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 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 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 PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN BEHEADED AND CRUCIFIED
A man was beheaded and then crucified in the Saudi Arabian city of Hail.
- DECEMBER 3, 2009TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Bobby Wayne Woods was executed
USA - Texas. Bobby Wayne Woods was executed
DECEMBER 3, 2009DEATH PENALTYTEXAS EXECUTES LOW-IQ CONVICTED KILLER
A convicted killer was executed in Texas, despite pleas from his lawyers he was too mentally
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
DECEMBER 2, 2009DEATH PENALTYTENNESSEE (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.
- 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.
- NOVEMBER 22, 2009SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN: SIX CHILDREN SENTENCED TO DIE OVER REBEL RAID
Sudan sentenced six children to death for taking part in a Darfur rebel attack on Khartoum but has since
- NOVEMBER 19, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI MAN EXECUTED FOR KILLING SISTER
Saudi Arabian man Mourif al-Ribai was executed in the Kharj region of Riyadh after being convicted of murdering his sister, the interior ministry announced in a statement carried by the official SPA agency.
- NOVEMBER 19, 2009TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Robert Lee Thompson was executed
USA - Texas. Robert Lee Thompson was executed
NOVEMBER 19, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE HANGED FOR RAPING TEENAGE BOY
three Iranian men were hanged for raping a 17-year-old boy who subsequently committed suicide, the Fars
- NOVEMBER 18, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR RAPE
ISNA news agency said an unidentified 23-year-old man convicted of robbery and rape was hanged in Bojnourd city in Iran’s north eastern North Khorasan province. It did not give the date of execution.
- NOVEMBER 18, 2009TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Danielle Simpson has been executed
USA - Texas. Danielle Simpson has been executed
NOVEMBER 18, 2009IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ PLANNING TO HANG UP TO 126 WOMEN BY YEAR'S END
Iraq is planning to execute up to 126 women by the end of this year.
NOVEMBER 17, 2009ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: 6 ROBBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
in Zambia, Lusaka High Court Judge Tamula Kakusa sentenced six men to death for the armed aggravated
- NOVEMBER 17, 2009VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Virginia. Larry Bill Elliott was executed by electric chair
USA - Virginia. Larry Bill Elliott was executed by electric chair
NOVEMBER 17, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: ONE WOMAN AND TWO MEN HANGED
Three people, among them one woman, were hanged in the prison of Isfahan (Central Iran) early this
NOVEMBER 17, 2009SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: ISLAMISTS STONE WOMAN TO DEATH FOR ADULTERY
Islamist rebels publicly stoned a woman to death and flogged a man 100 times for alleged adultery in southern Somalia.
- NOVEMBER 16, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: MAN EXECUTED FOR CHILD RAPE
in Taif, Saudi Arabia, Saad Al-Hathli was executed for kidnapping and raping two schoolboys at a remote area outside the
- NOVEMBER 15, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN HANGED IN PUBLIC
One man was hanged in a public square in the northern Iranian city of Qaemshahr in the Caspian Sea Mazandaran province, reported the Iranian daily newspaper Kayhan.