Chronological archive
October 2022
The 82 news items published by Hands Off Cain in October 2022, in chronological order.
USA - Alabama. Jimmy O’Neal Spencer sentenced to death
OCTOBER 27, 2022SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR HEROIN TRAFFICKING
A 31-year-old man who was found with 25 packets of heroin in his bedroom in November 2018 was given the mandatory death penalty on 27 October 2022 for drug trafficking.
OCTOBER 27, 2022SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT EXECUTES TWO AL-SHABAAB CONVICTS
Somali military court on 24 October 2022 executes by firing squad two Al-Shabab operatives in Mogadishu after being found guilty of murdering several people.
OCTOBER 27, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN MADARIPUR MURDER CASE
A court in Madaripur on 19 October 2022 sentenced three people to death and six others to life imprisonment for killing a trader at Sadar upazila in the district in 2003.
OCTOBER 27, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified woman executed in Boroujerd on October 27
202nd execution of women in Iran since 2007
- OCTOBER 27, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified woman executed in Borujerd on October 27
202nd execution of women in Iran since 2007
OCTOBER 26, 2022TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Robert Solis sentenced to death
OCTOBER 26, 2022IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ANTI-REGIME ACTIVIST'S KILLING
An Iraqi court has sentenced a man to death over the 2019 killing of an activist who had taken part in anti-government protests that year, the judiciary said on 25 October 2022.
- OCTOBER 25, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 10 GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING THREE CATTLE TRADERS IN BANDARBAN
A court in Bangladesh sentenced 10 defendants to death on October 24, 2022 in the case of the murders of three cattle traders among four people on the Alikadam-Thanchi route in the Bandarban hill district.
- OCTOBER 25, 2022JapanDEATH PENALTY
DEATH ROW PRISONERS LAUNCH LEGAL CHALLENGE TO JAPAN’S NO-NOTICE EXECUTIONS
Two prisoners sentenced to death in Japan have launched a legal challenge against how the country applies the death penalty, Vatican News reported on 24 October 2022.
OCTOBER 25, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Alireza Janipour executed in Hamadan on October 25
OCTOBER 25, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran Protests: At least 234 Including 29 Children Killed
Families and Doctors Pressured to Confirm False Scenarios
OCTOBER 25, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Valizadeh executed in Hamadan on October 25
OCTOBER 25, 2022FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Mark Wilson sentenced to death
OCTOBER 24, 2022EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 9 FROM ONE FAMILY SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
An Egyptian court has sentenced nine members of one family to death after convicting them of murdering a man and mutilating his body, Gulf News reported on 22 October 2022 citing local media report.
OCTOBER 24, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 500 executed in Iran since the beginning of the year
No other country in the world carries out as many executions
OCTOBER 24, 2022GhanaDEATH PENALTYGHANA: JUSTICE SAMUEL ASIEDU ADVOCATES ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
Justice Samuel Kwame Adibu Asiedu, a Justice of the Court of Appeal, nominated to the Supreme Court, has advocated the abolition of the Death Penalty.
OCTOBER 24, 2022FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Death sentence, again, for Allen Cox
- OCTOBER 24, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Esfandiari executed in Barazjan on October 24
OCTOBER 24, 2022CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. Scott Peterson moved off death row
- OCTOBER 23, 2022DEATH PENALTY
USA - Sept. 11 Case Awaits Biden Administration’s Reply on Plea Deal
At Guantánamo Bay
OCTOBER 23, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sajjad Zainivandnejad executed in Borujerd on October 23
OCTOBER 22, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Three Baloch prisoners executed on 22 October
Mohammad Zarakzahi in Zabol, and Juma Gumshadzahi and Habil Shahnawazi in Zahedan
OCTOBER 22, 2022AlgeriaDEATH PENALTYALGERIA: JOURNALIST SENTENCED TO DEATH PENALTY
An Algerian court handed a death penalty sentence this week to journalist Abderrahmane Semmar known as Abdou Semmar, Morocco World News reported on 20 October 2022.
- OCTOBER 22, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Yousef Faraji executed in Aligudarz on October 22
501 executions since the beginning of 2022
- OCTOBER 20, 2022IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA MULLS INTRODUCTION OF A ‘PROBATIONARY’ DEATH PENALTY
When Indonesia recently unveiled the latest plans to overhaul its ageing Criminal Code, one of the articles that caught everyone’s eye was the one about the death penalty.
- OCTOBER 20, 2022LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. Kevin Daigle formally sentenced to death
OCTOBER 20, 2022OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Benjamin Cole was executed
12th inmate to be put to death this year in the USA
OCTOBER 20, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: GIRL STRANGLED TO DEATH AFTER RAPE, FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH
A court in Bangladesh on 18 October 2022 sentenced four people to death in the case of strangulation of a girl after rape in Narayanganj. Meanwhile, one person has been sentenced to life and one person has been acquitted.
OCTOBER 19, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mansour Ghorbani-Bendarati executed in Isfahan on October 19
- OCTOBER 19, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Sari on October 19
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OCTOBER 19, 2022MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: PARALYSED MECHANIC ESCAPES DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A mechanic who became paralysed from the waist down while in prison has escaped the gallows for drug trafficking committed in Malaysia three years ago, Free Malaysia Today reported on 19 October 2022.
OCTOBER 19, 2022IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN RAJASTHAN FOR RAPING, KILLING 10-YEAR-OLD GIRL
A court in Rajasthan’s Pali district on 15 October 2022 awarded death sentence to a man for raping and murdering a 10-year-old girl in January, the victim’s counsel said.
OCTOBER 18, 2022NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING THEIR FRIEND AND STEALING HIS CAR IN OGUN
A High Court sitting in Abeokuta, Ogun state, on October 14, 2022 sentenced two men, John Inyere and Chibuike Ukwa, to death by hanging for armed robbery and murder of their friend Chidi Nwite.
OCTOBER 17, 2022VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: 30-YEAR-OLD MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING THREE-YEAR-OLD GIRL
A 30-year-old Hanoian was sentenced to death on 13 October 2022 for killing his girlfriend's 3-year-old daughter by hammering nails into her head.
- OCTOBER 16, 2022Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
DR CONGO: ARMY OFFICERS GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER OF 2 CHINESE MINE WORKERS
Six people, including two army colonels, were condemned to death by a Democratic Republic of the Congo military court on 14 October 2022 for the murder of two Chinese mine workers.
OCTOBER 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Evin Prison: IHR Calls for Urgent UN Mechanism to Prevent Further Atrocities
OCTOBER 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Karimabadi executed in Hamedan on October 16
- OCTOBER 15, 2022Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
GAZA: TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ‘COLLABORATION’ WITH ISRAEL
A court in Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip sentenced two men to death on 13 October 2022 for "collaboration" with Israel.
- OCTOBER 15, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Reza Qarelu executed in Neyshabur on October 15
- OCTOBER 15, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amir Jahangiri executed in Qom on October 15
OCTOBER 15, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamed Dehghan Mangabadi executed in Qom, on October 15
- OCTOBER 13, 2022ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
EU AND COUNCIL OF EUROPE CALL ON ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN TO JOIN PROTOCOL ON BANNING DEATH PENALTY
On the occasion of the European and World Day against the Death Penalty, the European Union (EU) and the Council of Europe firmly reiterated their unequivocal opposition to the death penalty at all times, in all places and in all circumstances.
- OCTOBER 13, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Mohammad Saeedi and Sadegh Afkendeh executed in Zanjan on October 13
OCTOBER 13, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - At least 201 people killed in nationwide protests
Including 23 minors
OCTOBER 13, 2022PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: PRESIDENT REJECTS MERCY APPEAL OF DEATH ROW CONVICT
Pakistan’s President Dr Arif Alvi on 13 October 2022 rejected the mercy appeal of a person convicted in murder and bank robbery case.
OCTOBER 13, 2022FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Nikolas Cruz sentenced to Life Without Parole
For killing 17 people in Parkland School Shootings
- OCTOBER 12, 2022ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA BEGINS PROCESS OF ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY
Zambia on 10 October 2022 announced that its Cabinet had approved a review of the penal and criminal procedure codes to abolish the death penalty.
OCTOBER 12, 2022IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN ANDHRA PRADESH FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT ON MINOR GIRL
The POCSO Court of Andhra Pradesh on 10 October 2022 awarded death sentence to J. Anil (30) who sexually assaulted a minor girl at Nunna village.
OCTOBER 12, 2022United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Federal Bureau of Prisons denies transfer of John Fitzgerald Hanson
OCTOBER 12, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Over 400 children detained during Iran protests
OCTOBER 11, 2022Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: YOUNG MEN FACE IMMINENT EXECUTION DESPITE ASSURANCES ON RE-SENTENCING JUVENILES TO PRISON TERMS
At least three young men in Saudi Arabia are at imminent risk of execution after an appeal court confirmed their sentences between June and October this year, Amnesty International said on 10 October 2022.
OCTOBER 11, 2022TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: TAMCODE RECOMMENDS ABOLITION OF MANDATORY DEATH PENALTY
The Tanzania Media for Community Development (TAMCODE) has recommended amendment of the Penal Code to give judges the discretion to hand over life imprisonment sentences instead of the death penalty in capital offences.
OCTOBER 11, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - More than 26 minors have been killed in the nationwide uprising
OCTOBER 10, 2022Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: TRIBESMEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RESISTING DISPLACEMENT
A Saudi court on 2 October 2022 sentenced three members of the Howeitat, a tribe forcibly ejected to make way for the $500 bn Neom megacity, to death for resisting displacement, a UK-based rights group has reported.
OCTOBER 10, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 7 MEN GET DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING A MYMENSINGH AL LEADER
A Dhaka court on 10 October 2022 issued the death penalty to seven persons, including a union parishad chairman, for killing a local Awami League leader in Mymensingh’s Gauripur upazila in 2020.
- OCTOBER 9, 2022IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: SUSPECT IN KILLING YAZIDI MAN, DAUGHTER SENTENCED TO DEATH IN DUHOK
A court in Duhok on 5 October 2022 sentenced the suspect in the killing of a Yazidi man and his six-year-old daughter to death following a relatively swift hearing session during which the defendant admitted to the murders.
- OCTOBER 9, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Names of 202 Martyrs of Uprising
Published by National Council of Resistance of Iran
- OCTOBER 9, 2022SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE HANGS 11TH PRISONER OF YEAR: NGO
Singapore hanged a prisoner on 7 October 2022, according to anti-death penalty activists, making it the 11th of this year amid the highest rate of executions in the Southeast Asian city-state since 2010.
OCTOBER 9, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - World Day Against the Death Penalty: HRANA Annual Report
Between October 10, 2021, and October 7, 2022, at least 528 executions in Iran
OCTOBER 9, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - World Day Against Death Penalty, extrajudiciary killings in Iran
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OCTOBER 8, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran Protests: at Least 185 Killed/19 Children Amongst Dead
OCTOBER 7, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - On the killing of 16-year-old Sarina Esmailzadeh
- OCTOBER 6, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - On the killing of 16 year old Nima Shafiqdoost
OCTOBER 6, 2022MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: PUTRAJAYA TABLES BILLS TO ABOLISH MANDATORY DEATH SENTENCE FOR FIRST READING IN PARLIAMENT
The Malaysian government on October 6, 2022 introduced amendments to existing legislation in Parliament to replace the mandatory death penalty for several criminal offences, in a significant step towards bringing the country closer towards complete abolit
OCTOBER 6, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - On the killing of 17-year-old protester Nika Shakarami
OCTOBER 5, 2022TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. John Henry Ramirez, now 38, Hispanic, was executed
OCTOBER 5, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mariano Giustino posted on Twitter the video of an extrajudicial execution
Correspondent from Turkey of Radio Radicale and a good friend of Hands Off Cain
OCTOBER 5, 2022JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING FATHER
A Jordanian has been sentenced to death after he was convicted of murdering his father in Wadi Araba in December 2020, Gulf News reported on 4 October 2022.
OCTOBER 5, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Names and details of 182 martyrs of freedom movement
OCTOBER 4, 2022EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: SALMA BAHGAT KILLER SENTENCED TO DEATH
The killer of a 22-year-old university student has been sentenced to death, a court in the Egyptian province of Shariqa said on 3 October 2022.
OCTOBER 4, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING A NARAYANGANJ FACTORY WORKER OVER TK 500
A court has sentenced a man to death and two others to life in prison for the murder of Mizan Sikdar Mishor, a worker at a dyeing factory at the Narayanganj Port.
OCTOBER 4, 2022SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: DRUG TRAFFICKER GETS DEATH PENALTY AFTER COURT REJECTS CLAIM THAT MOST OF HEROIN FOUND WAS GIRLFRIEND'S
A 49-year-old man has been sentenced to death in Singapore for heroin trafficking after the High Court rejected his contention that the majority of the drugs found in his apartment belonged to his 26-year-old girlfriend, The Straits Times reported on Octo
OCTOBER 3, 2022PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SON CONVICTED TO DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING PARENTS IN DUKKI BALOCHISTAN
A court in Balochistan’s Dukki district convicted a son of the death sentence for killing his parents, Quetta Voice reported on 30 September 2022.
OCTOBER 3, 2022VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: CHIEF ACCOUNTANT SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR EMBEZZLING HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DONG TO GAMBLE
After a week of deliberation, on the afternoon of 30 September 2022, the People’s Court of Dong Thap province sentenced defendant Nguyen Trung Thanh, former chief accountant of Pilmico Vietnam Co. Ltd.
OCTOBER 3, 2022Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAID EXECUTED FOR STABBING A SLEEPING GIRL TO DEATH
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on 2 October 2022 executed an African maid who was convicted of murdering a child.
OCTOBER 3, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 prisoners executed in Shiraz prison on October 3
Identities not confirmed
- OCTOBER 2, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Iran Protests: Death Toll Rises to 133
40 Killed in Zahedan’s “Bloody Friday”
- OCTOBER 2, 2022PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER OF MINOR GIRL
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Hyderabad on 29 September 2022 awarded death sentence to the prime accused, and 7-years imprisonment to the co-accused in the rape and murder case of a girl child.
OCTOBER 2, 2022MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: EX-BIRD’S NEST SELLER FREED OF DEATH SENTENCE
A former bird’s nest seller has been freed of the death penalty as the Court of Appeal in Putrajaya set aside his conviction and sentence on two drug trafficking charges, Free Malaysia Today reported on 30 September 2022.
OCTOBER 2, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men executed in Mashhad on October 2
Asif Shibak, Saeed Shibak, Ramadan Mazar Zahi and Awad Bilrani
- OCTOBER 2, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 prisoners executed in Shiraz prison on October 2
Hashim Mahmoodzadeh, Yusuf Ali Chalani, Abbas Fatahalian, Haider Ramezani