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
MARCH 3, 2020SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: TWO MEN EXECUTED FOR GIRL'S GANG RAPE AND MURDER IN PUNTLAND
Puntland authorities in northeastern Somalia on 11 February 2020 executed two men by firing squad for the gang rape
MARCH 3, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran has temporarily released more than 54,000 prisoners to contain the new coronavirus in crowded jails.
IRAN - Iran has temporarily released more than 54,000 prisoners to contain the new coronavirus in crowded jails.
MARCH 3, 2020ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR VIRUS CHECKPOINT KILLING
A Chinese court on 1st March 2020 sentenced a man to death for fatally stabbing two officials at a checkpoint set up to control the spread of the new coronavirus outbreak.
- MARCH 3, 2020VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Virginia. House approved SB 270 to unveil lethal drugs providers
USA - Virginia. House approved SB 270 to unveil lethal drugs providers
- MARCH 3, 2020South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - South Carolina. House Committee approved bill to add electrocution to the execution protocol
USA - South Carolina. House Committee approved bill to add electrocution to the execution protocol
MARCH 3, 2020PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Pennsylvania. Conviction Integrity Unit declares that Walter Ogrod is “likely innocent”
USA - Pennsylvania. Conviction Integrity Unit declares that Walter Ogrod is “likely innocent”
MARCH 2, 2020IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: GUJARAT HC GIVES DEATH PENALTY TO MAN FOR RAPE & MURDER OF 3-YEAR-OLD
Death Penalty was given to a man by the Gujarat High Court accused of raping and murdering a three-year-old girl in Gujarat’s Surat in 2018, Kolkata Times 24 reported on 27 December 2019.
MARCH 2, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 37 SENTENCED TO DEATH INCLUDING TOP MILITANT LEADER
An Egyptian court on 2nd March 2020 sentenced to death 37 defendants, including one of the country’s most high-profile militants, following their conviction of terrorism-related charges.
MARCH 2, 2020Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SUPREME COURT HANDS DOWN LIFE TERM TO IMPRISONED SHIA DISSIDENT
The Supreme Court of Saudi Arabia has sentenced an imprisoned political dissident from the oil-rich Eastern Province to life in prison, AhlulBayt News Agency reported on 1st March 2020.
- MARCH 1, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amir Mohammadpour hanged on March 1 at Urmia prison for a murder committed at 17
IRAN - Amir Mohammadpour hanged on March 1 at Urmia prison for a murder committed at 17
- FEBRUARY 29, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A film by an Iranian director about capital punishment has won the top prize at the Berlin International Film Festival.
IRAN - A film by an Iranian director about capital punishment has won the top prize at the Berlin International Film Festival.
FEBRUARY 29, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - "Hamid" was hanged at Ghezel-Hesar Prison of Karaj the last week of February.
IRAN - "Hamid" was hanged at Ghezel-Hesar Prison of Karaj the last week of February.
- FEBRUARY 29, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ahmad Mahrokhi was hanged on February 29, 2020, at the prison of Shirvan city.
IRAN - Ahmad Mahrokhi was hanged on February 29, 2020, at the prison of Shirvan city.
FEBRUARY 29, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahad (Vahid) Salehi and Nader Hosseini were hanged on February 29, 2020, at Vakilabad prison, in Mashhad.
IRAN - Ahad (Vahid) Salehi and Nader Hosseini were hanged on February 29, 2020, at Vakilabad prison, in Mashhad.
- FEBRUARY 28, 2020IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR RAPE-MURDER OF MINOR GIRL
A court in Maharashtra's Parbhani district on 18 February 2020 awarded death sentence to a man for raping and killing a five year-old girl, observing the crime was 'more cruel' than the act of the most dreaded animal.
FEBRUARY 28, 2020ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: COURT UPHOLDS THREE DEATH SENTENCES FOR METHAMPHETAMINE SMUGGLING
The Region 2 Provincial Court of Appeals in Rayong province, near Pattaya, on 26 February 2020 upheld the conviction and death sentence of Australian Luke Joshua Cook, his Thai wife Kanyarat Wediphitak and a Californian man, Tyler Gerard.
- FEBRUARY 28, 2020WashingtonDEATH PENALTY
USA - Washington. House Committee passed HB 1488 to repeal the state’s death penalty law.
USA - Washington. House Committee passed HB 1488 to repeal the state’s death penalty law.
FEBRUARY 28, 2020United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: COURT ORDERS EXECUTION FOR ‘PREMEDITATED MURDER’
The Ajman Criminal Court sentenced to death an Arab man for premeditatedly murdering his friend after stabbing his heart, Gulf Today reported on 27 February 2020. The parents of the victim have refused the blood money.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2020DEATH PENALTY
COLORADO (USA): LEGISLATURE VOTES TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
The Colorado legislature has sent to the Governor a bill that would prospectively abolish the state’s death penalty.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2020OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. The Ohio Supreme Court has granted a new trial to Glen Bates
USA - Ohio. The Ohio Supreme Court has granted a new trial to Glen Bates
FEBRUARY 27, 2020VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: DRUG TRAFFICKER SENTENCED TO DEATH
A 31-year-old Vietnamese woman on 25 February 2020 was sentenced to death for trafficking nearly 8 kg of methamphetamine, Vietnam News Agency reported.
FEBRUARY 27, 2020IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: THAI DRUG SMUGGLERS DODGE DEATH PENALTY IN BALI
Two Thai women convicted of smuggling methamphetamine into Bali on 26 February 2020 escaped a possible death sentence on the Indonesian holiday island after a court sentenced them to 16 years in jail.
FEBRUARY 27, 2020United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: FATHER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SEXUALLY ABUSING DAUGHTER
An Asian national was sentenced to death by the Ras Al Khaimah Criminal Court after it found him guilty of sexually abusing his minor daughter, MENAFN reported on 27 February 2020.
FEBRUARY 27, 2020PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: THREE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Pakistan on 14 February 2020 sentenced to death three people, in two different cases.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2020TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. A jury sentenced Brandon McCall to death
USA - Texas. A jury sentenced Brandon McCall to death
- FEBRUARY 27, 2020MississippiDEATH PENALTY
USA - Mississippi. A jury sentenced Willie Cory Godbolt to death.
USA - Mississippi. A jury sentenced Willie Cory Godbolt to death.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2020AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Gregory Renard Wynn resentenced to life in prison without parole
USA - Alabama. Gregory Renard Wynn resentenced to life in prison without parole
- FEBRUARY 27, 2020WashingtonDEATH PENALTY
USA - Washington. House Committee passed HB 1488 to remove the death penalty from the state’s statute books.
USA - Washington. House Committee passed HB 1488 to remove the death penalty from the state’s statute books.
- FEBRUARY 26, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammmadreza Rafati and Mohammad Tayyebi hanged on February 26 at Rajai-Shahr prison.
IRAN - Mohammmadreza Rafati and Mohammad Tayyebi hanged on February 26 at Rajai-Shahr prison.
- FEBRUARY 26, 2020AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Senate committee approves cut to death penalty appeals.
USA - Alabama. Senate committee approves cut to death penalty appeals.