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 4, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: ‘TERRORIST CELL’ MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH, LIFE BY GIZA CRIMINAL COURT
The Giza Criminal Court sentenced one defendant to death and another to life in prison, for forming a
- JULY 3, 2015CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. A report showing that homicides and other violent crimes continued to drop statewide in 2014
USA - California. A report showing that homicides and other violent crimes continued to drop statewide in 2014
- JULY 2, 2015IranDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN STATES CONTINUE TO FUND DRUG HANGINGS AS IRAN EXECUTIONS SPIKE
New analysis released today by NGO Iran Human Rights shows that over two thirds of the 570 people so far executed in Iran this year were sentenced to death on drugs charges.
JULY 2, 2015Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN JAFFNA
Jaffna High Court has sentenced three individuals to death, Police Media Unit said.
- JULY 2, 2015AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN: APPEALS COURT QUASHES FARKHUNDA MOB KILLING DEATH SENTENCES
In what is set to evoke a worldwide condemnation, a court in Afghanistan has quashed the death sentences
JULY 2, 2015ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: MUMBWA POLYGAMIST SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING SECOND WIFE
In Zambia, the Kabwe High Court sentenced to death a 34-year-old polygamist of Mumbwa who strangled
- JULY 2, 2015KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: VIOLENT ROBBERS GET THE DEATH SENTENCE
Two men were sentenced to death in Kenya for robbery with violence.
JULY 1, 2015TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING ALBINO TEENAGER
Four men, including a witchdoctor, were sentenced to death by Tanzania's High Court after being found
- JUNE 30, 2015IraqDEATH PENALTY
SYRIA: ISLAMIC STATE BEHEADS FOUR FOR SORCERY, INCLUDING TWO WOMEN
Islamic State (IS) has beheaded two women in eastern Syria, the first time the jihadist group has
- JUNE 30, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - 462 people shot dead by police this year.
USA - 462 people shot dead by police this year.
- JUNE 30, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Supreme Court may vote against death penalty in a near future
USA - Supreme Court may vote against death penalty in a near future
- JUNE 30, 2015Central African RepublicDEATH PENALTY
In June 2015, the Central African Republic’s transitional government promulgated
In June 2015, the Central African Republic’s transitional government promulgated
JUNE 30, 2015DEATH PENALTYUSA: 462 PEOPLE SHOT DEAD BY POLICE THIS YEAR
Nationwide, police have shot and killed 462 people in the first six months of 2015, according to Washington Post data.
JUNE 30, 2015GhanaDEATH PENALTYGHANA: PRESIDENT MAHAMA FREES 900 PRISONERS
President John Mahama has freed some 900 prisoners ahead of tomorrow’s Republic Day holiday.
- JUNE 29, 2015DEATH PENALTY
HANDS OFF CAIN, U.S. SUPREME COURT SHOULD EVALUATE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF DEATH PENALTY ITSELF
About the news of the rejection 5/4 by the US Supreme Court of the appeals on the constitutionality of one
- JUNE 29, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Supreme Court Narrowly Upholds Use of Lethal Injection Drug.
USA - Supreme Court Narrowly Upholds Use of Lethal Injection Drug.
JUNE 29, 2015IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: DEATH SENTENCES ISSUED FOR 10 INDIVIDUALS IN SOUTHEASTERN PRISON
10 prisoners that have been detained in Zahedan Central Prison (southeastern Iran) for three years in a
- JUNE 29, 2015OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Judge Tom Parker sentenced Shawn Ford to death
USA - Ohio. Judge Tom Parker sentenced Shawn Ford to death
JUNE 29, 2015IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE MOHAMMAD ALI TAHERI SENTENCED TO DEATH
The Iranian regime has sentenced prisoner of conscience Mohammad Ali Taheri to execution. He is the
JUNE 29, 2015SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: HEROIN TRAFFICKER FAILS IN ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE DEATH PENALTY
Kester Ng Wei Ren, a heroin trafficker who has been on death row for more than four years, failed in his
- JUNE 26, 2015DEATH PENALTY
ALMOST EXECUTED BY MISSISSIPPI, MICHELLE BYROM FREE
Michelle Byrom - who came close to being the 1st woman executed in Mississippi since World War II –
- JUNE 26, 2015MississippiDEATH PENALTY
USA - Mississippi. Michelle Byrom was released
USA - Mississippi. Michelle Byrom was released
JUNE 25, 2015NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: NINE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH BY KANO SHARIA COURT FOR BLASPHEMY AGAINST ISLAM
Nine people have been sentenced to death in Kano State by a Sharia Court of Appeal in Rijiyar Lemo for
JUNE 25, 2015JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: MURDERER CONVICT EXECUTED, GOVERNMENT ABE’S TWELFTH EXECUTION
Japan executed a man who robbed and killed a woman after plotting the crime with accomplices he met online.
- JUNE 24, 2015DEATH PENALTY
USA: TSARNAEV FORMALLY SENTENCED TO 6 DEATH SENTENCES
U.S. District Judge George O'Toole formally sentenced Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to 6 death sentences for the April 15, 2013, bomb at the Boston Marathon.
- JUNE 24, 2015DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): NO DEATH SENTENCES IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS
The last death sentence in Texas dates back to Dec. 17, 2014.
- JUNE 24, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - U.S. District Judge George O'Toole formally sentenced Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death
USA - U.S. District Judge George O'Toole formally sentenced Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death
JUNE 24, 2015ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: THREE DRUG SMUGGLERS EXECUTED
three people were executed in the largest drug case to be heard in Liaoning Province.
JUNE 24, 2015DEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. No death sentences in the last 6 months
USA - Texas. No death sentences in the last 6 months
- JUNE 23, 2015FranceDEATH PENALTY
FRANCE DOING EVERYTHING IT CAN TO SAVE SERGE FROM EXECUTION