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 28, 2019ConnecticutDEATH PENALTY
USA - Connecticut. The extensive use of solitary confinement is unconstitutional, federal judge rules.
USA - Connecticut. The extensive use of solitary confinement is unconstitutional, federal judge rules.
AUGUST 21, 2019NevadaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Nevada. Paul Browning released after 33 years on death row.
USA - Nevada. Paul Browning released after 33 years on death row.
- AUGUST 5, 2019DEATH PENALTY
OREGON (USA): GOVERNOR KATE BROWN SIGNS SB 1013 NARROWING USE OF THE DEATH PENALTY
Calling the state’s death penalty “dysfunctional,” “costly,” and “immoral,” Oregon Governor Kate Brown on August 1, 2019 signed a bill significantly limiting the crimes for which capital punishment can be imposed in the state.
AUGUST 2, 2019BarbadosDEATH PENALTYBARBADOS: DEATH ROW INMATE FREED
The Court of Appeal on 2 August 2019 released former condemned murderer Omar DaCosta Holder from prison saying his case should not have gone to the jury in light of his unsigned written statement taken while he was in police custody.
- AUGUST 1, 2019OregonDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oregon. Governor Kate Brown Signs SB 1013 Narrowing Use Death Penalty and Emptying Death Row
USA - Oregon. Governor Kate Brown Signs SB 1013 Narrowing Use Death Penalty and Emptying Death Row
- JULY 25, 2019United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Federal Government Announces New Execution Protocol, Sets Five Execution Dates.
USA - Federal Government Announces New Execution Protocol, Sets Five Execution Dates.
- JULY 23, 2019United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - BJS Releases “Capital Punishment, 2017”.
USA - BJS Releases “Capital Punishment, 2017”.
- JULY 17, 2019DEATH PENALTY
SOUTH CAROLINA (USA): DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS MOVES DEATH ROW FROM KIRKLAND TO BROAD RIVER CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION
The South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDOC) on 11 July 2019 moved the state’s 38 death-row prisoners from Kirkland Correctional Institution to the nearby Broad River Correctional Institution, into a facility that had originally been built to hous
- JULY 11, 2019DEATH PENALTY
SPRING 2019 ‘DEATH ROW USA’ DOCUMENTS FURTHER SHRINKING OF U.S. DEATH-ROW POPULATION
The number of people on death row or facing capital resentencing in the United States has continued its 19-year decline, according to a new death-row census by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF).
- JULY 11, 2019South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - South Carolina Department of Corrections "softens" death row
USA - South Carolina Department of Corrections "softens" death row
- JULY 10, 2019United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Spring 2019 “Death Row USA” as of April 1, 2019
USA - Spring 2019 “Death Row USA” as of April 1, 2019
- JULY 10, 2019OregonDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oregon. Judge J. Burdette Pratt threw out the conviction of Angela McAnulty, Oregon's only woman on death row.
USA - Oregon. Judge J. Burdette Pratt threw out the conviction of Angela McAnulty, Oregon's only woman on death row.
JULY 3, 2019DEATH PENALTYUSA: DEATH PENALTY ABOLITIONISTS FASTING AT SUPREME COURT
As Death Penalty Use Declines, Highly Visible Anti-Death Penalty Activists from AAC (Abolitionist Action Committee) Continue Four Day Fast and Vigil at U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, DC.
- JULY 1, 2019United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - 26th Annual Fast & Vigil to Abolish the Death Penalty on the sidewalk in front of the US Supreme Court.
USA - 26th Annual Fast & Vigil to Abolish the Death Penalty on the sidewalk in front of the US Supreme Court.
- JUNE 28, 2019New MexicoDEATH PENALTY
USA - New Mexico. New Mexico sets aside final 2 death sentences.
USA - New Mexico. New Mexico sets aside final 2 death sentences.
JUNE 27, 2019DEATH PENALTYUSA: CHARLES RAY FINCH BECOMES 166TH DEATH-ROW EXONEREE
Charles Ray Finch Becomes 166th Death-Row Exoneree as North Carolina Prosecutor Formally Drops All Charges.
- JUNE 26, 2019DEATH PENALTY
A SNAPSHOT IN TIME: THE U.S. REACHES 1500 EXECUTIONS
When Georgia executed Marion Wilson, Jr., on June 20, 2019, it marked the 1500th execution in the United States since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down all death-penalty statutes in Furman v. Georgia in 1972.
- JUNE 26, 2019TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. The state has denied compensation to Alfred Dewayne Brown
USA - Texas. The state has denied compensation to Alfred Dewayne Brown
- JUNE 24, 2019United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - A Snapshot in Time: The U.S. Reaches 1500 Executions.
USA - A Snapshot in Time: The U.S. Reaches 1500 Executions.
- JUNE 18, 2019CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. ACLU Study: Los Angeles Death Penalty Discriminates Against Defendants of Color and the Poor.
USA - California. ACLU Study: Los Angeles Death Penalty Discriminates Against Defendants of Color and the Poor.
- JUNE 18, 2019United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Federal. Federal judge William Lawrence vacated the federal death sentence of Bruce Carneil Webster
USA - Federal. Federal judge William Lawrence vacated the federal death sentence of Bruce Carneil Webster
- JUNE 12, 2019DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): COMPLAINT AGAINST FORMER ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY DANIEL RIZZO
A special prosecutor in Harris County, John Raley, on 5 June 2019 filed a complaint with the Texas State Bar Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel against former Assistant District Attorney Daniel Rizzo, alleging that Rizzo intentionally concealed exculpat
JUNE 6, 2019IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: ALL 11 FRENCH IS SUSPECTS SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Baghdad court on 3 June 2019 sentenced to death two more French nationals for belonging to the Islamic State group, leaving all 11 Frenchmen transferred from Syria facing the gallows in Iraq.
- JUNE 5, 2019TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Formal complaint against former Assistant District Attorney Daniel Rizzo
USA - Texas. Formal complaint against former Assistant District Attorney Daniel Rizzo
- MAY 13, 2019TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee. The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review Tennessee's lethal injection protocol
USA - Tennessee. The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review Tennessee's lethal injection protocol
- MAY 9, 2019PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. Orlando Maisonet has been freed after spending 28 years on death row.
USA - Pennsylvania. Orlando Maisonet has been freed after spending 28 years on death row.
- MAY 3, 2019TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Alfred Dewayne Brown declared "actually innocent".
USA - Texas. Alfred Dewayne Brown declared "actually innocent".
- MAY 3, 2019VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Virginia. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit confirms that death-row conditionswere unconstitutional.
USA - Virginia. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit confirms that death-row conditionswere unconstitutional.
- MAY 2, 2019LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. Report: Louisiana spends $15.6 million per year to maintain death penalty.
USA - Louisiana. Report: Louisiana spends $15.6 million per year to maintain death penalty.
- APRIL 30, 2019TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Texas will no longer share death row inmate's final statements.
USA - Texas. Texas will no longer share death row inmate's final statements.