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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MAY 21, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED FOR MURDER
Iran hanged a man identified only as Mohammad in the central province of Isfahan
- MAY 21, 2010MississippiDEATH PENALTY
USA - Mississippi. Gerald James Holland was executed
USA - Mississippi. Gerald James Holland was executed
MAY 20, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN EXECUTED IN PUBLIC FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran publicly hanged a man convicted of drug trafficking in the western city of Ahvaz, Fars news agency reported. The man was identified by his initials as A.A., he was arrested with 1.375 kilos of heroin.
- MAY 19, 2010TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Rogelio Cannady was executed
USA - Texas. Rogelio Cannady was executed
- MAY 19, 2010MississippiDEATH PENALTY
USA - Mississippi. Paul Everette Woodward was executed
USA - Mississippi. Paul Everette Woodward was executed
MAY 18, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran executed two men for drug trafficking in Isfahan Central Prison, FARS
- MAY 17, 2010SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: AL SHABAAB EXECUTES MAN IN MOGADISHU
Al Shabaab militants executed a man in Mogadishu, Somalia, for spying for the transitional federal government.
- MAY 13, 2010OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Michael Beuke was executed
USA - Ohio. Michael Beuke was executed
- MAY 13, 2010TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Billy Galloway was executed.
USA - Texas. Billy Galloway was executed.
- MAY 12, 2010TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Kevin Varga was executed.
USA - Texas. Kevin Varga was executed.
MAY 12, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: CONTRACTOR TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Malaysian High Court judge Datuk Syed Ahmad Helmy sentenced freelance contractor Cheah
MAY 12, 2010DEATH PENALTYTEXAS (USA): MAN EXECUTED FOR 1998 KILLING
The state of Texas executed by lethal injection a 41-year-old man convicted in
- MAY 11, 2010MarylandDEATH PENALTY
USA - Maryland. Pool. Maryland voters remain divided on death penalty
USA - Maryland. Pool. Maryland voters remain divided on death penalty
MAY 11, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MUMBAI ATTACKS GUNMAN COULD BE HANGED THIS YEAR
The lone surviving gunman of the 2008 Mumbai attacks could be executed this year
MAY 9, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN HANGS 5 KURDISH ACTIVISTS, INCLUDING WOMAN
five Kurdish activists, including a woman, were hanged in Iran's notorious Evin Prison.
MAY 8, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SIX HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran hanged six men convicted of drug trafficking in
MAY 2, 2010United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA: ANESTHESIOLOGISTS FACE PENALTY FOR PARTICIPATING IN DEATH PENALTY
The American Board of Anesthesiologists has decided to revoke the certification of any member who participates in executing a prisoner by lethal injection.
- APRIL 29, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN HANGED IN ARDEBIL
One person was hanged in the prison of Ardebil, in northwestern Iran.
APRIL 28, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI BEHEADED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabian national Hussein al-Darwish was beheaded by the sword in Qatif
- APRIL 27, 2010TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Samuel Bustamante was executed
USA - Texas. Samuel Bustamante was executed
APRIL 27, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
Saudi authorities executed a man by beheading after he was sentenced to death
APRIL 27, 2010DEATH PENALTYTEXAS (USA): SAMUEL BUSTAMANTE EXECUTED
Samuel Bustamante was executed in Texas. Bustamante, 40, hispanic, was convicted in 2001 of the January 18, 1998 robbing and slaying of Rafael Alvarado, 27, an illegal immigranta from Mexico.
- APRIL 26, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TWO EXECUTIONS IN MASHAD
According to the Iranian daily newspaper Quds, two men
APRIL 25, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN DECAPITATED FOR MURDER
A Saudi man was decapitated by the sword in the eastern city of Dammam, in Saudi
- APRIL 24, 2010TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. William Josef Berkley, 31, white, was executed
USA - Texas. William Josef Berkley, 31, white, was executed
APRIL 23, 2010UtahDEATH PENALTYUTAH (USA): GARDNER CHOOSES DEATH BY FIRING SQUAD
USA - Utah. Judge Robin Reese has signed the death warrant for Ronnie Lee Gardner, who choose to die by firing squad.
- APRIL 20, 2010OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Darryl Durr, 46, black, was executed
USA - Ohio. Darryl Durr, 46, black, was executed
- APRIL 20, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN HANGED FOR MURDER
The official website of Khuzestan (southwestern Iran) judiciary reported that
- APRIL 19, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR RAPE
Iran hanged an unidentified man for rape in a prison in the southeastern province of
- APRIL 19, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: FOUR HANGED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Iran hanged four men in a prison in the southeastern province of Kerman for drug smuggling