New York's death penalty is dead, for now. Court declared the state's capital punishment law unconstitutional.  (IT-EN) 

High Court has commuted death sentence to Rehmat Shah Afridi, editor convicted for drugs pushing charges.  (EN) 

6 death row convicts get 90-day reprieve.  (EN) 

Gordon Steidl, after he was wrongly convicted, sentenced to die and after spending 17 years on death row, was freed.  (EN) 

Laurence Adams, 51, was released after 30 years spent on death row.  (EN) 

A further step towards moratorium: Lower House Passes bill proposed by the President.   (EN) 

Burmese Court Overturns Death Sentence For 9 Prisoners.  (EN-ES) 

Just days before the scheduled execution of Osvaldo Torres, a Mexican foreign national on Oklahoma�s death row, Governor Brad Henry granted a request for clemency.   (IT-EN) 

President Mwanawasa commuted 15 death sentences.   (FR) 

Evgenij Gugnin, already sentenced to death, was given 20 years of prison (see our urgent appeal).  (IT) 

Federal appeals court overturns death sentence to Victor Saldano, Argentine laborer sentenced to death, "because he was hispanic". The Community of Sant'Egidio in Argentina had supported the case several times. Now a new (and fair) trial is expected.  (EN-ES) 

President stays execution of four prisoners on death row. (EN) 

Capital punishment abolished.  (EN) 

Death penalty abolished  (FR) 

Islamic Court of Appeal overturned death sentence by stoning for sodomy, given some months ago to Jibrin Babaji. (see our urgent appeal)  (FR-EN) 

Cancelled the execution date of Efrain Perez and Raul Omar Villareal, waiting for U.S. Supreme Court decision on juvenile crimes.  (EN) 

Gov. Rick Perry has commuted the death sentence of Robert Smith, a mentally retarded man. First death sentence put aside in Texas since the U.S. Supreme Court banned executions for the mentally retarded in a 2002 ruling.  (IT-EN) 

South Dakota, Wyoming Abolish Juvenile Death Penalty; Bill Advancing in New Hampshire.  (EN) 

President Kibaki has commuted all death sentences to life imprisonment.  (EN) 

Supreme Court overturns death sentence to Delma Banks and orders a new trial. Last year his execution was halted 9 minutes before the time scheduled.  (IT-EN) 

The execution of Yokamon Hearn was halted, just 17 minutes before the time scheduled.  (IT-ES) 

President announces the commutation of death sentences for 44 soldiers, who had organized coup in 1997.  (EN) 

Corte blocca tutte le esecuzioni, in attesa di esaminare la costituzionalit� dell'iniezione letale.  (EN) 

Alan Gell Is Nation's 113th Death Row Exoneree.  (IT-EN) 

Scott Panetti, who was scheduled to be executed today, was granted a 60-day stay. (IT - EN)

Kyrgyz president extends death penalty moratorium.  (EN)

Lee Malvo sentenced to life without Parole, after general mobilization.  (EN)

Abolitions, commutations, moratoria, ...   2003