Chronological archive
September 2023
The 67 news items published by Hands Off Cain in September 2023, in chronological order.
USA - Florida. Controversial penalty law for child rape goes into effect on October 1
SEPTEMBER 30, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Bagher Bazgir and Sasan Farzipour executed in Khorramabad on September 30
SEPTEMBER 30, 2023TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: MAN IN TIRE SHOP ARSON CASE SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HSINCHU COURT
The Hsinchu District Court on September 28, 2023 handed the death sentence to a man found guilty of arson that resulted in the death of eight family members in June last year.
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ehsan Dehqanipour executed in Borujard on August 29
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2023DEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. Larry Hudson, a newly discovered death row exoneration in 1967 case
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2023Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR 8 FROM KALUTARA OVER 2003 MURDER
The Kalutara High Court on September 27, 2023 sentenced to death eight persons over a murder reported 20 years ago.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2023Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
five people sentenced to death for heroin trafficking.
The Colombo High Court on September 27, 2023 sentenced five people to death for heroin trafficking.
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023DEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: 13 PERSONS SENTENCED TO DEATH ON THE SAME DAY
13 persons were sentenced to death in two separate cases on September 27, 2013 in Sri Lanka.
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Scott Panetti Not Competent for Execution
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDERING TWO WOMEN
A Chittoor court, in the state of Andhra Pradesh, on August 22, 2023 awarded death penalty to a middle-aged man identified as Syed Moulali on charges of killing his live-in partner and her 65-year-old mother.
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Najafi and Bahram … executed in Karaj on September 27
554 executions in 2023
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Jafar Ghaed executed in Ahar on September 27
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 men executed in Karaj on September 27
Saman Asgari and Mozafar ... (surname unknown)
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF CONVICT IN RAPE & MURDER CASE OF 4.5 YEARS OLD GIRL
The Rajasthan High Court, Jaipur Bench, has set aside the death sentence of a man who was convicted of rape and murder of four-year-old girl and has commuted it to the life imprisonment.
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: TWO GET DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING WOMAN AFTER RAPE
A court in Faridpur on September 25, 2023 sentenced two people to death on the charge of killing a woman after rape at Sadar upazila in 2017.
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Askar Nami executed in Tabriz on September 26
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 sentenced to death over bootleg alcohol that killed 17
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Death of Faramarz Javidzad, a Jewish Prisoner with Iranian-American Citizenship
Due to Denied Medical Access in Evin Prison
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: MAN EXECUTED DESPITE DIPLOMATIC PLEAS FOR MERCY
Death row prisoner Le Van Manh was executed on the morning of September 22, 2023, lawyer Le Van Luan posted on Facebook, in a case with evidence which lawyers said was not clear enough to convict.
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2023PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING TEENAGE DAUGHTER
A district and sessions court in Lahore convicted on September 22, 2023 a man for raping his teenage daughter and sentenced him to death.
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING CHILD AFTER RAPE
A court in Narayanganj on September 25, 2023 sentenced a man to death on the charge of killing a child after rape at Araihazar upazila in 2021.
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mostafa Khosh Shaneh and Saeed Brahui Makaki executed in Mashhad
On September 24 and 25
SEPTEMBER 23, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified prisoner executed in Minab on September 23
SEPTEMBER 23, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Vali Jabari executed in Isfahan on September 23
SEPTEMBER 23, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Khairallah Jamshidi executed in Minab on September 23
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Anthony Sanchez, 44, Hispanic, was executed
18 executions in the US in 2023
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: COURT IMPOSES DEATH PENALTY ON CHILD ABDUCTOR
Yu Huaying, a woman who abducted and trafficked 11 children in the 1990s for financial gain, was sentenced to death by a court in Guizhou province on September 18, 2023.
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Military. Ramzi Bin al Shibh formally deeclared incompetent
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rahmatollah Nouruzof sentenced to death for terrorism
On September 21
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2023BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
BOTSWANA: CHILD RAPIST, MURDERER SENTENCED TO DEATH
A 38-year-old Sashemooke man who raped and murdered the daughter of his live-in lover was sentenced to death on August 24, 2023 for the offence in Botswana.
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: TWO MILITARY PERSONNEL EXECUTED FOR TREASON
Saudi Arabia's defence ministry has executed two military personnel who were accused of committing treason among other offences, the state news agency (SPA) said on September 14, 2023.
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- SEPTEMBER 19, 2023PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH-ROW PRISONER AZIZ BUGTI BECOMES SKILLED ARTIST IN JAIL
Aziz Bugti is serving a 210-year imprisonment and has been sentenced to death four times.
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Prisoners'swap: 5 Americans and 6 billions for 5 Iranians
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 5 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER IN CTG
A Chattogram court on August 28, 2023 sentenced five people to death for killing a schoolgirl after rape in Sandwip in 2015.
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Glynn Simmons Exonerated
48 Years After He Was Sentenced to Death
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2023Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
MYANMAR: JUNTA SENTENCES 4 MEN TO DEATH IN AYEYARWADY REGION
Four men from Ayeyarwady region’s Bogale township have been given the death penalty for murdering a suspected military informer, residents told RFA on September 14, 2023.
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2023IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: ODISHA MAN AWARDED DEATH PENALTY, SON GETS LIFE TERM FOR TRIPLE-MURDER
A man was sentenced to death by a court in Odisha’s Sambalpur district on August 9, 2023 in a triple murder case.
SEPTEMBER 17, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Shiraz on September 13 and 17
Ramezan Yavari, Mozafar Sanjarani + Unk
SEPTEMBER 17, 2023AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: COURT HANDS DOWN FLOGGING PUNISHMENT FOR NINE CONVICTS
Nine people were flogged in an Afghan Taliban-ruled court on September 17, 2023.
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pharmaceutical multinationals further restrict lethal injections
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Jury recommends the death penalty for Michael Hunt
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: FOUR INCLUDING WIFE GET DEATH IN EXPATRIATE MURDER
A court in Cumilla on August 30, 2023 sentenced four people, including a woman, to death for the murder of her expatriate husband in Chandina upazila.
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: FOUR MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY
A Pakistani court on September 4, 2023 sentenced four individuals to death for committing blasphemy by sharing content deemed to be insulting to Islam’s Prophet Muhammad and the Holy Qur’an.
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: NIA COURT AWARDS DEATH PENALTY TO TWO ISIS-LINKED MEN WHO MURDERED RETIRED SCHOOL PRINCIPAL IN UP
An NIA Special Court in Lucknow on September 14, 2023 awarded death penalty to Atif Muzaffar and Mohammed Faisal Khan who were held guilty of murdering retired school principal Ram Babu Shukla in Kanpur with the motive of advancing their ISIS agenda by in
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA – MILITARY: TOP MILITARY COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR EX-SOLDIER WHO KILLED 13 IN MASS SHOOTING AT TEXAS BASE
A top military appellate court has upheld the death sentence given to a former Army officer who killed more than a dozen people in a mass shooting 14 years ago at one of the largest bases in the country.
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2023IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ DEBATES LAW ON DEATH PENALTY FOR SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIPS
On August 15, 2023 a draft bill was introduced in Iraq that would see the death penalty introduced for homosexuality.
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Mansour Khakzad executed in Boroujerd on September 13
544 executions in 2023
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES US NATIONAL CONVICTED OF KILLING EGYPTIAN FATHER
Saudi Arabia on August 16, 2023 executed a US national convicted of torturing and killing his father, state media reported, bringing to at least 19 the number of foreigners put to death this year.
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN GETS DEATH FOR BURNING WIFE TO DEATH
A court in Jamalpur, Bangladesh, on August 17, 2023 awarded a man death sentence for burning his wife to death in Dewanganj upazila.
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING EASY-BIKE DRIVER
A court in Bangladesh on August 30, 2023 sentenced three people to death for killing an easybike driver in Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga.
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE THIS YEAR
The Saudi authorities have executed more than 100 people this year, hitting a new milestone that Amnesty International considers reveals its “chilling disregard for the right to life.”
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. John Grisham criticizes judges in Robert Roberson case
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Birjand on Septembe 10
Mohsen and Saeed Sanjarani, and Abdolnaser Ghaljayi
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2023North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
NORTH KOREA: 9 PEOPLE PUBLICLY EXECUTED FOR RUNNING BEEF SMUGGLING RING
A crowd of 25,000 people were forced to gather at the airport in Hyesan, North Korea, and made to watch the shooting of nine people.
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Zahedan on September 9
Mohammad Narouyi (Narouei) + 2 Unk
SEPTEMBER 9, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Military. Death penalty upheld for Nidal Hasan
Who killed 13 in base shooting
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
TEHRAN AND KABUL TRADE ACCUSATIONS OF RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
The Taliban's foreign minister has criticised its leading economic ally and political supporter, Tehran, for the high number of executions in Iran, Farsi media reported.
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saeed … executed in Tabriz in the last days
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR CRITICIZING GOVERNMENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Saudi Arabia has sentenced to death a government critic who denounced alleged corruption and human rights abuses on social media, his brother and others familiar with the case told AFP on August 28, 2023.
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Biden rejects some plea deal conditions for 9/11 suspects
They could still escape death penalty
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified woman executed in Qom on September 5
18 women executed in 2023
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- SEPTEMBER 5, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Abbas Najari executed in Shiraz on September 5
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 3 HANGED FOR IS-CLAIMED BLAST THAT KILLED HUNDREDS
Iraq has hanged three people convicted for a 2016 bombing that killed more than 320 people in a Baghdad shopping district.
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023OregonDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oregon. Jesse Johnson released from Jail
After 25 years
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A woman, Mahboubeh Roshandel, executed in Mashhad on September 4
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Houshang Moghtaderi executed in Ahvaz on September 3
SEPTEMBER 1, 2023FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Jury recommends death for Joshua McClellan