Death penalty report

February 2025

Here is the death penalty report for mid January to mid February thanks to group member Lesley for the work in compiling it. It is quite long! That is partly due to a lot of activity in America where executions are proceeding apace and the various executive orders being issued by President Trump.

Another event is the call for the return of the death penalty in the UK particularly by the Reform party. This occurs after a particular murder or murders in this case the dreadful murders of three little girls in Southport last year. Amnesty’s position is that it is never right to inflict a death sentence on someone, it does not act as a deterrent and mistakes cannot be put right if there is a wrongful conviction.

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Death penalty report

April 2024

We are pleased to attach this month’s report for the period mid March to mid April thanks for group member Lesley for the work in compiling it. Reports include those from USA, Congo, Pakistan and Russia.

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The Salisbury group was established 50 years ago this year

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Death penalty report: August, September

September 2023

We are pleased to attach the latest death penalty report produced by group member Lesley for the period mid August to mid September 2023. As ever there is good news and bad with some countries engaged in heavy use of the penalty. China – believed to be the world’s largest executioner of its citizens – is briefly mentioned but detailed statistics are not available because they are a state secret. It is depressing to note in the UK, that following the conviction of Lucy Letby of murdering new born infants and attempting to murder others, a national newspaper ran a poll showing a strong majority to bring the death penalty back for such crimes.

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Monthly death penalty report

Monthly report for mid April – May

May 2023

We are pleased to attach the latest report thanks to group member Lesley for the work in compiling it. Note that although China appears briefly, it remains the country thought to execute more of its citizens than the rest of the world combined but details are a state secret.

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Death penalty report: mid March – April

We are pleased to attach this month’s death penalty report for the period mid March to Mid April thanks to group member Lesley for compiling it. Note that China 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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Death penalty report

The death penalty report for October – November is available thanks to group member Lesley for compiling it. One worrying item is the apparent willingness of the UK government to allow individuals to be sent to the USA with the risk of execution.

October/November report (Word)

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August – September death penalty report

The latest death penalty report is now available thanks to group member Lesley for compiling it. It contains information on death penalty matters in Bangladesh, Turkey, USA and other countries. The report, as ever, is unable to include any information about China where details of executions are a state secret. It is believed to be the world’s largest executioner.

August – September Report 2019