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 2, 2017New MexicoDEATH PENALTY
USA - New Mexico. Bringing back the death penalty would cost $7.2 million over the first three years.
USA - New Mexico. Bringing back the death penalty would cost $7.2 million over the first three years.
- FEBRUARY 2, 2017FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of Gerhard Hojan
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of Gerhard Hojan
FEBRUARY 2, 2017Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: PRESIDENT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCES OF 60 INMATES TO LIFE
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has decided to commute the sentences of 60 prisoners in death row to life sentences prisoners on account of the 69th Independence Day on February 04.
FEBRUARY 2, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN AND WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY STONING
Criminal Court of the Western Lorestan province in Iran, condemned a man and a woman accused of so called ‘unethical relation’ to capital punishment of death by stoning.
FEBRUARY 2, 2017GuyanaDEATH PENALTYGUYANA: TWO BARTICA MASSACRE ACCUSED SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING
Almost 9 years after the horrific Bartica massacre, gang members Mark Royden Williams, called ‘Durant’
- FEBRUARY 2, 2017CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Heraclio Meza was sentenced to death
USA - California. Heraclio Meza was sentenced to death
- FEBRUARY 1, 2017SudanDEATH PENALTY
Darfur Crimes Special Court in Ad Diein, Nyala Issue Death Sentence for Two Convicts
February 2017: according to Sudan Vision, two were sentenced to death also for terrorism
FEBRUARY 1, 2017EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: GIZA CRIMINAL COURT HANDS DEATH PENALTY TO 2 MEMBERS OF AL-WARRAQ TERRORIST CELL
The Giza Criminal Court sentenced two defendants from the Al-Warraq terrorist cell to death. Two other
FEBRUARY 1, 2017NigeriaWHEN PREVENTION IS WORSE THAN PUNISHMENTNIGERIA: LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR AMBODE APPROVES DEATH PENALTY FOR KIDNAPPERS
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode signed the anti-kidnapping bill recently passed by the Lagos State House of Assembly into law.
- FEBRUARY 1, 2017CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. State Supreme Court to review measure to speed up executions.
USA - California. State Supreme Court to review measure to speed up executions.
- FEBRUARY 1, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Trump's Supreme Court Pick. Judge Neil Gorsuch, has sided with the government in several recent and important execution cases
USA - Trump's Supreme Court Pick. Judge Neil Gorsuch, has sided with the government in several recent and important execution cases
- FEBRUARY 1, 2017KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: MAN TO HANG FOR BURNING WIFE TO DEATH IN NAIROBI
A man who doused his wife with paraffin before setting her ablaze has been sentenced to death in Kenya.
- JANUARY 31, 2017DEATH PENALTY
MISSOURI (USA): MARK CHRISTESON EXECUTED
Mark Christeson, 37, White, was executed. He was convicted of the February 1, 1998 murders of Susan Brouk, 36, White, and her 2 children, Adria, 12, and Kyle, 9, and sentenced to death on October 14, 1999.
- JANUARY 31, 2017FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court tossed the death sentence of Paul Durousseau
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court tossed the death sentence of Paul Durousseau
- JANUARY 31, 2017MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. Mark Christeson, 37, White, was executed.
USA - Missouri. Mark Christeson, 37, White, was executed.
- JANUARY 31, 2017IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: SYRIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR FINANCING ISLAMIC STATE
Iraq’s judiciary sentenced a Syrian national to death, finding him guilty of financing Islamic State militants.
JANUARY 31, 2017KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: NAKURU COUSINS TO HANG FOR SH300 ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE
Two cousins who violently robbed an armed police officer of Sh300 will face the death penalty after the
JANUARY 31, 2017JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: COURT OF CASSATION APPROVES DEATH SENTENCE OF AUTHOR’S KILLER
Jordanian Court of Cassation, highest judicial committee in Jordan, upheld December’s State Security
- JANUARY 31, 2017FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of Leo Louis Kaczmar because the jury was unanimous
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of Leo Louis Kaczmar because the jury was unanimous
- JANUARY 31, 2017FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of Zachary Wood
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of Zachary Wood
JANUARY 30, 2017BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: TWO GET DEATH, 12 GET LIFE OVER BARGUNA FISHERMEN MURDERS
A Barguna court awarded death sentence to two accused in a case filed over the murder of two fishermen by drowning in the district. The court also gave life imprisonment to 12 others.
- JANUARY 30, 2017CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge Joseph Kalashian sentenced Christopher Cheary to death.
USA - California. Judge Joseph Kalashian sentenced Christopher Cheary to death.
- JANUARY 29, 2017IranDEATH PENALTY
A total of four prisoners were hanged in public in Mashhad and Bandar Abbas.
A total of four prisoners were hanged in public in Mashhad and Bandar Abbas.
- JANUARY 28, 2017IranDEATH PENALTY
two prisoners were reportedly hanged at Lakan, Rasht's central Prison.
two prisoners were reportedly hanged at Lakan, Rasht's central Prison.
- JANUARY 26, 2017DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): TERRY EDWARDS EXECUTED
Terry Edwards, 43, Black, was executed.
- JANUARY 26, 2017TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - -Texas. Report: Texas bought seized execution drugs from Provizer Pharma in India.
USA - -Texas. Report: Texas bought seized execution drugs from Provizer Pharma in India.
- JANUARY 26, 2017TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Terry Edwards, 43, Black, was executed.
USA - Texas. Terry Edwards, 43, Black, was executed.
- JANUARY 26, 2017MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN SENT TO GALLOWS OVER DRUG TRAFFICKING CHARGE
A man was sent to the gallows by the High Court in Ipoh after he was found guilty of trafficking in drugs.
JANUARY 26, 2017DEATH PENALTYIRAN: FOUR PRISONERS HANGED ON DRUG CHARGES
On the mornings of January 23 and January 25 four prisoners were hanged in two different prisons on drug related charges.
- JANUARY 26, 2017MississippiDEATH PENALTY
USA - Mississippi. House Judiciary Committee approved HB 638 on lethal injection
USA - Mississippi. House Judiciary Committee approved HB 638 on lethal injection