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
- JULY 27, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TWO PRISONERS WERE HANGED AT URMIA CENTRAL PRISON
Two prisoners were hanged on drug related charges at Urmia Central prison
JULY 27, 2018NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: FOUR POLICEMEN TO DIE BY HANGING FOR MURDER
Four policemen were sentenced to death in Akwa Ibom State for killing a motorcyclist.
- JULY 27, 2018MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. Federal Appeals Court: Journalist's Execution Witness Lawsuit May Proceed.
USA - Missouri. Federal Appeals Court: Journalist's Execution Witness Lawsuit May Proceed.
- JULY 27, 2018NebraskaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nebraska. Carey Dean Moore's execution will be 1st in nation to use 4-drug protocol.
USA - Nebraska. Carey Dean Moore's execution will be 1st in nation to use 4-drug protocol.
- JULY 26, 2018HungaryDEATH PENALTY
NEW HUNGARIAN RADICAL PARTY IN FAVOUR OF DEATH PENALTY
Hungary’s new radical party, Mi Hazánk (Our Homeland), said it was in favour of restoring capital punishment
- JULY 26, 2018Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
GAZA STRIP: TWO DEATH SENTENCES ISSUED AGAINST TWO CIVILIANS
Gaza Court of First Instance issued 2 death sentences by hanging against (G. H.) and (Z. Q.) from Gaza City, after being convicted of participation in murder.
- JULY 26, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani citizen beheaded in Rivadeh
26 July 2018: Shahzad Neem Khan executed for heroin smuggle
JULY 26, 2018NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: TWO GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING PRIEST IN MAKURDI
The Makurdi High Court has sentenced two persons to death for kidnapping and killing a former Vicar-General of Otukpo Catholic Diocese, Rev. John Alexander Adeyi.
JULY 26, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: YOUTH GETS DEATH SENTENCE AFTER QUICK TRIAL IN MINOR’S RAPE AND MURDER CASE
A 25-year-old youth was awarded a death sentence in Madhya Pradesh for raping and killing a six-year-old girl
- JULY 25, 2018JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN EXECUTES SIX MORE MEMBERS OF DOOMSDAY CULT
- JULY 25, 2018IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ SENTENCES TO DEATH ISLAMIC STATE MEMBER WHO PARTOOK IN SHINGAL MASSACRE
An Iraqi Criminal Court sentenced to death by hanging a member of the Islamic State (IS)
- JULY 25, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi national beheaded in Rivadeh
25 July 2018: Hadra bin Hamad executed for murder
JULY 25, 2018Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTYPAPUA NEW GUINEA: EIGHT SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SORCERY KILLINGS
Eight people have been sentenced to death and 88 jailed for life over the sorcery-related killings of seven men and children in Papua New Guinea, a report said.
- JULY 25, 2018FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. A jury sentenced James Colley to death
USA - Florida. A jury sentenced James Colley to death
- JULY 25, 2018PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. Federal Judge Gene E.K. Pratter granted Robert Fisher a new trial and sentencing hearing.
USA - Pennsylvania. Federal Judge Gene E.K. Pratter granted Robert Fisher a new trial and sentencing hearing.
- JULY 25, 2018NevadaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nevada. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has upheld the grant of a new trial to Jose Echavarria
USA - Nevada. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has upheld the grant of a new trial to Jose Echavarria
- JULY 24, 2018United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: INDIAN WALKS FREE 12 YEARS AFTER GETTING DEATH SENTENCE
An Indian man, who was on death row for murdering a compatriot over bootlegging will travel back to his home country a free man, later today
JULY 24, 2018NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR KILLING LAWYER
A Sokoto State High Court sentenced a 37-year-old civil servant, Atiku Galadima to death by hanging for killing a lawyer, Sirajo Abubakar.
JULY 24, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: HC SETS ASIDE DEATH SENTENCE, ACQUITS CONVICT OF ALL CHARGES
The Madras High Court set aside the conviction as well as death sentence imposed by a trial court on 24-year-old P. Manikandan
- JULY 24, 2018FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. A jury recommended a sentence of death for Michael Lawrence Woodbury
USA - Florida. A jury recommended a sentence of death for Michael Lawrence Woodbury
- JULY 23, 2018United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
THE GUARDIAN VIEW ON THE DEATH PENALTY: BARBARISM BY JIHADISTS IS NO JUSTIFICATION / EDITORIAL
“Nearly all western democracies, as well as dozens of other countries, have abandoned capital punishment.
JULY 23, 2018IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA PASSES ANTI-TERRORISM LAW AFTER SUICIDE ATTACKS ON CHURCHES
Weeks after a radicalized Muslim family committed suicide attacks on churches in the city of Surabaya, Indonesia, the country passed an anti-terror law
JULY 23, 2018IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR INVOLVEMENT IN KILLING 34 IRAQI, IRANIAN SHIITES
An Iraqi court has sentenced a man to death over his involvement in killing 34 Iraqi, Iranian Shiites while heading for Karbala to celebrate a religious ceremony.
- JULY 22, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani national beheaded in Geddah
22 July 2018: Safeer Ahmad Safeer executed for heroin smuggle
- JULY 22, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi citizen beheaded in Rivadeh
22 July 2018: Naser Bin Nafat executed for murder
JULY 22, 2018SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL SHABAAB CUTS OFF HAND OF SOMALI MAN FOR ‘STEALING’
Somali militant group Al-Shabaab cut off the right hand of a suspected thief in Kunyo Barrow.
- JULY 22, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TWO MEN PUBLICLY HANGED IN MASHHAD
Two prisoners convicted of murder were publicly hanged in Mashhad, capital of the northeastern Iranian province of Razavi Khorasan, the state-run ISNA news agency reported.
- JULY 21, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTY
RAJASTHAN: 19-YEAR-OLD GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPING INFANT IN ALWAR
A special court in Alwar sentenced a 19-year-old to death for raping a seven-month-old child in Rajasthan’s Laxmangarh area.
JULY 21, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER HANGED IN RASHT
According to a close source, a prisoner was executed at Rasht Central Prison.
- JULY 20, 2018DEATH PENALTY
OHIO (USA): GOV JOHN KASICH COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAYMOND TIBBETTS
Governor John Kasich (66, White, Republican) has commuted the death sentence imposed on Raymond Tibbetts (60, White) to life without parole, in response to a juror's concerns about the unfairness of the sentencing proceedings in the case.