Chronological archive
February 2024
The 75 news items published by Hands Off Cain in February 2024, in chronological order.
USA - Oklahoma. HB 3138 for a moratorium passed House Judiciary Committee
FEBRUARY 29, 2024SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: BANGLADESHI MAN HANGED FOR MURDER
Singapore on February 28, 2024 hanged a Bangladeshi man for murder, police said, in the first execution this year in the city-state.
FEBRUARY 29, 2024LouisianaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Louisiana. Senate passed HB 6
Allowing nitrogen suffocation as option for killing prisoners
FEBRUARY 29, 2024United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - 61 botched executions since 1977
The last one yesterday, in Idaho, against Thomas Creech
FEBRUARY 28, 2024IdahoDEATH PENALTYUSA - Idaho. Execution of Thomas Eugene Creech halted after 8 failed attempts to insert IV line
FEBRUARY 28, 2024TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Ivan Cantu, 50, White, executed
garnered support from celebrities
FEBRUARY 28, 2024Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: 7 EXECUTED FOR 'TERRORISM' OFFENSES, STATE MEDIA SAY
Saudi Arabia executed seven people for "terrorism" offenses on February 27, 2024, state media said, the highest single-day figure since 81 were put to death in March 2022.
FEBRUARY 28, 2024PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Pennsylvania. Daniel Gwynn exonerated and released after 30 years on death row
FEBRUARY 27, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: A TERRORIST SENTENCED TO DEATH, DRUG DEALERS GET LIFE IMPRISONMENT
The Supreme Judicial Council stated on February 26, 2024 that a terrorist had been given the death penalty for setting off a car bomb close to the Prophet Ayyub 's shrine.
FEBRUARY 27, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: EX-WRESTLING COACH SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING 6 PEOPLE IN FEB 2021
A court in Haryana’s Rohtak district on February 23, 2024 sentenced a former wrestling coach to death for killing six people, including a four-year-old boy, in February 2021.
FEBRUARY 27, 2024ArizonaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Arizona. Jury sentences Gustin Woodman to death
FEBRUARY 26, 2024AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: THE TALIBAN HOLD ANOTHER PUBLIC EXECUTION AS THOUSANDS WATCH AT A STADIUM
The Taliban held a public execution on February 26, 2024 of a man convicted of murder in northern Afghanistan as thousands watched at a sports stadium, the third such death sentence to be carried out in the past five days.
FEBRUARY 26, 2024BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 11 TO DIE FOR KILLING SCHOOL STUDENT IN JOYPURHAT 21YRS AGO
A court in Joypurhat on January 31, 2024 sentenced 11 people to death for killing a ninth grader in Sadar upazila 21 years ago.
FEBRUARY 26, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hengaw's statistical report on the state of Iran's prisons in 2023
Deaths of 11 prisoners under torture
- FEBRUARY 25, 2024IdahoDEATH PENALTY
USA - Idaho. Idaho is set to execute Thomas Eugene Creech, a serial killer
First execution since 2012
FEBRUARY 25, 2024ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: 18 SENTENCED TO DEATH, 1 GETS LIFE IN PRISON BRAWL CASE
Eighteen individuals on February 22, 2024 received the death penalty with one sentenced to life imprisonment in a landmark ruling at the Thong Pha Phum Provincial Court in Kanchanaburi province.
FEBRUARY 24, 2024United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Trump Ally Charlie Kirk Suggests Children Should Watch Public Executions
- FEBRUARY 23, 2024LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. House approves HB 6
Adding electrocution and nitrogen to execution protocol
FEBRUARY 22, 2024AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: THE TALIBAN CARRY OUT A DOUBLE PUBLIC EXECUTION AT A STADIUM
The Taliban carried out a double public execution at a stadium in southeastern Afghanistan on February 22, 2024 as thousands watched the killing of two convicted men as their victims’ relatives fired the gunshot.
FEBRUARY 22, 2024FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Jury sentences Howard Steven Ault, 57, White, to death
For the 3rd time
- FEBRUARY 22, 2024TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Attempts to stop the execution of Ivan Cantu
Scheduled for February 28
FEBRUARY 21, 2024ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN EXECUTED FOR ROBBERY AND DESECRATING VICTIM'S CORPSE
A man convicted of robbing a woman, murdering her, and desecrating her body has been executed, Beijing Youth Daily reported on February 19, 2024.
- FEBRUARY 21, 2024LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. Justice Committee passes HB 6 for nitrogen
FEBRUARY 21, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad Esmaeili (Esmaili) executed in Hamedan on February 21
FEBRUARY 21, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shahin Vasaf death penalty confirmed over Israel espionage charges
A Kurdish prisoner
- FEBRUARY 20, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A woman, Hajar Atabaki, hanged in Qazvin on January 20
231 women executed in Iran since 2007
FEBRUARY 20, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SENATE REJECTS BILL FOR PUBLIC EXECUTION OF RAPE CONVICTS
Pakistan’s Senate on February 19, 2024 rejected a bill proposing public execution for rape convicts, with lawmakers deeming it ineffective in deterring sexual crimes.
FEBRUARY 20, 2024Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTYMYANMAR: 3 BRIGADIER GENERALS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SURRENDERING TOWN
Myanmar's junta has sentenced to death three brigadier generals who surrendered with hundreds of troops and handed over a strategic town on the Chinese border to ethnic minority fighters last month, military sources told AFP on February 19, 2024.
- FEBRUARY 19, 2024ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY - Marco Cochi died in Rome
An important friend of Cain, expert on Africa
FEBRUARY 19, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: SULAIMANI COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE
A Sulaimani court on February 18, 2024 sentenced a man to death for burning his wife alive nearly two years ago
FEBRUARY 19, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN GETS DEATH IN 2014 DOUBLE MURDER CASE
A court of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has sentenced a man to death in a 10-year-old double murder case – the first time capital punishment has been given in Maharajganj district, a lawyer said on February 19, 2024.
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FEBRUARY 19, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iraj Paaki executed in Urmia on February 19
FEBRUARY 18, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ashraf Akramullah executed in Isfahan on February 18
FEBRUARY 16, 2024FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Markas Fishburne sentenced to death
FEBRUARY 15, 2024JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN AMMAN
The Grand Criminal Court in Amman has sentenced a man to death by hanging for the premeditated murder of an Arab homeowner, Roya News reported on February 14, 2024.
FEBRUARY 15, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: THREE MURDER CONVICTS AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
Three murder convicts were awarded death sentence in three different murder cases in Wah and Attock on February 2, 2024, a police spokesman said.
FEBRUARY 14, 2024NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: COURT SENTENCES KILLER OF ENUGU-BASED MAKEUP ARTIST TO DEATH
An Enugu State High Court on February 7, 2024 sentenced Chiamaka Ifezue to death by hanging for killing an Enugu-based makeup artist, Ijeoma Nweke.
- FEBRUARY 13, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTY
QATAR RELEASES FORMER INDIAN NAVY OFFICERS AFTER DROPPING DEATH SENTENCES
Qatar has released eight former Indian naval officers previously sentenced to death on charges of spying for Israel.
- FEBRUARY 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 Baloch political prisoners sentenced to death
Eidou Shahbakhsh, Abdul Ghani Shahbakhsh, Abdol Rahim Qanbarzahi Gargij, and Suleiman Shahbakhsh
FEBRUARY 13, 2024IdahoDEATH PENALTYUSA - Idaho. House OKs HB 515 expanding death penalty to child rapists
- FEBRUARY 12, 2024ChinaDEATH PENALTY
FORMER HEAD OF CHINA MERCHANTS BANK GIVEN SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR ACCEPTING BRIBES
Tian Huiyu, a former president of China Merchants Bank, has been sentenced to death, suspended for two years, for accepting bribes, abusing power, trading on the basis of undisclosed information, insider trading and leaking inside information.
FEBRUARY 12, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Political prisoner Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani could be executed soon
FEBRUARY 12, 2024VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: PRESIDENT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCES TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR FIVE INMATES
The President of Vietnam Vo Van Thuong on February 6, 2024 signed a decision to commute the death penalty to life in prison for five convicts
- FEBRUARY 12, 2024TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
TANZANIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER MURDER
The High Court of Kigoma on February 2, 2024 sentenced Kigoma Ujiji municipal resident Peter Mwandelema to be hanged to death after being found guilty of intentionally killing seven people of the same family in 2022.
FEBRUARY 12, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Man Sentenced to Death Over of Killing Filmmaker Mehrjui
Unidentified
- FEBRUARY 12, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abuzar Taher Arab executed in Qom on February 12
- FEBRUARY 11, 2024FranceDEATH PENALTY
ROBERT BADINTER, WHO ABOLISHED DEATH PENALTY IN FRANCE, DIES AT 95
Former French justice minister Robert Badinter, who abolished capital punishment in France in 1981, has died at the age of 95, one of his aides told local media on February 9, 2024.
- FEBRUARY 11, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: AT 561, NUMBER OF DEATH ROW PRISONERS AT A 19-YEAR HIGH
The number of prisoners on death row has risen to 561 in 2023, which is the highest in 19 years.
FEBRUARY 11, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man executed "recently" in Tabriz
- FEBRUARY 10, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Khezrnejad sentenced to death
A Kurdish political prisoner
FEBRUARY 10, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shahab Nadali, a political prisoner, sentenced to death
FEBRUARY 9, 2024CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. Jose Larin-Garcia sentenced to death
FEBRUARY 9, 2024AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Jury sentenced Marco Perez to death
- FEBRUARY 8, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Highest number of death sentences in 12 months
882 executions and 198 death sentences
- FEBRUARY 8, 2024ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN WHO STABBED COLLEAGUE TO DEATH WHILE DRUNK EXECUTED
Zhang Keping, who stabbed a colleague to death while drunk in 2022, was executed on February 4, 2024 after China's top court approved his death sentence.
FEBRUARY 8, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - European Parliament Condemns Escalating Executions in Iran
Calls for International Sanctions and IRGC Designation
FEBRUARY 8, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Man amputated of 4 fingers on July 17, 2023
Youssef T.
- FEBRUARY 7, 2024ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
ZIMBABWE ABOLISHES DEATH PENALTY
Zimbabwean Cabinet on February 6, 2024 approved the abolition of the death penalty and, in its place, endorsed the imposition of lengthy to life jail sentences.
FEBRUARY 7, 2024ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: UNIVERSITY RESEARCHER SENTENCED TO DEATH WITH REPRIEVE OVER HOMICIDE
Jiang Wenhua, a former researcher at Fudan University, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve on February 1, 2024 for intentional homicide.
FEBRUARY 7, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Feizi and Rahmat Bigham executed in Zanjan on February 7
- FEBRUARY 6, 2024NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: FIVE VIGILANTE MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR KILLING TEENAGER
The Kano State High Court on January 25, 2024 sentenced five vigilante members to death by hanging for stabbing one Ahmed Musa,17, to death.
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FEBRUARY 6, 2024YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: 13 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR HOMOSEXUALITY
A Huthi-run court in Yemen has sentenced 13 people to public execution on homosexuality charges, a judicial source said on February 2, 2024
FEBRUARY 6, 2024MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: 5 ON DEATH ROW IN SABAH SPARED THE GALLOWS
Five prisoners on death row in Sabah on February 5, 2024 saw their capital punishment substituted to imprisonment by the Federal Court.
FEBRUARY 6, 2024FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Marcelle Waldon, 39, Black, sentenced to death
- FEBRUARY 5, 2024BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: COURT SENTENCES 10, INCLUDING EX-AL LEADER RUHUL AMIN, TO DEATH IN NOAKHALI ELECTION DAY RAPE CASE
A court in Bangladesh on February 5, 2024 sentenced 10 people to death and another six to life sentences in prison for the gang rape of a woman in Noakhali’s Subarnachar on the day of the 11th national election.
FEBRUARY 5, 2024ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: AUSTRALIAN WRITER YANG HENGJUN SENTENCED TO DEATH ON SPY CHARGES
Australian writer Yang Hengjun, who was arrested in China on espionage charges in 2019, on February 5, 2024 was handed a suspended death sentence by a court in Beijing.
FEBRUARY 5, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hands off Cain: 80 executions in January 2024
FEBRUARY 5, 2024BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN TO BE HANGED FOR KILLING WIFE 13YRS AGO IN NATORE
A Natore court on January 12, 2024 sentenced a man to death for killing his wife in Singra Upazila of the district 13 years ago.
FEBRUARY 4, 2024Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: 4 EXPATS EXECUTED FOR KILLING SUDANESE
Saudi Arabia on January 31, 2024 executed four Ethiopian expatriates on charges of murdering a Sudanese national.
FEBRUARY 3, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hassan Mehraban executed in Qazvin on February 3
FEBRUARY 2, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran HRM: 88 Executions in Iranian Prisons during January 2024
82% of the executions were carried out secretly
FEBRUARY 2, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hengaw: 74 Executions in Iranian Prisons during January 2024
FEBRUARY 1, 2024Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: CITIZEN EXECUTED FOR TERRORISM
Saudi Arabia on January 30, 2024 carried out its first death penalty this year after executing a citizen convicted of terrorist acts in the country's Eastern Province.
FEBRUARY 1, 2024ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: COUPLE EXECUTED FOR DOUBLE CHILD MURDER THAT SHOCKED NATION
China on January 31, 2024 executed a couple for throwing two young children out of the window of an apartment building, in a case that caused nationwide outrage.
FEBRUARY 1, 2024MissouriDEATH PENALTYUSA - Missouri. Prosecutor Files Motion to Vacate Marcellus Williams’ Death Sentence