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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MAY 10, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED
Saudi Arabian authorities beheaded a Pakistani man convicted of drug smuggling, the interior ministry said in
- MAY 9, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA BEHEADS ETHIOPIAN WOMAN FOR MURDER
an Ethiopian woman was beheaded by the sword in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the interior
MAY 9, 2007IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN PUBLICLY HANGS FIVE FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran publicly hanged five men convicted of drug trafficking in the southern town of Ravar in Kerman province, the governmental Iran newspaper reported.
MAY 9, 2007TennesseeDEATH PENALTYTENNESSEE EXECUTES MAN CONVICTED OF KILLING POLICE OFFICER
A man convicted of killing a Memphis police officer in 1981 was executed after a court rejected defense pleas for more time to examine newly revised execution protocols
- MAY 8, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI NATIONAL BEHEADED FOR MURDER
a Saudi national was beheaded by the sword in Riyadh, the interior ministry said in a statement carried by SPA state news agency.
MAY 7, 2007ThailandDEATH PENALTYSAUDI BEHEADS TWO THAIS FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
two Thai nationals, Shalirm Yonha Koy and Smnoq Mintcho Keet, were beheaded in the Saudi Arabian city of Al Dammam for drug smuggling.
MAY 7, 2007IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. A WOMAN HANGED IN BANDAR ABBAS
a 30 year old women identified as Zahra Nazari was hanged in the main prison of Iran's southern city of
- MAY 5, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA BEHEADS MAN CONVICTED OF KILLING YEMENI CHILD
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Saudi man convicted of murder, according to an Interior Ministry statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency. Ibnalzen
MAY 5, 2007AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYIRAN HANGS TWO FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran hanged two men convicted of drug trafficking in the southern town of Roodan in Hormozgan province, according to the student ISNA news agency.
- MAY 4, 2007IndianaDEATH PENALTY
David Leon Woods was put to death by lethal injection at Michigan City prison for killing Juan Placencia...
David Leon Woods was put to death by lethal injection at Michigan City prison for killing Juan Placencia...
- MAY 3, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
three men, M. Salari, Z. Hashimi and Amin A., were hanged in Iran for drug-related crimes
three men, M. Salari, Z. Hashimi and Amin A., were hanged in Iran for drug-related crimes
MAY 3, 2007AlabamaDEATH PENALTYALABAMA. DEATH ROW INMATE EXECUTED
Aaron Lee Jones was executed by lethal injection for the gruesome 1978 slaying of a Blount County couple, a crime that made him one of the state's longest death row residents.
- MAY 3, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER IN RIYADH REGION
a Saudi Interior Ministry statement announced that the Shari'ah Court convicted Saudi citizen Sa'id Bin-
- MAY 2, 2007TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
in Nashville, the House Judiciary Committee today unanimously approved legislation...
in Nashville, the House Judiciary Committee today unanimously approved legislation...
- MAY 2, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. FOUR PAKISTANIS EXECUTED FOR MURDER, RAPE
Saudi Arabia executed four Pakistanis convicted of murder and rape, the Saudi interior ministry announced
- MAY 1, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Bakht Iqbal Mussafer Khan was beheaded in public for drug-related crimes
Bakht Iqbal Mussafer Khan was beheaded in public for drug-related crimes
- APRIL 30, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN THREE INDIVIDUALS EXECUTED IN TEHRAN ON SECURITY CHARGES
three individuals were executed in Tehran, Iran, having been sentenced to death by the Tehran Revolutionary Court.
- APRIL 30, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
a Saudi man convicted of murder was beheaded by the sword in Saudi Arabia...
a Saudi man convicted of murder was beheaded by the sword in Saudi Arabia...
APRIL 30, 2007DEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA BEHEADS TWO FOR RAPE AND MURDER
a Mauritanian convicted of rape and a Saudi convicted of murder were beheaded by the sword in Saudi Arabia, the interior ministry said.
APRIL 29, 2007MassachusettsDEATH PENALTYUSA. LETHAL INJECTION, REVEALED
the Boston Globe Newspaper published an editorial in which it
- APRIL 28, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER
an Iranian man convicted of murder has been hanged in southern Hormozgan province...
APRIL 28, 2007DEATH PENALTYINDONESIA EXECUTES MAN FOR MURDERING FAMILY
an Indonesian man has been executed by a firing squad for his 1999 conviction of killing a family of six, including four children, on Borneo island.
- APRIL 26, 2007TexasDEATH PENALTY
Ryan Dickson, 30, a street gang member convicted...
Ryan Dickson, 30, a street gang member convicted of fatally shooting an Amarillo couple during a botched beer theft at their grocery store more than a dozen years ago was executed.
- APRIL 26, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDIS BEHEAD 3 MEN CONVICTED OF MURDER AND ROBBERY
three Saudis convicted of robbery and murder were beheaded, the Saudi Arabian Interior Ministry said in a statement.
- APRIL 25, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
in Iran, two men convicted of drug trafficking were hanged in Tehran's main prison.
- APRIL 24, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES MAN FOR MURDER IN LAND ROW
Saudi Arabia executed a convicted murderer...
- APRIL 24, 2007CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA. NEW STUDY CASTS DOUBT ON RELIABILITY OF LETHAL INJECTION DRUGS
a new scientific study of 41 lethal injections that took place in California and North
- APRIL 24, 2007OhioDEATH PENALTY
James Filiaggi was executed for the Jan. 24, 1994 killing of his ex-wife, Lisa Huff Filiaggi.
James Filiaggi was executed for the Jan. 24, 1994 killing of his ex-wife, Lisa Huff Filiaggi.
- APRIL 24, 2007JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDANIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BEHEADING FELLOW STUDENT
a male student who decapitated a colleague after he made sexual advances has been sentenced to death by Jordan's High Court, Al-Arab Al-Yom newspaper reported.
- APRIL 23, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
THREE IRAQIS BEHEADED FOR DRUG OFFENCES
Saudi Arabia beheaded three Iraqis nationals for drug smuggling.