Samoa
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Abolitionist
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · The death sentence is mandatory for murder but has...
- News items in the archive
- 37
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Samoa is classified as Abolitionist in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 0 executions in the country, against 0 the year before. The archive holds 37 news items on Samoa, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- JANUARY 1, 2020SamoaDEATH PENALTY
Samoa commenced formal measures to abolish the death penalty on January 16, 2004
Samoa commenced formal measures to abolish the death penalty on January 16, 2004
- JANUARY 1, 2019SamoaDEATH PENALTY
Samoa commenced formal measures to abolish the death penalty on January 16, 2004
Samoa commenced formal measures to abolish the death penalty on January 16, 2004
- JANUARY 1, 2018SamoaDEATH PENALTY
Samoa commenced formal measures to abolish the death penalty on January 16, 2004
Samoa commenced formal measures to abolish the death penalty on January 16, 2004
- JANUARY 1, 2017SamoaDEATH PENALTY
Samoa commenced formal measures to abolish the death penalty on January 16, 2004
Samoa commenced formal measures to abolish the death penalty on January 16, 2004
- JANUARY 1, 2016SamoaDEATH PENALTY
Samoa commenced formal measures to abolish the death penalty on January 16, 2004
Samoa commenced formal measures to abolish the death penalty on January 16, 2004
- JANUARY 1, 2015SamoaDEATH PENALTY
Samoa commenced formal measures to abolish the death penalty on January 16, 2004
Samoa commenced formal measures to abolish the death penalty on January 16, 2004
- JANUARY 1, 2014SamoaDEATH PENALTY
Samoa commenced formal measures to abolish the death penalty on January 16, 2004
Samoa commenced formal measures to abolish the death penalty on January 16, 2004
- JANUARY 1, 2013SamoaDEATH PENALTY
Samoa commenced formal measures to abolish the death penalty on January 16, 2004
Samoa commenced formal measures to abolish the death penalty on January 16, 2004
- JANUARY 1, 2012SamoaDEATH PENALTY
Samoa commenced formal measures to abolish the death penalty on January 16, 2004
Samoa commenced formal measures to abolish the death penalty on January 16, 2004
- JANUARY 1, 2011SamoaDEATH PENALTY
Samoa commenced formal measures to abolish the death penalty on January 16, 2004
Samoa commenced formal measures to abolish the death penalty on January 16, 2004
- JANUARY 1, 2010SamoaDEATH PENALTY
Samoa commenced formal measures to abolish the death penalty on January 16, 2004
Samoa commenced formal measures to abolish the death penalty on January 16, 2004
- JANUARY 1, 2009SamoaDEATH PENALTY
Samoa commenced formal measures to abolish the death penalty on January 16, 2004
Samoa commenced formal measures to abolish the death penalty on January 16, 2004
- JANUARY 1, 2008SamoaDEATH PENALTY
Samoa commenced formal measures to abolish the death penalty on January 16, 2004
Samoa commenced formal measures to abolish the death penalty on January 16, 2004
- DECEMBER 18, 2007SamoaDEATH PENALTY
Samoa voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Samoa voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- JANUARY 1, 2007SamoaDEATH PENALTY
Samoa commenced formal measures to abolish the death penalty on January 16, 2004
Samoa commenced formal measures to abolish the death penalty on January 16, 2004
- JANUARY 1, 2006SamoaDEATH PENALTY
Samoa commenced formal measures to abolish the death penalty on January 16, 2004
Samoa commenced formal measures to abolish the death penalty on January 16, 2004
- JANUARY 1, 2005SamoaDEATH PENALTY
Samoa commenced formal measures to abolish the death penalty on January 16, 2004
Samoa commenced formal measures to abolish the death penalty on January 16, 2004
- APRIL 21, 2004SamoaDEATH PENALTY
Samoa was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Samoa was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 12, 2004SamoaDEATH PENALTY
Samoa commenced formal measures to abolish the death penalty on January 16, 2004
Samoa commenced formal measures to abolish the death penalty on January 16, 2004
- JANUARY 22, 2004SamoaDEATH PENALTY
Members of Samoa's Parliament passed a law abolishing...
Members of Samoa's Parliament passed a law abolishing the death penalty in that South Pacific country
- JANUARY 16, 2004SamoaDEATH PENALTY
Samoa began formal measures to abolish the death penalty,...
Samoa began formal measures to abolish the death penalty, which should not be in the law books if it is not going to be carried out, Prime Minister Sailele Malielegaoi told parliament when introducing the bill to delete the statute
- APRIL 17, 2003SamoaDEATH PENALTY
Ieu Pasi Leleimalefaga, 19, was sentenced to death...
Ieu Pasi Leleimalefaga, 19, was sentenced to death for the rape and murder of Toesulu Solomona, a five-year-old girl
- FEBRUARY 20, 2003SamoaDEATH PENALTY
A senior Samoan justice department official said that...
A senior Samoan justice department official said that the brutal rape and murder of a five-year-old girl had been hijacked by the on-going debate on whether or not to execute the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2003SamoaDEATH PENALTY
The death sentence is mandatory for murder but has...
The death sentence is mandatory for murder but has not been carried out since independence in 1962
- OCTOBER 14, 2002SamoaDEATH PENALTY
A 21-year-old Samoan man has been sentenced to death...
A 21-year-old Samoan man has been sentenced to death by the Supreme Court in Samoa for shooting dead a plantation worker earlier this year
- JANUARY 29, 2002SamoaDEATH PENALTY
The Samoa Supreme Court sentenced (?Peter Ah Siu) to...
The Samoa Supreme Court sentenced (?Peter Ah Siu) to death after he was convicted of murder
- JANUARY 1, 2002SamoaDEATH PENALTY
The death sentence is mandatory for murder but has...
The death sentence is mandatory for murder but has not been carried out since independence in 1962
- JANUARY 1, 2002SamoaDEATH PENALTY
On august 7, 2000 the American Samoa House of Representatives...
On august 7, 2000 the American Samoa House of Representatives passed legislation to abolish the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2001SamoaDEATH PENALTY
The death sentence is mandatory for murder but has...
The death sentence is mandatory for murder but has not been carried out since independence in 1962
- AUGUST 7, 2000SamoaDEATH PENALTY
The American Samoa House of Representatives passed...
The American Samoa House of Representatives passed legislation to abolish the death penalty