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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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 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, 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 PENALTYMISSOURI (USA): JOHN MIDDLETON EXECUTED
John Middleton, 54, White, was executed at about 8 p.m..
JULY 16, 2014United StatesDEATH 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 16, 2014CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYCALIFORNIA: FEDERAL JUDGE RULES DEATH PENALTY UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Federal judge vacates death sentence and rules death penalty unconstitutional in California. U.S. District
JULY 15, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: ALLEGED AL-SHABAAB MEMBERS EXECUTED
Two alleged members of Al-Shabaab militia convicted of murdering a female student were executed by
JULY 15, 2014NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: 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 PENALTYINDIA: 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
JULY 9, 2014MalawiDEATH PENALTYMALAWI WILL NOT ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY, UN TOLD
Malawi will not abolish the death penalty from its laws, Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs
JULY 7, 2014SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: THREE REBELS HANDED DEATH SENTENCE
A Sudanese special court sentenced three rebels to death by hanging, a lawyer for the accused said.
JULY 5, 2014SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: 12 SLM-AW REBELS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CENTRAL DARFUR
The criminal court of Zalingei, the capital of Central Darfur, sentenced 12 members of the Sudan Liberation
- JULY 3, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - "Death Row USA" Winter 2014 Now Available.
USA - "Death Row USA" Winter 2014 Now Available.
JULY 3, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA: ‘DEATH ROW USA’ WINTER 2014 NOW AVAILABLE
The latest edition of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund's Death Row USA showed a continuing decline in the
- JULY 2, 2014PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. Judge John Tylwalk sentenced Freeman May to life in prison without possibility of parole
USA - Pennsylvania. Judge John Tylwalk sentenced Freeman May to life in prison without possibility of parole
JULY 1, 2014UgandaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: TWO UGANDANS EXECUTED OVER DRUG TRAFFICKING
Ugandan Foreign Ministry spokesman Fred Opolot said two Ugandan drug traffickers – Omar Ddamulira
JUNE 29, 2014KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: 6,000 CONVICTS AWAITING DEATH
With 6,000 death row convicts, Kenya has the fourth largest death row population in the world. In the last
JUNE 27, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 13 PRISONERS HANGED IN KARAJ
Thirteen prisoners were hanged between 25 and 26 June in two prisons of Karaj.
- JUNE 26, 2014IranDEATH PENALTY
eleven men were hanged in Ghezelhesar prison of Karaj, reported the National Council of Resistance of
eleven men were hanged in Ghezelhesar prison of Karaj, reported the National Council of Resistance of
- JUNE 25, 2014IranDEATH PENALTY
Two prisoners were executed in the prison of Rajaishahr, in Karaj, Iran Human Rights
Two prisoners were executed in the prison of Rajaishahr, in Karaj, Iran Human Rights
JUNE 25, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: TWO BEHEADED FOR RAPING MINORS
Saudi authorities beheaded two nationals convicted of raping minors in two separate cases.
JUNE 25, 2014IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 24-YR-OLD PALI MAN GETS DEATH FOR RAPING & MURDERING MINOR GIRL IN 2012
In a speedy, decisive judgment, the Mangaon court in Raigad district awarded the death sentence to a 24-
- JUNE 25, 2014IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: 10 PRISONERS HANGED IN URUMIEH PRISON
Ten prisoners were hanged in the city of Urumieh, in northwestern Iran.