The German Coalition Against the Death Penalty e.V. regularly publishes current news about the death penalty in the USA and worldwide.
Further current news can be found e.g. in the English-language pages Death Penalty News or Hands off Cain.
News from the years before 2020, which were published in predecessors of this website, can be found in our News archive! (German language only)
The number of executions documented worldwide in 2021 increased by about 20 percent compared to the previous year. According to annual figures released Tuesday by… Weiterlesen
On Wednesday morning in the U.S. state of Arizona, 66-year-old Clarence Dixon was executed with a lethal injection, an overdose of pentobarbital. Dixon, the courts… Weiterlesen
On Tuesday evening, 56-year-old Carman Deck was executed by lethal injection in the U.S. state of Missouri. He had committed a robbery of an elderly… Weiterlesen
Just two days before her execution scheduled for Wednesday by the U.S. state of Texas, Melissa Lucio has been granted a stay of execution by… Weiterlesen
The U.S. state of Texas executed its oldest death row inmate, 78-year-old Carl Wayne Buntion, with a lethal injection Thursday night. He was sentenced to… Weiterlesen
A court in Harrisburg in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania has granted the Dauphin County prosecutor’s request to drop all charges against Samuel Randolph IV…. Weiterlesen
Singapore on Wednesday hanged its first prisoner in more than two years as the city-state looks to resume executions after a pause during the pandemic…. Weiterlesen
Saudi Arabia executed 81 people on Saturday. They were convicted on various charges, including murder, involvement in terrorist activities and “dissenting beliefs,” according to the… Weiterlesen
An expert in anesthesiology has testified in a trial challenging Oklahoma state lethal injection protocol that a prisoner the state executed last month was likely… Weiterlesen
Russia is openly considering the reintroduction of the death penalty following the country’s suspension from the Council of Europe over the Ukraine war. The vice… Weiterlesen