Former clients John Nthara and Jamu Banda on the day of their release in 2015. John and Jamu spent 21 years in a Malawian prison for a crime they did not commit. They are pictured with prison officer Andrew Dzinyemba, who supported their release.
Why donate to the Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide
Read our 2020 Newsletter here.
Your donation saves lives.
The Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide produces groundbreaking research on capital punishment around the world, advocates on behalf of the most vulnerable prisoners, and trains attorneys to represent indigent people facing capital charges.
You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you
John Bunyan
Since the Center’s launch, our work has saved lives and helped to achieve justice:
More than 140 Prisoners Off Death Row
Our Africa Appeals Project has helped ensure that more than 140 prisoners in Malawi will never face execution. More than 140 former death row prisoners have been released to their communities.
World Justice Award
We won the World Justice Award for our Malawi Resentencing Project.
70 Defenders
The Makanyane Institute has built a global community of over 70 Defenders
84 Monitored countries
Death Penalty Database: We monitor the death penalty laws and practices of 84 countries and territories
Malita Virali and Wilson Safali leave prison after the court ordered their release in 2015.
Represent vulnerable women around the world facing the death penalty, bringing strategic litigation on the issue of gender-based violence.
Assist death row clients in Tanzania to bring their cases before the African Court on Human and Peoples’ rights.
Support Kenya’s new taskforce to resentence more than 8,000 death row prisoner after the Supreme Court ruled that most courts must take account of their life circumstances in deciding on the appropriate sentence.
Our Center relies on the generosity of grant-making foundations and generous individuals like you to make our programs possible. Thank you for your support.
