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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- OCTOBER 3, 2019DEATH PENALTY
IRAN: PRISONER HANGED IN SANANDAJ DESPITE CIVIL ACTIVISTS CALL FOR FORGIVENESS
Razgar Zandi was hanged at Sanandaj prison on 1 October 2019.
- OCTOBER 2, 2019DEATH PENALTY
MISSOURI (USA): RUSSELL BUCKLEW EXECUTED
Russell Bucklew, 51, White, was executed on 1st October 2019 in Missouri.
- OCTOBER 2, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Four prisoners executed on October 2 at Raja’i Shahr Prison.
IRAN - Four prisoners executed on October 2 at Raja’i Shahr Prison.
- OCTOBER 2, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A man was hanged in public on October 2 in the city of Rasht.
IRAN - A man was hanged in public on October 2 in the city of Rasht.
- OCTOBER 1, 2019MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. Russell Bucklew, 51, White, was executed.
USA - Missouri. Russell Bucklew, 51, White, was executed.
- OCTOBER 1, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Razgar Zandi was hanged at Sanandaj prison on October 1.
IRAN - Razgar Zandi was hanged at Sanandaj prison on October 1.
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019DEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED AT ISFAHAN PRISON FOR MURDER
On the morning of 26 September 2019, a man was hanged at Isfahan Central Prison for murder charges, Islamic Republic News Agency reported.
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTY
MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR ABDUCTING KILLING TWO PEOPLE FOR RANSOM
A court in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, on 26 September 2019 awarded death sentence to a man in a double murder case.
SEPTEMBER 27, 2019DEATH PENALTYIRAN: WOMAN EXECUTED FOR MURDERING HER HUSBAND
In the morning of 26 September 2019 Leila Zarafshan was hanged in the Central Prison of Sanandaj.
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2019DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): ROBERT SPARKS EXECUTED
Robert Sparks, 45, Black, was executed on 25 September 2019 in Texas. Sparks had been sentenced to death in 2008 for the September 2007 killing of his wife, Chare Agnew, 30, and his two stepsons – Harold Sublet Jr., 9, and Raeqwon Agnew, 10.
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men, Rauf Azadikhah, Shahaboddin Mohammad Pour, and Ebrahim Ahmadi Pour, executed on September 26 at Urmia Prison
IRAN - 3 men, Rauf Azadikhah, Shahaboddin Mohammad Pour, and Ebrahim Ahmadi Pour, executed on September 26 at Urmia Prison
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A woman, Leila Zarafshan, executed on September 26, 2019 in the Central Prison of Sanandaj
IRAN - A woman, Leila Zarafshan, executed on September 26, 2019 in the Central Prison of Sanandaj In the morning of Thursday, September 26, 2019, Leila Zarafshan was hanged in the Central Prison of Sanandaj
SEPTEMBER 26, 2019DEATH PENALTYIRAN: FIVE PRISONERS HANGED AT RAJAI-SHAHR PRISON
According to Iran Human Rights sources, on the morning of 25 September 2019, at least five people were executed at Rajai-Shahr prison near Tehran.
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - On September 26, a man was hanged at Isfahan Central Prison
IRAN - On September 26, a man was hanged at Isfahan Central Prison
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified prisoner hanged in Salmas on Sept. 26.
IRAN - Unidentified prisoner hanged in Salmas on Sept. 26.
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2019TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Robert Sparks, 45, Black, was executed.
USA - Texas. Robert Sparks, 45, Black, was executed.
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019DEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER HANGED IN MARAGHEH PRISON FOR MURDER
Jafar (Kazem) Seyedhosseini was executed on 4 August 2019 in Maragheh prison, Iran Human Rights reported on 25 September.
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 5 prisoners were hanged on September 25 at Rajai-Shahr prison.
IRAN - 5 prisoners were hanged on September 25 at Rajai-Shahr prison.
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Soltan Fathi Rad executed on September 25 at the Central Prison of Borujerd.
IRAN - Soltan Fathi Rad executed on September 25 at the Central Prison of Borujerd.
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mojtaba Soleimani, Mostafa Bakhti and 4 more executed at Raja’i Shahr prison on September 25
IRAN - Mojtaba Soleimani, Mostafa Bakhti and 4 more executed at Raja’i Shahr prison on September 25
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified woman hanged at Rajaii Shahr on September 25
IRAN - Unidentified woman hanged at Rajaii Shahr on September 25
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019DEATH PENALTYUSA: FORMER GUANTÁNAMO OFFICIALS BLAST WASTE AND MISMANAGEMENT AS COSTS TO TAXPAYERS TOP $6 BILLION
As U.S. taxpayers pick up a tab of more than $6 billion and climbing, former top officials involved in the military commission death-penalty cases against Guantánamo Bay detainees have blasted the military tribunals for waste, mismanagement, and ineffecti
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING ONDO APC CHIEFTAIN
A 25-year-old man, David Seimiyengha, has been sentenced to death by an Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure, the state capital, for committing kidnapping and murder, punchng.com reported on 22 September 2019.
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2019United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Guantánamo Costed To Taxpayers More than $6 Billion.
USA - Guantánamo Costed To Taxpayers More than $6 Billion.
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MORE THAN 130 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN EXECUTED SO FAR IN 2019
Saudi Arabia has executed 134 people so far this year, including six who were kids when they were arrested, The Death Penalty Project revealed in a report presented at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2019UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA ABOLISHES MANDATORY DEATH PENALTY
Parliament in Uganda on 21 August 2019 passed a law that abolishes the mandatory death penalty for certain crimes, amending four different laws that had earlier prescribed capital punishment, including the Anti-Terrorism Act.
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2019DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): BILLY JACK CRUTSINGER EXECUTED
Billy Jack Crutsinger, 64, White, was executed in Texas on 4 September 2019.
SEPTEMBER 5, 2019IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 100 PRISONERS EXECUTED SINCE JANUARY, 8,000 ON DEATH ROW
More than 100 individuals have been executed in Iraq since January, with a staggering 8,000 more on death row, according to Iraq's UN-approved human rights body.
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2019TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Billy Jack Crutsinger, 64, White, was executed.
USA - Texas. Billy Jack Crutsinger, 64, White, was executed.
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2019TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Billy Jack Crutsinger, 64, White, was executed.
USA - Texas. Billy Jack Crutsinger, 64, White, was executed.