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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- JULY 10, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran hanged four people convicted of murder...
Iran hanged four people convicted of murder...
- JULY 10, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
Ahmad Khalaj was executed in the prison of Sanandaj, Iran
Ahmad Khalaj was executed in the prison of Sanandaj, Iran
- JULY 10, 2008MarylandDEATH PENALTY
USA - Gov. Martin O’Malley announced the appointment of former U.S. Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti to chair the Maryland Commission on Capital Punishment.
USA - Gov. Martin O’Malley announced the appointment of former U.S. Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti to chair the Maryland Commission on Capital Punishment.
- JULY 10, 2008VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Kent Jermaine Jackson was put to death tonight.
USA - Kent Jermaine Jackson was put to death tonight.
JULY 9, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA. TWO UYGHURS EXECUTED IN KASHGAR AFTER MASS SENTENCING RALLY
Chinese authorities in the northwestern region of Xinjiang executed two ethnic minority
- JULY 8, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International and over 20 international...
Amnesty International and over 20 international...
JULY 5, 2008IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN EXECUTES MAN FOR DRUG SMUGGLING IN SOUTHEASTERN PROVINCE
a man was put to death in south eastern Iran after being found guilty of drug
JULY 2, 2008IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN HANGS THREE FOR MURDER
Iran hanged three men convicted of murder in Tehran's Evin prison, the state run news agency ISCAnews reported.
- JULY 1, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS TEENAGE MURDERER
Iran hanged a 19-year-old youth in prison in the central city of Isfahan after
- JULY 1, 2008FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Mark Dean Schwab was executed at the state's death chamber in Starke.
USA - Mark Dean Schwab was executed at the state's death chamber in Starke.
JUNE 30, 2008DEATH PENALTYUN INVESTIGATOR BLASTS US JUSTICE SYSTEM, DEATH PENALTY
A senior UN human rights investigator criticized the
- JUNE 27, 2008North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Superior Court Judge Robert Bell found Guy Tobias LeGrande incompetent for execution
USA - Superior Court Judge Robert Bell found Guy Tobias LeGrande incompetent for execution
JUNE 26, 2008NigeriaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA. TWO NIGERIANS EXECUTED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
two Nigerians were executed in Indonesia for drug trafficking, officials said. Samuel Okoye,
JUNE 26, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA. SIX EXECUTED FOR DRUG RELATED CRIMES
six people were executed in Yunnan and Henan provinces, and the Guangxi Zhua
- JUNE 25, 2008VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
Robert Stacy Yarbrough, 30, was pronounced dead at the Greensville Correctional Center
Robert Stacy Yarbrough, 30, was pronounced dead at the Greensville Correctional Center
- JUNE 25, 2008SyriaDEATH PENALTY
the Committee for the Monitoring of the Syrian Society and Human...
the Committee for the Monitoring of the Syrian Society and Human Rights stated that the Syrian authorities had executed the civil engineer Yasser al-Sakka, born in Aleppo in year 1970, married with two children, nearly a month before, without any prior ed
JUNE 24, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA EXECUTES THREE FOR DRUG DEALING
China executed three drug dealers and sentenced five more to death on
- JUNE 23, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
a young man who allegedly committed a...
a young man who allegedly committed a...
JUNE 21, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED BY SWORD FOR MURDER
a Saudi Arabian man was beheaded by the sword afterbeing convicted of killing a compatriot
- JUNE 20, 2008South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
James Earl Reed was executed in the state's electric chair in the state's death chamber in Columbia
James Earl Reed was executed in the state's electric chair in the state's death chamber in Columbia
- JUNE 19, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran hanged a man for murder in a prison in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas, a press report said.
Iran hanged a man for murder in a prison in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas, a press report said.
- JUNE 17, 2008OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Terry Lyn Short, 47, has been put to death at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary
Terry Lyn Short, 47, has been put to death at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary
JUNE 17, 2008IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. RIGHTS GROUP PUBLISHES LIST OF CHILDREN ON DEATH ROW
Iran has sentenced 177 people under the age of 18 to death over the past decade
JUNE 17, 2008JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN HANGS THREE MEN FOR MURDERS
Japan hanged three men convicted of murder, the Justice Ministry said in a statement.
JUNE 16, 2008IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN HANGS MAN IN CHABAHAR
Younes Rahmandust was hanged in a prison in the port city of Chabahar, in south eastern
- JUNE 12, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
four man, identified only as Sadeq, Alireza, Hamid and Ismail...
four man, identified only as Sadeq, Alireza, Hamid and Ismail, were hanged in Mashad’s Central Prison, Iran, the Iranian provincial daily newspaper Khorasan reported. The four were convicted of rape. According to this report, a young woman, who had escape
JUNE 11, 2008IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN HANGS EIGHT CONVICTS
Iran hanged eight men for murder or rape, the Fars news agency reported. The five murderers and three rapists were hanged in Tehran's notorious Evin prison.
- JUNE 10, 2008OhioDEATH PENALTY
"Ohio's lethal injection process is unconstitutional because it could cause pain and the state mandates that an inmate's death be painless, Lorain County Common Pleas Judge James Burge ruled today.
"Ohio's lethal injection process is unconstitutional because it could cause pain and the state mandates that an inmate's death be painless, Lorain County Common Pleas Judge James Burge ruled today.
JUNE 10, 2008IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. KURDISH BOY EXECUTED
A Kurdish boy, believed to be 16 or 17 years old at the time of execution
JUNE 9, 2008VirginiaDEATH PENALTYVIRGINIA (USA). KAINE COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE FOR TRIPLE MURDER
in the United States, Virginia Gov Timothy Kaine stopped tomorrow's execution