Archive timeline
2018
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2018, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2018
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2018ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA EXECUTES MAN WHO KILLED 9 STUDENTS IN SCHOOL STABBING
China executed a man on September 27, 2018 for killing nine students and injuring 11 others in a knife attack at a middle school in central China's Shaanxi province in April, according to a post on a Chinese court's official social media account.
SEPTEMBER 28, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: TWO MAOISTS GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING SP
Two Maoist guerrillas involved in the killing of Pakur Superintendent of Police Amarjeet Balihar and five other policemen in Jharkhand in 2013 were awarded death sentence by a Dumka district court on September 26, 2018.
SEPTEMBER 28, 2018DEATH PENALTYTEXAS: DANIEL ACKER EXECUTED
Daniel Acker, 46, White, was executed on September 27, 2018.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Federal (Vermont). Judge Approves Plea Deal in Case (Donald Fell) That Challenged the Constitutionality of the Federal Death Penalty.
USA - Federal (Vermont). Judge Approves Plea Deal in Case (Donald Fell) That Challenged the Constitutionality of the Federal Death Penalty.
SEPTEMBER 28, 2018DEATH PENALTYTEXAS: TROY CLARK EXECUTED
Troy Clark (51, White) was executed on September 26, 2018.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2018NevadaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nevada. Judge Gonzalez prohibited the prison system from using Midazolam
USA - Nevada. Judge Gonzalez prohibited the prison system from using Midazolam
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2018SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: ISIL AND AL SHABAAB MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Somalia’s Puntland military court on September 26, 2018 sentenced alleged Al Qaeda linked Al-Shabaab and Islamic State groups’ members to death and life in prison.
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani national beheaded in Wadi Al-Dawaser Governorate
27 September 2018: Muhammad Jan Hamid Khan executed for heroin smuggle
SEPTEMBER 27, 2018IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: TWO DRUG TRAFFICKERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
The Bengkalis District Court in Riau sentenced two people to death on September 26, 2018 after they were found guilty of violating the Narcotics Law by transporting 10 kilograms of powdered methamphetamine.
SEPTEMBER 27, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED AT TONEKABON'S PRISON
According to a report by HRANA, on the morning of September 25, 2018 one prisoner was executed at Nashtarud-Tonekabon Prison.
SEPTEMBER 27, 2018Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: YOUTH SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR POSSESSION OF HEROIN
A youth who had been convicted for trading heroin and possession of 9 grams of heroin was sentenced to death on September 26 by the Colombo High Court.
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2018TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Daniel Acker was executed.
USA - Texas. Daniel Acker was executed.
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: WOMAN SENTENCED TO MANDATORY DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A 40-year-old Singaporean woman on September 20, 2018 was sentenced to the mandatory death penalty after she was caught selling drugs.
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: PATTANI COURT SENTENCES DUO TO DEATH OVER BIG C BOMBING
The Pattani Provincial Court on September 19, 2018 sentenced Su-ai-mee Sama-ae and Sama-ae Mamah to death for their role in the 2017 Big C department store bomb attack.
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018DEATH PENALTYUSA: FBI CRIME REPORT SHOWS MURDER RATES STABLE IN 2017
The FBI Uniform Crime Report for 2017, released by the U.S. Department of Justice, reports that murder rates stabilized across the United States in 2017, decreasing marginally compared to adjusted homicide figures from 2016 but remaining above the record
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - FBI Crime Report Shows Murder Rates Stable in 2017.
USA - FBI Crime Report Shows Murder Rates Stable in 2017.
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER EXECUTED ON DRUG CHARGES DESPITE CASE OBSCURITY
Iranian authorities executed a man for drug related charges on September 15, 2018.
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2018TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Troy Clark was executed.
USA - Texas. Troy Clark was executed.
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT SENTENCES 20 TO DEATH, JAILS SCORES OVER POLICE KILLINGS
Egypt’s Court of Cassation on September 24, 2018 upheld death sentences for 20 people convicted of killing 13 policemen during violent unrest after the military overthrow of president Mohamed Morsi in 2013.
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi national beheaded in Jeddah
25 September 2018: Lafi bin Mohammed bin Menir al-Majnuni executed for murder
SEPTEMBER 25, 2018IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 2 SENTENCED TO DIE FOR 'TERROR ATTACK' IN ANBAR
Two Iraqis were sentenced to death on September 24, 2018 after being convicted earlier of killing 12 civilians in Iraq’s western Anbar province.
SEPTEMBER 25, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ALLEGED PDKI CONNECTIONS
Iranian judiciary authorities on September 23, 2018 issued the death penalty to a Kurdish inmate over political activities and alleged membership in a Kurdish party.
SEPTEMBER 25, 2018JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: 3 EGYPTIANS GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING COMPATRIOT
Three Egyptian men were sentenced to death on September 24, 2018 by the Criminal Court after being convicted of killing their compatriot in Amman in December 2015.
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2018SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: MILITARY COURT IN BELEDWEYNE SENTENCES A SOLDIER TO DEATH
A military court in Beledweyne on September 22, 2018 sentenced a soldier to death for killing a civilian in the district late last month.
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2018ChinaDEATH PENALTY
ARSONIST NANNY EXECUTED IN EAST CHINA
Mo Huanjing, a former nanny who had been sentenced to death for starting a fire that killed four members of a family in 2017, was executed on September 21, 2018 in east China's Zhejiang Province, a local court said.
SEPTEMBER 24, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 65 PEOPLE SENTENCED OVER 2013 VIOLENCE
An Egyptian court on September 23, 2018 sentenced 64 people to varying prison terms and one man to death over violence in 2013 when the military overthrew the elected Islamist president.
SEPTEMBER 24, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: NINE PRISONERS HANGED AT SHIRAZ PRISON
According to the state-run news agency, Mizan, on the morning of September 22, 2018 nine prisoners were executed at Adel Abad Prison in Shiraz.
SEPTEMBER 24, 2018MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: DEATH SENTENCES COMMUTED FOR 3 MEXICAN BROTHERS
The deaths sentences against three Mexican brothers - Jose Regino, Simon and Luis Alfonso Gonzalez Villarreal - convicted of drug trafficking in Malaysia have been commuted to prison terms, a lawyer said on September 21, 2018.
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2018FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Judge Sherwood Bauer sentenced Michael Woodbury to death
USA - Florida. Judge Sherwood Bauer sentenced Michael Woodbury to death
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2018OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. New trial to Ahmad Fawzi Issa.
USA - Ohio. New trial to Ahmad Fawzi Issa.