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
DECEMBER 11, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER HANGED ON MURDER CHARGES
According to the state-run news agency, Fars, on the morning a prisoner was hanged at Sari Centrals Prison on murder charges.
DECEMBER 10, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: INMATE EXECUTED FOR MURDER CHARGES
A 35-year-old inmate identified as Sayad Ahadi was hanged on the morning for murder charges in Ardabil Central Prison.
DECEMBER 9, 2017TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: MAGUFULI GRANTS PRESIDENTIAL AMNESTY TO 61 DEATH ROW INMATES
President John Magufuli pardoned some 61 death row inmates.
- DECEMBER 8, 2017CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge Mac Fisher sentenced Lorraine Hunter, 62, Black, to death.
USA - California. Judge Mac Fisher sentenced Lorraine Hunter, 62, Black, to death.
- DECEMBER 8, 2017FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Emerita Mapp gets life in prison. It was State Attorney Aramis Ayala's First Capital Prosecution.
USA - Florida. Emerita Mapp gets life in prison. It was State Attorney Aramis Ayala's First Capital Prosecution.
DECEMBER 8, 2017MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: YOUNG MAN TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A 22-year-old man was sentenced to death for trafficking in 749.4 gm of syabu (methamphetamine).
- DECEMBER 8, 2017FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Judge Russell Healey re-sentenced Raymond Bright to two death sentences
USA - Florida. Judge Russell Healey re-sentenced Raymond Bright to two death sentences
DECEMBER 7, 2017EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: GRAND MUFTI AFFIRMS DEATH SENTENCES FOR 13 AJNAD MISR TERRORISTS
A criminal court in Egypt's Giza has sentenced 13 members of the terrorist group Ajnad Misr to death after the country's top Muslim legal authority consented to the punishment, following their conviction for attacking security forces.
- DECEMBER 6, 2017EgyptDEATH PENALTY
AFRICAN UNION CALLS ON EGYPT TO 'IMMEDIATELY' SUSPEND DEATH SENTENCES
The African Union has called on the Egyptian government to repeal the death sentence in 20 new cases.
DECEMBER 5, 2017SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: KHARTOUM APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR COLLEGE STUDENT
The Khartoum Court of Appeals issued a ruling upholding the death sentence against the university student Asim Omer for the alleged killing a policeman during protests last year.
DECEMBER 5, 2017KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE
An Eldoret court sentenced to death a 24-year-old man after he was found guilty of robbery with violence.
DECEMBER 5, 2017SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT HANDS DEATH SENTENCE TO SHABAAB MILITANT, JAIL TERMS TO 3 OTHERS
One Al-Shabaab militant was sentenced to death while three others were condemned to serve jail terms after a military court found them guilty of involvement in hotel explosions within the city.
- DECEMBER 4, 2017DEATH PENALTY
LAWSUIT: NEBRASKA VOTE TO RESTORE DEATH PENALTY DOES NOT APPLY TO THOSE PREVIOUSLY SENTENCED TO DEATH
The ACLU of Nebraska, the ACLU Capital Punishment Project, and the law firm O’Melveny & Myers, LLP, have filed a lawsuit on behalf of the state's eleven death-sentenced prisoners seeking to bar Nebraska "from carrying out any executions or taking steps to
- DECEMBER 4, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTY
MADHYA PRADESH ASSEMBLY UNANIMOUSLY APPROVES BILL AWARDING DEATH PENALTY TO RAPISTS OF GIRLS UNDER AGE 12
Madhya Pradesh Assembly unanimously approved the bill awarding a death sentence for convicts of rape and gangrape of children below 12 years of age.
- DECEMBER 4, 2017DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): NO EXECUTIONS IN HARRIS COUNTY FOR FIRST TIME IN 30 YEARS, AND NO DEATH SENTENCES
In 2017, no one will be sentenced to death in Harris County, the “Capital of Capital Punishment”, and, for the first time since 1985, no one sentenced to death in the county will be executed.
- DECEMBER 4, 2017NebraskaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nebraska. Lawsuit: Nebraska Vote to Restore Death Penalty Does Not Apply to Those Previously Sentenced to Death.
USA - Nebraska. Lawsuit: Nebraska Vote to Restore Death Penalty Does Not Apply to Those Previously Sentenced to Death.
- DECEMBER 4, 2017JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN: 5 SYRIANS CONVICTED IN IS BLAST THAT LED TO JORDAN CLOSURE
Jordan's state security court has convicted five Syrians of helping Islamic State militants carry out a 2016 car bomb attack that led to the closure of the Syrian-Jordanian border.
- DECEMBER 4, 2017TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. No Executions in Harris County for First Time in 30 Years, and no death sentences.
USA - Texas. No Executions in Harris County for First Time in 30 Years, and no death sentences.
DECEMBER 4, 2017PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING ESTRANGED LOVER WITH ACID
An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan sentenced a 20-year-old woman to death for killing her 'estranged' lover by throwing acid on him.
- DECEMBER 4, 2017FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Death Sentence Commuted to Life For William Gregory
USA - Florida. Death Sentence Commuted to Life For William Gregory
- DECEMBER 3, 2017DEATH PENALTY
US EXECUTIONS INCREASE SLIGHTLY IN 2017
A court reprieve that halted the scheduled December lethal injection of a Texas prisoner means 2017 will end with 23 inmates executed in the U.S., a figure that although up slightly from the previous year is 1/2 of what it was a decade ago.
- DECEMBER 3, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - US executions reached 23 in 2017.
USA - US executions reached 23 in 2017.
- DECEMBER 1, 2017BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
Cab driver murderers sentenced to hang
1 December 2017: Chief Justice Mr Maruping Dibotelo has Friday (December 01) sentenced two men accused of the murder of a Deluxe Cabs driver to death by hanging after he declared that he could not established any extenuating circumstances in the matter.
- DECEMBER 1, 2017CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge Stephen Gallon imposed a death sentence on Raymond Alex Barrera
USA - California. Judge Stephen Gallon imposed a death sentence on Raymond Alex Barrera
- NOVEMBER 30, 2017FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Parents of murdered woman Ann Grosmaire seek end to executions.
USA - Florida. Parents of murdered girl Ann Grosmaire seek end to executions.
NOVEMBER 30, 2017MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: NO MORE MANDATORY DEATH SENTENCE SOON AS AMENDMENTS TO DANGEROUS DRUGS ACT PASSED IN PARLIAMENT
A bill to amend the Dangerous Drugs Act was passed in Dewan Rakyat today, with Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said saying the amendments were for the good of the nation.
- NOVEMBER 29, 2017ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Zambian gov't to consult citizens on abolishing death penalty
29 November 2017: the Minister of Justice Given Lubinda said his ministry's agenda for next year will also include sensitizing citizens on the need to abolish the death penalty as well as refinement of the country's constitution.
- NOVEMBER 29, 2017Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
Two sentenced to death for killing OSD Officer
29th November, 2017: the High Court of Sierra Leone presided over by Justice Monfred Momoh Sesay, sentenced two men to death by hanging, after convicting them on conspiracy and murder.
NOVEMBER 29, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 10 PRISONERS HANGED ON MURDER CHARGES
According to a close source, ten prisoners were executed at Rajai Shahr Prison.
NOVEMBER 29, 2017AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: FIVE PRISONERS HANGED TO DEATH IN KABUL PRISON
At least five prisoners, who were sentenced to death over kidnapping charges, have been hanged to death at Pul-e-Charkhi prison in Kabul.