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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- MARCH 4, 2004North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
Song Dae Ri, a North Korean defector, thanked Canada...
Song Dae Ri, a North Korean defector, thanked Canada for saving him after it decided not to deport him to probable execution in his homeland
- MARCH 3, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian man identified as Kamal Jabarpour, was hanged...
An Iranian man identified as Kamal Jabarpour, was hanged publicly in a square in the north-western Iranian town of Morand after being found guilty of murder and armed robbery, the Qods newspaper reported
- MARCH 3, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Huntsville, Marcus Cotton was executed this evening
In Huntsville, Marcus Cotton was executed this evening
- MARCH 3, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Lin Qimu and Xia Yuechang were executed in China for causing an explosion.
Lin Qimu and Xia Yuechang were executed in China for causing an explosion.
- MARCH 1, 2004JordanDEATH PENALTY
A 24-year-old woman, convicted of murdering two children...
A 24-year-old woman, convicted of murdering two children in March 2002, was executed at dawn, in Jordan
- FEBRUARY 27, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Kobra Rahmanpour, 22, will be executed on February 28, 2004.
Kobra Rahmanpour, 22, will be executed on February 28, 2004.
- FEBRUARY 26, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
A 65-year-old Iranian was hanged at Tehran's Qasr prison...
A 65-year-old Iranian was hanged at Tehran's Qasr prison for raping an 11-month-old infant, the daily Etemad said
- FEBRUARY 24, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Ali Firouzi, branded the "King of Terror"...
Mohammad Ali Firouzi, branded the "King of Terror" for his violent run of crime, was hanged at dawn in a prison in the south-western town of Marvdasht
- FEBRUARY 20, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Wan Ruizhong, was executed in Nanning, the capital...
Wan Ruizhong, was executed in Nanning, the capital of southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, for bribery and abuse of power
- FEBRUARY 17, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Seven criminals convicted for murder and robbery were...
Seven criminals convicted for murder and robbery were put to death in Beijing immediately following execution orders issued by the Beijing high court
- FEBRUARY 17, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Four people, including two women, were executed by...
Four people, including two women, were executed by firing squad in Vietnam after being convicted on murder and drug trafficking charges an official said
- FEBRUARY 17, 2004OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
In McAlester, Norman Richard Cleary was put to death
In McAlester, Norman Richard Cleary was put to death
- FEBRUARY 17, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
Cameron Todd Willingham was executed in Huntsville...
Cameron Todd Willingham was executed in Huntsville Tuesday night for the Dec
- FEBRUARY 12, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Wang Huaizhong, former vice-governor of east China's...
Wang Huaizhong, former vice-governor of east China's Anhui Province, was executed in Jinan after losing an appeal for a lighter penalty in January at the Shandong Provincial Higher People's Court
- FEBRUARY 12, 2004VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Le Hong, female, was executed by firing squad...
Nguyen Le Hong, female, was executed by firing squad in southern Vietnam's Tien Giang province, after being sentenced to death for running a robbery network
- FEBRUARY 12, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Huntsvill, Bobby Ray Hopkins, 36, was executed tonight
In Huntsvill, Bobby Ray Hopkins, 36, was executed tonight
- FEBRUARY 11, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
Edward Lagrone, 46, was executed for a triple slaying...
Edward Lagrone, 46, was executed for a triple slaying where one of the victims was a 10-year-old girl pregnant with his child
- FEBRUARY 7, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
About 205 convicts on death row in the Philippines...
About 205 convicts on death row in the Philippines could face execution in the next 18 months, an anti-crime group declared
- FEBRUARY 6, 2004NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, Nigeria,...
An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, Nigeria, sentenced Rasheed Olaiya, 38, to death by hanging after convicting him of killing a five-month old baby
- FEBRUARY 4, 2004FloridaDEATH PENALTY
In the Florida State Prison near Starke, Johnny L
In the Florida State Prison near Starke, Johnny L
- FEBRUARY 3, 2004OhioDEATH PENALTY
A murderer who lost his appeal that lethal injection...
A murderer who lost his appeal that lethal injection was cruel and unusual punishment was executed at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility after prison workers struggled to find veins to insert the deadly chemical mix
- FEBRUARY 1, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The widow of Daniel Pearl, the murdered journalist,...
The widow of Daniel Pearl, the murdered journalist, called for hmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the British-born Islamic militant behind his killing, to be executed in Pakistan
- JANUARY 30, 2004SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
36 percent of the people executed in Singapore between...
36 percent of the people executed in Singapore between 1993 and 2003 were foreigners, the Home Affairs Ministry said as it released a second defence of its capital punishment laws following a scathing Amnesty International report
- JANUARY 29, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
a young man was hanged in the yard of Qasr prison
a young man was hanged in the yard of Qasr prison
- JANUARY 28, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
Billy Frank Vickers, 58, was executed today for the...
Billy Frank Vickers, 58, was executed today for the slaying of Phillip Kinslow, a grocery store owner, during a robbery on march 12, 1993
- JANUARY 27, 2004PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Two Pakistani nationals were executed in Kuwait, in...
Two Pakistani nationals were executed in Kuwait, in the second hanging in a week
- JANUARY 27, 2004KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
Two Pakistani nationals were executed in Kuwait, in...
Two Pakistani nationals were executed in Kuwait, in the second hanging in a week
- JANUARY 26, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Mohammadzadeh, who was convicted of killing...
Mohammad Mohammadzadeh, who was convicted of killing a 65-year-old in 1999, when he was only 17 years of age, was hanged till death
- JANUARY 26, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
The Qods newspaper reported that an unnamed woman was...
The Qods newspaper reported that an unnamed woman was given 80 lashes and then hanged in prison after being convicted of luring young girls and women to work in a brothel in the northern city of Qazvin
- JANUARY 26, 2004IranDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Iran executed the famous and...
It was reported that Iran executed the famous and maverick Brigadier-General Mohamad-Mehdi Dozdoozani following a speedy trial