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 24, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED FOR AIDING PRISONER ESCAPE
the Saudi news agency SPA website carried a Saudi Arabian Interior Ministry statement saying that the
- OCTOBER 24, 2007AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA. FOLLOWING MORATORIUM TREND, COURT HALTS ALABAMA EXECUTION
a federal appeals court panel unanimously ordered a stay of execution on for a terminally ill prisoner who
- OCTOBER 21, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
US AND IRAQ AGREE TO DROP EXECUTION OF SADDAM'S DEFENCE MINISTER
US AND IRAQ AGREE TO DROP EXECUTION OF SADDAM'S DEFENCE MINISTER
- OCTOBER 20, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. FIVE EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
five drug traffickers were executed in Birjand in northeast
- OCTOBER 19, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRANIAN OFFICIAL DENIES YOUNG AFGHAN PRISONERS EXECUTED
IRANIAN OFFICIAL DENIES YOUNG AFGHAN PRISONERS EXECUTED
- OCTOBER 17, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. THREE PUBLICLY HANGED FOR RAPE IN CITY OF SHIRAZ
Iran hanged three convicted rapists in public in the southern city of Shiraz, the
- OCTOBER 17, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. EIGHT MEN, ONE WOMAN HANGED IN TEHRAN PRISON
Iranian authorities hanged eight men and a woman in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison, state media reported.
- OCTOBER 17, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPANESE MAN RELEASED FROM DEATH ROW SPEAKS AGAINST DEATH PENALTY AT UN
Sakae Menda, a man freed from death row more than 24 years ago in Japan...
- OCTOBER 16, 2007NevadaDEATH PENALTY
USA: NEVADA COURT STAYS EXECUTION OF MURDERER AT 11TH HOUR
the execution of a convicted murderer in Nevada was stayed at the 11th hour on Monday after an appeal by rights groups over the method of lethal injection to be used.
- OCTOBER 15, 2007TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN HAS NOT EXECUTED ANYONE FOR TWO YEARS: PRESIDENT
Tawianese President Chen Shui-bian said that no death row convict has been executed in Taiwan for nearly two years and that he has always wanted the death penalty being phased out completely from the country.
- OCTOBER 11, 2007ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
a split panel of three judges from the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at St. Louis...
a split panel of three judges from the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at St. Louis...
- OCTOBER 10, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. EXECUTIONS REACH 265 DEATHS IN A YEAR
Iran has executed 265 people in the past twelve months in a dramatic increase
- OCTOBER 10, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TWO HANGED IN IRANIAN KURDISTAN
two Iranians, Kiumars and Nader Mohammadi have been hanged in Iran's northwestern Kurdistan province, authorities announced.
- OCTOBER 9, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. ORGANS FROM DEATH ROW INMATES ONLY FOR FAMILY
China will no longer transplant organs from executed prisoners except for their immediate
- OCTOBER 8, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN WANTS TO TRANSFER 16 AFGHAN CHILDREN SCHEDULED FOR EXECUTION IN IRAN
the Iranian Foreign Affairs Ministry announced that 16
- OCTOBER 8, 2007DEATH PENALTY
CHINA. TIBETAN MAN EXECUTED
according to reports received by ICT, a Tibetan named
- OCTOBER 4, 2007United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY CALLS FOR DOCTORS TO BOYCOTT LETHAL INJECTION
Amnesty International has urged doctors and nurses not to participate in
- OCTOBER 3, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN HANGED IN PUBLIC FOR MURDER, SODOMY AND OTHER CRIMES
a man, identified as Shanuz Morovati, was hanged in a public square in Iran after
- OCTOBER 3, 2007OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Attorney General Drew Edmondson urged the state Court of Criminal Appeals to postpone...
Attorney General Drew Edmondson urged the state Court of Criminal Appeals to postpone...
- OCTOBER 3, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
'CHEMICAL' ALI'S EXECUTION DELAYED BY IRAQ
Iraq has stayed announced it will miss the legal deadline for executing Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as "Chemical Ali," while the government seeks a stay for the holy month of Ramadan.
- OCTOBER 2, 2007TexasDEATH PENALTY
TEXAS. NUECES DA WON'T SEEK DEATH PENALTY WHILE SUPREME COURT HAS YET TO RULE
The Nueces County District Attorney’s Office put a hold on
- OCTOBER 2, 2007HondurasDEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA). COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS DECISION SIGNALS LIKELY SHUTDOWN OF EXECUTIONS
the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has granted a stay of execution to Heliberto
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. THREE MEN PUBLICLY HANGED FOR RAPE OF 12 WOMEN
Iran hanged three men in public for raping and robbing twelve young women, most of them university
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2007AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
less than seven hours before he was scheduled to be executed...
less than seven hours before he was scheduled to be executed, Tommy Arthur was granted a 45-day stay Thursday by Gov. Bob Riley.
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2007TexasDEATH PENALTY
Michael Richard was executed. He had been convicted in the Aug. 18...
Michael Richard was executed. He had been convicted in the Aug. 18, 1986 rape and murder of 53-year-old Marguerite Lucille Dixon.
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPANESE MINISTER WANTS 'AUTOMATIC' EXECUTIONS
Japan's justice minister called for quicker executions, saying death row inmates should be hanged "automatically" within six months of losing their last appeal.
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2007TexasDEATH PENALTY
Clifford Kimmel was put to death for his part in an April 9, 1999 triple slaying.
Clifford Kimmel was put to death for his part in an April 9, 1999 triple slaying.
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2007TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
USA. TENNESSEE BANS LETHAL INJECTION
a judge in Tennessee has ruled the state's method of executing prisoners by lethal injection is illegal because it is a cruel and unusual punishment.
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. TIBETAN MAN EXECUTED
according to reports received by ICT,
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
according to the official Iranian Fars news agency...
according to the official Iranian Fars news agency...