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| Apr.21 |
New Delhi |
India introduces death penalty for child rapists
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| Jul.19 |
North Korea |
North Korea firing squad carries out public executions in school yards |
| Apr.24 |
Southern U.S. |
Arkansas executes murderers Jack Jones and Marcel Williams |
| Apr.20 |
Southern U.S. |
Arkansas executes in first death penalty use in 12 years |
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| Aug.7 |
Istanbul |
Turkey death penalty: Erdogan backs return at rally |
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Iran |
Iranian nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri executed for treason |
| May.24 |
Washington |
US seeks death penalty over Charleston church shooting |
| May.13 |
USA |
Pfizer acts to stop its drugs being used in lethal injections |
| May.10 |
Bangladesh |
Bangladeshi Islamist leader hanged
Motiur Rahman Nizami, 73, was executed for crimes during the war of independence from Pakistan in 1971
| Apr.5 |
Global |
Amnesty highlights 'disturbing rise' in global executions |
| Mar.6 |
Iran |
Iran billionaire Babak Zanjani sentenced to death |
| Feb.18 |
Baghdad |
IS Camp Speicher massacre: Iraq sentences 40 to death |
| Feb.10 |
North Korea |
N. Korean leader Kim had his military chief executed North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had Ri Yong Gil, his military chief, executed for corruption
| Jan.2 |
Saudi Arabia |
Anger at execution of top Shia cleric Saudi Arabia's execution of prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr has sparked anger and protests in Shia communities across the region | |
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| Dec.31 |
Bangladesh |
Death for Bangladesh blogger killers |
| Dec.23 |
Saudi Arabia |
Saudi Arabia 'spares' Sri Lankan maid in adultery case |
| Dec.1 |
NW Pakistan |
Pakistan hangs four over Peshawar school attack |
| Nov.21 |
Bangladesh |
Bangladesh hangs two over 1971 war crimes
| Nov.8 |
Bangladesh |
Bangladesh boy killings: Six sentenced to death |
| Oct.28 |
South Korea |
Head of ferry operator gets 7 years in prison over deadly sinking |
| Sep.29 |
US Georgia |
Georgia executes woman despite last-ditch appeals
| Sep.3 |
South Carolina |
Charleston shootings: Death penalty sought for Dylann Roof |
| Aug.3 |
Karachi |
Pakistan executes Shafqat Hussain |
| Jul.29 |
India |
India executes Mumbai bomb plotter Yakub Memon |
| Jul.28 |
Libya |
Libya court sentences Qaddafi son to death in absentia |
| Jun.24 |
Boston |
Boston bomber Tsarnaev formally sentenced to death
| May.16 |
Cairo |
Morsi, Egypt's ex-leader, sentenced to death
| May.15 |
Boston |
Death sentence for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
| Feb.8 |
Sichuan |
China executes 'mafia-style' mining tycoon Liu Han |
| Feb.3 |
Jordan |
Jordan executes convicted jihadists after pilot's death Jordan has executed two convicted prisoners, including a female jihadist, following the killing of one its pilots by Islamic State (IS) mili...
| Jan.17 |
Brazil |
Brazil angry at Indonesia execution |
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| Oct.25 |
Iran |
Iran executes woman who killed her alleged rapist |
| Oct.10 |
China |
China cult murder trial: 2 members sentenced to death |
| Jul.23 |
Arizona |
Arizona execution takes two hours |
| Jun.1 |
Iran |
Iran executed dissident for 'enmity against God' |
| Apr.29 |
Oklahoma |
Oklahoma inmate dies after 'botched' lethal injection |
| Mar.27 |
China |
Executions rise in 2013, China tops the list |
| Mar.26 |
Japan |
Retrial after 46 years on death row |
| Mar.24 |
Cairo |
528 Muslim Brotherhood supporters sentenced to death
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| Dec.12 |
North Korea |
North Korea: Leader's uncle executed 
Jang Song Thaek, an uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, has been executed for trying to overthrow the government | |
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Bangladesh |
Bangladesh hangs Islamist leader despite U.N. objections
| Oct.26 |
Southern Iran |
Iran 'hangs 16 rebels' in reprisal
| Sep.13 |
New Delhi |
Court sentences 4 men to death in gang rape case
An Indian court sentenced four men to death Friday for the rape and murder of a 23-year-old woman in New Delhi, an attack that appalled the ...
| May.9 |
Ohio |
Ohio 'kidnapper' could be executed |
| Jan.10 |
Saudi Arabia |
Saudi Arabia executes woman by beheading |
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| Nov.20 |
Mumbai |
Mumbai attack gunman Qasab executed
Mohammad Ajmal Amir Qasab, the sole surviving gunman from the 2008 Mumbai attacks, has been hanged in an Indian prison
| Sep.9 |
Baghdad |
Fugitive Iraq VP sentenced to death |
| May.15 |
Iran |
Iran hangs 'Israel killer spy' |
| Mar.5 |
Iran |
Iran cancels death sentence for American |
| Jan.9 |
Iran |
Iran sentences American to death
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| Sep.30 |
Rawalpindi |
Death for Pakistan blasphemy killer |
| Sep.21 |
US Georgia |
Troy Davis is executed in Georgia
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U.S. Supreme Court |
Troy Davis' last appeal rejected |
| Jan.29 |
Iran |
Iran hangs Iranian-Dutch woman |
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| Dec.28 |
Iran |
Iran executes man as Israeli spy |
| Oct.26 |
Baghdad |
Iraqi court sentences Tariq Aziz to death
| Sep.23 |
Virginia |
US woman executed for family murders |
| Jul.8 |
Iran |
Woman won't be stoned to death
| Jul.5 |
Iran |
Mother of two to be stoned to death |
| Apr.1 |
Saudi Arabia |
Condemned 'sorcerer' won't die Friday |
| Mar.31 |
Saudi Arabia |
Beheading planned in Saudi sorcery case |
| Jan.25 |
Baghdad |
Saddam's cousin, 'Chemical Ali,' hanged |
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| Dec.28 |
China |
Mentally ill British man executed |
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London |
Final pleas for life of Briton on death row |
| Nov.10 |
Washington |
Washington sniper is put to death
| Oct.11 |
Iran |
'Election protestors' sentenced to death |
| May.29 |
Iran |
Iran executes trio for mosque bombing |
| May.21 |
Egypt |
Death for killers of Lebanese star |
| Mar.17 |
Baghdad |
Iraq pushes 'Chemical Ali's' execution |
| Jan.21 |
China |
Death penalty over contaminated milk |
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| Nov.8 |
Indonesia |
Indonesia 'executes' Bali bombers 3 Islamic militants condemned to death for the 2002 bombings which killed 202 people have been executed by firing squad
| Aug.5 |
Texas |
Mexican executed after appeal denied |
| Jul.27 |
Tehran |
29 convicts executed
| Jun.5 |
Guantanamo |
9/11 suspect to court: Martyr me |
| May.26 |
Ethiopia |
Court sentences Mengistu to death
| Feb.29 |
Baghdad |
Iraq approves execution of 'Chemical Ali' |
| Jan.2 |
Beijing |
China to expand lethal injections |
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| Jul.17 |
Libya |
Medics' sentences commuted |
| Jun.24 |
Baghdad |
'Chemical Ali' sentenced to hang
| Mar.19 |
Baghdad |
Former VP Ramadan executed
| Jan.14 |
Baghdad |
Saddam half-brother executed
| Jan.9 |
Baghdad |
PM refused US request to delay execution |
| Jan.6 |
UN |
UN urges stay of Iraq executions |
| Jan.3 |
UN |
UN appeals to Iraq on executions |
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| Dec.29 |
Baghdad |
Saddam Hussein hanged 
The celebrations broke out after Hussein was dead. There was dancing around the body. The execution was videotaped
He was convicted of killings in the town of Dujail 25 years ago. U.S. district judge refused a request to stay the execution. Hussein executed before Eid Al-Adha, a holiday. The law does not permit executions during religious holidays
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Baghdad |
'No delays' to Hussein execution |
| Dec.28 |
Baghdad |
Sources: Hussein to hang this weekend |
| Dec.27 |
Iraq |
Hussein loyalists warn against hanging |
| Dec.19 |
Libya |
HIV medics condemned to death
| Nov.5 |
Baghdad |
Saddam Hussein sentenced to death
The former Iraqi leader has been convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to death by hanging
| Jun.19 |
Baghdad |
Prosecution demands Saddam death |
| May.26 |
Russia |
Beslan attacker: No death penalty |
| May.3 |
Washington |
Jury spares 9/11 plotter Moussaoui
| Mar.21 |
Afghanistan |
Convert 'faces execution'
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| Dec.25 |
Libya |
'HIV medics' sentence lifted
| Dec.13 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Nobel nominated gang leader executed
| Dec.1 |
North Carolina |
US carries out 1,000th execution |
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Singapore |
Young Australian hanged
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| May.6 |
Libya |
Libya to execute Bulgarian medics |
| Feb.26 |
Tokyo |
Death sentence for cult guru |
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| Sep.9 |
Indonesia |
Bali commander sentenced to death |
| May.15 |
China |
Death for SARS spreaders |
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| Jul.14 |
Pakistan |
Death sentence for Pearl murder |
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| Oct.26 |
Afghanistan |
Taleban opponent executed
| Jun.26 |
China |
China kills 57 on anti-drug day |
| Jun.11 |
Indiana |
McVeigh executed
| May.11 |
Oklahoma |
U.S. postpones McVeigh execution |
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| May. 31, 1962 |
Israel |
Adolf Eichmann hanged in Israel
Map of Ramla Israel A German Nazi SS-Obersturmbannführer (lieutenant colonel) and one of the major organisers of the Holocaust | |
| Aug. 3, 1916 |
London |
Sir Roger Casement hanged
Map of HM Prison Pentonville United Kingdom He sought to obtain German support and weapons for an armed rebellion in Ireland against British rule during WWI
| Oct. 13, 1815 |
Southern Italy |
Joachim Murat, King of Two Sicilies, executed
Map of Castello di Pizzo Calabria Italy Forces of the king, Ferdinand IV of Naples, arrested him, and he was put on trial for treason. He was eventually sentenced to death by firing squad
| Jul. 28, 1794 |
Paris |
Maximilien Mavie Isidore Robespierre guillotined
Map of Place de la R%E9volution Paris France Robespierre was a French lawyer and politician, and one of the best-known and most influential figures of the French Revolution
| Jun. 23, 1793 |
Paris |
Reign of Terror begins in France Incited by conflict between the Girondins and the Jacobins, and marked by mass executions of 'enemies of the revolution' | |
| Oct. 16, 1793 |
Paris |
Marie Antoinette guillotined Born an Archduchess of Austria, was Dauphine of France from 1770 to 1774 and Queen of France and Navarre from 1774 to 1792
| Nov. 7, 1783 |
Spain |
Last public burning by the Spanish Inquisition
| Oct. 29, 1618 |
London |
Sir Walter Raleigh executed An English landed gentleman, writer, poet, soldier, politician, courtier, spy, and explorer. He is also well known for popularising tobacco in...
| Jan. 31, 1606 |
London |
Guy Fawkes hanged
The jury found all of the defendants guilty, and the Lord Chief Justice Sir John Popham proclaimed them guilty of high treason
| Feb. 8, 1587 |
England |
Mary Queen of Scots executed
Map of Fotheringhay Castle United Kingdom Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, was Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 to 24 July 1567 and Queen consort of France
| Mar. 21, 1556 |
England |
Thomas Cranmer burned at the stake
A leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury. He built the case for the annulment of Henry's marriage to Catherine of Ar...
| May. 15, 1536 |
London |
Anne Boleyn beheaded
Queen of England from 1533 to 1536 as the second wife of King Henry VIII and Marquess of Pembroke in her own right
| Oct. 6, 1536 |
Belgium |
William Tyndale burned at the stake
English scholar became a leading figure in Protestant reform in the years up to his execution. Known for his translation of the Bible into E...