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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- FEBRUARY 15, 2012FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Robert Waterhouse, 65, white, was executed
USA - Florida. Robert Waterhouse, 65, white, was executed
FEBRUARY 15, 2012DEATH PENALTYFLORIDA (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 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 14, 2012KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: 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, 2012DEATH PENALTYTEXAS (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 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, 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 12, 2012IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN SCRAPS STONING, CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR MINORS
Iranian news agencies reported that Iran's Guardian Council, a powerful body of clerics
- 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 8, 2012DEATH PENALTYMISSISSIPPI (USA): MAN EXECUTED FOR 1995 ROBBERY SPREE KILLINGS
A Mississippi man convicted of murdering two people during convenience store robberies was executed
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
FEBRUARY 1, 2012IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 17 PEOPLE EXECUTED IN ONE DAY, 51 THIS YEAR
Iraq executed 17 convicted criminals in one day this week, the justice ministry said, bringing to at least 51 the number so far this year.
JANUARY 31, 2012YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: EXECUTION OF TWO OPPOSITIONISTS
two Yemeni oppositionists, Khalid Nahshal and Abdu Nahshal, were executed in a political
JANUARY 31, 2012IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED PUBLICLY FOR MURDER
In Iran, one man was hanged publicly in the courtyard of the Karaj police department early in the morning.
JANUARY 31, 2012BotswanaDEATH PENALTYBOTSWANA: DEATH ROW INMATE HANGED
In Botswana, death row inmate Zibani Thamo convicted of murder was hanged in the morning.
- JANUARY 30, 2012IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
One prisoner was hanged in the prison Zanjan (western Iran) early
- JANUARY 30, 2012Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: CONVICTED DRUG SMUGGLER BEHEADED
In Saudi Arabia, a Pakistani man convicted of trying to smuggle drugs into the kingdom
- JANUARY 29, 2012IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TWO HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Two prisoners were hanged in the prison of Semnan, north of Iran.
JANUARY 29, 2012SyriaDEATH PENALTYSYRIA: SENIOR ARMY DEFECTOR EXECUTED
the Syrian Association for the Defense of Human Rights claimed that soldiers from
- JANUARY 28, 2012IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. ONE PRISONER HANGED
one prisoner was hanged in the prison of Ilam, western Iran.
- JANUARY 28, 2012IranDEATH PENALTY
two prisoners were secretly hanged in the Lakan Prison in Rasht...
two prisoners were secretly hanged in the Lakan Prison in Rasht...
- JANUARY 26, 2012OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. 2nd execution put off in fight over lethal injection protocol
USA - Ohio. 2nd execution put off in fight over lethal injection protocol
- JANUARY 26, 2012TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Rodrigo Hernandez, 38, hispanic, was executed
USA - Texas. Rodrigo Hernandez, 38, hispanic, was executed
JANUARY 26, 2012DEATH PENALTYTEXAS (USA): MAN EXECUTED FOR 1994 KILLING
Rodrigo Hernandez, 38, hispanic, was executed.