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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- MAY 15, 2012YemenDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Yemeni national,
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Yemeni national,
MAY 13, 2012ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: TWO ARMY OFFICERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Two Zambia Army officers have been sentenced to death by hanging for murder and aggravated robbery.
MAY 12, 2012IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FOUR MEN DUE TO BE HANGED FOR SODOMY
Iran court has sentenced four men to death by hanging for sodomy.
MAY 12, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLER OF PREGNANT WIFE
In India, District and Sessions Judge Kewal Krishan Garg awarded capital punishment to
MAY 10, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: LAWYER’S KILLER SET TO BE HANGED ON 23RD
In Pakistan, an anti-terrorism court issued the black warrant for a convict who was condemned
MAY 10, 2012North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: THREE CANNIBALS EXECUTED IN THE LAST FEW YEARS
Yonhap news agency reported that North Korea held at least three public
- MAY 7, 2012IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN HANGED IN PRISON
According to the state run Iranian news agency Fars, a man convicted of sexually
- MAY 7, 2012Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded one of its citizens accused of killing his wife
Saudi Arabia beheaded one of its citizens accused of killing his wife
MAY 7, 2012IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: NINE 'GLASS' DRUG TRAFFICKERS HANGED
Iran hanged nine men in a prison in Tehran after they were convicted of trafficking "glass", or methamphetamine, a statement from the Tehran prosecution office said.
- MAY 5, 2012IranDEATH PENALTY
the Iranian judiciary has handed death sentences to two Kurdish
the Iranian judiciary has handed death sentences to two Kurdish
MAY 2, 2012Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTYTRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: MAN SENTENCED TO HANG FOR MURDER
In Trinidad and Tobago, forty-five minutes was all it took for a jury to decide Kevin Borris
- MAY 2, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTY
JHARKHAND (INDIA): YOUTH SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BEHEADING GIRL
In India, a Ranchi court awarded the death sentence to a youth, Bijendra Kumar, for
- MAY 1, 2012DEATH PENALTY
OKLAHOMA (USA): MICHAEL BASCUM SELSOR EXECUTED FOR 1975 MURDER
May 1st, 2012: Michael Bascum Selsor, 57, white, was executed in Oklahoma.
- MAY 1, 2012OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. Michael Bascum Selsor, 57, white, was executed.
USA - Oklahoma. Michael Bascum Selsor, 57, white, was executed.
MAY 1, 2012BangladeshDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: TWO BANGLADESHIS BEHEADED FOR MURDER
Two Bangladeshi men convicted of murder were beheaded in Saudi Arabia, the kingdom's Interior
APRIL 30, 2012IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FOUR PRISONERS EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Four prisoners were hanged in the prison of Shahrud, Iran, early in the morning.
- APRIL 30, 2012JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN: MAN TO HANG FOR RAPING, KILLING GIRLFRIEND
A Jordanian was condemned to death for raping and stabbing his teenage girlfriend to death
- APRIL 26, 2012TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Beunka Adams, 29, black, was executed
USA - Texas. Beunka Adams, 29, black, was executed
- APRIL 26, 2012Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabia beheaded a man for murder in the kingdom's southeastern region of Asir, the
APRIL 26, 2012DEATH PENALTYTEXAS (USA): BEUNKA ADAMS EXECUTED
Beunka Adams, 29, black, was executed in Texas.
- APRIL 25, 2012IranDEATH PENALTY
According to the official website of the Iranian judiciary in Semnan Province five prisoners,
According to the official website of the Iranian judiciary in Semnan Province five prisoners,
- APRIL 25, 2012IranDEATH PENALTY
Eight prisoners, among them one Afghan citizen, were hanged in Karaj (west of Tehran
Eight prisoners, among them one Afghan citizen, were hanged in Karaj (west of Tehran
- APRIL 25, 2012ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. Thomas Arnold Kemp, 63, white, was executed
USA - Arizona. Thomas Arnold Kemp, 63, white, was executed
- APRIL 24, 2012SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
Transitional Federal Government (TFG) soldiers in the south-west
Transitional Federal Government (TFG) soldiers in the south-west
APRIL 20, 2012SudanDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SUDANESE MAN BEHEADED AND CRUCIFIED
A Sudanese man was the twentieth person this year to be executed in the Kingdom
- APRIL 20, 2012DelawareDEATH PENALTY
USA - Delaware. Shannon M. Johnson, 28, black, was executed
USA - Delaware. Shannon M. Johnson, 28, black, was executed
APRIL 20, 2012MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: FOREIGN NATIONAL TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
In Malaysia, a fish monger from India was sentenced to death by the High Court
APRIL 20, 2012DEATH PENALTYDELAWARE (USA): SHANNON M. JOHNSON EXECUTED
Shannon M. Johnson, 28, black, was executed in Delaware.
APRIL 20, 2012IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FOUR PRISONERS EXECUTED
Four prisoners have been executed in three different cities of Iran, reported the state run Iranian media.
- APRIL 19, 2012IranDEATH PENALTY
According to the Iranian state broadcasting two prisoners were hanged in the central prison
According to the Iranian state broadcasting two prisoners were hanged in the central prison