Death Rows worldwide

Reprieve assists British nationals facing the death penalty or on death row anywhere in the world, as well as European nationals on death row in the USA; we are currently assisting more than 70 people who are facing the death penalty and we have worked in 16 different countries.

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Please read about current and former Reprieve cases below. You can also read about Reprieve’s investigations into specific death penalty issues, such as Europeans on death row in the USA, police torture in Pakistan, and the global trade in lethal injection drugs.

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Avram Nika

Reprieve’s EC Project is assisting on the case of Serbian national Avram Nika. Avram, a beloved brother and uncle, was sentenced to death in Nevada in 1995.
Chi Fai Leung, Shun Wa Ng, and Kam Chuen Leung

Chi Fai Leung, Shun Wa Ng, and Kam Chuen Leung are three British nationals from Hong Kong who were initially acquitted of drug trafficking but resentenced to death by Thailand's Supreme Court on 29th December 2011.
Danny Fitzsimons

British ex-soldier Danny Fitzsimons was arrested in Baghdad's Green Zone following a late-night incident in which two men were fatally shot.
Edmund Zagorski

Reprieve has successfully pursued a judicial review in the UK on behalf of Edmund Zagorski. This prisoner who was set to be executed in Jaunary 11th 2011 with drugs imported from Britain was granted a stay of execution.
Ivan Teleguz

Reprieve's EC project is assisting in the case of Ivan Teleguz, a Ukrainian sentenced to death in Virginia in 2006. Since then, new information suggesting his innocence has come to light.
Joshua French

Dual British/Norwegian national Joshua French, 29, has been sentenced to death by firing squad in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), along with Norwegian national Tjostolv Moland, 30.
Joshua French (norsk)

Norsk-britiske Joshua French, 29, har saman med Tjostolv Moland, 30, blitt dømd til døden ved skyting i Den demokratiske republikken Kongo.
Joshua Komisarjevsky

Joshua Komisarjevsky's co-defendant Steven Hayes was convicted of murder after a home invasion that resulted in the death of Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her two daughters. Joshua’s trial begins on September 19, 2011, in New Haven, Connecticut.
Kenny Gay

Born in Swindon, 50-year-old Kenny Gay has been on death row in California since 1985 despite a bizarre trial process and dubious case against him.
Krishna Maharaj

Convicted of a murder that was almost certainly carried out by the Medellín drug cartel, 70 year old Krishna Maharaj is the victim of poor representation and prosecution misconduct.
Linda Carty

After a catastrophically flawed trial, British grandmother Linda Carty was sentenced to death in February 2002 by a Texan court and is now dangerously close to execution.
Mark Lawlor

Reprieve’s EC Project is assisting on the case of Mark Lawlor who was recently sentenced to death in Virginia.
Naheem Hussain and Rehan Zaman

After more than seven years in prison without trial and having suffered brutal torture at the hands of the police, Naheem Hussain and Rehan Zaman are currently facing execution in Pakistan.
William Morva

A US citizen with close ties to Hungary, William Morva is currently facing the death penalty in Virginia, USA. Born in 1982, Will is one of the youngest prisoners on death row at Virginia's Sussex I State Prison.
Yuri Kadamovas

Reprieve’s EC project team is assisting on the case of Lithuanian national Yuri Kadamovas. Yuri, a talented artist and musician, was sentenced to death in 2007.

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