Year
How to use the database
HANDS OFF CAIN’S 2015 REPORT
The worldwide situation (as of 30 June 2016)
EXECUTIONS IN 2014
EXECUTIONS IN 2015 (as of 30 June)
The most important facts of 2015 (and the first six months of 2016)
ADDRESS of Pope Francis
THE SMILING FACE OF THE MULLAHS
Reportage by Sergio D'Elia
ANALYSIS OF THE 2015 REPORT DATA AND OBJECTIVES OF HANDS OFF CAIN
Reportage by Marco Perduca
"THE ABOLITIONIST OF THE YEAR 2015” AWARD
Protocol of understanding between NTC and CNF
Dossier on death penalty and homosexuality
Final declaration of the Cairo workshop
Goals
Achievements
GENERAL MOTION OF THE FIFTH CONGRESS OF HOC
RESOLUTION OF THE KIGALI CONFERENCE
U.N. RESOLUTION 2014

U.N. RESOLUTION 2012
U.N. RESOLUTION 2010

REPORT ON THE 2ND ANNUAL EU FORUM ON THE DEATH PENALTY IN ZAMBIA

Videos

DECLARATION OF LIBREVILLE

Publications
Hands Off Cain Headquarters
U.N. RESOLUTION 2008

U.N. RESOLUTION 2007

Appeal To The United Nations
Board of Directors

LETHAL TRADE DOSSIER
2014 FREETOWN CONFERENCE Final Declaration
THE COTONOU DECLARATION 2014
DOSSIER IRAQ 2003

DOSSIER ON MORATORIUM
DOSSIER IRAQ 2012

DOSSIER USA 2011

NOBEL LAUREATES APPEAL
Bulletin Board
Sign up
Join appeal
Newsletter
Our Publications

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
MASSACHUSETTS (USA): VICTIMS IN BOSTON MARATHON BOMBINGS ARE SPLIT ON DEATH PENALTY

April 21, 2015: The jury in the Boston Marathon bombing trial reconvenes Tuesday at the federal courthouse here to decide whether to sentence Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the convicted bomber, to death or to life in prison with no chance of parole.
The 1st phase of the trial, which lasted a month, was a foregone conclusion, once Mr. Tsarnaev's lawyers admitted he was involved in the bombings and all but told the jury to find him guilty.
But the penalty phase will be far more contentious, emotional and unpredictable, with Mr. Tsarnaev's life on the line at a time when the debate over the death penalty is intensifying. Prosecutors will argue for death, even as some of the survivors and the families of victims who died have asked that Mr. Tsarnaev's life be spared.
On April 16, the parents of Martin Richard, the 8-year-old boy killed at the marathon, asked the government to take the death penalty off the table because it would mean endless appeals and delay their ability to move on. The Richard family helped Mayor Martin J. Walsh of Boston unveil a banner at the site of 1 of the blasts that hit the 2013 Boston Marathon, on the 2nd anniversary of the attack.
Jessica Kensky and Patrick Downes, a newly married couple who both lost legs during the 2013 bombings, made a recent statement, saying: "We must overcome the impulse for vengeance."
And the sister of an M.I.T. police officer whom Mr. Tsarnaev killed has said she thought that the death penalty would bring neither peace nor justice. Calls by survivors or victims' families for the death penalty, however, have been more muted. Among those who feel strongly is Liz Norden; 2 of her sons each lost a leg in the blasts. She has said that because he destroyed so many lives, Mr. Tsarnaev deserves "the ultimate justice."
These expressions both pro and con have presumably not reached the ears of the jurors, who have been ordered to avoid all media coverage of the case and were even told not to attend this year's marathon on Monday. Carmen Ortiz, the United States attorney who is prosecuting the case, is pursuing the death penalty, arguing that Mr. Tsarnaev acted in a heinous, cruel and depraved manner, betrayed the United States after becoming a citizen, and has shown no remorse. The government is expected to argue that if the death penalty were ever justified, it is justified in this case. The debate here is particularly intense because Massachusetts abolished the death penalty in 1984, but this is a federal case and so federal law applies.
On April 8, the jury found Mr. Tsarnaev, 21, guilty on all 30 charges against him in connection with the 2013 bombings, which killed three people and wounded 264 others. The same jurors are now settling in for the sentencing phase, which will unfold like a regular trial.
Judge George A. O'Toole Jr. of Federal District Court, who is presiding, has said it could take about 4 weeks.
In federal cases, the odds favor life sentences. Since the federal death penalty was reinstated in 1988, federal juries have considered it in 230 cases and opted 2/3 of the time for life sentences instead, according to the Federal Death Penalty Resource Counsel Project. In that time, only 3 people in federal cases have been executed. A vote for the death penalty must be unanimous. (Source: New York Times, 21/04/2015)

INDIA: HC COMMUTES DHARAMPAL'S DEATH SENTENCE TO LIFE TERM
EGYPT: MORSI SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS, AVOIDS DEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 15 DEATH ROW PRISONERS HANGED IN VARIOUS CITIES
SAUDI ARABIA: MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDERING INDONESIAN MAID
BANGLADESH: BAGERHAT COURT ORDERS FIVE TO THE GALLOWS FOR MURDERING YOUTH
IRAN: TWENTY PRISONERS EXECUTED FOR DRUG RELATED CHARGES
IRAN: TEN PRISONERS HANGED IN ESFAHAN, SHIRAZ AND ZAHEDAN
SINGAPORE: TWO CONVICTED DRUG TRAFFICKERS ESCAPE GALLOWS, IMPRISONED FOR LIFE
EGYPT CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCES AGAINST 22 MORSI BACKERS
PAKISTAN: DEATH ROW PRISONER SENT TO GALLOWS IN VEHARI
OKLAHOMA (USA): GOVERNOR SIGNS NITROGEN GAS EXECUTION METHOD
SINGAPORE: CONVICTED MURDERER, WHO STABBED VICTIM MORE THAN 110 TIMES, EXECUTED
SAUDI ARABIA: SECOND INDONESIAN MAID EXECUTED
NEBRASKA (USA): MEASURE REPEALING DEATH PENALTY ADVANCES
PAKISTAN: FIVE MORE PRISONERS HANGED IN THREE PUNJAB JAILS
PAKISTAN: FIVE KILLERS AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
MISSOURI (USA): ANDRE COLE EXECUTED
TEXAS (USA): MANUEL GARZA EXECUTED
PAKISTAN: MURDER CONVICT SENT TO GALLOWS IN BAHAWALPUR
ORLANDO IN DOHA: DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION IS PRIORITY GOAL
INDIA: HIGH COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE TO LIFE TERM
SAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES INDONESIAN WOMAN WITH SUSPECTED MENTAL ILLNESS
TENNESSEE PUTS REMAINING EXECUTIONS ON HOLD
IRAN: THREE PRISONERS HANGED
IRAN: 8 PRISONERS HANGED IN A PRISON IN KARAJ
SOMALILAND: SIX MURDERERS EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD
AFGHANISTAN: 2 KIDNAPPERS HANGED IN KAJAKI
EGYPT: MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD GROUP GET DEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: SENIOR LEADER OF ISLAMIC PARTY HANGED
IRAN: THREE KURDISH POLITICAL PRISONERS SENTENCED TO DEATH CHARGED WITH ‘ENMITY AGAINST GOD’

[<< Prec] 1 2 3 [Succ >>]
2024
january
february
march
april
may
june
july
august
september
october
  2023
january
february
march
april
may
june
july
august
september
october
november
december
  2022
january
february
march
april
may
june
july
august
september
october
november
december
  2021
january
february
march
april
may
june
july
august
september
october
november
december
  2020
january
february
march
april
may
june
july
august
september
october
november
december
 
2019
january
february
march
april
may
june
july
august
september
october
november
december
  2018
january
february
march
april
may
june
july
august
september
october
november
december
  2017
january
february
march
april
may
june
july
august
september
october
november
december
  2016
january
february
march
april
may
june
july
august
september
october
november
december
  2015
january
february
march
april
may
june
july
august
september
october
november
december
  2014
january
february
march
april
may
june
july
august
september
october
november
december
 
2013
january
february
march
april
may
june
july
august
september
october
november
december
  2012
january
february
march
april
may
june
july
august
september
october
november
december
  2011
january
february
march
april
may
june
july
august
september
october
november
december
  2010
january
february
march
april
may
june
july
august
september
october
november
december
  2009
january
february
march
april
may
june
july
august
september
october
november
december
  2008
january
february
march
april
may
june
july
august
september
october
november
december
 
2007
january
february
march
april
may
june
july
august
september
october
november
december
  2006
january
february
march
april
may
june
july
august
september
october
november
december
  2005
january
february
march
april
may
june
july
august
september
october
november
december
  2004
january
february
march
april
may
june
july
august
september
october
november
december
 
IRAN - Wife of Djalali pleads for EU action
  IRAN - Hands off Cain Year End Report: At least 284 executions in 2020  
  IRAN: HANDS OFF CAIN, THE HANGING OF THE PROTESTER MOSTAFA SALEHI IS A SHAME FOR THE SO-CALLED DEMOCRATIC WORLD   
  USA: ‘BLACK LIVES MATTER’, BUT IS IT ONLY RACISM?  
  IRAN. HANDS OFF CAIN, REDUCTION OF DRUG EXECUTIONS BUT NUMBERS REMAIN WORRISOME  
  HUMAN RIGHTS: DEMONSTRATION OF THE RADICAL PARTY BEFORE IRANIAN EMBASSY 14 FEBRUARY  
news
-
latest actions
-
data base
-
actions
-
who we are
-
registered users
-
credits