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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- MAY 27, 2004ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Oliviero Toscani's new video clip against the death...
Oliviero Toscani's new video clip against the death penalty in promotion of Hands Off Cain's international campaign for a universal moratorium on executions established by the UN General Assembly, was shown this morning at the European Institute of Design
- MAY 27, 2004JapanDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International highlighted reports of torture...
Amnesty International highlighted reports of torture and ill treatment of people while in custody in Japan
- MAY 13, 2004OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Gov. Brad Henry commuted the death sentence of Osbaldo...
Gov. Brad Henry commuted the death sentence of Osbaldo Torres to life without parole. Henry's decision came shortly after the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals voted 3-2 to give Osbaldo Torres' an indefinite stay of execution and grant his request for a
- APRIL 29, 2004UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International (AI) issued a report in which...
Amnesty International (AI) issued a report in which it voiced concern over the destinies of people sentenced to death in Uzbekistan
- APRIL 19, 2004MexicoDEATH PENALTY
The US federal government must intervene with the states...
The US federal government must intervene with the states to ensure a review of the cases of foreigners - particularly Mexicans - sitting on death row, The New York Times said in an editorial
- APRIL 19, 2004United StatesDEATH PENALTY
The US federal government must intervene with the states...
The US federal government must intervene with the states to ensure a review of the cases of foreigners - particularly Mexicans - sitting on death row, The New York Times said in an editorial
- APRIL 1, 2004MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Around 100 Mexicans on death row in US prisons required...
Around 100 Mexicans on death row in US prisons required immediate consular protection, an ICJ judge said, after the International Court of Justice ordered the United States to "review and reconsider" the cases of 51 Mexicans facing execution
- MARCH 28, 2004CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
The oldest person on death row in California, Raymond...
The oldest person on death row in California, Raymond Fredrick Johns, died of natural causes Sunday morning, said Vernell Crittendon, spokesman for San Quentin State Prison
- MARCH 22, 2004JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that hundreds of death row prisoners...
It was reported that hundreds of death row prisoners in Trinidad, Barbados and Jamaica could win a reprieve if an unprecedented privy council hearing beginning in London ruled that the mandatory death penalty for murder was unconstitutional
- MARCH 2, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Twenty-three-year-old Thai national Nothanam M
Twenty-three-year-old Thai national Nothanam M
- MARCH 2, 2004ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Twenty-three-year-old Thai national Nothanam M
Twenty-three-year-old Thai national Nothanam M
- MARCH 1, 2004NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigeria said that it was looking for ways to "decongest"...
Nigeria said that it was looking for ways to "decongest" the death row sections of its jails, where 458 prisoners were awaiting execution, some of them for more than 20 years
- FEBRUARY 18, 2004Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that four prisoners on death in Papua...
It was reported that four prisoners on death in Papua New Guinea were awaiting execution as they had exhausted all their appeals
- JANUARY 28, 2004KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Ten death row prisoners in Kenya walked to freedom...
Ten death row prisoners in Kenya walked to freedom after the Court of Appeal set aside their convictions - because their prosecution was led by a police constable
- JANUARY 26, 2004United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Scottish death row inmate Kenny Richey spoke of his...
Scottish death row inmate Kenny Richey spoke of his frustration as he waited the legal decision on his fate
- JANUARY 13, 2004NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A.I. Akpe, head of the Nigerian Prison Service, was...
A.I. Akpe, head of the Nigerian Prison Service, was reported as saying that there were 476 men and 11 women awaiting execution in Nigerian prisons, with some having been on death row for up to 10 years
- DECEMBER 29, 2003ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Spare [1997 military coup leader] Captain Solo and...
Spare [1997 military coup leader] Captain Solo and all those on the death row, [opposition] Patriotic Front president Michael Sata urged [Zambian] President [Levy] Mwanawasa
- DECEMBER 15, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Mexico accused the United States at an International...
Mexico accused the United States at an International Court of Justice hearing on of violating international law over its treatment of more than 50 Mexican nationals on death row
- DECEMBER 8, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that 36 prisoners on death row for...
It was reported that 36 prisoners on death row for various crimes in India's Bhagalpur prison had not been executed because there was no hangman
- NOVEMBER 27, 2003SpainDEATH PENALTY
When the case of Pablo Ibar, who was convicted in a...
When the case of Pablo Ibar, who was convicted in a notorious 1994 triple murder in Miramar, reaches Florida's Supreme Court in December, Spain will be watching closely
- NOVEMBER 20, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds of prisoners on death row in the Caribbean...
Hundreds of prisoners on death row in the Caribbean were given new hope as the Privy Council in Britain declared the mandatory death penalty in Trinidad and Tobago unconstitutional
- NOVEMBER 20, 2003Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds of prisoners on death row in the Caribbean...
Hundreds of prisoners on death row in the Caribbean were given new hope as the Privy Council in Britain declared the mandatory death penalty in Trinidad and Tobago unconstitutional
- NOVEMBER 11, 2003MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
A total of 121 death row convicts were awaiting execution...
A total of 121 death row convicts were awaiting execution in prisons nationwide, the Malaysian Senate was told
- OCTOBER 20, 2003KenyaDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds of convicts on death row or serving life imprisonment...
Hundreds of convicts on death row or serving life imprisonment have demanded the quashing of their sentences and automatic compensation by the Kenyan Government
- OCTOBER 10, 2003ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International urged Thailand to abolish the...
Amnesty International urged Thailand to abolish the death penalty and said its October 19, 2003 switch to execution by lethal injection instead of firing squad did not change the "inhumanity" of the penalty
- OCTOBER 6, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Seven prisoners on death row in Vietnam had their sentences...
Seven prisoners on death row in Vietnam had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment by President Tran Duc Luong
- OCTOBER 4, 2003PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Senator Aquilino Pimentel Jr
Senator Aquilino Pimentel Jr
- OCTOBER 3, 2003PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Philippine officials rejected criticism by the human...
Philippine officials rejected criticism by the human rights group Amnesty International (AI) that Manila had put minors on death row
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2003FranceDEATH PENALTY
Saw the commencement in Paris of the European tour...
Saw the commencement in Paris of the European tour conducted by former Governor of Illinois George Ryan and Leroy Orange, the ex death row inmate he pardoned
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Saw the commencement in Paris of the European tour...
Saw the commencement in Paris of the European tour conducted by former Governor of Illinois George Ryan and Leroy Orange, the ex death row inmate he pardoned