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
- MAY 2, 2018OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Judge Jeffrey Robinson sentenced James Worley to death
USA - Ohio. Judge Jeffrey Robinson sentenced James Worley to death
- MAY 1, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Two Saudi citizens beheaded in Rivadeh
1 May 2018: double execution for murder
- MAY 1, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Federal prosecutors have reached a plea agreement with Esteban Santiago
USA - Federal prosecutors have reached a plea agreement with Esteban Santiago
APRIL 30, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED IN ISFAHAN ON DRUG-RELATED CHARGES
According to the IHR source, on the morning a prisoner was executed at Isfahan Central Prison on drug-related charges.
APRIL 30, 2018ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: 6 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 2016 MARKET BOMBING IN DEEP SOUTH
A court in Thailand’s Deep South sentenced six men to death for their roles in an October 2016 bombing that killed a woman and injured 21 other people at a local night market.
APRIL 30, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER HANGED IN SAVEH PRISON
According to Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA), on the morning a prisoner was executed at Saveh Prison on the charge of raping and murdering a five-year-old child.
APRIL 30, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER HANGED IN ESLAMABAD-E-GHARB PRISON
According to HRANA news agency, on the morning a prisoner was executed at Eslamabad-e-Gharb Prison on murder charges.
- APRIL 30, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - BJS Releases “Capital Punishment, 2016”.
USA - BJS Releases “Capital Punishment, 2016”.
APRIL 28, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 6 SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER 2013 VIOLENCE
Egypt’s highest appellate court confirmed the death penalty for six people in connection with violence in the wake of the ouster of former President Mohamed Morsi in 2013.
- APRIL 27, 2018DEATH PENALTY
USA - California. A jury sentenced Luis Bracamontes to death.
USA - California. A jury sentenced Luis Bracamontes to death.
- APRIL 27, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTY
UTTARAKHAND (INDIA): SOLITARY CONFINEMENT UNCONSTITUTIONAL
The Uttarakhand High Court declared the practice of solitary confinement unconstitutional.
- APRIL 27, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
some articles in the Code of Criminal Procedures were amended.
some articles in the Code of Criminal Procedures were amended.
APRIL 27, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: FIVE GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR POISONING ILLICIT LIQUOR
A court in Tamil Nadu's Tiruvannamalai sentenced to death five persons who poisoned illicit liquor that left 13 people dead in 2000.
- APRIL 26, 2018BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCES HANDED DOWN BY MILITARY COURT
Bahrain’s king has commuted death sentences handed down to four men by a military court to life in prison, state news agency BNA reported.
- APRIL 26, 2018AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. A jury recommended the death penalty for Peter Capote
USA - Alabama. A jury recommended the death penalty for Peter Capote
- APRIL 26, 2018New HampshireDEATH PENALTY
USA - New Hampshire. The House passed SB 593, a death penalty repeal bill
USA - New Hampshire. The House passed SB 593, a death penalty repeal bill
- APRIL 25, 2018DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): ERICK DAVILA EXECUTED
Erick Davila, 31, Black, was executed. He was then injected with a lethal dose of pentobarbital and was pronounced dead at 6:31 p.m..
- APRIL 25, 2018TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Erick Davila, 31, Black, was executed.
USA - Texas. Erick Davila, 31, Black, was executed.
- APRIL 25, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: FOUR HANGED IN ZAHEDAN, RAJAI SHAHR
Four prisoners were executed in Zahedan, Rajai Shahr.
APRIL 25, 2018ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: JURORS TO ATTEND DEATH PENALTY CASES
Chinese jurors are expected to participate in hearing cases in which defendants may face a death penalty, a draft law said.
- APRIL 25, 2018CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge Steve White sentenced Luis Bracamontes to death.
USA - California. Judge Steve White sentenced Luis Bracamontes to death.
APRIL 24, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER HANGED AT BANDAR ABBAS PRISON
According to a close source, on the morning a prisoner was executed at Bandar Abbas Central Prison.
- APRIL 23, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
MURDERER OF ADIB EGYPT BANK CEO NEVINE LOUTFY SENTENCED TO DEATH
Egypt’s Giza Criminal Court handed down a death sentence to the killer of Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) CEO Nevine Loutfy, who was found dead inside her house in Cairo’s 6 October City in 2016.
APRIL 23, 2018BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 13 TO WALK GALLOWS FOR KILLING IN GAZIPUR
A Gazipur court sentenced 13 people to death for killing a man named Billal alias Bilu in Kaliganj upazila of the district.
APRIL 23, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FOUR PRISONERS HANGED AT ORUMIYEH CENTRAL PRISON
Four prisoners were executed on murder charges at Orumiyeh’s central prison in the morning.
APRIL 22, 2018IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: TWO TERRORISTS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER KILLING POLICEMEN
An Iraqi court sentenced two terrorists to death over killing a number of policemen and other informers.
APRIL 22, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: PRESIDENT SIGNS ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE DEATH PENALTY TO RAPISTS OF GIRLS BELOW 12 YEARS
President Ram Nath Kovind promulgated an ordinance that provides for stringent punishment, including death penalty, for those convicted of raping girls below the age of 12 years.
- APRIL 21, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA APPROVES DEATH PENALTY FOR CHILD RAPISTS
India’s cabinet approved the death penalty for those convicted of raping girls below the age of 12 years amid outrage in the country after a string of horrific cases of sexual violence.
- APRIL 19, 2018DEATH PENALTY
ALABAMA (USA): WALTER LEROY MOODY JR, 83, EXECUTED
Walter Leroy Moody Jr, 83, White, was executed, making him the oldest known person put to death since capital punishment was reinstated in 1977.
- APRIL 19, 2018IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ GIVES DEATH SENTENCE TO ISLAMIC STATE 'JUDGE'
An Iraqi court has given the death penalty to a man who acted as a legislative judge in Mosul for the Islamic State (IS) when the group was in control of the city, said a judicial spokesman.