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 6, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SURENDRA KOLI SENTENCED TO DEATH IN 10TH CASE OF NITHARI KILLINGS
Surendra Koli, who has been convicted and sentenced to death in nine cases of rape and murder of women in Noida’s Nithari village, was on 2 March 2019 handed down capital punishment in the 10th case of rape and murder against him.
MARCH 6, 2019MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: BAR URGES PAKATAN GOVT TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY ‘ONCE AND FOR ALL’
The Malaysian Bar on 5 March 2019 called upon the Pakatan Harapan government to keep its promise and abolish the death penalty at the upcoming Parliament sitting.
- MARCH 6, 2019ColoradoDEATH PENALTY
USA - Colorado. SB 19-182 to repeal the death penalty passed Senate Judiciary Committee
USA - Colorado. SB 19-182 to repeal the death penalty passed Senate Judiciary Committee
- MARCH 6, 2019ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. The House Judiciary Committee passed SB 1314, which would eliminate several aggravating circumstances.
USA - Arizona. The House Judiciary Committee passed SB 1314, which would eliminate several aggravating circumstances.
MARCH 5, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: KURDISH PRISONER HANGED AT CHOOBIDAR PRISON IN QAZVIN
Ali Shakouri, a resident of the Tarzilloo village in Orumiyeh, was executed at Choobidar prison in Qazvin on 11 February 2019.
MARCH 5, 2019GuyanaDEATH PENALTYGUYANA: POMEROON MINER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING PENSIONER
Kenrick Lyte of Good Intent, Lower Pomeroon River, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) was found guilty of murder on 27 February 2019 by a 12-member jury at the Suddie, Essequibo Coast, High Court.
MARCH 5, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: COURT SENTENCES DEFENDANT IN 'OCTOBER TERRORIST CELL' TO DEATH
The Cairo Criminal Court on 3 March 2019 sentenced one man to death and four others to life imprisonment in the case known as “the October Terrorist cell” case.
- MARCH 4, 2019DEATH PENALTY
USA - Nebraska. The U.S. Supreme Court confirmed the $28 million compensation for “the Beatrice Six”
USA - Nebraska. The U.S. Supreme Court confirmed the $28 million compensation for “the Beatrice Six”
- MARCH 4, 2019CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Juan Corona, California’s most prolific serial killer, dies of natural causes.
USA - California. Juan Corona, California’s most prolific serial killer, dies of natural causes.
- MARCH 4, 2019North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - North Carolina. Jury sentenced Seaga Gillard, 30, Black, to death.
USA - North Carolina. Jury sentenced Seaga Gillard, 30, Black, to death.
- MARCH 4, 2019DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): BILLIE WAYNE COBLE EXECUTED
Billie Wayne Coble, 70, White, was executed on 28 February 2019.
MARCH 4, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SC COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY TO LIFE TERM CITING MAN'S REFORMATIVE POEMS
The Supreme Court has commuted the death penalty awarded to a man for murdering a child into life imprisonment after his poems indicated that he realised his mistake and wanted to reform himself, PTI reported on 3 March 2019.
MARCH 4, 2019South KoreaDEATH PENALTYSOUTH KOREA: BISHOPS CALL FOR AN END TO THE DEATH PENALTY
The South Korean bishops’ conference has called for an end to the death penalty, and asked the nation’s Constitutional Court to consider whether capital punishment violates South Korea’s constitution, CAN reported on 14 February 2019.
MARCH 4, 2019Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: FATHER OF THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH
The Colombo High Court judge Shashi Mahendran on 11 February 2019 sentenced a man to death over a murder committed in 2000.
- MARCH 4, 2019NebraskaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has overturned the death sentence of Christopher Spreitz
USA - Arizona. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has overturned the death sentence of Christopher Spreitz
- MARCH 3, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE AND 3 SONS
Kafr al-Sheikh Criminal Court on 2 March 2019 sentenced a man who murdered his wife and three sons to the death penalty.
MARCH 3, 2019BahrainDEATH PENALTYBAHRAIN: DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG SMUGGLERS
The First High Criminal Court on 27 February 2019 sentenced two defendants to death after finding them guilty of smuggling 68 kilograms of hashish from Iran through the sea
MARCH 3, 2019South SudanDEATH PENALTYSOUTH SUDAN: SEVEN MEN INCLUDING MEMBERS OF ONE FAMILY HANGED
South Sudan authorities executed at least seven people in February 2019 alone, three of whom were from the same family.
- MARCH 3, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Nour Eddin Salami was hanged at Zanjan Prison on March 3.
IRAN - Nour Eddin Salami was hanged at Zanjan Prison on March 3.
- MARCH 1, 2019TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Alfred Dewayne Brown Declared Actually Innocent.
USA - Texas. Alfred Dewayne Brown Declared Actually Innocent.
- FEBRUARY 28, 2019TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Billie Wayne Coble, 70, White, was executed today.
USA - Texas. Billie Wayne Coble, 70, White, was executed today.
- FEBRUARY 28, 2019OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Arron Lawson, 24, White, sentenced to four death penalties
USA - Ohio. Arron Lawson, 24, White, sentenced to four death penalties
- FEBRUARY 27, 2019IowaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Supreme Court Decides that Executing a Person (Vernon Madison) With Dementia Could Be Unconstitutional.
USA - Alabama. Supreme Court Decides that Executing a Person (Vernon Madison) With Dementia Could Be Unconstitutional.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2019AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Iowa. Senate Subcommittee votes to expand the death penalty
USA - Iowa. Senate Subcommittee votes to expand the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 26, 2019BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN: TWO DEATH SENTENCES UPHELD IN TERROR CASE
The Cassation Court in Bahrain upheld the death penalty for two defendants in the case of establishing and funding an illegal terrorist group, the murder of police officers and the attempted murder of others, Gulf News reported on 25 February 2019.
- FEBRUARY 26, 2019United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
DRUG OFFENCE EXECUTIONS MORE THAN HALVE IN 2018 AFTER IRAN REFORM
Human rights experts have hailed a sharp drop in executions for drug offences in 2018, even as they expressed worries over a large number of people worldwide still facing the death penalty for non-violent drug crimes.
FEBRUARY 26, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: DEATH PENALTY TO MAN WHO RAPED 3-YEAR-OLD GIRL
A court on 20 February 2019 awarded death sentence to a person who was found guilty of raping and killing a three-year-old girl in Jharkhand's Gumla district.
- FEBRUARY 26, 2019TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee. Senate Judiciary Committee passes SB 0400 to cut appeals
USA - Tennessee. Senate Judiciary Committee passes SB 0400 to cut appeals
- FEBRUARY 25, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: TWO MONKS SENTENCED TO DEATH
An Egyptian court on 23 February 2019 handed down a preliminary death sentence against two monks for murdering a clergyman, according to Egypt's official MENA news agency.
- FEBRUARY 25, 2019DEATH PENALTY
CALIFORNIA (USA): FREDDIE TAYLOR, 58, BLACK, FREED FROM DEATH ROW NEARLY 33 YEARS AFTER CONVICTION
A man who spent nearly 33 years awaiting execution on California’s death row took his first steps as a free man on 20 February 2019, following an appeals court decision that overturned the death sentence and raised questions about his mental state during