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 7, 2017ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arkansas. Judge orders Arkansas to conduct autopsy on executed inmate Kenneth Williams.
USA - Arkansas. Judge orders Arkansas to conduct autopsy on executed inmate Kenneth Williams.
MAY 7, 2017MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING EX-FIANCE IN KLUANG
A former tyre shop assistant was sentenced to death by the High Court in Muar for murdering his ex-fiance when the woman wanted to marry another man.
- MAY 6, 2017DEATH PENALTY
USA - America’s Increasing Use of Life and Long-Term Sentences
USA - America’s Increasing Use of Life and Long-Term Sentences
MAY 6, 2017DEATH PENALTYUSA: THE STEADY DECLINE OF AMERICA’S DEATH ROWS
The Washington Post reported the highlights of a study by the Sentencing Project: “Still Life: America’s Increasing Use of Life and Long-Term Sentences”.
MAY 6, 2017BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS: FIRST EXECUTION CARRIED OUT THIS YEAR
Belarus is believed to have carried out its first execution of the year.
- MAY 6, 2017TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Judge James Oakley Reprimanded for Facebook Comment Suggesting "A Tree And A Rope" For Murder Suspect.
USA - Texas. Judge James Oakley Reprimanded for Facebook Comment Suggesting "A Tree And A Rope" For Murder Suspect.
- MAY 5, 2017United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
Ten Indians, convicted of killing a Pakistani man over a bootlegging feud in Abu Dhabi, were absolved of the death
Ten Indians, convicted of killing a Pakistani man over a bootlegging feud in Abu Dhabi, were absolved of the death
MAY 5, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: YOUNG MAN WALKS FREE FROM DEATH ROW
Salar Shadizadi, who was sentenced to death for a crime he committed when a child, was released after 10 years from Rasht prison in northern Iran.
- MAY 5, 2017ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. A jury sentenced Preston Strong to death
USA - Arizona. A jury sentenced Preston Strong to death
- MAY 5, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - "Death Row USA Winter 2017" updated to January 1, 2017.
USA - "Death Row USA Winter 2017" updated to January 1, 2017.
- MAY 4, 2017EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT COURT OVERTURNS DEATH SENTENCES FOR TRIBESMEN
More than two dozen Egyptians sentenced to death have been ordered by the court of cassation to be retried.
MAY 4, 2017MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: SINGAPOREAN GETS DEATH FOR DISTRIBUTING DRUGS IN JOHOR
A 46-year-old Singaporean contractor was sentenced to death by the High Court in Johor Baru after he was found guilty of two counts of drug distribution.
MAY 4, 2017PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: THREE 'HARDCORE TERRORISTS' CONVICTED BY MILITARY COURTS HANGED
Another three "hardcore terrorists" sentenced by military courts were executed in Kohat jail, said a statement released by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
- MAY 4, 2017FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court has issued three more decisions on cases raising issues under Hurst v. Florida or Hurst v. State.
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court has issued three more decisions on cases raising issues under Hurst v. Florida or Hurst v. State.
- MAY 3, 2017DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): FORMER PROSECUTOR ON TRIAL ON CHARGES THAT HIS MISCONDUCT LED TO WRONGFUL EXECUTION OF CAMERON WILLINGHAM
John Jackson, the former Navarro County, Texas prosecutor and judge, is on trial in front of the Texas State Bar for ethics violations in the 1992 capital trial of Cameron Todd Willingham, which many believe led to the execution of an innocent man.
- MAY 3, 2017AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Alabama House Judiciary Committee passes SB 12 to use electric chair and nitrogen hypoxia
USA - Alabama. Alabama House Judiciary Committee passes SB 12 to use electric chair and nitrogen hypoxia
- MAY 3, 2017DelawareDEATH PENALTY
USA - Delaware. The House Judiciary committee voted the reintroduction of the death penalty
USA - Delaware. The House Judiciary committee voted the reintroduction of the death penalty
- MAY 3, 2017TunisiaDEATH PENALTY
TUNISIA: COURT CONVICTS 18 OF 'TERRORISM'
A Tunisian court sentenced two people to death and 16 others to jail terms for acts of "terrorism" in 2014 during which a security guard was killed.
- MAY 3, 2017TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Pedro Solis Sosa ineligible for the death penalty because of Intellectual Disability.
USA - Texas. Pedro Solis Sosa ineligible for the death penalty because of Intellectual Disability.
MAY 3, 2017EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: PRISON AUTHORITIES EXECUTE SIX PRISONERS
Egyptian prison authorities executed six prisoners, in relation to two separate cases.
- MAY 3, 2017TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Former Prosecutor on Trial on Charges that His Misconduct Led to Wrongful Execution of Cameron Willingham.
USA - Texas. Former Prosecutor on Trial on Charges that His Misconduct Led to Wrongful Execution of Cameron Willingham.
- MAY 3, 2017EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: CAIRO COURT EXONERATES MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN POST-MORSI VIOLENCE CASE
A Cairo criminal court has exonerated a man who had been previously sentenced to death on charges of involvement in deadly clashes in Giza's Omraniya district following the ouster of president Mohamed Morsi in July 2013.
MAY 2, 2017SomaliaDEATH PENALTYPUNTLAND: BOYS EXECUTED FOR ALLEGED TERRORISM
Puntland is under criticism following the execution of some children suspected to be members of the Al-Shabaab terror group.
- MAY 2, 2017OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. Oklahoma Death Penalty Cases Cost Triple That Of Non-Capital Cases.
USA - Oklahoma. Oklahoma Death Penalty Cases Cost Triple That Of Non-Capital Cases.
- MAY 1, 2017OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Governor John Kasich has delayed nine scheduled executions
USA - Ohio. Governor John Kasich has delayed nine scheduled executions
- MAY 1, 2017AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Taurus Carroll's claim of Intellectual Disability to be evaluated
USA - Alabama. Taurus Carroll's claim of Intellectual Disability to be evaluated
MAY 1, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: AT LEAST 90 PEOPLE ON DEATH ROW AGED UNDER 18, SAY UN EXPERTS
At least 90 people on death row in Iran are under the age of 18, says a group of UN experts who are calling for authorities in the Middle Eastern nation to immediately put an end to the execution of those aged who were under 18 at the time of sentencing.
- APRIL 30, 2017QatarDEATH PENALTY
Qatar upholds rare death sentence in UK teacher's murder
30 April 2017: a Doha court upheld the death penalty in the retrial of a Qatari man convicted of murdering a 24-year-old British female teacher on Sunday, in a killing that has gripped the Gulf country.
APRIL 30, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER HANGED ON MURDER CHARGES
A prisoner was reportedly executed at Hamadan Central Prison on murder charges, and another prisoner was returned to his cell after his execution was temporarily halted.
- APRIL 29, 2017FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. A jury is recommending the death sentence for Benjamin Davis Smiley Jr.
USA - Florida. A jury is recommending the death sentence for Benjamin Davis Smiley Jr.