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
OCTOBER 12, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: HIGH COURT REDUCES ’CYANIDE’ MOHAN’S DEATH PENALTY TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
The Karnataka High Court reduced ’Cyanide’ Mohan Kumar’s death penalty to life imprisonment in the rape and murder case of one Anita of Kolimane, Bantwal taluk in 2009.
OCTOBER 12, 2017JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: BENGALI HOUSEMAID SENTENCED TO DEATH AFTER MURDERING JORDANIAN COUPLE WITH AN AXE
A Bengali housemaid was sentenced to death by the Grand Criminal Court after being charged with the premeditated murder of an old couple in March.
- OCTOBER 11, 2017Vatican CityDEATH PENALTY
POPE FRANCIS: DEATH PENALTY IS CONTRARY TO THE GOSPEL
In a speech to members of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization, Pope Francis said the topic of the death penalty should have “a more adequate and coherent space” in the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
- OCTOBER 11, 2017DEATH PENALTY
ARKANSAS (USA): RICKEY DALE NEWMAN FREED AFTER 16 YEARS IN CUSTODY
Rickey Dale Newman, a former death row inmate, was freed after 16 years in custody.
- OCTOBER 11, 2017ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arkansas. Rickey Dale Newman was freed after 16 years in custody. He became the 160th person since 1973 to be exonerated
USA - Arkansas. Rickey Dale Newman was freed after 16 years in custody. He became the 160th person since 1973 to be exonerated
- OCTOBER 11, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - In Guantanamo, in the case of al Nashiri, the entire civilian legal team has quit the case over a secret ethical conflict.
USA - In Guantanamo, in the case of al Nashiri, the entire civilian legal team has quit the case over a secret ethical conflict.
- OCTOBER 10, 2017DEATH PENALTY
HANDS OFF CAIN DEDICATES THE WORLD DAY AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY TO IRAN
October 10 is the World Day Against the Death Penalty and Hands Off Cain dedicates it to Iran, the country that continues to record the largest number of per capita executions in the world.
- OCTOBER 10, 2017United NationsDEATH PENALTY
'THE DEATH PENALTY HAS NO PLACE IN THE 21ST CENTURY' – UN CHIEF GUTERRES
The death penalty does little to deter crimes or serve victims, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said, calling on all countries which have not forbidden the extreme practice to urgently stop executions.
- OCTOBER 10, 2017TunisiaDEATH PENALTY
The Tunisian Coalition Against the Death Penalty (CTCPM) on Tuesday called on the Presidency to accelerate th
The Tunisian Coalition Against the Death Penalty (CTCPM) on Tuesday called on the Presidency to accelerate th
OCTOBER 10, 2017EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: SAUDI SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING LIBYAN WIFE
A 26-year-old Saudi national studying in Egypt was sentenced to death in absentia by a court in Alexandria for murdering his Libyan-born wife, according to Sabq newspaper
OCTOBER 10, 2017KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: STUDENT SENTENCED TO HANG FOR ALLEGEDLY STEALING SH500
A student who robbed a fellow student and his cousin at knife-point has been sentenced to death.
OCTOBER 10, 2017KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: KAMITI PRISONERS WANT SUPREME COURT TO REMOVE DEATH PENALTY
Inmates at the Kamiti Maximum Prison called on the Supreme Court to rule on the petition seeking determination of the constitutionality of the death sentence.
- OCTOBER 10, 2017ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arkansas. Governor Asa Hutchinson has officially commuted the death sentence of Jason McGehee to life without parole.
USA - Arkansas. Governor Asa Hutchinson has officially commuted the death sentence of Jason McGehee to life without parole.
- OCTOBER 9, 2017DEATH PENALTY
CALIFORNIA (USA): REGULATORS REJECT NEW LETHAL INJECTION METHOD
California regulators for the second time rejected a proposed new method of carrying out the death penalty by lethal injection, another move that slows the process for California to resume executing death row inmates.
- OCTOBER 9, 2017CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Regulators reject new lethal injection method.
USA - California. Regulators reject new lethal injection method.
OCTOBER 9, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: GUJARAT HC COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY FOR 11 CONVICTS TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
The Gujarat high court commuted the death penalty awarded by a lower court to 11 convicts in the 2002 Godhra train burning case to life imprisonment.
- OCTOBER 8, 2017EgyptDEATH PENALTY
COURT SENTENCES 13 OF ‘SOLDIERS OF EGYPT’ TO DEATH’
Thirteen convicts out of 44 were sentenced to death over charges of killing police personnel in a case dubbed in the media as “Soldiers of Egypt Cell.”
OCTOBER 8, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN EXECUTED FOR DRUG OFFENCES
According to the Iranian state-run news agency Mehr, on the morning of October 8, a prisoner was executed at Qazvin Central Prison. This prisoner was sentenced to death for drug related charges.
- OCTOBER 6, 2017MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. Judge Kelly Wayne Parker sentenced Marvin Rice, 50, White, to death.
USA - Missouri. Judge Kelly Wayne Parker sentenced Marvin Rice, 50, White, to death.
- OCTOBER 6, 2017Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
SIERRA LEONE: 6 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR CONSPIRACY AND ROBBERY
With the help of jurors, Justice Monfred Momoh Sesay at the Bo High Court convicted and sentenced to death six armed robbers for Conspiracy and Robbery with Aggravation.
- OCTOBER 5, 2017DEATH PENALTY
FLORIDA: MICHAEL LAMBRIX EXECUTED
Michael Lambrix, 57, White, was executed.
- OCTOBER 5, 2017ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arkansas. Judge Wendell Griffen, who was barred from execution cases, sues high court.
USA - Arkansas. Judge Wendell Griffen, who was barred from execution cases, sues high court.
- OCTOBER 5, 2017MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
Nador: the killer of a Moroccan couple living in Spain sentenced to death
October 5, 2017: the criminal division of the Court of Appeal of Nador has sentenced to death a young man for the murder of a couple of Moroccans living in Spain.
- OCTOBER 5, 2017FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Michael Lambrix, 57, White, was executed.
USA - Florida. Michael Lambrix, 57, White, was executed.
- OCTOBER 4, 2017TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
TURKEY SENTENCES 42 TO LIFE OVER PLOT TO KILL ERDOGAN
A Turkish court found 42 former soldiers guilty of trying to kill President Tayyip Erdogan during last year’s failed coup, and handed most of them life sentences in the highest profile case related to the attempted putsch so far.
- OCTOBER 4, 2017TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. The Court of Criminal Appeals overturned Hector Medina's death sentence
USA - Texas. The Court of Criminal Appeals overturned Hector Medina's death sentence
- OCTOBER 4, 2017OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Ohio Supreme Court overturns the death sentence of Joseph Thomas.
USA - Ohio. Ohio Supreme Court overturns the death sentence of Joseph Thomas.
- OCTOBER 4, 2017PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: THREE HARDCORE TERRORISTS HANGED IN KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA PRISON
- OCTOBER 3, 2017Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
Sierra Leone High Court sentences nursing mother to death by hanging
3 October 2017: the convict , Yatta Bakarr was charged with one count of Murder, after she was committed by a Magistrate court in Pujehun and was arrainged before the High Court Holden at Bo during its Special Criminal Session.
OCTOBER 3, 2017NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: EIGHT DEATH-ROW INMATES COMMUTED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT IN ANAMBRA
Anambra state governor, Chief Willie Obiano has commuted eight death row inmates to life imprisonment and granted prerogative of mercy to others who are serving various jail terms.