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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SEPTEMBER 1, 2015DEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: 220 PRISONERS EXECUTED SINCE THE DE FACTO BAN ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT ENDED ON DECEMBER 2014
At least 9 prisoners were hanged in Pakistan in the last three weeks.
- AUGUST 25, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTY
death row prisoner Zulfiqar alias Nana was executed in the New Central Jail of Bahawalpur for murdering
death row prisoner Zulfiqar alias Nana was executed in the New Central Jail of Bahawalpur for murdering
- AUGUST 13, 2015ConnecticutDEATH PENALTY
USA - Connecticut. Connecticut Supreme Court empties death row
USA - Connecticut. Connecticut Supreme Court empties death row
- AUGUST 7, 2015EswatiniDEATH PENALTY
King Mswati III spared the lives of two death row prisoners commuting their sentences into life imprisonment.
King Mswati III spared the lives of two death row prisoners commuting their sentences into life imprisonment.
AUGUST 4, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: 12 CITIZENS RELEASED FROM DEATH ROW IN SAUDI ARABIA
The Foreign Ministry’s directorate of legal aid and protection of Indonesian nationals overseas said that
JULY 22, 2015IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: YAKUB MEMON FILES FRESH MERCY PLEA BEFORE PRESIDENT
The execution of 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon might be delayed as he reportedly handed over a fresh plea for mercy to Nagpur central jail authorities, to be forwarded to the President
JULY 22, 2015GambiaDEATH PENALTYGAMBIA: PRESIDENT YAHYA JAMMEH GRANTS PARDONS BUT COUP PLOTTERS REMAIN ON DEATH ROW
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh pardoned several death-row inmates on July 22, the 21st anniversary of his arrival to power, but notably excluded those accused of launching a failed coup in December.
- JULY 16, 2015ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: PRESIDENT EDGAR LUNGU GIVES DEATH ROW INMATES LIFE SENTENCES
Zambia's President Edgar Lungu reduced the sentence of 332 prisoners awaiting death by hanging to life imprisonment to ease maximum security prison congestion.
- JULY 16, 2015MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. Study finds racial disparity in Missouri executions.
USA - Missouri. Study finds racial disparity in Missouri executions.
JULY 15, 2015ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: LAST WOMAN ON DEATH ROW 'SAVED'
Zimbabwe no longer has female prisoners on death row in compliance with the new constitution.
JULY 14, 2015BelizeDEATH PENALTYBELIZE: LAST MAN ON DEATH ROW HAS SENTENCE QUASHED
Glenford Baptist, 44, has a new lease on life after being told this morning that his sentence of death by hanging will be commuted.
- JUNE 24, 2015DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): NO DEATH SENTENCES IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS
The last death sentence in Texas dates back to Dec. 17, 2014.
- JUNE 22, 2015North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - North Carolina. Study: "The Hidden Costs of Wrongful Capital Prosecutions in North Carolina".
USA - North Carolina. Study: "The Hidden Costs of Wrongful Capital Prosecutions in North Carolina".
- JUNE 17, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - "Death Row, USA Spring 2015" Illustrates Continuing Decline of Death Penalty.
USA - "Death Row, USA Spring 2015" Illustrates Continuing Decline of Death Penalty.
- JUNE 16, 2015KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: MP PROPOSES BILLS TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
a MP presented two draft Bills whose enactment would result in the repeal of the death sentence from
- JUNE 12, 2015TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Charles Sebesta, the ex-DA who sent exoneree Anthony Graves to death row is disbarred.
USA - Texas. Charles Sebesta, the ex-DA who sent exoneree Anthony Graves to death row is disbarred.
- JUNE 11, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTY
EU DEMANDS PAKISTAN TO REINSTATE MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY
The European Union demanded the Pakistani government to reinstate moratorium on death penalty to fully respect all of its international obligations.
- JUNE 10, 2015TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Alfred Dewayne Brown’s Release becomes the Nation's 154th Death-Row Exoneration.
USA - Texas. Alfred Dewayne Brown’s Release becomes the Nation's 154th Death-Row Exoneration.
JUNE 9, 2015NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: CHILD BRIDE ACCUSED OF KILLING HUSBAND TO BE FREED, ANOTHER REMAINS ON DEATH ROW
A High Court judge in Gezawa, Kano State, ordered Wasila Tasi'u, a child forced to marry at just 13 who
- JUNE 8, 2015DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): ALFRED DEWAYNE BROWN IS RELEASED FROM PRISON
Alfred Dewayne Brown left jail on Monday after he was declared a free man. Brown, 33, Black, had spent more than a dozen years behind bars, 10 of them sitting on death row.
- JUNE 8, 2015TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Alfred Dewayne Brown left jail after sitting 10 years on death row
USA - Texas. Alfred Dewayne Brown left jail after sitting 10 years on death row
- JUNE 8, 2015DEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. Larry Lee Becomes 155th Person Added to the Death Penalty Information Center's Innocence List
USA - Georgia. Larry Lee Becomes 155th Person Added to the Death Penalty Information Center's Innocence List
JUNE 5, 2015TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: SIX PRISONERS EXECUTED
Six executions were conducted in the evening, one week after the brutal murder of a schoolgirl, media reports said.
- JUNE 3, 2015DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): LESTER BOWER EXECUTED AFTER THREE DECADES ON DEATH ROW
Lester Bower, 67, White, was executed. A Texas jury sentenced Bower to death in April 1984 for the Oct.
- MAY 28, 2015NebraskaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nebraska. Analysis of Nebraska’s vote
USA - Nebraska. Analysis of Nebraska’s vote
- MAY 27, 2015DEATH PENALTY
NEBRASKA (USA): LAWMAKERS OVERRIDE GOVERNOR'S VETO, REPEAL DEATH PENALTY
With a vote to override a veto by Gov. Pete Ricketts, the Nebraska Legislature repealed the death penalty in the state.
- MAY 27, 2015NebraskaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nebraska. With a vote to override a veto by Gov. Pete Ricketts, The Nebraska Legislature repealed the death penalty in the state.
USA - Nebraska. With a vote to override a veto by Gov. Pete Ricketts, The Nebraska Legislature repealed the death penalty in the state.
- MAY 26, 2015DEATH PENALTY
INDIANA (USA): PAULA COOPER, ONCE US'S YOUNGEST DEATH ROW INMATE, DEAD IN APPARENT SUICIDE
Indianapolis police said 45-year-old Paula Cooper was found dead of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound outside a residence on the city's north-west side.
- MAY 26, 2015IndianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Indiana. Paula Cooper, once US's youngest death row inmate, dead in apparent suicide.
USA - Indiana. Paula Cooper, once US's youngest death row inmate, dead in apparent suicide.
- MAY 18, 2015CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. The House preliminarily approved a measure to keep the names of execution drug providers from the public.
USA - Texas. The House preliminarily approved a measure to keep the names of execution drug providers from the public.