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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- NOVEMBER 9, 2006VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
John Yancey Schmitt was executed by injection...
John Yancey Schmitt was executed by injection...
- NOVEMBER 8, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
Willie Shannon, 33, was executed tonight
Willie Shannon, 33, was executed tonight
- NOVEMBER 8, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS BANGLADESHI FOR MURDER
Iran hanged a Bangladeshi convicted of murdering his brother-in-law in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas.
NOVEMBER 8, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA. THREE PAKISTANIS EXECUTED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Saudi Arabia executed three Pakistanis, including two women, for drugs smuggling, taking to 20 the number of reported executions in the conservative kingdom in 2006.
NOVEMBER 7, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ. NOBELLIST APPEALS TO IRAQI GOVERNMENT NOT TO CARRY OUT CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR SADDAM HUSSEIN
Nobel Peace Laureate, Mairead Corrigan Maguire, has appealed to the Iraqi Government not to carry out the death sentences passed on former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, as well as his former Vice President, Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, and former Intell
NOVEMBER 5, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ. SADDAM AND TWO CO-DEFENDANTS SENTENCED TO HANG
Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death by hanging for crimes against humanity.
- NOVEMBER 3, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN PUBLICLY HANGED FOR MURDER
an Iranian man convicted of murder was hanged in public in the southeastern town of Zabol, the government newspaper Iran reported
NOVEMBER 2, 2006IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. COUPLE REPORTED HANGED IN MAY, WERE ACTUALLY STONED TO DEATH
according to Rooz daily, “In May 2006, a man and a woman identified as Abbass H. and Mahboubeh M. were stoned to death in the northern city of Mashhad”.
- NOVEMBER 1, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
Donell Jackson, 33, was executed this evening.
Donell Jackson, 33, was executed this evening.
- NOVEMBER 1, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
an iranian man convicted of drug trafficking was hanged in public in the southeastern city of Zahedan.
an iranian man convicted of drug trafficking was hanged in public in the southeastern city of Zahedan.
- NOVEMBER 1, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
an iranian man convicted of armed kidnapping was hanged in public in the southeastern city of Zahedan.
an iranian man convicted of armed kidnapping was hanged in public in the southeastern city of Zahedan.
- NOVEMBER 1, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as M., was hanged in public in Gorgan...
a man, identified only as M., was hanged in public in Gorgan...
- OCTOBER 31, 2006Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Barakat bin Sadun bin Raja' al-Outaibi, a Saudi man, was put to death in the capital Riyadh.
- OCTOBER 31, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR ARMED ROBBERY
an Iranian man convicted of several counts of robbery was hanged in the southern province of Hormozgan.
- OCTOBER 31, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. TRIPLE-MURDER CONVICT HANGED IN BAHAWALPUR JAIL
Nazir Ahmad was executed in Bahawalpur Central Jail, Pakistan, for the murder of three people in June 1999.
OCTOBER 31, 2006Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA. NIGERIAN WOMAN EXECUTED FOR DRUGS SMUGGLING
Saudi Arabia executed a Nigerian woman for drugs smuggling.
- OCTOBER 30, 2006United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
a firing squad executed a man who was sentenced to death for killing a Sharjah police officer.
a firing squad executed a man who was sentenced to death for killing a Sharjah police officer.
OCTOBER 29, 2006AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYSAUDI 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 PENALTYCHINA. 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 PENALTYLarry 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, 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 25, 2006DEATH PENALTYUSA. 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 24, 2006OhioDEATH PENALTYOHIO. 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 PENALTYSOMALIA. 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.