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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MARCH 29, 2012JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: 3 INMATES HANGED; 1ST EXECUTIONS SINCE JULY 2010
Japan hanged three death-row inmates in its first executions since 2010, reigniting the debate over capital punishment in one of the world’s richest countries.
MARCH 29, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: THREE EXECUTED OVER FATAL FIRE
Three people responsible for a fire, in which 11 people were killed and two others
- MARCH 28, 2012TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Texas accuses anti-death penalty charity Reprieve of fomenting violence
USA - Texas. Texas accuses anti-death penalty charity Reprieve of fomenting violence
- MARCH 28, 2012TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Jesse Joe Hernandez, 47, Hispanic, was executed
USA - Texas. Jesse Joe Hernandez, 47, Hispanic, was executed
MARCH 28, 2012DEATH PENALTYTEXAS (USA): JESSE JOE HERNANDEZ EXECUTED
Jesse Joe Hernandez, 47, Hispanic, was executed in Texas.
MARCH 28, 2012ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE PLANS TO CUT BACK ON HANGINGS, DEATH PENALTY ONLY FOR 'EXTREME VIOLENCE'
Zimbabwe is considering cutting back on hangings according to a proposed new constitution
MARCH 27, 2012United KingdomDEATH PENALTYDEATH PENALTY 2011: ALARMING LEVELS OF EXECUTIONS IN THE FEW COUNTRIES THAT KILL
Countries that carried out executions in 2011 did so at an alarming rate but those employing
- MARCH 26, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: STAYED EXECUTION
the hanging of Beant Singh assassin Balwant Singh Rajoana would not take place on March
MARCH 24, 2012BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: SAGAR TO HANG FOR KILLING SHUBHO
In Bangladesh, a speedy trial tribunal sentenced to death Tajul Islam Sagar for
MARCH 23, 2012ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RITUAL MURDER
in Zimbabwe, Justice Martin Makonese sentenced Colgate Buffen Mudenda to death by
- MARCH 22, 2012MississippiDEATH PENALTY
USA - Mississippi. William Mitchell, 61, black, was executed.
USA - Mississippi. William Mitchell, 61, black, was executed.
MARCH 22, 2012MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: FORMER POSTMAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A former postman was sentenced to death by hanging by the High Court in Malaysia after being
MARCH 22, 2012DEATH PENALTYMISSISSIPPI (USA): WILLIAM MITCHELL EXECUTED
William Mitchell, 61, black, was executed in Mississippi.
- MARCH 21, 2012LiberiaDEATH PENALTY
LIBERIA: WIFE KILLER GETS HACKING DEATH SENTENCE
In Liberia, Murder suspect William G. Dweh, was sentenced to a maximum death penalty
- MARCH 21, 2012ConnecticutDEATH PENALTY
USA - Connecticut. The General Assembly's Judiciary Committee voted in favor of a bill that would abolish the state's death penalty
USA - Connecticut. The General Assembly's Judiciary Committee voted in favor of a bill that would abolish the state's death penalty
- MARCH 20, 2012MississippiDEATH PENALTY
USA - Mississippi. Larry Matthew Puckett, 35, white, was executed
USA - Mississippi. Larry Matthew Puckett, 35, white, was executed
MARCH 20, 2012SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST DARFUR REBELS
A Sudanese court sentenced six members of a key Darfur rebel group to hang
MARCH 20, 2012DEATH PENALTYMISSISSIPPI (USA): LARRY MATTHEW PUCKETT EXECUTED
Larry Matthew Puckett, 35, white, was executed in Mississippi.
MARCH 19, 2012BelarusDEATH PENALTYUN HUMAN RIGHTS PANEL DEPLORES BELARUS EXECUTION
The United Nations Human Rights Committee voiced grave concern over the execution in Belarus of a person whose case was under its consideration after he was found guilty of last year’s bombing of a subway in the capital, Minsk.
MARCH 18, 2012BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS: MINSK METRO BOMBERS EXECUTED
state news agency BelTA reported Belarus executed Vladislav Kovalyov and Dmitry Konovalov, the two men sentenced to death for their role in the 2011 Minsk subway blast.
- MARCH 16, 2012Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed an Egyptian convicted of murdering a citizen of the kingdom
Saudi Arabia executed an Egyptian convicted of murdering a citizen of the kingdom
- MARCH 16, 2012ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
ZIMBABWE: GUARD SENTENCED TO DEATH
A security guard who killed his teenage sister-in-law was sentenced to death in
- MARCH 15, 2012OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. Timothy Shaun Stemple, 47, white, was executed.
USA - Oklahoma. Timothy Shaun Stemple, 47, white, was executed.
MARCH 15, 2012DEATH PENALTYOKLAHOMA (USA): TIMOTHY SHAUN STEMPLE EXECUTED
Timothy Shaun Stemple, 47, white, was executed in Oklahoma.
MARCH 14, 2012Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES MAN WHO STRANGLED MOTHER
Saudi Arabia executed a man convicted of strangling his mother to death, the interior ministry announced in a statement.
- MARCH 13, 2012IranDEATH PENALTY
Three prisoners were hanged in the prison of Qazvin (Ghazvin), west of Tehran.
Three prisoners were hanged in the prison of Qazvin (Ghazvin), west of Tehran.
- MARCH 13, 2012IranDEATH PENALTY
Two prisoners were hanged in public in the city of Mashhad (northeastern Iran).
Two prisoners were hanged in public in the city of Mashhad (northeastern Iran).
- MARCH 13, 2012Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed a Saudi who killed a man in a tribal feud
Saudi Arabia executed a Saudi who killed a man in a tribal feud
- MARCH 13, 2012Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed a a Syrian drug smuggler...
Saudi Arabia executed a a Syrian drug smuggler...
MARCH 12, 2012IranDEATH PENALTYUN: IRAN EXECUTED 670 PEOPLE IN 2011
March 12, 2012: Iran executed some 670 people last year, most of them for drug crimes that do not merit capital punishment under international law and more than 20 for offences against Islam, a United Nations investigator said.