Florida and Iran: Key Insights from Recent Death Penalty Report

November 2025

We are pleased to attach the current death penalty report for mid October to mid November thanks to group member Lesley for the work in compiling it. Florida features quite strongly as does Iran which is executing young people – a truly horrific act. There is also material on Israel which is considering laws for Palestinians quite different from the Jewish population, an example of apartheid which operates there. We note as ever that even though China makes a brief entry, the country is believed to execute more of its citizens than the rest of the world combined but details are a state secret.

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November 12, 2025 1

Kris Maharaj

Justice denied again for Kris Maharaj in Florida

We have some bad news from Reprieve. Kris Maharaj’s request for a conditional medical release was denied by the Florida Department for Corrections. The DOC didn’t even bother to send a doctor to evaluate him, or include a reason for denying Reprieve’s request. And that’s why they have filed a challenge to their decision.

At the end of the day, the question is a simple one: is Kris a danger to others? No.

Kris never has been. But the prison is a danger to him. He is 81 and particularly vulnerable as COVID-19 sweeps through the prison system. He should be at home with his wife Marita right now.

When we have further news we shall publish it here.

May 30, 2020 0

Wiltshire lawyer now in Florida

Swindon Lawyer goes to Florida to work on death row cases

A former Swindon Amnesty member and lawyer, Catherine Dunmore, has secured funds from a crowdsourcing site to enable her to go to the state of Florida in the USA to work on first degree murder cases. She has been there three weeks now and she has a blog which is worth reading. Florida is one of the states still using the death penalty.

We hope you will follow her blog and also be moved to send funds to her crowdfunding site.

June 10, 2016 0

Death penalty report

This is the monthly #deathpenalty report with thanks to Lesley for compiling it. One interesting fact is that Indonesia has suspended an execution following the airline crash which has meant the eyes of the world’s media is upon them.

December Death Penalty report

We have added the Death Penalty Information site to list of links at the bottom of the home page

January 8, 2015 0

Urgent action – #Florida

It may be the sunshine state but it is also a bloodthirsty one. This will be the 21st execution under the Governorship of Rick Scott. In 2012, a quarter of all executions in the USA were in Florida. This year, there have been 33 executions, 8 of which have been in Florida. The USA is the only country in the Americas still to use the death penalty.