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
- MARCH 7, 2017DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): ROLANDO RUIZ EXECUTED
Rolando Ruiz, 44, Hispanic, was executed Tuesday night.
MARCH 7, 2017NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: BAUCHI APPROVES DEATH SENTENCE FOR KIDNAPPING
Kidnapping in Bauchi State is now punishable with death or life imprisonment as Gov. Mohammed Abdullahi signed into law a bill in that direction.
- MARCH 7, 2017TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Rolando Ruiz, 44, Hispanic, was executed
USA - Texas. Rolando Ruiz, 44, Hispanic, was executed
- MARCH 7, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Reports Find Record Number of Exonerations in 2016
USA - Reports Find Record Number of Exonerations in 2016
- MARCH 6, 2017UtahDEATH PENALTY
USA - Utah. The Senate Judiciary Committee passed HB 187 to study how much the death penalty costs
USA - Utah. The Senate Judiciary Committee passed HB 187 to study how much the death penalty costs
- MARCH 5, 2017New MexicoDEATH PENALTY
USA - New Mexico. House panel rejects bill to bring back death penalty.
USA - New Mexico. House panel rejects bill to bring back death penalty.
MARCH 4, 2017JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: MASS HANGING AS 15 PUT TO DEATH
Jordan executed 15 people including 10 convicted on terrorism charges ranging from an attack a decade ago on Western tourists to the slaying of a writer, a judicial source and the government spokesman Mohammad al Momani said.
MARCH 4, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SEVEN HANGED IN ONE DAY
At least seven prisoners were executed in Iran on murder, drug related charges.
- MARCH 3, 2017IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: ANNUAL REPORT ON THE DEATH PENALTY 2016
The 9th annual report of the organization Iran Human Rights (IHR) on the death penalty in Iran shows that in 2016 at least 530 people were executed in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
- MARCH 3, 2017North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - North Carolina. Jury in Wake County Returns 7th Consecutive Life Verdict in a Capital Trial.
USA - North Carolina. Jury in Wake County Returns 7th Consecutive Life Verdict in a Capital Trial.
MARCH 3, 2017KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: MOMBASA MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER GIRL'S RAPE, MURDER
The Court of Appeal confirmed the death sentence imposed on a chef by the Mombasa High Court on
MARCH 3, 2017TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN NEW TAIPEI FIRE
The New Taipei City District Court handed the death sentence to a man accused of committing arson last year, killing six people in an old apartment building.
- MARCH 2, 2017MontanaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Montana. Death penalty abolition bill 'dead' in Montana.
USA - Montana. Death penalty abolition bill 'dead' in Montana.
- MARCH 2, 2017MississippiDEATH PENALTY
USA - Mississippi. The Senate voted 38-13 to pass HB 638 as emended, and return it to the House.
USA - Mississippi. The Senate voted 38-13 to pass HB 638 as emended, and return it to the House.
- MARCH 1, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA SENTENCED TWICE AS MANY PEOPLE TO DEATH IN 2016 THAN IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR
Sessions courts handed down nearly twice as many death sentences in 2016 as compared to 2015,
- MARCH 1, 2017TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. A jury sentenced John Ray Falk Jr. to death
USA - Texas. A jury sentenced John Ray Falk Jr. to death
MARCH 1, 2017ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR KOH TAO MURDERS
The Appeals Court announced its decision to uphold the death sentences for two migrant workers - Zaw
- FEBRUARY 28, 2017ChinaDEATH PENALTY
COLOMBIA PROTESTS CHINA'S EXECUTION OF 72-YEAR-OLD DRUG MULE
Colombia's government is protesting China's execution of a retired journalist who was sentenced to death for smuggling cocaine into the Asian country.
- FEBRUARY 28, 2017PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTANI COURT FREES MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY
A Pakistani court freed an Islamic preacher who was sentenced to death four years ago on charges of blasphemy, a defense lawyer said.
- FEBRUARY 28, 2017BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Bangladesh: 5 Islamist militants sentenced to death for killing Japanese researcher
28 February 2017: five members of a banned militant group were sentenced to death by a Bangladesh court Tuesday for involvement in the slaying of a Japanese agricultural researcher two years ago.
FEBRUARY 28, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO PRISONERS HANGED IN URMIA
Two inmates were hanged in Urmia Central Prison, southwest of Iran. Identified as Ali Valizadeh and Afshin Shokati, they both were found guilty of murder.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2017DEATH PENALTY
ARKANSAS SCHEDULES UNPRECEDENTED EIGHT EXECUTIONS IN TEN-DAY PERIOD
Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson (R) signed orders on February 27 for an unprecedented eight executions to be carried out over a period of ten days in April.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2017AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
ALGERIA: KILLER OF NATIONAL POLICE CHIEF SENTENCED TO DEATH
A former Algerian police colonel was sentenced to death for gunning down the national police chief Ali Tounsi during an office meeting in 2010, national news agency APS said.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2017NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: LAWYER FADIPE’S KILLER SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, has sentenced Oluwaseun Oladapo to death by hanging for the murder of Mr. Kunle Fadipe, a Lagos-based human rights lawyer.
FEBRUARY 27, 2017MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: DEATH ROW INMATE SPARED THE NOOSE THANKS TO ROYAL PARDON
A man who was sentenced to death for drug trafficking in 2009 has received a second chance at life after Selangor Ruler Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah granted him a pardon.
FEBRUARY 27, 2017MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: INDONESIAN TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A 33-year-old Indonesian man was sentenced to death by the High Court in Tawau for trafficking in 707 grams of syabu.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Supreme Court snubs challenge to death penalty constitutionality.
USA - Supreme Court snubs challenge to death penalty constitutionality.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2017ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arkansas. Unprecedented Eight Executions Scheduled in Ten-Day Period.
USA - Arkansas. Unprecedented Eight Executions Scheduled in Ten-Day Period.
FEBRUARY 27, 2017DEATH PENALTYUSA: SUPREME COURT SNUBS CHALLENGE TO DEATH PENALTY CONSTITUTIONALITY
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a direct challenge to the constitutionality of the death penalty as
- FEBRUARY 26, 2017EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT PARLIAMENT REJECTS ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
The human rights committee of Egypt's parliament said it will never recommend that the death penalty be