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
- APRIL 19, 2018AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Walter Leroy Moody Jr, 83, White, was executed
USA - Alabama. Walter Leroy Moody Jr, 83, White, was executed
- APRIL 19, 2018CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Vicente Benavides was freed from prison Thursday afternoon after 26 years on death row.
USA - California. Vicente Benavides was freed from prison Thursday afternoon after 26 years on death row.
- APRIL 19, 2018South DakotaDEATH PENALTY
USA - South Dakota. Death Penalty Taken Off Table At Victim’s Family’s Request.
USA - South Dakota. Death Penalty Taken Off Table At Victim’s Family’s Request.
- APRIL 18, 2018ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: LUSAKA WIFE TO HANG FOR KILLING HUSBAND
A ninteen-year-old Lusaka wife has been sentenced to death for stabbing her husband to death using a kitchen knife.
- APRIL 18, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi citizen beheaded in Medina
18 April 2018: Mohammad al-Gehni executed for murder
APRIL 18, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: BAHMAN VARMAZIYAR EXECUTED DESPITE EXTENSIVE CRITICISM
Iran hanged Bahman Varmaziyar, sentenced to death for armed robbery, in Hamedan Prison, state media reported.
- APRIL 18, 2018CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Vicente Benavides to Be Freed After 26 Years on Death Row.
USA - California. Vicente Benavides to Be Freed After 26 Years on Death Row.
APRIL 18, 2018IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: MORE THAN 300 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR IS LINKS
Iraqi courts have sentenced to death a total of more than 300 people, including dozens of foreigners, for belonging to the Islamic State group, judicial sources said.
APRIL 18, 2018Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTYMYANMAR: PRESIDENT GRANTS GENERAL AMNESTY FOR 8541 PRISONERS
President Win Myint granted a general amnesty for 8541 prisoners including 36 prisoners of conscience and 51 foreign ones to mark Myanmar New Year day which falls on April 17.
APRIL 18, 2018BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 2 TO WALK GALLOWS IN NATORE FOR KILLING GIRL AFTER RAPE
A court in Natore sentenced two young men to death for killing a schoolgirl after rape in Naldanga upazila in 2015.
- APRIL 18, 2018ConnecticutDEATH PENALTY
USA - Connecticut. Jessie Campbell resentenced to life in prison without parole
USA - Connecticut. Jessie Campbell resentenced to life in prison without parole
APRIL 18, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: EIGHT PRISONERS INCLUDING TWO AFGHANS EXECUTED
According to a close source, eight prisoners most of whom were charged with murder were executed on the morning at Rajai Shahr Prison.
- APRIL 17, 2018United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR ABU DHABI CHILD KILLER
The Abu Dhabi Court has upheld the death sentence of the killer of 11-year-old boy, Azan.
- APRIL 17, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Egypt 1 sentenced to death for ordinary crimes
17 April 2018: the Cairo Criminal Court sentenced one person to death for killing a Yemeni student in the course of a robbery.
- APRIL 17, 2018DEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Marion Wilson
USA - Georgia. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Marion Wilson
- APRIL 17, 2018TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. A jury sentenced Isidro Delacruz to death.
USA - Texas. A jury sentenced Isidro Delacruz to death.
APRIL 17, 2018IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 4 FOREIGN WOMEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR JOINING IS
An Iraqi court sentenced four foreign women to death and three to life in prison for joining the extremist militant group Islamic State (IS), the Iraqi judiciary said.
- APRIL 16, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Egypt 3 sentenced to death for ordinary crimes
16 April 2018: three defendants were sentenced to death for killing their brother by the Alexandria Criminal Court.
- APRIL 16, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani citizen beheaded in Mecca
16 April 2018: Shamas Rayhan executed for heroin smuggle
APRIL 16, 2018IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 13 PEOPLE EXECUTED, INCLUDING 11 FOR ‘TERRORISM’
Iraq executed 13 people including 11 convicted on charges relating to "terrorism", the justice ministry said.
- APRIL 15, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST 4 OVER PLOTTING ATTACKS
Egypt's highest appeals court upheld death sentences for four people over forming a "terrorist cell" to plot attacks on security forces and other institutions.
- APRIL 15, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Egypt 1 sentenced to death for ordinary crimes
15 April 2018: the Zaqaziq Criminal Court handed down the death penalty in connection with a murder.
- APRIL 13, 2018NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: POLICE OFFICER SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING IN NASARAWA
The High Court in Lafia, Nasarawa State, presided over by Justice James Abundega sentenced a Police officer, Sergeant Vincent Manu, to death for unlawfully shooting and killing a businessman
- APRIL 13, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: ODISHA COURT AWARDS DEATH SENTENCE TO NINE MEN IN GUNUPUR TRIPLE MURDER CASE
A Gunupur court in Odisha awarded capital punishment to nine men convicted of murdering three persons of a family in Gunupur in 2016.
- APRIL 13, 2018CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Former death row James Andrew Melton gets life in prison for 1981 murder.
USA - California. Former death row James Andrew Melton gets life in prison for 1981 murder.
- APRIL 13, 2018FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Steady decline in number of death sentences.
USA - Florida. Steady decline in number of death sentences.
- APRIL 12, 2018DEATH PENALTY
CHINA REMAINS WORLD'S TOP EXECUTIONER: AMNESTY
China has remained the worlds top executioner amid a decline in global executions, Amnesty International's annual report on capital punishment said.
- APRIL 11, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Egypt 3 sentenced to death for ordinary crimes
11 April 2018: the Zaqaziq Criminal Court sentenced three people to death in connection with a bloody row between two families.
- APRIL 11, 2018LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. The House Justice Committee rejected House Bill 162 to abolish death penalty
USA - Louisiana. The House Justice Committee rejected House Bill 162 to abolish death penalty
APRIL 11, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: ‘PRESIDENT REJECTED 513 MERCY PETITIONS OF DEATH ROW PRISONERS IN LAST FIVE YEARS’
Pakistan is among the five most prolific executioners in the world with 487 executions in the last three years, while the president has rejected 513 mercy petitions in the last five years, a report launched on April 11 has found.