Executions
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An execution is the act by which a state puts a condemned person to death. Hands Off Cain records the cases documented by public sources: press agencies, local newspapers, human rights organisations, official statements. The figure that results is a confirmed minimum, not an estimate of the real total: several states publish no data on executions, and in some countries they are not announced even to the families.
This page collects the news on the executions recorded by the association. The totals by country and by year are in the database.
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MARCH 7, 2023TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Gary Green, 51, Black, was executed
Already 4 executions in Texas since the beginning of the year
MARCH 7, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Meisham Bahram and Shah Bakhsh (Mahmoud) Ostadi executed in Bandar Abbas on March 7
144 executions since the beginning of the year
MARCH 6, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: TWO NATIONALS EXECUTED FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT, MURDER OFFENSES
Saudi Arabia has executed two nationals for sexual assault and murder offenses, the interior ministry said on 4 March 2023.
MARCH 6, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Bandar Abbas on March 6
Hamid Shahouzahi, Bahram Behzadi and Mohammad Amin Javashiri
MARCH 6, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Four men executed in Khorramabad on March 6
Ayat Aliari, Sohrab Sourilaki, Hassan Joudaki and … Akram
MARCH 5, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kiumars Zarghami executed in Saqqez on March 5
MARCH 2, 2023NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: 20-YEAR-OLD MAN TO DIE BY HANGING FOR ARMED ROBBERY
Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe of the Ikeja Special Offences Court on 13 February 2023 sentenced a 20-year-old man, Nojeem Badmos, to death by hanging for armed robbery.
MARCH 2, 2023IdahoDEATH PENALTYUSA - Idaho. Pizzuto's Execution Rescheduled for 2nd Time
As State Scrambles to Find Lethal Injection Drugs
MARCH 2, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ghorban Ghorbanpour executed in Rasht on March 2
MARCH 1, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - At least 102 executions in the first two months of 2023
According to Hengaw. HoC counts at least 123 executions.
MARCH 1, 2023IdahoDEATH PENALTYUSA - Idaho. House Judiciary Committee passes firing squad
MARCH 1, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Shiraz on March 1
Mansour Saeedi, Asghar Khosh Sima and Abbas Homavar
MARCH 1, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Doudkanlu executed in Urmia on March 1
122 executions since the beginning of the year
MARCH 1, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Dosti Nejad executed in Hamadan on March 1
FEBRUARY 28, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 1 man executed in Hamedan on February 28
Unidentified
- FEBRUARY 28, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Milan executed in Urmia on February 28
FEBRUARY 28, 2023NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: MAN TO DIE BY HANGING FOR KILLING WOMAN IN JIGAWA
Jigawa State High Court in Birnin Kudu has sentenced Isyaku Wakili Gwanto to death by hanging for killing Malama Malora Adamu, the Daily Post reported on 16 February 2023.
FEBRUARY 28, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Kermanshah on February 28
Kayumars Sadqpour + 2 unk
FEBRUARY 28, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Khosro Mohammadi executed in Zahedan on February 28
FEBRUARY 28, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Maziar Soltanzadeh and Mohammad Safari executed in Karaj on February 28
FEBRUARY 27, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hadi Arbabi and Mohammed Ishaq Gergij executed in Zahedan on February 27
112 executions since the beginning of the year
FEBRUARY 27, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Leila Bameri executed in Bandar Abbas on February 27
208 women since 2007
FEBRUARY 26, 2023NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH IN ONDO FOR KILLING COUPLE
The Ondo State High Court in Akure on 14 February 2023 sentenced Messrs Ayuba Idris and Tasur Abubakar to death by hanging for killing a couple.
FEBRUARY 26, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamid Rahimi executed in Sanandaj on February 26
FEBRUARY 26, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men and 2 women executed in Birjand on February 26
Abdolhamid Sheh Bakhsh, Ali Fanoodie + 3 unk.
FEBRUARY 26, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men executed in Arak on February 26
Unidentified
FEBRUARY 23, 2023FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Donald Dillbeck, 59, White, was executed
7th execution of the year in US
FEBRUARY 23, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hassan Abbasi and Ali Rezaei executed in Rasht on February 23
FEBRUARY 22, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Rasul Cholaki executed in Ilam on February 22
FEBRUARY 22, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Armin Hirani executed in Kermanshah on February 22
Hengaw has been informed on March 11