Archive timeline
2015
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2015, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2015
OCTOBER 5, 2015DEATH PENALTYUSA: SUPREME COURT IS STARTING A NEW TERM
The Supreme Court is starting a new term. The 9 justices are meeting in public Monday for the first hearing
- OCTOBER 5, 2015FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Judge Henry Davis threw out the death sentence of Raymond Morrison
USA - Florida. Judge Henry Davis threw out the death sentence of Raymond Morrison
- OCTOBER 5, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - The Supreme Court is starting a new term that will discuss also 3 death penalty cases.
USA - The Supreme Court is starting a new term that will discuss also 3 death penalty cases.
OCTOBER 4, 2015JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: PRISONER DIES AFTER 46 YEARS ON DEATH ROW
Masaru Okunishi, a death-row inmate who was seeking a retrial over a 1961 wine poisoning case, died at the Hachioji medical prison in western Tokyo. He was 89.
OCTOBER 4, 2015IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED, 9 OTHERS AT IMMINENT RISK OF EXECUTION
Iran's fundamentalist regime hanged a prisoner in southern Iran and transferred at least nine other death-row
OCTOBER 3, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: ANOTHER MURDER CONVICT EXECUTED IN SAHIWAL
A triple murder convict named Muhammad Akram was executed in the Sahiwal Central Jail. He had killed his wife, brother-in-law and sister-in-law over a domestic feud in 2002.
OCTOBER 3, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: DEATH PENALTY, LIFE IN PRISON FOR 4 OVER ARSON
Two were sentenced to death, two others to life in prison and a minor to a 10-year jail term for sabotage.
- OCTOBER 2, 2015DEATH PENALTY
OKLAHOMA (USA): COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS HALTS 3 EXECUTIONS
The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals halted 3 executions.
- OCTOBER 2, 2015DEATH PENALTY
MISSOURI (USA): GOVERNOR NIXON COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE FOR CONVICTED MURDERER KIMBER EDWARDS
Gov. Jay Nixon commuted the death sentence of Kimber Edwards to life without parole.
- OCTOBER 2, 2015MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. Gov. Jay Nixon commuted the death sentence of Kimber Edwards
USA - Missouri. Gov. Jay Nixon commuted the death sentence of Kimber Edwards
- OCTOBER 2, 2015OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals halts executions.
USA - Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals halts executions.
- OCTOBER 1, 2015DEATH PENALTY
VIRGINIA (USA): ALFREDO PRIETO EXECUTED AFTER LAST-MINUTE APPEALS, INCLUDING POPE FRANCIS’S, FAILED
Alfredo Prieto was executed today after a series of last-minute appeals failed.
- OCTOBER 1, 2015DEATH PENALTY
OKLAHOMA (USA): AG PRUITT ASKS COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS TO STAY SCHEDULED EXECUTIONS
Attorney General Scott Pruitt filed a petition with the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals seeking an indefinite stay of all scheduled executions.
- OCTOBER 1, 2015VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Virginia. Alfredo Prieto was executed today after a series of last-minute appeals, including Pope Francis’s, failed.
USA - Virginia. Alfredo Prieto was executed today after a series of last-minute appeals, including Pope Francis’s, failed.
OCTOBER 1, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 16 JIHADISTS CONDEMNED TO DEATH FOR KILLING POLICE
An Egyptian court sentenced 16 jihadists to death in a retrial on charges of killing 25 policemen in the Sinai
- OCTOBER 1, 2015OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. AG Pruitt Asks Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals to Stay Scheduled Executions.
USA - Oklahoma. AG Pruitt Asks Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals to Stay Scheduled Executions.
OCTOBER 1, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO DEATH ROW CONVICTS HANGED IN FAISALABAD
Two death row convicts were hanged in the Central Jail of Faisalabad. Shoukat and Ikhlaq had killed two
- OCTOBER 1, 2015OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that the death sentence of Bennie Adams is invalid
USA - Ohio. The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that the death sentence of Bennie Adams is invalid
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2015DEATH PENALTY
GEORGIA (USA): KELLY RENEE GISSENDANER EXECUTED
After several denied appeals Georgia has executed its only female death row inmate.
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2015DEATH PENALTY
OKLAHOMA (USA): CITING QUESTION OVER NEW DRUG, GOVERNOR HALTS GLOSSIP'S EXECUTION
4 p.m. Gov. Mary Fallin has granted a last-minute stay for Glossip who was set to be executed Wednesday afternoon.
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2015DEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. After several denied appeals Georgia has executed its only female death row inmate, Kelly Renee Gissendaner
USA - Georgia. After several denied appeals Georgia has executed its only female death row inmate, Kelly Renee Gissendaner
SEPTEMBER 30, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DEATH ROW CONVICT HANGED IN LAHORE
A death row convict, identified as Mushtaq, was hanged at the Kot Lakhpat Jail
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2015MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: IRANIAN WOMAN, MOTHER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
An Iranian woman and her mother were sentenced to death by the High Court in Malaysia for trafficking in
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2015OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. Citing question over new drug, governor halts Glossip's execution.
USA - Oklahoma. Citing question over new drug, governor halts Glossip's execution.
SEPTEMBER 30, 2015IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED TO TWO YEARS' THEOLOGY STUDY
An Iranian man who was on death row for allegedly insulting the prophet Muhammad has had his sentence
SEPTEMBER 30, 2015SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: FORMER AL-SHABAAB FIGHTER EXECUTED IN BAIDOA FOR RAPE CASE
A former Al-Shabaab fighter who has surrendered himself to the Somali government in the beginning of this year was on September 29
SEPTEMBER 30, 2015IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: FIVE MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 2006 MUMBAI TRAIN BLASTS
A Mumbai court has awarded capital punishment to five convicts in 2006 Mumbai local train serial blasts in
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: THREE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
An Egyptian court has sentenced three members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood to death and awarded
SEPTEMBER 29, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO MURDER CONVICTS, INCLUDING A JUVENILE OFFENDER, EXECUTED IN PUNJAB
At least two murder convicts, including a juvenile offender, were executed in Punjab.
SEPTEMBER 29, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: SINAI MILITANTS' DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD
The terrorism department of an Egyptian criminal court upheld the ruling to sentence to death the Sinai-