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2020
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2020, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2020
JUNE 8, 2020NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING KADUNA TWO-YEAR-OLD TO DEATH
A Kaduna State High Court sitting in Dogarawa Sabon Gari in Zaria, on 3 June 2020 sentenced one Usman Shehu Bashir to death by hanging for raping a two-year-old girl to death.
JUNE 8, 2020TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Bobby Moore Granted Parole After 40 Years on Death Row.
USA - Texas. Bobby Moore Granted Parole After 40 Years on Death Row.
JUNE 8, 2020TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. State drops death penalty in retrial of Albert Love.
USA - Texas. State drops death penalty in retrial of Albert Love.
JUNE 6, 2020SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: SHABAAB CUT OFF CONVICT’S HAND
A unit of Al-Shabaab militants chopped off the right hand of a resident at Don-Burale village, near Qoryoley town in Somalia's Lower Shabelle region on 1st June 2020.
JUNE 6, 2020ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN WHO MURDERED HIS WIFE EXECUTED IN SHANGHAI
A man in Shanghai who killed his wife and hid her body in a freezer for three months was executed on 4 June 2020, according to the Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate People's Court.
JUNE 6, 2020DEATH PENALTYUSA: PAUL BROWNING BECOMES THE 168TH PERSON EXONERATED FROM DEATH ROW
The Nevada Supreme Court affirmed the August 21, 2019 decision of a Las Vegas trial court that had dismissed all charges against former death-row prisoner Paul Browning, formally completing his exoneration.
JUNE 5, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Pennsylvania. Walter Ogrod leaves prison after 28 years.
USA - Pennsylvania. Walter Ogrod leaves prison after 28 years.
JUNE 5, 2020OhioDEATH PENALTYUSA - Ohio. Gov. Mike DeWine issues three more reprieves
USA - Ohio. Gov. Mike DeWine issues three more reprieves
JUNE 5, 2020PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Pennsylvania. Paul Jackson Henry resentenced to two consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole.
USA - Pennsylvania. Paul Jackson Henry resentenced to two consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole.
JUNE 5, 2020North CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA - North Carolina. State Supreme Court Strikes Down Racial Justice Act Repeal
USA - North Carolina. State Supreme Court Strikes Down Racial Justice Act Repeal
- JUNE 4, 2020PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: APPEAL FOR CHRISTIAN COUPLE ACCUSED OF BLASPHEMY DELAYED
A Christian couple sentenced to death on blasphemy charges in 2014 have had their High Court appeal delayed. The hearing has been postponed for 22 June 2020.
JUNE 4, 2020PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: AZAD KASHMIR CABINET PASSES BILL PROPOSING DEATH PENALTY FOR CHILD ABUSERS
The cabinet of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJ&K) on 4 June 2020 approved a bill proposing a death penalty for those found guilty of sexually abusing children.
- JUNE 4, 2020DEATH PENALTY
IRAN: AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMENEI PARDONED 3,721 CONVICTS
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on the occasion of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr pardoned or commuted prison terms of 3,721 convicts.
- JUNE 4, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Prisoners' swap with US, Michael White and Majid Taheri
IRAN - Prisoners' swap with US, Michael White and Majid Taheri
- JUNE 3, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A prisoner, identified only as M. N., was reportedly hanged on June 3
IRAN - A prisoner, identified only as M. N., was reportedly hanged on June 3
JUNE 3, 2020DEATH PENALTYCOVID-19: CALLING FOR A WORLDWIDE MORATORIUM ON THE DEATH PENALTY DURING THE PANDEMIC
“When the whole world is trying hard to save lives from COVID-19, an execution by the state is contradictory and perverse” said Kevin Miguel Rivera Medina, President of the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty.
JUNE 3, 2020IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: MORE THAN 3,000 ISIS TERRORISTS ON DEATH ROW
An Iraqi security source revealed that there are more than 3000 ISIS terrorists who have been sentenced to death without carrying out the punishment, Shiawaves reported on 2nd June 2020.
JUNE 3, 2020IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: ALLAHABAD HC ACQUITS MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY LOWER COURT
The Allahabad High Court on 2nd June 2020 acquitted a man, who was awarded death penalty by a local court for murdering his mother, wife and a four-year-old son in Tanda, Ambedkar Nagar, in 2013.
- JUNE 2, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - According to PMOI/MEK, on May 31, 2020, the Coronavirus death toll is 48,200.
IRAN - According to PMOI/MEK, on May 31, 2020, the Coronavirus death toll is 48,200.
- JUNE 2, 2020ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arkansas. Federal judge upholds use of Midazolam in Arkansas executions.
USA - Arkansas. Federal judge upholds use of Midazolam in Arkansas executions.
JUNE 2, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - At least 36 Kurdish Kolbars killed and wounded in May.
IRAN - At least 36 Kurdish Kolbars killed and wounded in May.
- JUNE 1, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified prisoner hanged on June 1 at the central prison of Mashhad city.
IRAN - Unidentified prisoner hanged on June 1 at the central prison of Mashhad city.
- JUNE 1, 2020DEATH PENALTY
PENNSYLVANIA (USA): FEDERAL JUDGE CHRISTOPHER CONNER OVERTURNED THE MURDER CONVICTION OF SAMUEL RANDOLPH
U.S. Middle District Chief Judge Christopher Conner on 27 May 2020 overturned the murder convictions of Samuel Randolph, now 48, Black.
- JUNE 1, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A prisoner, identified as Sepideh Dam, was reportedly hanged on June 1
IRAN - A prisoner, identified as Sepideh Dam, was reportedly hanged on June 1
JUNE 1, 2020NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: BADEH'S AIDES MAY FACE DEATH PENALTY
Six Nigerian Air Force personnel detailed to provide security for the late Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, may face the death penalty following the guilty verdict pronounced on them by the General Court Martial (GCM) constitute
JUNE 1, 2020NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING OWN FATHER
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on 1st June 2020 sentenced Rasak Abiona to death for beating his 62-year-old father to death with a metal rod during a dispute over property in Lagos.
JUNE 1, 2020CanadaDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Canada Continues Pressure On Iran To Hand Over Black Boxes Of Downed Airliner.
IRAN - Canada Continues Pressure On Iran To Hand Over Black Boxes Of Downed Airliner.
MAY 31, 2020SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: PUNTLAND MARTIAL COURT EXECUTES A SOLDIER CONVICTED OF MURDER
Puntland Martial Court on 28 May 2020 oversaw the execution of Ahmed Adan Mohammed, who was found guilty of intentionally killing Hassan Shire Amaan, the former commander in charge of Bosaso Airport security.
MAY 31, 2020DEATH PENALTYIRAN: ROUHANI CALLS FOR STRICTER LAWS ON 'HONOR KILLINGS' AFTER KILLING OF 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has called for harsher laws to tackle so-called "honor killings" after the particularly shocking slaying of a teenage girl, allegedly by her father, prompted a nationwide outcry.
MAY 31, 2020NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: PASTOR SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR COMMITTING MURDER IN ONDO
Samson Kolawole, a pastor with a Pentecostal church in Ondo State, on 29 May 2020 was sentenced to death for committing murder.