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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JUNE 1, 2007CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYCALIFORNIA (USA). EXECUTIONS UNLIKELY THE REST OF THE YEAR
a judge will not hear legal challenges to the state's lethal injection procedure until October.
MAY 31, 2007IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. CHILD RAPISTS PUBLICLY HANGED
Iran publicly hanged two men convicted of raping and murdering young girls in the northern Mazandaran province
- MAY 28, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR 'TERRORISM'
Iran hanged a member of a "terrorist" group in a restive border province...
- MAY 28, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN PUBLICLY HANGS MAN FOR MURDER
Iran publicly hanged a man convicted of murder in the southern Fars province.
- MAY 27, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS FOUR FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
four men convicted of smuggling 600 kilos of opium were hanged in the town of Birjand...
- MAY 27, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
Sa`id Qanbar Zahi was executed in prison in the city of Zahedan.
Sa`id Qanbar Zahi was executed in prison in the city of Zahedan.
- MAY 24, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
a man convicted of drug trafficking was hanged in the southeastern...
a man convicted of drug trafficking was hanged in the southeastern...
- MAY 24, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR ARMED ROBBERY
a man was publicly hanged in the southeastern Iranian province of Sistan Baluchestan...
- MAY 24, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabian authorities beheaded a Pakistani man convicted of smuggling drugs into the country...
Saudi Arabian authorities beheaded a Pakistani man convicted of smuggling drugs into the country...
MAY 24, 2007OhioDEATH PENALTYOHIO (USA). HOUR-PLUS DELAY IN LETHAL INJECTION
An execution was delayed more than an hour while prison medical staff struggled to find suitable veins in the
- MAY 22, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. AUTHORITIES BEHEAD SAUDI MAN CONVICTED OF DRUG SMUGGLING
Saudi authorities beheaded a Saudi national convicted of smuggling drugs into the country, the Interior Ministry said.
MAY 22, 2007ArizonaDEATH PENALTYARIZONA. COMER EXECUTED BY LETHAL INJECTION
Arizona executed a 50-year-old man by lethal injection for the murder of a camper in 1987, state prison officials said.
MAY 20, 2007KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT. PAKISTANI HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A Pakistani national convicted of drug trafficking has been hanged in Kuwait, officials said.
- MAY 19, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Misfer bin Ali al-Khathami was executed in the Southern region of Aseer...
MAY 18, 2007DEATH PENALTYIRAN. FIVE EXECUTED FOR MURDER, DRUG SMUGGLING
Three people convicted of murder and two others found guilty of drug smuggling were hanged in Iran, AFP reported.
- MAY 17, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
TWO HANGED IN IRAN FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
two men found guilty of drug smuggling were hanged in Iran, the newspaper Tehran Emrouz reported.
- MAY 16, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI BEHEADS MAN FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Saudi Arabia has beheaded Saudi national Jalal Al-Marhoun in the northern region of Al-Jawf for smuggling drugs into the kingdom, the ministry said.
- MAY 16, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
THREE HANGED IN IRAN FOR MURDER
three people convicted of murder were hanged in Iran, the newspaper Tehran Emrouz reported.
- MAY 16, 2007EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
two Ethiopian citizens, Ali Mohammed Ali and Adel Adam Aman...
two Ethiopian citizens, Ali Mohammed Ali and Adel Adam Aman...
MAY 16, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA DIPLAYES BODIES OF 2 ETHIOPIANS BEHEADED FOR ARMED ROBBERY AND MURDER
Saudi authorities beheaded two Ethiopians convicted of killing a Saudi national in an armed robbery and
MAY 16, 2007TexasDEATH PENALTYTEXAS (USA). MAN EXECUTED IN DEPUTY DEATH
Kansas prison escapee was executed for fatally shooting a sheriff's deputy who was trying to pull him over for stealing $22.50 worth of gasoline from a service station.
- MAY 15, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA BEHEADS INDIAN FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Saudi Arabia beheaded an Indian man convicted of drug smuggling, the Interior Ministry said in a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency.
- MAY 15, 2007CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
the Schwarzenegger administration has submitted a revised procedure to carry out the death penalty.
the Schwarzenegger administration has submitted a revised procedure to carry out the death penalty.
- MAY 15, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
TWO HANGED FOR RAPE IN GUJRANWALA CENTRAL JAIL
two men convicted of gang rape were hanged in Gujranwala Central Jail in Pakistan.
- MAY 14, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
FOUR NATIONALS EXECUTED IN SAUDI ARABI FOR MURDER
four Saudi Arabians were beheaded by the sword after being convicted of rape and murder.
MAY 14, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA. IRAQI BEHEADED FOR SMUGGLING HASHISH
an Iraqi national was beheaded by the sword after being convicted of smuggling hashish into the ultra-conservative kingdom, the interior ministry said.
- MAY 14, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. 15 DRUG TRAFFICKERS HANGED
Iran publicly hanged 15 men convicted of drug trafficking in the northeastern city of Mashhad in Khorasan Razavi province.
- MAY 13, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI BEHEADS TWO PAKISTANIS FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
two Pakistanis found guilty of drug trafficking were beheaded by the sword in Saudi Arabia, the interior ministry said.
- MAY 13, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI BEHEADS NATIONAL FOR MURDER
Mufreh bin Ahmad al-Missbali Assiri, a Saudi convicted of murder...
- MAY 11, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. FOUR EXECUTED FOR SMUGGLING DRUGS
Saudi Arabia beheaded three Pakistani men and a Nigerian by the sword after convicting them of drug trafficking.