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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SEPTEMBER 15, 2010GhanaDEATH PENALTYGHANA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
A Ho High Court, in Ghana, sentenced Benjamin Deble, an Electrician, and Raymond Agbeve
SEPTEMBER 14, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
One person was hanged in the prison of Shirvan, northeastern Iran, in the morning, reported the official website of the Iranian judiciary in North Khorasan.
SEPTEMBER 13, 2010UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA: COURT SENDS MAN TO GALLOWS
Ugandan High Court Justice Benjamin Kabiito sentenced casual labourer Peter
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2010AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Holly Wood, 50, black, was executed
USA - Alabama. Holly Wood, 50, black, was executed
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2010DEATH PENALTY
WASHINGTON (USA): 1ST EXECUTION IN THE STATE SINCE 2001
Cal Coburn Brown, 52, white, was executed at the Washington State Penitentiary
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2010WashingtonDEATH PENALTY
USA - Washington. Cal Coburn Brown, 52, white, was executed. It is the 1st execution since 2001
USA - Washington. Cal Coburn Brown, 52, white, was executed. It is the 1st execution since 2001
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2010DEATH PENALTY
ALABAMA (USA): HOLLY WOOD EXECUTED
Holly Wood, 50, black, was executed in Alabama. He was accused
AUGUST 31, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SAKINEH MOHAMMADI ASHTIANI SUBJECTED TO MOCK EXECUTION
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani the Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning, was told on August 28 that she was to be hanged at dawn the day after, but the sentence was not carried out, it emerged tonight.
- AUGUST 31, 2010CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge Verna Adams extends ban on state executions
USA - California. Judge Verna Adams extends ban on state executions
AUGUST 29, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: SALESMAN TO HANG FOR FIANCEE'S MURDER
Judge Datuk Zamani A. Rahim of the Malaysian High Court sentenced salesman Raja Saiful Nizam Raja
AUGUST 27, 2010JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: EXECUTION CHAMBER OPENED TO REPORTERS
The Tokyo Detention House opened its execution chamber to the media, giving the public its first peek at the place where death-row inmates are hanged.
AUGUST 25, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: HUNDREDS POSSIBLY EXECUTED IN MASHHAD
According to unofficial reports from several sources in Iran several hundred prisoners
AUGUST 22, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran hanged Akbar Z., 33, and Hamidreza H., 28, and Afghanistan national Shah S., 38, in a
- AUGUST 21, 2010Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
FOUR EXECUTED OVER E.GUINEA ATTACK: AMNESTY
four military and government officials in Equatorial Guinea were executed for their
- AUGUST 20, 2010AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHAN TEENAGER BEHEADED FOR "COLLABORATING" WITH GOVERNMENT
in Afghanistan's western Nimroz Province, the Taliban beheaded an unidentifed man...
- AUGUST 19, 2010North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - North Carolina. Bureau of Investigation Charged With False Reports, Including in Capital Cases
USA - North Carolina. Bureau of Investigation Charged With False Reports, Including in Capital Cases
- AUGUST 17, 2010TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Peter Anthony Cantu, 35, Hispanic, was executed
USA - Texas. Peter Anthony Cantu, 35, Hispanic, was executed
- AUGUST 12, 2010AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Michael Jeffrey Land, 41, white, was executed
USA - Alabama. Michael Jeffrey Land, 41, white, was executed
- AUGUST 10, 2010OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Roderick Davie, 38, black, was executed
USA - Ohio. Roderick Davie, 38, black, was executed
- AUGUST 9, 2010AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
TALIBAN EXECUTE PREGNANT WOMAN IN AFGHANISTAN
the Taliban publicly flogged and then executed pregnant Afghan widow Bibi Sanubar...
- AUGUST 2, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN HANGED FOR MURDER
one man was hanged in the prison of Rajaee Shahr in Karaj early in the morning, according to the Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran and Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).
- AUGUST 2, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. HANGING FOR DRUG
one man was hanged in the prison of Behbehan, southwest of Iran, reported the official site of the Iranian judiciary in Khuzestan.
- JULY 31, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS TWO FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran hanged two men convicted of drug trafficking in the central city of Isfahan, Iran, the hardline Kayhan newspaper reported. Behnam J., 22, was found guilty of possessing 1.6 kgs of heroin, and Shahram A., arrested with 166 grams of heroin
- JULY 29, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN HANGED IN QAZVIN
One man was hanged in the prison of Qazvin, West of Tehran, early today, reported
- JULY 28, 2010JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN HANGS TWO, BUT URGES DEBATE ON EXECUTION
Japan hanged two men for murder in the first executions since the centre-left Democratic Party
- JULY 27, 2010IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ EXECUTED 230 PEOPLE FROM 2005-2009
Iraq executed 230 people from 2005 to 2009 and 1,254 were sentenced to
JULY 26, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE PEOPLE HANGED IN THE PRISON OF AHVAZ
Three people were hanged in the Karoun prison of Ahvaz (southwestern Iranian province of
JULY 26, 2010NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: THREE GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Edo State, Nigeria, Justice Cromwell Idahosa sentenced Chief Priest Felix Osadolor, alias Afro
- JULY 22, 2010MississippiDEATH PENALTY
USA - Mississippi. Joseph Daniel Burns, 42, white, has been executed
USA - Mississippi. Joseph Daniel Burns, 42, white, has been executed
JULY 21, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: ONE MAN HANGED IN AHVAZ
a man was hanged in the Karoun prison of Ahvaz (south west of Iran), reported the state run Iranian