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 20, 2018OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Governor John Kasich commuted the death sentence imposed on Raymond Tibbetts
USA - Ohio. Governor John Kasich commuted the death sentence imposed on Raymond Tibbetts
- JULY 20, 2018OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Governor John Kasich granted a reprieve to Cleveland Jackson
USA - Ohio. Governor John Kasich granted a reprieve to Cleveland Jackson
- JULY 20, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: FIVE PRISONERS HANGED IN KERMANSHAH PRISON
Five prisoners were executed at Dizel Abad Prison in Kermansh.
- JULY 19, 2018DEATH PENALTY
OHIO (USA): ROBERT VAN HOOK EXECUTED
Robert Van Hook, 58, White, was executed.
- JULY 19, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Ethiopian woman beheaded in Geddah
19 July 2018: Easheeto Mohamamd executed for murder
JULY 19, 2018KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: WOMAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING HER BOYFRIEND
A 24-year-old woman in Kenya has been convicted and sentenced to death for killing her boyfriend.
JULY 19, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SC ACQUITS THREE DEATH-ROW CONVICTS
The Supreme Court acquitted three convicts after seven years who had been awarded death sentence by the Balochistan High Court in a case related to a Sibi terrorist attack in 2011.
- JULY 19, 2018CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. The California Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of Steve Woodruff
USA - California. The California Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of Steve Woodruff
- JULY 18, 2018VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM PRESIDENT ORDERS REVIEW OF FARMER'S DEATH SENTENCE
Activists have welcomed the Vietnamese president's order to review the case of farmers given severe sentences including the death penalty for murder over a land dispute.
JULY 18, 2018NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: COURT-MARTIAL GIVES SOLDIERS DEATH SENTENCE, JAIL TERMS
A General Court-Martial (GCM) set up by the Nigerian Army has sentenced 13 soldiers to death and life imprisonment for offences ranging from manslaughter, murder, torture to assault and arson.
JULY 18, 2018Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: TWO CONVICTED MURDERERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Two persons received death penalty by the Colombo High Court for an incident of a person was shot dead in Borella.
JULY 18, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 65-YEAR-OLD PRISONER HANGED WITHOUT GIVING HIM ANY WARNING
A death row inmate in Dizelabad Prison of Kermanshah was executed, while he was given just a few hours notice before he is hanged, and relatives are not notified until the prisoner is already dead.
JULY 18, 2018BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: DEATH PENALTY FOR 4 WAR CRIMINALS
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 found four Moulvibazar men guilty of committing genocide during the Liberation War and handed down death penalty on all of them.
- JULY 17, 2018TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Christopher Young Was Executed.
USA - Texas. Christopher Young Was Executed.
- JULY 17, 2018DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): CHRISTOPHER YOUNG EXECUTED
Christopher Young Was Executed. Young, 34, Black, was sentenced to death on Feb. 7, 2006.
- JULY 17, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES 7, INCLUDING 5 FOR KILLING PAKISTANI
Saudi Arabia executed seven people convicted of criminal offenses, including five men for the robbery and murder of a Pakistani warehouse guard in the western city of Jiddah.
- JULY 17, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Seven executed in Saudi Arabia
July 17, 2018: statement by Interior Ministry
- JULY 17, 2018OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Robert Van Hook, 58, White, was executed.
USA - Ohio. Robert Van Hook, 58, White, was executed.
- JULY 17, 2018ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arkansas. State suspends search for midazolam
USA - Arkansas. State suspends search for midazolam
- JULY 17, 2018Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: THREE INDIVIDUALS SENTENCED TO DEATH BY COLOMBO HC
Three individuals were sentenced to death by the Colombo High Court for a murder committed 26 years ago, in Pannipitiya.
- JULY 17, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: PUNJAB & HARYANA HC CONFIRMS DEATH PENALTY FOR HARYANA WOMEN & HER LOVER
The Punjab and Haryana High Court confirmed the death sentence awarded to a Haryana woman and her boyfriend for poisoning and strangulating seven members of her family, including four children, in September 2009.
- JULY 16, 2018Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
CHURCH OF CEYLON SAYS NO TO DEATH PENALTY
The Church of Ceylon (Anglican Church) said it was against the death penalty
- JULY 16, 2018FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. 3 Black men avoid death penalty in White deputy's fatal shooting.
USA - Florida. 3 Black men avoid death penalty in White deputy's fatal shooting.
- JULY 16, 2018KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR SHOOTING & KILLING BEDOUN
The Criminal Court sentenced a Kuwaiti man to death for gunning down a Bedoun man in Sulaibiya area.
- JULY 16, 2018LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. Order barring Louisiana executions is extended by 1 year.
USA - Louisiana. Order barring Louisiana executions is extended by 1 year.
JULY 16, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN EXECUTED IN MASHHAD
According to a report by Khorasan Newspaper, on the morning a prisoner was executed at Mashhad Prison.
- JULY 15, 2018JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN: DEATH PENALTY FOR MAN WHO MURDERED NEIGHBOUR
The Court of Cassation has upheld a December Criminal Court ruling sentencing a 38-year-old man to death after convicting him of murdering a man in Zarqa over old feuds in August 2014.
JULY 14, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: WEBSITE MANAGER SENTENCED TO DEATH
According to a close source, Mohammad Hossein Maleki, 47, from Shahin Shahr in Isfahan, was arrested by the agents of the Ministry of Intelligence on March 1, 2017.
JULY 14, 2018YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: HOUTHIS SENTENCED TO DEATH THREE ABDUCTEES ON CHARGES OF ‘ESPIONAGE FOR SAUDI ARABIA’
Houthis militia have sentenced to death three kidnapped on charges of "intelligence with Saudi Arabia".
- JULY 13, 2018DEATH PENALTY
7 sentenced to death
8 March 2018: the military Court of Matadi condemned to the death penalty seven members of the religious movement Bundu dia Kongo for "participation in a movement insurrectional and murder"