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 6, 2005TexasDEATH PENALTY
in Huntsville, Ronald Ray Howard was executed for fatally shooting a state trooper
in Huntsville, Ronald Ray Howard was executed for fatally shooting a state trooper
- OCTOBER 3, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. SENTENCED TO DEATH AT 17, EXECUTION DUE SOON
a boy sentenced to death at 17 years of age will be executed, reported the Iranian daily Etemad.
- OCTOBER 2, 2005KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT. 4 PAKISTANIS HANGED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Mohammed Ahmed Khan, 33, Abdul-Basir Abdul Hai Mohammed Ishaq, 50, Faz Mohammed Youseff Khan, 32, and Sayed Mudassar Shah Hekmat, 26, were hanged at a police station in the capital Kuwait City, and the public was later invited to view the strung-up bodies
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2005IndianaDEATH PENALTY
INDIANA, USA. ALAN MATHENEY EXECUTED
the state of Indiana executed Alan Matheney, a man who bludgeoned his ex-wife to death while on temporary leave from prison, where he was serving a sentence for nearly killing her.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. CONVICTED OF RAPING AND KILLING A 6-YEAR-OLD GIRL EXECUTED
a man convicted of raping and murdering a six-year-old girl was executed in central Pakistan.
- SEPTEMBER 28, 2005KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
Philippine national Marilou Ranario
Philippine national Marilou Ranario
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2005OhioDEATH PENALTY
OHIO, USA. MAN INVOLVED IN $40 ROBBERY EXECUTED
the state of Ohio executed Herman Ashworth, a 32-year-old man who admitted killing another man in a $40 robbery and had waived most of his appeals, saying he deserved to die.
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN EXECUTED FOR PREMEDITATED KILLING
Saudi authorities executed a Saudi national for killing a man by running over him with his car.
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. CONVICTED DRUG TRAFFICKER HANGED
an Iranian man convicted of drug trafficking was hanged in the northern city of Sari, in Iran’s Mazandaran province, the Kayhan daily reported.
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. YOUNG MAN HANGED FOR RAPE
a young man was publicly hanged at a riverside in the Iranian town of Kashan, south of the capital, the country’s state-run news agency reported.
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2005DEATH PENALTY
in Atmore, John W. Peoples Jr. was executed for killing a Pell City family of 3 in 1983.
in Atmore, John W. Peoples Jr. was executed for killing a Pell City family of 3 in 1983.
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. MAN HANGED FOR RAPE AND MURDER OF SEVEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL
Niaz Ahmed, a man sentenced to death for raping and killing a seven-year-old girl, was executed in eastern Pakistan after President Gen. Pervez Musharraf turned down his plea for clemency.
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2005UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
UZBEKISTAN. TV CRITICIZES US FOR NOT FULLY ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY
Uzbek TV's "Tahlilnoma" weekly analytical program criticized the USA for not completely abolishing capital punishment.
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2005DEATH PENALTY
IRAN. CONVICTED ARMED ROBBER HANGED PUBLICLY
an Iranian convicted of armed robbery was hanged in public in the southwestern city of Ahvaz.
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
an Iranian man was hanged in public in the volatile town of Ahwaz
an Iranian man was hanged in public in the volatile town of Ahwaz
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. TWO SAUDIS EXECUTED FOR MURDER
two Saudis convicted of murder were beheaded by the sword in the conservative Muslim kingdom, the interior ministry announced.
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. YOUTH HANGED IN CENTRAL IRAN PRISON
a young Iranian man was hanged in a penitentiary centre in the city of Yazd, central Iran.
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2005JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. INMATE FIRST OF YEAR TO BE HANGED
a man convicted of robbing, raping and killing two women in the 1980s was executed, Japan's first hanging of the year.
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2005TexasDEATH PENALTY
TEXAS, USA. FRANCES NEWTON EXECUTED IN HUNTSVILLE
Frances Newton, a woman convicted of killing her family, became the first black female to be executed in Texas since before the US Civil War after last-minute legal and political pleas to save her failed.
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. CONVICTED MURDERER HANGED
Ali Fesahat, an Iranian man convicted of murder, was hanged in a prison in the central province of Yazd, for murdering 22-year-old Ahmad Kheyrandish.
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. FAMILY OF 6 TO BE EXECUTED
Manzoor Ahmad and his son Muhammad Ishaq, Ghulam Mustafa also known as Papoo, Muhammad Ilyas, Muhammad Anwar and Javed Obal, all members of the same family, were due to be executed in prison within the day’s end for shooting three of their relatives to de
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Arshad Mughal alias Papu was hanged at Kotlakhpat Jail in front of a magistrate and jail authorities.
Arshad Mughal alias Papu was hanged at Kotlakhpat Jail in front of a magistrate and jail authorities.
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. THREE MEN EXECUTED FOR ROBBERY AND MURDER OF CAB DRIVERS
China executed three migrant workers in Beijing for robbing taxi drivers and killing four of them, state media reported.
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. BEAUTY PRODUCTS FROM THE SKIN OF EXECUTED PRISONERS
a Chinese cosmetics company was using skin harvested from the corpses of executed convicts to develop beauty products for sale in Europe, an investigation by the UK daily Guardian discovered.
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. YOUNG MAN HANGED IN PUBLIC FOR TEENAGE CRIME
a young man was hanged in public in the southern town of Kazeroun, in Fars Province, for a crime he had committed when he was a minor.
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. SAUDI NATIONAL EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Hamad al-Rubli, a Saudi convicted of murder, was beheaded by the sword in Arar on the border with Iraq, the Saudi interior ministry announced.
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. PRESIDENT EXAMINING CASE OF INDIAN NATIONAL ON DEATH ROW SARABJIT SINGH
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said he had taken no decision yet on the fate of an Indian national sentenced to hang on spying and bombing charges but added he was examining the case
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. TEACHER EXECUTED FOR RAPING 32 SCHOOL GIRLS
Lu Lei, a teacher convicted of raping 32 girls under the age of 14, was executed in southwest China a day before the country marked its annual Teacher's Day.
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. KURDISH ACTIVIST HANGED IN PRISON
Mohammad Panj-Bini and Esmail Mohammadi, twoiranian Kurdish activists, were hanged in a prison in the town of Orumieh, northwest Iran, for their opposition to the Iranian regime, opposition websites reported.
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. INDIAN NATIONAL ON DEATH ROW IN PAKISTAN TO BE SPARED, REPORT
Islamabad assured New Delhi that Sarabjit Singh, an Indian sentenced to be hanged in Pakistan on bombing and spying charges, would be reprieved, the Hindu newspaper said.