The people on death row
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On death row live the people who have been sentenced and are waiting to be executed. The wait can last years or decades, often in isolation, with a date that arrives or is put off again and again. It is a punishment inside the punishment, and in many countries the number of people held there is the hardest figure of all to obtain.
This page collects the news on the people on death row, on the conditions they are held in, and on the numbers the association is able to document.
Latest news
SEPTEMBER 14, 2026TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTaiwan: death row inmate dies of illness; 34 remain
SEPTEMBER 9, 2026PakistanDEATH PENALTYPakistan: LHC acquits death-row prisoner after nearly seven years
AUGUST 12, 2026IraqDEATH PENALTYIraq: Al-Sulaymaniyah reformatory holds 14 women on death row
APRIL 16, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. 2 Magicians Warn the U.S. Supreme Court About Junk Science
Penn & Teller
APRIL 9, 2026TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Clarence Curtis Jordan’s death sentence overturned
- APRIL 8, 2026IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIAN GRANDMOTHER FREED FROM MALAYSIA’S DEATH ROW AFTER 15 YEARS RETURNS HOME
An Indonesian grandmother who spent about 15 years on death row in Malaysia for drug trafficking on April 2, 2026 returned home after receiving clemency
APRIL 7, 2026South KoreaDEATH PENALTYSOUTH KOREA: DEATH-ROW KILLER LEE U-CHEOL DIES IN PRISON FROM CANCER
Lee U-cheol, a 'long-unexecuted death-row inmate' who killed a member trying to defect and the member's partner, died of illness while serving his sentence.
APRIL 6, 2026OhioDEATH PENALTYUSA - Ohio. Ohio Ohioans to Stop Executions Report: every 5 executions, 1 exoneration
Death penalty ‘profoundly unreliable’
APRIL 1, 2026KentuckyDEATH PENALTYUSA - Kentucky. Bill to resume executions passed the Senate
SB 251 now goes to the Governor for signature
MARCH 26, 2026FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. James Aren Duckett’s execution has been suspended
Scheduled for 31 March
- MARCH 23, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Mentally Ill Prisoners and the Death Penalty
DPIC Report
MARCH 23, 2026NevadaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Nevada. Former death row inmate Michael Domingues released
- MARCH 19, 2026IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Exclusive Report on Political Prisoners on Death Row
MARCH 19, 2026TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: WOMAN HAS SENTENCE QUASHED AFTER OVER A DECADE ON DEATH ROW
A woman with severe intellectual disabilities in Tanzania has had her conviction and death sentence quashed after spending more than a decade in prison awaiting execution.
MARCH 18, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IHR Report on Alarming Prison Conditions
MARCH 14, 2026TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Advocacy for Charles Flores
Coalition Questions Hypnosis-Based Testimony’s Reliability
MARCH 13, 2026TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Petition for Robert Roberson
Stop the execution of Robert Roberson!
MARCH 13, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - NYT: the Death Penalty Is Even More Horrifying Than You Think
MARCH 11, 2026TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Cedric Ricks, 51, Black, was executed on March 11
- MARCH 9, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Costs and the Death Penalty
A DPIC study
MARCH 9, 2026JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: 87-YEAR-OLD MAN ON DEATH ROW FOR DOUBLE MURDER DIES IN DETENTION IN OSAKA
An 87-year-old man on death row for a double murder case more than four decades ago has died at the Osaka Detention House, Mainichi Broadcasting System reported on March 3, 2026.
MARCH 8, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Dale Baich: A defender on death row
Dale Baich has watched 16 men die
MARCH 5, 2026OhioDEATH PENALTYUSA - Ohio. Derrick Jamison wrongfully imprisoned in 1985 murder case, judge rules
Can now seek compensation from the state
MARCH 2, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Constitutional protection for prisoners
Trump, Biden, federal commutees and a judge
MARCH 2, 2026AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Michael Sockwell, on death row since 1990, to get new trial
FEBRUARY 26, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in the past days
Hassan Khalili, Naqi Feyzi, Behnam Jahani, Mostafa Bahari
FEBRUARY 18, 2026Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: 817 INDIVIDUALS SENTENCED TO DEATH CURRENTLY HELD IN PRISONS
The Ministry of Justice and National Integration announced that a total of 817 individuals, both local and foreign, sentenced to death are currently imprisoned across the country, Ada Derana reported on February 16, 2026.
FEBRUARY 16, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Pennsylvania. An intervention by Mumia Abu Jamal from prison
The now 72-year-old former Black Panther militant has been in prison for 45 years
- FEBRUARY 13, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Federal Judge: Government Is Not Above the Law, Nor Are Former Death-Row Inmates Beneath Its Protection
FEBRUARY 13, 2026United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - DPIC Report on “Women and the Death Penalty”