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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- OCTOBER 29, 2006Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MEN BEHEADED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Saudi Arabia beheaded two foreign nationals on charges they smuggled heroin and cocaine into the country, the Interior Ministry said.
- OCTOBER 26, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. FOUR MEN EXECUTED FOR DESTROYING OIL PIPELINES IN ZHENGZHOU
four men were executed for destroying oil pipelines in Central China's Henan Province.
- OCTOBER 26, 2006AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Larry Eugene Hutcherson, 37, white...
Larry Eugene Hutcherson, 37, white, was executed by lethal injection for the killing of an 89-year-old woman.
- OCTOBER 25, 2006DEATH PENALTY
USA. FLORIDA AND TEXAS EXECUTE KILLERS
Florida executed a serial killer just hours before Texas put to death a man convicted in the stabbing deaths of his parents and an uncle.
- OCTOBER 25, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
Gregory Summers was executed in the Texas...
Gregory Summers was executed in the Texas death chamber today for initiating a murder-for-hire plot that authorities said led to the fatal stabbing of his parents and an uncle.
- OCTOBER 25, 2006FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Danny Rolling was executed this evening at Florida State Prison.
Danny Rolling was executed this evening at Florida State Prison. He was declared dead at 6:13 p.m. Rolling, 52, was one of the nation's most notorious serial killers.
- OCTOBER 24, 2006OhioDEATH PENALTY
OHIO. CULT LEADER EXECUTED
the state of Ohio executed a cult leader who killed a family of five, a crime he said God had commanded him to carry out.
- OCTOBER 19, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. RECORD NUMBER ON DEATH ROW, OFFICIAL
the number of people on death row in Bangladesh has risen to a record 860...
- OCTOBER 18, 2006FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Arthur Rutherford was executed. Rutherford, 57, white, was pronounced dead at 6:13 p.m..
Arthur Rutherford was executed. Rutherford, 57, white, was pronounced dead at 6:13 p.m..
- OCTOBER 18, 2006MississippiDEATH PENALTY
Bobby Glen Wilcher , 43, white...
Bobby Glen Wilcher , 43, white, was executed at Unit 17 of the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman. He died at 6:42 p.m.
- OCTOBER 18, 2006United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
UNITED KINGDOM. BLAIR URGES PAKISTAN TO STAY BRITON'S EXECUTION
Prime Minister Tony Blair urged Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to intervene again to halt the hanging of a British national, scheduled to occur during a royal visit to his country. And it also emerged that Prince Charles, due to visit Pakistan at th
- OCTOBER 16, 2006MissouriDEATH PENALTY
MISSOURI. JUDGE AGAIN RULES DEATH-PENALTY PROCEDURE IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
a federal judge has ruled for the second time that Missouri's death penalty procedures were unconstitutional. The ruling issued October 16 by US District Judge Fernando Gaitan Jr. confirmed a ruling he made in September that the death penalty protocol, wh
- OCTOBER 13, 2006SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA. ISLAMISTS CARRY OUT 2ND PUBLIC EXECUTION
islamic radicals carried out their second public execution in less than a month amid fears of increasing extremist violence in Somalia.
- OCTOBER 10, 2006EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT. RIGHTS GROUP CALLS FOR END TO DEATH PENALTY
an Egyptian human rights organization has called for the abolition of capital punishment, on the fourth annual World Day against the death penalty.
- OCTOBER 1, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MINOR SENTENCED TO HANG
a 17 year old boy was sentenced to death in Iran for murder, the Etemad daily reported.
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO BROTHERS HANGED IN PUBLIC
two Iranian brothers convicted of murder have been hanged publicly in the western province of Lorestan, the official news agency IRNA said.
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA EXECUTES FORMER LAWMAKER ON CORRUPTION, RAPE CHARGES
Sang Yuechun, president of Jigang Industrial and Trade Group Corp. and a former deputy to China's legislature, was executed in the northeastern province of Jilin on charges of rape, weapons possession and misappropriating 120 million yuan (US$15 million;
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
USA. CONGRESS HOLDS FIRST HEARING ON ORGAN HARVESTING
as many as 41,500 healthy people who practice Falun Gong became involuntary victims of organ transplants and murdered between 2002 and 2005, according to a report that was presented before the U.S. Congress.
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. ORGAN SALES 'THRIVING', BBC NEWS REPORT
the sale of organs taken from executed prisoners appears to be thriving in China, an undercover investigation by the BBC found.
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2006CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
CALIFORNIA, USA. GUARDS BUNGLED WILLIAMS EXECUTION: OFFICIAL
a Californian official admitted that state prison guards had bungled the recent controversial execution of former gang leader Stanley Williams, but denied that lethal injection constituted cruel and unusual punishment.
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. BALI BOMBERS TO KEEP THEIR HEADS
Indonesia will not meet a request by three Islamic militants sentenced to death over the 2002 Bali bombings to be executed by decapitation rather than firing squad. Lawyers of Amrozi, Ali Ghufron alias Mukhlas and Imam Samudra had said the previous week t
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. THREE DRUG TRAFFICKERS HANGED IN PRISON
three Iranian men convicted of drug trafficking were hanged in a prison in the southeastern city of Zahedan. The men were identified as Ali Karimi, Gholam Koohkan and Khodamorad Lashkarzadeh.
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. FOUR PRISONERS HANGED IN PRISON
four prisoners were hanged by Iran’s judicial officials inside Zahedan Prison. State-run daily Khorassan identified those executed as Shah Mohammad, Nader Rigi, Abdolali Balouch and Mohammad Shakib.
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. CHRISTIANS EXECUTED FOR RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE, VIOLENT PROTESTS ENSUE
the execution of three Christians in Indonesia brought thousands of protesters to the streets in the hometown of one of the dead, where they freed prisoners and burned an official's house, a witness said.
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2006SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA. THOUSANDS WATCH PUBLIC EXECUTION IN MOGADISHU
over 6,000 people watched the public execution of a convicted murderer in the Somali capital Mogadishu, the first execution since the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) seized power from an alliance of warlords on June 5.
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2006DEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. EXECUTION OF TIBO AND FRIENDS POSTPONED
three Indonesian Catholics imprisoned in Palu, province of central Sulawesi, will not be executed at least until tomorrow. “The execution will take place on Friday in the early hours,” (Palu time), said Fr Jimmy Tumbeleka, the spiritual director of the th
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. 11 PEOPLE EXECUTED FOR TERRORISM
Iraq's northern Kurdistan administration executed 11 people, officially described as terrorists, sentenced to death for taking part in beheadings and bombings.
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. FOUR MEMBERS OF A FAMILY HANGED IN BHAWALPUR JAIL
Pakistani authorities hanged four men from the same family who had been convicted of murdering local rivals over a small chunk of land, jail superintendent Tariq Babur Khan said.
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. TWO MEN EXECUTED FOR KILLING SEVEN WITH POISON GAS IN ROBBERY
two men were executed for killing seven people, including two accomplices, with poison gas in a robbery in east China's Jiangxi Province.
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO MEN EXECUTED IN EVIN PRISON FOR MURDER
a man identified only as Akbar, was executed in Iran for killing his wife in 2000 because he suspected he was not the father of their nine-month-old baby girl. Akbar set their house ablaze after strangling and stabbing his wife but firefighters succeeding