Executions
Archive theme
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.
Latest news
- AUGUST 6, 2014DEATH PENALTY
MISSOURI EXECUTES KILLER MICHAEL WORTHINGTON BY LETHAL INJECTION
A Missouri man was put to death for raping and killing a college student in 1995, making him the first U.S.
AUGUST 5, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAGICIAN, MURDERER EXECUTED
Two Saudis were beheaded in the border town of Gurayyat in the Al-Jouf province, an Interior Ministry
AUGUST 4, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: NEPALI MAID BEHEADED FOR TODDLER MURDER
Saudi authorities beheaded a Nepali housemaid convicted of murdering a two-year-old boy by slitting his
AUGUST 3, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE PUBLIC EXECUTIONS IN SHIRAZ
Three prisoners were hanged in public in the city of Shiraz (Southern Iran), reported the Iranian state media.
AUGUST 3, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: THREE MEN CONVICTED OF AL-SHABAB TERROR ATROCITIES ARE EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD
Three men involved in a deadly terrorist attack on the Presidential Palace in Mogadishu have been executed
JULY 31, 2014GhanaDEATH PENALTYGHANA: FISHERMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING
In Ghana, a Cape Coast High Court has sentenced a fisherman to death by hanging for setting ablaze five
JULY 30, 2014IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: SHI'ITE MILITIA HANGS UP 15 EXECUTED SUNNIS IN SQUARE
Iraqi Shi'ite militia forces executed 15 Sunni Muslims and then hung them from electricity poles in a public
JULY 25, 2014TogoDEATH PENALTYGHANA: TOGOLESE FARMER SENTENCED TO DEATH
In Ghana, a Kumasi high court, presided over by Justice Paul K. Richardson, has ordered a Togolese to die
JULY 25, 2014JapanDEATH PENALTYCHINA: JAPANESE MAN EXECUTED OVER STIMULANT DRUG SMUGGLING
Chinese authorities executed a Japanese man in his 50s who had been sentenced to death in connection with
JULY 24, 2014GhanaDEATH PENALTYGHANA: MASON SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING FRIEND
A 34-year-old mason from Bomfa in the Ejisu-Juaben Municipality, Ghana, has been sentenced to death by
JULY 24, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: COURT CARRIES OUT DEATH PENALTY AGAINST FOUR SHABAB FIGHTERS
Somalia’s military court carried out the death penalty against four Shabab fighters founded guilty of ant-
JULY 24, 2014IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ACID ATTACK IN MADHYA PRADESH
In a landmark decision, a court in Madhya Pradesh sentenced a man to death for hurling acid on a 28-year-
- JULY 23, 2014DEATH PENALTY
ARIZONA (USA): JOSEPH WOOD DIES ALMOST TWO HOURS AFTER EXECUTION BEGINS
Joseph Wood gasped and snorted in an execution that lasted nearly 2 hours today.
JULY 23, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 10 PRISONERS INCLUDING 4 WOMEN HANGED
Iran hanged at least 10 prisoners including four women last Sunday (July 20) and Monday (July 21).
JULY 23, 2014ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: COP WHO SHOT DEAD PREGNANT WOMAN EXECUTED
A policeman who shot dead a pregnant woman while drunk and injured her husband was executed for the
- JULY 23, 2014ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. Joseph Wood gasped and snorted in an execution that lasted nearly 2 hours today
USA - Arizona. Joseph Wood gasped and snorted in an execution that lasted nearly 2 hours today
JULY 23, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB EXECUTES 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN DINSOR
Al-Shabaab militants in Dinsor, in Somalia's Bay region, publically executed a 14-year-old girl accused of
JULY 22, 2014VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: THREE PRISONERS EXECUTED
Three prisoners have been executed in Vietnam in different cases, state media reported.
JULY 20, 2014SyriaDEATH PENALTYSYRIA: TWO WOMEN STONED TO DEATH FOR 'ADULTERY' BY ISIS
In separate incidents in a span of 24 hours, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) carried out executions
- JULY 16, 2014DEATH PENALTY
MISSOURI (USA): JOHN MIDDLETON EXECUTED
John Middleton, 54, White, was executed at about 8 p.m..
- JULY 16, 2014DEATH PENALTY
CALIFORNIA: FEDERAL JUDGE RULES DEATH PENALTY UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Federal judge vacates death sentence and rules death penalty unconstitutional in California. U.S. District
- JULY 16, 2014MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. John Middleton, 54, White, was executed
USA - Missouri. John Middleton, 54, White, was executed
- JULY 16, 2014CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Federal judge vacates death sentence and rules death penalty unconstitutional in California.
USA - California. Federal judge vacates death sentence and rules death penalty incostituzionalità in California.
JULY 16, 2014DEATH PENALTYUSA: INSPECTOR GENERAL'S REPORT FAULTS FBI REVIEW OF DEATH PENALTY CASES
According to a report released on July 16 by the Inspector General's Office of the Department of Justice,
- JULY 15, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: ALLEGED AL-SHABAAB MEMBERS EXECUTED
Two alleged members of Al-Shabaab militia convicted of murdering a female student were executed by
- JULY 15, 2014NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: FATHER SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING
A Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere, presided over by Justice Ebenezer Adebanjo has sentenced to
- JULY 14, 2014IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC BLOCKS DEATH OF TWO IN DEC 16 GANG-RAPE
The Supreme Court of India suspended the death sentence of Vinay Sharma and Akshay Thakur, the two
JULY 13, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL SHABAAB EXECUTE TWO YOUNG MEN IN BARAWE
Somali islamist militants al Shabaab executed two Somali young men in Barawe, the main military base for
- JULY 10, 2014FloridaDEATH PENALTY
FLORIDA (USA): EDDIE DAVIS EXECUTED
Eddie Davis, 45, White, was executed. He had been sentenced to death on June 30, 1995 for the March 3, 1994 rape and murder of 11-year-old Kimberly Waters, his girlfriend's daughter.
JULY 9, 2014MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: TWO FRIENDS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Two friends were sentenced to death by hanging in Malaysia after being found guilty of trafficking in 15.1