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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JANUARY 5, 2024DEATH PENALTYUSA - U.S. the Only G7 Country to Use Capital Punishment in 2023
United States and Japan are the only two retentionist countries among the Group of Seven leading industrialized democracies (G7). But Japan did not carry out any executions in 2023
DECEMBER 18, 2023PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Pennsylvania. Noel Montalvo Exonerated
DECEMBER 15, 2023TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Texas still leads nation in executions, but the pace is much slower now
Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty 2023 Report
DECEMBER 14, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Three men recently executed in Shiraz
DECEMBER 14, 2023AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Lawsuit against the execution of Kenneth Smith under the new nitrogen hypoxia system
Set for 25 January
DECEMBER 7, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - DPIC 2023 Year End Report
24 executions and 21 new death sentences in 2023
NOVEMBER 29, 2023NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: NCOS BLAMES GOVERNORS FOR 5,000 INMATES AWAITING HANGMAN’S NOOSE FOR DECADES
At an Access to Justice in Nigeria parley, the Nigeria Correctional Service on November 7, 2023 raised issues over 5,000 inmates who have been sentenced to death by hanging but have waited for decades without their sentences being carried out.
NOVEMBER 29, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Moradkhan Geravand and Morad Biranvand executed in Khorramabad on November 29
NOVEMBER 22, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - BJS released its latest report for the year 2021
2,382 people were under sentence of death in 2021
- NOVEMBER 20, 2023Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: LONGEST SERVING DEATH ROW PRISONER RELEASED BY HIGH COURT
On 14 November 2023, Wenceslaus James, the longest serving death row inmate in the country, was released by order of the High Court of Trinidad and Tobago. Convicted for murder in 1996, Wenceslaus received the mandatory death sentence for the offence.
NOVEMBER 16, 2023AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Casey McWhorter, 49, White, was executed
- NOVEMBER 15, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 6 more executions in Karaj on November 15
3 other executions have already been reported, bringing the total to 9
NOVEMBER 14, 2023TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Syed Rabbani Resentenced to Life
His appeal was "lost" for 30 years
NOVEMBER 14, 2023PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Pennsylvania. $9.1 million settlement for death row exoneree Walter Ogrod
Ogrod was released in 2020
NOVEMBER 8, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Khodadad Rahimi and Saber Alikhani executed in Kashan on November 8
OCTOBER 25, 2023OhioDEATH PENALTYUSA - Ohio. Michael R. Turner to now serve life without parole
Has been on death row since 2002
OCTOBER 10, 2023TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Jedidiah Murphy, 48, White, was executed on Oct. 10
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Scott Panetti Not Competent for Execution
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: MAN EXECUTED DESPITE DIPLOMATIC PLEAS FOR MERCY
Death row prisoner Le Van Manh was executed on the morning of September 22, 2023, lawyer Le Van Luan posted on Facebook, in a case with evidence which lawyers said was not clear enough to convict.
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2023PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH-ROW PRISONER AZIZ BUGTI BECOMES SKILLED ARTIST IN JAIL
Aziz Bugti is serving a 210-year imprisonment and has been sentenced to death four times.
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023OregonDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oregon. Jesse Johnson released from Jail
After 25 years
AUGUST 18, 2023Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTYTRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: FOUR CONVICTED KILLERS REMOVED FROM DEATH ROW
Four convicted killers housed in the condemned section of the Port of Spain prison at Frederick Street for decades have had their death sentences vacated
AUGUST 10, 2023LouisianaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Louisiana. Pardon Board complies with Governor's request for clemency hearings
AUGUST 9, 2023LouisianaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Louisiana - Governor Edwards Directs Board to Consider Death Row Clemency Petitions
JULY 24, 2023KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: RUTO REDUCES SENTENCES FOR ALL DEATH ROW CONVICTS
President William Ruto on July 21, 2023 reduced the death sentence for all capital offenders to a life sentence.
JULY 18, 2023OhioDEATH PENALTYUSA - Ohio. Ohio Joins 15 Other States Without an Execution in 5 Years
JULY 5, 2023OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. AG supports petition of Eugene Glossip to the US Supreme Court
JULY 5, 2023MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: LAW FOR REVIEW OF DEATH SENTENCE NOT IN FORCE YET, SAYS RAMKARPAL
Close to 1,000 prisoners on death row or serving natural life jail terms will have to wait before filing applications to the Federal Court for a review of their sentences under a law passed by Parliament recently, Free Malaysia Today reported on July 4, 2
- JUNE 27, 2023United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: 2 OF 3 PARDONED FILIPINOS SAVED FROM DEATH ROW
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has pardoned three Filipino convicts — two of them on death row for drug trafficking and one with a 15-year sentence for slander, the Palace disclosed on June 23, 2023.
JUNE 15, 2023OhioDEATH PENALTYUSA - Ohio. Lamont Hunter Released
on Plea Agreement Amid Review of New Evidence