Executions in May 2005.

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Date

Country

Name

Method

Crime

02/05

Jordan

Ibrahim Yousef, Mazouz Mohammed & Oras Faleh

Hanging

Murder

02/05

Iran

Hadi Safdari

Hanging (p)

“Acting against the state”

02/05

Iran

Yaqoub R.

Hanging

Murder

03/05

America - Texas

Lonnie Wayne Pursley

Injection

Murder

04/05

Iran

Reza H.

Hanging (p)

Murder

04/05

Iran

Hatam Gorgi,
Ali-Asghar Hojabri,
Ali-Asghar Mardi and Mohammad Faranaki


Hanging


Murder

Armed robbery

06/05

AmericaN. Carolina

Earl Richmond Jr.

Injection

Murder

06/05

Bangladesh

Kamal Hossain Hawlader

Hanging

Murder

08/05

Saudi Arabia

Salim bin Khan Abdul Rahman

Beheading (p)

Drugs

10/05

Pakistan

Muhammad Nasir

Hanging

Murder

10/05

Iran

Majid Alghosi

Hanging

Murder

11/05

Yemen

Saleh Ali Said Banser al-Malqeb

Shooting

Murder

11/05

Iran

Nasser Ch., Arref S. and Ali S.

Hanging (p)

Murder

12/05

AmericaOklahoma

George James Miller Jr.

Injection

Murder

13/05

AmericaConnecticut

Michael Ross

Injection

Murder

13/05

Singapore

Shanmugam Murugesu

Hanging

Drugs

13/05

Saudi Arabia

Moeid bin Nasser bin Sarhan al-Makikhli al-Subaei

Beheading (p)

Murder

13/05

Indonesia

Turmudi bin Kasturi

Shooting

Murder

15/05

Yemen

Ahmed Abdulraqib al-Saqaf

Shooting

Murder

18/05

AmericaMissouri

Vernon Brown

Injection

Murder

18/05

AmericaTexas

Bryan Wolfe

Injection

Murder

19/05

China

Wang Junping, Zhu Yaying (f) & Zhu Yaqi

Injection (?)

Murder

19/05

AmericaTexas

Richard Cartwright

Injection

Murder

22/05

Iran

Rahmatollah Ghanbarzehi Gorgich

Hanging (p)

Rape

23/05

Pakistan

Muhammad Ejaz

Hanging

Murder

24/05

Pakistan (Orakzai)

Mohammad Umar and
Taj Mohammad

Shooting

Murder

25/05

AmericaIndiana

Gregory Scott Johnson

Injection

Murder

25/05

Iran

Akbar M.

Hanging

Armed robbery

26/05

Pakistan

Tajamal Abbas

Hanging

Murder

(f) = female, (j) = juvenile, (p) = public
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