Archive timeline
2016
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2016, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2016
- JUNE 22, 2016OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. A jury chose the death penalty for Albert Ray Johnson
USA - Oklahoma. A jury chose the death penalty for Albert Ray Johnson
- JUNE 21, 2016Vatican CityDEATH PENALTY
POPE FRANCIS: VIDEO MESSAGE TO DEATH PENALTY CONFERENCE
Pope Francis sent a video message to the participants in the Sixth World Conference Against the Death Penalty, taking place this week in Oslo, Norway.
- JUNE 21, 2016TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN ‘MOVING TOWARD’ ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY
The Ministry of Justice responded to EU calls to abolish capital punishment by saying that Taiwan’s justice
- JUNE 21, 2016DEATH PENALTY
OSLO: IT STARTED TODAY THE 6TH WORLD CONGRESS AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY
It started today the 6th World Congress Against the Death Penalty in Oslo, Norway.
JUNE 21, 2016TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: SUPREME COURT COMMUTES FILIPINO’S DEATH SENTENCE TO LIFE
Instead of the death penalty, the Supreme Court in Taiwan commuted the sentence of a Filipino convicted
- JUNE 20, 2016ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: ORGANS FROM PRISONERS STILL HARVESTED AT A MASSIVE SCALE (REPORT)
A new report claimed that thousands of people are being executed in China in secret and their organs
JUNE 20, 2016IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 12 TERROR CONVICTS EXECUTED
During a press conference in Baghdad, Justice Minister Haidar al-Zamili announced that another 12 people,
- JUNE 20, 2016AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. U.S. Supreme Court Reverses the Death Sentence of Christopher Floyd
USA - Alabama. U.S. Supreme Court Reverses the Death Sentence of Christopher Floyd
- JUNE 20, 2016MississippiDEATH PENALTY
USA - Mississippi. US Supreme Court orders Curtis Flowers Hearing
USA - Mississippi. US Supreme Court orders Curtis Flowers Hearing
- JUNE 19, 2016DEATH PENALTY
CALIFORNIA (USA): CALIFORNIA VOTERS TO CHOOSE BETWEEN ABOLISHING THE DEATH PENALTY OR SPEEDING UP EXECUTIONS
A measure to abolish the death penalty has made it to the November ballot to compete with a measure
- JUNE 19, 2016CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. California Voters to Choose Between Abolishing the Death Penalty or Speeding Up Executions.
USA - California. California Voters to Choose Between Abolishing the Death Penalty or Speeding Up Executions.
JUNE 18, 2016SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: 43 AL SHABAB MILITANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN PUNTLAND STATE
A military court in Puntland state of Somalia sentenced 43 Al shabab militants to death. The militants had
JUNE 18, 2016EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MURSI SENTENCED TO 40 YEARS IN QATAR SPY CASE
An Egyptian court sentenced toppled Islamist president Mohammad Mursi to a total of 40 years in prison
- JUNE 17, 2016AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Alabama appeals court: Death sentence law constitutional.
USA - Alabama. Alabama appeals court: Death sentence law constitutional.
JUNE 16, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SC RESTORES DEATH SENTENCE OF PML-N MNA
The Supreme Court restored the death sentence of PML-N MNA Abid Raza in a murder case, saying that a convict sentenced under Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) cannot be acquitted.
JUNE 16, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: AT LEAST 3 PRISONERS HANGED AT BANDAR ABBAS CENTRAL PRISON ON DRUG CHARGES
At least three prisoners with drug related charges were reportedly hanged at Bandar Abbas Central Prison
JUNE 16, 2016TunisiaDEATH PENALTYTUNISIA: DEATH SENTENCE IN SUFI SHRINE KILLING
the leader of a group of Takfiri Salafists was sentenced to death for his part in the killing of a guard at a Sufi
- JUNE 16, 2016Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: MILITARY COURT MARTIAL SENTENCES 31 TO DEATH
the Goma military court, sitting as mobile court in Kiwanja, sentenced thirty-one people to death for several
- JUNE 15, 2016DEATH PENALTY
UTAH (USA): EACH DEATH ROW INMATE COSTS $1.66 MILLION MORE IN TAXPAYER MONEY THAN ONE SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE
A new state report finds that each death row inmate in Utah costs $1.66 million more in taxpayer money
- JUNE 15, 2016TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overturned the death sentence of Julius Murphy
USA - Texas. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overturned the death sentence of Julius Murphy
- JUNE 15, 2016UtahDEATH PENALTY
USA - Utah. Report: Each death row inmate costs Utah $1.66 million.
USA - Utah. Report: Each death row inmate costs Utah $1.66 million.
JUNE 15, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: SIX TO HANG FOR AHSANULLAH MASTER MURDER
The High Court upheld death penalty for six people and life term for two accused on charge of killing former
- JUNE 15, 2016Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR JORDANIAN HEROIN PEDDLER
The Colombo High Court Judge Manilal Waidyathilake sentenced to death Jordanian who was found guilty
- JUNE 15, 2016TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Court Changes Texas Jose Noey Martinez's Sentence to Life.
USA - Texas. Court Changes Texas Jose Noey Martinez's Sentence to Life.
- JUNE 15, 2016ConnecticutDEATH PENALTY
USA - Connecticut. Steven Hayes is the 1st Death-Row Inmate Resentenced to Life
USA - Connecticut. Steven Hayes is the 1st Death-Row Inmate Resentenced to Life
JUNE 15, 2016BotswanaDEATH PENALTYSOUTH AFRICA: GOVERNMENT TO DEPORT BOTSWANA MURDERERS TO FACE DEATH SENTENCE
The government of South Africa decided to amend the Treaty on Extradition Act facilitating extradition
- JUNE 14, 2016United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: DEATH PENALTY FOR ALGERIAN WHO KILLED CHINESE MAN UPHELD
An Algerian man who murdered a Chinese man and stole more than Dh1 million from him has failed in his
- JUNE 14, 2016ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA HAS SCALED DOWN DEATH PENALTY AND INCREASED CHECKS SINCE 2012, GOV’T REPORT SAYS
China says that it has scaled down its use of capital punishment since 2012 and second trials of death
JUNE 14, 2016ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN WHO KILLED 6 PEOPLE DURING A SHOOTING SPREE IN SHANGHAI EXECUTED
A man who killed six people and injured four others with guns and an iron pipe in Shanghai three years ago
JUNE 14, 2016Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTYTRINIDAD: EDWARDS FREED AFTER THE PRESIDENT DIRECTED THE COURT OF APPEAL TO RECONSIDER HIS CASE
Albert Edwards who was convicted of murder in 1988, has been freed by the Trinidad Court of Appeal.