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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SEPTEMBER 14, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED IN PUBLIC IN SALMAS COUNTY
A prisoner was hanged in public in Salmas County (West Azerbaijan) in front of a crowd of people.
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2017DEATH PENALTY
OHIO (USA): GARY OTTE EXECUTED
Gary Otte, 45, White, was executed. Otte was the 2nd inmate put to death since Ohio ended a 3-year execution hiatus prompted by a lethal injection that raised questions about the drugs being used.
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2017OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Gary Otte, 45, White, was executed.
USA - Ohio. Gary Otte, 45, White, was executed.
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONERS HANGED IN PUBLIC WHILE CROWD WATCHED
A prisoner was hanged in public in the city of Eslamabad-e Gharb (Kermanshah province) on murder charges.
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN PUBLICLY HANGED IN KERMAN
The public and revolutionary prosecutor of Anbarabad announced that a man was publicly hanged on Septem
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2017DEATH PENALTY
DEATH ROW USA SPRING 2017
"Death Row USA Spring 2017" Shows Ongoing Decline in Death Row Populations.
SEPTEMBER 5, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: UNIDENTIFIED PRISONER HANGED IN PUBLIC ON MURDER CHARGES
An unidentified prisoner was hanged at 22 Bahman Square in the city of Ilam in front of a crowd of people.
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - "Death Row USA Spring 2017" as of April 1, 2017.
USA - "Death Row USA Spring 2017" as of April 1, 2017.
SEPTEMBER 3, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO PRISONERS FLOGGED BEFORE BEING EXECUTED
Two prisoners were hanged in central prison of Tabriz, northwestern Iran.
SEPTEMBER 3, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER HANGED FOR MURDER
A prisoner was reportedly hanged at Ardabil Central Prison on murder charges.
- AUGUST 31, 2017IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: UNIDENTIFIED PRISONER HANGED IN PUBLIC
An unidentified prisoner who was sentenced to death on the charge of "raping a married woman" was hanged in public on the morning in Bandar Abbas while a crowd of people watched, according to a report by the state-run news agency, Mehr.
- AUGUST 28, 2017IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN CHARGED WITH RAPE HANGED IN RAJAI SHAHR PRISON
Prison authorities in Rajai Shahr break routine and execute a prisoner on a Monday rather than the usual Wednesday.
- AUGUST 24, 2017FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Mark Asay was put to death, the first time in the state's modern history a white man was executed for killing a black man. The execution was Florida's first with etomidate, never used before in a U.S. lethal injection
USA - Florida. Mark Asay was put to death, the first time in the state's modern history a white man was executed for killing a black man. The execution was Florida's first with etomidate, never used before in a U.S. lethal injection
- AUGUST 23, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Massachusetts. Ninety years ago Italian immigrants and avowed anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti were executed
USA - Massachusetts. Ninety years ago Italian immigrants and avowed anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti were executed
AUGUST 23, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SUNNI PRISONER HANGED ON MOHAREBEH CHARGE
Sunni prisoner Seyed Jamal Seyed Mousavi was reportedly hanged at Karaj's Rajai Shahr Prison on Wednesday August 23, but his famliy did not find out until Sunday August 27.
- AUGUST 17, 2017NevadaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nevada. Nevada plan to use untried execution drugs draws criticism.
USA - Nevada. Nevada plan to use untried execution drugs draws criticism.
- AUGUST 14, 2017YemenDEATH PENALTY
a 22-year-old man who raped and killed a 4-year-old girl in Yemen was executed by being shot dead and hanged fr
a 22-year-old man who raped and killed a 4-year-old girl in Yemen was executed by being shot dead and hanged fr
- AUGUST 10, 2017IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: BRUTAL EXECUTION OF A YOUNG PRISONER WHO WAS 15 YEARS OLD WHEN ARRESTED
In the early morning of August 10, the mullahs’ regime once again executed a teenager.
- AUGUST 2, 2017SyriaDEATH PENALTY
A prominent cyberactivist who was detained on the first anniversary of the 2011 uprising that sparked the Syrian civil war was secretly executed nearly two years ago, his widow said.
A prominent cyberactivist who was detained on the first anniversary of the 2011 uprising that sparked the Syrian civil war was secretly executed nearly two years ago, his widow said.
- AUGUST 1, 2017IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA EXECUTED NIGERIAN DESPITE CASE BEING UNRESOLVED, WATCHDOG SAYS
An official watchdog has found that Indonesia executed a Nigerian man last year while his case was unresolved, leading to renewed calls for a halt to a system holding hundreds of prisoners on death row.
AUGUST 1, 2017YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: MAN CONVICTED OF RAPING AND MURDERING THREE-YEAR-OLD GIRL EXECUTED BY MACHINE GUN
A man convicted of raping and murdering a three-year-old girl has been executed in public with a machine gun in Yemen.
- AUGUST 1, 2017IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: PRISONER HANGED IN PUBLIC IN FRONT OF LARGE CROWD
A prisoner by the name of Hossein Sarooki was hanged in public in the city of Juybar on murder charges.
- JULY 27, 2017DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): TAICHIN PREYOR EXECUTED
Taichin Preyor, 46, Black, was executed.
- JULY 27, 2017TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Taichin Preyor, 46, Black, was executed.
USA - Texas. Taichin Preyor, 46, Black, was executed.
- JULY 26, 2017DEATH PENALTY
OHIO (USA): RONALD PHILLIPS EXECUTED
Ronald Phillips, 43, White, was executed. The time of Phillips' death was 10:43 a.m. at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility near Lucasville.
- JULY 26, 2017PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Sarmad Ali Advocate High Court said that according the Ministry of Interior of Pakistan, there are about 44 women on death row in Pakistan and one of them is about to be executed who is insane.
Sarmad Ali Advocate High Court said that according the Ministry of Interior of Pakistan, there are about 44 women on death row in Pakistan and one of them is about to be executed who is insane.
- JULY 26, 2017OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Ronald Phillips, 43, White, was executed.
USA - Ohio. Ronald Phillips, 43, White, was executed.
JULY 25, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO PRISONERS HANGED AT ZANJAN CENRAL PRISON
According to close sources, two prisoners were executed on the morning at Zanjan Central Prison on drug related charges.
JULY 24, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE INMATES INCLUDING AFGHAN CITIZEN EXECUTED ON DRUG CHARGES
Three prisoners, including an Afghan citizen, were reportedly hanged at Isfahan Central Prison on drug related charges. According to close sources, the executions were carried out on the morning of July 24.
- JULY 23, 2017LibyaDEATH PENALTY
18 ISIL fighters executed by Haftar's forces in Libya
23 July 2017: a group of 18 suspected fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group have been executed, shot point blank in the back of the head, by the forces of General Khalifa Haftar in Libya.