Commutations of sentence and acts of clemency
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A death sentence can be turned into a prison sentence by an act of clemency: commutation, pardon, amnesty, remission. These rest with heads of state, courts and clemency boards, and not infrequently arrive within hours of an execution.
For the association they are a concrete front: every commutation is a life, and the countries that grant many of them are often the ones closest to a moratorium in fact. This page collects the news on commutations, pardons and acts of clemency.
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- OCTOBER 25, 2012TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Family of Cameron Todd Willingham Seeks Posthumous Pardon.
USA - Texas. Family of Cameron Todd Willingham Seeks Posthumous Pardon.
OCTOBER 23, 2012SyriaDEATH PENALTYSYRIA: PRESIDENT AL-ASSAD GRANTS GENERAL AMNESTY FOR CRIMES COMMITTED BEFORE OCTOBER 23, 2012
President Bashar al-Assad issued the legislative decree No. 71 for 2012 stipulating for granting
OCTOBER 18, 2012NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: EDO STATE GOVERNOR GRANTS PARDON TO TWO PRISONERS, COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF TWO OTHERS, BUT SIGNS DEATH WARRANTS FOR TWO DEATH ROW INMATES
In Nigeria, Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole granted amnesty to two
OCTOBER 16, 2012IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: NOT ALONE IN DEATH PENALTY RETICENCE
Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's recent decision to overturn the
- OCTOBER 12, 2012IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: SBY COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF DRUG CONVICT
In Indonesia, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has granted clemency to Deni Setia Maharwa
OCTOBER 10, 2012MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: 930 ON DEATH ROW
A total 930 death row prisoners were in jails in Malaysia as of Aug 31, their cases pending
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTY
a spurned lover and engineering student
a spurned lover and engineering student
- AUGUST 29, 2012MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
an odd-job worker escaped the gallows
an odd-job worker escaped the gallows
- AUGUST 17, 2012NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Governor Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko of Sokoto
Governor Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko of Sokoto
- AUGUST 11, 2012ThailandDEATH PENALTY
58 prisoners condemned to death had their sentences commuted by a Royal Pardon
58 prisoners condemned to death had their sentences commuted by a Royal Pardon
- AUGUST 8, 2012ThailandDEATH PENALTY
the Rights and Liberties Protection Department
the Rights and Liberties Protection Department
AUGUST 3, 2012Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTYMYANMAR: DEATH ROW BOMBING CONVICT PARDONED
A man sentenced to death over a series of deadly bomb blasts in Myanmar's main city in
- AUGUST 1, 2012DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): DEATH ROW INMATE'S SENTENCE REDUCED TO LIFE
Delma Banks, 53, black, one of the longest serving inmates in Texas death-penalty history, received
JULY 25, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: HC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF THREE YOUTHS TO LIFE
In India, Madhya Pradesh High Court commuted to life imprisonment the death sentence
JULY 22, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: OUTGOING PRESIDENT PRATIBHA PATIL LEAVES MERCY PETITIONS OF 16 CONVICTS FOR NEW PRESIDENT
Pranab Mukherjee, a veteran from the ruling Congress party, was elected by national
- JULY 18, 2012DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): YOKAMON HEARN EXECUTED WITH PENTOBARBITAL
The US state of Texas has executed its first death row inmate with a single lethal injection of the sedative pentobarbital. Yokamon Hearn, 33, was convicted for the carjacking and murder of a Dallas stockbroker in 1998.
- JULY 18, 2012MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: JOHOR SULTAN PARDONS EIGHT PRISONERS
In Malaysia, the Sultan of Johor, Sultan Ibrahim has consented to grant full
- JULY 10, 2012OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Gov. John Kasich on Tuesday spared John Eley, 63, black.
USA - Ohio. Gov. John Kasich on Tuesday spared John Eley, 63, black.
- JUNE 30, 2012Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE HANDED TO SIX IRANIANS
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African affairs says Saudi Arabia has commuted
JUNE 27, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: CLEMENCY FOR 3 DEATH ROW INMATES
President Pratibha Patil commuted the death sentences of three prisoners lodged in
JUNE 26, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: HC COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY OF MAN WHO KILLED PREGNANT WIFE
The Bombay High Court set aside the death sentence awarded by a Kolhapur trial court
- JUNE 25, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: PRESIDENT PRATIBHA PATIL DEFENDS RECORD DEATH ROW PARDONS
India's outgoing president has defended herself against media criticism that she went on a "mercy
- JUNE 4, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: PRESIDENT PATIL COMMUTES 30 DEATH SENTENCES TO LIFE
in the last days of her presidency, President Pratibha Patil commuted 30 death sentence
- JUNE 3, 2012BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
in Bangladesh, the Appellate Division has commuted...
in Bangladesh, the Appellate Division has commuted...
- MAY 31, 2012St. Vincent & GrenadinesDEATH PENALTY
the Eastern Caribbean Court of Justice commuted the death sentence of Shorn Samuel
the Eastern Caribbean Court of Justice commuted the death sentence of Shorn Samuel
- MAY 31, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: PRESIDENT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF 3 MORE PRISONERS
In India, Home Minister P Chidambaram told his monthly press conference that the death sentence of three more prisoners, including a man convicted for rape and murder of a five-year-old girl, were commuted to life imprisonment by President Pratibha Devisi
MAY 30, 2012MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: 3 FILIPINOS ON DEATH ROW PARDONED
The Malaysian government has pardoned three overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) on death
MAY 30, 2012KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE OVER FILIPINA MURDER
The appeals court in Kuwait upheld the death sentence for a Kuwaiti housewife for murdering her Filipina
MAY 25, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: SOUTH KOREAN MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A South Korean man has been sentenced to death for drug trafficking in the eastern
- MAY 15, 2012BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: BANGLADESHIS DEATH COMMUTED TO ‘LIFE’
In Kuwait, The Court of Appeals has commuted the death sentenced imposed by the First