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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- SEPTEMBER 27, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
At least 22 people were executed in China a day before...
At least 22 people were executed in China a day before the Mid-Autumn Festival
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Three men, including a father and son, were executed...
Three men, including a father and son, were executed for separate murders in southern Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City, state media reported
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2004VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
a jury recommended a death sentence for a Red Onion State Prison inmate
a jury recommended a death sentence for a Red Onion State Prison inmate
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2004EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Six men from the same family were hanged in Egypt on...
Six men from the same family were hanged in Egypt on after being convicted of the massacre of 22 members of a rival clan two years ago, judicial sources said
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed on a Pakistani man convicted...
Saudi Arabia executed on a Pakistani man convicted of drug smuggling, money laundering and incitement to murder, the Interior Ministry said in a statement
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Four drug traffickers have been executed Tuesday in...
Four drug traffickers have been executed Tuesday in Nanchang, capital city of east China's Jiangxi province, for trafficking and selling 27
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed on a Pakistani man convicted...
Saudi Arabia executed on a Pakistani man convicted of drug smuggling, money laundering and incitement to murder, the Interior Ministry said in a statement
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Huntsville, Andrew Flores, 32, was executed this evening
In Huntsville, Andrew Flores, 32, was executed this evening
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
The crimes were the same
The crimes were the same
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Officials said the execution of Amritlal Burman, a...
Officials said the execution of Amritlal Burman, a third Bangladeshi policeman convicted of the rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl in 1995, was fixed for September 29
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
Japan hanged two men convicted of murder including...
Japan hanged two men convicted of murder including a former psychiatric patient who stabbed eight children to death in 2001 in the country's worst school massacre
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2004VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
James Edward Reid, 58, was executed by injection at...
James Edward Reid, 58, was executed by injection at the Greensville Correctional Center and pronounced dead at 9:12 p
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Hu Guohua and his girlfriend Fan Shue were executed...
Hu Guohua and his girlfriend Fan Shue were executed by lethal injection in China after being sentenced to death for murder by the Shizuishan city court in the northwestern Ningxia region
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three people were executed in China after being convicted...
Three people were executed in China after being convicted of stealing six luxury vehicles and strangling their drivers
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian man convicted of murder was hanged in Tehran,...
An Iranian man convicted of murder was hanged in Tehran, the government daily Iran reported
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Despite having 69 death row prisoners, it was reported...
Despite having 69 death row prisoners, it was reported that the Indian state of Bihar had no hangman
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that as many as 71 convicts were on...
It was reported that as many as 71 convicts were on death row in different jails in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, where no one had been hanged to in the past 15 years
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Oudah bin Musaed bin Oudah al-Huwayti, a Saudi man...
Oudah bin Musaed bin Oudah al-Huwayti, a Saudi man convicted of killing and burning the corpse of a compatriot, was beheaded in the northwestern city of Tabuk
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Two former policemen convicted of the rape and killing...
Two former policemen convicted of the rape and killing of a teenager were executed by hanging in a north Bangladesh jail
- AUGUST 29, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a man was executed in Rajaii Shahr Prison in Karaj
a man was executed in Rajaii Shahr Prison in Karaj
- AUGUST 26, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Zhang Kunpeng, Xu Lei and Hu Guofeng, were executed...
Zhang Kunpeng, Xu Lei and Hu Guofeng, were executed in China on order of the Shanghai Higher People's Court
- AUGUST 26, 2004OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Windel Ray Workman was executed by lethal injection
Windel Ray Workman was executed by lethal injection
- AUGUST 26, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Huntsville, condemned prisoner James Allridge, whose...
In Huntsville, condemned prisoner James Allridge, whose case attracted the attention of celebrity capital punishment opponents, was executed for killing Brian Clendennen, 21, a store clerk 19 years ago
- AUGUST 25, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian man convicted of raping a number of women...
An Iranian man convicted of raping a number of women and girls has been hanged publicly near Tehran, drawing cheers from some 1,500 spectators, a judiciary official told AFP
- AUGUST 25, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a man was hanged in public this morning in Hessarak.
a man was hanged in public this morning in Hessarak.
- AUGUST 20, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran has hanged three drug smugglers in a public square...
Iran has hanged three drug smugglers in a public square in the southern province of Kerman, Iran, the Jomhuri-ye Eslami newspaper reported on Saturday
- AUGUST 20, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Li Yijiang, a man convicted of killing and cutting...
Li Yijiang, a man convicted of killing and cutting off the genitals of six men he accused of gang-raping him, was executed
- AUGUST 19, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
three men, named Zu Feng, Sun Liang, and Sun Liansheng were executed
three men, named Zu Feng, Sun Liang, and Sun Liansheng were executed
- AUGUST 19, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
three men, named Mania bin Zafir al-Sharani, Mujri bin Muhammad al-Nishawi...
three men, named Mania bin Zafir al-Sharani, Mujri bin Muhammad al-Nishawi...
- AUGUST 18, 2004VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
James Bryant Hudson, 57, died by lethal injection at...
James Bryant Hudson, 57, died by lethal injection at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt at 9:07 p