gov. Hickenlooper says he could decide to grant "full clemency" to Dunlap.
USA - Colorado. Gov. Hickenlooper says he could decide to grant "full clemency" to Dunlap.
- AUGUST 28, 2014OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA: LAWSUIT FILED TO ALLOW MEDIA TO WITNESS ENTIRE EXECUTIONS IN OKLAHOMA, AUTOPSY REVEALS CLAYTON LOCKETT DIED FROM LETHAL INJECTION, NOT HEART ATTACK
AUGUST 28, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: EIGHT INMATES HANGED IN BANDAR ABBAS
the Iranian regime's authorities hanged a group of eight prisoners in the main prison of Bandar Abbas,
AUGUST 28, 2014EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: TWO MORSI SUPPORTERS GET DEATH PENALTY, 43 OTHERS LIFE IN JAIL
- AUGUST 28, 2014ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. A jury sentenced Bryan Hulsey to death
USA - Arizona. A jury sentenced Bryan Hulsey to death
AUGUST 28, 2014EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: FOUR ALLEGED MOSSAD SPIES BEHEADED BY MILITANT GROUP
- AUGUST 27, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi authorities beheaded three citizens after they were convicted
Saudi authorities beheaded three citizens after they were convicted
- AUGUST 27, 2014CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge Lawrence K. Karlton today threw out the death penalty of Larry Junior Webster
USA - California. Judge Lawrence K. Karlton today threw out the death penalty of Larry Junior Webster
AUGUST 27, 2014SyriaDEATH PENALTYSYRIA: GOVERNMENT AND ISIS COMMITTING WAR CRIMES, SAYS UN
in a 45-page report issued in Geneva, UN investigators said the Syrian government and Islamic State (ISIS) insurgents were both committing war crimes and crimes against humanity.
- AUGUST 26, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi authorities beheaded a citizen in the eastern Qatif region after he was convicted
Saudi authorities beheaded a citizen in the eastern Qatif region after he was convicted
AUGUST 26, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES A JOURNALIST’S KILLER TO DEATH
- AUGUST 26, 2014IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: FIVE PRISONERS HANGED IN BANDAR ABBAS INCLUDING A PAKISTANI CITIZEN
- AUGUST 26, 2014EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: 12 PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH ON TERRORIST CHARGES
between 23 and 26 August 2014, twelve people were sentenced to death on terrorism-related charges in two separate cases.
- AUGUST 25, 2014OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. News Organizations Sue Oklahoma to View Entire Execution Process.
USA - Oklahoma. News Organizations Sue Oklahoma to View Entire Execution Process.
AUGUST 25, 2014Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYPALESTINE: HAMAS EXECUTES 4 MORE SUSPECTED ISRAELI SPIES
- AUGUST 24, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES FOUR AL-SHABAAB SUSPECTS
AUGUST 24, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO MEN HANGED IN PUBLIC IN BORAZJAN AND SARI
AUGUST 24, 2014ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: EIGHT “TERRORISTS” EXECUTED IN XINJIANG
AUGUST 24, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: EMIR INTERVENES TO SAVE A DEATH ROW INMATE
- AUGUST 23, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
the Saudi authorities executed a Syrian national in the northwestern city of Tabuk, after he was convicted of
the Saudi authorities executed a Syrian national in the northwestern city of Tabuk, after he was convicted of
- AUGUST 23, 2014TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Former Governor and FBI Director Support Clemency for Texas Death Row Inmate Max Soffar
USA - Texas. Former Governor and FBI Director Support Clemency for Texas Death Row Inmate Max Soffar
AUGUST 23, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE PRISONERS INCLUDING A WOMAN HANGED IN ZAHEDAN, PRISONER’S FOUR FINGERS AMPUTATED IN PUBLIC
AUGUST 22, 2014IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: ISIS MILITANTS STONE MAN TO DEATH FOR ADULTERY IN MOSUL
AUGUST 22, 2014ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: HIGH COURT FREES MAN AFTER SIX YEARS ON DEATH ROW
AUGUST 22, 2014Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYPALESTINE: HAMAS EXECUTES 18 SUSPECTED INFORMANTS BY FIRING SQUAD
one day after Israel killed three top Hamas commanders, the radical group executed 18 Palestinians it had suspected of collaborating with Israel. It brings the number of alleged informants executed in the past two days to at least 21, including several pe
AUGUST 22, 2014ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: MINISTER OF JUSTICE SAYS WON’T SIGN DEATH WARRANTS
the Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, Emmerson Mnangagwa, said the 97 inmates, including a woman, on Zimbabwe’s death row owe their continued survival to him because he is against the death penalty.
- AUGUST 21, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: MOM’S KILLER BEHEADED KHAMIS MUSHAIT
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- AUGUST 21, 2014CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. A jury choose death penalty for Kesaun Kedron Sykes
USA - California. A jury choose death penalty for Kesaun Kedron Sykes
- AUGUST 21, 2014LesothoDEATH PENALTY
Makhotso Molise, 47, one of the three murderers who brutally killed Senior Women Citizens
Makhotso Molise, 47, one of the three murderers who brutally killed Senior Women Citizens
AUGUST 21, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO PUBLIC HANGINGS
- AUGUST 21, 2014GermanyDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: GERMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER IN XIAMEN
a German was sentenced to death in China for the first time in modern history. The 36-year-old man was convicted of a double murder in Xiamen in 2010. Germany has vowed to stop the execution.
AUGUST 21, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: SEVEN AL-SHABAAB MEMBERS RECEIVE DEATH PENALTY
AUGUST 20, 2014United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: NEW ANTI-TERROR LAW APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT
AUGUST 20, 2014ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: RAILWAY OFFICIAL GETS DEATH SENTENCE ON CORRUPTION CHARGES
AUGUST 19, 2014LibyaDEATH PENALTYLIBYA: EGYPTIAN PUBLICLY EXECUTED BY ISLAMIC MILITANTS IN A FOOTBALL STADIUM
AUGUST 19, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: 3 MILITANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH, 26 JAILED ON TERRORISM CHARGES
AUGUST 19, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: ANOTHER PRISONER BEHEADED FOR MURDER
AUGUST 18, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: ELEVEN PEOPLE HANGED IN KARAJ, A MAN EXECUTED IN PUBLIC IN MIANEH
AUGUST 18, 2014UkraineDEATH PENALTYUKRAINE: DONETSK SEPARATISTS INTRODUCE DEATH PENALTY FOR TREASON
AUGUST 18, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: THE WAVE OF EXECUTIONS CONTINUES, ANOTHER FOUR BEHEADED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Saudi Arabia beheaded four nationals from the same family in the city of Najran for drug trafficking, amid a surge in executions in the country since the end of Ramadan.
- AUGUST 17, 2014OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Ohio Had Warnings About Lethal Drugs; State's Expert Witness Withdraws.
USA - Ohio. Ohio Had Warnings About Lethal Drugs; State's Expert Witness Withdraws.
- AUGUST 17, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: TWO SAUDIS BEHEADED FOR MURDERING COMPATRIOTS
AUGUST 17, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: FORMER ARMY SOLDIER SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SOMALILAND
- AUGUST 15, 2014IndianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Indiana. Judge Susan Orth sentenced William Clyde Gibson to death
USA - Indiana. Judge Susan Orth sentenced William Clyde Gibson to death
- AUGUST 15, 2014FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Judge Thane Covert formally sentenced Ralph Wright to death
USA - Florida. Judge Thane Covert formally sentenced Ralph Wright to death
- AUGUST 15, 2014FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Judge Charles Arnold ruled Raymond Curtis Bright, 60, Black, should get a new penalty phase
USA - Florida. Judge Charles Arnold ruled Raymond Curtis Bright, 60, Black, should get a new penalty phase
AUGUST 15, 2014IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: GOVERNMENT SAVES 190 NATIONALS FROM DEATH SENTENCE
AUGUST 15, 2014AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: FIVE CIVILIANS HANGED IN KAJAKI DISTRICT OF HELMAN
- AUGUST 14, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB EXECUTES TWO MEN IN LOWER JUBA
- AUGUST 14, 2014MaliDEATH PENALTY
the Court of Assizes of Bamako sentenced four people – Bassidiki Touré, Souleymane
the Court of Assizes of Bamako sentenced four people – Bassidiki Touré, Souleymane
- AUGUST 14, 2014CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Jury recommends death penalty for Angel Esparza
USA - California. Jury recommends death penalty for Angel Esparza
AUGUST 14, 2014VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: 6 GET DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
- AUGUST 14, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: TWO PEOPLE BEHEADED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING AND MURDER
AUGUST 14, 2014IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: TWO SISTERS MAY BECOME FIRST EVER WOMEN TO BE HANGED IN THE COUNTRY
the Mumbai Mirror said two sisters from Kolhapur in Maharashtra State, who were sentenced to death in 2001 for kidnapping 13 children and killing nine of them, are likely to become the first ever women in India to be hanged after President Pranab Mukherje
- AUGUST 13, 2014DEATH PENALTY
- AUGUST 13, 2014IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: FOUR PRISONERS HANGED IN TWO DIFFERENT IRANIAN PRISONS
AUGUST 12, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: A 22-YEAR OLD MAN HANGED IN BIRJAND
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- AUGUST 12, 2014SyriaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: SYRIAN DRUG TRAFFICKER BEHEADED IN AL-JAWF REGION
AUGUST 12, 2014United KingdomDEATH PENALTYUNITED KINGDOM: 45% OF BRITS WANT TO BRING BACK DEATH PENALTY – 50 YRS AFTER LAST EXECUTION
in a poll conducted to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the United Kingdom’s last legal executions, 45 percent of Brits said murderers should face the death penalty.
- AUGUST 11, 2014OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. Judge Ray Elliot formally sentenced Fabion Brown to death
USA - Oklahoma. Judge Ray Elliot formally sentenced Fabion Brown to death
- AUGUST 11, 2014TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee. Tennessee fights release of execution team identities.
USA - Tennessee. Tennessee fights release of execution team identities.
AUGUST 11, 2014SyriaDEATH PENALTYSYRIA: 25 PEOPLE EXTRA-JUDICIALLY EXECUTED BY ISIL
- AUGUST 11, 2014JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: LAWMAKER GROUP SEEKING END TO DEATH PENALTY TO RESUME ACTIVITIES
- AUGUST 11, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: A NATIONAL BEHEADED FOR KILLING HIS WIFE
- AUGUST 9, 2014South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
about 20 South Korean nationals are death row inmates in China, according to the Ministry of Foreign
about 20 South Korean nationals are death row inmates in China, according to the Ministry of Foreign
- AUGUST 9, 2014IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: THREE PRISONERS HANGED IN KARAJ
- AUGUST 8, 2014OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Judge Extends Temporary Halt To Ohio Executions
USA - Ohio. Judge Extends Temporary Halt To Ohio Executions
- AUGUST 8, 2014LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. State accesses drug for execution from area hospital.
USA - Louisiana. State accesses drug for execution from area hospital.
- AUGUST 8, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: THREE MEN BEHEADED FOR MURDER AND DRUG TRAFFICKING
AUGUST 8, 2014OhioDEATH PENALTYUSA: OHIO’S DEATH-PENALTY MORATORIUM EXTENDED UNTIL NEXT JANUARY
a federal judge has extended a temporary moratorium on executions in Ohio until 15 January 2015 to allow more time for the state to implement a new lethal-injection procedure.
AUGUST 7, 2014EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MUFTI URGES REVIEW OF MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD LEADER DEATH SENTENCE
Egypt’s Mufti Shaki Allam has urged a reconsideration of the death sentence verdict passed on Muslim
AUGUST 7, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO MEN HANGED IN PUBLIC
Two men were publicly hanged in the city of Kermanshah (Western Iran), reported the Iranian state media.
AUGUST 7, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: AL-SHABAAB SUSPECT TO BE EXTRADITED TO SOMALIA
Kenya has agreed to Somalia's request to extradite a Somali citizen believed to be senior al-Shabaab
AUGUST 7, 2014South KoreaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: ANOTHER SOUTH KOREAN EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
AUGUST 7, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: AT LEAST NINE PRISONERS EXECUTED IN RASHT AND ZAHEDAN, INCLUDING A JUVENILE OFFENDER HANGED ALONG WITH HIS MOTHER
- AUGUST 6, 2014MaliDEATH PENALTY
the Court of Assizes of Bamako sentenced 24-year-old Sounkodjan alias Bah Diarra to death a man after
the Court of Assizes of Bamako sentenced 24-year-old Sounkodjan alias Bah Diarra to death a man after
AUGUST 6, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SIX PRISONERS EXECUTED IN SHIRAZ AND KARAJ
Six prisoners were hanged in the cities of Shiraz and Karaj, Iran.
AUGUST 6, 2014ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: 2 KOREAN SMUGGLERS EXECUTED
China executed two South Korean men in Jilin Province for drug trafficking and trading convictions, the first
- AUGUST 6, 2014MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. Michael Worthington, 43, White, was executed
USA - Missouri. Michael Worthington, 43, White, was executed
AUGUST 6, 2014DEATH PENALTYMISSOURI EXECUTES KILLER MICHAEL WORTHINGTON BY LETHAL INJECTION
A Missouri man was put to death for raping and killing a college student in 1995, making him the first U.S.
AUGUST 5, 2014EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: GIZA COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCES FOR 12 MORSI SUPPORTERS
A Giza court upheld the death sentences on 12 supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohamed Morsi,
AUGUST 5, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAGICIAN, MURDERER EXECUTED
Two Saudis were beheaded in the border town of Gurayyat in the Al-Jouf province, an Interior Ministry
- AUGUST 5, 2014CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. The state Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence of Paul Lloyd Hensley over juror consultation with pastor
USA - California. The state Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence of Paul Lloyd Hensley over juror consultation with pastor
AUGUST 5, 2014United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: CHARITY GROUP PAYS DIYA TO VICTIM’S FAMILY
An Emirati sentenced to death in Ras Al Khaimah escaped execution after blood money for the victim’s
AUGUST 4, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: NEPALI MAID BEHEADED FOR TODDLER MURDER
Saudi authorities beheaded a Nepali housemaid convicted of murdering a two-year-old boy by slitting his
AUGUST 3, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE PUBLIC EXECUTIONS IN SHIRAZ
Three prisoners were hanged in public in the city of Shiraz (Southern Iran), reported the Iranian state media.
AUGUST 3, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: THREE MEN CONVICTED OF AL-SHABAB TERROR ATROCITIES ARE EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD
Three men involved in a deadly terrorist attack on the Presidential Palace in Mogadishu have been executed
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- AUGUST 1, 2014ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. Arizona Repeated Execution Protocol 15 Times Before Inmate Died
USA - Arizona. Arizona Repeated Execution Protocol 15 Times Before Inmate Died
- AUGUST 1, 2014FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Paul Hildwin Freed From Death Row.
USA - Florida. Paul Hildwin Freed From Death Row.