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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APRIL 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Malazadeh executed in Zanjan on April 5
MARCH 31, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 58 executions in March
The month of Ramadan
MARCH 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Morteza Saadatpour Zeini and Mohsen Hedayat executed in Tabriz on March 29
MARCH 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yasser Roshani (Yaser Roshan) executed in Arak on March 29
MARCH 29, 2025South CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA - South Carolina. I saw South Carolina use a firing squad to execute a man
I am sick with rage
MARCH 29, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A woman, Mahnaz Kakaei, and Ali Sufian executed in Isfahan on March 29
MARCH 27, 2025ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: METHAMPHETAMINE PRODUCER EXECUTED AFTER MASSIVE BATCH SEIZURE
The Intermediate People's Court of China’s Linyang City has confirmed the execution of a death sentence for a man convicted of producing and trafficking 200 kg of methamphetamine, Caliber.az reported on March 23, 2025.
MARCH 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - NCRI report: 1,153 Executions in Persian Year 1403
A 42% Surge Compared to 1402
MARCH 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 61st week of the “No to Execution Tuesday” campaign
MARCH 23, 2025TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: MAN TO BE HANGED FOR MURDERING HIS GIRLFRIEND
The High Court of Tanzania in Moshi on March 10, 2025 sentenced 32-year-old Erasto Mollel to death by hanging for the murder of his girlfriend, Josephine Mngara, 30.
MARCH 20, 2025OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Wendell Grissom, 56, was executed
MARCH 20, 2025FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Edward James, 63, White, was executed
10th execution in US
MARCH 20, 2025ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA EXECUTED FOUR CANADIANS FOR DRUG CRIMES, SAYS OTTAWA
Four Canadians were executed in China on drug-related charges earlier this year, Canadian authorities confirmed on March 19, 2025.
MARCH 19, 2025ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: EX-ENGINEER TO BE EXECUTED FOR SPYING
A former Chinese engineer has been sentenced to death for leaking state secrets to a foreign power, Beijing's spy agency said on March 18, 2025.
MARCH 19, 2025LouisianaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Louisiana. Jessie Hoffman, 46, Black, was executed
First nitrogen execution in the state
MARCH 19, 2025ArizonaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Arizona. Aaron Gunches, 53, White, was executed
MARCH 18, 2025ArkansasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Arkansas. Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed nitrogen gas legislation
Fifth state to adopt the method
MARCH 17, 2025North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: THREE MEN TIED UP AND EXECUTED IN FRONT OF VILLAGERS
Three North Koreans have been tied to stakes and riddled with bullets in a public execution in front of villagers after they tried to flee the country, Mirror reported on March 14, 2025.
MARCH 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hatam Shahpasandi executed in Boroujerd on March 17
245 esecuzioni dall'inizio dell'anno
MARCH 16, 2025ArkansasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Arkansas. Nitrogen gas bill could restart executions
If Gov. Sarah Sanders signs into law HB 1489
MARCH 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 persons, not 3, executed in Urmia on March 16
Mojgan Azarpisheh, Kosar Ghorbani, Arshad Farzadband e Hamed Faraji
MARCH 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yaser Jahanbani executed in Hamedan on March 16
MARCH 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 women and a man executed in Urmia on March 16
Mojgan Azarpisheh, Kosar Bagherzadeh, and Arshad Farzadband
- MARCH 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Yaser Jahanbani executed in Hamedan on March 16
- MARCH 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Faramarz Keyfari and Kourosh Zare executed in Rasht
On February 25 and March 16
MARCH 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Tahmas Kalani executed in Nahavand on March 15
MARCH 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Heidar Safdari and Sohrab Niazi executed in Qazvin on March 15
MARCH 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Morteza Kazemzadeh and Mohammadreza Basiri executed in Semnan on March 13
- MARCH 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ahmad Yarmohammadi executed in Dorud on March 13
MARCH 12, 2025IdahoDEATH PENALTYUSA - Idaho. Governor Little signs HB 37 authorizing firing squad as State’s primary execution method