The Death Penalty in the OSCE Area to the United States who could face the death penalty. “Extradition to the US will henceforth only be possible under the condition that the death penalty will not be imposed or, if for procedural reasons such condition cannot be complied with, that the death penalty will not be carried out.”87 As of 14 March 2010, there were 131 known foreign nationals, comprising 34 nationalities, under sentence of death in the United States.88 Pardon or commutation During the reporting period, seven death-row inmates were reportedly acquitted or saw their charges dismissed.89 On 14 October 2009, South Carolina issued a posthumous pardon to Thomas and Meeks Griffin, two brothers who had been executed on 29 September 1915 for the killing of a Confederate veteran of the United States Civil War.90 87  “EU/US agreements on extradition and on mutual legal assistance,” Council of the European Union, press release, 23 October 2009, <http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/jha/110727.pdf>. 88  Response from the Delegation of the United States to the OSCE to the ODIHR questionnaire on the death penalty, op. cit., note 67. 89  “Innocent cases 2004-present”, Death penalty Information Centre website, <http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/ innocence-cases-2004-present>. 90  State of South Carolina, Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services, Pardon hearings and results, 14 October 2009, http://www.dppps.sc.gov/October%2014,%202009%20Pardon%20Hearing%20List.htm. 15