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 1, 2019United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is rarely applied in the UAE...
The death penalty is rarely applied in the UAE...
- JANUARY 1, 2019BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty has been on the books in Botswana since its independence from Great Britain in 1966.
The death penalty has been on the books in Botswana since its independence from Great Britain in 1966.
- JANUARY 1, 2019BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
Barbados retains a mandatory death penalty or murder and treason.
Barbados retains a mandatory death penalty or murder and treason.
- JANUARY 1, 2019QatarDEATH PENALTY
Since March 2013, after ten consecutive years without executions...
Since March 2013, after ten consecutive years without executions...
- JANUARY 1, 2019AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The 2004 Afghan Constitution, in article 23 asserts the right to life
The 2004 Afghan Constitution, in article 23 asserts the right to life
- JANUARY 1, 2019United StatesDEATH PENALTY
To date, the death penalty no longer exists in 18 of the 50 U.S. States
To date, the death penalty no longer exists in 18 of the 50 U.S. States
- JANUARY 1, 2019BahrainDEATH PENALTY
The offences for which capital punishment either can or must
The offences for which capital punishment either can or must
- JANUARY 1, 2019VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Capital punishment remains for crimes
Capital punishment remains for crimes such as murder, armed robbery, drug trafficking, and sexual abuse of children.
- JANUARY 1, 2019Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
Murder is a capital crime.
Murder is a capital crime.
DECEMBER 31, 2018Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: 1, 299 ON DEATH-ROW IN PRISONS
A total of 1, 299 death row inmates, including inmates who had appealed against their sentence, have been detained in Sri Lankan prisons as of 31 December 2018, the Ministry of Justice and Prisons Reforms said on 9 January 2019.
- DECEMBER 28, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - More from the DPIC 2018 Year End Report
USA - More from the DPIC 2018 Year End Report
- DECEMBER 17, 2018DEATH PENALTY
DPIC 2018 YEAR END REPORT: DEATH PENALTY USAGE STAYS NEAR GENERATIONAL LOWS
The long-term decline of death-penalty use in the U.S. continued in 2018, as a twentieth state abolished capital punishment and executions and new death sentences remained near generational lows.
- DECEMBER 14, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - DPIC 2018 Year End Report: Death Penalty Usage Stays Near Generational Lows.
USA - DPIC 2018 Year End Report: Death Penalty Usage Stays Near Generational Lows.
- DECEMBER 13, 2018CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. 6 former governors call on California’s governor to grant clemency to death row prisoners.
USA - California. 6 former governors call on California’s governor to grant clemency to death row prisoners.
- DECEMBER 6, 2018ConnecticutDEATH PENALTY
USA - Connecticut. State's last death row inmate, Richard Roszkowski, resentenced to life in prison.
USA - Connecticut. State's last death row inmate, Richard Roszkowski, resentenced to life in prison.
- NOVEMBER 14, 2018MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. Documentary on the Joseph Amrine case
USA - Missouri. Documentary on the Joseph Amrine case
- NOVEMBER 5, 2018CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Two death-row prisoners died of suspected suicides
USA - California. Two death-row prisoners died of suspected suicides
- NOVEMBER 5, 2018FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Clemente Aguirre Exonerated From Death Row
USA - Florida. Clemente Aguirre Exonerated From Death Row
- OCTOBER 30, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Federal. Federal prosecutor will pursue capital punishment for Robert Bowers, the “synagogue shooter”
USA - Federal. Federal prosecutor will pursue capital punishment for Robert Bowers, the “synagogue shooter”
OCTOBER 22, 2018DEATH PENALTYUSA: WAITING FOR THE EXECUTIONER, APPLIES FOR ITALIAN CITIZENSHIP
An Italian-American for over 40 years on the death row in Florida asks for Italian citizenship, ANSA reported on 19 October 2018.
OCTOBER 17, 2018South KoreaDEATH PENALTYSOUTH KOREA: 61 PEOPLE CURRENTLY ON DEATH ROW
South Korea currently has a total 61 people on death row, with 57 people in ordinary correctional facilities and 4 in military prisons, The Hankyoreh reported on 17 October.
OCTOBER 17, 2018ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: 81 DEATH ROW INMATES AWAIT EXECUTION
Zimbabwe Prisons says it has in its custody, a total of 81 death row inmates with some now having been on the list for more than 10 years, newzimbabwe.com reported on 17 October 2018.
OCTOBER 12, 2018DEATH PENALTYUSA: WASHINGTON STATE ABOLISHES DEATH PENALTY
Washington has become the 20th US state to ban the death penalty, after its Supreme Court ruled on 11 October 2018 the punishment was applied in an "arbitrary and racially biased manner".
OCTOBER 10, 2018BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: COURT FINDS DEATH ROW CONVICT INNOCENT THE DAY HE DIES
Khulna jail received on 7 October 2018 the copy of a High Court order that one Obaid Ali be released from death row because the court had found him innocent.
- OCTOBER 5, 2018CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Death row inmate Jonathan Fajardo killed in prison.
USA - California. Death row inmate Jonathan Fajardo killed in prison.
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Death Row USA. Spring 2018: 2,743 on death row
USA - Death Row USA. Spring 2018: 2,743 on death row
- JULY 19, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SC ACQUITS THREE DEATH-ROW CONVICTS
The Supreme Court acquitted three convicts after seven years who had been awarded death sentence by the Balochistan High Court in a case related to a Sibi terrorist attack in 2011.
- JULY 10, 2018AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Death Row Prisoners End Lethal Injection Lawsuit, And Start The Nitrogen Gas One.
USA - Alabama. Death Row Prisoners End Lethal Injection Lawsuit, And Start The Nitrogen Gas One.
JUNE 20, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER EXECUTED AT SHIRVAN PRISON
A prisoner was hanged at Shirvan Prison in Northern Khorasan Province.
- JUNE 6, 2018TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Michael Wayne Norris resentenced to life in prison
USA - Texas. Michael Wayne Norris resentenced to life in prison