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 1, 2012Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTYTRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: MARLON KING SENTENCED TO HANG
Marlon King, the man charged for the murder of four year old Amy Annamunthudo
- FEBRUARY 29, 2012DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): GEORGE RIVAS EXECUTED
George Rivas, 41, white, was executed in Texas for killing Aubrey Hawkins, 29, white
- FEBRUARY 29, 2012DEATH PENALTY
ARIZONA (USA): 1ST EXECUTION THIS YEAR IN THE STATE
Robert Henry Moormann, 63, white, was executed in Arizona for killing his adoptive mother
- FEBRUARY 29, 2012ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. Robert Henry Moormann, 63, white, was executed
USA - Arizona. Robert Henry Moormann, 63, white, was executed
- FEBRUARY 29, 2012TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. George Rivas, 41, white, was executed
USA - Texas. George Rivas, 41, white, was executed
FEBRUARY 27, 2012Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH
In Sri Lanka, the Kandy High Court sentenced to death two murder suspects who
- FEBRUARY 24, 2012Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded a man convicted of trafficking drugs in the kingdom.
Saudi Arabia beheaded a man convicted of trafficking drugs in the kingdom.
- FEBRUARY 23, 2012DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): DISTRICT ATTORNEY CALLS FOR A REVIEW OF THE CAPITAL PUNISHMENT SYSTEM
In Texas, Dallas County's District Attorney, Craig Watkins, 44, black, is calling for a review
- FEBRUARY 23, 2012TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Dallas County's District Attorney, Craig Watkins calls for a review of the capital punishment system and acknowledges that his great-grandfather was executed
USA - Texas. Dallas County's District Attorney, Craig Watkins calls for a review of the capital punishment system and acknowledges that his great-grandfather was executed
- FEBRUARY 20, 2012IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: DEATH SENTENCE FOR BAGHDAD BOMBERS
Three brothers and a fourth man are to hang for a March 2007 car bombing in Baghdad that killed six people and wounded seven, a statement released by the Higher Judicial Council said.
- FEBRUARY 20, 2012IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ'S 2012 EXECUTIONS TOP 2011'S NUMBER
Iraq executed four people, bringing the number of people put to death so far this year to at least 69, or one more than in all of 2011, a justice ministry official said.
FEBRUARY 20, 2012JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY AFTER CAMPAIGN
Japan's Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for a man who killed
- FEBRUARY 18, 2012SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) military court
Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) military court
- FEBRUARY 15, 2012DEATH PENALTY
FLORIDA (USA): KILLER EXECUTED AFTER 31 YEARS ON DEATH ROW
A man convicted of raping a 29-year-old mother and dragging her into Tampa Bay's
- FEBRUARY 15, 2012FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Robert Waterhouse, 65, white, was executed
USA - Florida. Robert Waterhouse, 65, white, was executed
- FEBRUARY 14, 2012DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): EXECUTIONS THREATENED AS STOCKS OF DEATH PENALTY DRUG RUN LOW
According to the human rights group Reprieve, Texas is running out of the drugs
- FEBRUARY 14, 2012KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: TWO TO HANG FOR KILLING ELGON BODA BODA MAN
In Kenya, two men were sentenced to death for robbery with violence in Mt Elgon district.
- FEBRUARY 14, 2012TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. According to the human rights group Reprieve, Texas is running out of the drugs used for lethal injections
USA - Texas. According to the human rights group Reprieve, Texas is running out of the drugs used for lethal injections
FEBRUARY 14, 2012Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: TWO DRUG TRAFFICKERS BEHEADED
Saudi Arabia beheaded two men convicted of drug trafficking in the ultra-conservative kingdom, the interior ministry announced.
FEBRUARY 14, 2012KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: NGUGI’S ATTACKERS SENTENCED TO HANG
In Kenya, three men who attacked writer Ngugi wa Thiong’o and his wife, Njeeri, eight years
- FEBRUARY 14, 2012IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN HANGED FOR ARMED ROBBERY
One prisoner was hanged in the prison of Zanjan, reported the state run
FEBRUARY 13, 2012MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: INDIAN NATIONAL SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
An Indian national was sentenced to death in Malaysia for trafficking in 1,982.8 grams
- FEBRUARY 12, 2012IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN SCRAPS STONING, CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR MINORS
Iranian news agencies reported that Iran's Guardian Council, a powerful body of clerics
- FEBRUARY 12, 2012YemenDEATH PENALTY
two Yemenis were beheaded at dawn by Islamist militants in southern Yemen for charges
two Yemenis were beheaded at dawn by Islamist militants in southern Yemen for charges
- FEBRUARY 8, 2012DEATH PENALTY
MISSISSIPPI (USA): MAN EXECUTED FOR 1995 ROBBERY SPREE KILLINGS
A Mississippi man convicted of murdering two people during convenience store robberies was executed
- FEBRUARY 8, 2012MississippiDEATH PENALTY
USA - Mississippi - Edwin Turner, 38, white, was executed today.
USA - Mississippi - Edwin Turner, 38, white, was executed today.
FEBRUARY 8, 2012IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FOUR PRISONERS EXECUTED IN QOM
Four prisoners have been executed in the prison of Qom in the past few days, reported
FEBRUARY 7, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SC SAVES FROM GALLOWS MAN WHO BEHEADED HIS MOTHER
In India, the Supreme Court reduced to life imprisonment the death sentence imposed
FEBRUARY 7, 2012IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 14 PEOPLE HANGED IN ONE DAY
Iraq executed 14 people, most of them Al-Qaeda members, a senior justice ministry official said, bringing to at least 65 the number of executions so far this year.
- FEBRUARY 2, 2012Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: MURDER CONVICT EXECUTED
Saudi Arabia executed a man convicted of murder in the Kingdom's southwest. Abulrahman