Death Sentences and Executions

1993-Present 133

(1989~Present  134)

Note: After the hiatus for three years 1990~1992, 

most metrics begin from 1993.



Year

Death Sentences


Death Row 

Population

(at year’s end)


Executions

Died

in 

prison


District

 Courts

High 

Courts

Supreme

 Court

Total


1989

2

5

5

12


40


1

?

1990


2


2


7

11


46

0

?


1991

3

4

4

11

51

0

?

1992

1

4

4

10

56

0

0

1993

4

1

5

11

56

7

0

1994

8

4

2

15

57

2

0

1995

11

4

3

18

54

6

0

1996

1

3

4

8

51

6

0

1997

3

2

4

9

51

4

0

1998

7

7

5

21

52

6

0

1999

8

4

4

16

50

5

1

2000

14

6

3

23

53

3

0

Year

Death Sentences


Death Row 

Population

(at year’s end)


Executions

Died

in 

prison


District

 Courts

High 

Courts

Supreme

 Court

Total









2001

10

16

4

30

56

2

0

2002

18

4

2

24

57

2

0

2003

13

17

0

30

56

1

2

2004

14

15

13

42

68

2

1

2005

13

15

10

38

78

1

0

2006

12

16

16

44

94

4

0

2007

14

14

18

46

107

9

1

2008

3

9

5

17

100

15

2

2009

9

7

16

32

107

7

4

2010

4

3

7

14

111

2

2

Year

Death Sentences


Death Row 

Population

(at year’s end)


Executions

Died

in 

prison


District

 Courts

High 

Courts

Supreme

 Court

Total

2011

9

2

22

33

132

0

3

2012

3

4

9

16

135

7

0

2013

4

3

6

13

131

8

3

2014

2

8

6

16

129

3

5

2015

4

1

3

8

128

3

1

2016

6

4

3

13

130

3

2

2017


3

0

3

6

123

4

4


2018

4

2

2

8

110

15

0


2019


4

3

2

9

111

3

0


2020


1

0

3

4

110

0

1

Year

Death Sentences


Death Row 

Population

(at year’s end)


Executions

Died

in 

prison


District

 Courts

High 

Courts

Supreme

 Court

Total

2021

3

2

3

8

108

3

1


Total Executions 1993~present = 133