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
- APRIL 17, 2019ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit overturned the death sentence of Theodore Washington
USA - Arizona. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit overturned the death sentence of Theodore Washington
- APRIL 16, 2019BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING RU TEACHER SHAFIUL
A Rajshahi court on 15 April 2019 sentenced three people to death for killing Rajshahi University professor AKM Shafiul Islam in 2014, reports UNB.
APRIL 16, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: EGYPTIAN MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING ITALIAN CITIZEN IN MILAN
An Egyptian criminal court sentenced a defendant to death on 15 April 2019 for killing an Italian citizen in the city of Milano in 2013.
- APRIL 16, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TWO PRISONERS EXECUTED IN SHIRAZ
The Iranian regime on 11 April 2019 executed two prisoners in Adelabad Prison in Shiraz, south-central Iran.
- APRIL 16, 2019United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Military. Federal Appeals Court Strikes Two Years of Guantánamo Tribunal Decisions in USS Cole Case.
USA - Military. Federal Appeals Court Strikes Two Years of Guantánamo Tribunal Decisions in USS Cole Case.
- APRIL 15, 2019DEATH PENALTY
NEW HAMPSHIRE (USA): SENATE PASSES DEATH-PENALTY REPEAL WITH VETO-PROOF MAJORITY
In a vote death-penalty opponents praised as “historic,” a veto-proof supermajority of the New Hampshire legislature on 11 April 2019 gave final approval to a bill that would repeal the state’s death penalty statute.
APRIL 15, 2019KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: DUO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING SHEIKH, 2 OTHERS
The court of cassation on 13 April 2019 sentenced two Iranians to death for killing a ruling family member, another Kuwaiti and an Indonesian woman in an armed robbery in 2016.
APRIL 15, 2019GhanaDEATH PENALTYGHANA: TWO TO BE HANGED FOR KILLING EX-POLICEMAN
Twelve years after killing an ex-policeman the two killers have been sentenced to death by hanging, Ghanaweb reported on 13 April 2019.
- APRIL 15, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A man, identified only as G. M. was hanged on April 15
IRAN - A man, identified only as G. M. was hanged on April 15
APRIL 13, 2019IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: TWO MEMBERS OF DRUG GANG GET DEATH FOR MURDERING FAMILY OF SIX IN MAKASSAR
Two members of a drug gang in Makassar, South Sulawesi, on 11 April 2019 were sentenced to death after being found guilty of murdering a family of six.
APRIL 13, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED AT GORGAN PRISON
According to HRANA website, prisoner Davoud Mohebzadeh, 36, was hanged on 7 April 2019 at Gorgan prison.
APRIL 13, 2019ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: ZHANG KOUKOU'S DEATH PENALTY SENTENCE UPHELD AFTER SECOND TRIAL
Zhang Koukou, who killed three people in revenge for his mother's death, had his death penalty sentence upheld by Shaanxi Provincial High People's Court after a second trial on 11 April 2019.
- APRIL 12, 2019TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Texas Supreme Court rules supplier of death penalty drug can remain secret.
USA - Texas. Texas Supreme Court rules supplier of death penalty drug can remain secret.
- APRIL 12, 2019United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Divided Supreme Court says execution of Christopher Lee Price can proceed
USA - Alabama. Divided Supreme Court says execution of Christopher Lee Price can proceed
APRIL 11, 2019BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 4 TO DIE IN NATORE BCL ACTIVIST KILLING
A court in Natore on 11 April 2019 sentenced four people to death and another to life term imprisonment in a case over the killing of a BCL activist in Lalpur upazila.
APRIL 11, 2019JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: KILLER OF WIFE IN ZARQA SENTENCED TO HANG
The Grand Criminal Court sentenced on 7 April 2019 a 43-year-old man to hang after he had killed his wife and shot his young daughter with a gun in October 2016 in Zarqa governorate.
APRIL 11, 2019North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: PUBLIC EXECUTIONS STAGED TO STRENGTHEN ‘SOCIAL ORDER’
North Korean authorities staged a public trial and shot two female fortune tellers to death last month, forcing tens of thousands of people to watch, in what appeared to be a resumption of public executions.
APRIL 11, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DEATH CONVICT HANGED IN MIANWALI CENTRAL JAIL
A death convict has been hanged in central jail Mianwali. According to media reports, death convict Abdul Jabbar alias Bhopa had gunned down his relative 15 years ago on petty domestic problem in Ghala Mandi.
- APRIL 11, 2019New HampshireDEATH PENALTY
USA - New Hampshire. Senate Passes Death-Penalty Repeal (HB 455) With Veto-Proof Majority.
USA - New Hampshire. Senate Passes Death-Penalty Repeal (HB 455) With Veto-Proof Majority.
- APRIL 11, 2019MississippiDEATH PENALTY
USA - Virginia. Virginia is not required to disclose information to Mississippi death-row prisoners
USA - Virginia. Virginia is not required to disclose information to Mississippi death-row prisoners
APRIL 10, 2019BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN TO DIE FOR KILLING WIFE IN BARGUNA
A court in Barguna on 9 April 2019 sentenced a man to death for killing his wife in 2010.
APRIL 10, 2019United KingdomDEATH PENALTYAMNESTY: GLOBAL EXECUTIONS FELL BY NEARLY A THIRD LAST YEAR
Global executions fell dramatically by almost a third (31%) last year to the lowest figure for at least a decade, Amnesty International said in its annual global review of the death penalty.
APRIL 10, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BASED SOLELY ON QASAMEH
A woman suspected of murdering her husband was sentenced to death in Iran based solely on Qasameh, the state-run ISNA news agency reported on 8 April 2019.
APRIL 10, 2019ArizonaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Arizona. Gov. Doug Ducey signed into law SB 1314 that eliminates three aggravating circumstances from the state's death-penalty statute
USA - Arizona. Gov. Doug Ducey signed into law SB 1314 that eliminates three aggravating circumstances from the state's death-penalty statute
- APRIL 9, 2019United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: DEATH PENALTY TO MURDERER AFTER CLAIMING MENTAL ILLNESS
The Sharjah Criminal Court sentenced an Asian man with the death penalty for murdering his co-worker, and claiming he suffered from metal illness.
- APRIL 9, 2019United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: 8 ALLEGED MURDERERS TO PAY DH 200,000 BLOOD MONEY
The Sharjah Sharia Court of First Instance has ordered eight men accused of murder to pay Dh200,000 as blood money to the victim's family, and sentenced them to 3 years and 6 months' in jail followed by deportation, Khaleejtimes reported on 8 April 2019.
APRIL 9, 2019IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF 3 UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS
A criminal court in Iraq’s Diyala province on 8 April 2019 said it handed a death sentence to a man found guilty of involvement in the killing of three professors at a local university.
- APRIL 9, 2019FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. A jury sentenced Michael Shane Bargo to death
USA - Florida. A jury sentenced Michael Shane Bargo to death
- APRIL 9, 2019TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee. Gov. Bill Lee signed a new law removing one state court's review.
USA - Tennessee. Gov. Bill Lee signed a new law removing one state court's review.
- APRIL 9, 2019ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arkansas. Governor Asa Hutchinson signed SB 464 (now Act 810) into law.
USA - Arkansas. Governor Asa Hutchinson signed SB 464 (now Act 810) into law.