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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- FEBRUARY 28, 2000SudanDEATH PENALTY
Hassan Awad al-Zubair was beheaded in Riyadh, Saudi...
Hassan Awad al-Zubair was beheaded in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for practising "black magic," which harmed the people he claimed to cure
- FEBRUARY 28, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Mansur ibn Jabir Bin Yahya Hazzazi was beheaded in Riyadh
Mansur ibn Jabir Bin Yahya Hazzazi was beheaded in Riyadh
- FEBRUARY 25, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
A videotape taken by a German journalist for the N24...
A videotape taken by a German journalist for the N24 network showed Russian troops roughly disposing of the handcuffed bodies of executed Chechen fighters was aired on the BBC and on Russian NTV television
- FEBRUARY 24, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Betty Lou Beets was executed in Texas, two weeks before...
Betty Lou Beets was executed in Texas, two weeks before her 63rd birthday, for the murder of her fifth husband
- FEBRUARY 24, 2000United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Betty Lou Beets was executed in Texas, two weeks before...
Betty Lou Beets was executed in Texas, two weeks before her 63rd birthday, for the murder of her fifth husband
- FEBRUARY 24, 2000IraqDEATH PENALTY
The regime executed some 25 Republican Guard officers
The regime executed some 25 Republican Guard officers
- FEBRUARY 24, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Three drug traffickers were executed by hanging after...
Three drug traffickers were executed by hanging after their death sentences were confirmed by Iran's Supreme Court
- FEBRUARY 24, 2000FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Anthony Brian, 40, white, was put to death by lethal...
Anthony Brian, 40, white, was put to death by lethal injection
- FEBRUARY 23, 2000EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Egypt executed two Moslem militants, Ahmed el-Naggar...
Egypt executed two Moslem militants, Ahmed el-Naggar and Ahmed Ismail
- FEBRUARY 23, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Cornelius Goss, 38, black, was put to death by lethal...
Cornelius Goss, 38, black, was put to death by lethal injection
- FEBRUARY 22, 2000AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court, voting 5-4 Tuesday, rejected a challenge...
The Supreme Court, voting 5-4 Tuesday, rejected a challenge to Alabama's use of the electric chair as the only means of execution
- FEBRUARY 22, 2000FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Terry Melvin Sims, 58, white, was put to death by lethal...
Terry Melvin Sims, 58, white, was put to death by lethal injection
- FEBRUARY 18, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saqr ibn Muhamad ibn Marzouk Al-Otaibi was executed...
Saqr ibn Muhamad ibn Marzouk Al-Otaibi was executed in Taif after being convicted of shooting to death his wife, Masbouba bint Daheem ibn Marzouk Al-Otaibi, her father, Daheem ibn Marzouk and her mother, Haya bint Lafa Al-Mutairi
- FEBRUARY 16, 2000ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
Anthony Lee Chaney, 45, white, was executed by lethal...
Anthony Lee Chaney, 45, white, was executed by lethal injection
- FEBRUARY 14, 2000AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
Eldar Zeynalov, director of the Human Rights Resource...
Eldar Zeynalov, director of the Human Rights Resource Centre, said that according to data from the Supreme Court a total of 170 people were executed between 1992 and February 1998
- FEBRUARY 14, 2000AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
A ten-year-old-boy, watched by his mother, sister and...
A ten-year-old-boy, watched by his mother, sister and six-year-old brother executed Mohammad Hashem, the man convicted of his father's murder
- FEBRUARY 14, 2000IranDEATH PENALTY
Mohammad Ali Gh was shot for the murder of Mostafa...
Mohammad Ali Gh was shot for the murder of Mostafa Sharilu, 84, in the city of Khoy
- FEBRUARY 11, 2000South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The Botswanan High Court sentenced 49-year old Mariette...
The Botswanan High Court sentenced 49-year old Mariette Bosch, a South African woman, to death
- FEBRUARY 10, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Human Rights Watch charged that Russian occupying forces...
Human Rights Watch charged that Russian occupying forces executed at least 38 civilians-including two children-in in the Staroproyslovski district of Grozny
- FEBRUARY 10, 2000OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
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- FEBRUARY 4, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A man was beheaded for shooting dead another Saudi...
A man was beheaded for shooting dead another Saudi man after a dispute
- FEBRUARY 2, 2000Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
According to Amnesty International, nineteen other...
According to Amnesty International, nineteen other prisoners were executed in and around Kinshasa between January 28 and February 2, 2000
- JANUARY 28, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme People's Court (SPC) approved the death...
The Supreme People's Court (SPC) approved the death sentences handed out by the Guangdong Provincial Higher People's Court and issued the order of execution for 13 pirates
- JANUARY 28, 2000IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
China executed 13 Chinese and Indonesian pirates, including...
China executed 13 Chinese and Indonesian pirates, including one identified as Soni Wee, in South China's Guangdong Province
- JANUARY 27, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
James Moreland, 39, white, was executed by lethal injection
James Moreland, 39, white, was executed by lethal injection
- JANUARY 26, 2000Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Amash ibn Mohsen Al-Qahtani was executed in Riyadh...
Amash ibn Mohsen Al-Qahtani was executed in Riyadh after he was found guilty of shooting and killing Saleh ibn Muhammad Al-Otaibi, another Saudi man
- JANUARY 25, 2000ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Twelve convicted felons were sentenced and executed...
Twelve convicted felons were sentenced and executed in central Henan province, as courts embarked on the annual pre-Lunar New Year flurry of executions
- JANUARY 25, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Glen McGinnis, 27, black was put to death by lethal...
Glen McGinnis, 27, black was put to death by lethal injection
- JANUARY 24, 2000TexasDEATH PENALTY
Billy Hughes Jr, 47, white was executed via lethal injection
Billy Hughes Jr, 47, white was executed via lethal injection
- JANUARY 22, 2000PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Ata Mohammad was hung in New Central jail, Multan
Ata Mohammad was hung in New Central jail, Multan