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 10, 2008JapanDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY PROTESTS DEATH PENALTY USE WORLDWIDE
anti-death penalty activists staged a mock hanging outside the Japanese embassy in Belgium to mark the European day against the death penalty, calling on nations around the world to stop executions.
OCTOBER 10, 2008ItalyDEATH PENALTYDEATH PENALTY. HANDS OFF CAIN PRESENTS DOSSIER
For the European Day Against Capital Punishment, Hands Off Cain presented a dossier entitled "The death penalty around the world - THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTS OF THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 2008". The global trend towards the abolition of the death penalty cont
OCTOBER 8, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA. MAN EXECUTED FOR DRUG PEDDLING
Ali Bin Abdullah Bin Musfir Al-Salouli Al-Bishi, a Saudi Arabian national, was beheaded in Bisha
- OCTOBER 6, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: EXECUTION SCHEDULED DESPITE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCEMENT
even though Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani announced that all death sentences were to be commuted to life imprisonment on June 21, four prisoners have been executed and the fifth, Zulifkar Ali, is to be hanged on October 8 in Rawalpindi's Adi
OCTOBER 6, 2008JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN. 42 DEATH-ROW INMATES ARE SEEKING RETRIALS
a survey by a Japanese citizens' group opposed to capital punishment found that at least 42 of some 100
OCTOBER 6, 2008IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. MAN HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A convicted drug trafficker was hanged in prison in the northern Iranian city of Hamedan, Etemad
- OCTOBER 3, 2008AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. The Alabama Supreme Court held today that the state's use of lethal injection is constitutional
USA - Alabama. The Alabama Supreme Court held today that the state's use of lethal injection is constitutional
- OCTOBER 3, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. A MAN HANGED IN HAMADAN
the state run news agency ISCA news reported that the Iranian regime has hanged a man identified only by his first name as Nosrat A., 43, in the western city of Hamadan
- OCTOBER 3, 2008UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: K’JONG SENTENCES SONS TO DEATH FOR RAPE OF SISTER
a man in Karamoja, Uganda, sentenced his two sons to death for raping their sister, one of whom was then executed
- OCTOBER 1, 2008IraqDEATH PENALTY
a man has been executed after he was found guilty...
a man has been executed after he was found guilty of committing murders, the Diwaniya’s anti-terror office director said, adding death sentences were handed down against 42 on the same charges.
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2008St. Kitts & NevisDEATH PENALTY
ST KITTS: EXECUTION SET BACK
the execution of four condemned men, in St. Kitts and Nevis, was further delayed when a judge in St Lucia decided not to make a ruling on the case.
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. 21 YEAR OLD MAN HANGED IN KERMANSHAH PRISON
a 21 year old man identified as Homayon Shabestari was hanged in the western Iranian city of Kermanshah.
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2008OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. Jessie James Cummings was put to death today at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary
USA - Oklahoma. Jessie James Cummings was put to death today at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TALIBAN PUBLICLY EXECUTE FOUR MEN
tribal elders, clerics and Taliban publicly executed four men in South Waziristan, Pakistan, for allegedly committing murder, eyewitnesses said.
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2008BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
BOTSWANA. MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
a death row inmate in Botswana, Kedisaletse Tsobane, 49, who was convicted of killing his 10 year old daughter in 2004, was executed.
SEPTEMBER 24, 2008DEATH PENALTYBOTSWANA. MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
a death row inmate in Botswana, Kedisaletse Tsobane, 49, who was convicted of killing his 10 year old daughter in 2004, was executed. On July 21, the Court of Appeal dismissed his case. Tsobane was sentenced to death by the Francistown High Court after he
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2008FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida - Richard Henyard, 34, black, was executed at Florida State Prison.
USA - Florida - Richard Henyard, 34, black, was executed at Florida State Prison.
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2008United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - After years of professing their parents' innocence, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg's sons acknowledge their father was a spy.
USA - After years of professing their parents' innocence, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg's sons acknowledge their father was a spy.
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2008IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: EXECUTION PLANS FOR BALI BOMBERS LABELLED TORTUROUS
Indonesia's Constitutional Court heard a detailed description of how the Bali bombers will die from a Catholic priest who says execution is torturous.
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2008TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. A Texas prosecutor plans to review some 40 pending death penalty cases, after several recent instances in which capital convictions were overturned, by DNA testing.
USA - Texas. A Texas prosecutor plans to review some 40 pending death penalty cases, after several recent instances in which capital convictions were overturned, by DNA testing.
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2008YemenDEATH PENALTY
a man was executed in Yemen for a killing crime...
a man was executed in Yemen for a killing crime which led to the death five security individuals.
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
at the Central Prison in Sana'a, Yemen...
at the Central Prison in Sana'a, Yemen...
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRANIAN ACTIVISTS FIGHT CHILD EXECUTIONS
Iranian rights groups and lawyers stepped up a campaign against the execution of juvenile offenders hoping to save about 120 people convicted as minors who are now on death row...
SEPTEMBER 17, 2008TexasDEATH PENALTYTEXAS (USA). MAN EXECUTED FOR KILLING 93-YEAR-OLD WOMAN
a man who raped and murdered a 93-year-old woman in her Dallas-area home was executed after he apologized to his victim's relatives.
SEPTEMBER 16, 2008DEATH PENALTYGEORGIA (USA). MAN ON DEATH ROW 33 YEARS IS EXECUTED
a man who had been on Georgia's death row for 33 years was executed by lethal injection for killing his wife in 1974.
SEPTEMBER 11, 2008IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran has hanged a man convicted of drug trafficking in a prison in the northern city of Sari, the government's Iran newspaper reported
SEPTEMBER 11, 2008JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN EXECUTES THREE MEN FOR MURDERS
Japan hanged three death-row inmates, officials said, bringing the number of executions this year to 13
SEPTEMBER 10, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: TEACHER EXECUTED FOR BRUTAL RAPE
a teacher was executed for raping or molesting 39 female primary school pupils in northwestern Gansu Province, China.
SEPTEMBER 10, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: TWO EXECUTIONS FOR MURDER AND SPYING
China has executed two men. Abduhalik Muzht, 39, convicted of fatally cutting two children with a knife in December 2006, was executed on September 4.
SEPTEMBER 8, 2008LebanonDEATH PENALTYLEBANON: HIZBULLAH EXECUTED SENIOR ORGANIZATION OFFICIAL ACCUSED OF ESPIONAGE
the Kuwaiti daily Al-Siyassa reported that Hizbullah executed one of its senior military officers, Jamal Salah, on charges of maintaining contacts with "hostile elements" in Lebanon and of spying for Walid Jumblatt's Socialist Progressive Party.