Archive timeline
2017
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2017, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2017
- JULY 1, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Police nationwide killed 492 people in the first six months of this year
USA - Police nationwide killed 492 people in the first six months of this year
JULY 1, 2017DEATH PENALTYUSA: NUMBER OF FATAL SHOOTINGS BY POLICE IS NEARLY IDENTICAL TO LAST YEAR
Police nationwide shot and killed 492 people in the first six months of this year, a number nearly identical to the count for the same period in each of the prior two years.
- JULY 1, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - The Penalty, a new documentary film about the death penalty in the U.S. had its world premiere at London's East End Film Festival.
USA - The Penalty, a new documentary film about the death penalty in the U.S. had its world premiere at London's East End Film Festival.
JUNE 30, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 239 EXECUTIONS IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2017
According to reports by Iran Human Rights (IHR), 239 executions were carried out in Iran in the first six months of 2017.
- JUNE 29, 2017FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court is ordering new sentencing hearings Tiffany Ann Cole because a jury did not unanimously recommend the death penalty
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court is ordering new sentencing hearings Tiffany Ann Cole because a jury did not unanimously recommend the death penalty
- JUNE 29, 2017FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court is ordering new sentencing hearings for Michael Bargo because a jury did not unanimously recommend the death penalty
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court is ordering new sentencing hearings for Michael Bargo because a jury did not unanimously recommend the death penalty
- JUNE 29, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTY
DELAY IN EXECUTION OF DEATH ROW CONVICT IS DEHUMANISING: DELHI HC
Delay in the execution of a death row convict after his capital punishment has been confirmed by the highest judicial forum, torments the prisoner, has a dehumanising effect on him and violates the law, the Delhi High Court has said.
- JUNE 29, 2017FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court is ordering new sentencing hearings for Ronnie Williams because a jury did not unanimously recommend the death penalty.
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court is ordering new sentencing hearings for Ronnie Williams because a jury did not unanimously recommend the death penalty.
- JUNE 29, 2017FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court is ordering new sentencing hearings for John Sexton because a jury did not unanimously recommend the death penalty
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court is ordering new sentencing hearings for John Sexton because a jury did not unanimously recommend the death penalty
- JUNE 28, 2017OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Federal Appeals Court Upholds Ohio Lethal Injection Process, Vacates Execution Stays.
USA - Ohio. Federal Appeals Court Upholds Ohio Lethal Injection Process, Vacates Execution Stays.
- JUNE 28, 2017TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Judge Michael Wilkerson sentenced Robert James Campbell to life in prison
USA - Texas. Judge Michael Wilkerson sentenced Robert James Campbell to life in prison
- JUNE 27, 2017South SudanDEATH PENALTY
Execution of two juvenile brothers
27th June 2017: two brothers, Orenga Tom Goro and his younger brother Ayela Philip Goro were put to death today at Juba Central Prison
- JUNE 26, 2017DEATH PENALTY
ALABAMA (USA): GOVERNOR SIGNS LAW SHORTENING DEATH-PENALTY APPEALS
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed into law a statute denominated the "Fair Justice Act," which is designed to shorten the state death-penalty appeals process by requiring direct and post-conviction appeals to proceed simultaneously and provides capital app
- JUNE 26, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Federal government will not appeal vacated death sentence of Ronell Wilson.
USA - Federal government will not appeal vacated death sentence of Ronell Wilson.
JUNE 25, 2017NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH FOR ROBBERY, RAPE
An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure has sentenced a man, Aturoti Adeleke, to death by hanging, for armed robbery and rape.
- JUNE 24, 2017ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE COURTS SENTENCES 13 DRUG DEALERS TO DEATH IN FRONT OF THOUSANDS
In a joint court case by the Shanwei Intermediate People's Court and the Lufeng People's Court in China, 13 men and women on trial for drug charges were sentenced to death in front of crowds as big as 10,000.
JUNE 24, 2017ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: THIRTEEN CHINESE DRUG DEALERS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN FRONT OF 10,000 AT PUBLIC STADIUM BEFORE EIGHT ARE WHISKED OFF IN A TRUCK TO BE EXECUTED IMMEDIATELY
Eight were executed straight after the hearing — slammed by human rights activists as barbaric — in the southern city of Shanwei, Guangdong.
JUNE 23, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: ORISSA HC COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY TO 35 YEARS OF IMPRISONMENT
Orissa high court provided relief to five persons, who were convicted in rape and murder of a minor girl in Keonjhar, by commuting death penalty of two of the convicts to 35 years of imprisonment and acquitting the remaining three.
- JUNE 22, 2017Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
MYANMAR: 'EXORCIST' SENTENCED TO DEATH AFTER KILLING TWO TODDLERS AND AN EIGHT-MONTH-OLD BABY
A self-proclaimed sorcerer was sentenced to death for killing three children in an exorcism ritual he believed would banish evil spirits that possessed them.
- JUNE 22, 2017EgyptDEATH PENALTY
UN EXPERTS URGE EGYPT TO HALT EXECUTIONS AFTER 'FLAWED TRIALS'
A group of U.N. human rights experts demanded that Egypt halt the planned executions of six men sentenced to death on the basis of forced confessions.
- JUNE 22, 2017OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Judge Joseph Kirby sentenced Terry Froman to death
USA - Ohio. Judge Joseph Kirby sentenced Terry Froman to death
- JUNE 22, 2017DEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Judge Howard Maltz vacated the death sentences of James Daniel Turner and Norman Blake McKenzie
USA - Florida. Judge Howard Maltz vacated the death sentences of James Daniel Turner and Norman Blake McKenzie
- JUNE 22, 2017ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. U.S. District Judge Neil Wake Accepts Sweeping Reforms of Arizona Death Penalty Protocols.
USA - Arizona. U.S. District Judge Neil Wake Accepts Sweeping Reforms of Arizona Death Penalty Protocols.
JUNE 22, 2017ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: 12 NANJING DRUG DEALERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Eighteen men were on trial in Nanjing for various offences, ranging from trafficking and possession to drug abuse and re-offending.
JUNE 21, 2017SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT SENTENCED DEATH PENALTY TO A MAN ACCUSED KILLING OF A CLERIC
Military court has sentenced Mohamed Adan Borow, to death penalty after he alleged the killing of a famous cleric in Baidoa mosque.
- JUNE 19, 2017OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. The United States Supreme Court reinstated the death sentence of Percy Hutton.
USA - Ohio. The United States Supreme Court reinstated the death sentence of Percy Hutton.
- JUNE 19, 2017AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. The United States Supreme Court has ruled in favor of James McWilliams
USA - Alabama. The United States Supreme Court has ruled in favor of James McWilliams
- JUNE 19, 2017CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge Eric M. Nakata sentenced James Ellis to death
USA - California. Judge Eric M. Nakata sentenced James Ellis to death
- JUNE 19, 2017SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: SUSPECT SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER THE LATE MINISTER ABASS SIRAJ’S MURDER
The High Court of the Somali Armed Forces passed a verdict of death sentence this morning to one of the suspects for the murder of Abass Siraj, a former Federal Minister of Public Works and Reconstruction of Somalia.
- JUNE 19, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: NASHIK MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN HONOUR KILLING CASE
In a landmark judgment related to "honour killing", the Nashik district sessions court sentenced a man to death for killing his pregnant daughter in 2013 because she had married outside their caste.