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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OCTOBER 15, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man executed in Ardabil on October 15
OCTOBER 14, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Asghar Cheraghifar (Cheraghi Far) executed in Zanjan on October 14
OCTOBER 12, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Mohammadi executed in Rasht on October 12
OCTOBER 11, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Bahrehmand executed in Hamedan on October 11
OCTOBER 11, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Three men executed in Qezel Hesar on October 11
Nazir Mohammad Tajik, Nour Mohammad Barbari, and Shahab Elhami
OCTOBER 11, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shahab …executed in Qezel Hesar on October 11
(surname unknown)
OCTOBER 11, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abbas Ali Maghami and Mehdi Shadab executed in Tabriz on October 11
- OCTOBER 10, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hossein Alizadeh executed in Bam on October 10
OCTOBER 10, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man executed in Isfahan on October 10
OCTOBER 10, 2023TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Jedidiah Murphy, 48, White, was executed on Oct. 10
- OCTOBER 9, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Isfahan on October 9
OCTOBER 9, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 unidentified men executed in Kerman on October 9
OCTOBER 8, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Emambakhsh Gorgij executed in Torbat Heydarieh on October 8
- OCTOBER 8, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mehrab Sintab executed in Karaj on October 8
- OCTOBER 6, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Two unidentified men executed in Mashhad on October 6
OCTOBER 4, 2023North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: WAREHOUSE MANAGER EXECUTED FOR STEALING PENICILLIN
A manager at a North Korean pharmaceutical warehouse was publicly executed last month for stealing 20,000 doses of penicillin, sources inside the country said.
OCTOBER 3, 2023FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Michael Zack was executed on October 3
54, White
- OCTOBER 1, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 5 men executed in Shiraz on October 1
Hamidreza Khodabandeh and 4 unidentified men
OCTOBER 1, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Samad Moradi executed in Ramhormoz on October 1
OCTOBER 1, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man executed in Mashhad on October 1
OCTOBER 1, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men executed in Kerman on October 1
Avaz Moradi, Ramezan Khorshid + 3 unk
OCTOBER 1, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man executed in Mashhad on October 1
- OCTOBER 1, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Taghi … executed in Mashhad on October 1
Surname unknown
SEPTEMBER 30, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Bagher Bazgir and Sasan Farzipour executed in Khorramabad on September 30
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Scott Panetti Not Competent for Execution
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Najafi and Bahram … executed in Karaj on September 27
554 executions in 2023
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Jafar Ghaed executed in Ahar on September 27
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 men executed in Karaj on September 27
Saman Asgari and Mozafar ... (surname unknown)
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Askar Nami executed in Tabriz on September 26
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: MAN EXECUTED DESPITE DIPLOMATIC PLEAS FOR MERCY
Death row prisoner Le Van Manh was executed on the morning of September 22, 2023, lawyer Le Van Luan posted on Facebook, in a case with evidence which lawyers said was not clear enough to convict.