Executions in August 2008.

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country	No of executions
Afghanistan
America	4
Bahrain
Botswana
China
Egypt
Iran	26
Indonesia	1
Japan
Jordan
Kuwait
Libya
Malaysia
North Korea
Pakistan	4
Saudi Arabia	5
Somalia
Sudan
UAE
Yemen
Total	40

39 men and 1 woman were executed in August 2008, their details are as under.

Date	Country	Name	Method	Crime
04/08	Iran	Yaghoub Mirnehad and Abdolnasser Taheri	Hanging	Terrorism
05/08	America – Texas	José Ernesto Medellín	Injection	Murder
06/08	Iran	Mehdi, Javad and Ali	Hanging	Murder and drugs
07/08	America – Texas	Heliberto Chi	Injection	Murder
08/08	Indonesia	Rio "Hammer" Alek Bulo	Shooting	Murder
11/08	Iran	Gole-Mohammad Salehzehi, Rahim Baranzehi, Lal-Mohammad Zainidini & Asadollah Eshaqzehi	Hanging	Drugs
12/08	America – Texas	Leon David Dorsey IV	Injection	Murder
12/08	Pakistan	Munir Ahmed, Abbas Ali & Amanat Ali	Hanging	Murder
14/08	America – Texas	Michael Rodriguez	Injection	Murder
14/08	Iran	Hassan Sadeghpour	Hanging	Rape
19/08	Iran	Reza Hejazi (j) 4 unnamed men	Hanging	Murder Rape & drugs
19/08	Pakistan	Manzoor Ahmed	Hanging	Murder
20/08	Iran	2 unnamed men	Hanging	Drugs
21/08	Saudi Arabia	Shirzada Sahib Zada & Yusuf Khan Noor Muhammad	Beheading (p)	Drugs
21/08	Iran	Ali	Hanging	Murder
25/08	Iran	Bahram	Hanging	Murder
26/08	Iran	Behnam Zaree (j)	Hanging	Murder
27/08	Iran	Amin, Majid, Najaf, Vahid and Shabnam Setayesh (f)	Hanging	Murder
29/08	Saudi Arabia	Dousat Mohammed Mohammed Baksh	Beheading (p)	Murder
30/08	Saudi Arabia	Hashem Dighali Suma Mala Ismail	Beheading (p)	Assault & attempted. rape
30/08	Iran	H.P.A. (1 male)	Hanging	Drugs
31/08	Saudi Arabia	Hussein Bin Saleh Mailu	Beheading (p)	Drugs

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

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