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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- NOVEMBER 11, 2010SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS CONDEMN RECENT EXECUTION OF TEENAGE GIRLS
several independent United Nations experts condemned the October 27 public execution by firing squad of two teenage girls in Beledweyne in central Somalia for spying by the Islamic militant group al-Shabaab in front of hundreds of residents in the town, a
NOVEMBER 10, 2010JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: DEATH PENALTY UPHELD FOR MAN FOR KILLING WEALTHY WOMAN, BROTHER
in Japan, Presiding Judge Akira Kanaya of the Tokyo High Court upheld a decision by
NOVEMBER 9, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FIVE PEOPLE HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
According to the reports from Iran five prisoners were hanged in the prison of Gonbad
- NOVEMBER 8, 2010ConnecticutDEATH PENALTY
USA - Connecticut. A jury sentenced Steven J. Hayes, 47, white, to death
USA - Connecticut. A jury sentenced Steven J. Hayes, 47, white, to death
NOVEMBER 8, 2010SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: MAN SPARED DEATH PENALTY DUE TO MENTAL ILLNESS
a bus driver who had been sentenced to hang for killing his step-daughter was
- NOVEMBER 7, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
MILITANTS EXECUTE THREE 'US SPIES' IN PAKISTAN: OFFICIALS
militants publicly executed three local tribesmen aged 25, 28 and 32, in North Waziristan...
- NOVEMBER 5, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN HANGED FOR RAPE
One man was hanged in the central Iranian city of Isfahan, reported the state run Iranian
- NOVEMBER 4, 2010AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Phillip Hallford, 63, white, was executed.
USA - Alabama. Phillip Hallford, 63, white, was executed.
- NOVEMBER 4, 2010SyriaDEATH PENALTY
Eliaza al-Saleh, Ahmed al-‘Abbas and Mazen Bassouni were executed...
Eliaza al-Saleh, Ahmed al-‘Abbas and Mazen Bassouni were executed...
- NOVEMBER 2, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: 'HANDS OFF CAIN', EU INTERVENES AGAINST SAKINEH HANGING
'Sakineh's fate depends on how strongly the European Union decides to mobilise itself against the death penalty and the Iranian government, and apply the necessary pressure to stop her from being hung. It would truly be a mockery if Sakineh, after being s
NOVEMBER 2, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 23 INMATES REPORTEDLY EXECUTED IN OCTOBER
23 prisoners were executed in Mashhad, the capital of Iran's northeastern
- OCTOBER 31, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SOUTHERN PROVINCE
a court in the Iranian city of Shiraz, capital of the southern Fars Province, has
OCTOBER 29, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI EXECUTED FOR KILLING BANGLADESHI TAXI DRIVER
Saudi Arabian national Yahya bin Hussein bin Ahmed Magrashi was
OCTOBER 27, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FIVE PEOPLE HANGED IN TEHRAN IN THE PAST FEW DAYS
Five people have been hanged in Tehran during the past few days.
- OCTOBER 26, 2010DEATH PENALTY
ARIZONA (USA): JEFFREY LANDRIGAN EXECUTED
Jeffrey Landrigan, 50, native american, was executed at the Arizona State Prison Complex
- OCTOBER 26, 2010ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. Jeffrey Landrigan, 50, native american, was executed
USA - Arizona. Jeffrey Landrigan, 50, native american, was executed
- OCTOBER 22, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: TWO PAKISTANIS EXECUTED FOR RAPE, THEFT
Pakistanis Kahram Shah Zad and Mohammed Abdulqadeer were executed in Riyadh, Saudi
- OCTOBER 21, 2010DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): CONVICTED KILLER OF ELDERLY COUPLE EXECUTED
A Texas man convicted for the slayings of an elderly couple found brutally beaten and stabbed
- OCTOBER 21, 2010TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Larry Wooten, 51, black, was executed.
USA - Texas. Larry Wooten, 51, black, was executed.
- OCTOBER 16, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
two men were hanged in the Karoun prison of Ahvaz, southwest of Iran, in the
two men were hanged in the Karoun prison of Ahvaz, southwest of Iran, in the
- OCTOBER 16, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
a man was hanged in the Karoun prison of Ahvaz, southwest of Iran, in the
a man was hanged in the Karoun prison of Ahvaz, southwest of Iran, in the
OCTOBER 16, 2010DEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE PEOPLE HANGED IN AHVAZ
Three men were hanged in the Karoun prison of Ahvaz, southwest of Iran, in the morning
- OCTOBER 15, 2010OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. Donald Ray Wackerly, 41, white, was executed
USA - Oklahoma. Donald Ray Wackerly, 41, white, was executed
OCTOBER 14, 2010JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: TOP COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR DOUBLE MURDER
presiding justice Ryuko Sakurai of the Japanese Supreme Court's first petty bench
OCTOBER 12, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: SECURITY GUARD TO HANG FOR DRUG CHARGE
Malaysian High Court Judge Datuk Wira Mohtarudin Baki sentenced security guard Rosnan
- OCTOBER 11, 2010DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): SPECIAL COURT OF REVIEW DISMISSES PUBLIC REPRIMAND OF JUDGE KELLER
A special court of review today dismissed a public reprimand of Judge Sharon Keller,
- OCTOBER 11, 2010TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. A special court of review today dismissed a public reprimand of Judge Sharon Keller
USA - Texas. A special court of review today dismissed a public reprimand of Judge Sharon Keller
OCTOBER 11, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FIVE HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran hanged five people in the central city of Isfahan for drug trafficking, state television's
OCTOBER 10, 2010SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: PUNTLAND COURT EXECUTES 2 PEOPLE FOR MUDRER
a court in Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland has executed two
OCTOBER 6, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 8 PEOPLE HANGED IN KERMAN
Eight people were hanged in the prison of Kerman, south east of Iran, reported the official