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 22, 2002IraqDEATH PENALTY
The Iraqi regime recently executed three military personnel,...
The Iraqi regime recently executed three military personnel, including a leading figure in the ruling Ba'ath Party, an Iraqi opposition group said
- MARCH 18, 2002IraqDEATH PENALTY
An Iraqi opposition group said the Iraqi authorities...
An Iraqi opposition group said the Iraqi authorities executed three senior army officers early in March on charges of "assailing" and opposing Iraqi President Saddam Husayn
- MARCH 15, 2002PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A move to abolish capital punishment has suddenly snowballed...
A move to abolish capital punishment has suddenly snowballed in both chambers of Congress as some of its most vocal proponents have changed their minds
- MARCH 15, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
An armed group affiliated with the Al-Aqsa Martyrs...
An armed group affiliated with the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Battalions, Fatah Movement's military wing, liquidated two collaborators with the Zionist authorities
- MARCH 14, 2002Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
Two Palestinians accused of spying for Israel met their...
Two Palestinians accused of spying for Israel met their deaths in the most brutal manner
- MARCH 14, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The leader of a pirate gang that robbed cargo boats...
The leader of a pirate gang that robbed cargo boats on a busy stretch of the Yangtze River was executed, a court official told AP
- MARCH 12, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Briton Tracy Housel was executed by lethal injection,...
Briton Tracy Housel was executed by lethal injection, prison authorities in Georgia confirmed
- MARCH 11, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China plans to increase the use of lethal injections...
China plans to increase the use of lethal injections to execute criminals as a "civilised way of law enforcement", the official Xinhua news agency said
- MARCH 11, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A man was publicly beheaded in Saudi Arabia for murdering...
A man was publicly beheaded in Saudi Arabia for murdering a man by running over him several times with his car
- MARCH 11, 2002IsraelDEATH PENALTY
A suspected Palestinian suicide bomber was "executed...
A suspected Palestinian suicide bomber was "executed in cold blood after his arrest", witnesses said
- MARCH 7, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Gerald Tigner, 29, was pronounced dead at 6:21 p
Gerald Tigner, 29, was pronounced dead at 6:21 p
- MARCH 7, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The mother of a Briton facing execution in America...
The mother of a Briton facing execution in America begged [British Prime Minister] Tony Blair to save him
- MARCH 6, 2002MissouriDEATH PENALTY
Jeffrey Tokar was declared dead at 12:04 a
Jeffrey Tokar was declared dead at 12:04 a
- MARCH 6, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Boris Yefimovich Nemtsov, leader of the Union of Right...
Boris Yefimovich Nemtsov, leader of the Union of Right Forces (SPS) speaking at the press centre of the Central House of Journalists, said: "The Duma constantly debates whether drug dealers should be hanged or jailed for life
- MARCH 4, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
The huge crowds which filled the courtroom during Anthony...
The huge crowds which filled the courtroom during Anthony Ler's murder trial were noticeably absent during his appeal
- MARCH 1, 2002AngolaDEATH PENALTY
The Portuguese weekly newspaper "Independente" revealed...
The Portuguese weekly newspaper "Independente" revealed that UNITA leader Jonas Malheiro Savimbi was executed in cold blood
- MARCH 1, 2002VenezuelaDEATH PENALTY
In the 2000-2001 period, 392 people were executed in...
In the 2000-2001 period, 392 people were executed in Venezuela by police or state security agents, the National Ombudsman's Office said in a report
- FEBRUARY 28, 2002TexasDEATH PENALTY
Monty Delk, 35, was executed for the murder of Gene...
Monty Delk, 35, was executed for the murder of Gene Olan "Bubba" Allen II in November 1986
- FEBRUARY 27, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian convicted of triple murder as he robbed...
An Iranian convicted of triple murder as he robbed a family home was hanged in the northwestern province of Khorasan, an Iranian newspaper reported
- FEBRUARY 26, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
A Perth man wrongly convicted over the hit-and-run...
A Perth man wrongly convicted over the hit-and-run manslaughter of his girlfriend almost 40 years ago won the battle to clear his name in one of Western Australia's most controversial justice cases
- FEBRUARY 23, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Richards has written The Hanged Man: The Life and Death...
Richards has written The Hanged Man: The Life and Death of Ronald Ryan and it is a sad, powerful and important document, a new study of one of the darkest episodes in Australian history mounts a powerful argument against capital punishment
- FEBRUARY 23, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The execution of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged...
The execution of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain, remains the single most glaring miscarriage of British justice in modern times
- FEBRUARY 22, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A Highland community council applied for planning permission...
A Highland community council applied for planning permission to erect a 30ft set of gallows to mark the 250th anniversary of the wrongful hanging of James of the Glen
- FEBRUARY 20, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A court in Nigeria's Kebbi State convicted two people...
A court in Nigeria's Kebbi State convicted two people to death by hanging for their involvement in separate robbery cases
- FEBRUARY 20, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The Justice Department head announced the public hanging...
The Justice Department head announced the public hanging of two young men Amir Hoseyn Mashti and Ali Soltani, after the Supreme Court confirmed their death sentences
- FEBRUARY 19, 2002OhioDEATH PENALTY
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- FEBRUARY 19, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A bandit named Ali Dozd [Ali, the Thief] or Ali Saddam...
A bandit named Ali Dozd [Ali, the Thief] or Ali Saddam [after notorious Iraqi President Saddam Husayn] was hanged in public in Anduhjerd
- FEBRUARY 19, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Faghir Gangar Zehi was executed in prison in Kerman, Iran
Faghir Gangar Zehi was executed in prison in Kerman, Iran
- FEBRUARY 14, 2002IraqDEATH PENALTY
Two criminals were executed at the Mahattah Prison in Arbil
Two criminals were executed at the Mahattah Prison in Arbil
- FEBRUARY 14, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Hassan Nedai was hanged in public in Takestan, Iran
Hassan Nedai was hanged in public in Takestan, Iran