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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AUGUST 31, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Coronavirus Prison Fatalities Reaches 931, Surpass Two Decades of Executions
USA - Coronavirus Prison Fatalities Reaches 931, Surpass Two Decades of Executions
AUGUST 26, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Federal. Lezmond Mitchell, the only Native American on death row, was executed at the federal prison in Terre Haute.
USA - Federal. Lezmond Mitchell, the only Native American on death row, was executed at the federal prison in Terre Haute.
- AUGUST 14, 2020North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - North Carolina. The State Supreme Court vacated the death sentence of Marcus Robinson
USA - North Carolina. The State Supreme Court vacated the death sentence of Marcus Robinson
AUGUST 10, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Death Row USA (DRUSA) up to April 1, 2020
USA - Death Row USA (DRUSA) up to April 1, 2020
AUGUST 9, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. Pedro Arias is the 12th death row prisoner to die of Covid-19
USA - California. Pedro Arias is the 12th death row prisoner to die of Covid-19
AUGUST 6, 2020DEATH PENALTYIRAN: WOMAN EXECUTED AFTER SIX YEARS ON DEATH ROW
A young woman was executed on 2 August 2020 in the Central Prison of Mashhad.
AUGUST 6, 2020ConnecticutDEATH PENALTYUSA - Connecticut. The Connecticut Supreme Court granted a new trial to Lazale Ashby
USA - Connecticut. The Connecticut Supreme Court granted a new trial to Lazale Ashby
- AUGUST 6, 2020TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Bobby James Moore was released after 40 years on death row
USA - Texas. Bobby James Moore was released after 40 years on death row
AUGUST 3, 2020OregonDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oregon. Angela McAnulty, the only woman on Oregon’s death, row has been resentenced to life in prison.
USA - Oregon. Angela McAnulty, the only woman on Oregon’s death row, has been resentenced to life in prison.
- AUGUST 2, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Young woman, Mehri, was hanged in Mashhad on August 2.
IRAN - Young woman, Mehri, was hanged in Mashhad on August 2.
- AUGUST 2, 2020CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Orlando G. Romero died from COVID-19
USA - California. Orlando G. Romero died from COVID-19
- JULY 31, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. At least 8 death row prisoners tested positive for COVID-19, 1 died (Alfonso Salazar)
USA - Arizona. At least 8 death row prisoners tested positive for COVID-19, 1 died (Alfonso Salazar)
JULY 31, 2020OhioDEATH PENALTYUSA - Ohio. 88 died of Coronavirus in Ohio prisons, and 23 Ohio death row inmates tested positive
USA - Ohio. 88 died of Coronavirus in Ohio prisons, and 23 Ohio death row inmates tested positive
JULY 30, 2020South SudanDEATH PENALTYSOUTH SUDAN: MINOR REMOVED FROM DEATH ROW
Magai Matiop Ngong on 29 July 2020 was removed from death row following the South Sudan Court of Appeal’s decision on 14 July to quash the death sentence imposed on him because he was a child at the time of the crime.
JULY 29, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - The U.S. government has set an August 26, 2020 execution date for Lezmond Mitchell, the sole Native American on federal death row
USA - The U.S. government has set an August 26, 2020 execution date for Lezmond Mitchell, the sole Native American on federal death row
- JULY 27, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. 10th death row inmate (Johnny Avila) dies from COVID-19.
USA - California. 10th death row inmate (Johnny Avila) dies from COVID-19.
- JULY 22, 2020DEATH PENALTY
CALIFORNIA (USA): 39 INMATES DIED BY COVID-19 IN STATE’S PRISONS
California’s inaction on COVID-19 amounts to a death sentence for prisoners, San Francisco Examiner denounced on July 19, 2020.
JULY 21, 2020CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. 9th death row inmate dies of coronavirus: John Beames
USA - California. 9th death row inmate dies of coronavirus: John Beames
- JULY 19, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. 39 inmates died by COVID-19 in California’s prisons
USA - California. 39 inmates died by COVID-19 in California’s prisons
JULY 14, 2020TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: NEW LAW REQUIRES PRISONERS BEING EXECUTED TO WEAR HOOD
Death row inmates will soon be required to wear a hood when they are being executed to make the job of the executioner less traumatic, according to new rules announced by the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) that will take effect on 15 July 2020.
- JULY 7, 2020DEATH PENALTY
USA: RICHARD BAUMHAMMERS ASKS FOR ‘PEN PALS’ FROM PENNSYLVANIA'S DEATH ROW
Richard Baumhammers asks for "pen pals" from Pennsylvania's death row.
- JULY 7, 2020DEATH PENALTY
USA: KAREEM JOHNSON BECOMES NATION’S 170TH DEATH-ROW EXONEREE SINCE 1973
Kareem Johnson Becomes Nation’s 170th Death-Row Exoneree Since 1973.
JULY 7, 2020CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. Clifford Bolden, 65, Black, was resentenced to life in prison.
USA - California. Clifford Bolden, 65, Black, was resentenced to life in prison.
JULY 6, 2020JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: ‘LIFE’ COALITION SEEKS TO END DEATH PENALTY
Solidarity Is Global Institute (SIGI) last week launched a coalition calling for an end to the death penalty in Jordan, The Jordan Times reported on 4 July 2020.
JULY 5, 2020PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Pennsylvania. Richard Baumhammers asks for "pen pals"
USA - Pennsylvania. Richard Baumhammers asks for "pen pals" from Pennsylvania's death row.
- JULY 4, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. 5 prisoners die of COVID-19 at San Quentin Death Row.
USA - California. 5 prisoners die of COVID-19 at San Quentin Death Row.
JULY 2, 2020BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS: IN RARE MOVE, SUPREME COURT CANCELS DEATH SENTENCE IN HIGH-PROFILE CASE
Belarus's Supreme Court has upheld the appeal of a death-row inmate and annulled his sentence in a murder case, a very rare move in the tightly controlled state led by autocratic President Alyaksandr Lukashenka.
JULY 1, 2020PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: CONVICT SET FREE AFTER SPENDING 21 YEARS ON DEATH ROW
Muhammad Iqbal, who spent the last 21 years on death row for a crime he was convicted of committing when he was a juvenile, has been released, according to the Justice Project Pakistan (JPP).
JULY 1, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Pennsylvania. Kareem Johnson Becomes Nation’s 170th Death-Row Exoneree Since 1973.
USA - Pennsylvania. Kareem Johnson Becomes Nation’s 170th Death-Row Exoneree Since 1973.
- JUNE 29, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. COVID-19 Infects Nearly 200 on California’s Death Row, and 89 members of staff, and 1 death
USA - California. COVID-19 Infects Nearly 200 on California’s Death Row, and 89 members of staff, and 1 death