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
- JUNE 23, 2015DEATH PENALTY
LOUISIANA (USA): EXECUTIONS ON HOLD FOR AT LEAST A YEAR AS STATE SORTS OUT DEATH PENALTY METHOD
Executions in Louisiana are on hold for at least a year because the state doesn't have the drugs needed to put inmates to death, according to a court filing.
- JUNE 23, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI CONFIRMS DEATH PENALTIES FOR MURDERS OF 4 FRENCH
Saudi Arabia's Supreme Court has confirmed death sentences for two suspected Saudi Al-Qaeda members
- JUNE 23, 2015LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. Executions on hold for at least a year
USA - Louisiana. Executions on hold for at least a year
JUNE 22, 2015United NationsDEATH PENALTYUN: ISLAMIC STATE COMMITTING ATROCITIES ON 'AN INDUSTRIAL SCALE'
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in counter-terrorism, Ben Emmerson, says people
JUNE 22, 2015KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: PINAY CONVICT RETURNS HOME AFTER 10-YEAR DETENTION
A Filipina who was saved from the death penalty in Kuwait is set to arrive in the Philippines in the afternoon
- JUNE 22, 2015North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - North Carolina. Study: "The Hidden Costs of Wrongful Capital Prosecutions in North Carolina".
USA - North Carolina. Study: "The Hidden Costs of Wrongful Capital Prosecutions in North Carolina".
JUNE 21, 2015ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: MAN WHO RIPPED 83 YR OLD' STOMACH AND ROBBED SENTENCED TO DEATH
In Zimbabwe, a High Court judge has sent a man to the gallows for ripping open an 83
- JUNE 20, 2015DEATH PENALTY
SOUTH CAROLINA (USA): GOVERNOR NIKKI HALEY CALLS FOR DEATH PENALTY FOR DYLANN ROOF IN CHURCH SHOOTINGS
South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, asked on June 20 for Dylann Roof to be given the death penalty.
JUNE 20, 2015IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: WRITER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR APOSTASY
A 23-year-old former nuclear physics student, Hesameddin Farzizadeh, was sentenced to death for
- JUNE 20, 2015South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - South Carolina. Governor Nikki Haley, asked for Dylann Roof to be given the death penalty
USA - South Carolina. Governor Nikki Haley, asked for Dylann Roof to be given the death penalty
- JUNE 19, 2015UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda’s unicameral Parliament adopted the Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Bill, 2015, in order to
Uganda’s unicameral Parliament adopted the Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Bill, 2015, in order to
- JUNE 19, 2015MississippiDEATH PENALTY
USA - Mississippi. A Harrison County jury returned the death penalty for Rahim Ambrose
USA - Mississippi. A Harrison County jury returned the death penalty for Rahim Ambrose
- JUNE 18, 2015DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): GREGORY RUSSEAU EXECUTED
Gregory Russeau, 45, Black, was executed for the May 2001 fatal beating of James Syvertson, 75, White, while on a crack binge.
- JUNE 18, 2015TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Gregory Russeau, 45, Black, was executed
USA - Texas. Gregory Russeau, 45, Black, was executed
- JUNE 18, 2015FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court has vacated the conviction and death sentence of Derral Hodgkins
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court has vacated the conviction and death sentence of Derral Hodgkins
- JUNE 18, 2015CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. The U.S. Supreme Court has reinstated the conviction and death sentence of Hector Ayala
USA - California. The U.S. Supreme Court has reinstated the conviction and death sentence of Hector Ayala
JUNE 18, 2015IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN AWARDED CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR RAPING EIGHT-YEAR-OLD GIRL
A lower court in Ashta Tehsil near Sehore, Madhya Pradesh, awarded capital punishment to a man for raping a minor eight-year-old girl.
- JUNE 17, 2015South SudanDEATH PENALTY
a man was executed at Wau prison without the knowledge of his close family members. Dok Maker Mabor
a man was executed at Wau prison without the knowledge of his close family members. Dok Maker Mabor
JUNE 17, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TEN OTHER CONVICTED OF MURDER HANGED IN VARIOUS CITIES
Another ten murder convicts were executed between 16 and 17 June in five different prisons of the country, raising the total number of executions to at least 181 since Pakistan reversed the self-imposed moratorium on the death penalty in December 2014 aft
JUNE 17, 2015YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: AL QAEDA EXECUTES SAUDI MEMBERS FOR 'SPYING'
Al-Qaeda in Yemen executed two Saudi accused of spying for the United States, a day after the jihadist
- JUNE 17, 2015DelawareDEATH PENALTY
USA - Delaware. Superior Court Judge Andrea Rocanelli has vacated the death sentence of Luis G. Cabrera
USA - Delaware. Superior Court Judge Andrea Rocanelli has vacated the death sentence of Luis G. Cabrera
- JUNE 17, 2015PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania's Supreme Court vacated the death sentence of Edward Bracey
USA - Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania's Supreme Court vacated the death sentence of Edward Bracey
- JUNE 17, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - "Death Row, USA Spring 2015" Illustrates Continuing Decline of Death Penalty.
USA - "Death Row, USA Spring 2015" Illustrates Continuing Decline of Death Penalty.
- JUNE 16, 2015KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: MP PROPOSES BILLS TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
a MP presented two draft Bills whose enactment would result in the repeal of the death sentence from
JUNE 16, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYIRAN: DRUG SMUGGLER HANGED IN PUBLIC
one man charged of drug smuggling was hanged in public in the city of Sari, Iran’s Mehr news agency
JUNE 16, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: NINE MORE DEATH ROW PRISONERS HANGED IN VARIOUS CITIES
another nine murder convicts were hanged in different cities of Punjab, raising the total number of executions to at least 171 since Pakistan reversed the self-imposed moratorium on the death penalty in December 2014 after the Taliban school massacre.
JUNE 16, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: TWO MURDERERS BEHEADED
Saudi Arabia beheaded two of its citizens for murder, taking to 102 the number of executions in the kingdom this year.
JUNE 16, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST EX PRESIDENT MORSI UPHELD
An Egyptian court upheld a death sentence handed to former President Mohammed Morsi -- the harshest ruling yet against Egypt's first democratically-elected president since he was overthrown by the military in 2013.
JUNE 16, 2015ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KINDERGARTEN FOOD POISONING
A Chinese woman was sentenced to death for killing two kindergarten pupils with poisonous snacks in
- JUNE 16, 2015IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: 25 PRISONERS WERE HANGED IN GOHARDASHT PRISON, KARAJ, WEST OF TEHRAN
According to reports from inside Iran, 25 prisoners were collectively executed in Gohardash (Rajai Shahr)