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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- NOVEMBER 29, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS TWO FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran hanged two men convicted of drug trafficking in a prison in the southeastern city of Zahedan, Fars news
- NOVEMBER 29, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN SENTENCES THREE TO DEATH FOR MOSQUE BOMBING
Iran has sentenced three men convicted of a mosque bombing which left 14 people dead in the
- NOVEMBER 28, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA EXECUTES TWO CONVICTED OF SPYING
despite pleas for clemency from the Bush administration and European officials, a biomedical researcher
- NOVEMBER 26, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS 10 MURDERERS IN MASS EXECUTION
Iran hanged nine men and a woman convicted of murder in Tehran's Evin prison, the Fars news agency reported.
- NOVEMBER 26, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: IMMINENT EXECUTION OF FARZAD KAMANGAR
Farzad Kamangar, the Iranian Kurdish teacher and social worker sentenced to death on, according to his lawyer, "absolutely zero evidence", could be hanged on November 26, 2008 ITUC warned.
NOVEMBER 26, 2008United States Armed ForcesDEATH PENALTYUSA: EXECUTION STAY FOR RONALD GRAY
The federal Judge Richard Rogers has issued a stay in Ronald Gray’s execution, that
- NOVEMBER 25, 2008North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - North Carolina. Clinton Cebert Smith has been removed from North Carolina's death row after Superior Court Judge John R. Jolly Jr. ruled ha is mentally retarded
USA - North Carolina. Clinton Cebert Smith has been removed from North Carolina's death row after Superior Court Judge John R. Jolly Jr. ruled ha is mentally retarded
- NOVEMBER 25, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR MURDER
Iran hanged a man convicted of murder in a prison in the western city of Borujerd. The Kayhan newspaper
- NOVEMBER 24, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. THREE HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran hanged three men convicted of drug trafficking in a prison in the
- NOVEMBER 24, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN HANGED IN PRISON FOR MURDER
Iran executed a man convicted of murder in a prison in the western city of Shahr-e Kord, the
- NOVEMBER 24, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
a man was hanged in the central prison of Mashad...
a man was hanged in the central prison of Mashad...
- NOVEMBER 21, 2008CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. New Death Penalty Rules Rejected by California Court. With no legal method for lethal injection, state must keep delaying executions.
USA - California. New Death Penalty Rules Rejected by California Court. With no legal method for lethal injection, state must keep delaying executions.
- NOVEMBER 21, 2008KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
USA - Kentucky. Marco Allen Chapman was executed.
USA - Kentucky. Marco Allen Chapman was executed.
- NOVEMBER 20, 2008United States Armed ForcesDEATH PENALTY
USA. FIRST MILITARY EXECUTION SINCE 1961 SCHEDULED NEXT MONTH
A U.S. soldier convicted of rape and murder two decades ago will be executed December 10 in the
- NOVEMBER 20, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
an Iranian man convicted of drug trafficking was hanged in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas, a newspaper reported.
- NOVEMBER 20, 2008TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texaas. Robert Jean Hudson was executed
USA - Texaas. Robert Jean Hudson was executed
- NOVEMBER 20, 2008United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - The U.S. military had scheduled its first execution since 1961 for December 10
USA - The U.S. military had scheduled its first execution since 1961 for December 10
- NOVEMBER 19, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED FOR KILLING FAMILY
a Saudi Arabian man was beheaded by the sword after being convicted of murdering
- NOVEMBER 19, 2008OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Gregory Bryant-Bey was executed
USA - Ohio. Gregory Bryant-Bey was executed
- NOVEMBER 17, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
MAN HANGED IN IRAN FOR ALLEGEDLY SPYING FOR ISRAEL
Iran executed a man convicted of spying for Israel, a judiciary spokesman said. Al
- NOVEMBER 17, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS A MAN FOR MURDER
Iran hanged a man according to a Fars news agency report.
- NOVEMBER 13, 2008TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Denard Manns, 42, black, was executed today
USA - Texas. Denard Manns, 42, black, was executed today
- NOVEMBER 12, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI BEHEADS CHADIAN FOR RAPE
a Chadian man was beheaded by the sword in the western region of Mecca, Saudi Ara
- NOVEMBER 12, 2008MarylandDEATH PENALTY
USA - Maryland. The Maryland Commission on Capital Punishment voted 13-7 to recommend the abolition
USA - Maryland. The Maryland Commission on Capital Punishment voted 13-7 to recommend the abolition
- NOVEMBER 12, 2008TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. George Whitaker III was executed.
USA - Texas. George Whitaker III was executed.
- NOVEMBER 11, 2008AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHAN MPS SAY DEATH PENALTY REDUCES CRIME
Afghani television reported various MPs claims that capital punishment reduced crime.
- NOVEMBER 10, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER IN SAUDI ARABIA
a man convicted of murder was beheaded by the sword in Saudi Arabia, the Interior Ministry announced in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency.
- NOVEMBER 10, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. ANOTHER EXECUTION
Iran executed a 27 year old man convicted of murder in a prison in the western city of Shahr-e Kord, the Fars news agency reported
- NOVEMBER 9, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI BEHEADED FOR MURDER
a Saudi Arabian man was beheaded by the sword in the eastern province of Qatif after being convicted of
NOVEMBER 8, 2008IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: THREE EXECUTED IN BALI NIGHTCLUB BOMBINGS
Indonesia executed three Islamic militants for helping plan and carry out the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people, many of them foreign tourists.