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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OCTOBER 3, 2014TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: DISSATISFACTION OVER THE PROPOSED CONSTITUTION RETAINING PROVISIONS SUPPORTING DEATH PENALTY
the Constituent Assembly (CA) endorsed the final draft of the Proposed Constitution, the country’s second
- OCTOBER 1, 2014DEATH PENALTY
ARIZONA (USA): THE REAL COST OF THE DEATH PENALTY
KTAR reporter Cooper Rummell takes a look into Arizona death penalty costs in a 2 part special. In
- OCTOBER 1, 2014ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. The real cost of the death penalty in Arizona.
USA - Arizona. The real cost of the death penalty in Arizona.
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - "Death Row, USA" Spring 2014 Now Available.
USA - "Death Row, USA" Spring 2014 Now Available.
SEPTEMBER 19, 2014DEATH PENALTYUSA: ‘DEATH ROW, USA’ SPRING 2014 NOW AVAILABLE
The latest edition of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund's Death Row, USA showed an ongoing decline in the
SEPTEMBER 3, 2014North CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA: TWO MEN HAVING SERVED 31 YEARS, ONE ON DEATH ROW, ARE EXONERATED IN NORTH CAROLINA
Henry Lee McCollum, 50, who has spent three decades on death row, and Leon Brown, 46, who was serving a life sentence, were released from prison in North Carolina.
- AUGUST 22, 2014ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: HIGH COURT FREES MAN AFTER SIX YEARS ON DEATH ROW
- AUGUST 1, 2014FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Paul Hildwin Freed From Death Row.
USA - Florida. Paul Hildwin Freed From Death Row.
- JULY 30, 2014DEATH PENALTY
ALABAMA (USA): STATE CAN'T RESUME EXECUTIONS UNTIL SPRING
It will be next spring before the state can resume executing death row inmates, an Alabama lawmaker said
- JULY 30, 2014AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Lawmaker: State can't do executions until spring
USA - Alabama. Lawmaker: State can't do executions until spring
- JULY 16, 2014DEATH PENALTY
CALIFORNIA: FEDERAL JUDGE RULES DEATH PENALTY UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Federal judge vacates death sentence and rules death penalty unconstitutional in California. U.S. District
- JULY 16, 2014CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Federal judge vacates death sentence and rules death penalty unconstitutional in California.
USA - California. Federal judge vacates death sentence and rules death penalty incostituzionalità in California.
- JULY 3, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - "Death Row USA" Winter 2014 Now Available.
USA - "Death Row USA" Winter 2014 Now Available.
JULY 3, 2014DEATH PENALTYUSA: ‘DEATH ROW USA’ WINTER 2014 NOW AVAILABLE
The latest edition of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund's Death Row USA showed a continuing decline in the
JUNE 29, 2014KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: 6,000 CONVICTS AWAITING DEATH
With 6,000 death row convicts, Kenya has the fourth largest death row population in the world. In the last
- JUNE 26, 2014DEATH PENALTY
FLORIDA (USA): DNA PROVES DEATH ROW INMATE INNOCENT AFTER NEARLY 30 YEARS
The Florida Supreme Court overturned 5-2 both the conviction and death sentence imposed on Paul C.
- JUNE 26, 2014FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court overturned the conviction of Paul C. Hildwin
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court overturned the conviction of Paul C. Hildwin
JUNE 18, 2014NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: ECOWAS COURT UPHOLDS RIGHTS OF JUVENILE OFFENDERS ON DEATH ROW
in a landmark verdict, the Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS
JUNE 8, 2014BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 1071 PRISONERS ON DEATH ROW
A total of 1071 inmates are on death row in jails across the country, State Minister for Home Affairs
- MAY 2, 2014DEATH PENALTY
FLORIDA PASSES BILL TO COMPENSATE EXONERATED DEATH ROW INMATE
As the last act of its legislative session, the Florida Senate passed a bill allowing the state to compensate
- MAY 2, 2014FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Florida Passes Bill to Compensate James Richardson
USA - Florida. Florida Passes Bill to Compensate James Richardson
- APRIL 28, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - More Than 4% of Death Row Inmates May Be Innocent.
USA - More Than 4% of Death Row Inmates May Be Innocent.
APRIL 11, 2014NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: KOGI INDIGENE GETS STATE PARDON AFTER 18 YEARS IN DEATH ROW
Kogi governor, Captain Idris Wada, has granted amnesty to Mr Lasisi Yusuf, a 67-year-old convict who
- APRIL 10, 2014DEATH PENALTY
NEW HAMPSHIRE (USA): SENATE PANEL ENDORSES DEATH PENALTY REPEAL
The Senate Judiciary Committee revisited the idea of repealing New Hampshire's death penalty and
- APRIL 10, 2014New HampshireDEATH PENALTY
USA - New Hampshire. The Senate Judiciary Committee passes the death penalty repeal bill, setting up a potentially historic vote in the chamber next week.
USA - New Hampshire. The Senate Judiciary Committee passes the death penalty repeal bill, setting up a potentially historic vote in the chamber next week.
- APRIL 3, 2014TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
TANZANIA: DEATH ROW INMATES KEEP INCREASING
during a two-day training workshop for Tanzania Prison Service, the Executive Director of Inmates
MARCH 27, 2014JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: WORLD'S 'LONGEST-SERVING' DEATH ROW INMATE GRANTED RETRIAL
A man believed to be the world's longest-serving death row inmate was granted a retrial in Japan over multiple murders in 1966, decades after doubts emerged about his guilt.
MARCH 21, 2014VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: SAIGON WOMAN WANTS TO MARRY A DEATH ROW PRISONER
The Supreme People's Court in Ho Chi Minh City recently received the application of a 26-year-old
MARCH 18, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SAKINEH FREED AFTER 9 YEARS ON DEATH ROW
the Iranian regime announced that Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, was allowed to leave prison after almost nine years on death row.
MARCH 12, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 331 PEOPLE EXECUTED FOR DRUGS OFFENCES IN 2013 WITH UN AND EUROPEAN SUPPORT
Iran executed 331 people for drug-related charges in 2013, a new report published today by the non-profit