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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- FEBRUARY 12, 2026AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Governor signed HB 41
Sexual crimes against children eligible for execution
FEBRUARY 9, 2026IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: NO DEATH SENTENCES CONFIRMED BY SUPREME COURT FOR THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR
The Supreme Court of India has not confirmed a single death penalty in the last three years, according to an annual statistics report on death penalties in India published on February 4, 2026 by The Square Circle Clinic
FEBRUARY 4, 2026IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 6 people executed in recent days
Iraj Mostafavi, Bakhtiar Shahabi, Hassan Alaeibakhsh, Ali Mohammadpour, Mohammad Javad Namdari, Hashem Abbas
- FEBRUARY 3, 2026JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: DEATH ROW INMATE WHO BURIED 2 MEN ALIVE IN 2006 FOUND DEAD IN CELL
A death row inmate convicted of killing two people by burying them alive in Okayama Prefecture in western Japan in 2006, died on January 31, 2026, the Justice Ministry said, with suicide being suspected.
JANUARY 20, 2026CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. More un Lush’s campaign to commute California’s death row
JANUARY 15, 2026CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. 20 years ago the last execution
On January 17, 2006, California executed Clarence Ray Allen
JANUARY 12, 2026FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Marking a Decade Since Hurst v. Florida
Non-unanimous death sentences
JANUARY 10, 2026DEATH PENALTYUSA - California. Lush Cosmetics Launches Campaign to End Death Penalty
JANUARY 6, 2026DEATH PENALTYUSA - 2025 Was Not a Good Year for Clemency in Capital Cases
JANUARY 1, 2026DEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Why Is Richard Glossip Still in Jail?
DECEMBER 31, 2025DEATH PENALTYUSA - The Guardian looks on American death penalty
- DECEMBER 28, 2025DEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. Georgia Stacey Humphreys' execution warrant expired
DECEMBER 19, 2025PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Pennsylvania. Gov. Shapiro issues 1st reprieve, continuing moratorium
DECEMBER 12, 2025OhioDEATH PENALTYUSA - Ohio. Elwood Jones, now 57, Black, exonerated
Spent 27 years on death row
DECEMBER 11, 2025TennesseeDEATH PENALTYUSA - Tennessee. Harold Nichols was executed by lethal injection on December 11
64, White, on death row for 35 years
- NOVEMBER 27, 2025ItalyDEATH PENALTY
GLOBAL - How many women are in prison or on death row around the world?
At least 730.000
NOVEMBER 26, 2025LouisianaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Louisiana. Jimmie Duncan released on bail after 27 years on death row
NOVEMBER 21, 2025LouisianaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Louisiana. Judge grants bail to Jimmie Duncan, 56, White
Sentenced to death in 1998
NOVEMBER 17, 2025New HampshireDEATH PENALTYUSA - New Hampshire. ACLU Files Amicus Brief for Sole Death Row Prisoner: Michael Addison
NOVEMBER 13, 2025ItalyDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA - Update on the case of Tundu Lissu
Political leader on death row in Tanzania
- NOVEMBER 7, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Prisoners off death row protest transfer to supermax lockup
NOVEMBER 6, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - States’ death penalty policies are heading in sharply different directions
NOVEMBER 3, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Goli Kouhkan, married at 12, will be executed for killing her husband unless she finds €90,000
- NOVEMBER 2, 2025ItalyDEATH PENALTY
TANZANIA - Update on the case of Tundu Lissu, a political leader who is on death row in Tanzania. Plus, a glimpse of Africa
Italian schoolchildren are stranded in Tanzania due to post-election unrest
- OCTOBER 31, 2025DEATH PENALTY
INTERNATIONAL - 42 countries retain the death penalty but have not applied it for at least 10 years
OCTOBER 25, 2025Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: OVER 800 PERSONS ON DEATH ROW
A total of 826 individuals are on death row at present (October 2025), Commissioner of Prisons and Media Spokesman Jagath Weerasinghe stated.
OCTOBER 24, 2025TennesseeDEATH PENALTYUSA - Tennessee. Serious anomalies in the execution of Byron Black
OCTOBER 23, 2025AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Anthony Boyd, 54, Black, was executed on October 23
By nitrogen suffocation
OCTOBER 15, 2025MississippiDEATH PENALTYUSA - Mississippi. Charles Ray Crawford, 59, White, was executed on October 15
OCTOBER 9, 2025JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: FORMER DEATH ROW INMATE IWAO HAKAMATA FILES DAMAGES SUIT AGAINST GOVERNMENT
A Japanese man who was acquitted last year in a retrial over a 1966 quadruple murder case filed a lawsuit on October 9, 2025 seeking around 600 million yen ($3.9 million) in damages from the state and local authorities, his lawyers said.