Archive timeline
2019
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2019, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2019
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO KILLERS OF SHIA DOCTOR AND SHOPKEEPER SENTENCED TO DEATH
An anti-terrorism court on 26 September 2019 sentenced two terrorists involved in targeted murders of two Shia Muslims to death.
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 7 DEFENDANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR AMBUSHING HELWAN MINIBUS IN 2016
The Cairo Criminal Court on 28 September 2019 sentenced seven defendants to death after they were charged with killing eight police officers in an armed attack in May 2016, in addition to other cases where officers were killed.
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2019OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Governor Grants Reprieve to Cleveland Jackson
USA - Ohio. Governor Grants Reprieve to Cleveland Jackson
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTY
MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR ABDUCTING KILLING TWO PEOPLE FOR RANSOM
A court in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, on 26 September 2019 awarded death sentence to a man in a double murder case.
SEPTEMBER 27, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: FATHER, SON SENTENCED TO DEATH IN ZAMFARA
High court 3 in Gusau, Zamfara State on 26 September 2019 sentenced one Ibrahim Hamida of Gobirawa village in Tsafe Local Government Area of the state and his son, Ashiru Ibrahim, to death, for culpable homicide.
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2019FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Jury recommends death penalty for Granville Ritchie, 40, Black.
USA - Florida. Jury recommends death penalty for Granville Ritchie, 40, Black.
SEPTEMBER 27, 2019DEATH PENALTYIRAN: WOMAN EXECUTED FOR MURDERING HER HUSBAND
In the morning of 26 September 2019 Leila Zarafshan was hanged in the Central Prison of Sanandaj.
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2019ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - -Arizona. Joel Escalante-Orozco accepted a life sentence.
USA - -Arizona. Joel Escalante-Orozco accepted a life sentence.
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2019DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): ROBERT SPARKS EXECUTED
Robert Sparks, 45, Black, was executed on 25 September 2019 in Texas. Sparks had been sentenced to death in 2008 for the September 2007 killing of his wife, Chare Agnew, 30, and his two stepsons – Harold Sublet Jr., 9, and Raeqwon Agnew, 10.
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men, Rauf Azadikhah, Shahaboddin Mohammad Pour, and Ebrahim Ahmadi Pour, executed on September 26 at Urmia Prison
IRAN - 3 men, Rauf Azadikhah, Shahaboddin Mohammad Pour, and Ebrahim Ahmadi Pour, executed on September 26 at Urmia Prison
SEPTEMBER 26, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: COURT REVOKES DEATH SENTENCE OF 8 DEFENDANTS IN TERRORISM CASE
The Court of Cassation on 26 September 2019 cancelled the death sentence issued against eight defendants in the case known in media as "terrorist Imbaba cell," but upheld life imprisonment sentence against four others in the case.
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A woman, Leila Zarafshan, executed on September 26, 2019 in the Central Prison of Sanandaj
IRAN - A woman, Leila Zarafshan, executed on September 26, 2019 in the Central Prison of Sanandaj In the morning of Thursday, September 26, 2019, Leila Zarafshan was hanged in the Central Prison of Sanandaj
SEPTEMBER 26, 2019DEATH PENALTYIRAN: FIVE PRISONERS HANGED AT RAJAI-SHAHR PRISON
According to Iran Human Rights sources, on the morning of 25 September 2019, at least five people were executed at Rajai-Shahr prison near Tehran.
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - On September 26, a man was hanged at Isfahan Central Prison
IRAN - On September 26, a man was hanged at Isfahan Central Prison
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified prisoner hanged in Salmas on Sept. 26.
IRAN - Unidentified prisoner hanged in Salmas on Sept. 26.
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SC UPHOLDS DEATH TO MAN FOR RAPING GIRL, KILLING BROTHER
The Supreme Court on 1° August 2019 upheld the death penalty of a Tamil Nadu man convicted of gang raping and murdering a 10-year-old girl and also killing her seven-year-old brother.
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2019TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Robert Sparks, 45, Black, was executed.
USA - Texas. Robert Sparks, 45, Black, was executed.
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 4 TO DIE FOR KILLING MANIKGANJ SCHOOLGIRL AFTER GANG RAPE
A court in Manikganj on 24 September 2019 convicted four people and sentenced them to death for killing a schoolgirl after gang rape in 2008.
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019DEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER HANGED IN MARAGHEH PRISON FOR MURDER
Jafar (Kazem) Seyedhosseini was executed on 4 August 2019 in Maragheh prison, Iran Human Rights reported on 25 September.
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 5 prisoners were hanged on September 25 at Rajai-Shahr prison.
IRAN - 5 prisoners were hanged on September 25 at Rajai-Shahr prison.
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Soltan Fathi Rad executed on September 25 at the Central Prison of Borujerd.
IRAN - Soltan Fathi Rad executed on September 25 at the Central Prison of Borujerd.
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mojtaba Soleimani, Mostafa Bakhti and 4 more executed at Raja’i Shahr prison on September 25
IRAN - Mojtaba Soleimani, Mostafa Bakhti and 4 more executed at Raja’i Shahr prison on September 25
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified woman hanged at Rajaii Shahr on September 25
IRAN - Unidentified woman hanged at Rajaii Shahr on September 25
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: EX-MP RECEIVES DEATH SENTENCE FOR MASTERMINDING MURDER
The Khon Kaen Provincial Court on 24 September 2019 sentenced Nawat Tocharoensuk, the former Khon Kaen MP of the Pheu Thai Party, to death for being the mastermind behind the 2013 murder of Suchart Kotthum, the former chief administrator of Khon Kaen Prov
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019DEATH PENALTYUSA: FORMER GUANTÁNAMO OFFICIALS BLAST WASTE AND MISMANAGEMENT AS COSTS TO TAXPAYERS TOP $6 BILLION
As U.S. taxpayers pick up a tab of more than $6 billion and climbing, former top officials involved in the military commission death-penalty cases against Guantánamo Bay detainees have blasted the military tribunals for waste, mismanagement, and ineffecti
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 6 IS MILITANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER 2013 CAR BOMB ATTACK
An Iraqi court on 23 September 2019 sentenced six Islamic State terrorists to death by hanging for their involvement in a deadly car bomb attack near the country’s Justice Ministry in 2013, leaving scores of people dead and wounded.
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: INDIAN NATIONAL GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Indian national Rajinder Singh, a resident of Taragarh village in Punjab, has been sentenced to death in Kuwait for drug trafficking, tribuneindia.com reported on 23 September 2019.
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019MalawiDEATH PENALTYMALAWI: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING PERSON WITH ALBINISM
The High Court in Mchinji on 13 August 2019 sentenced to death three people who were convicted of killing a person with albinism.
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: GIRIDIH COURT AWARDS DEATH SENTENCE TO MAN FOR RAPING AND KILLING FOUR-YEAR-OLD GIRL
A special POCSO court in Giridih on 21 September 2019 awarded death sentence to a man for raping and killing a four-year-old girl while sentencing his father for life in the case.
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING ONDO APC CHIEFTAIN
A 25-year-old man, David Seimiyengha, has been sentenced to death by an Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure, the state capital, for committing kidnapping and murder, punchng.com reported on 22 September 2019.