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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- JANUARY 1, 2014North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection.
The method of execution is injection.
- JANUARY 1, 2014MissouriDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection.
The method of execution is injection.
- JANUARY 1, 2014VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection.
The method of execution is injection.
- JANUARY 1, 2014CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection.
The method of execution is injection.
- JANUARY 1, 2014UtahDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection.
The method of execution is injection.
- JANUARY 1, 2014WashingtonDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection.
The method of execution is injection.
- JANUARY 1, 2014United States Armed ForcesDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection.
The method of execution is injection.
- JANUARY 1, 2014WyomingDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection.
The method of execution is injection.
- JANUARY 1, 2014FloridaDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection
The method of execution is injection
- JANUARY 1, 2014MarylandDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection.
The method of execution is injection.
- JANUARY 1, 2014OregonDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection.
The method of execution is injection.
- JANUARY 1, 2014OhioDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection.
The method of execution is injection.
- JANUARY 1, 2014TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection.
The method of execution is injection.
- JANUARY 1, 2014South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection.
The method of execution is injection.
- JANUARY 1, 2014TexasDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection
The method of execution is injection
- JANUARY 1, 2014OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection
The method of execution is injection
- JANUARY 1, 2014PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection.
The method of execution is injection.
- JANUARY 1, 2014NevadaDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection.
The method of execution is injection.
- JANUARY 1, 2014MontanaDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection. The
The method of execution is injection. The
- JANUARY 1, 2014ConnecticutDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection.
The method of execution is injection.
- JANUARY 1, 2014KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection.
The method of execution is injection.
- JANUARY 1, 2014LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection.
The method of execution is injection.
- JANUARY 1, 2014MississippiDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection.
The method of execution is injection.
- JANUARY 1, 2014DelawareDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection
The method of execution is injection
DECEMBER 31, 2013IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: AT LEAST 169 PEOPLE PUT TO DEATH IN 2013
at least 169 people were put to death in 2013, by far the country's highest such figure since the 2003 US-led invasion, and one that puts it third in the world, behind just China and Iran.
DECEMBER 31, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: A PAKISTANI MAN EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Saudi authorities beheaded a Pakistani man after he was convicted of smuggling drugs into the kingdom, the
- DECEMBER 30, 2013IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: AT LEAST 1 PRISONER HANGED IN ZAHEDAN
At least one prisoner was hanged on charge of murder in central prison of Zahedan
- DECEMBER 26, 2013IranDEATH PENALTY
the Iranian regime hanged five prisoners in the central prison of Dizel Abad in Kermanshah, reported the
the Iranian regime hanged five prisoners in the central prison of Dizel Abad in Kermanshah, reported the
DECEMBER 26, 2013IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 4 PRISONERS HANGED IN ORUMIEH
four prisoners convicted of murder were hanged in the central prison of Orumieh, reported the Human
DECEMBER 25, 2013IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO PRISONERS WERE EXECUTED IN MASHHAD
Two prisoners convicted of murder were hanged in the prison of Mashhad, reported the