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 14, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FIVE PEOPLE HANGED IN EVIN PRISON
Iran secretly hanged five people in Evin prison according to Hrana news agency.
MARCH 13, 2011KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: THREE TO HANG FOR ROBBERY
Antony Mutembei Njeru, Isaack Murimi Mwaniki and John Murithi Kivuti were
- MARCH 13, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Federal prisons run out of key execution drug
USA - Federal prisons run out of key execution drug
MARCH 11, 2011DEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: THREE TO DIE FOR KILLING SCHOOLBOY
in Bangladesh, three people were sentenced to death for kidnapping and
- MARCH 10, 2011DEATH PENALTY
OHIO (USA): INMATE EXECUTED USING SINGLE DRUG
Ohio put to death the killer of a Toledo store owner with the country's first-ever use of pentobarbital
- MARCH 10, 2011OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Johnnie Baston, 37, black, was executed
USA - Ohio. Johnnie Baston, 37, black, was executed
MARCH 6, 2011SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL SHABAAB EXECUTES TWO MEN
Somalia’s al Shabaab group executed Abdullahi Hajji Mohammed and Abdinasir Hussein Ali at Maslah
MARCH 5, 2011TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: DOCTORS TRANSPLANT ORGANS TAKEN FROM EXECUTED PRISONERS
Doctors at southern Taiwan's Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (KCGMH) conducted liver transplant surgeries after receiving the bodies of two inmates executed, local media reported.
MARCH 5, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE AFGHAN NATIONALS HANGED FOR RAPE
Iran hanged three Afghan nationals in a prison in Tehran after they were found guilty of raping an Afghan
- MARCH 4, 2011TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: FIVE DEATH-ROW CONVICTS EXECUTED
Five convicts on death row were executed in Taiwan, the Ministry of Justice said in a statement
- MARCH 3, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TWO HANGED IN OROUMIEH
Iran executed two people in Oroumieh Prison as part of its attempts to terrorize the population
- MARCH 2, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN EXECUTED IN SYLHET JAIL
Robi Munda, 60, from Habiganj, was executed in Sylhet Central Jail in Bangladesh
MARCH 2, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED IN ISFAHAN
One man was hanged in the prison of Khomeini Shahr, Iran, early this morning
MARCH 2, 2011KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: MAN TO HANG FOR VIOLENT ROBBERY
A man was sentenced to death in Kenya by a Gucha court for robbery with violence. Simon
MARCH 1, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TEN PEOPLE HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Ten people were hanged in Iran for drug trafficking.
FEBRUARY 28, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 10 KURDISH POLITICAL PRISONERS EXECUTED
10 Kurds were hanged in the central prison in Umrye, Iran, for being members of Kurdish political
FEBRUARY 27, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
Awad al-Anazi was exectued by the sword in Hafar al-Batin, Saudi Aarbia, for
- FEBRUARY 25, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA EXEMPTS 13 CRIMES FROM DEATH PENALTY
China's newly revised Criminal Law has reduced the number of crimes punishable by death by 13 to 55.
- FEBRUARY 22, 2011DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): TIMOTHY WAYNE ADAMS EXECUTED
Timothy Wayne Adams, 42, black, was executed. He was convicted in 2003 of shooting to dea
- FEBRUARY 22, 2011SudanDEATH PENALTY
a court in Darfur sentenced a man to death by hanging and cross amputation.
a court in Darfur sentenced a man to death by hanging and cross amputation.
- FEBRUARY 22, 2011TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Timothy Wayne Adams, 42, black, was executed
USA - Texas. Timothy Wayne Adams, 42, black, was executed
- FEBRUARY 20, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: THREE MEN HANGED IN PUBLIC
According to reports from Iran, three men were hanged in public in the town of Salmas, northwest of Iran.
- FEBRUARY 20, 2011EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPTIAN CONVICTED OF KILLING COPTS TO HANG
Egypt's State Security Emergency Court ratified the death sentence against Mohammed
- FEBRUARY 18, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: FOUR PEOPLE HANGED IN KERMAN
Four men were hanged in the prison of Kerman, south east of Iran.
- FEBRUARY 17, 2011OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Frank Spisak, 59, white, was executed
USA - Ohio. Frank Spisak, 59, white, was executed
- FEBRUARY 16, 2011DEATH PENALTY
TENNESSEE (USA): JUDGE BONNYMAN UPHELD THE STATE'S INJECTION PROTOCOL
Davidson County Chancellor Claudia Bonnyman upheld the Tennessee's revised execution
- FEBRUARY 16, 2011TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee. Judge Claudia Bonnyman upheld the state's injection protocol
USA - Tennessee. Judge Claudia Bonnyman upheld the state's injection protocol
- FEBRUARY 15, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TWO PEOPLE HANGED IN KURDISTAN
Two people were hanged in the prison of Sanandaj, the capital of the Iranian Kurdistan
- FEBRUARY 15, 2011TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Michael Wayne Hall, 31, white, has been executed
USA - Texas. Michael Wayne Hall, 31, white, has been executed
- FEBRUARY 15, 2011ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
ZIMBABWE: RITUAL MURDERER TO HANG
Justice Tendai Uchena of High Court in Zimbabwe sentenced a Karoi man,