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 18, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Prosecutors asked an Islamic court for more time to...
Prosecutors asked an Islamic court for more time to prepare the case against a Nigerian man appealing on grounds of insanity against being stoned to death for raping a young girl
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
Japan executed two convicted criminals, the Justice...
Japan executed two convicted criminals, the Justice Ministry said
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Ten robbers and rapists were put to death in Beijing
Ten robbers and rapists were put to death in Beijing
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Huntsvile, Jessie Joe Patrick was executed for the...
In Huntsvile, Jessie Joe Patrick was executed for the July 8, 1989, slaying of an 80-year-old woman, Nina Rutherford Redd
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2002VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
In arguments before the Virginia Supreme Court in Richmond,...
In arguments before the Virginia Supreme Court in Richmond, a group of newspapers joined with an inmate-aid organization and asked the state's highest court to allow DNA testing that could show whether a convicted killer executed a decade ago was, in fact
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Italian police, acting on a tip from US intelligence...
Italian police, acting on a tip from US intelligence officials, arrested 15 Pakistanis allegedly linked to Osama bin Laden's al Qaida network
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2002ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Italian police, acting on a tip from US intelligence...
Italian police, acting on a tip from US intelligence officials, arrested 15 Pakistanis allegedly linked to Osama bin Laden's al Qaida network
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Huntsville, Tony Lee Walker was executed
In Huntsville, Tony Lee Walker was executed
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2002IraqDEATH PENALTY
The Regay Kurdistan newspaper reported that the human...
The Regay Kurdistan newspaper reported that the human rights office of the Iraqi Communist Party declared the deaths of 18 citizens executed by the regime
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian man cut off his seven-year-old daughter's...
An Iranian man cut off his seven-year-old daughter's head after suspecting she had been raped by her uncle, the Jomhuri-ye Eslami newspaper said
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Mohamed bin Said bin Mohamed Ali was publicly beheaded...
Mohamed bin Said bin Mohamed Ali was publicly beheaded for murder
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Lawyers of a Pakistani woman gang-raped on the orders...
Lawyers of a Pakistani woman gang-raped on the orders of a village council filed appeals against the acquittal of eight of the men who served on the traditional jury
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Somkliang Soyplai, 44, was executed by shooting
Somkliang Soyplai, 44, was executed by shooting
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
Three men were executed by hanging in a Khartoum jail...
Three men were executed by hanging in a Khartoum jail after they were found guilty of killing a woman in the northern part of Sudan in 2001
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Hasan bin Jaber Hroubi was publicly beheaded for murder
Hasan bin Jaber Hroubi was publicly beheaded for murder
- AUGUST 29, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
An Interior Ministry statement said that Ali bin Ayed...
An Interior Ministry statement said that Ali bin Ayed bin Shadad, a Saudi national convicted of multiple armed robbery, was executed
- AUGUST 28, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Toronto Patterson, now 24, was executed Wednesday evening
Toronto Patterson, now 24, was executed Wednesday evening
- AUGUST 27, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Local authorities said that Sarimu Mohammed, 50, convicted...
Local authorities said that Sarimu Mohammed, 50, convicted by a sharia court in northern Nigeria for raping a nine-year old girl will be stoned to death after he made no attempt to appeal the sentence
- AUGUST 26, 2002YemenDEATH PENALTY
Ali Mohammed al-Mahmoudi was executed by shooting for murder
Ali Mohammed al-Mahmoudi was executed by shooting for murder
- AUGUST 23, 2002South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Anthony Green was put to death for the killing of 36-year-old...
Anthony Green was put to death for the killing of 36-year-old Susan Barbara Babich in November 1987
- AUGUST 23, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International stated it was gravely concerned...
Amnesty International stated it was gravely concerned that time was running out for 88 people, including two children, sentenced to death by hanging or crucifixion, for their alleged role in ethnic clashes in Rizeigat, Southern Darfur
- AUGUST 22, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Three men were hanged in Tehran's Qasr prison after...
Three men were hanged in Tehran's Qasr prison after being convicted of murder in separate cases
- AUGUST 21, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Ali Mazidi was hanged in prison in Tehran
Ali Mazidi was hanged in prison in Tehran
- AUGUST 20, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Gary Wayne Etheridge, 38, was executed this evening...
Gary Wayne Etheridge, 38, was executed this evening for the fatal stabbing of Christie Chauviere, a 15-year-old girl, a dozen years ago
- AUGUST 20, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani man convicted of smuggling heroin into...
A Pakistani man convicted of smuggling heroin into the Gulf Arab state was beheaded, the Interior Ministry said
- AUGUST 20, 2002PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani man convicted of smuggling heroin into...
A Pakistani man convicted of smuggling heroin into the Gulf Arab state was beheaded, the Interior Ministry said
- AUGUST 19, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Rassul was hanged in public in Najaf Abad, Iran
Rassul was hanged in public in Najaf Abad, Iran
- AUGUST 17, 2002MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds turned out in the Mexican border town of Piedras...
Hundreds turned out in the Mexican border town of Piedras Negras for the funeral of a Mexican man executed in Texas [on August 14] for the 1988 killing of an undercover cop
- AUGUST 14, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Hayel al-Sayed Mohammedain, an Egyptian man convicted...
Hayel al-Sayed Mohammedain, an Egyptian man convicted of murder was beheaded
- AUGUST 14, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Huntsville, Javier Suarez Medina was executed amid...
In Huntsville, Javier Suarez Medina was executed amid Mexican government protests he was not provided proper legal assistance guaranteed to foreigners under an international treaty