The Government of Singapore intends to execute  Pannir Selvam Pranthaman  at dawn tomorrow. His family received news of the intended execution on Saturday - as it is Pannir’s third notice of...

A recent article has been published regarding the execution of Datchinamurthy Kataiah. The article reports that Datchinamurthy and his family were made to wait the morning of his scheduled execu...

A joint statement from civil society organisations across Singapore, Malaysia and Australia has been published on Capital Punishment Justice Project’s website. The statement calls on authorities of ...

Datchinamurthy a/l Kataiah, Pannir Selvam Pranthaman, Saminathan a/l Selvaraju, Lingkesvaran Rajendaren, and Jumaat bin Mohamed Sayed, are those facing imminent executions in Singapore. Their cases ...

The Oxford Death Penalty Research Unit recently published a blog written by Willis Nandi, a volunteer and former death row prisoner in Kenya. Willis was sentenced to death for an offence he did not ...

In August 2025, Professor Carolyn Hoyle, Director of the Death Penalty Research Unit (DPRU), and

The Utah Supreme Court recently announced that more evaluation was required to determine whether death row inmate Ralph Menzies is competent to be executed. The justices ruled that another competenc...

One of the key aims of the Death Penalty Research Unit (DPRU) is to encourage death penalty

A recent article has explored the moral and practical problems associated with the firing squad execution method. Dr Groner, an expert on death penalty methods and retired surgeon, says that upon ex...

The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights have called for a halt to increasing executions and to impose a moratorium on the application of the death penalty as a step towards...

There is an instinctive revulsion against the prospect of hanging a man after he has been held under sentence of death for many years. What gives rise to this instinctive revulsion? The answer can onl...

A recent article has reported that Singapore has granted clemency to a death row prisoner, for the first time since 1998. Tristan Tan Yi Rui was sentenced to death in 2023 but his death sentence wil...

A recent article has reported that opponents of the death penalty have called on Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders to reverse Arkansas’ decision to allow nitrogen suffocation as a method of execution. ...

A recent article has reported that the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute ( IBAHRI ) has welcomed amendments to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam’s Criminal Code. As of 1 July 20...

A recent article has reported that Tennessee have executed Bryon Black, who had an implanted defibrillator despite concerns that the medical device may attempt to restart his heart. Mr Black had be...

ABC have produced a segment on Saudi Arabia’s increase in drug executions since they abandoned their moratorium on capital punishment in 2022. A report by Amnesty International provides that in 202...

A recent article from the Death Penalty Information Center has reported that a recent report from ACLU has demonstrated that the process of selecting juries for death penalty cases systematically excl...

A recent article has reported that Saudi Arabia have executed almost 600 people over the past decade for non-violent drug offences. Amnesty International have described the act as a chilling disre...

A recent article has reported that according to a comprehensive analysis recently conducted by Death Penalty Policy Project Director Robert Dunham, death penalty states in the U.S are in the midst of ...

A recent article has reported that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has requested a new execution date for Robert Roberson, who was sentenced to death in Texas in 2023 for the death of his two year o...

A recent article has reported that the U.S Supreme Court has ruled that in a 6-3 decision that Ruben Gutierrez, who was sentenced to death, has the right to have evidence from his case tested under th...

Japan have carried out their first execution since 2022. A recent article has reported that Japan has executed a man who was sentenced to death in 2020. The article reports that Japanese law require...

See No Other Land, a documentary made by Palestinian and Israeli activists about the destruction of villages in the West Bank.

The Death Penalty Information Center have reported that nearly half of all executions to date in 2025 in Iran (244) and Saudi Arabia (50) have been for drug-related crimes. The article reports that ...

The 8th Amendment Project are urging Governor Gavin Newsom to commute every death row sentence in California. There are currently 574 people on California’s death row. You can sign the petition h...

 The JWMF is saddened to share the news of the recent death in a house fire of Sunny Jacobs who shared her inspiring story of survival and tragedy with us when she spoke from Ireland  abou...

The Death Penalty Information Center has reported that Charles Flores, who was convicted and sentenced to death in 1999 for the 1998 robbery and murder of Elizabeth Black, is seeking a new trial. A...

The Death Penalty Information Center have reported in a recent article, that Tennessee have deviated from their previous policy and practice. The state have included in their execution policy, a two ...

A recent article has reported that Mr Jeffrey Hutchinson was executed in Florida in early May 2025, despite having a history of longstanding mental illness, where his lawyer’s claim that Mr Hutchins...

A recent article has reported that Tennessee is scheduled to resume executions in May 2025. Victims’ rights advocates have asked Governor Bill Lee for a reprieve and have argued that there are better ...

The Death Penalty Information (DPI) Center has published a recent article which outlines how the single most common outcome for a death sentence is for it to be reversed on appeal due to a constitutio...

The Death Penalty Information Center has reported that death-sen­tenced pris­on­ers in Louisiana recent­ly argued that the state issued exe­cu­tion war­rants before they had exhaust­ed their appeals, ...

A recent article has reported that Jimmie Duncan who was convicted of first-degree murder has had both his conviction and death sentence set aside by Louisiana District Court Judge Alvin Sharp. In 1...

Ten years ago, on 29 April 2015, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were executed by firing squad in Indonesia, alongside six other men. Capital Punishment Justice Project cover Andrew and Myuran’s s...

Hi all! You may have seen me fundraising last year for the Capital Punishment Justice Project and I am doing the same again this year by running the Brisbane Half Marathon. CPJP are a brilliant Aust...

Luigi Mangione, has been indicted on a federal murder charge in a necessary step for prosecutors who wish to seek the death penalty. A recent article has reported that US Attorney General Pam Bondi a...

Luigi Mangione, has been indicted on a federal murder charge in a necessary step for prosecutors who wish to seek the death penalty. A recent article has reported that US Attorney General Pam Bondi a...

Mikal Mahdi is set to be executed by way of firing squad over lethal injection or electrocution. A recent article has reported the graphic details surrounding the method of execution by firing squad...

Ali Kololo, a Kenyan man who has spent a decade on death row and was wrongly imprisoned for a 2011 murder, is suing the Metropolitan police over its role in the case. Mr Kololo was imprisoned for m...

Amnesty International have reported that global executions have hit their highest figure since 2015, where 1,500 people were executed across 15 countries in 2024, pursuant to Amnesty International’s r...

The U. S Attorney General has pursued the death penalty against Luigi Mangione, who has been accused or murder. Mr Mangione faces federal murder and stalking charges and 11 state charges, including ...

Iwao Hakamada, who was wrongly convicted of murder and was the longest serving death row inmate has been awarded $1.4 million dollars in compensation. Mr Hakamada spent 46 years on death row in Japa...