Chronological archive
June 2024
The 76 news items published by Hands Off Cain in June 2024, in chronological order.
IRAN - Ali-Allah Bakhsh and Afzal-Allah Bakhsh executed in Shiraz on June 30
- JUNE 30, 2024ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA CONVICTS 99% OF DEFENDANTS IN CRIMINAL TRIALS. REVERSING A CONVICTION IS HARD
China is trying to reduce the number of wrongful convictions in its legal system. One man's more than two decades-long fight on death row shows why that's so difficult.
JUNE 30, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Mashhad on June 30
Yaser Ghafoorian, Mohammad Hooshyar Alizadeh + 2 Unk
JUNE 30, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Habib Shojaei executed in Sari on June 30
JUNE 28, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad-Reza Jalali on Fourth Day of Hunger Strike
JUNE 27, 2024OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Richard Rojem, 66, White, was executed
JUNE 27, 2024DelawareDEATH PENALTYUSA - Delaware. Senate passes abolition of death penalty
HB 70 goes to Governor
JUNE 27, 2024FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Ysrael Granda sentenced to death
- JUNE 26, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Idris Áli sentenced to death
Charged with "espionage for Israel."
- JUNE 26, 2024TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee. New Death Penalty Law Going Into Effect On July 1st
Death Penalty for Child Rapists (HB1663)
JUNE 26, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BURNING WIFE ALIVE
Faisalabad Additional Sessions Judge Abul Hassnat sentenced a man to death for burning his wife alive two years ago in Raza Abad police limits, The Nation reported on June 25, 2024.
JUNE 26, 2024MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: FEDERAL COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE OF FORMER BUSINESSMAN FOR MURDER OF UUM GRADUATE 18 YEARS AGO
The Federal Court in Putrajaya on May 29, 2024 upheld the death sentence of a former businessman for the murder of a female marketing executive 18 years ago.
JUNE 26, 2024TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Ramiro Gonzales, 41, Hispanic, was executed
JUNE 26, 2024FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Jury recommends death penalty for Zephen Xaver
JUNE 26, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Naser Rahimi (Rakhshani) executed in Qaen on June 26
- JUNE 25, 2024ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA THREATENS DEATH PENALTY FOR 'DIEHARD' TAIWAN SEPARATISTS
China on June 21, 2024 threatened to impose the death penalty in extreme cases for "diehard" Taiwan independence separatists, a ratcheting up of pressure even though Chinese courts have no jurisdiction on the democratically governed island.
JUNE 24, 2024FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Judge sentences Bessman Okafor to death
JUNE 23, 2024FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Jury Recommends Death Penalty for Wade Wilson
JUNE 22, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Supreme Court Overturns Rapper Toomaj Salehi's Death Sentence
JUNE 22, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nategh Hosseini executed in Qazvin on June 22
In front of his 7-year-old son
JUNE 21, 2024TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. David Roeder added with number 199 to the
The Death Penalty Information Center's exonerations' database
- JUNE 20, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Law enforcement forces kill 18-year-old girl Raziyeh Rahmani
JUNE 20, 2024NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: COURT SENTENCES TWO TO DEATH IN JIGAWA
The Jigawa State High Court sitting in Birnin Kudu on June 14, 2024 sentenced two persons to death for conspiring and killing Yakubu Ibrahim and dumping his dead body by the roadside.
JUNE 20, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Javaid Rehman’s New Report on the Massacre of Political Prisoners in the ‘80s
JUNE 20, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - UN Secretary-General’s report on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
(A/HRC/56/22)
JUNE 19, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi Sentenced to Additional Year in Prison
JUNE 19, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: WOMAN AWARDED DEATH PENALTY FOR STABBING MOTHER-IN-LAW 90 TIMES
A local court in Madhya Pradesh has awarded the death sentence to a 24-year-old woman for attacking her mother-in-law with an iron pan and then striking her with a sickle ninety times, killing her instantly, in 2022.
JUNE 19, 2024TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Kerry Max Cook exonerated
198th person exonerated (since 1973) after being sentenced to death
- JUNE 18, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTY
SWEDEN SUMMONS IRAQI DIPLOMAT TO PROTEST DEATH PENALTIES REPORTEDLY HANDED TO 2 SWEDES
Sweden's Foreign Ministry said officials summoned the Iraqi chargé d’affaires on June 14, 2024 to protest against death sentences handed down to Swedes in Iraq.
JUNE 18, 2024BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 3 AWARDED CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR MURDER IN NARAIL
A court in Narail on June 12, 2024 sentenced three people to death for killing a man in Lohagara upazila of the district in 2018.
JUNE 18, 2024DelawareDEATH PENALTYUSA - Delaware. House passes bill to eliminate death penalty in Delaware
HB 70
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JUNE 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iranians in Stockholm Rally Against Release of War Criminal Hamid Nouri
JUNE 17, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: IN RECENT WEEKS MORE THAN 60 PEOPLE EXECUTED
At least 63 people have been executed in Nasiriyah Central Prison in recent weeks alone. Human rights groups accuse the judiciary and executive authorities of abusing detainees and coercing them into making false confessions to justify the imposition of t
JUNE 17, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MADRAS HC ACQUITS ALL ACCUSED IN DR SUBBIAH MURDER CASE
The Madras high court on June 14, 2024 set aside the conviction as well as death sentence imposed on seven people and life sentences imposed on two more in the 2013 murder case of neurosurgeon SD Subbiah near Billroth Hospital in Chennai.
JUNE 17, 2024KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH FOR USING DRUGS TO OVERPOWER AND VIOLENTLY ROB VICTIMS
A man was sentenced to death on June 14, 2024 in Kenya after being found guilty of robbery with violence and using overpowering drugs to stupefy his victims.
- JUNE 16, 2024United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Activists ask Biden to commute all federal death sentences
Trump could execute 40 prisoners in second term 'bloodbath'
- JUNE 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Khamenei pardons, reduces sentences of 2,654 inmates
But no death row prisoners
- JUNE 15, 2024NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: FOUR TO DIE BY HANGING FOR ARMED ROBBERY, MURDER IN EKITI
An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division, on June 13, 2024 sentenced four persons to death by hanging for armed robbery, murder and conspiracy.
JUNE 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sweden released Hamid Noury
Convicted of war crimes
JUNE 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Farhad Masoudian executed in Zanjan on June 15
JUNE 13, 2024LibyaDEATH PENALTYLIBYA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER CASE
The Misrata Criminal Court has sentenced one person to death and imprisoned three others in the case of the murder of citizen Abdul Rahman Ali Ishteiwi, Libya Observer reported on June 13, 2024.
JUNE 13, 2024NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: PLATEAU, OGUN, KADUNA GOVS PARDON 164 PRISONERS
In commemoration of Democracy Day on June 12, 2024, the Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, granted pardon to 13 inmates serving various jail terms in the state.
JUNE 13, 2024FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Markas Fishburne sentenced to death
30, Black
JUNE 12, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 2 BROTHERS GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPING, BURNING MINOR GIRL IN RAJASTHAN
Two men convicted of raping and murdering a 14-year-old girl in August last year - by burning her alive in a coal furnace - were sentenced to death on May 18, 2024 by a special court in Rajasthan's Bhilwara.
JUNE 12, 2024BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: YOUTH GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING CHILD IN CTG
A Chattogram court on June 9, 2024 sentenced a youth to death for killing a five-year-old child at Mirsari upazila in the district in 2010.
- JUNE 12, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Homayoun Salami executed in Hamedan on June 12
JUNE 12, 2024AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Jury recommends death sentence for Michael Collin Mitchell
43, Black
JUNE 11, 2024FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Howard Steven Ault sentenced to death, again
for the murders of two young girls
JUNE 11, 2024KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: COURT ON CASSATION SENTENCES TWO IRANIANS TO DEATH FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
In a recent ruling, the Kuwait Court of Cassation, led by Counselor Sultan Bouresli, has upheld the death penalty by hanging for two Iranian nationals convicted of attempting to smuggle 189 kilograms of hashish and psychotropic substances by sea from Kubb
JUNE 11, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 7 DRUG TRAFFICKERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
An Iraqi court has sentenced seven individuals to death for drug trafficking, including one foreign national. The Central Criminal Court’s decision, announced on June 9, 2024 by the Supreme Judicial Council
JUNE 11, 2024MissouriDEATH PENALTYUSA - Missouri. David Hosier, 69, White, was executed
7th prisoner executed in the U.S. this year
- JUNE 10, 2024TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
AFRICAN COURT GIVES TANZANIA SIX MONTHS ULTIMATUM TO SCRAP DEATH PENALTY
The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights has reiterated its longstanding order to Tanzania to revoke the death penalty in line with the continental charter on the right to life, The East African reported on June 6, 2024.
JUNE 10, 2024BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: FOUR GET DEATH FOR KILLING EASYBIKE DRIVER IN JAMALPUR
A court in Jamalpur on June 9, 2024 sentenced four people to death for the murder of an Easybike driver in the district's Sarishabari upazila.
- JUNE 9, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran - Mostafa Alipour executed in Yazd on June 9
JUNE 9, 2024SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT EXECUTES THREE MEN FOR MURDER OF TWO BROTHERS IN DHUSAMAREB
A Somali military court in Galmudug State executed three men in a public square in Dhusamareb town on June 6, 2024 for the murder of two brothers in December 2023.
JUNE 8, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Death sentence of Seyed Mohammad-Javad Vafaie overturned
Political prisoner
- JUNE 8, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Trial of jailed Iranian Nobel laureate Mohammadi opens in her absence
- JUNE 6, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hatem Özdemir appeals death sentence to higher Iranian court
Kurdish political prisoner belonging to the People Defense Forces
JUNE 6, 2024VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN WHO KILLED PARENTS WHILE HIGH ON DRUGS
A court in Ho Chi Minh City sentenced a man to death on June 4, 2024 for murdering both of his parents during a drug-induced hallucination.
JUNE 6, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence for Sunni Cleric Mohammad Khezrnejad
JUNE 6, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE, TWO CHILDREN
An antiterrorism court (ATC) in Karachi handed down death sentence on four counts to a man for murdering his wife, two minor children and a young brother-in-law over domestic issues in 2017, Dawn reported on June 1st, 2024.
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JUNE 6, 2024United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Maryland. Kenneth J. Lighty gets 2 life sentences at resentencing
Federal sentence
JUNE 5, 2024NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: WOMAN TO DIE BY HANGING FOR MURDERING EX-HUSBAND
A High Court in Birnin Kebbi on June 3, 2024 sentenced a woman, Farida Abubakar, to death by hanging for killing her former husband, Chief Magistrate Attahiru Muhammad-Ibrahim.
JUNE 5, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MURDER CONVICT SENTENCED TO DEATH IN ATTOCK
In a landmark verdict handed down on June 3, 2024, a murder convict was sentenced to death by the Attock judiciary for his involvement in a murder case dating back to 2021.
- JUNE 5, 2024SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN: MAN AND WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
Ed Damazin Court in Blue Nile region issued a death sentence against civil servant El Habib Eisa on June 3, 2024, after he was accused of “undermining the constitutional order.”
- JUNE 5, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Nader Khosrawi and Nasrollah Ayoubi executed in Zanjan on June 5
JUNE 4, 2024AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN PUBLICLY FLOGS 30 INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING A WOMAN, IN THE PAST FOUR DAYS
The Taliban has publicly flogged 30 individuals, including a woman, on multiple charges in the provinces of Ghor, Paktika, Ghazni, Khost, and Kunduz in the last four days, kabulnow.com reported on June 4, 2024.
- JUNE 4, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: NAGPUR MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPING, MURDERING GIRL, 5, IN 2019
A man was sentenced to death on June 3, 2024 by a Nagpur court for raping and murdering a 5-year-old girl in 2019.
JUNE 4, 2024BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: FIVE GET DEATH PENALTY IN JASHORE MURDER CASE
A court in Jashore on May 20, 2024 sentenced five people to death for killing an easy-bike driver at Sadar upazila of the district in 2011.
JUNE 4, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Havel Prize Awarded to Toomaj Salehi
Dissident Iranian Rapper
JUNE 3, 2024TongaDEATH PENALTYTONGA: LEGISLATORS REJECT DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG CRIMES
A public debate in Parliament this week rejected a suggestion that the death penalty be used to deter drug offenders, RNZ reported on May 31, 2024.
JUNE 3, 2024YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: HOUTHIS SENTENCE 44 TO DEATH ON CHARGES OF COLLABORATION WITH A SAUDI-LED COALITION
A court run by Yemen's Houthi rebels on June 1st, 2024 sentenced 44 people to death, including a businessman working with aid groups, on spying charges, a defense lawyer said.
- JUNE 2, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ HANGS EIGHT CONVICTED OF 'TERRORISM'
Iraq executed eight people convicted of "terrorism", a security source and health official said on May 31, 2024, the third such group put to death in the country in little over a month.
JUNE 2, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iman Rezaiepour executed in Neyshabur on June 2
- JUNE 1, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Shiraz on June 1
Mahmoud Qaedi, Hassan Ne'matollahi, and Mohammad Saeed Zohrabi
JUNE 1, 2024IdahoDEATH PENALTYUSA - Idaho. Chad Daybell, 55, White, sentenced to death on June 1