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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NOVEMBER 7, 2024United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Biden Urged To Prevent Death Row Execution Spree Under Trump
- NOVEMBER 6, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2 more executions in Karaj (Ghezel-Hesar) on November 6
10 executions the same day
NOVEMBER 1, 2024South CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA - South Carolina. Richard Moore, 59, Black, was executed on November 1
OCTOBER 27, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - List of 61 Political Prisoners on Death Row in Iran
OCTOBER 25, 2024FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Robert J. Bailey sentenced to death for the 2nd time
OCTOBER 18, 2024OhioDEATH PENALTYUSA - Ohio. Governor DeWine grants reprieves to 3 death row inmates
Executions for Stanley Adams, John Drummond, and James Hanna postponed to 2028
- OCTOBER 16, 2024AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN: HUNDREDS AWAIT EXECUTION IN TALIBAN PRISONS AS WORLD MARKS DAY AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
As the world observes the World Day Against the Death Penalty on October 10, reports indicate that hundreds of inmates in Taliban-controlled prisons in Afghanistan are awaiting execution.
- OCTOBER 14, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 6,161 PRISONERS ON DEATH ROW
A total of 6,161 Pakistani prisoners were on death row in 2024 (Statistics updated on 30th Sep, 2024), an increase from last year’s 6,039, according to a report by Justice Project Pakistan (JPP).
OCTOBER 10, 2024United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - A new documentary, “Rebel Nun,” tells the story of Sister Helen Prejan
40 years against the death penalty
- OCTOBER 1, 2024United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Last Week America Carried Out Its 1,600th Execution Since 1976.
When Will the Madness Stop?
OCTOBER 1, 2024TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Lawmakers Pray With Robert Roberson
And Urge Clemency to Stop Oct.17 Execution
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Rulings for 2 Death-Sentenced Prisoners Recognize Devastating Harm Caused by Solitary Confinement
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2024JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN ACQUITS LONGEST-SERVING DEATH ROW INMATE 56 YEARS AFTER MURDER CONVICTION
The world's longest-serving death row prisoner was acquitted by a Japanese court on September 26, 2024, more than half a century after his 1968 murder conviction.
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Missouri. Marcellus Williams, 55, Black, was executed on September 24
Over the objections of the victim’s family and the prosecutor
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024South CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA - South Carolina. Freddie Owens, 46, Black, was executed
The state restarted executions after a 13-year pause
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2024CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Buddhist death row inmate Jarvis Jay Masters, backed by Oprah, vows to fight on
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: SIX EXECUTED, FEMALE CONVICT SPARED AT FINAL HOUR
Kuwait on September 5, 2024 carried out the death sentences issued against six individuals who were convicted of murder, in the first hangings in the country in two years.
AUGUST 27, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 68 Organisations Declare Support for “No Death Penalty Tuesdays”
AUGUST 16, 2024United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Trump and Harris records on criminal justice policy
AUGUST 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdollah Lashtaghouni and Hamed Mozafari executed in Bandar Abbas on August 13
JULY 31, 2024South CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA - South Carolina. Supreme Court rules that firing squad is legal
JULY 22, 2024South CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA - South Carolina. Quincy Allen resentenced to life without parole
JULY 16, 2024CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. 3 death sentences reduced
Ernest Dykes, Keith Thomas, Gregory Tate
JULY 1, 2024NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: SUPREME COURT FREES SOLDIER ON DEATH ROW AFTER 12 YEARS
The Supreme Court on June 28, 2024 discharged and acquitted a Nigerian Army Sergeant, Akawu Bala from the death sentence imposed on him by the General Court Martial of the Nigerian Army.
JULY 1, 2024United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. Larry Roberts Becomes the 200th Person Exonerated from Death Row
- JUNE 30, 2024ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA CONVICTS 99% OF DEFENDANTS IN CRIMINAL TRIALS. REVERSING A CONVICTION IS HARD
China is trying to reduce the number of wrongful convictions in its legal system. One man's more than two decades-long fight on death row shows why that's so difficult.
JUNE 27, 2024OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Richard Rojem, 66, White, was executed
JUNE 23, 2024FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Jury Recommends Death Penalty for Wade Wilson
JUNE 19, 2024TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Kerry Max Cook exonerated
198th person exonerated (since 1973) after being sentenced to death
- JUNE 16, 2024United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Activists ask Biden to commute all federal death sentences
Trump could execute 40 prisoners in second term 'bloodbath'