Chronological archive
August 2017
The 48 news items published by Hands Off Cain in August 2017, in chronological order.
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court has upheld the authority of Governor Scott to remove State Attorney Aramis Ayala from death-eligible murder cases
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court has upheld the authority of Governor Scott to remove State Attorney Aramis Ayala from death-eligible murder cases
- AUGUST 31, 2017FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court ordered a new sentencing proceeding for William Gregory
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court ordered a new sentencing proceeding for William Gregory
AUGUST 31, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: UNIDENTIFIED PRISONER HANGED IN PUBLIC
An unidentified prisoner who was sentenced to death on the charge of "raping a married woman" was hanged in public on the morning in Bandar Abbas while a crowd of people watched, according to a report by the state-run news agency, Mehr.
AUGUST 31, 2017New ZealandDEATH PENALTYNEW ZEALAND COURT UPHOLDS GOVERNMENT'S DECISION TO EXTRADITE MAN TO CHINA
AUGUST 31, 2017North KoreaDEATH PENALTYPYONGYANG ‘SENTENCES’ FOUR SOUTH KOREAN JOURNALISTS TO DEATH
Pyongyang has sentenced four South Korean journalists to death for book reviews that insulted the North, state media said.
AUGUST 29, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN GETS DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE, 3 KIDS
A Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Lucknow awarded death sentence to a man for killing six persons, including his wife and three children.
- AUGUST 28, 2017IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN CHARGED WITH RAPE HANGED IN RAJAI SHAHR PRISON
Prison authorities in Rajai Shahr break routine and execute a prisoner on a Monday rather than the usual Wednesday.
- AUGUST 28, 2017NevadaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nevada. A Clark County jury resentenced John Valerio to life imprisonment.
USA - Nevada. A Clark County jury resentenced John Valerio to life imprisonment.
AUGUST 27, 2017IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: ISLAMIC STATE’S ‘CHEMICAL EMIR’ SENTENCED TO DEATH
Baghdad Iraq’s Central Criminal Court sentenced a prominent Islamic State chemical warfare developer to death, convicting him of developing some of the group’s deadliest weapons.
AUGUST 27, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: HANDS OFF CAIN ASKS THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT TO LISTEN TO THE REASONS OF POLITICAL PRISONERS ON A HUNGER STRIKE FOR THE INHUMANE CONDITIONS OF DETENTION IN KARAJ PRISON
Hands off Cain joins international mobilization in support of the reasons of the political prisoners of Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj, a hunger strike of 27 days, and asks the Italian Government to act to ensure that their human rights are respected.
- AUGUST 25, 2017ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arkansas. Gov. Hutchinson intends to commute Jason Farrell McGehee's sentence from death to life without parole
USA - Arkansas. Gov. Hutchinson intends to commute Jason Farrell McGehee's sentence from death to life without parole
- AUGUST 24, 2017FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Mark Asay was put to death, the first time in the state's modern history a white man was executed for killing a black man. The execution was Florida's first with etomidate, never used before in a U.S. lethal injection
USA - Florida. Mark Asay was put to death, the first time in the state's modern history a white man was executed for killing a black man. The execution was Florida's first with etomidate, never used before in a U.S. lethal injection
- AUGUST 24, 2017CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. The California Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of Proposition 66
USA - California. The California Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of Proposition 66
- AUGUST 23, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Massachusetts. Ninety years ago Italian immigrants and avowed anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti were executed
USA - Massachusetts. Ninety years ago Italian immigrants and avowed anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti were executed
AUGUST 23, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SUNNI PRISONER HANGED ON MOHAREBEH CHARGE
Sunni prisoner Seyed Jamal Seyed Mousavi was reportedly hanged at Karaj's Rajai Shahr Prison on Wednesday August 23, but his famliy did not find out until Sunday August 27.
- AUGUST 22, 2017PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court granted a new penalty hearing to Terrance Williams.
USA - Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court granted a new penalty hearing to Terrance Williams.
- AUGUST 22, 2017MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. Governor Stays Execution of Marcellus Williams to Consider Evidence of Innocence.
USA - Missouri. Governor Stays Execution of Marcellus Williams to Consider Evidence of Innocence.
- AUGUST 22, 2017OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. Executions will not resume in Oklahoma in 2017.
USA - Oklahoma. Executions will not resume in Oklahoma in 2017.
- AUGUST 21, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Johnson & Johnson speaks out against the planned use of Etomidate for the upcoming execution of Asay.
USA - Florida. Johnson & Johnson speaks out against the planned use of Etomidate for the upcoming execution of Asay.
AUGUST 21, 2017BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBangladesh: 10 sentenced to death in PM Sheikh Hasina's assasination attempt
21 August 2017: Dhaka court has ordered execution of 10 people accussed in the assassination attempt of the current Prime Minister and Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina.
AUGUST 19, 2017MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCAN KING PARDONS 415 CONVICTS ON EVE OF REVOLUTION ANNIVERSARY
The Morocco's King Mohammed VI has granted pardon to 415 convicts found guilty of terrorism, the Ministry of Justice said.
- AUGUST 18, 2017TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Texas replenishes pentobarbital supplies.
USA - Texas. Texas replenishes pentobarbital supplies.
- AUGUST 18, 2017CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge Thomas M. Goethals barred prosecutors from seeking the death penalty against Scott Dekraai
USA - California. Judge Thomas M. Goethals barred prosecutors from seeking the death penalty against Scott Dekraai
- AUGUST 17, 2017ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arkansas. Arkansas has as obtained new supplies of midazolam
USA - Arkansas. Arkansas has as obtained new supplies of midazolam
- AUGUST 17, 2017FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. A jury voted to sentence Sean Alonzo Bush to death
USA - Florida. A jury voted to sentence Sean Alonzo Bush to death
- AUGUST 17, 2017NevadaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nevada. Nevada plan to use untried execution drugs draws criticism.
USA - Nevada. Nevada plan to use untried execution drugs draws criticism.
- AUGUST 17, 2017FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. A jury sentenced Shawn Rogers to death.
USA - Florida. A jury sentenced Shawn Rogers to death.
- AUGUST 15, 2017EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
despite strong public support, the House of Representatives has today voted
despite strong public support, the House of Representatives has today voted
- AUGUST 15, 2017MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. Missouri Supreme Court Denies Marcellus Williams Stay of Execution
USA - Missouri. Missouri Supreme Court Denies Marcellus Williams Stay of Execution
- AUGUST 14, 2017YemenDEATH PENALTY
a 22-year-old man who raped and killed a 4-year-old girl in Yemen was executed by being shot dead and hanged fr
a 22-year-old man who raped and killed a 4-year-old girl in Yemen was executed by being shot dead and hanged fr
- AUGUST 10, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - More Than 100 Rabbis Issue Statement Calling for End of Capital Punishment.
USA - More Than 100 Rabbis Issue Statement Calling for End of Capital Punishment.
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AUGUST 10, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: BRUTAL EXECUTION OF A YOUNG PRISONER WHO WAS 15 YEARS OLD WHEN ARRESTED
In the early morning of August 10, the mullahs’ regime once again executed a teenager.
- AUGUST 8, 2017OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Federal Appeals Court Removes Military Judge From Guantanamo Appeals Court
USA - Federal Appeals Court Removes Military Judge From Guantanamo Appeals Court
- AUGUST 8, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. Court of Appeals Invalidates Conviction of Native American for Murder on Tribal Lands.
USA - Oklahoma. Court of Appeals Invalidates Conviction of Native American for Murder on Tribal Lands.
- AUGUST 7, 2017MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
Maldives ready for executions in September, president declares
7 August 2017: the Maldives will be ready to carry out the first executions in more than 60 years next month, President Abdulla Yameen declared amid growing international concern over the reintroduction of the death penalty.
- AUGUST 7, 2017ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. A jury sentenced Sammantha Allen, 29, White, to death in the suffocation death of Ame Deal, 10
USA - Arizona. A jury sentenced Sammantha Allen, 29, White, to death in the suffocation death of Ame Deal, 10
- AUGUST 7, 2017CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Governor Jerry Brown signed law to permanently retain records in capital cases
USA - California. Governor Jerry Brown signed law to permanently retain records in capital cases
AUGUST 7, 2017DEATH PENALTYARIZONA (USA): SAMMANTHA ALLEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF COUSIN AME DEAL
A Maricopa County jury sentenced Sammantha Allen, 29, White, to death in the July 12, 2011 suffocation death of Ame Deal, 10, at the child's home.
AUGUST 6, 2017SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: HIGHER COURT SENTENCES DEATH, LIFE IMPRISONMENT TO CLERIC'S KILLERS
The High Court of Somali military has turned down appeal by al-Shabaab assassins convicted of killing a known cleric in the southern town of Baidoa in last June, Garowe Online reports.
- AUGUST 4, 2017KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
USA - Kentucky. Fayette County Circuit Judge Ernesto Scorsone has ruled that the use of the death penalty against defendants younger than age 21 is unconstitutional
USA - Kentucky. Fayette County Circuit Judge Ernesto Scorsone has ruled that the use of the death penalty against defendants younger than age 21 is unconstitutional
- AUGUST 4, 2017IndianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Indiana. U.S. Court of Appeals has overturned the death sentence of John M. Stephenson
USA - Indiana. U.S. Court of Appeals has overturned the death sentence of John M. Stephenson
- AUGUST 3, 2017OregonDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oregon. The Oregon Supreme Court upheld the reversal of the conviction of death row inmate Martin Allen Johnson
USA - Oregon. The Oregon Supreme Court upheld the reversal of the conviction of death row inmate Martin Allen Johnson
- AUGUST 2, 2017SyriaDEATH PENALTY
A prominent cyberactivist who was detained on the first anniversary of the 2011 uprising that sparked the Syrian civil war was secretly executed nearly two years ago, his widow said.
A prominent cyberactivist who was detained on the first anniversary of the 2011 uprising that sparked the Syrian civil war was secretly executed nearly two years ago, his widow said.
AUGUST 2, 2017EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: TRAINING COURSE ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND PROMOTING CRIMINAL JUSTICE
The Arab Organization for Human Rights (AOHR) launched today the activities of the training course on "Human Rights and promoting Criminal Justice" in Hurghada city,
AUGUST 2, 2017IsraelDEATH PENALTYISRAEL: KNESSET TO DEBATE NEW DEATH PENALTY FOR TERRORISTS BILL
A bill proposing an amendment to the Penal Law and the Anti-Terrorism Law, allowing the court to sentence to death terrorists who murdered innocent civilians will be added to the Knesset agenda soon by MK Nava Boker (Likud), Israel Hayom reported.
AUGUST 1, 2017YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: MAN CONVICTED OF RAPING AND MURDERING THREE-YEAR-OLD GIRL EXECUTED BY MACHINE GUN
A man convicted of raping and murdering a three-year-old girl has been executed in public with a machine gun in Yemen.
- AUGUST 1, 2017IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: PRISONER HANGED IN PUBLIC IN FRONT OF LARGE CROWD
A prisoner by the name of Hossein Sarooki was hanged in public in the city of Juybar on murder charges.
AUGUST 1, 2017IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA EXECUTED NIGERIAN DESPITE CASE BEING UNRESOLVED, WATCHDOG SAYS
An official watchdog has found that Indonesia executed a Nigerian man last year while his case was unresolved, leading to renewed calls for a halt to a system holding hundreds of prisoners on death row.