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
- MAY 30, 2019OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. The House Criminal Justice Committee approved HB 136/SB 54 that would prohibit the execution of defendants with "serious mental illness"
USA - Ohio. The House Criminal Justice Committee approved HB 136/SB 54 that would prohibit the execution of defendants with "serious mental illness"
MAY 29, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: KATSINA ANNOUNCES DEATH PENALTY FOR KIDNAPPERS, RUSTLERS
The Katsina State Government on 24 May 2019 introduced the death penalty for kidnappers and cattle rustlers in the state.
MAY 29, 2019IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: TWO MORE FRENCH ISLAMIC STATE MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
An Iraqi court on 28 May 2019 sentenced two high-profile French members of the Islamic State group to death, bringing the total number of French former jihadis condemned to death this week to six.
MAY 29, 2019ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: TWO DRUG TRAFFICKER SENTENCED TO DEATH SIX YEARS AFTER THE TRIAL
The Intermediate People’s Court in Jiangmen, Guangdong province, on 30 April 2019 handed down death sentences for drug offences to two accused and suspended death sentences for five others.
- MAY 28, 2019DEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. The House passed HB 59 to expand the death penalty
USA - Alabama. The House passed HB 59 to expand the death penalty
- MAY 28, 2019KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: PRISON WARDER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR PUMPING LOVER WITH BULLETS
An ex-prison warder at Kamiti Maximum Security Prison, Patrick Daniel Lesadala, will face the death penalty for the murder of his girlfriend, Diana Karambu Nthiba.
- MAY 28, 2019FranceDEATH PENALTY
FRANCE SAYS IT OPPOSES DEATH PENALTY AS FOUR FRENCH SENTENCED IN IRAQ
France opposes the death penalty in principle but accepts Iraqi sovereignty, its foreign ministry said on 27 May 2019, as a fourth French citizen was sentenced to death in Iraq for being part of the Islamic State militant group.
MAY 28, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DEATH CONVICT SENT TO GALLOWS IN MIANWALI
A death convict who had killed 3 persons was hanged in Central jail Mianwali on 4 May 2019.
MAY 28, 2019IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: FOURTH FRENCH ISIS MEMBER SENTENCED TO DEATH
An Iraqi court on 27 May 2019 condemned a fourth French citizen to death for joining the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS).
- MAY 28, 2019LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. HB 258 to hide source of execution drugs killed by Senate panel
USA - Louisiana. HB 258 to hide source of execution drugs killed by Senate panel
- MAY 28, 2019AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. A jury recommended the death penalty for Lionel Francis
USA - Alabama. A jury recommended the death penalty for Lionel Francis
- MAY 28, 2019United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Military. Christian L. Reismeier has been named to oversee the military tribunals at Guantánamo Bay
USA - Military. Christian L. Reismeier has been named to oversee the military tribunals at Guantánamo Bay
MAY 27, 2019JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR TWO CONNECTED TO KARAK TERROR CELL UPHELD
The Court of Cassation upheld a February State Security Court (SSC) ruling, sentencing two men to death in connection with the Karak terror cell case that resulted in the death of 10 people in Karak Governorate in 2016.
MAY 27, 2019IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: THREE FRENCH IS MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
An Iraqi court on 26 May 2019 sentenced three French citizens to death after they were found guilty of joining the Islamic State group, a court official said.
MAY 27, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: POLICEMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER MURDER
A military court in Mogadishu on 25 May 2019 sentenced Somali police officer to death for killing a rickshaw driver earlier this month.
- MAY 26, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN HANGED IN PUBLIC
Death-row prisoner Mehdi Cheraghi was hanged in public in Hamedan on the morning of 23 May 2019.
- MAY 26, 2019DEATH PENALTY
IS PUBLIC OPINION A JUSTIFIABLE REASON NOT TO ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY? A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SURVEYS OF EIGHT COUNTRIES
The purpose of this article is to shed light on the issue of the death penalty from the findings of public opinion surveys carried out in eight retentionist countries (named below) which have continued to maintain that abolition is not feasible because of
MAY 26, 2019JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS 'BLACK WIDOW' DEATH SENTENCE
A Japanese court on 24 May 2019 upheld the death sentence for a woman dubbed the "Black Widow", who used cyanide to kill a string of elderly and rich lovers and pocketed millions in insurance payouts and inheritance.
- MAY 25, 2019TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. SB 719, also known as Lauren’s Law, passed House and Senate
USA - Texas. SB 719, also known as Lauren’s Law, passed House and Senate
- MAY 25, 2019TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Bills tackling intellectual disability and mental illness cases fail
USA - Texas. Bills tackling intellectual disability and mental illness cases fail
- MAY 24, 2019NebraskaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nebraska. The Judiciary Committee advanced a bill that would require two members of the Legislature to witness any execution
USA - Nebraska. The Judiciary Committee advanced a bill that would require two members of the Legislature to witness any execution
- MAY 23, 2019New HampshireDEATH PENALTY
USA - New Hampshire. The House overrode Governor's veto of HB 455 that abolishes the death penalty.
USA - New Hampshire. The House overrode Governor's veto of HB 455 that abolishes the death penalty.
- MAY 23, 2019North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - North Carolina. Former Death-Row Prisoner Charles Ray Finch Freed After 43 Years.
USA - North Carolina. Former Death-Row Prisoner Charles Ray Finch Freed After 43 Years.
- MAY 23, 2019FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Bobby Joe Long, 65, White, a serial killer, was executed.
USA - Florida. Bobby Joe Long, 65, White, a serial killer, was executed.
MAY 23, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 6 DEFENDANTS OF ‘KERDASA RISISTENCE COMMITTEES’ SENTENCED TO DEATH
Cairo Criminal Court on 22 May 2019 sentenced seven defendants in the case of popular resistance committees of Kerdasa to capital punishment.
MAY 23, 2019JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: DEATH SENTENCE FINALIZED FOR MAN OVER 2015 MURDER OF 2 CHILDREN
The death sentence has been finalized for a 49-year-old man convicted of the 2015 murder of two junior high school students in western Japan after he withdrew his appeal, a court said on 21 May 2019.
MAY 23, 2019BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 4 GET DEATH PENALTY FOR KAMRANGIRCHAR MURDER
Speedy Trial tribunal-1 on 23 May 2019 awarded death penalty to four people for killing one Monir Hossain and cutting the dead body into seven pieces in 2013.
- MAY 23, 2019LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
USA- Louisiana. Rep. Terry Landry shelved HB 215 to abolish the death penalty
USA- Louisiana. Rep. Terry Landry shelved HB 215 to abolish the death penalty
- MAY 23, 2019AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. The Senate passed HB 59 to expand the death-penalty
USA - Alabama. The Senate passed HB 59 to expand the death-penalty
- MAY 22, 2019MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
MALDIVES: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH IN MUHEETH'S MURDER TRIAL
Criminal Court on 20 May 2019 passed capital punishment on the two individuals convicted of murdering Abdul Muheeth (Bobby).