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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- FEBRUARY 11, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Yemeni drug trafficker in the southwestern city of Jizan. Nayef
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Yemeni drug trafficker in the southwestern city of Jizan. Nayef
FEBRUARY 11, 2015AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: SOLDIER HANGED TO DEATH BY TALIBAN INSURGENTS IN NANGARHAR
the Taliban militants executed an Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan.
- FEBRUARY 11, 2015MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. Walter Storey, 47, White, was executed.
USA - Missouri. Walter Storey, 47, White, was executed.
FEBRUARY 10, 2015SyriaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SYRIAN EXECUTED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
FEBRUARY 9, 2015ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MINING TYCOON LIU HAN EXECUTED
A Chinese mining billionaire said to have links with disgraced former security tsar Zhou Yongkang and who
FEBRUARY 8, 2015BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 5 TO WALK GALLOWS FOR KILLING JU STUDENT ZUBAIR
A Dhaka court condemned five persons to death and five others to life term imprisonment for killing
- FEBRUARY 5, 2015JordanDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: EIGHT MEN BEHEADED IN THREE DIFFERENT CITIES
- FEBRUARY 5, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: PAKISTANI BEHEADED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Abdelghani Mohammed Akbar, from Pakistan, was beheaded in the Riyadh region after being convicted of
FEBRUARY 5, 2015Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTYPAPUA NEW GUINEA: GOVERNMENT, 13 PEOPLE ON DEATH ROW WILL BE EXECUTED THIS YEAR
- FEBRUARY 4, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: TWO CONVICTED RAPISTS AND A MURDERER BEHEADED
- FEBRUARY 4, 2015TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has thrown out the death sentence of Daryl Wheatfall
USA - Texas. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has thrown out the death sentence of Daryl Wheatfall
FEBRUARY 4, 2015IraqDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: TWO CONVICTED TERRORISTS EXECUTED IN RETALIATION FOR PILOT’S KILLING BY ISLAMIC STATE
Jordan executed two Al-Qaeda prisoners by hanging in retaliation for the killing of a Jordanian pilot by the Islamic State (IS) group.
FEBRUARY 4, 2015DEATH PENALTYUSA (TEXAS): SEVENTH EXECUTION OF 2015
- FEBRUARY 3, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO MORE CONVICTED TERRORISTS HANGED IN KARACHI
two more convicted terrorists affiliated with Lashkar-i-Jhangvi were hanged at the central prison in Karachi.
FEBRUARY 3, 2015IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 2 PRISONERS HANGED IN ORUMIEH PRISON
- FEBRUARY 3, 2015IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: FIVE PRISONERS HANGED IN RASHT AND MASHHAD
- FEBRUARY 2, 2015OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. The family of Dennis McGuire is dropping its civil rights lawsuit
USA - Ohio. The family of Dennis McGuire is dropping its civil rights lawsuit
FEBRUARY 1, 2015ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: 2 FROM BANNED SECT EXECUTED FOR MURDER AT MCDONALD'S
A father and daughter have been executed in China for attacking and killing a woman who had refused to
FEBRUARY 1, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MURDERER BEHEADED, 5TH EXECUTION UNDER NEW KING
Saudi Arabia beheaded a convicted murderer, bringing to five the number of people executed since new
- JANUARY 29, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Death Penalty Less Likely When Murder Victim is a Black Male.
USA - Death Penalty Less Likely When Murder Victim is a Black Male.
- JANUARY 29, 2015TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Robert Ladd, 57, Black, was executed
USA - Texas. Robert Ladd, 57, Black, was executed
JANUARY 29, 2015DEATH PENALTYTEXAS (USA): ROBERT LADD EXECUTED
Robert Ladd, 57, Black, was executed in Texas after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected arguments he was
- JANUARY 28, 2015IranDEATH PENALTY
The official Iranian news agency IRNA reported that a man was hanged in public early this morning in the
The official Iranian news agency IRNA reported that a man was hanged in public early this morning in the
JANUARY 28, 2015IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO PRISONERS HANGED, ONE OF THEM EXECUTED PUBLICLY FOUR WEEKS AFTER THE ARREST
Two men were executed in Iran today. One of them was hanged publicly in central Iran four weeks after he was arrested.
JANUARY 27, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: THREE BEHEADINGS ON SAME DAY
Saudi Arabia carried out the second, third and fourth beheadings under the reign of King Salman just days
- JANUARY 27, 2015GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. Warren Hill, 54, was executed.
USA - Georgia. Warren Hill, 54, was executed.
JANUARY 27, 2015DEATH PENALTYGEORGIA (USA): WARREN LEE HILL EXECUTED
Warren Lee Hill, 54, was executed in Georgia.
JANUARY 26, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: CHILD RAPIST'S BEHEADING IS FIRST EXECUTION UNDER NEW KING
Saudi Arabia beheaded a serial child rapist, in the first execution since King Salman's rise to the throne in
JANUARY 26, 2015IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE PRISONERS HANGED IN HAMADAN
Three prisoners were hanged in Hamadan (western Iran) reported the official website of Iranian Judiciary in Hamadan.
JANUARY 26, 2015IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 19 PRISONERS HANGED IN TWO DAYS
19 prisoners have been hanged in Iran in the latest days.