Archive timeline
2016
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2016, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
The year in data
- Executions recorded worldwide
- 1,159
- Countries where they were recorded
- 27
- News items in the archive
- 1,381
Latest news of 2016
OCTOBER 27, 2016SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: PRESIDENTIAL 'GOODWILL AMNESTY' FOR CONVICTED SPLM-N REBELS
Sudan's President Omar Al Bashir has issued a decision to drop the remaining sentences against the
- OCTOBER 27, 2016ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Federal judge Charles Stampelos has ordered Florida to give documents about lethal drugs to Arizona death row inmates
USA - Federal judge Charles Stampelos has ordered Florida to give documents about lethal drugs to Arizona death row inmates
OCTOBER 27, 2016United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA: DEATH PENALTY ADVERSELY AFFECTS FAMILIES OF VICTIMS AND DEFENDANTS
The death penalty adversely affects both families of murder victims and families of the accused, according to two recent journal articles.
- OCTOBER 25, 2016United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Gallup Poll: Support for Death Penalty at Lowest Level Since 1972
USA - Gallup Poll: Support for Death Penalty at Lowest Level Since 1972
OCTOBER 25, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: FATHER IS SENTENCED TO DEATH AFTER MURDERING HIS DAUGHTER BECAUSE SHE COULDN'T BAKE 'PERFECT BREAD'
A father has been sentenced to death in Pakistan after he confessed to killing his daughter because she wasn't able to bake perfect bread.
OCTOBER 25, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: FIVE GET DEATH SENTENCE OVER HABIGANJ FARMER MURDER
A court in Habiganj sentenced five people to death and 27 others to different terms of imprisonment for
OCTOBER 25, 2016NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: 25-YEAR-OLD MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING
A Kaduna High Court sitting at Dogarawa, Zaria, sentenced a 25-year-old man, Hassan Adamu, to death by hanging for homicide.
OCTOBER 25, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FIVE PRISONERS EXECUTED ON DRUG CHARGES
Five prisoners were reportedly hanged early morning for alleged drug related offenses.
- OCTOBER 24, 2016United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pew: U.S. executions near a 25-year low.
USA - Pew: U.S. executions near a 25-year low.
OCTOBER 24, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: TWO AHSANULLAH UNIVERSITY STUDENTS GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDERING CLASSMATE
A Dhaka court has ordered death sentence for two students of Ah
OCTOBER 24, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE PEOPLE HANGED IN SHIRAZ
Three prisoners were reportedly hanged in Shiraz on kidnapping and rape charges.
OCTOBER 24, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 4 EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING, MURDER
Four prisoners were reportedly executed in Iran for drug trafficking, murder.
OCTOBER 24, 2016KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: PRESIDENT KENYATTA SPARES 2,747 DEATH ROW CONVICTS FROM HANGMAN’S NOOSE
President Uhuru Kenyatta has signed commutation documents commuting all death sentences into life jail terms.
OCTOBER 24, 2016United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA: U.S. EXECUTIONS NEAR A 25-YEAR LOW
The U.S. is on track for its fewest executions in a quarter century, Pew Research Center reported.
OCTOBER 21, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SUPREME COURT SAYS SCHIZOPHRENIA NOT A MENTAL DISORDER, DISMISSES MERCY PLEA OF DEATH ROW CONVICT
Pakistan's Supreme Court has ruled that schizophrenia is not a mental disorder as per the law of the land,
OCTOBER 21, 2016ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: LAW EXPERTS OPPOSE SENTENCE OF IMMEDIATE EXECUTION
Several Chinese law experts have voiced their opposition to the immediate execution of a suspect who was
OCTOBER 21, 2016MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: FILIPINA SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A Filipino woman was sentenced to death by the High Court in Malaysia for trafficking 2.285kg of
- OCTOBER 20, 2016KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
USA - Kentucky. In White v. Kentucky the Kentucky Supreme Court has found Hall to apply retroactively.
USA - Kentucky. In White v. Kentucky the Kentucky Supreme Court has found Hall to apply retroactively.
- OCTOBER 20, 2016FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court ordered a new trial for Jacob Dougan
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court ordered a new trial for Jacob Dougan
- OCTOBER 20, 2016FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Florida Supreme Court Rules Intellectual Disability Decision Applies Retroactively for Frank Wall
USA - Florida. Florida Supreme Court Rules Intellectual Disability Decision Applies Retroactively for Frank Wall
OCTOBER 20, 2016Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
A Gaza court sentenced a man to death by hanging after he was convicted of premeditated murder.
- OCTOBER 20, 2016GhanaDEATH PENALTY
GHANA: FARMER SENTENCED TO DEATH
A High Court in Tamale, presided by Mr. Justice Charles Gyamfi Danquah, has sentenced a 21-year-old
- OCTOBER 19, 2016DEATH PENALTY
GEORGIA (USA): GREGORY PAUL LAWLER EXECUTED
Gregory Paul Lawler, 63, White, was executed with a fatal dose of th
- OCTOBER 19, 2016PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. Judge Wendy Demchick-Alloy vacated the capital punishment a jury handed to Thomas James Meadows
USA - Pennsylvania. Judge Wendy Demchick-Alloy vacated the capital punishment a jury handed to Thomas James Meadows
OCTOBER 19, 2016EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: CASSATION COURT OVERTURNS DEATH SENTENCES FOR 15 IN 2013 DEADLY ASSAULT ON KERDASA POLICE STATION
Egypt's Court of Cassation, the country's highest appeals cour
- OCTOBER 19, 2016VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Virginia. Supported by New DNA Evidence, Sherman Brown Files Innocence Claim.
USA - Virginia. Supported by New DNA Evidence, Sherman Brown Files Innocence Claim.
- OCTOBER 19, 2016GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. Gregory Paul Lawler, 63, White, has been executed
USA - Georgia. Gregory Paul Lawler, 63, White, has been executed
OCTOBER 19, 2016DEATH PENALTYVIRGINIA (USA): SUPPORTED BY NEW DNA EVIDENCE, MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN 1970 FILES INNOCENCE CLAIM
Sherman Brown (69, Black), a man who was sentenced to death in 1970 for the Oct. 1, 1969 murder of a
OCTOBER 18, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 14 PRISONERS EXECUTED ON DRUG CHARGES AT GHEZEL HESAR PRISON
According to close sources, Iranian authorities hanged 14 prisoners at Ghezel Hesar Prison in the morning.
OCTOBER 18, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER EXECUTED ON DRUG RELATED CHARGES
A prisoner sentenced to death on drug related charges was reportedly executed in the morning at Mian