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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- OCTOBER 10, 2012DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): JONATHAN GREEN PUT TO DEATH FOR RAPING, KILLING 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL
Jonathan Green, 44, black, was put to death in Texas.
- OCTOBER 10, 2012TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Jonathan Green, 44, black, was put to death
USA - Texas. Jonathan Green, 44, black, was put to death
- OCTOBER 9, 2012YemenDEATH PENALTY
Al-Qaeda militants beheaded three Yemeni men in the city of Maarib after accusing them of spying
Al-Qaeda militants beheaded three Yemeni men in the city of Maarib after accusing them of spying
OCTOBER 8, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: ODISHA COURT AWARDS DEATH SENTENCE TO RAPIST, 36 DAYS AFTER CRIME
In India, a court in Sambalpur district (Odisha State) handed over death
OCTOBER 8, 2012IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: SIX EXECUTED DESPITE MORATORIUM CALLS
Iraqi authorities carried out six more death sentences, bringing to 23 the number of people executed
OCTOBER 7, 2012IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FIVE PRISONERS HANGED IN SHIRAZ
Five prisoners were hanged in Shiraz (southern Iran), reported the Iranian state media.
OCTOBER 7, 2012IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 11 PEOPLE EXECUTED DESPITE INTERNATIONAL OUTCRY
Eleven people were executed in Iraq, bringing the number of executions this year to at least 113.
OCTOBER 7, 2012Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTYTRINIDAD: 2 MEN TO HANG, 1 GETS RETRIAL
In Trinidad and Tobago, two men were convicted of murder and sentenced to death while
OCTOBER 6, 2012IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FIVE MEN HANGED IN ZAHEDAN
In Iran, five men were executed in the Zahedan prison, Human Rights Activists News Agency
OCTOBER 4, 2012IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 6 PEOPLE EXECUTED DESPITE MORATORIUM CALLS
Iraq executed six people despite calls for a moratorium, a justice ministry official said, bringing
OCTOBER 2, 2012SyriaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SYRIAN BEHEADED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Syrian for drug smuggling, the interior ministry announced
OCTOBER 2, 2012MaliDEATH PENALTYMALI: ISLAMISTS EXECUTE ALLEGED MURDERER IN TIMBUKTU
Islamists who have seized control of northern Mali publicly executed a man accused
OCTOBER 1, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 3 SENTENCED TO GALLOWS FOR HUMAN SACRIFICE
Three persons were awarded death sentence by a court in Uttar Pradesh, India, for killing a
SEPTEMBER 28, 2012MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: TWO WOMEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUGS
Malaysian courts sentenced two women, a Filipino and Indonesian, to death in separate
SEPTEMBER 27, 2012NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: POLICE CORPORAL SENTENCED TO DEATH
An Ikeja High Court presided over by Justice Olabisi Akinlade has sentenced a 35-year
SEPTEMBER 27, 2012JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: 2 DEATH ROW INMATES HANGED
Two death row inmates in Japan were hanged, Kyodo News reported, quoting Justice Minister Makoto Tai. The hangings brought to seven the number of death row inmates executed during the regime of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda.
SEPTEMBER 27, 2012IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: AFGHAN NATIONAL HANGED IN EVIN PRISON
According to reports, an Afghan national was hanged in Evin Prison, Teheran, this
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2012IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: 11 PEOPLE HANGED IN EVIN PRISON
According to reports in Iran, 11 prisoners who were transferred from Qezel Hesar
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2012DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): CLEVE FOSTER EXECUTED
Cleve Foster, 48, white, was executed in Texas. He had been sentenced to death on Feb
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2012NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
LAGOS (NIGERIA): COURT RESTRAINS GOVT FROM EXECUTING FIVE BY HANGING
In Nigeria, a Lagos High Court Judge, Justice Mufutau Olokoba, has nullified
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2012TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Cleve Foster, 48, white, was executed
USA - Texas. Cleve Foster, 48, white, was executed
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2012IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN HANGED IN PRISON
One prisoner was hanged in the prison of Semnan, reported the Iranian media.
SEPTEMBER 24, 2012EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 14 SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER SINAI ATTACKS
A court in the Suez Canal governorate of Ismailia, in Egypt, sentenced 14 militant Islamists to death
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2012IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: THREE AFGHAN CITIZENS HANGED
Three Afghan prisoners were hanged in the prison of Tabas, eastern Iran.
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2012AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Bobby Tarver, 52, black, cannot be executed because he is mentally retarded
USA - Alabama. Bobby Tarver, 52, black, cannot be executed because he is mentally retarded
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2012IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ SPEEDS UP EXECUTIONS CITING TERROR THREAT, RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT UNFAIR TRIALS
Iraq has executed nearly 100 people so far this year, a big increase over previous years
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2012IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: ONE MAN WAS HANGED PUBLICLY
One prisoner was hanged in public in the Northwestern Iranian province of Azarbaijan.
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2012OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Donald Palmer, 47, white, was executed today
USA - Ohio. Donald Palmer, 47, white, was executed today
SEPTEMBER 20, 2012IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 6 PEOPLE EXECUTED TODAY
According to official and unofficial reports from Iran, at least six prisoners were executed in three different prisons today.
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2012KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ROBBERY
In Kenya, a jailed bird who has been in and out of prison nine times and his accomplice