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
- FEBRUARY 22, 2018FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. The state Supreme Court vacated the death sentence of James Guzman because it was not unanimous
USA - Florida. The state Supreme Court vacated the death sentence of James Guzman because it was not unanimous
FEBRUARY 22, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE AWARDED TO KILLER IN FAISALABAD
The sessions court in Faisalabad awarded death sentence on two counts to an accused involved in a double murder case in limits Chak Jhumra police station.
- FEBRUARY 21, 2018BeninDEATH PENALTY
BENIN ABOLISHES DEATH PENALITY
Benin has abolished the death penalty, according to a decree issued by the head of state, Patrice Talon.
- FEBRUARY 21, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI COURT HANDS DOWN DEATH SENTENCE TO SHIA POLITICAL DISSIDENT
A court in Saudi Arabia handed down a death penalty to a Shia anti-regime activist.
- FEBRUARY 21, 2018DEATH PENALTY
VIRGINIA DEATH-ROW PRISONERS WIN ‘LANDMARK’ PRISON CONDITIONS LAWSUIT
In what lawyers for Virginia death-row prisoners have called “a landmark ruling,” a federal judge has issued an injunction barring the Commonwealth from subjecting prisoners who have been sentenced to death to automatic solitary confinement, physical isol
- FEBRUARY 21, 2018South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA'S 'MOLAR DADDY' GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDERING TEEN GIRL
A court in South Korea meted out the death sentence to a man charged with killing a school friend of his daughter after sexually molesting her, Yonhap news agency reported.
- FEBRUARY 21, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Jordani citizen beheaded in Tabook
21 February 2018: Ali Suliman al-Agleen executed for smuggling amphetamines
- FEBRUARY 21, 2018UtahDEATH PENALTY
USA - Utah. Utah House panel advances HB379 to end death penalty.
USA - Utah. Utah House panel advances HB379 to end death penalty.
FEBRUARY 21, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 21 DEFENDANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER ‘DAMIETTA TERRORIST CELL’
Cairo criminal court headed by Chancellor Shabeb Al-Damarany sentenced 21 defendants to death in the case known publicly by “Damietta terrorist cell”.
- FEBRUARY 21, 2018VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Virginia. A federal judge (Brikema) barred automatic solitary confinement on death row
USA - Virginia. A federal judge (Brikema) barred automatic solitary confinement on death row
FEBRUARY 21, 2018KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING HIS STEP BROTHER
A quarry worker was sentenced to death for killing his stepbrother nine years ago. Patrick Muiru killed Joseph over a grudge with his stepmother on April 27, 2009, in Kangoo village, Thika town.
- FEBRUARY 20, 2018DEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Former death row inmate Robert Hobart takes life sentence deal in double homicide.
USA - Florida. Former death row inmate Robert Hobart takes life sentence deal in double homicide.
- FEBRUARY 20, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Yemeni citizen beheaded in Jazan
20 February 2018: Mohammed Saleh al-Harthi executed for murder
- FEBRUARY 20, 2018TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. The Board of Pardons and Paroles recommended clemency for Thomas Whitaker.
USA - Texas. The Board of Pardons and Paroles recommended clemency for Thomas Whitaker.
FEBRUARY 20, 2018SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: NAVY OFFICER SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER COMMANDER’S KILLING
A Somali military court passed a death sentence to a Navy soldier Abdinasir Hosh Mohamed for the killing of Deputy Commander Said Ali Dhere, Radio Dalsan reports.
- FEBRUARY 20, 2018FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. Missouri Executed 17 Prisoners With Drugs Secretly Obtained From 'High-Risk' Pharmacy
USA - Missouri. Missouri Executed 17 Prisoners With Drugs Secretly Obtained From 'High-Risk' Pharmacy
- FEBRUARY 20, 2018South DakotaDEATH PENALTY
USA - South Dakota. HB 1123 was tabled in the Senate Judiciary Committee.
USA - South Dakota. HB 1123 was tabled in the Senate Judiciary Committee.
- FEBRUARY 19, 2018MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
Morocco counts 115 sentenced to death
19 February 2018: Morocco counts 115 condemned to death, has just indicated the president of the Prosecutor General Mohamed Abdennabaoui during a meeting with the ambassadors of the kingdom.
FEBRUARY 19, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 4 DEFENDANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER ‘AWSIM CELL’ CASE
Giza Criminal Court sentenced 4 defendants to death in the case known publicly by “Awsim cell”.
FEBRUARY 19, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 7-YEAR-OLD HASINI'S RAPIST AND KILLER SENTENCED TO DEATH
The young engineer accused of raping and murdering 7-year-old Hasini in Chennai last February was sentenced to death by a Chengalpet Court, Tamil Nadu.
- FEBRUARY 18, 2018GambiaDEATH PENALTY
GAMBIA ANNOUNCES ‘MORATORIUM’ ON DEATH PENALTY
Gambian President Adama Barrow announced a suspension of the death penalty in his country, in a break from the former regime of the dictator Yahya Jammeh.
- FEBRUARY 18, 2018IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ SENTENCES TURKISH WOMAN TO DEATH, 11 OTHERS TO LIFE
A court in the Iraqi capital sentenced to death a Turkish woman and 11 other foreign widows to life in jail for belonging to the Islamic State.
- FEBRUARY 18, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPTIAN PARLIAMENT STRONGLY REJECTS EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT'S RESOLUTION ON EXECUTIONS
- FEBRUARY 18, 2018DEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. A jury sentenced Dustin Melvin Davison to death.
USA - Oklahoma. A jury sentenced Dustin Melvin Davison to death.
- FEBRUARY 17, 2018BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
BOTSWANA HANGS MAN WHO MURDERED GIRLFRIEND, SON
Botswana hanged a man for murdering his girlfriend and her son, the first execution in two years by the only southern African nation not to have abolished the death penalty.
- FEBRUARY 16, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Lack of Death-Penalty Counsel Brings Guantánamo War Crimes Trial to a Halt.
USA - Lack of Death-Penalty Counsel Brings Guantánamo War Crimes Trial to a Halt.
- FEBRUARY 16, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - U.S. District Judge Brian M. Cogan sentenced Al Qaeda operative Ibrahim Suleiman Adnan Adam Harun to life in prison.
USA - U.S. District Judge Brian M. Cogan sentenced Al Qaeda operative Ibrahim Suleiman Adnan Adam Harun to life in prison.
FEBRUARY 16, 2018DEATH PENALTYUSA: AL QAEDA OPERATIVE SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON
U.S. District Judge Brian M. Cogan in New York City today sentenced Al Qaeda operative Ibrahim Suleiman Adnan Adam Harun, 47, to life in prison.
- FEBRUARY 15, 2018OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. The Court of Criminal Appeals overturned the death sentence of Fabion Brown
USA - Oklahoma. The Court of Criminal Appeals overturned the death sentence of Fabion Brown
- FEBRUARY 15, 2018CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge Charlaine F. Olmedo sentenced David Ponce to death.
USA - California. Judge Charlaine F. Olmedo sentenced David Ponce to death.