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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- JUNE 5, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. A COUPLE STONED TO DEATH
Iranian authorities have stoned a man and a woman to death, according to a report that has surfaced in Persian-language websites.
- JUNE 5, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. HIGH COURT SAYS ASAHARA CAN BE PUT TO DEATH
the Tokyo High Court rejected a defense motion against the death sentence for Shoko Asahara, the former doomsday cult leader who masterminded a 1995 Tokyo subway gassing that killed 12 people.
- JUNE 1, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. TWO CONVICTS TO BE EXECUTED IN CENTRAL JAIL KARACHI
two pakistani, involved in a murder case, will be hanged in Karachi central jail on June 6, and June 8, respectively as an anti terrorist court has issued their black warrants following dismissal of their all the appeals.
- JUNE 1, 2006OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
John Albert Boltz, 74, was given a lethal injection at 6 p.m. at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.
John Albert Boltz, 74, was given a lethal injection at 6 p.m. at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.
- JUNE 1, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. ZHEJIANG PROVINCE TO EXECUTE PEOPLE BY LETHAL INJECTION
the Zhejiang Provincial Supreme Court announced that as of September 1 the province would start to implement death by lethal injection instead of putting convicts before a firing squad.
- MAY 31, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. THREE HANGED FOR MURDER, RAPE
an Iranian man convicted of murder and two others convicted of rape were hanged in Tehran's Evin prison. The man convicted of murder, identified as Alireza, had driven over and killed three people with his bus. He admitted doing so because he was angry af
- MAY 30, 2006NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Kenneth Ekhone and Auwalu Musa were executed in the central jail in Kaduna, Nigeria.
Kenneth Ekhone and Auwalu Musa were executed in the central jail in Kaduna, Nigeria.
- MAY 29, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. COURT ORDERS SEVEN MILITANTS TO HANG
a Bangladesh court sentenced seven top Islamist militants to death for killing two judges in a bomb attack in southern Jhalakati town in 2005.
- MAY 25, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
Derrick Sean O'Brien, whose execution for the murders of 2...
Derrick Sean O'Brien, whose execution for the murders of 2 teenage girls was blocked recently has been rescheduled for the death chamber on July 11.
- MAY 24, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
Jesus Ledesma Aguilar, 42, has been executed tonight in Huntsville
Jesus Ledesma Aguilar, 42, has been executed tonight in Huntsville
- MAY 23, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL BLASTS IRAN’S HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
Amnesty International blasted human rights abuses in Iran in 2005 in its annual report on the state of the world's human rights.
- MAY 22, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN HANGED IN PUBLIC FOR MURDER
Majid Sogan was hanged in public in the western Iranian city of Khoramabad for stabbing a friend to death two years previously.
- MAY 22, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO CONVICTED MURDERERS HANGED
it was reported that an Iranian woman and a foreign man who were convicted of murder had been hanged in recent days in Iran’s north-eastern province of Khorasan Razavi.
- MAY 22, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN HANGED IN PUBLIC FOR MURDER
an Iranian man convicted of murder was hanged in public in the southern town of Jahrom.
- MAY 22, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN HANGED IN PRISON FOR DRUG DEALING
it was reported that an armed narcotics smuggler, Masoud Naroui, was hanged in a prison in the southeastern city of Zahedan.
- MAY 20, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN HANGED FOR KIDNAPPING AND ARMED ROBBERY
an Iranian man convicted of kidnapping and armed robbery was hanged in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan.
- MAY 19, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. FIVE PEOPLE EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD FOR HEROIN DEALING
five people convicted of heroin dealing were executed in southern Ho Chi Minh City. The five, including two women, were put to death by firing squad before dawn.
- MAY 19, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. TWO MEN HANGED FOR MURDER
two men were hanged till death in Faisalabad Jail in Pakistan.
- MAY 18, 2006SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA. MAN EXECUTED IN BELEDWEN FOR MURDER
Abdi kadir Shuriye was executed in Beledwen, central Somalia, after being convicted a few days previously of killing Ahmed Nur whilst attempting to steal his mobile phone.
- MAY 17, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
TEXAS, USA. HERRON EXECUTED FOR MURDERS
Jermaine Herron, a man convicted in the shooting deaths of a woman and her son in 1997 was executed, hours after a court rejected his appeal that the drugs used in lethal injections cause excessive pain.
- MAY 17, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. CONVICTED QUADRUPLE KILLER DEALT DEATH PENALTY
Shojiro Nishimoto, a jobless man under indictment on charges of murdering four people in Nagano and Aichi prefectures in 2004, was handed the death penalty.
- MAY 16, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
TEXAS, USA. DEATH ROW APPEAL DENIED
the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals voted 5-4 to lift a stay of execution it issued on May 15 for Derrick S. O'Brien. O'Brien had been scheduled to die May 16; a new execution date was to be set at a hearing in July.
- MAY 14, 2006JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
JAMAICA. DEATH PENALTY 'STALEMATE' REMAINS
"As long as the law remains as it is, nobody is going to be hanged in Jamaica. Nobody," Justice Minister Senator A.J. Nicholson was reported to have said.
- MAY 13, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. FIRST KNOWN EXECUTION OF A CHILD OFFENDER IN 2006
Majid Segound, 17-year old, and an unnamed 20-year old male were executed by hanging in Khorramabad, the capital of Iran’s Lorestan province.
- MAY 7, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN HANGED FOR MURDER
an Iranian man convicted of murder was hanged in a prison in the southwestern city of Ahvaz.
- MAY 4, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
TEXAS. WILSON EXECUTED FOR 1988 MURDER
Jackie Wilson was executed by lethal injection for the 1988 murder of a 5-year-old girl abducted from her bed in Arlington, Texas.
- MAY 4, 2006SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: MOGADISHU ISLAMIC COURT CONDEMNED FOR HASTY EXECUTION
the relatives of Sheekha Omar Hussein, the man stabbed to death by the son of the teacher he was convicted of killing, said they were not aware of the Islamic court’s execution verdict upon him.
- MAY 2, 2006OhioDEATH PENALTY
OHIO, USA. STATE EXECUTES JOSEPH CLARK AFTER UNPRECEDENTED DELAY
Joseph Clark was put to death in Ohio but not until after one of his veins had collapsed, causing the condemned man to sit up and tell his executioners, "It's not working".
- MAY 2, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT. FIVE MEN EXECUTED FOR MURDER, DRUG SMUGGLING, RAPE
Kuwait carried out the executions of five men convicted of murder and drug smuggling. The bodies of the men were then put on public display from the gallows.
- MAY 2, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA. ARSON EXPERTS DISMISS EVIDENCE THAT LED TO TEXAS EXECUTION
4 of the nation's top arson experts have concluded that the state of Texas executed a man based on scientifically invalid evidence, and they called for an official re-investigation of the case.