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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- FEBRUARY 22, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Chandrasekar, 46, was sentenced to death by a fast...
Chandrasekar, 46, was sentenced to death by a fast track court after being convicted of beheaded his son, Shanmugam, with a hacksaw on September 3, 2001, following a quarrel over the latter's inability to find a job
- FEBRUARY 21, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Six drug traffickers were sentenced to death in southern...
Six drug traffickers were sentenced to death in southern Vietnam as part of the government's long-running campaign to wipe out the narcotics trade
- FEBRUARY 20, 2003SamoaDEATH PENALTY
A senior Samoan justice department official said that...
A senior Samoan justice department official said that the brutal rape and murder of a five-year-old girl had been hijacked by the on-going debate on whether or not to execute the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 19, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Women confront death with "nerves of steel" while men...
Women confront death with "nerves of steel" while men often collapse with fear, Saudi Arabia's most senior executioner was reported as saying
- FEBRUARY 19, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The lower house voted 288-60 to change Thailand's long-standing...
The lower house voted 288-60 to change Thailand's long-standing execution method to lethal injections, arguing they are less painful and cruel than shooting prisoners with a machine gun
- FEBRUARY 17, 2003ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
The High Court in Zambia sentenced Gibson Zimba, a...
The High Court in Zambia sentenced Gibson Zimba, a former aide of ex-president Frederick Chiluba, to death by hanging for the murder of three teachers
- FEBRUARY 17, 2003Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Warders and their bosses at Papua New Guinea's Bomana...
Warders and their bosses at Papua New Guinea's Bomana prison don't want to be the ones to hang a convicted killer
- FEBRUARY 15, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds of tribesmen stoned to death a man after he...
Hundreds of tribesmen stoned to death a man after he allegedly killed his rival over a land dispute
- FEBRUARY 13, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Ugandan prison officers urged the government to abolish...
Ugandan prison officers urged the government to abolish the death penalty and forwarded their proposals to end capital punishment to a commission reviewing the East African nation's constitution, a prisons service spokeswoman said
- FEBRUARY 13, 2003OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
In McAlester, Bobby Joe Fields was executed
In McAlester, Bobby Joe Fields was executed
- FEBRUARY 12, 2003OhioDEATH PENALTY
In Lucasville, Richard E
In Lucasville, Richard E
- FEBRUARY 11, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
China has executed 81 Tibetan political prisoners in...
China has executed 81 Tibetan political prisoners in the past 16 years and another 208 Tibetans are in detention awaiting the same fate, a human rights group said
- FEBRUARY 11, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China has executed 81 Tibetan political prisoners in...
China has executed 81 Tibetan political prisoners in the past 16 years and another 208 Tibetans are in detention awaiting the same fate, a human rights group said
- FEBRUARY 9, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A blind, bedridden widow is taking on the might of...
A blind, bedridden widow is taking on the might of the Chinese Government in an effort to halt "executions on demand"
- FEBRUARY 7, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
A study by the Law Commission on the barbarity involved...
A study by the Law Commission on the barbarity involved in methods of execution recommended that India replace hanging with lethal injection
- FEBRUARY 6, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
Henry Dunn Jr
Henry Dunn Jr
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003MissouriDEATH PENALTY
Kenneth Kenley was executed by injection early today...
Kenneth Kenley was executed by injection early today in the Potosi Correctional Center
- FEBRUARY 4, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Relatives of two Tibetans, one executed and another...
Relatives of two Tibetans, one executed and another jailed for alleged roles in a series of bombings in western China, say the Chinese government banned them from talking about the case in public, the US-based Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported
- JANUARY 30, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Huntsville, Granville Riddle was executed
In Huntsville, Granville Riddle was executed
- JANUARY 30, 2003MarylandDEATH PENALTY
Maryland Attorney General J
Maryland Attorney General J
- JANUARY 30, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran hanged four gangsters in public after they were...
Iran hanged four gangsters in public after they were convicted for a series of kidnappings and rapes, the official IRNA news agency reported
- JANUARY 29, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
Richard Dinkins was executed tonight in Huntsville
Richard Dinkins was executed tonight in Huntsville
- JANUARY 28, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Huntsville Alva Curry, 33, was executed tonight...
In Huntsville Alva Curry, 33, was executed tonight for fatally shooting a clerk during a robbery
- JANUARY 28, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
The wives of the men sentenced to death in connection...
The wives of the men sentenced to death in connection with the January 2001 murder of then-President Laurent-Desire Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), protested against the suspension of their visitation rights during a news conference
- JANUARY 27, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Tibetan government-in-exile and rights groups condemned...
The Tibetan government-in-exile and rights groups condemned China's execution of a Tibetan activist convicted of a series of bomb blasts, saying he was not given a fair trial
- JANUARY 24, 2003BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
A Botswana appeals court reserved judgement on death...
A Botswana appeals court reserved judgement on death row inmate, Lehlohonolo Kobedi's case
- JANUARY 23, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Hedayat Mostowfi, a member of the National Council...
Hedayat Mostowfi, a member of the National Council of Resistance of Iran's Foreign Affairs Committee, said that the EU's open attitude to Iran only encouraged the human rights violations
- JANUARY 23, 2003Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
A Papua New Guinean court has sentenced a man to death...
A Papua New Guinean court has sentenced a man to death by hanging for the murder of two teenage boys - the fifth person to face the death penalty in the South Pacific nation in the past 12 years
- JANUARY 22, 2003MarylandDEATH PENALTY
Eight months after Maryland's governor declared a moratorium...
Eight months after Maryland's governor declared a moratorium on executions, a judge agreed to sign a death warrant, allowing the first capital case to move forward under new Gov
- JANUARY 22, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Huntsville, Robert Lookingbill, 37, was executed
In Huntsville, Robert Lookingbill, 37, was executed