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
NOVEMBER 6, 2018BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: TWO MORE AWARDED DEATH PENALTY FOR WAR CRIMES
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on 5 November 2018 sentenced two people to death for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.
- NOVEMBER 6, 2018MississippiDEATH PENALTY
USA - Mississippi. Prosecutors will not seek death penalty for Jeffrey Havard
USA - Mississippi. Prosecutors will not seek death penalty for Jeffrey Havard
- NOVEMBER 6, 2018DEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. Voters approved constitutional amendment to end non-unanimous jury verdicts
USA - Louisiana. Voters approved constitutional amendment to end non-unanimous jury verdicts
NOVEMBER 5, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: JUVENILE OFFENDER SENTENCED TO DEATH
According to the Iranian newspaper Javan, a prisoner was sentenced to qisas (retribution in kind) on a murder charge, IHR reported on 1 November 201
- NOVEMBER 5, 2018South SudanDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH SUDAN: PRESIDENT PARDONS TWO PROMINENT DEATH ROW INMATES
South Sudanese President Salva Kiir on 31 October 2018 ordered the release of James Gatdet Dak the spokesperson of SPLM-IO leader.
NOVEMBER 5, 2018IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: MAN SENTENCED TO HANG FOR MURDER
An Iraqi court on 4 November 2018 sentenced to death one of the assassins of the head of the Passport Directorate of Babylon (Babil) province, Commander Safa al-Dulaimi.
NOVEMBER 5, 2018IsraelDEATH PENALTYISRAEL: NETANYAHU GREEN-LIGHTS DEATH PENALTY FOR TERRORISTS
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave the go-ahead on 4 November 2018 for lawmakers to advance a controversial bill calling for the death penalty for convicted Palestinian killers of Israeli civilians and soldiers, reportedly rejecting the advice of the
- NOVEMBER 5, 2018CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Two death-row prisoners died of suspected suicides
USA - California. Two death-row prisoners died of suspected suicides
- NOVEMBER 5, 2018FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Clemente Aguirre Exonerated From Death Row
USA - Florida. Clemente Aguirre Exonerated From Death Row
- NOVEMBER 5, 2018SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES SOLDIERS TO DEATH FOR KILLING
Somali Military Court has on 5 November 2018 sentenced two members of armed forces to death for murder.
- NOVEMBER 4, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani national beheaded in Jeddah Governorate
4 November 2018: Qul Afdhal Nadir Khan executed for heroin smuggle
- NOVEMBER 2, 2018DEATH PENALTY
TENNESSEE (USA): EDMUND ZAGORSKI EXECUTED BY ELECTRIC CHAIR
Edmund Zagorski was executed on November 1st, 2018.
- NOVEMBER 2, 2018South SudanDEATH PENALTY
S SUDAN PARDONS DEATH SENTENCED S AFRICAN
South Sudan President Salva Kiir decided to pardon death sentenced South African William Endley, SAnews reported on 1 November 2018.
NOVEMBER 2, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER HANGED AT BANDAR ABBAS PRISON
According to the IHR sources, Nouri Yarkhorshidi, 35, was executed on 28 October 2018 at Bandar Abbas Prison.
NOVEMBER 2, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN GETS DEATH FOR RAPE, KILLING MINOR
In a major verdict Sessions Judge SK Tekam on 31 October 2018 awarded capital punishment, ‘Hang till Death’ to a man for rape and killing a four-year-old girl.
NOVEMBER 2, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: INDONESIAN MAID EXECUTED FOR KILLING EMPLOYER WHO TRIED TO RAPE HER
Saudi Arabia executed on 29 October 2018 an Indonesian maid for killing her boss – while he was trying to rape her.
- NOVEMBER 2, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Rabbis oppose death penalty for Robert Bowers
USA - Rabbis oppose death penalty for Robert Bowers
- NOVEMBER 1, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi national beheaded in Mecca
1 November 2018: Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Jibran al-Qahtani executed for murder of a co-national
- NOVEMBER 1, 2018ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arkansas. Arkansas Supreme Court strikes down a section of state's death penalty.
USA - Arkansas. Arkansas Supreme Court strikes down a section of state's death penalty.
- NOVEMBER 1, 2018TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee. Edmund Zagorski was executed on the electic chair.
USA - Tennessee. Edmund Zagorski was executed on the electic chair.
- OCTOBER 31, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTANI CHRISTIAN ASIA BIBI HAS DEATH PENALTY CONVICTION OVERTURNED
Pakistan's Supreme Court on 31 October 2018 acquitted a Christian woman who has been on death row for almost eight years on blasphemy charges.
- OCTOBER 31, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi citizen beheaded in Medina
31 October 2018: Abdullah bin Marzuq bin Nehaei al-Rashidi executed for murder
- OCTOBER 31, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi national beheaded in Tabuk Region
31 October 2018: Sulaiman bin Qubail bin Jalil Al-Atawi executed for drugs smuggle
- OCTOBER 31, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: A FEMALE PRISONER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ADULTERY
A female prisoner detained in Khoy Prison, who was arrested on November 2016, was accused of adultery (sex outside marriage) after being sued by her husband and has been sentenced to death by the Criminal Court (Branch 1), the Kurdistan Human Rights Netwo
OCTOBER 31, 2018BahrainDEATH PENALTYBAHRAIN: COURTS UPHOLD DEATH SENTENCES AGAINST TWO ANTI-REGIME ACTIVISTS
Bahraini courts on 29 October 2018 upheld death sentences against two anti-regime activists and revoked the citizenship of six others as the ruling Al Khalifah regime presses ahead with its heavy clampdown on political dissidents and pro-democracy activis
- OCTOBER 31, 2018TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. A jury sentenced Kristopher Love to death
USA - Texas. A jury sentenced Kristopher Love to death
- OCTOBER 30, 2018DEATH PENALTY
SOUTH DAKOTA (USA): RODNEY SCOTT BERGET EXECUTED
Rodney Scott Berget, 56, White, was executed on 29 October 2018.
- OCTOBER 30, 2018United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH AFTER STABBING NEIGHBOR 13 TIMES
An Asian man has appealed his death sentence after being accused of murdering his neighbor and trying to rape his wife, khaleejtimes reported on 25 October 2018.
- OCTOBER 30, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
UN rights experts urge Saudi Arabia to halt six imminent executions
30 October 2018: six were minors at the time of activities related to anti-government protests in 2011
OCTOBER 30, 2018SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: DRUG COURIER GETS DEATH PENALTY AFTER ESCAPING GALLOWS LAST YEAR
A Malaysian drug courier who escaped the gallows last year after the High Court reduced his charge, was on 25 October 2018 sentenced to the death penalty after the Court of Appeal overturned the earlier decision.