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)
On Thursday morning, the U.S. state of Oklahoma executed 44-year-old Anthony Sanchez with a lethal injection. He allegedly raped and shot a 21-year-old female student… Read more
For the first time, a convicted inmate in the U.S. state of Alabama could be executed by means of so-called nitrogen hypoxia. This involves inhaling… Read more
On Thursday night, 61-year-old James Phillip Barnes was executed by lethal injection in the U.S. state. He was serving a life sentence for the 1997… Read more
Singapore has executed a 39-year-old man convicted of trafficking heroin. According to authorities, this was the fifth execution this year and the third in just… Read more
On Tuesday night, 45-year-old Johnny Johnson was executed by lethal injection in the US state of Missouri. He was sentenced to death for kidnapping a… Read more
Jemaine Cannon – Oklahoma On Thursday morning, 51-year-old Jemaine Cannon was executed by lethal injection in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. He was sentenced to… Read more
In the first six months of 2023, at least 354 people, including six women, were executed in Iran. 20 of all executions involved members of… Read more
On Thursday night, 62-year-old Duane Owen was executed by lethal injection in the U.S. state of Florida after nearly 40 years on death row. He… Read more
On Tuesday night, 42-year-old Michael Tisius was executed by lethal injection in the U.S. state of Missouri. He was sentenced to death for shooting two… Read more
Amnesty International’s new report on the global use of the death penalty documents at least 883 executions in 20 countries in 2022. 90 percent of… Read more