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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- JANUARY 13, 2011AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Leroy White, 52, black, was executed
USA - Alabama. Leroy White, 52, black, was executed
JANUARY 13, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FIVE MEN HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran has hanged five men convicted of drug trafficking, the state broadcaster
JANUARY 13, 2011DEATH PENALTYALABAMA (USA): INMATE EXECUTED AFTER TEMPORARY HALT
a convicted murderer was executed in Alabama after the US Supreme Court
- JANUARY 12, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN HANGED FOR RAPE
one man was hanged in Tehran’s Evin prison early this morning.
JANUARY 12, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SEVEN MEN EXECUTED IN TEHRAN
seven men were hanged in Tehran’s Evin prison early this morning. According to the Iranian news agency Aftab, the seven men were convicted of drug trafficking.
- JANUARY 12, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Long neutral, FDA helps states get drug needed for executions.
USA - Long neutral, FDA helps states get drug needed for executions.
- JANUARY 11, 2011OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. Jeffrey David Matthews, 38, white, has been executed
USA - Oklahoma. Jeffrey David Matthews, 38, white, has been executed
JANUARY 10, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI MAN EXECUTED IN RIYADH
SPA news agency carried a Saudi Arabian Interior Ministry statement
- JANUARY 8, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Police officials argue death penalty doesn't make us safer
USA - Police officials argue death penalty doesn't make us safer
- JANUARY 8, 2011YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN: MAN ON DEATH ROW MAKES CLEMENCY APPEAL TO SALEH
a Yemeni man facing execution next week for a murder committed in 1999 while he was 13 years old urged President Ali Abdullah Saleh to commute his death sentence.
JANUARY 8, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FOUR HANGED IN ISFAHAN FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Four men were hanged in the prison of central Iranian city of Isfahan, early today
- JANUARY 7, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TWO MEN HANGED IN BOROUJERD
Two men were hanged in Boroujerd, west of Iran, early this morning.
- JANUARY 7, 2011ColoradoDEATH PENALTY
USA - Colorado. Outgoing Gov. Bill Ritter today awarded a posthumous pardon to Joe Arridy, who was executed in 1939
USA - Colorado. Outgoing Gov. Bill Ritter today awarded a posthumous pardon to Joe Arridy, who was executed in 1939
- JANUARY 6, 2011IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. Billy Don Alverson, 39, black, was executed
USA - Oklahoma. Billy Don Alverson, 39, black, was executed
- JANUARY 6, 2011OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Illinois. Illinois House voted to abolish the death penalty
USA - Illinois. Illinois House voted to abolish the death penalty
JANUARY 6, 2011DEATH PENALTYILLINOIS (USA): HOUSE VOTED TO ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY
Illinois House voted to abolish the death penalty. Late Thursday afternoon, the House
JANUARY 5, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: CONVICTED MURDERER HANGED IN PUBLIC
Iran hanged in public a man convicted of committing a sensational daylight murder in a Tehran neighbourhood in October, state news agency IRNA reported.
- JANUARY 5, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A convicted drug trafficker, identified only by his initials A.A., was executed
- JANUARY 3, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
one man was hanged in the prison of Zahedan, Iran, early in the morning
one man was hanged in the prison of Zahedan, Iran, early in the morning
- JANUARY 3, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
According to several Iranian news agencies seven people were hanged in the prison
According to several Iranian news agencies seven people were hanged in the prison
- JANUARY 3, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
TALIBAN BEHEAD MILITANT FOR ‘SPYING’ FOR GOVERNMENT IN PAKISTAN
Taliban fighters beheaded fellow militant Gulbat Khan for spying for the government in the Ismail Zai area in the lawless Orakzai tribal region in northest Pakistan.
JANUARY 3, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: EIGHT PEOPLE HANGED
eight people were hanged in two different towns in Iran.
- JANUARY 1, 2011DelawareDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection
The method of execution is injection
- JANUARY 1, 2011ConnecticutDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection.
The method of execution is injection.
- JANUARY 1, 2011ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection.
The method of execution is injection.
- JANUARY 1, 2011ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection.
The method of execution is injection.
- JANUARY 1, 2011AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection.
The method of execution is injection.
- JANUARY 1, 2011GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
The Guatemalan penal code (1973) provides for the death penalty for parricide...
The Guatemalan penal code (1973) provides for the death penalty for parricide, aggravated homicide and assassination of the President or Vice-President.
- JANUARY 1, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: EIGHT PEOPLE HANGED IN QOM
Eight people were hanged in the prison of Qom, south of Tehran, state run news
- JANUARY 1, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: FOUR MEN HANGED IN BALUCHESTAN
four men were hanged in Zahedan prison in Sistan-Baluchestan.