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
- MARCH 13, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Saudi beheaded for murder
10 January 2019: the Ministry of the Interior announced the execution of the Saudi Fahd bin Ahmed bin Salloum Ba'abd for the murder of Mohamed Lafa - Indian citizenship - stabbing him ninety-nine in different parts of his body.
- MARCH 13, 2019ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arkansas. Senate approves SB 464 expanding execution drug secrecy.
USA - Arkansas. Senate approves SB 464 expanding execution drug secrecy.
MARCH 13, 2019KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: TWO ON DEATH ROW FREED AFTER 17 YEARS IN PRISON
Two former employees of a former prominent Nakuru businessman Said Abdalla Azubedi who were sentenced to death for robbing him have been finally freed after spending 17 years in jail, the Daily Nation reported on 12 March 2019.
- MARCH 13, 2019TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee. The House Judiciary Committee's subcommittee passed HB 1455 to ban death penalty for mentally ill
USA - Tennessee. The House Judiciary Committee's subcommittee passed HB 1455 to ban death penalty for mentally ill
- MARCH 13, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: THREE PRISONERS HANGED IN URMIA
Three prisoners, identified as Naji Omarzadeh, Khalil Salehi and Hossein Ebrahimi, were hanged on 11 March 2019 in Urmia Central Prison, west of the country.
MARCH 12, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: COURT SENTENCES LEKAN SHONDE TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE
The Lagos State High Court on 8 March 2019 sentenced Lekan Shonde to death by hanging for killing his wife, Ronke.
- MARCH 12, 2019CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. All death row inmates get reprieve from Governor Gavin Newsom.
USA - California. All death row inmates get reprieve from Governor Gavin Newsom.
MARCH 12, 2019IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 3 MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER BOMBING SHIITE SHRINE IN BAGHDAD
An Iraqi court has sentenced three men to death by hanging over detonating an explosive charge at a Shiite religious shrine in Baghdad.
MARCH 12, 2019South SudanDEATH PENALTYSOUTH SUDAN: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES THREE SOLDIERS TO DEATH FOR KILLING CIVILIANS
A South Sudan military court on 8 March 2019 sentenced three soldiers to death by firing squad, and a fourth to 10 years' imprisonment, for killing two civilians in their homes in robbery-motivated attacks last year.
MARCH 11, 2019IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER SHRINE BOMBING
An Iraqi court has sentenced two men to death by hanging for their involvement in a suicide bomb attack at a religious shrine in the central province of Salahudin.
MARCH 11, 2019BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: KHALAF MURDER CONVICT MAMUN HANGED
A condemned killer of Saudi embassy official Khalaf Al Ali was hanged at Kashimpur High Security Central Jail in Gazipur on 3 March 2019 night.
MARCH 11, 2019ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: GUNMAN IN 2017 DEALERSHIP RAID SENTENCED TO DIE
One of several gunmen accused of stealing pickup trucks at gunpoint and killing a hostage was sentenced to death on 12 February 2019 by a southern court.
MARCH 11, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 56 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN JANUARY 2019, ACCORDING TO EIPR
According to a monthly survey conducted by the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), 56 defendants were handed death sentences in January of this year
- MARCH 11, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - An unidentified man was hanged at Birjand Prison on March 11.
IRAN - An unidentified man was hanged at Birjand Prison on March 11.
- MARCH 10, 2019DEATH PENALTY
CALIFORNIA (USA): SERIAL KILLER JUAN CORONA DIES OF NATURAL CAUSES
Juan Corona, California’s most prolific serial killer, dies of natural causes.
MARCH 10, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ebrahim Karkije hanged at Zahedan on March 10.
The Iranian regime on 10 March 2019 hanged a prisoner in the city of Zahedan, eastern Iran. The prisoner was identified as Ebrahim Karkije, 33, married and father of two.
- MARCH 10, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - An unknown man hanged at Zahedan Prison on March 10.
IRAN - An unknown man hanged at Zahedan Prison on March 10.
- MARCH 8, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF UKRAINIAN WOMAN IN HURGHADA
A criminal court in Egypt's Red Sea governorate sentenced to death on 7 March 2019 a man convicted of killing a Ukrainian woman in the Red Sea resort of town Hurghada in March 2018.
- MARCH 8, 2019TunisiaDEATH PENALTY
TUNISIA: 31 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TERRORIST ATTACK
Tunisia’s Criminal Court on terrorism cases in the capital’s Court of Appeal has sentenced 31 people to death over the 2014 terrorist attack on the house of former Interior Minister Lotfi Ben Jeddou, Aawsat reported on 7 March 2019.
- MARCH 8, 2019FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Judge Jalal Harb sentenced Johnathan Alcegaire to death.
USA - Florida. Judge Jalal Harb sentenced Johnathan Alcegaire to death.
- MARCH 8, 2019FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Jury recommends death penalty for Christian Cruz
USA - Florida. Jury recommends death penalty for Christian Cruz
- MARCH 8, 2019IndianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Indiana. Deal instead of a third death-penalty trial for Wayne Kubsch.
USA - Indiana. Deal instead of a third death-penalty trial for Wayne Kubsch.
- MARCH 7, 2019New HampshireDEATH PENALTY
USA - New Hampshire. House passed HB 455 to repeal the death penalty
USA - New Hampshire. House passed HB 455 to repeal the death penalty
MARCH 7, 2019TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: TEACHER SENTENCED TO DEATH AFTER PUPIL DIED OF BEATING
A Tanzanian court sentenced a teacher to death on 6 March 2019 after a 13-year-old pupil died from a beating meted out by him in a case that sparked a national debate on corporal punishment in schools.
MARCH 7, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SC CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE TO PUNJAB MAN FOR KILLING SIX
The Supreme Court on 5 March 2019 confirmed capital punishment for a man from Punjab, who killed six people by drowning them in a canal.
MARCH 7, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SC ACQUITS TWO DEATH ROW CONVICTS
The Supreme Court on 5 March 2019 acquitted two death-row convicts who were sentenced to the gallows by the Chhattisgarh High Court for allegedly committing robbery and killing five women members of a family in 2012.
- MARCH 7, 2019ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arkansas. House Judiciary Committee defeated HB 1494 prohibiting the death penalty for severe mental illness.
USA - Arkansas. House Judiciary Committee defeated HB 1494 prohibiting the death penalty for severe mental illness.
- MARCH 7, 2019IowaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Iowa. The Senate Judiciary Committee passed SF 296 to expand the death penalty
USA - Iowa. The Senate Judiciary Committee passed SF 296 to expand the death penalty
- MARCH 6, 2019DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): ALFRED DEWAYNE BROWN DECLARED ACTUALLY INNOCENT
Death-row exoneree Alfred Dewayne Brown was declared “actually innocent” by Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg on March 1, 2019, making Brown eligible for state compensation for the time he spent wrongfully imprisoned on Texas’ death row.
- MARCH 6, 2019ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arkansas. Senate Judiciary Committee expands execution drug secrecy law.
USA - Arkansas. Senate Judiciary Committee expands execution drug secrecy law.