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 18, 2012United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Foreign Nationals: The Importance of Intervention for Citizens of Other Countries Facing U.S. Death Penalty. A new video
USA - Foreign Nationals: The Importance of Intervention for Citizens of Other Countries Facing U.S. Death Penalty. A new video
- MAY 4, 2012DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): DEATH ROW INMATES SUE GOVERNOR PERRY AND SENATOR WHITMIRE FOR ABUSIVE CONDITIONS
Thomas Whitaker, 32, white, an inmate on Texas death row, has filed a class action
- MAY 4, 2012TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Death row inmates sues Texas governor Rick Perry and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for abusive conditions
USA - Texas. Death row inmates sues Texas governor Rick Perry and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for abusive conditions
APRIL 18, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DEATH PENALTY STATUS QUO
As many as 313 people, including six women, were sentenced to death by various
- APRIL 11, 2012DelawareDEATH PENALTY
USA - Delaware. New Study of Delaware Death Penalty Reveal Dramatic Racial Disparities
USA - Delaware. New Study of Delaware Death Penalty Reveal Dramatic Racial Disparities
- APRIL 6, 2012Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA FREES 22 INDONESIAN MAIDS ON DEATH ROW
twenty two Indonesian maids on death row in Saudi Arabia were exonerated and returned
- APRIL 4, 2012ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: VICE PRESIDENT SHOCKED BY DEATH ROW CONDITIONS
Zambia's Vice-President Guy Scott visited the largest correctional facility in the country, Mukobeko
MARCH 27, 2012UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA: PRESIDENT MUSEVENI PARDONS SHARMA KOOKY
After spending 12 years behind bars at Luzira Maximum Security Prisons, in Uganda, for
- MARCH 23, 2012United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Federal. Judge removes 1 of 2 women on federal death row: Angela Johnson, 48, white
USA - Federal. Judge removes 1 of 2 women on federal death row: Angela Johnson, 48, white
- MARCH 2, 2012South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - South Carolina. Edward Lee Elmore, 53, black, was released from prison after nearly 30 years on Death Row
USA - South Carolina. Edward Lee Elmore, 53, black, was released from prison after nearly 30 years on Death Row
- FEBRUARY 15, 2012DEATH PENALTY
FLORIDA (USA): KILLER EXECUTED AFTER 31 YEARS ON DEATH ROW
A man convicted of raping a 29-year-old mother and dragging her into Tampa Bay's
- FEBRUARY 13, 2012DEATH PENALTY
CALIFORNIA (USA): AUTHORS OF CALIFORNIA'S 1978 DEATH PENALTY INITIATIVE NOW SUPPORT REPEAL
Ron Briggs, along with the other authors of the initiative which expanded California’s
- FEBRUARY 13, 2012CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Authors of California's 1978 Death Penalty Initiative Now Support Repeal
USA - California. Authors of California's 1978 Death Penalty Initiative Now Support Repeal
FEBRUARY 8, 2012DEATH PENALTYUSA: DEATH ROW POPULATION DECREASED OVER THE LAST DECADE
The latest edition of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund's Death Row USA shows a decrease
- FEBRUARY 8, 2012United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - The latest edition of "Death Row USA" shows a decrease of 31 inmates between January 1 and July 1, 2011
USA - The latest edition of "Death Row USA" shows a decrease of 31 inmates between January 1 and July 1, 2011
- JANUARY 31, 2012BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
BOTSWANA: DEATH ROW INMATE HANGED
In Botswana, death row inmate Zibani Thamo convicted of murder was hanged in the morning.
- JANUARY 27, 2012Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi newspaper Al-Eqtisadiah reported Saudi Arabia...
Saudi newspaper Al-Eqtisadiah reported Saudi Arabia...
JANUARY 24, 2012DEATH PENALTYUSA: DEATH PENALTY FOR FEMALE OFFENDERS
Professor Victor Streib of the Ohio Northern University Law School has published the
- JANUARY 24, 2012United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Professor Victor Streib has published the latest edition of his periodic reports, Death Penalty for Female Offenders.
USA - Professor Victor Streib has published the latest edition of his periodic reports, Death Penalty for Female Offenders.
JANUARY 17, 2012PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: CHILDREN ON DEATH ROW
Currently, there are five prisoners on death row of Mach Jail in Balochistan, Pakistan
- JANUARY 15, 2012PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. Abu-Jamal Off Death Row: "His present conditions are actually worse than when he was on death row”
USA - Pennsylvania. Abu-Jamal Off Death Row: "His present conditions are actually worse than when he was on death row”
- JANUARY 6, 2012United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA. The latest edition of the NAACP "Death Row USA" showed a decrease of 29 inmates in the death row population between January 1 and April 1, 2011
USA. The latest edition of the NAACP "Death Row USA" showed a decrease of 29 inmates in the death row population between January 1 and April 1, 2011
- JANUARY 1, 2012BelizeDEATH PENALTY
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
- JANUARY 1, 2012JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
On the issue of capital punishment, the Jamaica Constitution states...
On the issue of capital punishment, the Jamaica Constitution states, "No person shall intentionally be deprived of his life save in execution of a sentence of a court in respect of a criminal offence of which he has been convicted".
- JANUARY 1, 2012UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda's penal code provides for 15 capital offences
Uganda's penal code provides for 15 capital offences
- JANUARY 1, 2012CameroonDEATH PENALTY
Cameroon applies the death penalty for treason.
Cameroon applies the death penalty for treason.
- JANUARY 1, 2012GhanaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty has been in Ghana’s statute books...
The death penalty has been in Ghana’s statute books since the inception of English common law in the country in 1874.
- JANUARY 1, 2012MongoliaDEATH PENALTY
As reduced by an amendment of 1994 to the criminal code...
As reduced by an amendment of 1994 to the criminal code...
DECEMBER 30, 2011JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: MANY DEATH ROW INMATES ON MEDS
Nearly half of death row inmates in Japan are on full-time medication for mental
- DECEMBER 29, 2011IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: 87 PEOPLE ON DEATH ROW
Indonesia has 87 people on death row, the Justice and Human Rights Ministry