Archive timeline
2018
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2018, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
The year in data
- Executions recorded worldwide
- 679
- Countries where they were recorded
- 26
- News items in the archive
- 1,532
Latest news of 2018
AUGUST 4, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
The Judge of Anti-Terrorist Court (ATC) Atiqur Rehman Bhindar awarded three times death sentences to an accused involved in a double murder case.
AUGUST 4, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: IMRAN ALI SENTENCED TO DEATH IN KASUR RAPE AND MURDER CASES
A 24-year-old man has been sentenced to death for the rape and murder of three girls in Kasur city of Pakistan.
AUGUST 3, 2018NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH BY FIRING SQUAD FOR KIDNAPPING, ARMED ROBBERY
A High Court sitting in Warri, Delta State has reportedly sentenced an HND student of Banking and Finance in Delta State Polytechnic, Collins Okoro to death by firing squad.
AUGUST 3, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: YEMENI SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TARGETING MILITARY FACILITIES
The Saudi judiciary issued a preliminary ruling for a death sentence against a resident of Yemeni nationality, on charges of attacking vital and military sites and facilities.
- AUGUST 3, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - 36 different offenses in the Bible qualified for capital punishment.
USA - 36 different offenses in the Bible qualified for capital punishment.
- AUGUST 3, 2018MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. Former corrections officers seek to block Missouri execution.
USA - Missouri. Former corrections officers seek to block Missouri execution.
AUGUST 2, 2018KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR WITHDRAWING MONEY FROM DEAD WOMAN’S PHONE
An act of withdrawing Sh 26,600 from a deceased model's Mpesa account has handed a 34 year old man a death sentence at the Mombasa law court.
AUGUST 2, 2018VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: FIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN MAJOR DRUG TRAFFICKING CASE
The People’s Court of Ho Chi Minh City has handed down the capital punishment on five defendants involving in the illegal trade and transportation of a big amount of drug at the end of a four-day trial.
- AUGUST 2, 2018NebraskaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nebraska. Pope's Death Penalty Stance Won't Stop Execution, Catholic Governor Pete Ricketts Says.
USA - Nebraska. Pope's Death Penalty Stance Won't Stop Execution, Catholic Governor Pete Ricketts Says.
- AUGUST 2, 2018New YorkDEATH PENALTY
USA - New York. after the Pope's position, Gov. Cuomo will introduce legislation to remove the death penalty from state law.
USA - New York. after the Pope's position, Gov. Cuomo will introduce legislation to remove the death penalty from state law.
AUGUST 2, 2018ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINESE 'TRUE CRIME' NOVELIST SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR COMMITTING THE MURDERS THAT INSPIRED HIS WORK
A famous crime fiction writer in China's Zhejiang Province has turned out to be a robber with four deaths on his conscience.
AUGUST 2, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYPakistani national beheaded in Rivadeh
2 August 2018: Beer Zada Mal Zada executed for heroin smuggle
AUGUST 2, 2018Vatican CityDEATH PENALTYPOPE CHANGES CATHOLIC CHURCH TEACHING ON DEATH PENALTY, BRANDS IT ‘INADMISSIBLE’ & WANTS ABOLITION
The Roman Catholic Church said that the death penalty is always inadmissible as it “attacks” human dignity, calling for its abolition worldwide. The statement marks a change in Catholic Church teaching.
AUGUST 2, 2018DEATH PENALTYDEATH PENALTY: HANDS OFF CAIN, ANOTHER EXTRAORDINARY STEP OF POPE FRANCIS
On the reform of the New Catechism on the death penalty, the leaders of Hands Off Cain as well as members of the Radical Party Presidency, Sergio D'Elia, Elisabetta Zamparutti and Rita Bernardini, said:
- AUGUST 1, 2018Vatican CityDEATH PENALTY
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis Formally Changes Catholic Church Stance on Death Penalty, Calling It “Inadmissible”.
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis Formally Changes Catholic Church Stance on Death Penalty, Calling It “Inadmissible”.
- AUGUST 1, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: ONE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER
A court in Assam pronounced death sentence to one person and life imprisonment to another for their involvement in the brutal rape and murder of a school teacher last year.
- AUGUST 1, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi citizen beheaded in Tabook
1 August 2018: Salim al-Amrani executed for drugs smuggle
JULY 31, 2018GhanaDEATH PENALTYGHANA: TWO TAMALE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS SENTENCED TO DEATH
The Tamale High Court in the Northern region has convicted two students to death for killing a pastor in a robbery attack 10 months ago.
- JULY 31, 2018ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. U.S. District Judge Timothy Burgess has vacated the murder conviction of Barry Jones
USA - Arizona. U.S. District Judge Timothy Burgess has vacated the murder conviction of Barry Jones
- JULY 31, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Military. An Air Force court martial jury had imposed a life sentence on senior airman Andrew Witt
USA - Military. An Air Force court martial jury had imposed a life sentence on senior airman Andrew Witt
- JULY 31, 2018OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Governor spares record number of death row inmates.
USA - Ohio. Governor spares record number of death row inmates.
- JULY 31, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Ethiopian citizen beheaded in Jazan
31 July 2018: Soltan Soliman Redaah executed for drugs smuggle
- JULY 30, 2018IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: 4 AL-QAEDA MILITANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH
A criminal court in Iraq’s eastern Diyala province sentenced four suspected al-Qaeda militants to death for involvement in terrorist attacks in 2007.
- JULY 30, 2018Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: SENTENCED TO HANG FOR KILLING TEEN; MAN LOSES APPEAL
A Chaguanas man who was sentenced to hang in March 2014, for the murder of 13-year-old Parmanand ‘‘Boyo’’ Persad, whose body was discovered in a partially built Chaguanas house, in 2006, has lost his appeal.
JULY 30, 2018Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR POSSESSING HEROIN
Two men who were found guilty of keeping 2.8 grams of heroin in their possession were sentenced to death by Colombo High Court Judge Gihan Kulatunga.
- JULY 30, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Michael Graczyk, who witnessed more than 400 executions as a reporter in Texas, has retired
USA - Texas. Michael Graczyk, who witnessed more than 400 executions as a reporter in Texas, has retired
- JULY 30, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi national beheaded in Mecca
30 July 2018: Hashim al-Zahrani executed for murder
- JULY 29, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Egypt: Abdul Rashid Ahmed Abdel- Rahim executed in the case of a murder
29 July 2018: Abdul Rashid Ahmed Abdel- Rahim executed in the case of a murder
- JULY 29, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi national beheaded in Geddah
29 July 2018: Hadi al-Dgheere executed for murder
JULY 28, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT COURT HANDS DOWN 75 DEATH SENTENCES
An Egyptian court sentenced to death 75 extremists, including Muslim Brotherhood leaders, and referred what was the largest single case of capital punishment convictions to the country’s top religious authority.