Nicholas James Yarris è stato riconosciuto innocente e liberato dal braccio della morte.  (EN)

Man freed from death row because of retardation.   (EN)

Moratorium of executions by decree.   (EN)

Supreme Court Halts Texas Execution   (IT-EN)

2 men sentenced to hang for violent robbery were yesterday freed by the High Court.   (EN)

President Fox spares 2 soldiers facing death penalty.   (IT-EN)

Court commutes Japanese man's death sentence. (EN)

Yunusa Rafin Chiyawa acquitted from sentence to death by stoning (see our urgent appeal)  (EN)

The death sentence of Sami Al-Moutairi, 25, was commuted into life sentence. (EN)

The U.S. Supreme Court blocked the execution of David Larry Nelson, just a 3 hours before the time scheduled.  (EN)

Afsaneh Noruzi was spared from execution (see our urgent appeal). The head of the judiciary, Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi-Shahrudi, ordered that the death sentence be lifted. (IT-EN)

Robert Mohammed was released from the death row. (IT)

Seven prisoners on death row in Vietnam have had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment by the President. (EN)

Parliament has ratified protocol of Council of Europe for abolition of the death penalty in any circumstance. (IT)

Death sentence for juvenile killer overturned. (EN)

Amina Lawal was acquitted. (IT-EN)

Workman's execution postponed. Gov. grants reprieve till Jan. 15 because of federal investigation. (EN)

Parliament voted to abolish the death penalty.  (IT-ES-EN-FR)

Man gets life as court overturns death sentence.  (EN)

Six death sentences overturned.  (IT)

Court stayed the execution of Mark Robertson. (EN)

U.S. Court Overturns Some 100 Death Sentences. (EN)

President commutes 42 death sentences and closes the death row, in september hopefully the abolition. The Community of Sant'Egidio expresses satisfaction for the event. (EN)

Council of Europe welcomes the commuting of 42 death sentences. (EN)

Court overturns death sentence (stoning) to Sarimu Mohamed. See our urgent appeal.  (IT-EN)

Federal judge postponed the execution of Richard Cooey.  (EN)

Controversial execution of J.A. Rivera halted. Circuit court finds that convicted murderer's mental ability is in doubt.  (EN)

Two Former Death Row Inmates Exonerated and Freed.  (EN)

Governor Delays Execution for DNA Testing.  (IT-EN)

Death sentence vacated for poor jury instructions. (EN)

C. Burdine, Client Of Sleeping Lawyer, Gets Life Sentence. (EN)

Death Sentence Overturned Because Jury Used Bible.  (IT-EN)

Governor commuted the death sentence of Herbert Welcome, mentally retarded.  (EN)

Newton Slawson Upset at Delayed Execution. (IT-EN)

Ryan Matthews, mentally-ill young innocent black man on Death Row, was saved by the tenacious intervention of an English dotcom entrepreneur.   (EN)

Joseph Amrine is 108^th person sentenced to death and found innocent.   (EN)

New Governor to maintain moratorium.   (IT-EN)

Kenneth Wayne Morris won a reprieve two hours before his scheduled execution  (EN-ES)

Armenian parliament approved new Criminal Code that abolishes the death penalty, except for special cases.   (EN-ES)

Supreme Court to examine 27 death sentences.  (IT-EN)

Commuted to 20 years' imprisonment the death sentence pending on Ilchomzhon Chakimzhon Karimov (see our urgent appeal).  (EN)

Ashcroft Says Retarded Man No Longer Faces Death Penalty.  (EN)

Pregnant female spared death penalty.  (EN)

Gibson Njau Githaria was set free after spending 16 years on death row for an offence he says he did not commit.  (EN)

US Supreme Court blocks the execution of Delma Banks, just few hours before the scheduled lethal injection.  (IT-EN)

Supreme Court Rules in Favor of T. Miller El Claiming Racial Bias. (appeal)  (IT-EN-ES)

Kenyan president orders release of 28 death row prisoners and commutes death sentences of another 195. (IT-EN-ES)

Supreme Court overturns the death sentence, but Aghajari could be sentenced again. (IT-EN)

World Court Tells U.S. to Delay Executing 3 Mexicans.  (IT-EN-ES)

Gregory Van Alstyne's execution was stayed for his mental retard to be monitored.  (appeal)  (EN)

Military court revokes death penalty of three former intelligence agents.   (EN)

Judge Nixes Death Penalty for Utah Inmate.   (EN)

Justice Stevens (Supreme Court) stops execution of 70 year-old man.  (IT)

The death sentence given to Fred Berre Douglas, 74, was overturned. (EN)

Rudolph Holton Freed After 16 Years on death row. (IT-EN)

The death sentence of a man and from Nigeria and of 3 from Ghana were commuted. (FR)

The North Carolina Supreme Court stayed the execution of Henry Lee Hunt. (see our urgent appeal).  (EN)

3 death row inmates were acquitted and released.  (EN)

Man's Death Sentence Commuted to Life Imprisonment.   (EN)

Gov. Ryan commutes 156 death sentences. - Colosseum is lit up.  (IT-EN-FR-DE))

4 death row prisoners pardoned.  (IT-EN)

President prolongs moratorium on death penalty.  (EN)

When he was already on the scaffold, he was forgiven by the family of the victim and saved.  (IT)