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

USA - Steve Sisolak (Nevada)
USA - Steve Sisolak (Nevada)
USA - Nevada. Governor Sisolak can not empty death row

December 21, 2022:

A Nevada judge has blocked a request from outgoing Governor Steve Sisolak that the Nevada Pardons Board consider commuting all death sentences to life without the possibility of parole. Gov. Sisolak proposed on December 14, 2022 that the board discuss the commutation of the state’s 57 death sentences at its December 20 meeting. Just one day before that meeting was set to take place, Carson City District Court Judge James Wilson Jr. blocked the discussion and ruled that the proposal violated a state law requiring advance notice to victims’ families before a commutation is considered.
After the pardons board agenda was released, Washoe County District Attorney Chris Hicks challenged the plan to discuss the commutation of the death sentences. Judge Wilson ruled December 19 that, although the board had the authority to vote on death-row commutations, it had failed to provide the mandatory 15-day notice of the meeting to victims’ families. The notice requirement was imposed under a 2018 addition to the Nevada Constitution known as Marsy’s Law.
Gov. Sisolak, who sits on the pardons board along with the state attorney general and seven state supreme court justices, said at the meeting, “I could not allow myself to leave this position without starting the necessary conversations. Placing this matter on the agenda was done as an act of grace and with the understanding that the death penalty is fundamentally broken.” The governor’s statement represented an evolution of his views on capital punishment. In 2021, he expressed support for limiting the use of the death penalty, but opposed a bill to abolish capital punishment. A bill that passed the Nevada Assembly 26-16 was blocked in the state Senate. At that time, Gov. Sisolak said, “I’ve been clear on my position that capital punishment should be sought and used less often, but I believe there are severe situations that warrant it.”
The proposal to commute all of Nevada’s death sentences came on the heels of Oregon Governor Kate Brown’s announcement on December 13 that she would commute all 17 death sentences in her state. Gov. Sisolak’s characterization of the death penalty as “fundamentally broken” echoed Gov. Brown’s comments calling it “an irreversible punishment that does not allow for correction; is wasteful of taxpayer dollars; does not make communities safer; and cannot be and never has been administered fairly and equitably.”
Due to Gov. Sisolak’s loss in the November gubernatorial election, the Nevada Board of Pardons will include Republican Governor-elect Joe Lombardo starting in January. Lombardo said during the campaign that he intended to “reverse Sisolak’s soft-on-crime policies and put an end to his dangerous legislation that makes our streets less safe.” Nevada has not performed an execution since 2006.

https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/news/judge-blocks-nevada-board-of-pardons-vote-on-death-row-commutations

(Source: DPIC, 21/12/2022)

IRAN - 3 unidentified men executed in Shiraz on December 22
IRAN - Abdullah Shahozahi executed in Shiraz on December 21
IRAN - Hasan Firouzi, arrested during the protests, is in danger of execution
INDIA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING, KILLING WOMAN
PAKISTAN: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ABOLISHES DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG DEALERS
GAMBIA: DRIVER SENTENCED TO DEATH IN UPPER RIVER REGION
IRAN - 3 men executed in Karaj on December 20
LIBYA: 17 FORMER IS MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
LEBANON: DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR KILLER OF BRITISH WOMAN
AFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN OFFICIAL PARDONS HIS FATHER'S MURDERER
IRAN - Riot at Karaj Penitentiary at least one prisoner killed
UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES ‘MORATORIUM ON THE USE OF THE DEATH PENALTY’ RESOLUTION
NIGERIA: KANO CLERIC SHEIKH KABARA SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY
SUDAN: WOMAN SENTENCED TO STONING DEATH WILL GO TO JAIL INSTEAD
IRAN - Mohammad Akbari + unknown executed in Sari on December 18
IRAN - Qasim Salarzahi and Aziz Gargij executed on December 17
IRAN - Authorities arrested Taraneh Alidoosti
USA DPIC 2022 Year End Report
IRAN - Iran Releases Teen After Mother’s Interview Goes Viral On Social Media
IRAN - Sonia Sharifi released on bail
IRAN - Tehran Doctor Tortured And Killed For Treating Wounded Protesters
IRAN - Sonia Sharifi, 17, charged with ‘waging war on God’
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH ON TWO COUNTS IN RAPE-CUM-DOUBLE MURDER CASE
SOMALIA: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES AL-SHABAAB CONVICT TO DEATH
IRAN - Yousef Mirza-Beigi executed in Qazvin on 15 December
IRAN - Hassan Amini and Amir Abbasi executed in Rasht on December 15
IRAN - Mohammadali Seyedi executed in Qazvin on December 15
IRAN - Abolfazl Heidarzadeh executed in Zanjan on December 15
IRAN - Ahmad Shariati executed in Kerman “in mid December”
TAIWAN: MAN RECEIVES DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING CLERK WHO ASKED HIM TO MASK UP

[<< Prec] 1 2 3 4 [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