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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- 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 16, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
BUSH: IRAQ “FUMBLED” SADDAM EXECUTION, MADE IT LOOK LIKE REVENGE KILLING
President Bush said the Iraqi government had "fumbled"
- 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 15, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
three prisoners, identified as Eskandar Abbassi...
three prisoners, identified as Eskandar Abbassi...
- JANUARY 10, 2007DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS 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 PENALTY
IRAN 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, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN’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 PENALTY
FOUR 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 9, 2007OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
in McAlester, Corey Duane Hamilton was put to death
in McAlester, Corey Duane Hamilton was put to death
- JANUARY 8, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
UK. 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.
- JANUARY 1, 2007TexasDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection
The method of execution is injection
- JANUARY 1, 2007PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection.
The method of execution is injection.
- JANUARY 1, 2007TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection.
The method of execution is injection.
- JANUARY 1, 2007VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection.
The method of execution is injection.
- JANUARY 1, 2007United States Armed ForcesDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection.
The method of execution is injection.
- JANUARY 1, 2007UtahDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection.
The method of execution is injection.
- JANUARY 1, 2007South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection.
The method of execution is injection.
- JANUARY 1, 2007WashingtonDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection.
The method of execution is injection.
- JANUARY 1, 2007WyomingDEATH PENALTY
The method of execution is injection.
The method of execution is injection.
- JANUARY 1, 2007SudanDEATH PENALTY
The crimes punishable by death are murder, armed robbery...
The crimes punishable by death are murder, armed robbery...
- JANUARY 1, 2007Guinea-BissauDEATH PENALTY
Guinea Bissau abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1993.
Guinea Bissau abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1993.
- JANUARY 1, 2007MalawiDEATH PENALTY
The offences for which capital punishment either can or must be applied are murder...
The offences for which capital punishment either can or must be applied are murder...
- JANUARY 1, 2007EgyptDEATH PENALTY
The Egyptian Constitution makes no reference to the death penalty.
The Egyptian Constitution makes no reference to the death penalty.
- JANUARY 1, 2007GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
The Guatemalan penal code (1973) provides for the death penalty for parricide...
The Guatemalan penal code (1973) provides for the death penalty for parricide, aggravated homicide and assassination of the President or Vice-President.
- JANUARY 1, 2007RwandaDEATH PENALTY
Rwanda is the first African country in the Great Lakes region to abolish the death penalty
Rwanda is the first African country in the Great Lakes region to abolish the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2007UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
With the introduction of law No. 482-II on April 25...
With the introduction of law No. 482-II on April 25...
- JANUARY 1, 2007TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
On January 8, 2002, Taiwan’s parliament abolished the Act for the Control and Punishment of Banditry...
On January 8, 2002, Taiwan’s parliament abolished the Act for the Control and Punishment of Banditry...