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.
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JANUARY 31, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: LHC ACQUITS TWO DEATH ROW CONVICTS AFTER 9 YEARS
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on 27 January 2021 acquitted two death row convicts who had been serving prison time for the past 9 years. The court acquitted the convicts over lack of solid evidence against them.
- JANUARY 28, 2021ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: PRESIDENT LUNGU REMOVES 246 INMATES FROM DEATH ROW
Zambian President Edgar Lungu has removed 246 inmates who were on death row and commuted their sentences to life sentences, a government official said on 27 January 2021.
JANUARY 26, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Criminal Justice Leaders Urge Biden To End Death Penalty
as 40 members of Congress already did
JANUARY 22, 2021PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Pennsylvania. Anthony Fletcher has been released from prison
28 years after he was sent to death row
- JANUARY 16, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA Dustin Higgs was executed at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana
He was pronounced dead at 1:23 a.m. EST on January 16.
JANUARY 14, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: TWELVE YEARS AFTER HE WAS JAILED, SUPREME COURT ORDERS RELEASE OF DEATH ROW CONVICT
The Supreme Court of India on 5 January 2021 acquitted Hari Om alias 'Hero' who had been convicted and sentenced to death by a trial court for committing murder and dacoity (banditry).
JANUARY 13, 2021MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCO: KILLER, RAPIST OF 11-YEAR OLD BOY SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Moroccan Court sentenced on 13 January 2021 a 24-year old man to death penalty for kidnapping, raping, and killing Adnane Bouchouf, a 11-year old boy in September last year.
JANUARY 8, 2021MississippiDEATH PENALTYUSA - Mississippi. Eddie Lee Howard Exonerated From Death Row
He is the 174th former death-row prisoner exonerated in the U.S. since 1973.
JANUARY 6, 2021DEATH PENALTYUSA - Federal. Corey Johnson and Dustin Higgs Say Having COVID-19 Will Increase Their Suffering During Execution.
USA - Federal. Corey Johnson and Dustin Higgs Say Having COVID-19 Will Increase Their Suffering During Execution.
DECEMBER 31, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - The United Nations condemns the execution of Mohammad Hassan Rezaiee.
IRAN - The United Nations condemns the execution of Mohammad Hassan Rezaiee.
- DECEMBER 29, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Architects against the construction of torture sites and death chambers.
USA - Architects against the construction of torture sites and death chambers.
DECEMBER 29, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Ohio. Romell Broom, who survived execution attempt, dies. COVID suspected.
USA - Ohio. Romell Broom, who survived execution attempt, dies. COVID suspected.
DECEMBER 24, 2020JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: SUPREME COURT ALLOWS RETRIAL FOR ‘LONGEST’ DEATH ROW PRISONER
Japan’s highest court has upheld a ruling granting a retrial to a man described as the world’s longest-serving death row inmate.
- DECEMBER 23, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Published the latest edition of "Death Row USA", updated to 1 October 2020
2,553 death row prisoners.
DECEMBER 19, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Behnam Rigi and Shoaib Rigi have been executed at Zahedan Central Prison on December 19.
IRAN - Behnam Rigi and Shoaib Rigi have been executed at Zahedan Central Prison on December 19.
- DECEMBER 18, 2020TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Year-end report on the death penalty in Texas, 3 executions and 2 new sentences in one year.
USA - Texas. Year-end report on the death penalty in Texas, 3 executions and 2 new sentences in one year.
DECEMBER 16, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Death Penalty Information Center “Year End Report”
USA - Death Penalty Information Center “Year End Report”
- DECEMBER 16, 2020TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Six death sentenced were reformed this year due to intellectual disability.
USA - Texas. Six death sentenced were reformed this year due to intellectual disability.
DECEMBER 10, 2020TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: DEATH SENTENCES OF 256 CONVICTS COMMUTED
Tanzania’s president on 9 December 2020 commuted the sentences of 256 convicts on death row, marking a first for a country that has not executed anyone in nearly three decades.
DECEMBER 10, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - 8 Federal Execution Team Members Test Positive for COVID-19 After Orlando Hall Execution.
USA - 8 Federal Execution Team Members Test Positive for COVID-19 After Orlando Hall Execution.
- DECEMBER 8, 2020CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. LA County DA Gascon To Eliminate Cash Bail, Will Re-Sentence Death Penalty Inmates.
USA - California. LA County DA Gascon To Eliminate Cash Bail, Will Re-Sentence Death Penalty Inmates.
- DECEMBER 1, 2020PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. Former Death-Row Prisoner Roderick Johnson is Freed.
USA - Pennsylvania. Former Death-Row Prisoner Roderick Johnson is Freed.
NOVEMBER 23, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Kim Kardashian visits death row inmate Julius Jones.
USA - Oklahoma. Kim Kardashian visits death row inmate Julius Jones.
NOVEMBER 9, 2020DEATH PENALTYUSA - What Biden’s Win Means for Criminal Justice and the Death Penalty
USA - What Biden’s Win Means for Criminal Justice and the Death Penalty
OCTOBER 19, 2020JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: MAN ON DEATH ROW SINCE 1999 DIES AT 88
An 88-year-old man on death row since 1999 for committing three murders died of pneumonia on 17 October 2020 morning at the Tokyo Detention Center.
OCTOBER 15, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Published the latest edition of "Death Row USA" updated to 1 July 2020.
USA - Published the latest edition of "Death Row USA" updated to 1 July 2020.
- OCTOBER 6, 2020AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. The death sentence imposed on Heather Keaton has been overturned
USA - Alabama. The death sentence imposed on Heather Keaton has been overturned
SEPTEMBER 29, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - The Department of Justice released "Capital Punishment, 2018"
USA - The Department of Justice released "Capital Punishment, 2018"
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Christopher Revis resentenced to life with the possibility of parole.
USA - Alabama. Christopher Revis resentenced to life with the possibility of parole.
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Report Finds Rampant Government Misconduct in Death-Row Exonerations, Especially with Black Defendants.
USA - Report Finds Rampant Government Misconduct in Death-Row Exonerations, Especially with Black Defendants.