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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- DECEMBER 17, 2009TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: TAIWAN MAN EXECUTED BY LETHAL INJECTION IN XIAMEN FOR HEROIN SMUGGLING
a Taiwan man was executed by lethal injection in Xiamen, China, the Xiamen Intermediate people's court said.
- DECEMBER 16, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: FOUR EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Three men were hanged in the prison of Zahedan, capital of the southeast Iranian province of Sistan-
- DECEMBER 15, 2009DEATH PENALTY
IRAN: FIVE MEN HANGED
five people have been recently executed in Iran for murder and armed robbery.
- DECEMBER 15, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
One man was hanged in public in the Serahe Khoramshahr square of Ahvaz, in the
One man was hanged in public in the Serahe Khoramshahr square of Ahvaz, in the
- DECEMBER 14, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
one man was hanged in the northeast Iranian town of Bojnord early the morning,
one man was hanged in the northeast Iranian town of Bojnord early the morning,
DECEMBER 14, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER HANGED
Iran publicly hanged Mohammad Sadegh, 27, in the northern town of Noor, the Vatan Emrouz newspaper
- DECEMBER 13, 2009KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: EGYPTIAN BUTCHER GIVEN DEATH FOR PREMEDITATED MURDER
Judge Wael Al-Atiqi of the Kuwaiti Criminal Court sentenced Egyptian butcher, S. Radhi, to death for
- DECEMBER 13, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran hanged a man convicted of armed robbery in the western Khuzestan province, Fars news
Iran hanged a man convicted of armed robbery in the western Khuzestan province, Fars news
- DECEMBER 11, 2009DEATH PENALTY
INDIANA (USA): INMATE EXECUTED FOR 1994 KILLINGS
Matthew Eric Wrinkles was executed at Indiana State Prison in Michigan City. Wrinkles, 49, white, was
- DECEMBER 11, 2009IndianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Indiana. Matthew Eric Wrinkles was executed
USA - Indiana. Matthew Eric Wrinkles was executed
DECEMBER 11, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: WOMAN EXECUTED OVER CHILD PROSTITUTION
a woman in southwest China, Zhao Qingmei, was executed in Guizhou province after her
- DECEMBER 10, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: EXECUTION BY GUNSHOT DISCONTINUED IN LIAONING
northeast China's Liaoning province became the first province to use lethal injection for all executions.
- DECEMBER 9, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
Fars news agency reported that Iran publicly hanged an unidentified man for murder. He was executed in
Fars news agency reported that Iran publicly hanged an unidentified man for murder. He was executed in
- DECEMBER 9, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
an unidentified man convicted of armed robbery was hanged in a square in the city of Ahvaz in Iran’s
an unidentified man convicted of armed robbery was hanged in a square in the city of Ahvaz in Iran’s
- DECEMBER 8, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN MUST STOP IMMINENT EXECUTION OF JUVENILE OFFENDER
the Iranian authorities must halt the planned execution of a juvenile offender, Amnesty International urged
- DECEMBER 8, 2009OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Kenneth Biros was executed, becoming the 1st person in the United States to be executed using a 1-drug lethal injection protocol
USA - Ohio. Kenneth Biros was executed, becoming the 1st person in the United States to be executed using a 1-drug lethal injection protocol
- DECEMBER 7, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: MAN BEHEADED AND CRUCIFIED
A man was beheaded and then crucified in the Saudi Arabian city of Hail.
- DECEMBER 3, 2009DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS EXECUTES LOW-IQ CONVICTED KILLER
A convicted killer was executed in Texas, despite pleas from his lawyers he was too mentally
- DECEMBER 3, 2009TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Bobby Wayne Woods was executed
USA - Texas. Bobby Wayne Woods was executed
- DECEMBER 2, 2009DEATH PENALTY
TENNESSEE (USA): MAN EXECUTED 29 YEARS AFTER KILLING THREE
Tennessee executed a man who had served nearly three decades on death row for killing three people during a shooting spree at a Nashville convenience store.
DECEMBER 2, 2009JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: ARSONIST GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING 16
A Japanese court sentenced to death an arsonist who killed 16 people when he set fire to an all-night adult
- DECEMBER 2, 2009TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee. Cecil Johnson Jr. was executed
USA - Tennessee. Cecil Johnson Jr. was executed
- NOVEMBER 27, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA EXECUTES TWO MEN FOR CHILD ABDUCTION
two men were executed for abducting and selling children in China, the Supreme People's Court said.
- NOVEMBER 26, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
GANG LEADER EXECUTED IN SW CHINA
a notorious gang leader was executed in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality after being convicted of organizing a crime ring that killed one person.
NOVEMBER 26, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: AFGHAN HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
One man has been hanged in Amol in northern Iran, official Iranian news agency IRNA reported.
- NOVEMBER 25, 2009DEATH PENALTY
KENTUCKY (USA): SUPREME COURT TEMPORARILY SUSPENDS EXECUTIONS
Kentucky may not execute anyone until it adopts regulations in compliance with the law, the Kentucky
NOVEMBER 25, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: CONVICTED RAPIST HANGED
An Iranian man convicted of rape was hanged in a prison in the city of Karaj on the western outskirts of Tehran, the ISNA news agency reported.
- NOVEMBER 25, 2009KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. A jury sentenced Fabian Hernandez to death
USA - Texas. A jury sentenced Fabian Hernandez to death
NOVEMBER 25, 2009North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: EXECUTION LEGAL FOR MINOR OFFENCES
according to a set of addendums to the “DPRK Penal Code” adopted in 2007 that leaked out of North
NOVEMBER 24, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: TWO EXECUTED OVER TAINTED MILK SCANDAL
two people were executed in China for their involvement in the country's contaminated milk scandal, in which at least six infants died and more than 300,000 became ill.