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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- FEBRUARY 1, 2007TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
Gov. Phil Bredesen postponed four executions...
Gov. Phil Bredesen postponed four executions so the state could review and better document its procedures for lethal injection.
- JANUARY 31, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed a Pakistani man for drug smuggling, local media reported.
Saudi Arabia executed a Pakistani man for drug smuggling, local media reported.
JANUARY 31, 2007DEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA. 3 EXECUTED FOR DRUGS, ROBBERY AND MURDER
Saudi Arabia executed two Saudis and a Pakistani man for drug smuggling, armed robbery and murder, local media reported.
- JANUARY 30, 2007TexasDEATH PENALTY
Christopher Swift, 31, was executed...
Christopher Swift, 31, was executed...
JANUARY 29, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES WOMAN FOR MURDER
a Saudi Ministry statement published by the official news agency SPA stated a Saudi woman, identified as Hala bint Marzouk al-Outaibi, was executed for murder.
JANUARY 26, 2007NigeriaDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE EXECUTES MEN FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Singapore has executed two African men for drug smuggling after rejecting appeals for clemency by Nigeria's president, the UN and rights groups. Iwuchukwu Amara Tochi, 21, of Nigeria, and 35-year-old Okeke Nelson Malachy, a stateless African, were hanged
- JANUARY 25, 2007North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
NORTH CAROLINA. JUDGE BLOCKS EXECUTIONS
Superior Court Judge Donald W. Stephens in Raleigh blocked two executions, creating a de facto moratorium on capital punishment in the state until it changes its lethal injection procedure.
JANUARY 24, 2007IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. FOUR IRANIAN ARABS EXECUTED
Iran publicly hanged four men convicted of taking part in deadly bombings in the south-western city of Ahwaz in 2005.
JANUARY 23, 2007South KoreaDEATH PENALTYSOUTH KOREA. EXECUTED FOR TREASON, ACTIVISTS ARE POSTHUMOUSLY ACQUITTED
eight pro-democracy activists were posthumously acquitted of treason charges, more than 30 years after they were executed. The Seoul Central District Court said the activists were not guilty of forming an underground party aiming to overthrow the authorit
- JANUARY 22, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran has publicly hanged a man convicted of murder.
Iran has publicly hanged a man convicted of murder.
- JANUARY 22, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran has publicly hanged a man convicted of drug trafficking.
Iran has publicly hanged a man convicted of drug trafficking.
JANUARY 21, 2007SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDANESE CHILD RAPISTS WHIPPED AND SENTENCED TO HANG FOR CHILD RAPE
the Sudanese central Khartoum criminal court convicted Mutassim Khairallah, 35, and Imad Tabben,
JANUARY 18, 2007IranDEATH PENALTYIRANIAN HANGED FOR DECADES-OLD MURDER
An Iranian convicted of murdering his brother and sister-in-law as well as their two children 27 years ago was hanged in the central city of Isfahan, the government newspaper Iran reported.
JANUARY 18, 2007DEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA. TWO PAKISTANIS, TWO SAUDIS BEHEADED
- JANUARY 17, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed two pakistani men for possessing, selling and smuggling drugs, the interior ministry said.
Saudi Arabia executed two pakistani men for possessing, selling and smuggling drugs, the interior ministry said.
- JANUARY 17, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed a national, Ali bin Mohammed bin Heilan Al Harbi,
Saudi Arabia executed a national, Ali bin Mohammed bin Heilan Al Harbi,
- JANUARY 17, 2007TexasDEATH PENALTY
Johnathan Moore, 32...
Johnathan Moore, 32...
- JANUARY 17, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Sharif Chushti was hanged in Pakistan for murder.
Sharif Chushti was hanged in Pakistan for murder.
- JANUARY 16, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed a Saudi man for shooting
Saudi Arabia executed a Saudi man for shooting and killing a fellow citizen,
JANUARY 16, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTYBUSH: IRAQ “FUMBLED” SADDAM EXECUTION, MADE IT LOOK LIKE REVENGE KILLING
President Bush said the Iraqi government had "fumbled"
- JANUARY 15, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
three prisoners, identified as Eskandar Abbassi...
three prisoners, identified as Eskandar Abbassi...
JANUARY 10, 2007TexasDEATH PENALTYTEXAS EXECUTES MAN CONVICTED OF MURDERING 3-YEAR-OLD
Carlos Granados, a man convicted of murdering his girlfriend's 3-year-old son, was put to death by lethal injection in Texas' first execution of the year.
JANUARY 10, 2007IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN HANGS MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER
an Iranian man convicted of murdering a police officer was hanged in the northern town of Tonekabon, Mazandaran province, a press report said.
- JANUARY 9, 2007OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
in McAlester, Corey Duane Hamilton was put to death
in McAlester, Corey Duane Hamilton was put to death
JANUARY 9, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN’S FIRST EXECUTION OF THE YEAR 2007
the first execution of 2007 was carried out in Faisalabad jail where a condemned prisoner Waheed Iqbal, 40, was hanged.
JANUARY 9, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTYFOUR EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING IN SOUTH CHINA
four people were executed for drug trafficking in Yulin, a city in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Chen Lizhen was one of four people convicted of trafficking 65 kilograms of heroin from
JANUARY 8, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTYUK. BROWN: SADDAM'S EXECUTION 'COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE'
British Chancellor of Exchequer Gordon Brown condemned the hanging of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein as "deplorable" and "completely unacceptable", the BBC reported.
- JANUARY 3, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN CONVICTED OF RAPE
Iran hanged a man convicted of rape in Evin, Teheran’s main prison.
- JANUARY 3, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN CONVICTED OF DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran hanged a man convicted of drug trafficking in a prison in the central city of Isfahan, the state news agency IRNA reported.
- JANUARY 3, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MEN CONVICTED OF MURDER
Iran hanged two men convicted of murder in Evin, Teheran’s main prison.