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 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
- JUNE 4, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Sa'id Bin-Salim Bin-Sa'id was executed in Mecca
Sa'id Bin-Salim Bin-Sa'id was executed in Mecca
- JUNE 2, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
22 people were executed in Beijing after the Supreme...
22 people were executed in Beijing after the Supreme People's Court upheld their sentences for murder, armed robbery, kidnapping and rape
- JUNE 2, 2000AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Pernell Ford, 35, black, was executed by electric chair
Pernell Ford, 35, black, was executed by electric chair
- JUNE 1, 2000OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
James Glenn Robedeaux, 51, black, was executed by lethal...
James Glenn Robedeaux, 51, black, was executed by lethal injection
- MAY 31, 2000JordanDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Jaghamin was hanged at dawn in the Swaqa prison...
Muhammad Jaghamin was hanged at dawn in the Swaqa prison after a 10-month trial at the State Security Court
- MAY 30, 2000PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A Filipino man was executed in Jeddah , Saudi Arabia...
A Filipino man was executed in Jeddah , Saudi Arabia for attempted murder
- MAY 30, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A convict soldier was hung to death at the Kot Lakhpat...
A convict soldier was hung to death at the Kot Lakhpat Jail, while the hanging of his accomplicewas deferred for a month
- MAY 30, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia executed a Pakistani man, Zeinullah Khan...
Saudi Arabia executed a Pakistani man, Zeinullah Khan Arjoun Khan, for smuggling heroin into the kingdom