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
- JANUARY 28, 2019South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - South Carolina. Grant of penalty relief to Charles Christopher Williams.
USA - South Carolina. Grant of penalty relief to Charles Christopher Williams.
JANUARY 28, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: FOUR YEMENIS EXECUTED FOR GUARD'S MURDER
Saudi Arabia on 27 January 2019 executed four Yemenis found guilty of murdering a security guard, the kingdom's interior ministry said.
- JANUARY 28, 2019FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Rocky Ali Beamon sentenced to death for murdering cellmate
USA - Florida. Rocky Ali Beamon sentenced to death for murdering cellmate
- JANUARY 27, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2,300 children in prison with mothers, and 1800 entrusted to social services after completing 2 years of age.
IRAN - 2,300 children in prison with mothers, and 1800 entrusted to social services after completing 2 years of age.
JANUARY 25, 2019Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: PRESIDENT SIRISENA REITERATES DECISION TO IMPOSE DEATH PENALTY ON DRUG TRAFFICKERS
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has reiterated the government's decision to impose the death penalty on drug traffickers, a government statement said on 23 January 2019.
JANUARY 25, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: MAN TO DIE BY HANGING FOR MURDER
Lagos Igbosere High Court on 22 January 2019 sentenced a man, Ibrahim Tijani, to death by hanging, for killing his neighbour with a machete, during a quarrel over generator fumes.
JANUARY 25, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SUPREME COURT ACQUITS THREE DEATH PENALTY CONVICTS, COMMUTES SENTENCE OF ONE
The Supreme Court on 23 January 2019 acquitted three persons who had been awarded death penalty in a murder case. The death sentence awarded to a fourth accused was commuted to life imprisonment.
- JANUARY 25, 2019NebraskaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nebraska. The Nebraska Supreme Court did not invalid 8 death sentences
USA - Nebraska. The Nebraska Supreme Court did not invalid 8 death sentences
- JANUARY 25, 2019OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Governor Mike DeWine has granted a reprieve to Warren K. Henness
USA - Ohio. Governor Mike DeWine has granted a reprieve to Warren K. Henness
- JANUARY 25, 2019North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - North Carolina. Charles Ray Finch "almost exonerated"
USA - North Carolina. Charles Ray Finch "almost exonerated"
- JANUARY 24, 2019AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
AUSTRALIA WON’T EXTRADITE SIRUL UNLESS DEATH PENALTY ABOLISHED, SAYS LAWYER
Australia will not extradite convicted murderer and former police officer Sirul Azhar Umar unless the death penalty is abolished in Malaysia, said lawyer Ramkarpal Singh on 22 January 2019.
JANUARY 24, 2019EthiopiaDEATH PENALTYETHIOPIA: ABIY PARDONS 13,000 ACCUSED OF TREASON OR TERRORISM
Ethiopia has pardoned more than 13,000 people in the past six months who had been charged with or convicted of treason or terrorism, state-affiliated media said on 22 January 2019.
JANUARY 23, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: KERALA MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER OF WOMAN, DAUGHTER
The Thodupuzha second additional sessions judge KK Sujatha on 17 January 2019 awarded death penalty to Jomon, of Peruvelipparambil house, Kumily, who raped and killed a woman and her daughter at Vandiperiyar in Idukki 12 years ago.
JANUARY 23, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: COURT REDUCES DEATH SENTENCES FOR 7 DEFENDANTS TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT, UPHOLDS LIFE SENTENCES FOR 14 OTHERS
The Court of Cassation on 20 January 2019 overturned death sentences against seven defendants in Case 851/2015, issuing life sentences for them instead, according to lawyer Amr Ahmed.
- JANUARY 23, 2019United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Jay-Z And Meek Mill Officially Launch Their REFORM Alliance With A $50 Million Pledge.
USA - Jay-Z And Meek Mill Officially Launch Their REFORM Alliance With A $50 Million Pledge.
- JANUARY 23, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amir Nosrath Khah was executed at the Zanjan Prison on 23 January.
IRAN - Amir Nosrath Khah was executed at the Zanjan Prison on 23 January.
JANUARY 22, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCES AGAINST 5 DEFENDANTS OVER TERROR CHARGES
Egypt's Court of Cassation upheld on 20 January 2019 death sentences against five defendants charged with terrorism.
JANUARY 22, 2019Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTYSIERRA LEONE: 45 INMATES CONDEMNED TO DEATH
During the official close of the November 2018 criminal session at the High Court of Sierra Leone, on 18 January 2019, superintendent Jonathan Wilson of the Correctional Service noted that there are presently 45 condemned inmates on death row at the Corre
JANUARY 22, 2019MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: NO REFERENDUM ON ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY, SAYS MINISTER
The government will not hold a public vote on the proposal to abolish the death penalty.
JANUARY 22, 2019KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR STEALING 12 SHEEP
A 30-year-old man was sentenced to death by a Narok Court on 17 Janunary 2019 after he was found guilty of robbery with violence.
- JANUARY 21, 2019MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
JUSTICE MINISTER: MOROCCO IS TAKING STEPS TOWARD ENDING DEATH PENALTY
The Moroccan Coalition Against the Death Penalty has reiterated its call to the government to remove the death penalty from the country’s Penal Code.
JANUARY 21, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: COURT SENTENCES ONE MAN TO DEATH, ANOTHER TO 15 YEARS OVER TODDLER RAPE
A Cairo criminal court sentenced on 16 January 2019 one man to death and another to 15 years in prison over the rape and attempted murder of a toddler.
JANUARY 21, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES ARMY OFFICER TO DEATH
Somali military court on 17 January 2019 sentenced military army officer to death after finding him guilty of murdering a police officer in Mogadishu on 6 October 2018, officials said.
JANUARY 21, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN PUBLICLY EXECUTED ON SODOMY CHARGES
A man was hanged by Iran on 10 January 2019 in the southwestern city of Kazeroon, the state-run ISNA news agency reported.
JANUARY 18, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED IN PUBLIC, CHILDREN WATCHED
A prisoner on 15 January 2019 was hanged in Public at a square in Falavarjan City, Isfahan Province, in Iran. He was sentenced to death for murder and rape charges.
- JANUARY 18, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: EIGHT PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING ATTACK JOURNALISTS IN ADAMAWA COURT
Some journalists were on 17 January 2019 attacked by eight people condemned to death by hanging by a Yola High Cour.
JANUARY 18, 2019MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: THREE MURDERERS TO HANG AFTER FINAL APPEALS DISMISSED
Three men lost their final appeals against their death sentences for murder convictions at the Federal Court in Kota Kinabalu on 15 January 2019.
JANUARY 17, 2019ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: CANADIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
A Chinese court on 14 January 2019 upped Robert Lloyd Schellenberg’s sentence from 15 years in prison to execution after he appealed against the court’s December verdict.
JANUARY 17, 2019Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER SIX MURDERS IN 1999
Two persons on 10 January 2019 were sentenced to death by the Colombo High Court after being found guilty of murdering six persons.
JANUARY 17, 2019VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: SCHOOL TEACHER GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A school teacher in northern Vietnam has received the death penalty for drug trafficking, state media reported on 15 January 2019.