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 18, 2005MissouriDEATH PENALTY
Vernon Brown died by injection at the Eastern Reception Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Bonne Terre
Vernon Brown died by injection at the Eastern Reception Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Bonne Terre
- MAY 18, 2005TexasDEATH PENALTY
Bryan Wolfe was executed in Huntsville
Bryan Wolfe was executed in Huntsville
MAY 16, 2005IndianaDEATH PENALTYUS. DEATH ROW INMATE ASKS TO DONATE LIVER TO SISTER
a death row inmate in the US state of Indiana has asked for a stay on his execution so he can find a way to donate his liver to his sister.
- MAY 15, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTY
Ahmed Abdulraqib al-Saqaf has been executed in Yemen for murder.
Ahmed Abdulraqib al-Saqaf has been executed in Yemen for murder.
MAY 13, 2005ConnecticutDEATH PENALTYMichael Ross, who fought to hasten his own execution...
Michael Ross, who fought to hasten his own execution and was forced to prove he wasn't out of his mind, was put to death in the death chamber at Osborn Correctional Institution in Somers.
MAY 13, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA. THREE EXECUTED FOR ARMED ROBBERY, BOMBING
three convicted armed robbers were executed in southwest China's Chongqing municipality after engaging in a cross province crime spree that included a bombing and gun battles with police. The three were executed immediately after the Chongqing high court
MAY 13, 2005SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE. MAN EXECUTED FOR TRAFFICKING MARIJUANA DESPITE HIGH-PROFILE CAMPAIGN
Shanmugam Murugesu, a man convicted of drug trafficking at the centre of a high-profile campaign to end the death penalty in Singapore, was executed despite the appeals of his teenage twin sons and his lawyer's pleas that it was a denial of "natural justi
- MAY 12, 2005OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
George James Miller Jr., 37, received a lethal injection of drugs
George James Miller Jr., 37, received a lethal injection of drugs
- MAY 11, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTY
Saleh Ali Said Banser al-Malqeb was executed in Yemen for murder.
Saleh Ali Said Banser al-Malqeb was executed in Yemen for murder.
MAY 11, 2005IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. THREE CONVICTED MURDERERS PUBLICLY HANGED
it was reported that three Iranian men convicted of raping and murdering a young boy were publicly hanged in Susangerd, a town in the southwestern Iranian province of Khuzestan.
- MAY 10, 2005ConnecticutDEATH PENALTY
CONNECTICUT. SUPREME COURT WON'T BLOCK ROSS EXECUTION
Connecticut's Supreme Court struck down another request to postpone the execution of convicted killer Michael Ross, scheduled to be New England's first execution in 45 years.
MAY 10, 2005IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. CONVICTED MURDERER HANGED
an Iranian man convicted of murder has been hanged in prison in the Caspian Sea town of Noshahr, the Jomhuri Eslami newspaper reported.
- MAY 9, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. CONVICTED MURDERER EXECUTED
it was reported that Muhammad Hussain, alias Hussaini, was to be hanged in the district jail in Faisalabad, Pakistan, on May 10.
- MAY 9, 2005NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
"A system that would take a life must first give justice."
"A system that would take a life must first give justice."
MAY 8, 2005PakistanDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA. PAKISTANI EXECUTED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Saudi Arabia executed Salim Abdul-Rahman, a Pakistani national.
- 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 6, 2005SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. COUNTRY FINALLY FINDS A VOICE IN DEATH ROW PROTEST, EDITORIAL
the Canton meeting room at Singapore's drab Furama Hotel was an unlikely venue for history to be made. But this bland setting hosted an unprecedented event for the tightly controlled island republic.
MAY 6, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH. MAN HANGED FOR POISONING WIFE
Kamal Hossain Hawlader, a man convicted of killing his teenage wife with poison after he failed to extract dowry payments from her family, was hanged at a jail in southern Bangladesh.
MAY 4, 2005IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. 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, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTY
Abdullah Hussein al-Badi was reportedly executed for murder.
Abdullah Hussein al-Badi was reportedly executed for murder.
- MAY 2, 2005Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH 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 PENALTYIRAN. 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.
APRIL 30, 2005IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. 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 PENALTYDonald 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 PENALTYCHINA. 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.