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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FEBRUARY 5, 2006UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA. ARMY EXECUTED 26 SOLDIERS IN PAST THREE YEARS
the army has executed 26 soldiers in northern Uganda over the last three years for murdering civilians in the region, the 2003-2005 report on action taken against human rights violations by the UPDF in northern Uganda revealed.
- FEBRUARY 2, 2006United StatesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED STATES. INMATES FIGHT BACK AGAINST LETHAL INJECTION EXECUTION, AFP
the United States is taking a new look at the use of lethal injections to execute condemned prisoners after the challenges of three inmates who were barely saved from lethal injection by the Supreme Court.
- FEBRUARY 1, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO MORE PEOPLE HANGED, 12 EXECUTED SO FAR IN 2006
two men have been executed in Iran, one for serial kidnapping and drug dealing and the other for murder.
FEBRUARY 1, 2006MissouriDEATH PENALTYUNITED STATES. US SUPREME COURT HALTS EXECUTION OF MISSOURI INMATE
the US Supreme Court stayed the execution of Michael Taylor, an inmate in the midwestern state of Missouri who has argued that lethal injection amounts to cruel and unusual punishment.
FEBRUARY 1, 2006IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. MAN HANGED FOR MURDER
an Iranian man convicted of murdering the aged parents of the woman he had hoped to marry was hanged in a prison in the southern city of Bandar Abbas, the Etemad-e-Melli newspaper said.
JANUARY 31, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTYTEXAS, USA. JAIME ELIZALDE EXECUTED FOR 1994 DOUBLE MURDER
Jaime Elizalde Jr., was put to death by lethal injection for the 1994 murders of two men outside a Houston cantina. Elizalde, 34, was condemned for shooting Juan Saenz Guajardo, 29, and Marcos Sanchez Vasquez, 33, on November 5, 1994.
JANUARY 31, 2006FloridaDEATH PENALTYFLORIDA, USA. SUPREME COURT HALTS SECOND FLORIDA EXECUTION
the US Supreme Court halted the execution of Arthur Dennis Rutherford
JANUARY 29, 2006IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. MAN PUBLICLY HANGED FOR MURDER AND ARMED ROBBERIES
an Iranian man convicted of murder and armed robberies was hanged in public in the southern city of Shiraz, the official news agency IRNA reported.
- JANUARY 27, 2006IndianaDEATH PENALTY
INDIANA, USA. MAN EXECUTED FOR 1983 DOUBLE MURDER
the state of Indiana executed a former drug dealer convicted of killing a young couple in 1983. Marvin Bieghler, 58, died at 2:17 a.m. EST (0717 GMT) following an injection of lethal chemicals at the Indiana State Prison, officials said.
- JANUARY 27, 2006BahamasDEATH PENALTY
THE BAHAMAS. OPPOSITION CRITICAL OF PM’S DEATH PENALTY REMARKS
accusing Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie of pandering for votes on the issue of capital punishment, Free National Movement leader Hubert Ingraham said the country should not believe the present government will carry out hangings of condemned murdere
- JANUARY 26, 2006BahamasDEATH PENALTY
THE BAHAMAS. PRIME MINISTER DECLARES SUPPORT FOR HANGING
in what has amounted to his strongest statement in recent times on capital punishment, Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie declared his full support for hangings and said he would be willing to fight those who opposed the death penalty.
- JANUARY 25, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran publicly hanged Ali Khani and Hassan Ghanbari for murder.
Iran publicly hanged Ali Khani and Hassan Ghanbari for murder.
JANUARY 25, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTYTEXAS, USA. MARION DUDLEY PUT TO DEATH IN FIRST TEXAS EXECUTION OF THE YEAR
Marion Dudley, a man convicted of killing four people in Houston 14 years ago was put to death by lethal injection, hours after the Supreme Court rejected a request to spare him.
JANUARY 25, 2006FloridaDEATH PENALTYUNITED STATES. SUPREME COURT BLOCKS FLORIDA EXECUTION OF CLARENCE HILL
the US Supreme Court has blocked the execution of Clarence Hill to consider his appeal over the method used to carry out the punishment.
JANUARY 23, 2006United States Armed ForcesDEATH PENALTYUNITED STATES. US MILITARY ISSUES NEW EXECUTION REGULATIONS
the US Army has issued new regulations governing the death penalty, raising speculation that the military might be preparing for its first execution since 1961.
JANUARY 23, 2006IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. MAN PUBLICLY HANGED FOR MURDER
an Iranian man convicted of murder was publicly hanged in Isfahan, the Iran newspaper reported.
- JANUARY 22, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. SISTERS PUBLISH LIST OF 9,400 IRANIANS 'MURDERED' BY THE REGIME
Ladan and Roya Boroumand, whose father, a pro-democracy opposition leader, was assassinated by an Iranian death squad while living in exile in Paris in 1991, unveiled the largest database of the victims murdered and executed by the theocratic regime since
JANUARY 20, 2006North CarolinaDEATH PENALTYNORTH CAROLINA, USA. PERRIE SIMPSON EXECUTED
Perrie Dyon Simpson was executed early morning for the 1984 murder of a retired minister, the North Carolina Department of Correction said.
JANUARY 19, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTYTEXAS, USA. COURT STAYS MURPHY’S EXECUTION TO HEAR RETARDATION CLAIMS
the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stayed the execution of Julius Murphy 24 hours before he was scheduled to die by lethal injection. The court ordered a state district court to review claims by Murphy, 27, that he is mentally retarded and cannot be subj
- JANUARY 18, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Varamin, has been hanged in public, in Iran.
a man, identified only as Varamin, has been hanged in public, in Iran.
JANUARY 18, 2006IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. COUPLE HANGED FOR MURDERING BURGLARY VICTIMS
a young Iranian couple convicted of killing a mother and daughter during a burglary were hanged in Tehran's Evin prison.
- JANUARY 17, 2006FloridaDEATH PENALTY
a 2005 study indicating condemned inmates may suffer pain when being put to death...
a 2005 study indicating condemned inmates may suffer pain when being put to death by lethal injection is inconclusive and no reason to delay the scheduled execution of Clarence Edward Hill, the Florida Supreme Court ruled.
- JANUARY 17, 2006CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Clarence Ray Allen was executed by lethal injection early at San Quentin State Prison
Clarence Ray Allen was executed by lethal injection early at San Quentin State Prison for ordering three killings from his prison cell in 1980.
JANUARY 17, 2006DEATH PENALTYCALIFORNIA, USA. CALIFORNIA EXECUTES OLDEST CONDEMNED MAN
California executed Clarence Ray Allen, its oldest condemned prisoner, by lethal injection at San Quentin State Prison after last-ditch court appeals for a stay of execution failed.
JANUARY 16, 2006United KingdomDEATH PENALTYUNITED KINGDOM. DON’T EXECUTE MY DAUGHTERS KILLERS, MOTHER OF BRITISH BACKPACKER
Wichai Somkhaoyai, and Bualoi Posit, the two Thai fisherman who raped and murdered British backpacker Katherine Horton should be spared the death penalty but locked up for life, the victim's mother said.
- JANUARY 15, 2006CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
CALIFORNIA, USA. OLD, BLIND, CRIPPLED - AND FIT FOR EXECUTION, SCHWARZENEGGER REJECTS CLEMENCY PLEA
California's Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, has denied clemency to the oldest prisoner on California's Death Row, saying a murderer's life should not be spared because he is old and ill.
JANUARY 13, 2006SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE. LAW SOCIETY TO GIVE DEATH PENALTY A FAIR AIRING
it was reported that an eight-man Law Society committee would study judicial and death penalty systems in countries such as Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, Hong Kong and India and compare it with Singapore's in order to prepare a report to be submi
- JANUARY 12, 2006United StatesDEATH PENALTY
in his 4th day of confirmation hearings...
in his 4th day of confirmation hearings, Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito has been taking some questions on matters of life and death.
- JANUARY 12, 2006VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
new DNA tests confirmed the guilt of a man who went to his death in Virginia's electric chair in 1992
new DNA tests confirmed the guilt of a man who went to his death in Virginia's electric chair in 1992 proclaiming his innocence, a spokeswoman for the governor said Thursday.
JANUARY 7, 2006IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. IRAN TO HANG WOMAN WHO KILLED IN 'SELF DEFENCE'
an 18-year-old Iranian woman who killed a man she said tried to rape her was sentenced to death for murder, according to the Etemad newspaper.