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
FEBRUARY 28, 2023TennesseeDEATH PENALTYUSA - Tennessee. SB 1152 to execute by firing squad passes the House Committee
- FEBRUARY 27, 2023MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: ODD-JOB WORKER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF FRIEND
An odd-job worker, who was charged with the murder of his friend after he was found living with the corpse for a week, was sentenced to death on 21 February 2023 by the Ipoh High Court.
FEBRUARY 27, 2023IsraelDEATH PENALTYISRAEL: DEATH PENALTY FOR TERRORISTS BILL APPROVED BY CABINET
The Ministerial Committee on Legislation on 26 February 2023 approved a bill that institutes a death penalty for terrorists.
FEBRUARY 27, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hadi Arbabi and Mohammed Ishaq Gergij executed in Zahedan on February 27
112 executions since the beginning of the year
FEBRUARY 27, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Leila Bameri executed in Bandar Abbas on February 27
208 women since 2007
FEBRUARY 26, 2023NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH IN ONDO FOR KILLING COUPLE
The Ondo State High Court in Akure on 14 February 2023 sentenced Messrs Ayuba Idris and Tasur Abubakar to death by hanging for killing a couple.
FEBRUARY 26, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamid Rahimi executed in Sanandaj on February 26
FEBRUARY 26, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men and 2 women executed in Birjand on February 26
Abdolhamid Sheh Bakhsh, Ali Fanoodie + 3 unk.
FEBRUARY 26, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men executed in Arak on February 26
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FEBRUARY 24, 2023FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Steven Lorenzo Sentenced To Death
FEBRUARY 24, 2023CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. Jose Larin-Garcia sentenced to death
- FEBRUARY 23, 2023IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: EX-POLICE GENERAL SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ORDERING OFFICER’S MURDER
A former police general found guilty of ordering the killing of his bodyguard and covering up the murder was sentenced to death by a Jakarta court on 13 February 2023.
FEBRUARY 23, 2023FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Donald Dillbeck, 59, White, was executed
7th execution of the year in US
FEBRUARY 23, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - EU condemns Iran over death penalty for Jamshid Sharmahd
FEBRUARY 23, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hassan Abbasi and Ali Rezaei executed in Rasht on February 23
FEBRUARY 22, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sarkawt Ahmadi executed in Kermashan on February 22
Political prisoner
FEBRUARY 22, 2023MarylandDEATH PENALTYUSA - Maryland. John Huffington, Former Death Row Prisoner, Exonerated After 40 Years
FEBRUARY 22, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 women executed in Karaj
Fariba Hosseini and Nazifeh …
FEBRUARY 22, 2023Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: FOUR POLICE OFFICERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
The Hambantota High Court on 15 February 2023 sentenced to death four Police officers, including an Officer-in-Charge (OIC) over the death of an individual during a raid on a gambling den in Thissamaharamaya.
FEBRUARY 22, 2023GermanyDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Germany is expelling two diplomats from the Iranian embassy in Berlin
over the death sentence of Jamshid Sharmahd
FEBRUARY 22, 2023BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS: LAWMAKERS APPROVE BILL ON DEATH PENALTY FOR HIGH TREASON
The Belarusian parliament's lower chamber, the House of Representatives, on 21 February 2023 approved the second and final reading of a bill that envisages the death penalty for high treason for civil servants and members of the military.
FEBRUARY 22, 2023ArizonaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Arizona. U.S. Supreme Court voids John Montenegro Cruz death sentence
FEBRUARY 22, 2023South CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA - South Carolina. Senate passed Bill S 120 shielding death penalty drugmakers
FEBRUARY 22, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Rasul Cholaki executed in Ilam on February 22
FEBRUARY 22, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Armin Hirani executed in Kermanshah on February 22
Hengaw has been informed on March 11
- FEBRUARY 21, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - EU To Include Iranian Judges On Sanctions List
FEBRUARY 21, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - German Foreign Minister: Iran's Revolutionary Guards Not Terrorist Entity
FEBRUARY 21, 2023Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR GRANDPASS MURDER BACK IN 2008
Colombo High Court Judge Mahesh Weeraman sentenced to death two men who were found guilty of hacking death a man in 2008, News 1st reported on 15 February 2023.
FEBRUARY 21, 2023SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: FOUR SOLDIERS EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD
Four Somali officials, including from the military, police and the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) were executed on 2 February 2023 by firing squad in the nation’s capital of Mogadishu.
FEBRUARY 21, 2023AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. "Almost ready to use nitrogen hypoxia"
Recapitulating the Failed Promise of Humane Execution