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2018
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2018, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2018
OCTOBER 30, 2018BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: PARLIAMENT PASSES LAW WITH DEATH PENALTY FOR YABA OFFENCES
Parliament has passed the Narcotics Control Act 2018 with a provision for death penalty to the people convicted of yaba manufacture, distribution and trade, bdnews24 reported on 27 October 2018.
OCTOBER 30, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: HC COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY OF RAPE CONVICT
The Madhya Pradesh High Court on 26 October 2018 commuted to rigorous imprisonment for 20 years the death sentence awarded to a rickshaw driver who was accused of penetrating a four-year-old girl with his finger after a five-day trial.
- OCTOBER 30, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Federal. Federal prosecutor will pursue capital punishment for Robert Bowers, the “synagogue shooter”
USA - Federal. Federal prosecutor will pursue capital punishment for Robert Bowers, the “synagogue shooter”
- OCTOBER 30, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Private prisons in the United States incarcerated 128,063 people in 2016
USA - Private prisons in the United States incarcerated 128,063 people in 2016
- OCTOBER 29, 2018SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE: FAMILY’S LAWYER CONFIRMS PRABU HANGED
It has been confirmed that Malaysian citizen Prabu N. Pathmanathan was hanged at Changi prison at dawn on 26 October 2018 for drug trafficking, according to his family’s lawyer N. Surendran.
- OCTOBER 29, 2018ChinaDEATH PENALTY
DRUG PRODUCERS EXECUTED IN SOUTH CHINA
Two drug makers were executed on 26 October 2018 in south China's Hainan Province for manufacturing drugs, according to a local court.
- OCTOBER 29, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia: Indonesian maid executed for the murder of her boss
29 October 2018: according to reports, Tuti Tursilawati was defending herself from rape
- OCTOBER 29, 2018South DakotaDEATH PENALTY
USA - South Dakota. Rodney Scott Berget, 56, White, was executed.
USA - South Dakota. Rodney Scott Berget, 56, White, was executed.
OCTOBER 29, 2018KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: GARDENER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING JACOBUS VAN DER GOES
A gardener was sentenced to death on 26 October 2018 for the murder of Dutch national Jacobus Van Der Goes at his residence in Nyali, Mombasa County.
OCTOBER 29, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: ARMY CHIEF CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE FOR 14 MILITANTS
Pakistan's army chief on 26 October 2018 approved death sentences for 14 "hardcore terrorists" convicted by military courts for attacks in recent years that killed 19 security forces and three civilians.
- OCTOBER 28, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani national beheaded in Jeddah Governorate
28 October 2018: Mohammed Ramadan Sardara executed for heroin smuggle
- OCTOBER 27, 2018SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
in the southern district of Saakow, Habiba Ali Isaq, a 30 year old mother of eight children, was
in the southern district of Saakow, Habiba Ali Isaq, a 30 year old mother of eight children, was
OCTOBER 26, 2018MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: MAN TO HANG FOR KILLING WOMAN IN CONFINEMENT
A security guard was sentenced to death by the Shah Alam High Court on 15 October 2018 after he was found guilty of murdering a woman in confinement, three years ago.
OCTOBER 26, 2018DEATH PENALTYUSA: RACIAL DISPARITIES IN DEATH PENALTY BEGIN WITH INVESTIGATIONS AND ARRESTS
A study of more than three decades of homicide arrests suggests that racial disparities in arrests and policing practices introduce an additional layer of bias in the application of the death penalty in the United States.
OCTOBER 26, 2018BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: THREE TO DIE FOR KILLING SCHOOLBOY IN KUSHTIA
A Kushtia court on 25 October 2018 sentenced three people to death for killing a schoolboy after abduction in 2011.
- OCTOBER 26, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A woman, identified only as Soudabeh, was executed in Maraqeh on October 26, 2018
IRAN - A woman, identified only as Soudabeh, was executed in Maraqeh on October 26, 2018
- OCTOBER 25, 2018Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY: U.S CITIZEN FACES DEATH PENALTY FOR SELLING JERUSALEM LAND TO JEWS
The family of 55-year old Palestinian-American asked the U.S. State Department to help him after he was arrested for allegedly helping sell an Arab-owned property in the Old City of Jerusalem to a Jewish organization.
- OCTOBER 25, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Study: Racial Disparities in Death Penalty Begin with Investigations and Arrests.
USA - Study: Racial Disparities in Death Penalty Begin with Investigations and Arrests.
- OCTOBER 25, 2018BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 3 TO WALK GALLOWS FOR KILLING MEHERPUR AUTO DRIVER
A court in Meherpur on 23 October 2018 sentenced three people to death and two others to three years’ imprisonment for killing the driver of a battery-run auto-rickshaw in 2016.
- OCTOBER 25, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: PRISONER HANGED AT SIRJAN PRISON
According to HRANA, on the morning of 18 October 2018, a prisoner was hanged at Sirjan Central Prison.
OCTOBER 25, 2018BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: DEATH PENALTY FOR CARRYING YABA, HEROIN
The Narcotics Control Bill 2018 was placed in parliament last night, with provision for death sentence or life-term imprisonment for carrying, producing, trading and using more than five grammes of yaba, and more than 25 grammes of heroin and cocaine, The
- OCTOBER 25, 2018VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Virginia. Split Jury Spares Iraq-War Vet (Ronald Hamilton) in High Profile Virginia Capital Case.
USA - Virginia. Split Jury Spares Iraq-War Vet (Ronald Hamilton) in High Profile Virginia Capital Case.
- OCTOBER 24, 2018BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN REVERSES DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST TWO CITIZENS
Bahrain’s Court of Cassation accepted the verdict in form and turned down the appealed death penalty in substance against defendants Hussain Ali Moussa and Mohammed Ramadan Essa, Asharq Al-Awsat reported on 23 October 2018.
- OCTOBER 24, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Interior Ministry: execution of two Saudi nationals
24 October 2018: Abdullah bin Eid bin Barka al-Awfi and Nader bin Mohammed bin Bakhit al-Awfi condemned for luring fellow citizen to his death
OCTOBER 24, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED AT ZAHEDAN PRISON
A prisoner was executed at Zahedan Central Prison on rape charges on 20 October 2018 morning.
OCTOBER 24, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED AT ARDEBIL PRISON
A prisoner was hanged on 22 October 2018 at Ardebil Prison, northwest Iran.
OCTOBER 24, 2018ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: 5 NYIMBA MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Five men from the Nyimba district were sentenced to death in Zambia in two separate cases, zambiareports.com reported on October 19, 2018.
- OCTOBER 23, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TRADERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 'DISRUPTING ECONOMY'
Iran's Supreme Court has upheld death sentences given to two financial traders convicted of illegal currency trading and "disrupting the economy", RFE/RL reported on 23 October 2018.
- OCTOBER 23, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: 3 SAUDIS CONVICTED OF MURDERING INDIAN WORKERS EXECUTED IN QATIF
Three Saudi nationals were executed on 22 October 2018 for robbing and killing five Indian nationals in the Eastern Province city of Qatif, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported quoting an Interior Ministry statement.
OCTOBER 23, 2018IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 13 WOMEN SENTENCED TO DEATH
The Central Criminal Court in Baghdad has sentenced 13 Turkish women to death over affiliation to Islamic State, DPA reported on 21 October 2018.