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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- FEBRUARY 20, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: THREE PEOPLE HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Three men were hanged in two different Iranian cities for drug trafficking.
- FEBRUARY 18, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: PEJAK TERRORISTS EXECUTED IN IRAN
five people were executed in the Iranian city of Urmia for assisting terrorist organisation PEJAK
FEBRUARY 17, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabian man Ahmed al-Anzi was beheaded by the sword in the northern province
- FEBRUARY 16, 2010DEATH PENALTY
FLORIDA (USA): 45-YEAR-OLD INMATE EXECUTED FOR 1984 SLAYING
Martin Grossman was executed at the Florida state prison in Starke.
- FEBRUARY 16, 2010FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Martin Grossman, 45, white, Jewish, was executed
USA - Florida. Martin Grossman, 45, white, Jewish, was executed
FEBRUARY 14, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 411 PEOPLE EXECUTED SINCE 1971
Bangladesh has executed more than 400 people since the country became independent in 1971
- FEBRUARY 12, 2010DEATH PENALTY
ARIZONA: OLDEST US DEATH ROW INMATE DIES
Oldest US death row inmate died in Arizona. Viva Leroy Nash, 94, white, died late Friday
- FEBRUARY 12, 2010ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. Oldest US death row inmate dead in Arizona
USA - Arizona. Oldest US death row inmate dead in Arizona
- FEBRUARY 10, 2010NebraskaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nebraska. Governor OKs lethal injection mix.
USA - Nebraska. Governor OKs lethal injection mix.
FEBRUARY 6, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SHIRIN EBADI'S SAYS DEATH TRIAL UNFAIR
Iranian human rights lawyer and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi, 62, said that a 19 year old man
- FEBRUARY 4, 2010DEATH PENALTY
OHIO (USA): MAN EXECUTED FOR CONVENIENCE STORE KILLING
Death row inmate Mark Brown was executed via lethal injection in Ohio for the murders
- FEBRUARY 4, 2010South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - South Carolina. Judge J. Mark Hayes II ordered that Edward Lee Elmore cannot be executed because he is mentally retarded
USA - South Carolina. Judge J. Mark Hayes II ordered that Edward Lee Elmore cannot be executed because he is mentally retarded
- FEBRUARY 4, 2010OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Mark Brown was executed this morning
USA - Ohio. Mark Brown was executed this morning
- FEBRUARY 2, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN TO EXECUTE NINE PROTESTERS 'SOON': JUDICIARY OFFICIAL
Iran will "soon execute" nine people arrested during anti-government protests for seeking to topple the
- FEBRUARY 1, 2010DelawareDEATH PENALTY
USA - Delaware. Delaware's death penalty was upheld as constitutional today, paving the way for executions - on hold since May 2006
USA - Delaware. Delaware's death penalty was upheld as constitutional today, paving the way for executions - on hold since May 2006
JANUARY 30, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO MEN EXECUTED FOR RAPE
Two young men were hanged in Tehran’s Evin prison around noon.
- JANUARY 29, 2010KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
USA - Kentucky. Kentucky moved one step closer toward reinstating the death penalty
USA - Kentucky. Kentucky moved one step closer toward reinstating the death penalty
JANUARY 29, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MULLAHS' GUARDIAN COUNCIL SECRETARY CALLS FOR MORE EXECUTIONS
Ahmad Jannati, Secretary of the iranian clerical regime’s Guardian Council and a leading figure in the faction affiliated to Khamenei, reiterated in his Friday prayers sermon on the need to uphold the “velayat-e faqih” (absolute rule of clergy), State-run
JANUARY 28, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO POST-ELECTION 'RIOTERS' HANGED
Two of the people who have been sentenced to death in connection to the post-election protests in Iran, were hanged early this morning.
JANUARY 28, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 5 HANGED FOR KILLING BANGABANDHU
Bangladesh executed five former military officers for their role in the 1975 massacre of the
JANUARY 27, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: CONVICTED KILLER OF PROSECUTOR HANGED IN PUBLIC
Iran publicly hanged a man convicted of murdering a top judiciary official in the central city of Isfahan, Fars
- JANUARY 26, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: LETHAL EXECUTION OFFICERS READY
lethal injection is set to replace shooting as the main technique for the death penalty in Beijing, China. Executioners from Beijing's Intermediate People's Court have now finished their training, the Beijing Youth Daily reported.
JANUARY 25, 2010IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 'CHEMICAL ALI' EXECUTED
Ali Hassan al-Majid, the cousin of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, was executed in Iraq for crimes against humanity, a government spokesman said.
- JANUARY 24, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: MAN BEHEADED FOR TRAFFICKING DRUGS
Mohsen bin Mohammed bin Saleh al-Mokhles was beheaded by the sword in Dammam in the east of the kingdom for trafficking in hashish according to a Saudi Arabian Interior Ministry statement carried by the official SPA news agency.
- JANUARY 22, 2010North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
NORTH KOREA: PYONGYANG EXECUTES THREE ESCAPEES
North Korean authorities have executed three people, sent three other family members to a political
- JANUARY 22, 2010YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN. TWO MEN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Hamid Jabir Al-Hamshali and an unidentified man were executed for murder.
- JANUARY 21, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Jiang Yongsheng was executed in Chiana for multiple rape.
Jiang Yongsheng was executed in Chiana for multiple rape.
JANUARY 21, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED IN ARDEBIL
One man was hanged in the prison of Ardebil, northwestern Iran, reported the official Iranian news agency
- JANUARY 20, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
one man was hanged in the prison of Khash, according to the official site of the Iranian judiciary in Sistan-Baluchestan.
JANUARY 19, 2010SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: TWO MORE DARFUR REBELS SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Sudanese court sentenced another two Darfur rebels to death for a deadly 2008 attack,