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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- APRIL 3, 2003OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
In McAlester, Scott Allen Hain was executed for burning...
In McAlester, Scott Allen Hain was executed for burning Michael Houghton, 27, and Laura Lee Sanders, 22, alive in a car trunk in 1987, when he was 17
- APRIL 2, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
"In their latest crime against the peoples of Iraq,...
"In their latest crime against the peoples of Iraq, the dictatorial Iraqi regime has shot 96 soldiers
- APRIL 1, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
The April issue of the Women in Iran magazine reported...
The April issue of the Women in Iran magazine reported that the death sentence issued on October 26, 2002 to a man who beheaded his daughter was commuted to three years imprisonment
- MARCH 29, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Saudi man was beheaded after he was convicted of...
A Saudi man was beheaded after he was convicted of murdering a compatriot, the Saudi Interior Ministry said in a statement
- MARCH 27, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A Vietnamese man, Nong Quoc Luong, 25, convicted of...
A Vietnamese man, Nong Quoc Luong, 25, convicted of murdering a friend to steal his motorcycle was blindfolded, tied to a stake and executed by firing squad in Hanoi
- MARCH 26, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Regional Court in Brno, Czech Republic, decided...
The Regional Court in Brno, Czech Republic, decided not extradite Chinese citizen Wen-min Zhang to China on fears he could be executed
- MARCH 25, 2003OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
In McAlester, John Michael Hooker was executed for...
In McAlester, John Michael Hooker was executed for stabbing his girlfriend Sylvia Stokes, 28, and her mother Drusilla Morgan, 53, on March 27, 1988
- MARCH 23, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
Seven members of Iraq's ruling Ba'th Party were executed...
Seven members of Iraq's ruling Ba'th Party were executed on the order of President Saddam Hussein's cousin and the commander in the south, Ali Hasan al-Majid
- MARCH 22, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
State media reported that two murderers, one who beat...
State media reported that two murderers, one who beat his parents to death with a metal bar and one who killed his wife with rat poison, were executed in the Chinese capital Beijing
- MARCH 21, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A man convicted of murdering two of his cousins and...
A man convicted of murdering two of his cousins and seriously wounding a woman was executed by firing squad in northern Vietnam
- MARCH 20, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Huntsville, Keith Clay was executed tonight, becoming...
In Huntsville, Keith Clay was executed tonight, becoming the 300th inmate put to death in Texas since the state resumed the death penalty 20 years ago
- MARCH 19, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed three men for killing taxi drivers in...
China executed three men for killing taxi drivers in and around the nation's capital, the official Xinhua News Agency reported
- MARCH 19, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Two convicted armed robbers were publicly hanged in...
Two convicted armed robbers were publicly hanged in the western city of Khorramabad, the Persian daily Kayhan reported
- MARCH 18, 2003MarylandDEATH PENALTY
The Maryland Senate rejected by a single vote, 24-23,...
The Maryland Senate rejected by a single vote, 24-23, a bill that would have reinstated a two-year moratorium on the death penalty
- MARCH 18, 2003OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Walanzo Deon Robinson was executed
Walanzo Deon Robinson was executed
- MARCH 18, 2003Governo Federale degli Stati UnitiDEATH PENALTY
A decorated Gulf War veteran who claimed his exposure...
A decorated Gulf War veteran who claimed his exposure to Iraqi nerve gas caused him to rape and kill a female soldier was executed by injection at a federal prison
- MARCH 14, 2003OhioDEATH PENALTY
Cleveland killer Ernest Martin got a three-month reprieve...
Cleveland killer Ernest Martin got a three-month reprieve from execution in the first of what could be many cases involving capital punishment and the mentally retarded
- MARCH 13, 2003AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
In Atmore, Michael Eugene Thompson was executed by...
In Atmore, Michael Eugene Thompson was executed by lethal injection for the 1984 murder of Maisie Carlene Gray, 57, on Dec
- MARCH 12, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Eight people were sentenced to hang for the vicious...
Eight people were sentenced to hang for the vicious murder of a land dealer in Kenya
- MARCH 11, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
Bobby Glen Cook was executed for robbing and fatally...
Bobby Glen Cook was executed for robbing and fatally shooting Edwin Earl Holder, 42, on Feb
- MARCH 10, 2003MalawiDEATH PENALTY
The High Court in Malawi sentenced two men to death...
The High Court in Malawi sentenced two men to death for the murder of a German tourist
- MARCH 7, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China has developed a "mobile execution vehicle" to...
China has developed a "mobile execution vehicle" to make capital punishment easier to deliver, state press said
- MARCH 6, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed two people by lethal injection in southwestern...
China executed two people by lethal injection in southwestern Yunnan province
- MARCH 3, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Three Uganda People's Defence Forces [UPDF] soldiers...
Three Uganda People's Defence Forces [UPDF] soldiers were executed by firing squad in Kitgum, northern Uganda, for murder
- MARCH 2, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Golabi, a member of the Iranian Kurdish group...
Mohammad Golabi, a member of the Iranian Kurdish group Komala and of the Iranian Communist Party, was executed in the central prison of Iran's western City of Saghez
- MARCH 1, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Yunnan Provincial Higher People's Court announced...
The Yunnan Provincial Higher People's Court announced that lethal injection would be used in carrying out the death penalty throughout the province
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Two men convicted on murder charges were executed by...
Two men convicted on murder charges were executed by firing squad in Vietnam's capital, state media reported
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Saeed Ahmed, 28, was hanged in Central Jail, Sahiwal
Saeed Ahmed, 28, was hanged in Central Jail, Sahiwal
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The dossier says that around 4,000 people were executed...
The dossier says that around 4,000 people were executed in the Abu Ghraib prison in the first reported prison 'cleansing' campaign in 1984
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
The dossier says that around 4,000 people were executed...
The dossier says that around 4,000 people were executed in the Abu Ghraib prison in the first reported prison 'cleansing' campaign in 1984