Archive timeline
2014
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2014, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
The year in data
- Executions recorded worldwide
- 3,545
- Countries where they were recorded
- 28
- News items in the archive
- 1,736
Latest news of 2014
AUGUST 12, 2014SyriaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SYRIAN DRUG TRAFFICKER BEHEADED IN AL-JAWF REGION
AUGUST 12, 2014United KingdomDEATH PENALTYUNITED KINGDOM: 45% OF BRITS WANT TO BRING BACK DEATH PENALTY – 50 YRS AFTER LAST EXECUTION
in a poll conducted to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the United Kingdom’s last legal executions, 45 percent of Brits said murderers should face the death penalty.
- AUGUST 11, 2014OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. Judge Ray Elliot formally sentenced Fabion Brown to death
USA - Oklahoma. Judge Ray Elliot formally sentenced Fabion Brown to death
- AUGUST 11, 2014TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee. Tennessee fights release of execution team identities.
USA - Tennessee. Tennessee fights release of execution team identities.
AUGUST 11, 2014SyriaDEATH PENALTYSYRIA: 25 PEOPLE EXTRA-JUDICIALLY EXECUTED BY ISIL
AUGUST 11, 2014JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: LAWMAKER GROUP SEEKING END TO DEATH PENALTY TO RESUME ACTIVITIES
AUGUST 11, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: A NATIONAL BEHEADED FOR KILLING HIS WIFE
- AUGUST 9, 2014South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
about 20 South Korean nationals are death row inmates in China, according to the Ministry of Foreign
about 20 South Korean nationals are death row inmates in China, according to the Ministry of Foreign
AUGUST 9, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE PRISONERS HANGED IN KARAJ
- AUGUST 8, 2014OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Judge Extends Temporary Halt To Ohio Executions
USA - Ohio. Judge Extends Temporary Halt To Ohio Executions
- AUGUST 8, 2014LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. State accesses drug for execution from area hospital.
USA - Louisiana. State accesses drug for execution from area hospital.
- AUGUST 8, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: THREE MEN BEHEADED FOR MURDER AND DRUG TRAFFICKING
AUGUST 8, 2014OhioDEATH PENALTYUSA: OHIO’S DEATH-PENALTY MORATORIUM EXTENDED UNTIL NEXT JANUARY
a federal judge has extended a temporary moratorium on executions in Ohio until 15 January 2015 to allow more time for the state to implement a new lethal-injection procedure.
AUGUST 7, 2014EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MUFTI URGES REVIEW OF MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD LEADER DEATH SENTENCE
Egypt’s Mufti Shaki Allam has urged a reconsideration of the death sentence verdict passed on Muslim
AUGUST 7, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO MEN HANGED IN PUBLIC
Two men were publicly hanged in the city of Kermanshah (Western Iran), reported the Iranian state media.
AUGUST 7, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: AL-SHABAAB SUSPECT TO BE EXTRADITED TO SOMALIA
Kenya has agreed to Somalia's request to extradite a Somali citizen believed to be senior al-Shabaab
AUGUST 7, 2014South KoreaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: ANOTHER SOUTH KOREAN EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
AUGUST 7, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: AT LEAST NINE PRISONERS EXECUTED IN RASHT AND ZAHEDAN, INCLUDING A JUVENILE OFFENDER HANGED ALONG WITH HIS MOTHER
- AUGUST 6, 2014MaliDEATH PENALTY
the Court of Assizes of Bamako sentenced 24-year-old Sounkodjan alias Bah Diarra to death a man after
the Court of Assizes of Bamako sentenced 24-year-old Sounkodjan alias Bah Diarra to death a man after
AUGUST 6, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SIX PRISONERS EXECUTED IN SHIRAZ AND KARAJ
Six prisoners were hanged in the cities of Shiraz and Karaj, Iran.
AUGUST 6, 2014ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: 2 KOREAN SMUGGLERS EXECUTED
China executed two South Korean men in Jilin Province for drug trafficking and trading convictions, the first
- AUGUST 6, 2014MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. Michael Worthington, 43, White, was executed
USA - Missouri. Michael Worthington, 43, White, was executed
AUGUST 6, 2014DEATH PENALTYMISSOURI EXECUTES KILLER MICHAEL WORTHINGTON BY LETHAL INJECTION
A Missouri man was put to death for raping and killing a college student in 1995, making him the first U.S.
AUGUST 5, 2014EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: GIZA COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCES FOR 12 MORSI SUPPORTERS
A Giza court upheld the death sentences on 12 supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohamed Morsi,
AUGUST 5, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAGICIAN, MURDERER EXECUTED
Two Saudis were beheaded in the border town of Gurayyat in the Al-Jouf province, an Interior Ministry
- AUGUST 5, 2014CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. The state Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence of Paul Lloyd Hensley over juror consultation with pastor
USA - California. The state Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence of Paul Lloyd Hensley over juror consultation with pastor
AUGUST 5, 2014United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: CHARITY GROUP PAYS DIYA TO VICTIM’S FAMILY
An Emirati sentenced to death in Ras Al Khaimah escaped execution after blood money for the victim’s
AUGUST 4, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: NEPALI MAID BEHEADED FOR TODDLER MURDER
Saudi authorities beheaded a Nepali housemaid convicted of murdering a two-year-old boy by slitting his
AUGUST 3, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE PUBLIC EXECUTIONS IN SHIRAZ
Three prisoners were hanged in public in the city of Shiraz (Southern Iran), reported the Iranian state media.
AUGUST 3, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: THREE MEN CONVICTED OF AL-SHABAB TERROR ATROCITIES ARE EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD
Three men involved in a deadly terrorist attack on the Presidential Palace in Mogadishu have been executed