Archive timeline
2025
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2025, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2025
MARCH 27, 2025CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. Adel Ramos, 51, Hispanic, sentenced to death
MARCH 27, 2025OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. SB 599 passes Senato
Death penalty for child rapists
- MARCH 26, 2025IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA CONFIRMS 25 NATIONALS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN UAE, EXECUTIONS PENDING
The number of Indian nationals facing the death penalty in the United Arab Emirates, with sentences yet to be implemented, stands at 25, the central government informed Parliament on March 20, 2025.
MARCH 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - NCRI report: 1,153 Executions in Persian Year 1403
A 42% Surge Compared to 1402
MARCH 26, 2025SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: SNA SOLDIER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING COMMANDER
Hussein Hassan Mahmoud Ma'da, a soldier in the Somali National Army, has been sentenced to death by firing squad for the murder of Sergeant Major Shafi'i Mohamed Hansi Ali, a group commander, HOL reported on March 26, 2025.
MARCH 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Death Sentence of Hamid Hosseinnezhad Upheld
Kurdish Political Prisoner
MARCH 26, 2025IdahoDEATH PENALTYUSA - Idaho. Governor signs HB 380
Death penalty for sex abuse on under 12
MARCH 26, 2025TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Senate passes SB 990 to expand death penalty
- MARCH 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 61st week of the “No to Execution Tuesday” campaign
MARCH 25, 2025BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR GANG RAPE, MURDER OF TEENAGER IN 2022
A Dhaka tribunal has sentenced three individuals to death in connection with the gang rape and murder of a teenage girl in Keraniganj, Dhaka, three years ago.
MARCH 25, 2025JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: EXONERATED PRISONER AWARDED $1.4M AFTER 46 YEARS SPENT ON DEATH ROW
A Japanese man wrongly convicted of murder who was the world’s longest-serving death row inmate has been awarded $1.4m in compensation, an official said on March 24, 2025.
MARCH 24, 2025Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI PROTESTOR MOHAMMAD LABBAD SENTENCED TO DEATH
The Specialised Criminal Court of Appeal (SCCA) on February 25, 2025 sentenced Saudi protestor Mohammad Labbad to the death penalty.
MARCH 24, 2025NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN WHO KILLED ATTACKER IN ‘SELF-DEFENCE’
The Supreme Court of Nigeria on March 7, 2025 upheld the death sentence of Sunday Jackson, a farmer in his 30s, for killing a Fulani herdsman, Ardo Bawuro, in an altercation on his farmland.
- MARCH 24, 2025IdahoDEATH PENALTY
USA - Idaho. Legislature approves child sex abuse death penalty bill
Sending it to governor
- MARCH 23, 2025TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
TANZANIA: MAN TO BE HANGED FOR MURDERING HIS GIRLFRIEND
The High Court of Tanzania in Moshi on March 10, 2025 sentenced 32-year-old Erasto Mollel to death by hanging for the murder of his girlfriend, Josephine Mngara, 30.
MARCH 21, 2025LouisianaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Louisiana. Maybe "Airgas" nitrogen used in Hoffman's execution
“Airgas” considers action against Louisiana
- MARCH 20, 2025CanadaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA EXECUTED FOUR CANADIANS FOR DRUG CRIMES, SAYS OTTAWA
Four Canadians were executed in China on drug-related charges earlier this year, Canadian authorities confirmed on March 19, 2025.
MARCH 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Olivier Grondeau released
MARCH 20, 2025OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Wendell Grissom, 56, was executed
MARCH 20, 2025FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Edward James, 63, White, was executed
10th execution in US
MARCH 19, 2025IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: UTTAR PRADESH COURT GIVES DEATH PENALTY TO 3 MEN FOR KILLING 24 DALITS IN 1981
A Uttar Pradesh court on March 18, 2025 ordered death penalty to three men linked to the killings of 24 Dalits in Dehuli in 1981.
MARCH 19, 2025ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: EX-ENGINEER TO BE EXECUTED FOR SPYING
A former Chinese engineer has been sentenced to death for leaking state secrets to a foreign power, Beijing's spy agency said on March 18, 2025.
MARCH 19, 2025LouisianaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Louisiana. Jessie Hoffman, 46, Black, was executed
First nitrogen execution in the state
MARCH 19, 2025ArizonaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Arizona. Aaron Gunches, 53, White, was executed
- MARCH 18, 2025TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. SB 990 to allow death penalty for murders of children under 15 moves to Senate floor
MARCH 18, 2025MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: FEDERAL COURT REINSTATES DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAWANG MAN WHO MURDERED WIFE AND BABY IN 2016
The Federal Court on March 14, 2025 reinstated the death penalty for a former lorry driver convicted of murdering his wife and seven-month-old daughter in 2016.
MARCH 18, 2025BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCES FOR 20 MEN WHO MURDERED STUDENT OVER FACEBOOK POST
A High Court in Bangladesh on March 16, 2025 upheld the death sentence of 20 men convicted of killing a fellow student seven years ago inside a university campus.
MARCH 18, 2025ArkansasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Arkansas. Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed nitrogen gas legislation
Fifth state to adopt the method
MARCH 17, 2025North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: THREE MEN TIED UP AND EXECUTED IN FRONT OF VILLAGERS
Three North Koreans have been tied to stakes and riddled with bullets in a public execution in front of villagers after they tried to flee the country, Mirror reported on March 14, 2025.
MARCH 17, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH IN RANSOM-MURDER CASE
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Pakistan sentenced two criminals to death in a ransom cum murder case, the Tribune reported on March 9, 2025.