Archive timeline
2023
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2023, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2023
APRIL 23, 2023ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR PLOUGHING CAR INTO PEDESTRIANS, KILLING 5
A driver who killed five and injured 13 others by ploughing his car into pedestrians in China in January has been sentenced to death, a Guangzhou court said on April 18, 2023.
APRIL 21, 2023WashingtonDEATH PENALTYUSA - Washington. The state officially abolishes death penalty
- APRIL 20, 2023FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. DeSantis Signs Law Lowering Death Penalty Threshold
APRIL 20, 2023IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 8 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ISIS ACTIVITY IN JAIL
A court in Baghdad on 18 April 2023 sentenced eight people to death for attempting to organize the Islamic State (ISIS) in prison.
APRIL 20, 2023NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: 3298 INMATES ON DEATH ROW - GOVERNORS HESITANT TO SIGN DEATH WARRANTS (NCOS)
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) says 3,298 inmates across custodial centres in Nigeria are on death row.
APRIL 20, 2023TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. House Approves Bill Limiting Death Penalty in ‘Law of Parties’ Cases
HB 1736 by Jeff Leach (R)
APRIL 19, 2023TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Joseph Jean’s death sentence overturned
APRIL 19, 2023Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTYMYANMAR: 151 CIVILIANS SENTENCED TO DEATH SINCE COUP, SAYS HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP
Myanmar’s military regime has sentenced 151 civilians to death during the two-plus years since the coup in February 2021, according to an April 11 press release from the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP).
- APRIL 19, 2023TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Execution date for Ivan Cantu withdrawn
APRIL 19, 2023South CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA - South Carolina. The House passed 75-21 a secrecy bill
S 120
APRIL 18, 2023PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SINDH HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE IN DOUBLE MURDER CASE
The Sindh High Court on April 5, 2023 upheld the death sentence handed down to a man by the trial court in a double murder case.
APRIL 18, 2023FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Death penalty for child rapists approved
DeSantis expected to sign HB 1297 into law
APRIL 17, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nayeb Askari sentences to death for second time
Kurdish political prisoner
APRIL 17, 2023IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAHARASHTRA MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING 5 FAMILY MEMBERS
A court in Maharashtra's Nagpur on April 15, 2023 sentenced a man to death for killing five members of his family over a property dispute.
APRIL 17, 2023IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: PRESIDENT GRANTS ‘UNPRECEDENTED’ CLEMENCY TO DEATH ROW DRUG CONVICT
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has granted clemency to a woman who spent more than 20 years on death row for drug smuggling, the convict’s lawyer said on 14 April, 2023.
- APRIL 15, 2023DEATH PENALTY
USA - 20.200 gun-related deaths in the United States last year
40 percent of US households have guns
- APRIL 14, 2023WashingtonDEATH PENALTY
USA - Washington. Legislature passes SB 5087 to repeal death penalty
APRIL 14, 2023ArizonaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Arizona. Death penalty reinstated against Beau Greene
APRIL 13, 2023PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING HIS MINOR DAUGHTER
A man was sentenced to death in Pakistan on April 7, 2023 for raping his minor daughter in the country's Punjab province.
APRIL 13, 2023FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Lawmakers pass bill creating easier path for death penalty
HB 555
APRIL 13, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IHR Report on the Death Penalty in 2022
At least 582 people were executed in 2022 (646 according to HoC)
- APRIL 12, 2023FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Louis Gaskin, 56, Black, executed on April 12
- APRIL 12, 2023ItalyDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Italy. Press conference in the Italian Parliament for a change in the policy on Iran
Lucio Malan, Giulio Terzi di Santagata, Elisabetta Gardini, Emanuele Pozzolo, Fabrizio Benzoni, Monica Ciaburro, Marco Scurria e Maryam Rajavi
- APRIL 12, 2023IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: JAKARTA HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR FERDY SAMBO
Death row inmate Ferdy Sambo had his appeal rejected by the Jakarta High Court on April 12, 2023, two months after he was convicted by a district court of murdering former subordinate Brigadier Nofriansyah Yosua Huatabarat and condemned to death.
APRIL 12, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - More topics on the DPIC’s website
Race, conditions of confinement, and executions
APRIL 12, 2023IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: BIHAR GANGSTER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR COURT BLAST
A court in Bihar's Arrah on April 5, 2023 sentenced dreaded gangster Lambu Sharma to death for the 2019 bomb explosion in the district court that killed two people, including the woman tasked with planting it.
APRIL 11, 2023SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: 14 AL-SHABAAB MILITANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN PUNTLAND
A military court in Puntland on 8 April 2023 sentenced 14 members of the militant group Al-Shabaab, to death.
APRIL 11, 2023Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTYCONGO: SIX SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON OVER DEATH OF ITALIAN AMBASSADOR ATTANASIO
A Democratic Republic of Congo military court sentenced six men to life in prison over the death of the Italian ambassador, his bodyguard and driver, a lawyer said on 7 April 2023.
APRIL 10, 2023OhioDEATH PENALTYUSA - Ohio. Report: Average Ohio death sentence lasts 21 years, costs millions
APRIL 9, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani released from prison