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
JULY 15, 2015IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER HANGED IN PUBLIC DURING RAMADAN
Official sources in Iran have reported on the public execution of a prisoner in Mahvelat County. The
- JULY 14, 2015DEATH PENALTY
MISSOURI (USA): DAVID ZINK EXECUTED
David Zink, 55, White, has been executed.
- JULY 14, 2015MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. David Zink, 55, White, was executed.
USA - Missouri. David Zink, 55, White, was executed.
JULY 14, 2015BelizeDEATH PENALTYBELIZE: LAST MAN ON DEATH ROW HAS SENTENCE QUASHED
Glenford Baptist, 44, has a new lease on life after being told this morning that his sentence of death by hanging will be commuted.
- JULY 13, 2015Governo Federale degli Stati UnitiDEATH PENALTY
OBAMA COMMUTES SENTENCES OF 46 NON-VIOLENT OFFENDERS, INCLUDING PEOPLE SERVING LIFE SENTENCES FOR DRUG
President Barack Obama cut the prison sentences of 46 non-violent offenders, including five serving life sentences, saying “their punishments didn’t fit the crime.”
- JULY 13, 2015United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: WOMAN EXECUTED FOR KILLING AMERICAN TEACHER
The United Arab Emirates executed by firing squad a UAE woman convicted of terrorism early today after
JULY 12, 2015IsraelDEATH PENALTYISRAEL: NETANYAHU BLOCKS DEATH PENALTY FOR MASS MURDERING TERRORISTS
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has blocked, at least temporarily, a bill which would require judges to
JULY 12, 2015North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: MEDIA CONFIRMS DEFENCE MINISTER EXECUTION
South Korea says North Korea has officially confirmed the purging of its defence chief two months after
JULY 12, 2015IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: DEATH PENALTY IS PRIVILEGE OF POOR, SAYS LAW COMMISSION HEAD
Noting that poor and downtrodden usually go to the gallows, Chairman of the Law Commission of India
JULY 11, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 464 DEATH SENTENCES IN FIRST YEAR OF SISI'S RULE
The Egyptian Observatory of Rights and Freedoms has reported that both Egyptian military and civilian courts issued 92,420 sentences against Egyptian citizens during the first year of Abdul-Fatah Al-Sisi's rule, including 464 death sentences.
JULY 11, 2015ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: JUNTA ADDS DEATH PENALTY TO ANTI CORRUPTION LAW
Under the new law published in the Royal Gazette, officials of both Thailand and foreign countries who have
JULY 11, 2015IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MPS, LEADERS SEEK REPEAL OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Cutting across the party lines, the members of Parliament (MPs) and political leaders favoured the abolition
- JULY 10, 2015AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals overturned the capital murder conviction and death sentence of Carlos Kennedy
USA - Alabama. The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals overturned the capital murder conviction and death sentence of Carlos Kennedy
JULY 10, 2015IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: FORMER PRESIDENT A P J ABDUL KALAM FAVOURS ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
Former president A P J Abdul Kalam has supported abolition of the death penalty, saying that as President
- JULY 9, 2015ChinaDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND CONDEMNED FOR REPATRIATION OF 109 UIGHURS TO CHINA
Thailand deported more than 100 Uighurs back to China, ignoring concerns that the ethnic minority faces persecution by the Chinese government, while protesters in Turkey, which had accepted an earlier batch of refugees, ransacked the Thai Consulate.
- JULY 9, 2015CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge John W. Lua resentenced former death row Constantino Carrera to 2 consecutive terms of 25 years to life
USA - California. Judge John W. Lua resentenced former death row Constantino Carrera to 2 consecutive terms of 25 years to life
JULY 9, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 14 MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
14 members of Egypt's banned Muslim Brotherhood were sentenced to death in two separate terrorism-related cases.
- JULY 8, 2015DEATH PENALTY
ILLINOIS (USA): GEORGE RYAN CREATES DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION GROUP
Former Gov. George Ryan, whose moratorium laid the groundwork for ending the death penalty in Illinois during Gov. Pat Quinn's administration, has formed a not-for-profit organization called “Abolition Now” to battle executions nationwide.
JULY 8, 2015IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 24 SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER SPEICHER KILLINGS
An Iraqi court sentenced 24 people to death over the killing of hundreds of soldiers at a former U.S. military
- JULY 8, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Illinois. George Ryan creates death penalty abolition group.
USA - Illinois. George Ryan creates death penalty abolition group.
- JULY 8, 2015IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
USA - Poll Results: 61% Pro Death Penalty.
USA - Poll Results: 61% Pro Death Penalty.
JULY 7, 2015North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: FARM MANAGER EXECUTED FOR DEATHS OF DOZEN BABY TURTLES
Daily NK, an online newspaper focusing on issues relating to North Korea, said the manager of a terrapin farm had been executed after Kim Jong-un made his field guidance tour in May to the farm near Taedong River in Pyongyang.
JULY 7, 2015KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: MUSLIM CONVERT TO HANG FOR MASS MURDER
A former Mungiki member who converted to Islam and trained with Al Shabaab has been sentenced to
JULY 7, 2015GhanaDEATH PENALTYGHANA: MAN, 59, SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR KILLING GIRLFRIEND
A 59-year-old man who, out of jealousy, murdered his girlfriend at Atwima Techiman was sentenced to
- JULY 7, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - 94.5% of Elected Prosecutors in Death Penalty States Are White.
USA - 94.5% of Elected Prosecutors in Death Penalty States Are White.
JULY 6, 2015South KoreaDEATH PENALTYSOUTH KOREA: LAWMAKERS PUSH TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
Lawmakers submitted a bipartisan bill to the National Assembly proposing to abolish the death penalty,
JULY 6, 2015AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: HELMAND MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE
A primary urban court in southern Helmand province sentenced a man to death for killing his wife.
JULY 5, 2015GambiaDEATH PENALTYGAMBIA: PRESIDENT GRANTS AMNESTY TO CONVICTED COUP PLOTTER
Gambia's president granted amnesty to 85 prisoners including a former police official accused of participating in a coup attempt in 2009, state media said.
JULY 5, 2015IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO WOMEN SENTENCED TO DEATH PARDONED BY PLAINTIFFS
During a recent meeting of “peace and reconciliation” between prisoners in Isfahan’s central prison and a
- JULY 4, 2015United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: RAK COURT UPHOLDS MAN'S DEATH SENTENCE IN MURDER CASE
The RAK (Ras al-Khaima) Court of Cassation has upheld an earlier death sentence passed against a