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
- APRIL 29, 2017OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. Seeking the death penalty in Oklahoma "incurs significantly more time, effort, and costs on average, as compared to when the death penalty is not sought".
USA - Oklahoma. Seeking the death penalty in Oklahoma "incurs significantly more time, effort, and costs on average, as compared to when the death penalty is not sought".
- APRIL 28, 2017UtahDEATH PENALTY
USA - Utah. Firing squads to be used in 3 upcoming executions.
USA - Utah. Firing squads to be used in 3 upcoming executions.
- APRIL 27, 2017ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA HAS 168 MEN AND 2 WOMEN ON DEATH ROW
The Zambia Correctional Services says it has 170 inmates on death row.
- APRIL 27, 2017DEATH PENALTY
ARKANSAS (USA): KENNETH WILLIAMS EXECUTED
Kenneth Williams, 38, Black, was executed with a lethal injection that left the prisoner lurching and convulsing 20 times before he died.
- APRIL 27, 2017ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arkansas. Kenneth Williams was executed with a lethal injection that left the prisoner convulsing 20 times before he died.
USA - Arkansas. Kenneth Williams was executed with a lethal injection that left the prisoner convulsing 20 times before he died.
- APRIL 27, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - The House Judiciary Committee advanced a bill to expand the federal death penalty.
USA - The House Judiciary Committee advanced a bill to expand the federal death penalty.
- APRIL 27, 2017MississippiDEATH PENALTY
USA - Mississippi. New trial to Lisa Jo Chamberlin
USA - Mississippi. New trial to Lisa Jo Chamberlin
- APRIL 27, 2017PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. Judge Gregory Chelak formally sentenced Eric Freinto death.
USA - Pennsylvania. Judge Gregory Chelak formally sentenced Eric Freinto death.
- APRIL 26, 2017DEATH BY PUNISHMENT
IRREDUCIBLE LIFE SENTENCES IN THE UK AND ITALY?
28 April 2017, 3:00-6:30 PM English Lecture Theatre, St Cross Building, University of Oxford, OX1 3UL
- APRIL 26, 2017OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. Panel recommends keeping moratorium on Oklahoma executions.
USA - Oklahoma. Panel recommends keeping moratorium on Oklahoma executions.
- APRIL 26, 2017PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. A jury sentenced Eric Frein to death
USA - Pennsylvania. A jury sentenced Eric Frein to death
- APRIL 25, 2017Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Ahmad Al Shamri’s appeal denied, sentenced to death for atheism
25 April 2017: Ahmad Al Shamri, a young man in his early 20’s from the city of Hafr Al Batin has been sentenced to death after his appeal was denied by Saudi Appeals and Supreme Courts.
- APRIL 25, 2017LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. The Senate's Judiciary Committee voted to abolish death penalty
USA - Louisiana. The Senate's Judiciary Committee voted to abolish death penalty
- APRIL 25, 2017OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit reconsiders suspension of executions
USA - Ohio. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit reconsiders suspension of executions
APRIL 25, 2017PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: FOUR TTP TERRORISTS SENTENCED BY MILITARY COURTS HANGED
Four terrorists, who were involved in committing heinous offences relating to terrorism were executed at a jail in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, according to an ISPR press release.
- APRIL 24, 2017DEATH PENALTY
ARKANSAS (USA): MARCEL WILLIAMS EXECUTED
Two inmates received lethal injections on the same gurney Monday night about three hours apart. The second was Marcel Williams, 46, Black.
- APRIL 24, 2017DEATH PENALTY
ARKANSAS (USA): JACK JONES EXECUTED
Two inmates received lethal injections on the same gurney Monday night about three hours apart. The first was Jack Jones, 52, White.
- APRIL 24, 2017IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN TRIES TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY FOR TRAFFICKING AS IT WRESTLES WITH RISING DRUG CHARGES
Iranian parliament’s Judicial Commission spokesperson has announced that this commission has agreed with a proposal to reduce death penalty to 30 years in prison for a number of drug-related offences.
- APRIL 24, 2017DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): PRISONS VIOLATE INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS
Prisons in Texas are in violation of international human rights standards and deny civil rights of its prisoners on death row kept in solitary confinement, a report released Monday by the Human Rights Clinic of the University of Texas School of Law conclu
- APRIL 24, 2017Central African RepublicDEATH PENALTY
A new Code on Military Justice which abolished the death penalty came into force.
24 march 2017: the new Code on Military Justice which abolished the death penalty came into force.
- APRIL 24, 2017ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arkansas. Medical Director in Arkansas Could Lose License for Acquiring Execution Drug.
USA - Arkansas. Medical Director in Arkansas Could Lose License for Acquiring Execution Drug.
- APRIL 24, 2017ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arkansas. Two inmates received lethal injections about three hours apart. The second was Marcel Williams
USA - Arkansas. Two inmates received lethal injections about three hours apart. The second was Marcel Williams
APRIL 24, 2017SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: FOUR MILITANTS EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD IN BAIDOA CITY
Somali military court executed four suspects linked to Al- Shabaab for carrying out blasts in the town of Baidoa, the administrative capital of Southwest last year.
- APRIL 24, 2017ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arkansas. Two inmates received lethal injections Monday night about three hours apart. The first was Jack Jones
USA - Arkansas. Two inmates received lethal injections Monday night about three hours apart. The first was Jack Jones
- APRIL 24, 2017TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Texas Death Rows Violate Internationally Recognized Human Rights Standards
USA - Texas. Texas Death Rows Violate Internationally Recognized Human Rights Standards
APRIL 22, 2017SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT EXECUTES POLICE OFFICER FOR KILLING CIVILIAN
Somali Military Court executed a police officer in Mogadishu for killing a civilian last year, Somaliupdate reports.
APRIL 22, 2017ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN EXECUTED FOR KILLING TWO YOUNG WOMEN, RAPING CORPSE
China’s Supreme People's Court (SPC) announced that a criminal convicted intentional homicide had been executed after the SPC approved the death sentence.
APRIL 21, 2017SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: MAN HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Mohd Jeefrey bin Ismail was hanged in the early hours, at least according to the scheduled execution date given to his family by the Singapore Prison Service.
- APRIL 20, 2017DEATH PENALTY
ARKANSAS (USA): LEDELL LEE WAS EXECUTED, THE FIRST IN THE STATE SINCE 2005
Arkansas overcame a flurry of court challenges Thursday that derailed three other executions, putting to death an inmate for the first time in nearly a dozen years as part of a plan that would have been the country's most ambitious since the death penalty
- APRIL 20, 2017IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: PRISONER HANGED ON DRUG CHARGES
A prisoner was hanged at Khorramabad's Parsilon Prison on drug related charges, according to the human rights news agency HRANA.