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
- MAY 23, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN, SON GET DEATH SENTENCE IN DOUBLE MURDER CASE IN UP
A 60-year-old man and his son were sentenced to death in Uttar Pradesh for murdering two persons over a land dispute.
- MAY 22, 2017FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. The U.S. Supreme Court has denied Florida prosecutors' petition for writ of certiorari in Florida v. Hurst
USA - Florida. The U.S. Supreme Court has denied Florida prosecutors' petition for writ of certiorari in Florida v. Hurst
MAY 21, 2017Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: HAMAS SENTENCES THREE PALESTINIANS TO DEATH OVER TOP COMMANDER'S ASSASSINATION
A Gaza military court sentenced to death three people for their involvement in the assassination of top Hamas official Mazen Fuqaha, blamed on Israel by Hamas.
- MAY 20, 2017SyriaDEATH PENALTY
“Stoning” an immigrant woman of the members of the ” ISIS ” organization east of Deir Ezzor
20 May 2017: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that the ” ISIS ” organization stoned one of its ” immigrant” women members of non-Arabic nationality in al-Mayadin
- MAY 19, 2017MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. Former death-row prisoner Mark Gill sentenced to life without parole
USA - Missouri. Former death-row prisoner Mark Gill sentenced to life without parole
MAY 19, 2017SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: DRUG TRAFFICKER HANGED AFTER EXHAUSTING AVENUES OF APPEAL
Singaporean drug trafficker Muhammad Ridzuan Md Ali, 31, was executed at Changi Prison, having exhausted all avenues of appeal.
- MAY 18, 2017SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALI: MILITARY COURT EXECUTES MAN INVOLVED IN MOGADISHU MARKET EXPLOSION
A Somali military court has executed a man who was accused to be involved in a car bomb attack at garden market in Waberi district in Mogadishu.
- MAY 18, 2017Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
DRC: NORWEGIAN-BRITISH PRISONER RELEASED FROM DEATH ROW AMID GROWING HEALTH CONCERNS
Joshua French and his friend Tjostolv Moland were twice sentenced to death in 2009 and 2010 following convictions for numerous offences, including murder and espionage by a DRC military court in Kinshasa, charges which both prisoners denied.
- MAY 18, 2017SyriaDEATH PENALTY
“Islamic State” organization carries out the 5th “stoning” in Al-Mayadin city
18 May 2017: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that the “Islamic State” organization has stoned a married woman in the Municipal Square of Al-Mayadin
- MAY 18, 2017MaliDEATH PENALTY
Unmarried Mali couple stoned to death for violating 'Islamic law'
On 18 May 2017, un unmarried couple were stoned to death in public in northeast Mali by "Islamists", local officials revealed, the first such incident since jihadist groups were driven out of the region.
MAY 18, 2017SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAB CUTS OFF HANDS OF 2 MEN CONVICTED BY SHARIA COURT
Somalia's al-Shabab publicly cut off the right hands of two men after a sharia court convicted them of breaking into a shop and stealing about $500, the al-Qaida-linked group said.
- MAY 18, 2017FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court has reversed the death sentence of Guerry Wayne Hertz
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court has reversed the death sentence of Guerry Wayne Hertz
- MAY 18, 2017AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. The Senate gave final legislative approval to SB 187
USA - Alabama. The Senate gave final legislative approval to SB 187
- MAY 18, 2017FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court has reversed the death sentence of Matthew Lee Caylor
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court has reversed the death sentence of Matthew Lee Caylor
MAY 18, 2017EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 8 MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
An Egyptian criminal court sentenced eight alleged Muslim Brotherhood members to death for attacking a police station in 2015, local media reported.
- MAY 17, 2017DEATH PENALTY
GEORGIA (USA): J.W. LEDFORD EXECUTED
J.W. Ledford Jr., 45, White, was executed.
- MAY 17, 2017LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. The House Criminal Justice Committee rejects SB 142 to end the death penalty.
USA - Louisiana. The House Criminal Justice Committee rejects SB 142 to end the death penalty.
- MAY 17, 2017DEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. J.W. Ledford Jr. was executed.
USA - Georgia. J.W. Ledford Jr. was executed.
MAY 17, 2017BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 23 TO WALK GALLOWS FOR KILLING FOUR AL MEN
Twenty three people including a BNP leader have been awarded death penalty for killing four activists of Awami League and its student wing Bangladesh Chhatra League of Araihazar of Narayanganj in 2002.
MAY 17, 2017PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: FOUR TERRORISTS CONVICTED BY MLY COURTS HANGED
Another four terrorists tried and convicted by military courts were hanged at a jail in Khyber Pakhtukhwa.
- MAY 16, 2017MaliDEATH PENALTY
MALI: UNMARRIED COUPLE STONED TO DEATH
An unmarried couple were stoned to death in public in northeast Mali by Islamists, the first such incident since jihadist groups overran the region five years ago.
- MAY 16, 2017KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE LANDS MAN DEATH SENTENCE
A Nakuru court sentenced to death 29-year-old man for robbing his neighbour Sh350 while armed with dangerous weapons.
- MAY 16, 2017EgyptDEATH PENALTY
‘CONTAINING THE DEATH PENALTY IN TIME OF WAR ON TERRORISM’ SEMINAR HELD IN CAIRO
A two-day seminar (15/16 May) was held in Cairo, Egypt, on the presentation of the project “Containing the death penalty in times of war on terrorism” by the association Hands Off Cain and financed by the EU Commission.
- MAY 16, 2017AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. The House passed SB 187 to cut down on the time that death row inmates can appeal their sentence.
USA - Alabama. The House passed SB 187 to cut down on the time that death row inmates can appeal their sentence.
MAY 16, 2017BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN TO WALK GALLOWS FOR KILLING WIFE
A court in Lakshmipur sentenced a man to death for killing his wife five years back, reports BSS.
- MAY 15, 2017SyriaDEATH PENALTY
Consecutive “stoning” of a woman and 3 fighters from the Islamic State organization in al-Mayadin
15 May 2017: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that 4 persons were stoned by the “Islamic State” organization in al-Mayadin city
- MAY 15, 2017DEATH PENALTY
Beni: one sentenced to death
10 May 2017: the military operational Court of North Kivu condemned four persons to sentences ranging from two years in prison to the death penalty.
- MAY 15, 2017ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. The Arizona Supreme Court Reinstates Death Sentence Darrel Peter Pandeli.
USA - Arizona. The Arizona Supreme Court Reinstates Death Sentence Darrel Peter Pandeli.
MAY 14, 2017MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: TRADER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A trader was sentenced to death by the High Court in Muar after he was found guilty of trafficking in cannabis in March last year.
- MAY 13, 2017DEATH PENALTY
PENNSYLVANIA (USA): JAMES DENNIS RELEASED FROM PRISON
James Dennis, 46, Black, has been released from prison nearly 26 years after his wrongful capital conviction.