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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- MAY 2, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. WOMAN HANGED IN PUBLIC
Farzaneh Sadeqi, female, was hanged in public for murder in Iran’s western province of Lorestan.
- MAY 2, 2006SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA. TEEN EXECUTES FATHER'S KILLER UNDER ISLAMIC LAW
a Somali teenager killed a man convicted by an Islamic court of murdering his father in what is believed to be Mogadishu's first public execution under Sharia Islamic law in a decade.
- APRIL 29, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
SPAIN. CHINA RATIFIES EXTRADITION TREATY WITH SPAIN, NOT TO EXECUTE REPATRIATES
China ratified an extradition treaty with Spain, the first such treaty the communist nation has signed with a developed western country, in which Beijing agreed not to execute repatriated criminals.
- APRIL 28, 2006Equatorial GuineaDEATH PENALTY
EQUATORIAL GUINEA. MAN SHOT IN PRISON FOR MURDER
a judicial source stated that the previous week saw a man sentenced to death for murder executed by firing squad in Equatorial Guinea.
- APRIL 27, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. 10 PEOPLE EXECUTED AHEAD OF LABOR DAY HOLIDAY
China executed 10 people for crimes ranging from rape to drug trafficking in an apparent attempt to discourage people from committing crimes during the upcoming Labor Day holiday. Authorities carried out the executions by lethal injection in several pro
- APRIL 27, 2006VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
Dexter Lee Vinson was put to death tonight for the sexual assault and murder of his former girlfriend.
Dexter Lee Vinson was put to death tonight for the sexual assault and murder of his former girlfriend.
- APRIL 26, 2006NevadaDEATH PENALTY
NEVADA, USA. MAN EXECUTED FOR RAPING, KILLING RENO WOMAN IN 1988
Daryl Linnie Mack was put to death in Nevada, the 12th execution in the state since the death penalty was restored in 1977.
- APRIL 26, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. TRADE OFFICIAL EXECUTED FOR CORRUPTION
a trade official convicted of corruption in northern China's Hebei province was executed.
- APRIL 23, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. 24 HANGED IN BANGLADESH IN LAST FOUR AND A HALF YEARS, OFFICIAL
a total of 24 people have been hanged in Bangladesh during the last four and a half years and 831 more are on death row, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Moudud Ahmed said.
- APRIL 21, 2006North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
NORTH CAROLINA, USA. MAN EXECUTED FOR '83 MURDER
Willie Brown Jr., a man convicted of killing a woman during a convenience store robbery in 1983 was executed by lethal injection.
- APRIL 20, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. AFGHAN PRISONER HANGED IN CENTRAL IRAN
an Afghan man was hanged in central Iran in the early hours of the day, Iran’s official news agency reported.
- APRIL 20, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN HANGED IN PUBLIC FOR KILLING LOCAL COMMANDER
a “young man” was hanged in the central city of Isfahan charged with killing a local police commander.
- APRIL 19, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TEN 'CONVICTED MURDERERS' HANGED
ten men convicted of murder were hanged in a prison in the Iranian capital.
- APRIL 18, 2006OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
OKLAHOMA, USA. MAN EXECUTED FOR 1996 TRIPLE MURDER
Richard Thornburg Jr. was executed by lethal injection for killing three people over a drug debt in 1996, an Oklahoma prison spokesman said.
- APRIL 18, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING HUSBAND
Iran's Supreme Court upheld the death penalty for a 35-year-old woman, Fatemeh Haghighatpajouh who killed her husband, Bahman, after he raped her 15-year-old daughter from a previous marriage. Only the intervention of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Seye
- APRIL 18, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a court in Tehran, Iran, sentenced 19-year-old Faraz A. to hanging.
a court in Tehran, Iran, sentenced 19-year-old Faraz A. to hanging.
- APRIL 14, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN EXECUTED FOR 7 MURDERS
a man was executed in Guang'an, Sichuan Province, for killing seven people during a series of robberies at company vaults, banks and a jewelry shop after a jail break.
- APRIL 13, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN HANGED FOR ADULTERY, DRUG DEALING
an Iranian man convicted of a number of crimes including drug dealing, adultery and sexual harassment has been hanged in public in the northern province of Qazvin, the Etemad Melli newspaper said.
- APRIL 13, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
NETHERLANDS. IRANIAN GAYS CAN STAY - FOR THE TIME BEING
the Netherlands Parliament has rebuffed a call by Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk to end a moratorium on the deportation of gay asylum seekers from Iran.
- APRIL 11, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
TEXAS. INMATE ORDERED TO TAKE MEDS SO HE CAN BE EXECUTED
a judge who halted an execution because the inmate was mentally ill has agreed to force the man to take anti-psychotic medication so he can be put to death.
- APRIL 10, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. RANDOM TRANSPLANT OF ORGANS FROM CRIMINALS "UNTRUE"
a senior Chinese health official described a report about China's random transplant of organs from executed criminals as "untrue" and a "malicious slander".
- APRIL 9, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
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- APRIL 6, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN PUBLICLY HANGED FOR MURDER
an Iranian man convicted of murder was publicly hanged in southern Kerman province.
- APRIL 6, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. HIT-AND-RUN DRIVER EXECUTED
Fu Zhongtao, a man convicted of hitting and dragging a nine-year-old girl to her death with a luxury car, was executed by lethal injection in northeast China.
- APRIL 1, 2006BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
BOTSWANA. MAN SECRETLY PUT TO DEATH IN APRIL 2006
Modisane Ping was executed in secret in Botswana. Ping was found guilty of killing his girlfriend and her six-year-old son.
- MARCH 30, 2006AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
AUSTRALIA. PRIME MINISTER URGED TO OPPOSE DEATH PENALTY
Australia should publicly oppose the death penalty for terrorists if it expects to be taken seriously in its efforts to save Australians from death row, senior defence lawyer Lex Lasry said.
- MARCH 29, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
TEXAS. KEVIN KINCY EXECUTED IN TEXAS
Kevin Kincy, a former pizza delivery man with a long criminal record, was executed for the robbery and slaying of a Houston-area man 13 years ago.
- MARCH 29, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. DEATH ROW CHRISTIANS SEEK PRESIDENTIAL PARDON
three Indonesian Christians facing execution by firing squad due within days had submitted a second request for a presidential pardon.
- MARCH 26, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. EXECUTION BY TALIBAN UNDER SHARIA
local Taliban in South Waziristan, Pakistan, executed a 25-year-old man under Islamic law (Sharia) for killing a taxi driver. The execution was the first case tried under Sharia in the tribal areas
- MARCH 25, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
UNITED KINGDOM. MAN 'FACES DEATH IF EXPELLED' TO IRAN
an Iranian man will be executed for owning a satellite television system if he is sent home, MP Clare Short told Britain’s House of Commons. Short pleaded with Ministers to reconsider the case of the man and his family, after the Home Office ordered his d