Archive timeline
2020
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2020, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2020
- DECEMBER 16, 2020TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Six death sentenced were reformed this year due to intellectual disability.
USA - Texas. Six death sentenced were reformed this year due to intellectual disability.
DECEMBER 15, 2020ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: NDOLA WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING GYM INSTRUCTOR BOYFRIEND
A Ndola woman who murdered her boyfriend, Jeremiah Mbawa, a gym instructor at Solwezi’s Floriana Lodge in December 2019, by burning him with petrol, has been sentenced to death, the Zambian Observer reported on 11 December 2020.
DECEMBER 15, 2020BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 5 CONVICTS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN RAPE CASE ACQUITTED
Netrokona High Court on 14 December 2020 acquitted five convicts who were sentenced to death for gang-raping a teenager.
DECEMBER 15, 2020JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERS OF NINE PEOPLE CONTACTED VIA TWITTER
Tokyo district court on 15 December 2020 sentenced a man to death for the 2017 murders of nine people, local media reported, ending a case that grabbed headlines in Japan with the culprit dubbed “Twitter killer” for contacting victims via the social media
DECEMBER 14, 2020BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 10 SENTENCED TO DEATH, 5 GET LIFE TERM FOR KILLING UP CHAIRMAN
A Chattogram court on 13 December 2020 sentenced 10 people to death and five others to life imprisonment in the murder case filed over killing Satkania Sonakania union parishad's former chairman Amjad Hossain 22 years ago.
DECEMBER 14, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - France, Germany and Austria react to the execution of the journalist Zam.
IRAN - France, Germany and Austria react to the execution of the journalist Zam.
- DECEMBER 14, 2020ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. U.S. Supreme Court reinstated death sentence for George Kayer.
USA - Arizona. U.S. Supreme Court reinstated death sentence for George Kayer.
- DECEMBER 13, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Iran Summons German, French Envoys Over EU Condemnation Of Journalist's Hanging
IRAN - Iran Summons German, French Envoys Over EU Condemnation Of Journalist's Hanging
- DECEMBER 13, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - EU-Iran Business Forum Following Journalist’s Execution Sends Wrong Signal
IRAN - EU-Iran Business Forum Following Journalist’s Execution Sends Wrong Signal
- DECEMBER 12, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Two unidentified prisoners executed at Esfarayen
IRAN - Two unidentified prisoners executed at Esfarayen
DECEMBER 12, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ruhollah Zam executed in an unknown location early this morning.
IRAN - Ruhollah Zam executed in an unknown location early this morning.
DECEMBER 11, 2020JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: MAN GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE FOR 2018 MURDERS OF FIVE IN KAGOSHIMA
A court on 11 December 2020 sentenced a 41-year-old man to death for murdering five people in 2018 at a home in the prefecture of Kagoshima.
DECEMBER 11, 2020JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF AND AGENT
The State Security Court (SSC) on 2 December 2020 sentenced a man to death by hanging for the murder of an Anti-Narcotics Department (AND) agent in 2017.
DECEMBER 11, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alfred Bourgeois was executed in the Terre Haute federal penitentiary
It is the last execution of the year in the United States, the 17th.
- DECEMBER 11, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Military. Death sentences imposed on Major Nidal Hasan upheld
USA - Military. Death sentences imposed on Major Nidal Hasan upheld
DECEMBER 10, 2020TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: DEATH SENTENCES OF 256 CONVICTS COMMUTED
Tanzania’s president on 9 December 2020 commuted the sentences of 256 convicts on death row, marking a first for a country that has not executed anyone in nearly three decades.
DECEMBER 10, 2020TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: GOVERNMENT SHOULD CORRECT PROCEDURAL ISSUES WITH DEATH PENALTY, NHRC SAYS
Taiwan's government should correct the numerous procedural problems in the way the death penalty is carried out, Taiwan's National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) said on 10 December 2020, Human Rights Day.
DECEMBER 10, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Federal. Brandon Bernard, 40, Black, was executed.
USA - Federal. Brandon Bernard, 40, Black, was executed.
DECEMBER 10, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - 8 Federal Execution Team Members Test Positive for COVID-19 After Orlando Hall Execution.
USA - 8 Federal Execution Team Members Test Positive for COVID-19 After Orlando Hall Execution.
- DECEMBER 10, 2020NevadaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nevada. Death sentence of Thomas Randolph reversed
USA - Nevada. Death sentence of Thomas Randolph reversed
- DECEMBER 9, 2020OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Senate votes to abolish death penalty for severely mentally ill.
USA - Ohio. Senate votes to abolish death penalty for severely mentally ill.
DECEMBER 9, 2020BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: WIFE, FOUR OTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING MAN
A Khagrachhari court sentenced five people to death on 3 December 2020 for plotting to kill a man in Guimara, Khagrachhari.
DECEMBER 9, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Daniel Divani-Azar executed at Miandoab Prison on December 9.
IRAN - Daniel Divani-Azar executed at Miandoab Prison on December 9.
DECEMBER 9, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - "Death Penalty Action": Voices of Opposition to Federal Executions Grow Louder
USA - "Death Penalty Action": Voices of Opposition to Federal Executions Grow Louder
DECEMBER 9, 2020IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: EAST ACEH COURT HANDS DOWN DEATH SENTENCE TO DRUG SMUGGLER
The Idi District Court in East Aceh, Aceh, sentenced M. Kasem bin Abdullah, 35, to death on 3 December 2020 after finding him guilty of smuggling 45 kilograms crystal methamphetamine from Malaysia into Indonesia in April 2020.
DECEMBER 9, 2020QatarDEATH PENALTYQATAR: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING ELDERLY PERSON
The Doha Court of Appeal has sentenced two residents to death for killing an elderly man with a knife after tying him with a rope and mutilating his corpse, The Doha Globe reported on 8 December 2020.
DECEMBER 9, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kamal Asghari executed at Mahabad Prison on December 9, 2020.
IRAN - Kamal Asghari executed at Mahabad Prison on December 9, 2020.
- DECEMBER 9, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - 49,883 inmateshad tested positive, and at least 1,657 prisoners have died from the coronavirus
USA - 49,883 inmateshad tested positive, and at least 1,657 prisoners have died from the coronavirus
- DECEMBER 9, 2020TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Clifton Williams ineligible for death penalty because of intellectual disability
USA - Texas. Clifton Williams ineligible for death penalty because of intellectual disability
- DECEMBER 8, 2020CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. LA County DA Gascon To Eliminate Cash Bail, Will Re-Sentence Death Penalty Inmates.
USA - California. LA County DA Gascon To Eliminate Cash Bail, Will Re-Sentence Death Penalty Inmates.