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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APRIL 4, 2014IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: INDONESIA MAID ON DEATH ROW SPARED EXECUTION
An Indonesian maid on death row in Saudi Arabia for murder has been spared execution after the Indonesian government agreed to pay the remainder of the blood money she was due to pay.
- APRIL 3, 2014TexasDEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): TOMMY LYNN SELLS EXECUTED
Tommy Lynn Sells, 49, White, a serial killer, was executed for the 1999 death of Kayleen Harris.
- APRIL 3, 2014TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Tommy Lynn Sells, 49, White, was executed
USA - Texas. Tommy Lynn Sells, 49, White, was executed
APRIL 3, 2014TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: DEATH ROW INMATES KEEP INCREASING
during a two-day training workshop for Tanzania Prison Service, the Executive Director of Inmates
APRIL 1, 2014IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: RAJIV GANDHI ASSASSINS WILL NOT HANG, REITERATES SUPREME COURT
the Supreme Court reiterated that three men from Tamil Nadu convicted of killing former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi will not hang.
MARCH 28, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB EXECUTES THREE ALLEGED FEDERAL GOVT SPIES
Al-Shabaab group executed three men in Barawe, a port town in the Lower Shabelle region. An Al-
- MARCH 27, 2014DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): ANTHONY DOYLE EXECUTED
Anthony Doyle, 29, Black, was executed in Texas.
- MARCH 27, 2014TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Anthony Doyle, 29, Black, was executed.
USA - Texas. Anthony Doyle, 29, Black, was executed.
MARCH 27, 2014IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SEVEN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CHILD'S SACRIFICE CASE IN CHHATTISGARH
Seven people, including Kiran Yadav (Guru mata), who had allegedly kidnapped and murdered a two-
- MARCH 26, 2014DEATH PENALTY
MISSOURI (USA): JEFFREY FERGUSON EXECUTED
Jeffrey Ferguson, 59, White, was executed in Missouri.
- MARCH 26, 2014OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. Oklahoma's lethal injection protocol unconstitutional.
USA - Oklahoma. Oklahoma's lethal injection protocol unconstitutional.
- MARCH 26, 2014NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigeria - Ndubuisi Obiora, 26, sentenced to death for robbery
Nigeria - Ndubuisi Obiora, 26, sentenced to death for robbery
- MARCH 26, 2014MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. Jeffrey Ferguson, 59, White, was executed.
USA - Missouri. Jeffrey Ferguson, 59, White, was executed.
MARCH 26, 2014Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTYTRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: MAN TO HANG FOR KILLING BOY
The death sentence was read to a Chaguanas man at the Hall of Justice in Port of Spain after he was found
- MARCH 25, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights received with shock and deep sadness news that
the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights received with shock and deep sadness news that
MARCH 25, 2014BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 2 TO WALK GALLOWS FOR KILLING A SCHOOLBOY
A Dhaka court sentenced two kidnappers to death in absentia for killing a six years schoolboy after
MARCH 24, 2014IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MADRAS HC UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE IN KIDNAP AND MURDER CASE
Madras High Court upheld the death sentence awarded by a Mahila Court in Coimbatore in 2012 to a 27-
- MARCH 23, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI BEHEADS ANOTHER MAN FOR MURDER
A Saudi man convicted of shooting dead a compatriot in a dispute was beheaded by the sword, the interior ministry said.
- MARCH 20, 2014DEATH PENALTY
FLORIDA (USA): ROBERT LAVERN HENRY EXECUTED
Robert Lavern Henry was put to death at Florida State Prison.
- MARCH 20, 2014FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Robert Lavern Henry, 55, Black, was executed
USA - Florida. Robert Lavern Henry, 55, Black, was executed
- MARCH 20, 2014NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: COURT SENTENCES THREE MEN TO DEATH FOR KIDNAPPING, KILLING INFANT
An Akure High Court sentenced three men to death by hanging over the alleged kidnapping and murder of
- MARCH 19, 2014DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): RAY JASPER EXECUTED
Ray Jasper, 43, black, was executed in Texas with a lethal dose of pentobarbital.
- MARCH 19, 2014TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Ray Jasper, 43, black, has been executed
USA - Texas. Ray Jasper, 43, black, has been executed
- MARCH 18, 2014OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. Executions postponed so state can procure lethal drugs.
USA - Oklahoma. Executions postponed so state can procure lethal drugs.
MARCH 18, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SAKINEH FREED AFTER 9 YEARS ON DEATH ROW
the Iranian regime announced that Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, was allowed to leave prison after almost nine years on death row.
- MARCH 16, 2014IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: INMATE HANGED IN SEMNAN
one prisoner was hanged in the prison of Semnan early in the morning, the official website of the Iranian
MARCH 13, 2014IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: SEVEN PEOPLE EXECUTED
Iraq executed seven people, including three agents of the ousted Saddam Hussein regime – Hadi Hassuni, Abdul Hassan al-Majid and Farukh Hijazi – who were convicted of the 1994 killing in Beirut of Sheikh Taleb al-Suhail al-Tamimi, the father of a current
MARCH 13, 2014NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: COURT SENTENCES 3 TO DEATH IN EKITI FOR ROBBERY, MURDER, RAPE
An Ado-Ekiti High Court in Ado-Ekiti sentenced three accused persons to death by hanging for robbery,
MARCH 12, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 331 PEOPLE EXECUTED FOR DRUGS OFFENCES IN 2013 WITH UN AND EUROPEAN SUPPORT
Iran executed 331 people for drug-related charges in 2013, a new report published today by the non-profit
MARCH 12, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: UNITED NATIONS, ‘AT LEAST 176 PEOPLE HANGED IN 2014’
four United Nations experts on human rights – Ahmed Shaheed, Special Rapporteur on the situation of