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 6, 2005North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Earl Richmond Jr., a black man, was executed at Central Prison in Raleigh
Earl Richmond Jr., a black man, was executed at Central Prison in Raleigh
- MAY 4, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. FIVE CONVICTED MURDERERS HANGED
five men convicted of murder or armed robbery were hanged in Iran, one of them publicly in the southwestern city of Ahvaz and four others in a prison in the capital, officials said.
- MAY 3, 2005TexasDEATH PENALTY
Lonnie Wayne Pursley was executed
Lonnie Wayne Pursley was executed
- MAY 3, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, Bakshesh Mohamad, was executed in Theran
a man, Bakshesh Mohamad, was executed in Theran
- MAY 2, 2005JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. THREE MEN EXECUTED FOR MURDER AND THEFT
Jordan executed a Palestinian, a Jordanian and an Iraqi convicted of killing a jeweler during a robbery, a security official said.
- MAY 2, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN HANGED IN PRISON
a man accused of murdering a taxi driver was hanged in Karoon Prison in the southern Iranian city of Ahwaz, according to the state-run news agency.
- MAY 2, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTY
Abdullah Hussein al-Badi was reportedly executed for murder.
Abdullah Hussein al-Badi was reportedly executed for murder.
- APRIL 30, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. GAY BLACKMAILER HANGED
Hadi Safdari, an Iranian convicted of blackmailing his gay partners with videotapes of their sex acts, was hanged. Safdari was executed in Bojnourd in the eastern province of South Khorasan, the Qods newspaper said citing the local judiciary.
- APRIL 28, 2005AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Mario Centobie, 39, was executed
Mario Centobie, 39, was executed
- APRIL 27, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. THREE MEN EXECUTED IN BEIJING FOR MURDER
three men were executed in Beijing as a result of three separate murder cases, the Supreme People's Court reported.
- APRIL 27, 2005KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA. MPS BACK TOUGH NEW PENALTIES FOR RAPISTS
rapists should be castrated, stoned to death or face the firing squad, MPs were told.
- APRIL 27, 2005MissouriDEATH PENALTY
Donald Jones was executed. Jones, 38, was pronounced dead at 12:07 a.m..
Donald Jones was executed. Jones, 38, was pronounced dead at 12:07 a.m..
- APRIL 25, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. NINE GANG MEMBERS EXECUTED IN XUCHANG AFTER DEATH PENALTY UPHELD
nine members of a gang were executed after a high court upheld the death sentences handed down to them during an earlier local trial in China's Henan province.
- APRIL 23, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. THE FAMILY OF A SOMALI MAN WHO WAS EXECUTED BY SAUDI ARABIA WANTS HIS BODY - AND ANSWERS
the last time Ali Hassan Ibrahim saw his son Abdul Fattah was in 1999, when the Somali teenager left a refugee camp in Kenya to join the legions of foreign workers in Saudi Arabia.
- APRIL 21, 2005IndianaDEATH PENALTY
INDIANA. EXECUTED FOR RAPE AND MURDER
the state of Indiana executed a man convicted of killing a teenage girl by forcing instant glue up her nose and taping her mouth shut after 12 days of rape and torture.
- APRIL 21, 2005AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN. WOMAN STONED TO DEATH FOR ADULTERY
an Afghan woman was stoned to death for adultery, police said, the first such incident in Afghanistan since the Taliban's ouster from power.
- APRIL 20, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. HANGED FOR MURDER
an Iranian convicted of murdering a soldier during an armed robbery has been hanged in Saravan, in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, Jam-e-Jam daily reported.
- APRIL 20, 2005TexasDEATH PENALTY
Douglas Roberts, 42, was executed for abducting and fatally stabbing Jerry Velez
Douglas Roberts, 42, was executed for abducting and fatally stabbing Jerry Velez
- APRIL 18, 2005JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. NEWSPAPER DELIVERYMAN ASKS TO DIE SOON FOR GIRL'S MURDER
Kaoru Kobayashi, a Japanese newspaper deliveryman and serial paedophile, asked for the death penalty and voiced no remorse for drowning a young girl whose dead body he photographed for her mother to see.
- APRIL 17, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED FOR KILLING TWO INDIANS, PAKISTANI
Saudi Arabia executed Abdul-Rahman bin Sultan al-Otaibi
- APRIL 17, 2005UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
UZBEKISTAN. OPPOSITION ACTIVIST EXECUTED IN SECRET, UN MAKES INQUIRIES
the United Nations human rights committee addressed Uzbekistan's government in order to receive clarifications regarding the case of Akhrorkhuzha Tolipkhuzhayev, an Uzbeki who was secretly executed on March 1.
- APRIL 16, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN HANGED IN PUBLIC FOR RAPE, MINOR REPRIEVED
Mousa Ali Mohammadik, an Iranian convicted of raping and abducting more than 40 schoolgirls, was hanged in public but his accomplice teenage son was reprieved.
- APRIL 15, 2005SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. GOVERNMENT DENIES AMNESTY ACTIVIST CHANCE TO SPEAK AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
Singapore refused to allow an official from Amnesty International to speak at a forum on the death penalty.
- APRIL 15, 2005South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Richard Longworth, 36, was executed.
Richard Longworth, 36, was executed.
- APRIL 14, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN PUBLICLY HANGED FOR ROBBING BANK
Iran publicly hanged Ghobad Siah-Mansour, a serial bank robber who killed a policeman during a clash with security forces.
- APRIL 14, 2005United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA. LETHAL INJECTION EXECUTION 'CRUEL', RESEARCHERS
American researchers have called for a halt to lethal injection, the most common method of execution in the United States, because it is not always a humane and painless way to die.
- APRIL 13, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Rafiq, 27, was hanged in new Central Jail in Multan, Pakistan, for the murder of an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of the police force.
Muhammad Rafiq, 27, was hanged in new Central Jail in Multan, Pakistan, for the murder of an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of the police force.
- APRIL 13, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, known as Raoof, was executed in Alivaz, Iran.
a man, known as Raoof, was executed in Alivaz, Iran.
- APRIL 11, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. SIX PERSONS SENTENCED TO DEATH
six people were sentenced to death in Bangladesh, in three separate cases. Four men were sentenced to death in Dhaka for the murder of police officer Mizanur Rahman in January 2004.
- APRIL 10, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudis execute six men without sentence
Abshir Hassan, a 29 year old London man, accused Saudi Arabia of executing his brother, Abdul Fattah, and five other Somalis on April 1 without ever telling them that they had been condemned to death.