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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- JUNE 16, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Abdol Momen was publicly executed for murder in Baghis...
Abdol Momen was publicly executed for murder in Baghis province
- JUNE 14, 2001AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Afghanistan's ruling Taliban militia executed eight...
Afghanistan's ruling Taliban militia executed eight men on the Afghan-Tajik border in full view of Russian border guards, a Russian military source in the Tajik capital Dushanbe said
- JUNE 13, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
John Wheat was executed by lethal injection
John Wheat was executed by lethal injection
- JUNE 13, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Eight members of the largest-ever organised crime ring...
Eight members of the largest-ever organised crime ring in Gansu province were put to death
- JUNE 12, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China, which executes more people each year than any...
China, which executes more people each year than any another country, was restrained in its reaction to America's execution of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh on June 11
- JUNE 11, 2001Governo Federale degli Stati UnitiDEATH PENALTY
Oklahoma city bomber Timothy McVeigh was put to death...
Oklahoma city bomber Timothy McVeigh was put to death by lethal injection at the Terre Haute federal penitentiary in Indiana at 7a
- JUNE 7, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Twenty criminals were shot in Xian, Shaanxi province,...
Twenty criminals were shot in Xian, Shaanxi province, as part of the Strike Hard campaign, which has seen more than 1,000 executed in two months
- JUNE 7, 2001TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Lee Yihsiung a Taiwan drug trafficker was executed...
Lee Yihsiung a Taiwan drug trafficker was executed at the Taipei Prison, five years after he was arrested and escorted back to Taiwan from Thailand
- JUNE 7, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Talal Ali al-Asem executed in Sana'a for the murder...
Talal Ali al-Asem executed in Sana'a for the murder of Nasser Ahmed Hussein
- JUNE 5, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Twenty-one convicted criminals were executed in a single...
Twenty-one convicted criminals were executed in a single day in the in the central Chinese city of Chongqing
- MAY 31, 2001MarylandDEATH PENALTY
Gov. Parris Glendening granted a posthumous pardon...
Gov. Parris Glendening granted a posthumous pardon to a black man hanged in 1919, saying the execution "may well have been a miscarriage of justice." "While it is impossible at this late date to establish with certainty his guilt or innocence, there is su
- MAY 29, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Mehrdad Yusefi, an 18-year-old man, was hanged in the...
Mehrdad Yusefi, an 18-year-old man, was hanged in the western city of Ilam after the Supreme Court upheld a death sentence issued by a lower court for killing a friend two years later
- MAY 29, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded three Saudi men for crimes ranging...
Saudi Arabia beheaded three Saudi men for crimes ranging from theft to sodomy
- MAY 29, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Vincent Allen Johnson, a 2-time killer, died by drug...
Vincent Allen Johnson, a 2-time killer, died by drug injection for the murder of Shirley Mooneyham, 44, on Feb
- MAY 25, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saad bin Ali bin Jam'an al-Dossari was beheaded for murder
Saad bin Ali bin Jam'an al-Dossari was beheaded for murder
- MAY 22, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
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- MAY 21, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Shouai Ibrahim al-Matari executed by firing squad in...
Shouai Ibrahim al-Matari executed by firing squad in Hajjah province for murdering an unrelated man, Shouai Shabayn al-Matari, and his daughter, Qamamah
- MAY 20, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed 29 members of violent gangs, targeting...
China executed 29 members of violent gangs, targeting robbery and murder rings in a "Strike Hard"
- MAY 18, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Two men were beheaded in the northwestern city of Tabuk...
Two men were beheaded in the northwestern city of Tabuk for murdering a police officer and trafficking in drugs
- MAY 18, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia publicly beheaded seven men for gang rape
Saudi Arabia publicly beheaded seven men for gang rape
- MAY 17, 2001TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Taiwan's Justice Minister Chen Ding-nan said he planned...
Taiwan's Justice Minister Chen Ding-nan said he planned to abolish the death sentence before his term ends in 2004
- MAY 14, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Hussein Ahmed al-Ariqi executed by firing...
Muhammad Hussein Ahmed al-Ariqi executed by firing squad in Sana'a for the murder of Hamda Murshid Tahir al-Hamdani
- MAY 13, 2001United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The family of a man hanged 49 years ago for a murder...
The family of a man hanged 49 years ago for a murder he did not commit received £1
- MAY 13, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Abdel Karim Muhammad Alwan executed for the murder...
Abdel Karim Muhammad Alwan executed for the murder of Amin Hussein Abdullah
- MAY 11, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Four people were executed for tax fraud in Guangdong
Four people were executed for tax fraud in Guangdong
- MAY 11, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Eight Yemenis executed by firing squad for separate murders
Eight Yemenis executed by firing squad for separate murders
- MAY 8, 2001ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
The state executed a murderer who said he wouldn't...
The state executed a murderer who said he wouldn't appeal his sentence because it would bring more torment to the families of his 5 victims
- MAY 7, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded an Egyptian man for stabbing...
Saudi Arabia beheaded an Egyptian man for stabbing to death an Egyptian woman and her son after a dispute
- MAY 6, 2001YemenDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Yemeni man for murdering his...
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Yemeni man for murdering his Saudi employer and wife while trying to rob them
- MAY 6, 2001Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Yemeni man for murdering his...
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Yemeni man for murdering his Saudi employer and wife while trying to rob them