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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- 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 PENALTYKenneth 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.
- AUGUST 14, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS TWO FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Iran hanged two convicted drug smugglers in a prison in the town of Taibad in the eastern Khorasan Razavi province, the student ISNA news agency reported.
- AUGUST 12, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN PUBLICLY HANGS MAN FOR MURDER IN BABLOSAR
an Iranian man was hanged in public in a square in the northern town of Bablosar in Mazandaran province, a press report said.
- AUGUST 8, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN PUBLICLY HANGS MAN FOR MURDER IN FARS
Iran publicly hanged a man for murder near the town of Jahrom in the southern Fars province...
- AUGUST 7, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI AUTHORITIES BEHEAD PAKISTANI CONVICTED OF DRUG TRAFFICKING
Saudi Arabian authorities beheaded a Pakistani man convicted of smuggling heroin into the kingdom...
- AUGUST 7, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN PUBICLY HANGS MAN FOR MURDER IN GOLESTAN
Iran publicly hanged a man for murder in the town of Gonbad-e Kavous in the northern province of Golestan, state-run television reported on its website.
- AUGUST 6, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS THREE CRIMINALS
Iran hanged three men convicted of drug trafficking and armed assault in the southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province, the official media reported.
AUGUST 6, 2007EthiopiaDEATH PENALTYETHIOPIA. ARMY MAJOR EXECUTED FOR MURDERING SPY BOSS
Tsehaye Woldeselassie, an army major, was executed in Ethiopia for murdering
- AUGUST 4, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Rahatullah Ghareeb Gul was beheaded in public for drug-related crimes.
Rahatullah Ghareeb Gul was beheaded in public for drug-related crimes.
- AUGUST 3, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded two Pakistanis and a Nigerian for drug smuggling.
Saudi Arabia beheaded two Pakistanis and a Nigerian for drug smuggling.
- AUGUST 3, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded three Pakistanis for armed
Saudi Arabia beheaded three Pakistanis for armed
AUGUST 3, 2007DEATH PENALTY5 PAKISTANIS, NIGERIAN BEHEADED IN SAUDI ARABIA
Saudi Arabia beheaded five Pakistanis and a Nigerian for drug smuggling
- AUGUST 2, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
MEN HANGED PUBLICLY IN IRAN FOR JUDGE'S MURDER
two men convicted of murdering an Iranian judge were hanged from a crane in Tehran as a large crowd gathered to watch the first known public executions in the capital in five years.
- AUGUST 1, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIAN MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabia beheaded by the sword a man convicted of murder, the interior ministry said in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency.