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
- FEBRUARY 17, 2017FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Prosecutors will no longer seek the death penalty against Ana Maria Cardona
USA - Florida. Prosecutors will no longer seek the death penalty against Ana Maria Cardona
FEBRUARY 17, 2017SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: 2 PAKISTANI MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Two Pakistani men face the gallows in Singapore after a court found them guilty of murdering a compatriot over a gambling dispute and dismembering the body.
- FEBRUARY 17, 2017FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Judge Kenneth R. Lester Jr. threw out that sentence of Arthur Barnhill III
USA - Florida. Judge Kenneth R. Lester Jr. threw out that sentence of Arthur Barnhill III
- FEBRUARY 16, 2017DEATH PENALTY
USA - Washington. Death penalty repeal bill not expected to advance
USA - Washington. Death penalty repeal bill not expected to advance
- FEBRUARY 16, 2017DEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. Norris Speed given a new sentence of life in prison
USA - Georgia. Norris Speed given a new sentence of life in prison
- FEBRUARY 16, 2017OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. The House passes HB 1679 with alternative ways to carry out death penalty
USA - Oklahoma. The House passes HB 1679 with alternative ways to carry out death penalty
- FEBRUARY 16, 2017WyomingDEATH PENALTY
USA - Wyoming. Wyoming kills death penalty repeal.
USA - Wyoming. Wyoming kills death penalty repeal.
- FEBRUARY 15, 2017ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
ARIZONA INVITES DEATH ROW INMATES TO BRING THEIR OWN EXECUTION DRUGS
The state's execution protocol invites death row inmates' lawyers to provide drugs to kill their own clients - a suggestion attorneys describe as ludicrous.
- FEBRUARY 15, 2017IranDEATH PENALTY
Twelve prisoners were executed on the morning at Karaj's Rajai Shahr Prison. Six of the prisoners have
Twelve prisoners were executed on the morning at Karaj's Rajai Shahr Prison. Six of the prisoners have
- FEBRUARY 15, 2017FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. The House Criminal Justice Subcommittee passed HB 527 for unanimous jury recommendations
USA - Florida. The House Criminal Justice Subcommittee passed HB 527 for unanimous jury recommendations
- FEBRUARY 15, 2017WashingtonDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. The state's execution protocol invites lawyers to provide drugs to kill their own clients
USA - Arizona. The state's execution protocol invites lawyers to provide drugs to kill their own clients
- FEBRUARY 15, 2017AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. The House Judiciary Committee approved HB 32 requiring a unanimous vote of jury
USA - Alabama. The House Judiciary Committee approved HB 32 requiring a unanimous vote of jury
FEBRUARY 15, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER OF DALIT
27 years after a Dalit man was burnt alive by some upper caste men in Hathras, in the Indian state of Uttar
FEBRUARY 15, 2017DEATH PENALTYIRAN: 15 PRISONERS EXECUTED
Iran Human Rights has received reports of 15 executions in Iran.
- FEBRUARY 15, 2017ColoradoDEATH PENALTY
USA - Colorado. SB 95 to eliminate the death penalty was rejected by Senate Judiciary Committee
USA - Colorado. SB 95 to eliminate the death penalty was rejected by Senate Judiciary Committee
FEBRUARY 14, 2017DEATH PENALTYIRAN: NINE PRISONERS HANGED
Two unidentified prisoners were reportedly hanged at Mashhad's Vakilabad Prison on February 12 on murder charges, and seven prisoners were reportedly hanged at Qom's Langroud Prison on February 13 on drug related charges.
- FEBRUARY 13, 2017IranDEATH PENALTY
Three prisoners were hanged at Zabol Prison, according to a report by the human rights news agency Baloch Activists Campaign.
Three prisoners were hanged at Zabol Prison, according to a report by the human rights news agency Baloch Activists Campaign.
- FEBRUARY 13, 2017IranDEATH PENALTY
Seven prisoners were reportedly hanged at Qom's Langroud Prison on drug related charges, news agency HRANA reported.
Seven prisoners were reportedly hanged at Qom's Langroud Prison on drug related charges, news agency HRANA reported.
- FEBRUARY 13, 2017TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN COMMUTES SENTENCE FOR 2 PINOYS ON DEATH ROW
Taiwan’s Supreme Court has commuted to life imprisonment the death sentence of two Filipinos convicted of murder, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) said.
- FEBRUARY 13, 2017BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Bangladesh proposes death penalty for flight disruptions
13 February 2017: the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's cabinet gave the go-ahead for the Civil Aviation Operation Act 2017 to be debated in Parliament.
- FEBRUARY 13, 2017BruneiDEATH PENALTY
Malaysian national was sentenced for drug trafficking
13 February 2017: Malaysian national was sentenced for drug trafficking.
FEBRUARY 13, 2017United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: SHARJAH COURT ORDERS DEATH SENTENCE TO PAKISTANI FOR KILLING WIFE
A Pakistani husband who killed his wife in Sharjah last year has been granted death sentence by the Sharjah Court.
FEBRUARY 13, 2017PhilippinesDEATH PENALTYPHILIPPINES: LEGISLATORS WATER DOWN DEATH PENALTY BILL
Administration lawmakers have agreed to water down the controversial death penalty bill by drastically
FEBRUARY 13, 2017SomaliaDEATH PENALTYPUNTLAND: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES 7 HARAKAT SHEBAB OPERATIVES TO DEATH
Somalia’s Puntland military court has sentenced seven Harakat Shebab operatives also known as Al-Shabaab to death penalty.
FEBRUARY 13, 2017NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE 5 YEARS AFTER HACKING ANOTHER TO DEATH
A Lagos State High Court presided over by Justice Raliat Adebiyi, sentenced a man, Anuoluwapo Samuel, to death for murder.
- FEBRUARY 13, 2017South DakotaDEATH PENALTY
USA - South Dakota. The House defeated HB 1099 that would have eliminated the death sentence for the severely mentally ill
USA - South Dakota. The House defeated HB 1099 that would have eliminated the death sentence for the severely mentally ill
- FEBRUARY 12, 2017IranDEATH PENALTY
Two unidentified prisoners were reportedly hanged at Mashhad's Vakilabad Prison on murder charges.
Two unidentified prisoners were reportedly hanged at Mashhad's Vakilabad Prison on murder charges.
FEBRUARY 11, 2017NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: AMOSUN PARDONS THREE PRISONERS, COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE ON TWO INMATES
Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state has ordered the release of three prisoners and commuted the death sentence on two other inmates to life imprisonment.
- FEBRUARY 11, 2017NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: ABUJA HIGH COURT SENTENCES RANDY SOLDIER TO DEATH
A soldier has been sentenced to death by an Abuja High Court which found him guilty of rape and culpable homicide.
- FEBRUARY 10, 2017IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCES OF SIX JUVENILE OFFENDERS
Iran has commuted death sentences against six juvenile offenders following UN criticism it was executing