Archive timeline
2016
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2016, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
The year in data
- Executions recorded worldwide
- 1,159
- Countries where they were recorded
- 27
- News items in the archive
- 1,381
Latest news of 2016
A court in the northern province of Thanh Hoa has sentenced a dog thief to death and jailed another for killing a dog owner.
A court in the northern province of Thanh Hoa has sentenced a dog thief to death and jailed another for killing a dog owner.
DECEMBER 31, 2016VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: DEATH PENALTY FOR SIX DRUG TRAFFICKERS
Six defendants involved in Viet Nam’s biggest drug trafficking case were sentenced to death by the People’s Court of the northern Quang Ninh Province.
- DECEMBER 30, 2016OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal upheld Ohio's secrecy law
USA - Ohio. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal upheld Ohio's secrecy law
- DECEMBER 30, 2016IraqDEATH PENALTY
the Justice Ministry disclosed that there are about 300 death-convicts are in Iraqi prisons, but the execution verdicts were not implemented till now.
the Justice Ministry disclosed that there are about 300 death-convicts are in Iraqi prisons, but the execution verdicts were not implemented till now.
DECEMBER 30, 2016IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 88 TERRORIST CONVICTS EXECUTED IN 2016
The Iraqi authorities executed 88 terrorists convicts in 2016, despite the international calls to stop this punishment in this country.
DECEMBER 30, 2016ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: ARSONIST SENTENCED TO DEATH
A man convicted of setting a bus on fire two years ago was sentenced to death by the Intermediate People's Court of Liuzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
DECEMBER 30, 2016QatarDEATH PENALTYQATAR: DRUGS GANG LEADER SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Doha Criminal Court has convicted five expatriate men for engaging in illicit drugs smuggling and sentenced their leader to death by hanging.
- DECEMBER 29, 2016DEATH PENALTY
WASHINGTON (USA): GOVERNOR ISSUES REPRIEVE, CALLS FOR ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
Citing "serious concerns about the use of capital punishment in the state of Washington," Governor Jay Inslee granted a reprieve to Clark Richard Elmore, whom the state's Department of Corrections had scheduled for execution on January 19, 2017, and urged
- DECEMBER 29, 2016DEATH PENALTY
USA - Nebraska. Prisons chief gets new license for death penalty drugs, with 'no immediate plans' to use it.
USA - Nebraska. Prisons chief gets new license for death penalty drugs, with 'no immediate plans' to use it.
- DECEMBER 29, 2016BelarusDEATH PENALTY
Kiryl Kazachok was sentenced to death for murdering his two children.
Kiryl Kazachok was sentenced to death for murdering his two children.
- DECEMBER 29, 2016DEATH PENALTY
USA - Washington. Governor Issues Reprieve FOR Elmore, Calls for Abolition of Death Penalty.
USA - Washington. Governor Issues Reprieve FOR Elmore, Calls for Abolition of Death Penalty.
- DECEMBER 28, 2016CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Important agency rejects proposed new death penalty rules.
USA - California. Important agency rejects proposed new death penalty rules.
- DECEMBER 28, 2016DEATH PENALTY
CALIFORNIA REJECTS PROPOSED NEW DEATH PENALTY RULES
Efforts to revive the death penalty in California were dealt another blow late last month when a state agency
DECEMBER 28, 2016Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: GENEROSITY OF A SAUDI SAVES AN INDIAN FROM DEATH SENTENCE
Limbadri, an Indian worker, never had it in his wildest dreams that he would escape death sentence
DECEMBER 28, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PUBLIC FLOGGING SENTENCE CARRIED OUT
According to eyewitnesses, flogging punishment of a young man charged with theft, and whose identity is
DECEMBER 28, 2016JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: FIVE MEMBERS OF ISIL CELL SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TERROR
A Jordanian court sentenced five members of an ISIL cell to death by hanging for acts of terrorism.
- DECEMBER 27, 2016MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. Regretting Execution, Murder Victim's Family Urges Governor to Commute Missouri's Death Row
USA - Missouri. Regretting Execution, Murder Victim's Family Urges Governor to Commute Missouri's Death Row
DECEMBER 26, 2016JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: FOUR JORDANIANS GIVEN DEATH PENALTY OVER DRUGS KILLING
A state security court sentenced four Jordanians to death for murdering a member of the security forces involved in the fight against drugs trafficking, a judicial source said.
DECEMBER 26, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE REVOKED ONE DAY AHEAD OF EXECUTION
Ghulam Abbas Suhani had to be hanged on December 27 but the execution was stopped today, just one
DECEMBER 25, 2016ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: PHUKET PRISONERS RELEASED ON ROYAL PARDON
The first batch of prisoners was released from Phuket Prison in the morning, following the announcement of a Royal pardon earlier this month to commemorate the start of the reign of King Rama X.
DECEMBER 25, 2016Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR INTERIOR MINISTRY BOMB PLOT
A specialized court in Saudi Arabia has handed a citizen an initial death sentence for plotting to bomb the
DECEMBER 25, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO AMPUTATION SENTENCES CARRIED OUT
Amputation verdicts of two prisoners were carried out in the prison of Urmia (Northwestern Iran).
DECEMBER 24, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: FIRST CONVICT HANGED AFTER THREE MONTHS
A 70-year-old death-row convict was hanged in Rawalpindi’ Adiala jail after a span of 20 years.
DECEMBER 23, 2016NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: EDO STATE EXECUTES THREE DEATH ROW INMATES
Edo State government executed three death row inmates who were sentenced to death by military tribunals
- DECEMBER 23, 2016ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: MPOMBO’S SON SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
The Ndola High Court has found former minister of Defence George Mpombo’s 17-year-old son guilty of shooting dead his pregnant girlfriend and beheading her.
- DECEMBER 22, 2016DEATH PENALTY
PENNSYLVANIA (USA): FIRST-DEGREE MURDER CHARGES DROPPED AGAINST TWO FORMER PENNSYLVANIA DEATH ROW PRISONERS WITH INNOCENCE CLAIMS
Two former Pennsylvania death row prisoners who have asserted their innocence for decades, Tyrone Moore and James Dennis, pled no contest to lesser charges.
- DECEMBER 22, 2016DEATH PENALTY
FLORIDA (USA): MORE THAN 200 PRISONERS UNCONSTITUTIONALLY SENTENCED TO DEATH MAY GET NEW SENTENCING HEARING
The Florida Supreme Court cemented death sentences for nearly 200 prisoners Thursday, ruling they are not eligible for lower sentences or re-hearings under a revamped death penalty law.
- DECEMBER 22, 2016IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING AND MURDERING MINOR
A Sessions Court in Andhra Pradesh State sentenced a 30-year-old man to death for rape and murder of a three-year-old girl.
DECEMBER 22, 2016IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER EXECUTED IN PUBLIC
A prisoner was hanged in public in the city of Ilam, Western Iran, on rape charges
- DECEMBER 22, 2016FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Supreme Court: More Than 200 Prisoners Unconstitutionally Sentenced to Death May Get New Sentencing Hearing
USA - Florida. Supreme Court: More Than 200 Prisoners Unconstitutionally Sentenced to Death May Get New Sentencing Hearing