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 14, 2018NebraskaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nebraska. A 3-judge panel sentenced Anthony Garcia to death.
USA - Nebraska. A 3-judge panel sentenced Anthony Garcia to death.
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2018IndianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Indiana. Prosecutors remove death penalty fron Wayne Kubsch's retrial.
USA - Indiana. Prosecutors remove death penalty fron Wayne Kubsch's retrial.
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2018New HampshireDEATH PENALTY
USA - New Hampshire. Effort to override Governor Sununu's veto of a bill repealing death penalty fell two votes shorts.
USA - New Hampshire. Effort to override Governor Sununu's veto of a bill repealing death penalty fell two votes shorts.
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRANIAN AUTHORITIES EXECUTED THREE BALOCH PRISONERS
According to the Baloch Activists Campaign, three political prisoners detained in Zahedan prison were transferred to solitary confinement on September 1st, 2018 and executed on 3rd September.
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: THREE BANDITS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING RANGERS MAN IN KARACHI
An antiterrorism court sentenced three men to death on September 7, 2018 in a case pertaining to killing of a Rangers soldier and wounding a policeman during an armed robbery.
SEPTEMBER 13, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: COURT OF CASSATION ENDORSES FINAL DEATH SENTENCES FOR 2 DEFENDANTS IN TERROR CASE
Egypt's Court of Cassation has endorsed on June 26, 2018 final death sentences for two defendants in a terrorism-related case.
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2018LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. Teddy Chester will not face the death penalty in his retrial
USA - Louisiana. Teddy Chester will not face the death penalty in his retrial
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2018NevadaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nevada. Nevada prisons drug buyer knew firms opposed execution use.
USA - Nevada. Nevada prisons drug buyer knew firms opposed execution use.
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Egypt: Hamada Riad Al Adham executed in Cairo prison
12 September 2018: Hamada Riad Al Adham executed in Cairo prison
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2018FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Judge David Rimmer sentenced Jonathan Huey Lawrence to death
USA - Florida. Judge David Rimmer sentenced Jonathan Huey Lawrence to death
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2018FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Judge Christopher Patterson sentenced Daniel Craven to death.
USA - Florida. Judge Christopher Patterson sentenced Daniel Craven to death.
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2018NevadaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nevada. Prisons chief: Supplier error got Nevada its execution drugs.
USA - Nevada. Prisons chief: Supplier error got Nevada its execution drugs.
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi national beheaded in Jezan
11 September 2018: Mohammed bin Hassan bin Ahmed Mubarak executed for murder
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - End of prison strike
USA - End of prison strike
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Egypt 2 sentenced to death for ordinary crimes
10 April 2018: a criminal court sentenced two brothers to death after their conviction for killing a contractor and setting his corpse on fire.
SEPTEMBER 10, 2018BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 7 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING MAN
A Gazipur court has sentenced seven people to death for the 2011 murder of businessman Milon Bhuiyan
SEPTEMBER 10, 2018IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: DEATH SENTENCES AGAINST 7 ISLAMIC STATE MEMBERS CARRIED OUT
The Iraqi Justice Ministry has announced on September 10, 2018 carrying out death sentences against seven convicts over involvement in terrorism.
SEPTEMBER 10, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER HANGED TO DEATH WITHOUT WARNING
Kamal Ahmadnejad, a prisoner held on death row in Miandoab Prison in northwestern Iran, was precipitously executed in the early morning.
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2018PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. Daniel M. Saranchak resentenced to life without parole.
USA - Pennsylvania. Daniel M. Saranchak resentenced to life without parole.
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2018NevadaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nevada. Nevada high court says execution doctor's name stays secret.
USA - Nevada. Nevada high court says execution doctor's name stays secret.
SEPTEMBER 10, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: TWO GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR 2007 HYDERABAD TWIN BLASTS
A special court in Hyderabad sentenced two convicts to death and a third to life sentence for the 2007 Hyderabad twin bomb blasts which had claimed 42 lives.
SEPTEMBER 9, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: ARMY CHIEF CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCES FOR 13 TALIBAN
Pakistan's army chief has confirmed death sentences for 13 "hardcore terrorists" after military courts found them guilty of carrying out attacks that killed 202 people including 151 civilians.
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT COURT SENTENCES 75 TO DEATH OVER DEADLY 2013 PROTESTS
Cairo Criminal Court has sentenced 75 protesters to death, 47 life sentences, and heavy prison sentences ranging from 15 to five years to 612 people in a mass trial over a 2013 protest in support of the Muslim Brotherhood.
SEPTEMBER 8, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE KURDISH POLITICAL PRISONER EXECUTED
Three Iranian Kurdish political prisoner, Ramin Hossein Panahi, Loghman Moradi and Zanyar Moradi, were executed this morning at Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj.
SEPTEMBER 8, 2018SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: KHARTOUM SENTENCED OVER 1, 000 S. SUDANESE TO DEATH
There are more than 1,000 South Sudanese inmates who have been sentenced to death in Sudan, a South Sudanese coordinator for the Refugee Council of Sudan has said.
SEPTEMBER 8, 2018AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: SOLDIER SENTENCED TO DEATH AFTER HANDING OVER OUTPOST TO TALIBAN
An Afghan army soldier was sentenced to death after being found guilty of killing his nine colleagues and handing over an army outpost to the Taliban in northern Afghanistan.
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2018LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. The Louisiana Supreme Court has thrown out the guilty verdict for Brian Horn
USA - Louisiana. The Louisiana Supreme Court has thrown out the guilty verdict for Brian Horn
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: ASSAM TEEN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR GANG RAPE, MURDER
A teenager was sentenced to death by a court in central Assam’s Nagaon for the gang rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl five months ago.
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi citizen beheaded in Riyad
6 September 2018: Aayedh bin Mutaab bin Ali Hanbashi executed for murder
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Egyptian citizen beheaded in Riyad
6 September 2018: Mohamed Radwan Ahmed Yassin executed for murder