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 22, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. WOMAN CONVICTED OF MURDER EXECUTED
Liu Suhua, a 36-year-old woman, was executed in Sanming City, in China's Fujian Province, for killing her former boyfriend and forcing teenage girls into prostitution. Liu, a villager of Ruijin in neighboring Jiangxi Province, and a mother of two at the t
JUNE 22, 2005VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM. LETHAL INJECTION PROPOSED AS EXECUTION METHOD
Vietnam's justice ministry has proposed legislation introducing lethal injections as an alternative method of carrying out death sentences, a ministry official said.
- JUNE 21, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Irshad alias Achoo was hanged to death in Gujranwala Central Jail, Pakistan, after being convicted of killing Rasheed Ahmed over a minor dispute at Jaton, in the in Gujranwala area, in 1994.
JUNE 21, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
Saudi authorities executed Said bin Seif al-Zibya, a Saudi national convicted of killing a compatriot after an argument in Assir, in southern Saudi Arabia.
JUNE 17, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA. TRIO EXECUTED FOR KNIFE MURDER OF PARTY OFFICIAL
three men were executed in northern China for killing a Communist Party official in a random knife attack that they intended as a practice run for a planned robbery, according to state media.
- JUNE 16, 2005JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. MAN EXECUTED FOR RAPE
a 31-year-old man convicted by the Criminal Court of Amman, of raping his niece, was executed at dawn at the Suwaqa Correctional and Rehabilitation Centre.
- JUNE 15, 2005CanadaDEATH PENALTY
CANADA. POLICE CHIEF COMES OUT AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY
the death penalty has no place in Canada's criminal justice system, even when dealing with brutal killers such as Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka, Toronto police Chief Bill Blair said at the unveiling of a plaque commemorating the city's first jail and "h
JUNE 14, 2005JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN. THREE MEN CONVICTED OF MURDER HANGED ON SAME DAY
according to “Jordan Times”, three men, convicted of murdering three people in three separate incidents, were executed at dawn at Swaqa correctional and rehabilitation center on June 14.
- JUNE 13, 2005Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. JUDGE TEMPORARILY BARS THE HANGING OF CONVICTED MURDERERS
High Court judge Ian Benjamin ordered that Trinidad and Tobago not carry out any executions for at least four days.
JUNE 12, 2005Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYPALESTINIAN AUTHORITY. FOUR MEN CONVICTED OF MURDER EXECUTED
the Palestinian Authority executed four convicted murderers, officials said, defying international calls to halt capital punishment as part of reforms considered key to securing future Palestinian statehood.
JUNE 12, 2005IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. CONVICTED SERIAL KILLER HANGED PUBLICLY
Yaghoub Ali Mirshekari, an Iranian man convicted of killing 10 truck drivers to steal their vehicles, was hanged in public in the southeastern city of Zahedan.
- JUNE 9, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Iqbal was hanged in Pakistan for murder.
Muhammad Iqbal was hanged in Pakistan for murder.
- JUNE 9, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Dawei, 31, was executed in Xi’an, China...
Li Dawei, 31, was executed in Xi’an, China...
- JUNE 7, 2005TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
TENNESSEE, USA. STATE WEIGHS LEHTAL INJECTION, SUFFERING
a condemned killer is challenging Tennessee's method of lethal injection, calling it an illogical process in part because it includes a drug forbidden in the euthanasia of animals.
- JUNE 7, 2005TexasDEATH PENALTY
Alexander Martinez, 29, was executed
Alexander Martinez, 29, was executed
JUNE 7, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA. TWO YEMENIS BEHEADED FOR KILLING SAUDI WOMAN
two Yemenis were beheaded for killing a Saudi woman after breaking into her home, the Saudi Arabia Interior Ministry said.
- JUNE 5, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. CHINA TO BAN TRADE IN HUMAN ORGANS, STATE MEDIA
China planned to issue regulations banning the trade in human organs, state media quoted ice Minister of Health Huang Jiefu as.
- JUNE 5, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a 33-year-old man was executed in northern Mymensingh central jail one minute past Saturday midnight
a 33-year-old man was executed in northern Mymensingh central jail one minute past Saturday midnight
JUNE 3, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH. BROTHERS HANGED TOGETHER FOR TRIPLE MURDER
two Bangladeshi brothers walked to the gallows together and were hanged simultaneously for the murder of three people.
- JUNE 2, 2005DEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
Saudi authorities executed Ahmed Ben Maid al-Zahrani.
JUNE 2, 2005AlabamaDEATH PENALTYAt 6:24 p.m., the state of Alabama executed Jerry Paul Henderson
At 6:24 p.m., the state of Alabama executed Jerry Paul Henderson
- JUNE 1, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTY
Abdallah Hadi Al-Maliki and Abdallah Hazam Dagheish were executed in Yeme for murder
Abdallah Hadi Al-Maliki and Abdallah Hazam Dagheish were executed in Yeme for murder
JUNE 1, 2005IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. THREE AFGHANS CONVICTED OF RAPE PUT TO DEATH BY HANGING
three Afghans convicted of raping an Iranian woman and stealing a sheep were hanged in the southern town of Ravar in Iran’s Kerman province. The three men -- identified as Nazar Mohammad, Kheyrollah, and Besmellah -- were reported to have been in the Isla
MAY 25, 2005IndianaDEATH PENALTYINDIANA, USA. GREGORY JOHNSON, MAN WHO WANTED TO DONATE LIVER, EXECUTED
Indiana executed Gregory Johnson, a convicted murderer who had sought a reprieve so he could donate part of his liver to an ailing sister.
- MAY 25, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN PUBLICLY HANGED
a young man was hanged in public in the southern Iranian city of Ahwaz, accused of armed robbery and disturbing the peace.
MAY 24, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN. TRIBAL COUNCIL ORDERS EXECUTION OF TWO MEN
two men accused of murdering a taxi driver were executed by a firing squad on the orders of a tribal council in rural Pakistan, witnesses said, highlighting the rule of deep-rooted tribal customs.
- MAY 23, 2005JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. RETRIAL SOUGHT IN CASE OF PRISONER EXECUTED IN 1947 MURDER CASE
the family of Takeo Nishi, a man executed in 1975 over a murder in Japan’s Fukuoka Prefecture asked the Fukuoka High Court for a retrial of the case, saying he had been tortured into confessing, lawyers for the family said.
- MAY 23, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
a man named Muhammad Ejaz was hanged in Pakistan for murder.
a man named Muhammad Ejaz was hanged in Pakistan for murder.
MAY 22, 2005IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. CONVICTED RAPIST HANGED PUBLICLY
Rahmatollah Ghanbarzehi Gorgich, an Iranian man convicted of raping a female student, was hanged in public in the southeastern city of Zahedan, in the Sistan-Baluchestan province.
MAY 19, 2005TexasDEATH PENALTYRichard Cartwright was executed in Huntsville
Richard Cartwright was executed in Huntsville