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 29, 2000JapanDEATH PENALTY
Yasuo Hayashi, a key member of the Aum Shinri Kyo cult,...
Yasuo Hayashi, a key member of the Aum Shinri Kyo cult, was sentenced to death by hanging for taking part in the 1995 gas attack on the Tokyo subway
- JUNE 29, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A convict in a murder case washung to death at the...
A convict in a murder case washung to death at the Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore
- JUNE 29, 2000GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
Two convicted kidnappers were put to death by lethal...
Two convicted kidnappers were put to death by lethal injection at the Pavon prison in an execution shown live on Guatemalan television
- JUNE 26, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shanghai Nmber2 Intermediate Court executed the...
The Shanghai Nmber2 Intermediate Court executed the death penalty on two convicted drug traffickers: 36-year old Ma Fenghua and Ma Wenzhong who werefounf guilty of trafficking 5,250 grams of heroin
- JUNE 26, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China executed tens of drug traffickers in a synchronised...
China executed tens of drug traffickers in a synchronised operation to dramatise its seriousness about fighting drug-related crime and to mark the International Anti-Drug Day
- JUNE 24, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Abbas Yar-Ali, 35, accused of kidnapping and assaulting...
Abbas Yar-Ali, 35, accused of kidnapping and assaulting 13 girls (aged 4 to 9) over a period of 7 years (1989-1996), was hanged in Ghasr prison, Tehran
- JUNE 23, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Seven drug traffickers were executed in Beijing for...
Seven drug traffickers were executed in Beijing for being involved in five drug trafficking cases between 1997 and 1999
- JUNE 23, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Gary Graham was executed by the state of Texas, despite...
Gary Graham was executed by the state of Texas, despite claims that he was innocent
- JUNE 22, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Gary Graham, 36, also known as Shaka Sankofa, was executed...
Gary Graham, 36, also known as Shaka Sankofa, was executed after spending 19 years on death row
- JUNE 21, 2000FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Thomas Provenzano, 51, white, was put to death by lethal...
Thomas Provenzano, 51, white, was put to death by lethal injection in Florida State Prison, Starke
- JUNE 19, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed an Indonesian woman, Warni Samiran...
Saudi Arabia executed an Indonesian woman, Warni Samiran Audi, for murder
- JUNE 16, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Three Pakistanis and two Bangladeshis were executed...
Three Pakistanis and two Bangladeshis were executed Riyadh after having been found guilty of murder
- JUNE 16, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Gholam Ghaws was executed in public at the sports stadium...
Gholam Ghaws was executed in public at the sports stadium of the Herat Province
- JUNE 15, 2000OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
William Clifford Bryson, 29, black, was put to death...
William Clifford Bryson, 29, black, was put to death by lethal injection
- JUNE 15, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Paul Nuncio, 32, of Latin-American origin, was executed...
Paul Nuncio, 32, of Latin-American origin, was executed by lethal injection
- JUNE 14, 2000QatarDEATH PENALTY
Three Indians were executed for murder under Islamic...
Three Indians were executed for murder under Islamic Sharia law
- JUNE 14, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
John Burks, 44, black, was executed by lethal injection
John Burks, 44, black, was executed by lethal injection
- JUNE 12, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Qatar said it had executed three Indians for murder,...
Qatar said it had executed three Indians for murder, the first time the Gulf Arab state has imposed the death penalty in over three decades
- JUNE 12, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Thomas Wayne Mason, 48, white, was put to death by...
Thomas Wayne Mason, 48, white, was put to death by lethal injection
- JUNE 11, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Wahhab Abdallah Tuta'il, an Indian man convicted of...
Wahhab Abdallah Tuta'il, an Indian man convicted of smuggling drugs into Saudi Arabia, was beheaded
- JUNE 11, 2000IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed an Indian man convicted of smuggling...
Saudi Arabia executed an Indian man convicted of smuggling drugs into the kingdom
- JUNE 10, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Sa'd Bin-Fatis Bin-Abdallah al-Zahrani was executed...
Sa'd Bin-Fatis Bin-Abdallah al-Zahrani was executed in Al-Mindak Governorate, Al-Bahah region
- JUNE 10, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Abbas Mahmoudi, convicted of a murder that took place...
Abbas Mahmoudi, convicted of a murder that took place in 1994, was executed in public in the village of Shaam Asbi (near Ardebil)
- JUNE 9, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
A Jordanian national was executed after pleading guilty...
A Jordanian national was executed after pleading guilty of spying on the Iraqi regime
- JUNE 8, 2000NamibiaDEATH PENALTY
Felizberto Toto, 35, was summarily executed by NDF...
Felizberto Toto, 35, was summarily executed by NDF soldiers because he was believed to be a member of the Angolan rebel group Unita
- JUNE 8, 2000OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Roger James Berget, 39, white, was executed by lethal...
Roger James Berget, 39, white, was executed by lethal injection in the Oklahome State Penitentiary of McAlester
- JUNE 7, 2000FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Florida's third death by lethal injection went awry...
Florida's third death by lethal injection went awry and was delayed for 33 minutes as technicians struggled to insert a lethal IV into the veins of a 49-year-old killer
- JUNE 7, 2000FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Bennie Demps, 49, white, was executed by lethal injection...
Bennie Demps, 49, white, was executed by lethal injection in Florida State Prison, near Starke
- JUNE 6, 2000JordanDEATH PENALTY
Iraq executed Dawud Sulayman al-Dalu, a Jordanian national...
Iraq executed Dawud Sulayman al-Dalu, a Jordanian national who was arrested in 1993 and was later sentenced to death by an Iraqi court for taking part in a plot against Iraq and its leadership
- JUNE 6, 2000LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
Feltus Taylor, 38, black, was executed by lethal injection...
Feltus Taylor, 38, black, was executed by lethal injection in Louisiana State Penitentiary