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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OCTOBER 20, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: NINE UIGHURS EXECUTED
exiled Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer said she had learnt that "out of the 11 Uighurs who were sentenced to
OCTOBER 15, 2009GambiaDEATH PENALTYGAMBIA TO PUSH AHEAD WITH EXECUTIONS
Gambia will execute convicts sentenced to death for murder that have exhausted all appeals, director of
- OCTOBER 14, 2009South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH CAROLINA (USA): BOARD PARDONS 2 BLACK MEN EXECUTED 94 YEARS AGO
Tom Joyner gets justice for electrocuted kin, 94 years later. Radio host gets pardon for his great-uncles
OCTOBER 13, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN EXECUTED FOR TRAFFICKING 48 KG OF DRUGS
Lu Fuguo was executed for drug trafficking in south China's Guangdong Province, the Dongguan Municipal
OCTOBER 13, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS: PRESIDENT DENIES PARDON
Belarusian president Aleksander Lukashenko refused to pardon death row inmate Vasily Yusepchuk,
- OCTOBER 12, 2009South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA: 920 EXECUTED SINCE 1948
Rep. Park Min-shik of the governing Grand National Party in South Korea said 920 condemned criminals were put to death from 1949 to 1997.
OCTOBER 12, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO WOMEN AND FOUR MEN EXECUTED IN KHUZESTAN PROVINCE
Six people have been executed in the southwest Iranian Khuzestan during the last week, reported the Iranian daily newspaper Kayhan quoting the state run news agency Fars.
OCTOBER 11, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. MINOR OFFENDER BEHNOUD SHOJAEE EXECUTED IN TEHRAN
the minor offender Behnoud Shojaee was executed at 5 in the morning at Tehran's Evin Prison. He was convicted of murdering another boy by the name Omid in June 2005, when he was 17 years old.
- OCTOBER 8, 2009AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Max Landon Payne was executed
USA - Alabama. Max Landon Payne was executed
OCTOBER 7, 2009Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: MILITARY COURT ISSUES DEATH SENTENCE
the Permanent Military Court in Gaza, Palestine, headed by Judge Ayman 'Imad al-Din, sentenced Saleem
OCTOBER 5, 2009DEATH PENALTYOHIO (USA): GOVERNOR STRICKLAND DELAYS TWO MORE EXECUTIONS
Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland has delayed the executions of two inmates, hours after a federal appeals court
OCTOBER 5, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED FOR ADULTERY AND HOMOSEXUALITY
a man was hanged for adultery and homosexuality, human rights lawyer Mohammad Mostafaei reported.
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2009TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Governor Replaces Members of Commission Examining Possible Wrongful Execution
USA - Texas. Governor Replaces Members of Commission Examining Possible Wrongful Execution
SEPTEMBER 28, 2009SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: ISLAMISTS EXECUTE TWO FOR SPYING
Somalia's hardline Shebab Islamists publicly executed two people accused of spying for the US Central
SEPTEMBER 28, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FIVE HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Five people were hanged in the prison of Taybad, north-east of Iran reported the official news site of the Iranian police.
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: WOMAN HANGED FOR MURDER
One woman was hanged in the prison of Sarakhs, north-east Iran, reported the state run Iranian news
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2009TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Christopher Coleman, 37, black, was executed.
USA - Texas. Christopher Coleman, 37, black, was executed.
SEPTEMBER 22, 2009DEATH PENALTYTEXAS (USA): KILLER IN '95 HOUSTON AMBUSH EXECUTED
Christopher Coleman, 37, black, was executed in Texas. He was 1 of 3 men convicted in connection with a drug-related shootings on Dec. 14, 1995 that claimed 3 lives.
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2009TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Stephen Moody was executed
USA - Texas. Stephen Moody was executed
SEPTEMBER 15, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: FOUR DRUG MAKERS EXECUTED
China executed four men for drug production, the Supreme People's Court (SPC) said.
SEPTEMBER 15, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA: SOLDIER TO HANG FOR KILLING COLLEAGUE
the UPDF 5th Division Court Martial sitting at Acholpii in Pader District, Uganda, sentenced a Local
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2009NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: TEENAGER SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING
in Nigeria, Chief Justice Bemari Bansi of the Yola High Court sentenced Patrick Ozeoma to hang for a
SEPTEMBER 8, 2009LibyaDEATH PENALTYLIBYA: THREE EGYPTIANS EXECUTED
the Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights said that Egyptian nationals Hijazi Ahmad Zaydan, Haytham al-
SEPTEMBER 3, 2009LiberiaDEATH PENALTYLIBERIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING HIS TWO CHILDREN
a man believed to be in his 50s was sentenced to death by hanging for killing his two
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2009IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: 4 SENTENCED TO HANG FOR DEADLY BANK ROBBERY
an Iraqi court sentenced four Iraqi security force members to death for killing eight police guards during a
- AUGUST 31, 2009TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. New Investigation Confirms Execution of an Innocent Man, Cameron Todd Willingham
USA - Texas. New Investigation Confirms Execution of an Innocent Man, Cameron Todd Willingham
AUGUST 31, 2009TexasDEATH PENALTYTEXAS: NEW INVESTIGATION CONFIRMS EXECUTION OF AN INNOCENT MAN
Broad body of evidence points to wrongful execution of texan Cameron Todd Willingham white, 36 at the
AUGUST 24, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MORE NE CITIES TO ADOPT LETHAL INJECTION
All 14 cities in northeast China's Liaoning Province are expected to have adopted the lethal injection as the
- AUGUST 24, 2009ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND: DRUG TRAFFICKERS EXECUTED BY LETHAL INJECTION
two men were executed by lethal injection in the prison of Bang Khwang, Thailand.
AUGUST 23, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN GETS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR ACID THROWING IN SIRAJGANJ
at a tribunal in Sirajganj, Bangladesh, Special Tribunal Judge Biplob Goswami convicted a man and