Archive timeline
2014
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2014, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2014
OCTOBER 8, 2014MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCO: ABOLITIONISTS SLAM 'INHUMANE' TREATMENT ON DEATH ROW
Rights activists accused Moroccan authorities of keeping more than 100 prisoners awaiting execution in
OCTOBER 8, 2014United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: DEATH PENALTY COMMUTED TO LIFE IN PRISON
The Dubai Court of Appeals has reduced the death sentence given by a lower court to a drug dealer to life
- OCTOBER 8, 2014CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge Kathleen Kennedy sentenced Kevin Haley, 50, Black, to death.
USA - California. Judge Kathleen Kennedy sentenced Kevin Haley, 50, Black, to death.
OCTOBER 7, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES TWO SOLDIERS TO DEATH FOR MURDER AND RAPE
Somali military court sentenced to death two government soldiers who were earlier accused of murder and
- OCTOBER 7, 2014PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. U.S. District Judge Nora Barry Fischer stays Richard Baumhammers execution.
USA - Pennsylvania. U.S. District Judge Nora Barry Fischer stays Richard Baumhammers execution.
- OCTOBER 7, 2014IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: A PRISONER HANGED IN ZAHEDAN
Iranian authorities in the main prison of Zahedan hanged a 30-year-old man for murder early
- OCTOBER 6, 2014IranDEATH PENALTY
IRANIAN CONVICTED IN CONTROVERSIAL MURDER CASE COULD ESCAPE DEATH SENTENCE
An Iranian woman facing the death sentence in a murder case that some have labeled a miscarriage of
- OCTOBER 6, 2014OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. A jury recommended Austin Myers, 19, White, be sentenced to death
USA - Ohio. A jury recommended Austin Myers, 19, White, be sentenced to death
- OCTOBER 6, 2014NevadaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nevada. Kelly Rhyne, a former death row inmate, has accepted a plea deal
USA - Nevada. Kelly Rhyne, a former death row inmate, has accepted a plea deal
- OCTOBER 6, 2014PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Has 90% Reversal Rate for Death Penalty Cases Completing Appeals.
USA - Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Has 90% Reversal Rate for Death Penalty Cases Completing Appeals.
OCTOBER 4, 2014North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM DETAINED AND SCHEDULED FOR EXECUTION AFTER LOSS TO SOUTH KOREA
the official newspaper of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Rodong Sinmun, reported that Kim
- OCTOBER 3, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Supreme Court Begins New Term with at Least 1 Capital Case.
USA - Supreme Court Begins New Term with at Least 1 Capital Case.
- OCTOBER 3, 2014DEATH PENALTY
OHIO (USA): JUDGE CALLS OHIO DEATH PENALTY COSTS 'ASTRONOMICAL'
County Judge Michael P. Donnelly, a member of Ohio's Death Penalty Task Force appointed by the Chief
OCTOBER 3, 2014JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: COURT FINALIZES DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN OVER 3 MURDERS IN TOKYO, YAMAGATA
The Tokyo High Court turned down an appeal against a death sentence by a man convicted of three
OCTOBER 3, 2014DEATH PENALTYUSA: SUPREME COURT BEGINS NEW TERM WITH AT LEAST ONE CAPITAL CASE
The U.S. Supreme Court will begin its 2014-15 term on October 6.
- OCTOBER 3, 2014OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Judge Calls Ohio Death Penalty Costs 'Astronomical'.
USA - Ohio. Judge Calls Ohio Death Penalty Costs 'Astronomical'.
OCTOBER 3, 2014TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: DISSATISFACTION OVER THE PROPOSED CONSTITUTION RETAINING PROVISIONS SUPPORTING DEATH PENALTY
the Constituent Assembly (CA) endorsed the final draft of the Proposed Constitution, the country’s second
- OCTOBER 2, 2014IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN DROPS DEATH-SENTENCE CARRYING CHARGES AGAINST PASTORS, CHRISTIANS
Iran has apparently dropped death-sentence carrying charges against two evangelical pastors and another
- OCTOBER 2, 2014PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MURDER CONVICT SENTENCED TO DEATH
Sargodha District and Session Judge Malik Sajid Ali awarded death sentence to a man accused of murder
- OCTOBER 1, 2014DEATH PENALTY
ARIZONA (USA): THE REAL COST OF THE DEATH PENALTY
KTAR reporter Cooper Rummell takes a look into Arizona death penalty costs in a 2 part special. In
- OCTOBER 1, 2014ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. The real cost of the death penalty in Arizona.
USA - Arizona. The real cost of the death penalty in Arizona.
OCTOBER 1, 2014NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: DELTA STATE GOVERNOR FREES THREE ON DEATH ROW
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State granted pardon to three men awaiting execution to mark
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2014DEATH PENALTY
OKLAHOMA (USA): DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS RELEASES NEW EXECUTION PROTOCOL
The Oklahoma Department of Corrections released the state's new execution protocol, which was revised
SEPTEMBER 30, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: REYHANEH JABBARI EXECUTION POSTPONED AFTER CAMPAIGN
An Iranian woman due to be put to death for killing a man she said was trying to sexually abuse her is
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2014OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. Oklahoma Department of Corrections releases new execution protocol.
USA - Oklahoma. Oklahoma Department of Corrections releases new execution protocol.
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2014MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: 'CURRY MURDER' CASE ENDS IN DEATH SENTENCE FOR COUSINS
A housewife and her cousin had their murder conviction upheld and were sentenced to death in Malaysia, in
SEPTEMBER 30, 2014ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR TRAIN RAPE, MURDER
A former railway worker in Thailand was sentenced to death for raping a 13-year-old girl on an overnight
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2014DEATH PENALTY
TENNESSEE (USA): STATE HAS TO TURN OVER IDENTITIES OF EXECUTIONERS
Tennessee has to turn over the identities of executioners to attorneys representing 11 death row inmates
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2014TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee. Appeals court to state: Turn over IDs of executioners.
USA - Tennessee. Appeals court to state: Turn over IDs of executioners.
SEPTEMBER 29, 2014IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: HC CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE GIVEN TO 25-YR-OLD GIRL, TWO OTHERS
The Madhya Pradesh High Court confirmed the death sentence awarded to three people, including a 25-