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Death row convicts in Kenya not threatened by penalty – findings

Kenyan prisoners on death row weren’t deterred by the threat of the death penalty: new research findings

London-based NGO to challenge lawfulness of Guyana’s death penalty at CCJ

This article was originally published in the Jamaican Observer, 23 December 2023. LONDON, CMC –The London-based Death Penalty Project is urging Guyana to declare the death penalty unconstitutional. The organisation made the call after the Court of Appeal in Guyana on Thursday overturned three death sentences and replaced them with life sentences, but declined to strike down the death penalty…

Originally published in The Conversation UK, September 20, 2022.

Executive Director of The Death Penalty Project calls on First Deputy Speaker

There is strong evidence Kenyans want abolition of death penalty

As Africa rapidly turns away from capital punishment, is it time for Kenya to abolish this relic of a colonial past?

This article was originally published by Jemma Slingo, 30 July 2021 in The Law Society Gazette. Campaigners have celebrated the abolition of capital punishment in Sierra Leone, following intervention by a legal charity housed by a London law firm. On Friday 23 July, MPs in Sierra Leone voted unanimously to repeal the death penalty and President Julius Maada Bio is…

Originally published in The Jakarta Post, Tuesday, July 27, 2021  (Read online) Parvais Jabbar and Carolyn Hoyle Public support for the death penalty has long been cited as one of the central arguments for its retention in Indonesia. Leaders can often appear to promote capital punishment, and a hardline on drugs because it is considered popular among voters. But does the public actually…

This article was originally published in Al jazeera UK, 24 July 2021. Lawmakers vote to abolish the death penalty more than 20 years after the country’s last execution. Human rights campaigners have hailed a “historic” decision by Sierra Leone’s Parliament to unanimously vote to abolish the death penalty, more than 20 years after the West African country carried out its…

Lawyer: Popular support a flawed reason for death penalty in Japan