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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- SEPTEMBER 20, 2012TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Robert Wayne Harris, 40, black, was executed
USA - Texas. Robert Wayne Harris, 40, black, was executed
SEPTEMBER 19, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: PAKISTANI NATIONAL EXECUTED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Pakistani national in the holy city of Medina after convicting him of drug smuggling, the interior ministry said.
SEPTEMBER 18, 2012ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: MURDERER SENTENCED TO HANG
In Zimbabwe, a man who hacked a three-year-old girl to death last year
SEPTEMBER 17, 2012Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: YOUTH SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
A Gaza court sentenced a Palestinian youth to death by hanging after he was found guilty
SEPTEMBER 14, 2012GhanaDEATH PENALTYGHANA: COURT SENTENCES TWO TO DEATH BY HANGING
In Ghana, a Kumasi High Court, presided over by Justice Jacob Bawine Boon, has sentenced
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTY
a spurned lover and engineering student
a spurned lover and engineering student
SEPTEMBER 11, 2012Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: FOUR BEHEADED OVER SEPARATE CRIMES
At least four person including three of its citizens and a Palestinian were beheaded after they were found guilty in separate cases, the Saudi Arabian interior ministry said.
SEPTEMBER 11, 2012IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: ONE MAN HANGED IN PUBLIC IN TEHRAN
One man was hanged in public in Tehran early this morning.
SEPTEMBER 10, 2012IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: ONE MAN HANGED IN PUBLIC
According to the official website of the Iranian Judiciary in the province of Semnan, one
SEPTEMBER 10, 2012IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: CONDEMNED PRISONER SPARED DEATH SENTENCE FOR NOW
Iranian authorities did not go through with the execution of Gholamreza Khosravi Savadjani
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2012IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. 11 PRISONERS HANGED IN PRISON
According to unofficial reports in Iran, eleven prisoners were hanged in Tehran’s Evin prison early this morning.
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2012MontanaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Montana. Execution Protocol Unconstitutional, Montana Judge Declares
USA - Montana. Execution Protocol Unconstitutional, Montana Judge Declares
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2012Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi authorities beheaded by the sword one of its citizens...
Saudi authorities beheaded by the sword one of its citizens...
SEPTEMBER 4, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: PAKISTANI EXECUTED FOR HEROIN TRAFFICKING
Saudi Arabia executed a citizen of Pakistan in the city of Medina for drug trafficking.
SEPTEMBER 4, 2012AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BEHEADING YOUNG GIRL
A primary court in eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan sentenced an Afghan man death for beheading a young 17 years old girl in this province.
SEPTEMBER 4, 2012GambiaDEATH PENALTYGAMBIA: TABARA SAMBA WAS REPEATEDLY RAPED BEFORE SHE WAS EXECUTED
The Gambian website Freedomnewspaper reported that Tabara Samba, one of nine
AUGUST 31, 2012South SudanDEATH PENALTYSOUTH SUDAN: TWO INMATES HANGED AT PRISON IN JUBA
Two prisoners were executed by hanging on August 28 at a prison in the capital of the newly
- AUGUST 29, 2012Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi authorities beheaded by the sword a Syrian man in Qurrayyat
Saudi authorities beheaded by the sword a Syrian man in Qurrayyat
AUGUST 29, 2012SyriaDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 26 EXECUTIONS IN THREE DAYS
Iraq executed 26 people convicted of terror-related charges between 27 and 29 August 2012, including a Syrian and Saudi national, a justice ministry spokesman said.
- AUGUST 28, 2012Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: MAN BEHEADED IN ASIR PROVINCE
A Saudi man was executed in Saudi Arabia after being convicted of murdering
- AUGUST 27, 2012AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
according to local authorities in western Ghor province of Afghanistan
according to local authorities in western Ghor province of Afghanistan
AUGUST 26, 2012AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: SEVENTEEN VILLAGERS BEHEADED
Taliban insurgents beheaded 17 Afghans in a rebel-controlled area of southern Afghanistan
AUGUST 23, 2012GambiaDEATH PENALTYGAMBIA: NINE DEATH ROW PRISONERS EXECUTED
Gambia executed by firing squad nine death row prisoners, after President Yahya Jammeh
- AUGUST 14, 2012OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. Michael Hooper, 39, white, was executed
USA - Oklahoma. Michael Hooper, 39, white, was executed
- AUGUST 8, 2012TexasDEATH PENALTY
EU: ASHTON VOICES CONCERN OVER TEXAN EXECUTION
EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton voiced concern at the execution in Texas of a disabled
- AUGUST 8, 2012DEATH PENALTY
ARIZONA (USA): MAN EXECUTED FOR 1987 RAPE, MURDER OF CO-WORKERS
A man who tortured, raped and strangled two co-workers in 1987 was put to death
- AUGUST 7, 2012DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): MAN EXECUTED DESPITE LOW IQ CLAIMS
Texas authorities executed Marvin Wilson, a 54-year-old death row inmate, after his attorneys failed to convince state and federal courts that he was mentally retarded and ineligible for the death penalty under a 2002 Supreme Court ruling.
- AUGUST 7, 2012TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Marvin Wilson, 54, black, was executed.
USA - Texas. Marvin Wilson, 54, black, was executed.
- AUGUST 3, 2012JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: TWO KILLERS HANGED, IN TOKYO AND OSAKA
Two death-row inmates were hanged in Tokyo and Osaka, in the second round of executions
- AUGUST 3, 2012OregonDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oregon. Judge Timothy Alexander ruled that Gary Haugen, who wants to be executed, is not required to accept clemency from Governor John Kitzhaber.
USA - Oregon. Judge Timothy Alexander ruled that Gary Haugen, who wants to be executed, is not required to accept clemency from Governor John Kitzhaber.