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 22, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING NEIGHBOUR DURING FIGHT IN AJEGUNLE
An Ikeja high court on 7 May 2019 sentenced a 36-year-old woman, Stella Gilbert, to death for stabbing her neighbour, Mrs Stella Godwin, to death during a fight at their residence in Ajegunle, Lagos.
MAY 22, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: CAMEROONIAN COOK SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING EMPLOYER
A Lagos High Court in Igbosere has sentenced a Cameroonian cook, Leudjou Koyemen Joel, to death for the 20 December 2016 murder of Dayo Adeleke, AltAfrica reported on 21 May 2019.
- MAY 21, 2019OregonDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Judge Brian J. Corrigan formally sentenced Joseph McAlpin to death.
USA - Ohio. Judge Brian J. Corrigan formally sentenced Joseph McAlpin to death.
MAY 21, 2019FranceDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: FRENCHMAN FELIX DORFIN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A Frenchman arrested in Indonesia with nearly 4kg of drugs in his luggage was sentenced to death for drug trafficking.
MAY 21, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: DEATH FOR 2 SHABAAB MILITANTS AS MILITARY TOP COURT UPHOLDS VERDICT
A military appeals court in Mogadishu upheld the death sentence against two Al-Shabaab militants, one of whom was involved in the Hotel Sahafi attack, that claimed 32 lives last November.
- MAY 21, 2019OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oregon. Senate Passes SB 1013 Limiting State Death Penalty.
USA - Oregon. Senate Passes SB 1013 Limiting State Death Penalty.
- MAY 20, 2019SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPOREANS SUPPORT DRUG LAWS, BUT ONLY HALF THE COUNTRY’S YOUNG SAY DEATH PENALTY IS APPROPRIATE
Singapore’s tough anti-drug laws command overwhelming support across the population, but only about half of younger people feel the death penalty is an appropriate punishment for severe drug offences, a government survey has found.
MAY 20, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: COURT UPHOLDS IRANIAN'S DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING U.S. WOMAN
Iran's state-owned newspaper on 18 May 2019 said the country's Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence for an Iranian man accused of murdering an American woman during a robbery.
MAY 20, 2019KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: THREE BROTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Three brothers from the "Bidoon" category were sentenced to death for murdering a man in May 2018.
MAY 20, 2019VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: TEN DRUG SMUGGLERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Vietnam has sentenced 10 people to death for smuggling meth, ketamine and ecstasy across the country by train, state media reported on 17 May 2019.
- MAY 19, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: POLITICAL PRISONER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SUPPORTING THE PMOI/MEK
Tehran’s Revolutionary Court on 19 May 2019 sentenced Abdullah Ghasempour, affiliated with the People’s Mojahedin (PMOI/MEK) to death.
- MAY 19, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abdullah Ghasempour, member of PMOI/MEK, sentenced to death on May 19
IRAN - Abdullah Ghasempour, member of PMOI/MEK, sentenced to death on May 19
- MAY 17, 2019DEATH PENALTY
TENNESSEE (USA): DONNIE EDWARD JOHNSON EXECUTED
Donnie Edward Johnson was executed in Tennessee on 16 May 2019.
- MAY 17, 2019DEATH PENALTY
ALABAMA (USA): MICHAEL BRANDON SAMRA EXECUTED
Michael Brandon Samra, 41, White, was executed in Alabama on 16 May 2019.
- MAY 17, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: PASTOR, MISTRESS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING NNPC SENIOR STAFF
A housewife and her lover have been sentenced to death by a Benin High Court for the murder of senior staff of Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC), Benin city, Engineer Victor Gabriel Isonguyo.
MAY 17, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE OF THREE CONVICTS
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on 16 May 2019 upheld the death sentence of three convicts and acquitted two others in the lynching and burning alive of a Christian couple who were accused of blasphemy in Kasur’s Kot Radha Kishan in the year 2014.
- MAY 16, 2019AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Michael Brandon Samra, 41, White, was executed.
USA - Alabama. Michael Brandon Samra, 41, White, was executed.
MAY 16, 2019TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: EU URGES TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
The EU on 14 May 2019 called on Taiwan to introduce a temporary moratorium on the death penalty after a bilateral meeting on human rights in Brussels.
MAY 16, 2019BahrainDEATH PENALTYBAHRAIN: TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SMUGGLING HASHISH
Two of seven men who were caught smuggling 68 kilograms of Hashish to Bahrain from Iran were sentenced to death by the Supreme Court of Appeals on 13 May 2019.
MAY 16, 2019KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: KIRINYAGA HANDS DEATH SENTENCE TO BRAZEN KILLERS
A Kerugoya Court has handed a death sentence to two men who killed two people and maimed one in a robbery incident that ended up being kidnapping.
- MAY 16, 2019TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee. Donnie Edward Johnson was executed today.
USA - Tennessee. Donnie Edward Johnson was executed today.
- MAY 16, 2019NevadaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nevada. A jury sentenced Tracy Petrocelli to death for the second time
USA - Nevada. A jury sentenced Tracy Petrocelli to death for the second time
- MAY 16, 2019OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. A jury has recommended the death penalty for Joseph McAlpin
USA - Ohio. A jury has recommended the death penalty for Joseph McAlpin
- MAY 16, 2019South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - South Carolina. A jury sentenced Jerome Jenkins to death.
USA - South Carolina. A jury sentenced Jerome Jenkins to death.
MAY 15, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED AT MARAGHEH PRISON
According to a report of Kurdistan Center for Democracy and Human Rights, confirmed by IHR, a prisoner was hanged on 4 May 2019 at Iranian northwestern city of Maragheh’s prison for murder charges.
MAY 15, 2019BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE IN DOUBLE-MURDER CASE
The Belarusian Supreme Court has upheld a death sentence for a man convicted of murdering two women, despite calls from the European Union for Minsk bring an end to capital punishment.
MAY 15, 2019MexicoDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: THREE MEXICANS SENTENCED TO DEATH RETURNED TO MEXICO
Three Mexican nationals who were sentenced to death in Malaysia have been pardoned and returned to the country, Riviera Maya News reported on 14 May 2019.
MAY 14, 2019BahrainDEATH PENALTYBAHRAIN: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCES AGAINST TWO ANTI-REGIME ACTIVISTS
Bahrain’s supreme court of appeal on 12 May 2019 upheld death sentences against two anti-regime activists.
MAY 14, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: MAN BAGS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING BROTHER IN LAGOS
An Ikeja High Court on 13 May 2019 sentenced to death a 33-year-old man, Abiodun Allen, for killing his immediate younger brother, Wale, with a broken bottle.
MAY 14, 2019IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH BY SULAIMANI COURT FOR 2013 KIRKUK TAXI MURDERS
Sulaimani Criminal Court on 12 May 2019 handed down fifteen death sentences to three people who had been convicted earlier of killing eighteen taxi drivers in 2013.