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.
Latest news
- OCTOBER 3, 2016OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - New Mexico. Death penalty bill heads to full House.
USA - New Mexico. Death penalty bill heads to full House.
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2016MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. The Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit has issued a stay of its prior order requiring the state to disclose the identity of drug supplier,
USA - Missouri. The Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit has issued a stay of its prior order requiring the state to disclose the identity of drug supplier,
SEPTEMBER 1, 2016GhanaDEATH PENALTYGHANA: 137 PRISONERS INCLUDING 3 WOMEN UNDER DEATH ROW
Director of Amnesty International Ghana, Lawrence Amesu, has revealed that close to 137 prisoners including three women are currently under death row awaiting execution.
- AUGUST 3, 2016DEATH PENALTY
HANDS OFF CAIN’S 2016 REPORT
The worldwide trend towards abolition, underway for more than fifteen years, was again confirmed in 2015 and the first six months of 2016.
- JULY 18, 2016ConnecticutDEATH PENALTY
USA - Connecticut. The Connecticut Supreme Court has vacated the death sentence imposed upon Daniel Webband
USA - Connecticut. The Connecticut Supreme Court has vacated the death sentence imposed upon Daniel Webband
JULY 4, 2016IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: PM ORDERS IMMEDIATE EXECUTION OF ALL TERRORISTS ON DEATH ROW
Iraq's Prime Minister Haider Abadi has ordered that all terrorists sentenced to death be immediately executed, local media reported.
JULY 1, 2016DEATH PENALTYUSA: 14% OF DEATH ROW INMATES ARE THERE BECAUSE OF JUST 5 PROSECUTORS
Just 5 prosecutors representing less than 0.2% of US counties are responsible for 14% of all people
- JULY 1, 2016United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - 14% of Death Row Inmates Are There Because of Just 5 Prosecutors
USA - 14% of Death Row Inmates Are There Because of Just 5 Prosecutors
JUNE 18, 2016EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MURSI SENTENCED TO 40 YEARS IN QATAR SPY CASE
An Egyptian court sentenced toppled Islamist president Mohammad Mursi to a total of 40 years in prison
- MAY 31, 2016LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. Executions on Hold Until At Least 2018.
USA - Louisiana. Executions on Hold Until At Least 2018.
- MAY 26, 2016ConnecticutDEATH PENALTY
USA - Connecticut. State Supreme Court Upholds Abolishment Of Death Penalty, Including For Death-Row Inmates.
USA - Connecticut. State Supreme Court Upholds Abolishment Of Death Penalty, Including For Death-Row Inmates.
MAY 17, 2016MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: OVER 1,000 INMATES ON DEATH ROW
More than 1,000 inmates are on death row with no decision yet on whether the Government will abolish the punishment, said Nancy Shukri.
MARCH 25, 2016MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: THREE MEN HANGED FOR MURDER IN 'SECRETIVE' EXECUTION
Malaysia has executed three men for murder, their lawyer said, in what rights groups called a “secretive”
MARCH 22, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MORE THAN 350 PRISONERS HANGED SINCE DECEMBER 2014, GOVERNMENT TELLS THE SUPREME COURT
In Islamabad, federal government notified the highest court of the 353 death row prisoners hanged in the country since December 2014.
MARCH 15, 2016DEATH PENALTYUSA: RONELL WILSON'S DEATH SENTENCE VACATED DUE TO 'INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY'
United States District Court Judge Nicholas Garaufis ruled that federal death row inmate Ronell Wilson is ineligible for the death penalty because he has intellectual disability.
- MARCH 15, 2016United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Judge Nicholas Garaufis ruled that federal death row inmate Ronell Wilson is ineligible for the death penalty because he has intellectual disability
USA - Judge Nicholas Garaufis ruled that federal death row inmate Ronell Wilson is ineligible for the death penalty because he has intellectual disability
MARCH 13, 2016IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 20 CONVICTS EXECUTED, 70 WAITING, JUSTICE MINISTER
Iraqi Justice Minister Haidar al-Zamili disclosed that 20 death verdicts were executed on March 6 for
- MARCH 1, 2016DEATH PENALTY
UTAH (USA): SENATE CASTS PRELIMINARY VOTE TO REPEAL DEATH PENALTY
The Senate voted 20-9 to preliminarily approve a bill that would ban prosecutors from seeking capital
- MARCH 1, 2016UtahDEATH PENALTY
USA - Utah. Utah Senate casts preliminary vote to repeal death penalty.
USA - Utah. Utah Senate casts preliminary vote to repeal death penalty.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2016NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: 1,639 INMATE ON DEATH ROW – PRISONS SERVICE
The Nigeria Prisons Service stated that 1,639 inmates are awaiting execution in various prisons across the country.
FEBRUARY 23, 2016ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: GOVT TO ELIMINATE DEATH PENALTY - MNANGAGWA
Zimbabwe is making significant strides towards the elimination of the death penalty from its statutes as
FEBRUARY 7, 2016Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: PRISONERS ON DEATH ROW TO GET LIFE IMPRISONMENT
Following a set of recommendations made by a committee appointed to look into the death sentence issued on several convicts, it has been decided to convert the death sentence imposed on 34 of those convicts into life imprisonment.
- FEBRUARY 1, 2016DelawareDEATH PENALTY
USA - Delaware. Superior Court President Judge Jan Jurden is halting all 39 of Delaware's pending death penalty cases
USA - Delaware. Superior Court President Judge Jan Jurden is halting all 39 of Delaware's pending death penalty cases
- JANUARY 21, 2016DEATH PENALTY
CONNECTICUT (USA): MURDER VICTIM'S DAUGHTER SAYS ‘BROKEN DEATH PENALTY DOESN'T BRING CLOSURE AND IS A WASTE’
Dawn Mancarella, whose mother, Joyce Masury, was murdered 20 years ago, called the death penalty "a
- JANUARY 21, 2016ConnecticutDEATH PENALTY
USA - Connecticut. Murder Victim's Daughter Says "Broken Death Penalty Doesn't Bring Closure and is A Waste".
USA - Connecticut. Murder Victim's Daughter Says "Broken Death Penalty Doesn't Bring Closure and is A Waste".
JANUARY 19, 2016ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: SCRAP DEATH SENTENCE
A lecturer in the School of Law at the University of Zambia, Landilani Banda, says death sentence is “state-
- JANUARY 17, 2016CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Ten Years After Last Execution, California Still Far From Resuming Executions
USA - California. Ten Years After Last Execution, California Still Far From Resuming Executions
- JANUARY 15, 2016DelawareDEATH PENALTY
USA - Delaware. Jermaine Wright, a former death row inmate, heads back to prison.
USA - Delaware. Jermaine Wright, a former death row inmate, heads back to prison.
JANUARY 10, 2016ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: 15 DEATH ROW INMATES HIRE BITI'S FOR CONSTITUTIONAL COURT FIGHT
Opposition politician and Harare lawyer Tendai Biti has been hired by 15 death row prison inmates to
- JANUARY 1, 2016IraqDEATH PENALTY
On April 9, 2003 Saddam Hussein’s Baathist regime was overthrown by a US-led military coalition.
On April 9, 2003 Saddam Hussein’s Baathist regime was overthrown by a US-led military coalition.