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
- JANUARY 12, 2017DEATH PENALTY
FLORIDA (USA): FIVE COUNTIES DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPOSE DEATH PENALTY AGAINST SERIOUSLY MENTALLY IMPAIRED DEFENDANTS
Nearly two-thirds of death row prisoners in five Florida counties whose cases were studied by Harvard University's Fair Punishment Project suffer from serious mental impairments.
JANUARY 12, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: ‘ENSAMBLE CONTRE LA PEINE DE MORT’ ALERTS FIFA THAT IN IRAN PEOPLE ARE EXECUTED IN FOOTBALL STADIUMS
In a letter sent by Raphael Chenuil-Hazan, President of “Ensamble contre la peine de mort-Together
- JANUARY 12, 2017FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Report: 5 Counties Disproportionately Impose Death Penalty Against Seriously Mentally Impaired Defendants.
USA - Florida. Report: 5 Counties Disproportionately Impose Death Penalty Against Seriously Mentally Impaired Defendants.
- JANUARY 12, 2017ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. The Arizona Supreme Court threw out the death sentence for Joel Escalante Orozco
USA - Arizona. The Arizona Supreme Court threw out the death sentence for Joel Escalante Orozco
- JANUARY 11, 2017DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): CHRISTOPHER WILKINS EXECUTED
Christopher Wilkins, 48, White, was executed.
- JANUARY 11, 2017TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Christopher Wilkins, 48, White, was executed.
USA - Texas. Christopher Wilkins, 48, White, was executed.
- JANUARY 11, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - South Carolina. U.S. Judge Richard Gergel has formally sentenced Dylann Roof to death
USA - South Carolina. U.S. Judge Richard Gergel has formally sentenced Dylann Roof to death
JANUARY 11, 2017MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: BRUNEIAN MAN AND MALAYSIAN ACCOMPLICE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
The Sabah High Court sentenced a Bruneian man and his Malaysian accomplice to death after they were
- JANUARY 10, 2017DEATH PENALTY
OHIO OBTAINS HUNDREDS OF VIALS OF LETHAL DRUGS
Ohio has obtained hundreds of vials of lethal injection drugs, records show. Inventory logs obtained by The
JANUARY 10, 2017DEATH PENALTYINDIA: DEATH SENTENCE TO COUPLE FOR MURDERING DALIT WOMAN
A sessions court in Tirunelveli has awarded death sentence to a couple for murdering a Dalit woman on
JANUARY 10, 2017PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN HANGED OVER MURDERING TWO PEOPLE
A death row prisoner was executed in Adiyala Jail over murdering two people who included a judge.
JANUARY 10, 2017DEATH PENALTYUSA: DYLANN ROOF SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR THE MURDERS OF NINE BLACK CHURCH MEMBERS
Dylann Roof, a white supremacist who shot dead nine black churchgoers in Charleston, South Carolina, was sentenced to death by a federal jury.
- JANUARY 10, 2017OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - OHIO. Ohio obtains hundreds of vials of lethal drugs.
USA - OHIO. Ohio obtains hundreds of vials of lethal drugs.
- JANUARY 9, 2017Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: TEN PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH BY BADULLA AND MATARA HIGH COURTS
Ten persons were sentenced to death after being found guilty of two murders reported in Matara and Badulla.
JANUARY 9, 2017BahrainDEATH PENALTYBAHRAIN: DEATH SENTENCES UPHELD IN KILLING OF UAE OFFICER
Bahrain’s Cassation Court upheld the death sentence for three people found guilty of killing UAE army
- JANUARY 9, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Massachusetts. A federal jury has sentenced Gary Lee Sampson to death
USA - Massachusetts. A federal jury has sentenced Gary Lee Sampson to death
- JANUARY 8, 2017MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. Execution Drug Purchases Revealed.
USA - Missouri. Execution Drug Purchases Revealed.
JANUARY 8, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO HANGED IN PUBLIC FOR 'WAGING WAR AGAINST GOD’
Two prisoners were hanged in public in the city of Sarpol-e Zahab (Kermanshah province, western Iran) on Moharebeh charges.
- JANUARY 7, 2017PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MILITARY COURTS ABOLISHED
Pakistan’s controversial military courts will no longer be functioning after completing their two-year term, officials said.
- JANUARY 6, 2017AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. A jury recommended the death penalty for Ryan Clark Petersen
USA - Alabama. A jury recommended the death penalty for Ryan Clark Petersen
- JANUARY 6, 2017FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. US seeks death penalty for Esteban Santiago in airport shooting that killed 5
USA - Florida. US seeks death penalty for Esteban Santiago in airport shooting that killed 5
- JANUARY 6, 2017FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. SB 280 calls for unanimous juries in death penalty cases.
USA - Florida. SB 280 calls for unanimous juries in death penalty cases.
- JANUARY 5, 2017DEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. The State Changes Lethal Injection Drugs.
USA - Florida. The State Changes Lethal Injection Drugs.
- JANUARY 5, 2017DEATH PENALTY
FLORIDA CHANGES LETHAL INJECTION DRUGS
State corrections officials have adopted a new lethal-injection procedure that includes a drug never before
- JANUARY 5, 2017SudanDEATH PENALTY
Sudan frees 25 S. Sudanese death-row inmates
5 January 2017: the twenty five inmates who were sentenced to death by the government of Sudan have been pardoned, says the Humanitarian Attaché at South Sudan’s Embassy in Khartoum.
- JANUARY 5, 2017CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. A jury sentenced Cherie Lash-Rhoades to death
USA - California. A jury sentenced Cherie Lash-Rhoades to death
JANUARY 5, 2017NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: LAGOS ASSEMBLY OKAYS DEATH PENALTY FOR KIDNAPPERS
The Lagos State House of Assembly approved death penalty for offenders as it passed the anti-kidnapping Bill into law.
- JANUARY 4, 2017FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Florida's high court takes puzzling turn on death penalty.
USA - Florida. Florida's high court takes puzzling turn on death penalty.
JANUARY 4, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FOUR PRISONERS EXECUTED ON ARMED ROBBERY, DRUG RELATED CHARGES
Iran reportedly hanged three prisoners at Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj and one prisoner at Lakan central prison in Rasht.
JANUARY 3, 2017TunisiaDEATH PENALTYTUNISIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER AND RAPE OF INFANT
An Army Corporal accused of murdering a four-year-old child was sentenced to death by firearm, the lawyer of the victim’s family confirmed.