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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AUGUST 23, 2011KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 2009 MURDER OF IRISH PRIEST
in Kericho, Kenya, Chief Magistrate Hedwig Ong'undi sentenced Isaac Kipng'etich Bett, Jackson
- AUGUST 22, 2011SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: TWO SOLDIERS EXECUTED
two unidentified government soldiers were executed in Mogadishu, Somalia
AUGUST 20, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: MAN TO HANG FOR DRUGS
subcontractor Chong Soon Wah, 38, was re-sentenced to death by presiding Justice Azhar
- AUGUST 18, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA EXECUTES MAN FOR RUNNING OVER MONGOL HERDER
according to the official Xinhua News Agency, China executed truck driver
- AUGUST 18, 2011VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Virginia. Jerry Terrell Jackson, 30, black, was executed. It was the 1st execution in Virginia using pentobarbital
USA - Virginia. Jerry Terrell Jackson, 30, black, was executed. It was the 1st execution in Virginia using pentobarbital
- AUGUST 10, 2011TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Martin Robles, 33, white, was executed
USA - Texas. Martin Robles, 33, white, was executed
- AUGUST 4, 2011ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HANDS OFF CAIN: POSITIVE EVOLUTION TOWARDS THE ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY
the Hands Off Cain 2011 Report, presented today, contains the most important facts regarding the practice of the death penalty in 2010 and the first six months of 2011.
- JULY 30, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR CHILD MURDER: REPORT
Iran hanged a man, identified by the initials HS, for murdering an eight-year-old boy in Qom who was on his way from home to a nearby grocery shop, the Fars news agency reported. He was hanged in a prison in Qom in the presence of the victim's family.
- JULY 30, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN 19 FOR RAPE
a 19-year-old unidentified man convicted of raping a 16-year-old boy was hanged in Iran's northeastern city of Mashhad, the Khorasan newspaper reported. He was executed in the city’s central prison, the report added.
- JULY 30, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: THREE MEN EXECUTED IN TAIF
in Saudi Arabia, brothers Muhammad and Saud Al-Joaed were beheaded in Taif in the Mecca Province for murdering Hilal Al-Harithy with a gun in a dispute, the Interior Ministry said in a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency.
- JULY 30, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN ON DRUG-SMUGGLING CHARGES
a man, identified only by the initials H.D., was hanged in the southern Iranian town of Minab on charges of drug smuggling. The report in the "Kayhan" newspaper did not say whether the execution was carried out in public.
- JULY 29, 2011DelawareDEATH PENALTY
USA - Delaware. Robert Jackson III, 38, white, was executed. It was Delaware’s 1st execution since 2005, and the first with Pentobarbital
USA - Delaware. Robert Jackson III, 38, white, was executed. It was Delaware’s 1st execution since 2005, and the first with Pentobarbital
JULY 26, 2011Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: TWO PALESTINIANS EXECUTED FOR ‘COLLABORATION’
the Ministry of Interior in Gaza executed by hanging M.A.Q, 60, and R.A.Q, 29, who were sentenced to death by a civilian court on 29 November 2004 after they had been convicted of collaboration with foreign security bodies and murder.
- JULY 26, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: BALUCHI PRISONER HANGED IN KERMAN
Mohammad Mandazahi, son of Dadkha, was hanged in Kerman’s central prison, Iran.
JULY 25, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SOLDIER’S KILLER BEHEADED
A Saudi man convicted of the murder of a soldier was beheaded in Dammam in eastern Saudi Arabia, the
- JULY 23, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CANADA DEPORTS TOP CHINESE FUGITIVE
China arrested its most wanted fugitive in the capital Beijing after Canada deported him to end a decades-long saga that had plagued Sino-Canadian relations, but concerns remained among activists about whether he would receive a fair trial.
JULY 21, 2011BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS: TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH LAST YEAR REPORTED EXECUTED
Aleh Hryshkawtsow, 30, and Andrey Burdyka, 29, were executed by shooting in Belarus, reported the Hrodna newspaper Vecherny Grodno.
- JULY 21, 2011DEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. Andrew DeYoung, 37, white, was executed, and his lethal injection was filmed in compliance with a court order
USA - Georgia. Andrew DeYoung, 37, white, was executed, and his lethal injection was filmed in compliance with a court order
- JULY 20, 2011DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): ‘ARAB SLAYER’ EXECUTED AFTER VICTIM PLEAS FOR CLEMENCY
Mark Stroman, 41, white, was executed in Texas. He was convicted of entering
- JULY 20, 2011TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Mark Stroman, 41, white, was executed
USA - Texas. Mark Stroman, 41, white, was executed
JULY 20, 2011SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: SOLDIER, WHO KILLED AHLU SUNNA FIGHTER, EXECUTED
one of Somali soldiers, who has intentionally slain a fighter loyal to Ahlu Sunna Waljama
JULY 20, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FOUR PEOPLE HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A total of four people charged with drug trafficking have been hanged in Rafsanjan and Jiroft prisons (both located in the Kerman province, southeastern Iran), according to a report by the Iranian state-run media news agency ISNA.
- JULY 20, 2011DEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. Superior Court Judge Bensonetta Tipton Lane has ordered that the Department of Corrections videotape the upcoming execution of Andrew DeYoung.
USA - Georgia. Superior Court Judge Bensonetta Tipton Lane has ordered that the Department of Corrections videotape the upcoming execution of Andrew DeYoung.
- JULY 19, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: TWO OFFICIALS EXECUTED FOR GRAFT
China executed two former local government officials for taking tens of millions of dollars in
JULY 19, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN HANGED FOR KILLING POLICEMAN
a prisoner was hanged at Kashimpur central jail in Gazipur district north of Dhaka city, Bangladesh.
- JULY 19, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: THREE MEN HANGED FOR RAPE
Iran hanged three men convicted of rape in the northeastern city of Qoochan
- JULY 19, 2011IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: QAEDA CHIEF NAMED SADDAM HUSSEIN TO HANG
A local Al-Qaeda leader – named Saddam Hussein – was sentenced to hang by a
JULY 19, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE YOUNG MEN HANGED IN PUBLIC
Three young men were hanged publicly in the Azadi (Freedom) Square of Kermanshah in
- JULY 19, 2011ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. Thomas Paul West, 52, white, was executed
USA - Arizona. Thomas Paul West, 52, white, was executed
- JULY 18, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
a Saudi man was beheaded in Medina after being convicted of killing a Sudanese man.
a Saudi man was beheaded in Medina after being convicted of killing a Sudanese man.