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
- FEBRUARY 17, 2016DEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. Travis Hittson, 45, White, was executed.
USA - Georgia. Travis Hittson, 45, White, was executed.
- FEBRUARY 16, 2016DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): GUSTAVO GARCIA EXECUTED
Gustavo Garcia, 43, Hispanic, was executed. Garcia was sentenced to death after confessing to the murders of two clerks during separate robberies.
- FEBRUARY 16, 2016MississippiDEATH PENALTY
USA - Mississippi. Senate passes Execution Secrecy Bill.
USA - Mississippi. Senate passes Execution Secrecy Bill.
FEBRUARY 16, 2016VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: DEATH ROW INMATE FOUND PREGNANT, 4 OFFICERS SUSPENDED
Four corrections officers were suspended in northern Vietnam after a death-row inmate became pregnant in an apparent attempt to avoid the death penalty, news reports said.
FEBRUARY 16, 2016BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS: TRIPLE MURDERER SENTENCED TO DEATH
Belarus sentenced to death a man convicted of killing three people, the day after the European Union (EU)
- FEBRUARY 16, 2016TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Gustavo Garcia, 43, Hispanic, was executed.
USA - Texas. Gustavo Garcia, 43, Hispanic, was executed.
FEBRUARY 16, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN TO WALK GALLOWS FOR KILLING TWO YOUNGER BROTHERS
A Chittagong court convicted a man and sentenced him to death for killing his two younger brothers in 2013
FEBRUARY 16, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SC TURNS CONVICT'S DEATH SENTENCE INTO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) changed the decision of convict s execution into life imprisonment.
- FEBRUARY 15, 2016United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Justice Antonin Scalia has died today at age 79.
USA - Justice Antonin Scalia has died today at age 79.
FEBRUARY 14, 2016United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR JOINING DAESH
Four men were sentenced in absentia to death for joining Daesh and fighting with the terrorist group in Syria, the Federal Supreme Court ruled.
FEBRUARY 13, 2016DEATH PENALTYUSA: SUPREME COURT JUSTICE ANTONIN SCALIA DIES AT 79
Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, appointed to the United States Supreme Court in 1986 by President
- FEBRUARY 12, 2016UtahDEATH PENALTY
USA - Utah. Bill Expanding Death Penalty Passes House.
USA - Utah. Bill Expanding Death Penalty Passes House.
FEBRUARY 12, 2016LibyaDEATH PENALTYLIBYA: DAESH EXECUTES THREE PRISONERS IN SIRTE
An armed group attributed to Daesh executed three Libyans in Sirte city.
- FEBRUARY 12, 2016UkraineDEATH PENALTY
UKRAINE: DONETSK PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC COURT HANDS DOWN FIRST DEATH SENTENCE
One person has been sentenced to death in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR),
FEBRUARY 11, 2016Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: IRAQI EXECUTED FOR MURDER
An Iraqi national was put to death in Saudi Arabia for murdering a man from the United Arab Emirates, the
FEBRUARY 11, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: DEATH SENTENCES UPHELD OVER 2004 ATTACK ON BRITISH ENVOY
A Bangladesh court upheld death sentences for three members of an outlawed Islamist militant group in
- FEBRUARY 11, 2016PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. Judge John Leete has overturned the death sentence of Daniel Crispell
USA - Pennsylvania. Judge John Leete has overturned the death sentence of Daniel Crispell
FEBRUARY 11, 2016IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: FOUR WOMEN ARE RAPED BY ISIS FIGHTERS AND THEN STONED TO DEATH IN MOSUL AS PUNISHMENT FOR 'COMMITTING ADULTERY'
Radical group of the Islamic State (ISIS) executed four women in the city of Mosul in Iraq’s northwestern Nineveh province, after accusing them of “committing adultery.
- FEBRUARY 10, 2016VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Virginia. The House of Delegates passed legislation to allow the use of the electric chair
USA - Virginia. The House of Delegates passed legislation to allow the use of the electric chair
- FEBRUARY 10, 2016ColoradoDEATH PENALTY
USA - Colorado. The Colorado State Senate Judiciary Committee rejected a bill for non-unanimous sentences
USA - Colorado. The Colorado State Senate Judiciary Committee rejected a bill for non-unanimous sentences
FEBRUARY 10, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: ANOTHER DEATH ROW CONVICT HANGED IN MULTAN
One death row convict was executed in the Central Jail Multan on early morning, Dunya News reported. The dead body was handed over to legal heirs after completing medico-legal formalities.
FEBRUARY 10, 2016North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF EXECUTED
North Korea has executed its army chief of staff, Ri Yong Gil, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported, which, if true, would be the latest in a series of executions, purges and disappearances under its young leader.
- FEBRUARY 10, 2016South DakotaDEATH PENALTY
USA - South Dakota. The Senate State Affairs committee has defeated a measure to repeal the death penalty
USA - South Dakota. The Senate State Affairs committee has defeated a measure to repeal the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 10, 2016MississippiDEATH PENALTY
USA - Mississippi. The US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit blocked an injunction that halted Mississippi's executions
USA - Mississippi. The US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit blocked an injunction that halted Mississippi's executions
- FEBRUARY 10, 2016United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Judge Orders Evidentiary Hearing On Constitutionality of Federal Death Penalty.
USA - Judge Orders Evidentiary Hearing On Constitutionality of Federal Death Penalty.
- FEBRUARY 9, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH ROW CONVICT EXECUTED IN BAHAWALPUR
A death row prisoner was sent to the gallows at the New Central Jail Bahawalpur on early morning, Dunya
- FEBRUARY 9, 2016Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: SEVEN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER A 1989 MURDER
Seven persons have been sentenced to death by the Tangalle High Court over a murder reported in 1989.
FEBRUARY 9, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MURDER CONVICT SENT TO GALLOWS
A death row prisoner was hanged at the Central Jail in Faisalabad in the morning. Ghafoor Masih had
FEBRUARY 9, 2016IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: ISIS PUBLICLY EXECUTES JOURNALIST IN MOSUL
Extremists of the Islamic State (ISIS) executed an Iraqi journalist in Mosul city of the northwestern Nineveh
- FEBRUARY 8, 2016FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. The State Senate Criminal Justice Committee has approved a bill for unanimous sentences
USA - Florida. The State Senate Criminal Justice Committee has approved a bill for unanimous sentences