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
MARCH 18, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 22 MORSI SUPPORTERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
An Egyptian court sentenced 22 supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi to death for an attack on a police station in which one officer was killed.
- MARCH 17, 2015DEATH PENALTY
MISSOURI (USA): BRAIN-DAMAGED COP-KILLER EXECUTED
Cecil Clayton, 74, White, was executed by lethal injection beginning at 9:13 p.m. at a prison in Bonne Terre. He was pronounced dead at 9:21 p.m.
- MARCH 17, 2015DEATH PENALTY
USA - Kansas. Conservatives speak out in support for House Bill 2129, which would abolish the death penalty
USA - Kansas. Conservatives speak out in support for House Bill 2129, which would abolish the death penalty
- MARCH 17, 2015MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. Missouri executes Cecil Clayton
USA - Missouri. Missouri executes Cecil Clayton
MARCH 17, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: A PAKISTANI AND TWO SAUDIS BEHEADED
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Pakistani and two Saudis, bringing to 48 the number of death sentences carried out this year. That is more than half of the 87 people executed during all of 2014.
MARCH 17, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWELVE MURDER CONVICTS EXECUTED IN VARIOUS JAILS
Pakistan hanged at least twelve convicted murderers at seven different jails across the country, the highest number in a single day after the government lifted a six-year-old moratorium on capital punishment.
- MARCH 17, 2015NebraskaDEATH PENALTY
USA - South Carolina. A Senate subcommittee advances bill to shield execution-drug sellers
USA - South Carolina. A Senate subcommittee advances bill to shield execution-drug sellers
- MARCH 17, 2015KansasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nebraska. Nebraska's 3 Catholic bishops are calling for repeal of the death penalty
USA - Nebraska. Nebraska's 3 Catholic bishops are calling for repeal of the death penalty
MARCH 17, 2015DEATH PENALTYUSA: MOST DEATH PENALTY SENTENCES ARE OVERTURNED
“If a person is given a death sentence, what is his or her chance of actually being executed? Based on a
- MARCH 17, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Most death penalty sentences are overturned.
USA - Most death penalty sentences are overturned.
- MARCH 17, 2015ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. Supreme Court upholds Debra Milke's exoneration from death row.
USA - Arizona. Supreme Court upholds Debra Milke's exoneration from death row.
- MARCH 16, 2015FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Unanimous death sentences bill clears 1st Senate committee
USA - Florida. Unanimous death sentences bill clears 1st Senate committee
- MARCH 16, 2015TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stopped the scheduled execution of Randall Wayne Mays
USA - Texas. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stopped the scheduled execution of Randall Wayne Mays
MARCH 16, 2015IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: IN TWO YEARS 236 CONVICTS HANGED
Despite the pressure by the international human right organizations, the Iraqi government continues to execute and hang convicts.
MARCH 16, 2015SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: PUNTLAND MILITARY COURT EXECUTES 3 ALLEGED AL-SHABAAB MEMBERS
a military court in Somalia’s north eastern state of Puntland executed three alleged Al-Shabaab members in the city of Bossaso, Garowe Online reported.
MARCH 16, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN BEHEADED IN RIYADH FOR MURDER
A man convicted of murder was beheaded in the Saudi capital Riyadh amid a steep rise in the number of executions in the ultra-conservative Gulf kingdom this year.
MARCH 16, 2015SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: BASHIR PARDONS FIVE DARFUR REBEL FIGURES SENTENCED TO DEATH
The Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir issued a decree pardoning five convicts from the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) who belong to the faction which signed a peace agreement with Khartoum led by Bakheit Abdul-Karim Dabago.
MARCH 15, 2015IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: PRESIDENT WIDODO COMMUTES CONVICTED KILLER'S DEATH SENTENCE TO LIFE
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has granted the clemency request filed by Dwi Trisna Firmansyah, 28, an inmate convicted of premeditated murder, and changed his sentence from death to life imprisonment.
MARCH 15, 2015IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FIVE PRISONERS INCLUDING 3 AFGHANS HANGED IN ZAHEDAN AND SHIRAZ
At least five men, including three Afghani citizens, were hanged between March 14 and 15 in two Iranian prisons, said the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI).
MARCH 13, 2015ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: MINISTER EMMERSON MNANGAGWA, 'REMOVE DEATH PENALTY TOTALLY'
Zimbabwe’s acting President and Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa, reiterated he wanted the death penalty “totally” abolished by the Constitution.
MARCH 13, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO DEATH ROW PRISONERS HANGED IN FAISALABAD JAIL
Prison authorities in Faisalabad hanged two death row prisoners convicted of murder and rape, bringing to 27 the number of executions in Pakistan since it resumed capital punishment in December.
- MARCH 12, 2015DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): MANUEL VASQUEZ EXECUTED
Manuel Vasquez, 46, Hispanic, was executed in Texas.
MARCH 12, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: FIRST PERSON EXECUTED AFTER MORATORIUM ON THE DEATH PENALTY COMPLETELY ENDED
A man convicted of a triple murder – Mohammad Siddique – was hanged at the District Jail in the city of Toba Tek Singh in the Pakistani province of Punjab.
- MARCH 12, 2015TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Manuel Vasquez, 46, Hispanic, was executed.
USA - Texas. Manuel Vasquez, 46, Hispanic, was executed.
- MARCH 12, 2015ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. Judge Robert Gottsfield threw out Darrel Pandeli's death sentence because of ineffective defense counsel
USA - Arizona. Judge Robert Gottsfield threw out Darrel Pandeli's death sentence because of ineffective defense counsel
MARCH 12, 2015GhanaDEATH PENALTYGHANA: FARMER SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING
A Farmer has been sentenced to death by the Wa High Court after he was found guilty of murdering a 43-year old famer at Daffiama in the Upper West region.
MARCH 12, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI 'GANG' LEADER 44TH BEHEADED THIS YEAR
The beheading of a gang leader in Saudi Arabia raised the number of executions carried out this year to 44, already more than half the total for 2014.
- MARCH 11, 2015DEATH PENALTY
UTAH (USA): LAWMAKERS VOTE TO BRING BACK EXECUTION BY FIRING SQUAD
The Senate voted 18-10 to carry out a death sentence by firing squad, if the state cannot track down drugs
MARCH 11, 2015IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 6 TERRORISTS EXECUTED IN NASSIRIYA PRISON
six people were executed by hanging in the prison of Nassiriya, security sources reported.
- MARCH 11, 2015UtahDEATH PENALTY
USA - Utah. The Senate voted 18-10 to carry out a death sentence by firing squad
USA - Utah. The Senate voted 18-10 to carry out a death sentence by firing squad