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
- MAY 2, 2013DEATH PENALTY
MARYLAND (USA): O'MALLEY SIGNS DEATH PENALTY REPEAL
Democratic Gov. Martin O'Malley signed the abolition of the death penalty at a crowded ceremony in Annapolis.
- MAY 2, 2013MarylandDEATH PENALTY
USA - Maryland. Gov. Martin O'Malley signed the abolition of the death penalty
USA - Maryland. Gov. Martin O'Malley signed the abolition of the death penalty
- APRIL 25, 2013FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. The House passed a bill designed to accelerate executions
USA - Florida. The House passed a bill designed to accelerate executions
APRIL 25, 2013Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: CALL TO RESOLVE FATE OF 461 SRI LANKA DEATH ROW INMATES
New Sri Lankan prisons chief C Pallegama said he wants to resolve the status of 461 death
- APRIL 10, 2013TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN COMPENSATES TRIO AFTER 11 YEARS ON DEATH ROW
Taiwan will pay a total of Tw$15 million ($500,000) compensation to three men who spent more
- MARCH 26, 2013DEATH PENALTY
DELAWARE (USA): SENATE PASSES BILL TO REPEAL THE DEATH PENALTY
The Senate passed (11-10) a bill to repeal the death penalty for future offenses. The
MARCH 4, 2013Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: 7 SAUDIS SENTENCED TO DEATH BY CRUCIFIXION, FIRING SQUAD APPEAL FOR HELP TO STOP EXECUTIONS
Speaking over a smuggled cellphone from his prison cell, one of seven Saudis set to be
FEBRUARY 27, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: 7,046 DEATH ROW INMATES AWAITING EXECUTION
In Pakistan, the Supreme Court was informed that 7,046 inmates on death row are awaiting
- FEBRUARY 24, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Balwant Singh Rajoana, a convict on death row in connection...
Balwant Singh Rajoana, a convict on death row in connection...
FEBRUARY 13, 2013ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: NEW HANGMAN AT LOOSE END
The appointment of a new hangman in Zimbabwe does not mean the 74 men and two women
FEBRUARY 11, 2013United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: 17 INDIANS ON DEATH ROW PAY BLOOD MONEY, FREED
Seventeen Indians, who had been on death row in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the murder
FEBRUARY 5, 2013Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN BEHEADED AFTER 30 YRS ON DEATH ROW
Saudi authorities beheaded a man some thirty years after he was convicted of murder, after his victim's youngest son came of age and agreed to the punishment.
FEBRUARY 2, 2013ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: 76 INMATES ON DEATH ROW
Seventy-six inmates, two of them female, are languishing in prison in Zimbabwe awaiting execution.
JANUARY 23, 2013Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN PARDONED AFTER 18 YRS ON DEATH ROW
A man who spent 18 years on the death row in Saudi Arabia for murdering a friend has finally been
JANUARY 19, 2013EswatiniDEATH PENALTYSWAZILAND: GOVERNMENT WANTS TO APPOINT HANGMAN
King Mswati III's Swaziland government is in search of a hangman so prisoners presently on death row
JANUARY 16, 2013GuyanaDEATH PENALTYGUYANA: SIX DEATH ROW INMATES’ SENTENCE COMMUTED TO LIFE
Six Death Row inmates had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment in Guyana. The
JANUARY 13, 2013Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MORE THAN 45 FOREIGN MAIDS ON DEATH ROW
More than 45 foreign maids are on death row in Saudi Arabia, amid growing global outrage over the treatment of migrant workers, UK's The Observer newspaper reported.
- JANUARY 1, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan sanctions the death penalty for 27 offences
Pakistan sanctions the death penalty for 27 offences
- JANUARY 1, 2013St. Kitts & NevisDEATH PENALTY
Murder is the only death-qualifiable offence.
Murder is the only death-qualifiable offence.
- JANUARY 1, 2013GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
Murder and treason are capital crimes.
- JANUARY 1, 2013BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
Barbados retains a mandatory death penalty or murder and treason.
Barbados retains a mandatory death penalty or murder and treason.
- JANUARY 1, 2013BelizeDEATH PENALTY
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
- JANUARY 1, 2013United 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, 2013UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda’s penal code provides for 15 capital offences
Uganda’s penal code provides for 15 capital offences
- JANUARY 1, 2013GhanaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty has been in Ghana’s statute books since the inception
The death penalty has been in Ghana’s statute books since the inception
- JANUARY 1, 2013ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
The Zambian penal code, section 43, foresees that the death penalty...
The Zambian penal code, section 43, foresees that the death penalty...
- JANUARY 1, 2013VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Vietnam reduced the number of death penalty crimes from 44 to 29 in 1999.
Vietnam reduced the number of death penalty crimes from 44 to 29 in 1999.
- JANUARY 1, 2013JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
On the issue of capital punishment, the Jamaica Constitution states...
On the issue of capital punishment, the Jamaica Constitution states...
JANUARY 1, 2013SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: 32 ON DEATH ROW CAN SEEK REVIEW OF SENTENCES
They were facing certain death by hanging, but may now get a lifeline as changes to the
- DECEMBER 28, 2012United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - The latest edition of Death Row USA showed a decrease of 43 inmates under sentence of death
USA - The latest edition of Death Row USA showed a decrease of 43 inmates under sentence of death