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
- JULY 15, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: CONDEMNED PRISONER TO BE HANGED ON JULY 28
Allah Ditta, a prisoner on death row, will be hanged on July 28 at Bahawalpur Central Jail in Pakistan
- JUNE 16, 2009Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
DEATH ROW WOMAN IN SIERRA LEONE’S PADEMBA PRISON APPEALS HEARING
on death row at Pademba Road Prison in Sierra Leone, Marie Sampa Kamara received notice that her appeal hearing was set to be heard on June 9, 2009.
JUNE 3, 2009KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: MPS WANT DEATH PENALTY ABOLISHED
the Committee on Administration, National Security and Local Authorities reported to
APRIL 21, 2009JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: 45 PEOPLE ON DEATH ROW
There are currently 45 people on death row in Jordan, including five women, mostly
- APRIL 8, 2009IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
USA - Illinois. Nathson Fields, 55, black, was acquitted today of a double homicide for which he spent eleven and a half years on death row
USA - Illinois. Nathson Fields, 55, black, was acquitted today of a double homicide for which he spent eleven and a half years on death row
- APRIL 7, 2009United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Overall number of people on death rows decreases
USA - Overall number of people on death rows decreases
- APRIL 6, 2009JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: DEATH ROW INMATE'S TELL-ALL BLOG OPENS DEBATE
Tetsuo Odajima, 65, who is on death row at the Tokyo Detention Center in Japan, is writing a blog, a rare insight into the inmates on Japan's secretive death row.
- MARCH 30, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 114 ON DEATH ROW AT CPK
at least 114 convicted criminals lodged in the CPK in Pakistan are waiting to be hanged in their death cells.
MARCH 22, 2009NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: 200 INMATES ON DEATH ROW
Minister of Interior, Major-General Godwin Abbe (rtd), said in Abuja that close to 200
- MARCH 18, 2009DEATH PENALTY
NEW MEXICO (USA): GOVENOR SIGNS LAW ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY
Gov. Bill Richardson signed legislation today repealing New Mexico's death penalty. Richardson, a Democrat who formerly supported capital punishment, said signing the bill was the "most difficult decision" of his political life but that "the potential for
- MARCH 18, 2009New MexicoDEATH PENALTY
USA - New Mexico. Gov. Bill Richardson signed legislation today repealing the death penalty.
USA - New Mexico. Gov. Bill Richardson signed legislation today repealing the death penalty.
- MARCH 4, 2009OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Joe D'Ambrosio, who spent 20 years on Ohio's death row, has been released
USA - Ohio. Joe D'Ambrosio, who spent 20 years on Ohio's death row, has been released
- FEBRUARY 25, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: 'ALLOW THOSE ON DEATH ROW EARLY APPEALS'
the Malaysian Bar Council wants the judiciary to fast track the appeals of convicted prisoners on Death Row.
- FEBRUARY 24, 2009OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Death row inmate eligible for release
USA - Ohio. Death row inmate eligible for release
- FEBRUARY 20, 2009OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Jeffrey Hill was moved today from death row
USA - Ohio. Jeffrey Hill was moved today from death row
- FEBRUARY 18, 2009IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: 109 INMATES ON DEATH ROW
Data released this week by the Attorney General’s Office show that 41 of 109 inmates on
- FEBRUARY 16, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DEATH ROW DUO WANT TO GET IT OVER QUICKLY
two men on Death Row in Malaysia declared they would not be seeking clemency from the Pardons Board.
- FEBRUARY 12, 2009OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. After spending nearly 4 years on death row, Vernon "Broadway" Brown, 35, black, will be spared the death penalty.
USA - Ohio. After spending nearly 4 years on death row, Vernon "Broadway" Brown, 35, black, will be spared the death penalty.
- FEBRUARY 10, 2009PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. Kenneth Williams Resentenced to Prison After 24 Years on Death Row
USA - Pennsylvania. Kenneth Williams Resentenced to Prison After 24 Years on Death Row
- FEBRUARY 4, 2009DEATH PENALTY
TENNESSEE (USA): EXECUTED AFTER MORE THAN 20 YEARS ON DEATH ROW
A Tennessee man was executed by lethal injection for the death of a couple in 1985, authorities said. Steve Henley, 55, was sentenced to death for the slayings of Fred and Edna Stafford.
JANUARY 29, 2009JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: FOUR DEATH ROW INMATES EXECUTED
Japan hanged four convicted murderers, officials said, carrying out the country's first executions of the year despite international criticism.
- JANUARY 28, 2009BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
EXECUTION AWAITS BULGARIAN DRIVER IN IRAN
A Bulgarian truck driver who had been missing for four months has be
- JANUARY 22, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
the Lahore High Court (LHC) in Pakistan sought a report from the Punjab government on a petition filed against the solitary confinement of thousands of prisoners on death row in death cells
the Lahore High Court (LHC) in Pakistan sought a report from the Punjab government on a petition filed against the solitary confinement of thousands of prisoners on death row in death cells
- JANUARY 22, 2009DEATH PENALTY
OKLAHOMA (USA): MAN CONVICTED OF KILLING TULSA CLERK PUT TO DEATH
A man convicted of beating a convenience store clerk to death with a baseball bat
- JANUARY 22, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
the Supreme Court ruling on the death sentence in Uganda drew conflicting interpretations from the legal fraternity and human rights activists
the Supreme Court ruling on the death sentence in Uganda drew conflicting interpretations from the legal fraternity and human rights activists
- JANUARY 20, 2009KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: CONVICT PUTS DEATH LAW ON TRIAL
a man on death row in Kenya, Godfrey Mutiso, is challenging the mandatory death sentence imposed on persons convicted for murder.
- JANUARY 20, 2009UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA MOVES TO END CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Uganda's Supreme Court ruled that death sentences be commuted to life imprisonment after
- JANUARY 18, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: ‘HANGING’ IN LIMBO: 11 AWAIT EXECUTION OF DEATH PENALTY
11 people awarded the death penalty by various courts in Haryana, India, have been waiting several years for their appeals to be heard
JANUARY 7, 2009GhanaDEATH PENALTYGHANA: KUFUOR COMMUTES ALL DEATH SENTENCES
Ghana’s outgoing President John Kufuor pardoned more than 500 prisoners, the Ghanaian Times reported.
- JANUARY 1, 2009CameroonDEATH PENALTY
Cameroon applies the death penalty for treason.
Cameroon applies the death penalty for treason.