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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- FEBRUARY 22, 2011Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: 250 DEATH-ROW PRISONERS HAVE EYE AILMENTS
a clinical survey revealed 250 death row prisoners in Welikada Prison in Sri Lanka suffer from eye ailments.
- FEBRUARY 10, 2011NevadaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nevada. Ronnie Milligan, who sat on death row for 30 years, has been granted parole
USA - Nevada. Ronnie Milligan, who sat on death row for 30 years, has been granted parole
- JANUARY 13, 2011DEATH PENALTY
ALABAMA (USA): INMATE EXECUTED AFTER TEMPORARY HALT
a convicted murderer was executed in Alabama after the US Supreme Court
- JANUARY 1, 2011MongoliaDEATH PENALTY
As reduced by an amendment of 1994 to the criminal code...
As reduced by an amendment of 1994 to the criminal code...
- JANUARY 1, 2011GhanaDEATH 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, 2011CameroonDEATH PENALTY
Cameroon applies the death penalty for treason.
Cameroon applies the death penalty for treason.
- JANUARY 1, 2011JamaicaDEATH 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, 2011UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda's penal code provides for 15 capital offences
Uganda's penal code provides for 15 capital offences
- JANUARY 1, 2011BelizeDEATH PENALTY
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
Murder and military offences are capital crimes.
- DECEMBER 28, 2010CubaDEATH PENALTY
CUBA COMMUTES LONE REMAINING DEATH SENTENCE
Cuba's Supreme Tribunal commuted the death sentence of an anti-Castro activist who was the last death row inmate on the island, a rights group said. The tribunal was ruling on the appeal of Humberto Eladio Real, who had been convicted in the 1990s on mur
DECEMBER 27, 2010JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: NUMBER OF DEATH-ROW INMATES HITS RECORD HIGH OF 111
there will be 111 death-row inmates in the nation as of the end of the year, a record high
DECEMBER 13, 2010IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 835 AWAIT EXECUTION IN PRISONS
Iraq has 835 people waiting to be executed, Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani said, just
- DECEMBER 12, 2010TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Only 8 people were condemned to die in Texas this year, the lowest number since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.
USA - Texas. Only 8 people were condemned to die in Texas this year, the lowest number since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.
- DECEMBER 9, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTY
GHANA: HANDS OFF CAIN MISSION FOR DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION
After the missions in Zambia, Mali and Congo-Brazaville, the Hands Off Cain campaign for the abolition of the death penalty in Africa continues in Ghana.
- DECEMBER 7, 2010CubaDEATH PENALTY
CUBA COMMUTES ANOTHER BOMBER'S DEATH SENTENCE
For the second time this month, the Cuban Supreme Court commuted the death
- DECEMBER 1, 2010DEATH PENALTY
“LETHAL TRADE”
On Thursday December 2nd, at 11 o'clock, at the headquarters at via di Torre Argentina 76, Rome, a press conference will be held on the Italian production of Sodium Thiopental destined for executions in the United States.
- NOVEMBER 24, 2010GhanaDEATH PENALTY
GHANA: 104 PRISONERS ON DEATH ROW PACKED INTO A HOLE FOR 24
The Acting Director General of the Ghana Prisons Service, Kofi Bansah, says there are 104 condemned
- OCTOBER 14, 2010GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
GUYANA ABOLISHES MANDATORY DEATH PENALTY
Guyana's parliament voted to abolish the mandatory death penalty for people convicted of
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2010DEATH PENALTY
NEVADA (USA): RONNIE MILLIGAN RELEASED
District Judge Richard Wagner ordered the immediate release of Ronnie Milligan, who
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2010NevadaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nevada. Judge Richard Wagner ordered the immediate release of Ronnie Milligan, who has spent over 20 years on death row.
USA - Nevada. Judge Richard Wagner ordered the immediate release of Ronnie Milligan, who has spent over 20 years on death row.
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2010UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: 167 MOVED FROM DEATH ROW TO LIFE SENTENCE
at least 167 inmates on death row have had their sentences reduced
SEPTEMBER 6, 2010NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: PRISONERS AWAIT EXECUTION IN JOS
over 123 prison inmates including 39 indigenes of Benue State who are sentenced to death
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: 17 INDIANS ON DEATH ROW SAY THEY WERE TORTURED FOR CONFESSION
seventeen Indian workers on death row in Sharjah, the United Arab Emirates, for the murder of a Pakistani man told an appeals court that the police extracted their confession after torturing them.
- AUGUST 30, 2010United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - DEATH ROW USA Winter 2010 Now Available
USA - DEATH ROW USA Winter 2010 Now Available
- JULY 14, 2010DEATH PENALTY
TENNESSEE (USA): GOVERNOR COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF WOMAN
Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen has commuted the death sentence of a woman convicted
JUNE 22, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: 14 DEATH-ROW PRISONERS GET PARDON
fourteen prisoners who received the death sentence in Malaysia were pardoned
- JUNE 15, 2010DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): POWELL EXECUTED FOR 1978 SLAYING OF POLICE OFFICER
The state of Texas executed David Powell, 59, for the murder of a police officer 32 years ago, after having lost a series of lengthy appeals and requests for clemency.
- MAY 28, 2010TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: LEGALITY OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT UPHELD
the Justices of the Taiwanese Constitutional Court rejected a petition aimed at halting plans to execute the 40 inmates that remain on death row.
- APRIL 20, 2010NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIAN GOVERNORS APPROVE EXECUTION OF CONVICTED PRISONERS
Nigeria's state governors backed the execution of more than 300 prisoners
- APRIL 19, 2010TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a new sentencing trial for Anthony Leroy Pierce
USA - Texas. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a new sentencing trial for Anthony Leroy Pierce