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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- SEPTEMBER 13, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. THREE PRISONERS HANGED IN AHWAZ
in Iran, the Mullahs' regime executed three prisoners in
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2007TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
TENNESSEE (USA). INMATE PUT TO DEATH BY ELECTRIC CHAIR
a US man who killed his children has been put to death in the
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR MURDER
a man identified only as M. Kh., who stabbed his mother...
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS TWO FOR RAPE
Iran hanged two convicted rapists separately in the Shiite religious
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN EXECUTES THREE AHWAZI ARABS
the Iranian regime executed three Ahwazi Arab political prisoners just days after UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour, visited Iran.
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Abdul Ghafoor was hanged in Pakistan for murder.
Abdul Ghafoor was hanged in Pakistan for murder.
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran hanged two drug traffickers in its southern port city of Bandar Abbas
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2007TexasDEATH PENALTY
TEXAS EXECUTES MAN FOR 1998 MURDER
Tony Roach, white, 30, was executed this evening in Texas. He was
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2007DEATH PENALTY
IRAN. 21 EXECUTED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING, BANDITRY
Iran hanged 21 convicted drug smugglers and other criminals, Iranian media said, the latest of a
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
four offenders were put to death in the city of Shiraz, Iran, after being convicted
four offenders were put to death in the city of Shiraz, Iran, after being convicted
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
Seventeen drug smugglers were executed in the iranian province of Khorasan Razavi, the Web site of state broadcaster IRIB said.
Seventeen drug smugglers were executed in the iranian province of Khorasan Razavi, the Web site of state broadcaster IRIB said.
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR MURDER IN PUBLIC OUTSIDE TEHRAN
Iran hanged a convicted murderer in public in a town just south of the capital Tehran...
- AUGUST 30, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY. HANDS OFF CAIN PRESENT 2007 REPORT
it is only a few weeks from the presentation of a resolution on the Universal Moratorium on Capital Punishment at the UN General Assembly by the European Union, an initiative that was inspired by Italy, Hands Off Cain has released its 2007 Report on Capit
- AUGUST 29, 2007TexasDEATH PENALTY
John Joe Amador, 32, was executed for the Jan. 4, 1994...
John Joe Amador, 32, was executed for the Jan. 4, 1994...
- AUGUST 28, 2007TexasDEATH PENALTY
DaRoyce Mosley was executed for the death of a woman who was 1 of 4 people...
DaRoyce Mosley was executed for the death of a woman who was 1 of 4 people...
- AUGUST 23, 2007AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Luther Jerome Williams, 47, was executed...
Luther Jerome Williams, 47, was executed by lethal injection this evening at Holman Correctional Facility near Atmore.
- AUGUST 23, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN INCREASES HANGINGS TO EASE DEATH ROW OVERCROWDING
Japan carried out three hangings, the most executions in a single day in 31 years, as it struggles to reduce a growing death row population.
- AUGUST 23, 2007SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: GOVT SOLDIER EXECUTED FOR MURDERING COMRADE
the Somali armed forces executed a government soldier at Somalia's former execution field in the army academy "Scool Polizia", along the coast of Mogadishu.
- AUGUST 23, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. ACTIVISTS CONDEMN JAPAN HANGINGS
Human Rights groups strongly condemned the hanging of three convicted criminals by Japan.
- AUGUST 22, 2007TexasDEATH PENALTY
Johnny Ray Conner, 32, became the 400th condemned inmate Texas...
Johnny Ray Conner, 32, became the 400th condemned inmate Texas has put to death since executions resumed in 1982.
- AUGUST 22, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
TWO HANGED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING IN SOUTHEAST IRAN
two drug smugglers were executed in Iranshahr, Iran
- AUGUST 22, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TWO EXECUTED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING IN SISTAN-BALUCHESTAN
two men were executed in Zahedan in Iran for drug smuggling.
- AUGUST 22, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
Eleven men were executed in Iraq, for murder, rape and terrorism.
Eleven men were executed in Iraq, for murder, rape and terrorism.
- AUGUST 21, 2007OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Frank Duane Welch, 46, was put to death at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.
Frank Duane Welch, 46, was put to death at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.
- AUGUST 20, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA BEHEADS YOUTH CONVICTED OF MURDERING STEPMOTHER WHILE A MINOR
Saudi Arabian authorities beheaded a Saudi national convicted of fatally shooting his stepmother while he was still a minor. The execution took place in the Muslim holy city of Mecca.
- AUGUST 19, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS 3 FOR RAPE IN LATEST PUBLIC EXECUTION
Iran hanged three men in public for raping a woman, the official media reported.
- AUGUST 17, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
DP TWO SAUDIS BEHEADED FOR MURDER, RAPE
a Saudi Arabian national was beheaded by the sword for murdering
- AUGUST 17, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
a Saudi Arabian national was beheaded by the sword for rape
a Saudi Arabian national was beheaded by the sword for rape
- AUGUST 16, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN HANGED FOR MURDER OF YOUTH
a convict, identified as Jarar, alias Chand, was hanged at Sialkot District Jail in Pakistan.
- AUGUST 15, 2007TexasDEATH PENALTY
Kenneth Parr was executed for the Jan. 21, 1998...
Kenneth Parr was executed for the Jan. 21, 1998, rape and fatal shooting of a woman during a break-in at her home.