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
JUNE 21, 2018SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES SOLDIER TO DEATH OVER MURDER
The Somali military court has sentenced a government soldier to death over the murder of a colleague in Mogadishu.
- JUNE 21, 2018CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. A jury returned a death penalty verdict in the case of Eric Jimenez.
USA - California. A jury returned a death penalty verdict in the case of Eric Jimenez.
- JUNE 20, 2018ConnecticutDEATH PENALTY
USA - Connecticut. Lazale Ashby resentenced to life in prison without parole
USA - Connecticut. Lazale Ashby resentenced to life in prison without parole
JUNE 20, 2018ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: 3 ARMED ROBBERS GET 4 DEATH SENTENCES EACH
Three armed robbers who targeted white commercial farmers in Mashonaland Central province, killing four of them, were sentenced to four death sentences each
JUNE 20, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER EXECUTED AT SHIRVAN PRISON
A prisoner was hanged at Shirvan Prison in Northern Khorasan Province.
JUNE 19, 2018Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTYMYANMAR: PARLIAMENT VOTES DOWN DEATH PENALTY FOR CHILD RAPISTS
Myanmar’s parliament voted down a proposal to give the death penalty to convicted child rapists
JUNE 19, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN IN MADHYA PRADESH SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER OF 9-YEAR-OLD GIRL
A court in Sagar Madhya Pradesh sentenced a 21-year-old man to death for raping and killing a nine-year-old girl last year.
JUNE 19, 2018South KoreaDEATH PENALTYSOUTH KOREA: PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE SAYS IT MAY REVIEW INTRODUCING MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY
The presidential office said it will review a moratorium on the nation’s death penalty system if the state human rights watchdog officially makes a request.
JUNE 19, 2018ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND EXECUTES FIRST PRISONER BY LETHAL INJECTION SINCE 2009
Thailand has executed its first prisoner since 2009, the Department of Corrections said
JUNE 18, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FIVE PRISONERS EXECUTED
Five prisoners who were sentenced to death on murder charges were hanged at Rajai Shahr Prison.
- JUNE 18, 2018NebraskaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nebraska. Judge Jodi Nelson: officials must release some death penalty records.
USA - Nebraska. Judge Jodi Nelson: officials must release some death penalty records.
- JUNE 18, 2018South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
KOREA PUSHING FOR OFFICIAL DECLARATION ON ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
South Korea is pushing for a presidential declaration on the abolition of capital punishment, the state human rights watchdog said,
JUNE 18, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN HANGS SUFI OVER KILLING OF 3 POLICEMEN
Iran has executed a member of a Sufi order who rammed a bus into police as they tried to disperse a rally, killing three of them.
- JUNE 18, 2018United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: MAN MURDERS GIRLFRIEND'S EX-LOVER OUT OF REVENGE, GETS DEATH SENTENCE
The Abu Dhabi Court of Appeal upheld an earlier ruling by a lower court which handed down the execution sentence to a Tunisian national after he was found guilty of premeditated murder.
JUNE 17, 2018BahrainDEATH PENALTYBAHRAIN: 3 SHIA CLERICS SENTENCED TO DEATH, 8 OTHERS TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
Bahraini regime officials have handed down death sentences to three Shia clergymen and condemned eight others to life imprisonment
- JUNE 16, 2018CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Kim Kardashian supports Kevin Cooper, a 'wrongly-convicted' death row inmate.
USA - California. Kim Kardashian supports Kevin Cooper, a 'wrongly-convicted' death row inmate.
JUNE 15, 2018BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS - 2 SENTENS SUSPENDED
WHILE APPEALS CONSIDERED
JUNE 15, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - BILL FOR COLLECTIVE PARDONS
OF POLITICAL PRISONERS
JUNE 15, 2018EthiopiaDEATH PENALTYETHIOPIA PARDONS HUNDREDS SENTENCED ON 'TERRORISM' CHARGES
The government of Ethiopia has said it will release more than 304 prisoners, including 289 convicted on "terrorism" charges, according to state media.
- JUNE 14, 2018KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
USA - Kentucky. Kentucky Supreme Court rules death penalty IQ law is unconstitutional.
USA - Kentucky. Kentucky Supreme Court rules death penalty IQ law is unconstitutional.
JUNE 14, 2018SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA - DEATH PENALTY AND TERRORISM
PROJECT OF HAND OFF CAIN
- JUNE 14, 2018OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Personalities Urge Clemency to Raymond Tibbetts.
USA - Ohio. Personalities Urge Clemency to Raymond Tibbetts.
- JUNE 14, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: 11 DEATH SENTENCES
An Egyptian criminal court referred the preliminary death sentences of 11 members of the terrorist-designated Muslim Brotherhood organization
- JUNE 14, 2018FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of Eric Kurt Patrick
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of Eric Kurt Patrick
JUNE 13, 2018NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA - 3 ENTENCES
FOR ARMED ROBBERY
- JUNE 13, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. A federal jury sentenced Ricky Fackrell and Christopher Cramer to death
USA - Texas. A federal jury sentenced Ricky Fackrell and Christopher Cramer to death
JUNE 13, 2018VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM - 2 SENTENCES
HEROIN AND METHAMPHETAMINE
JUNE 12, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN - DEATH FOR CHILD KILLER
KILLED 8 CHILDREN
JUNE 12, 2018AlgeriaDEATH PENALTYALGERIA - BLOGGER FACES DEATH PENALTY
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- JUNE 12, 2018CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Jury recommends death penalty for Andrew Urdiales
USA - California. Jury recommends death penalty for Andrew Urdiales