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As Special Hearing Concludes on Missouri Death Penalty Case, Amnesty International Welcomes Opportunity to Reexamine Evidence in Clouded Case
Amnesty International's Laura Moye, director of the Campaign to Abolish the Death Penalty, commented today on the conclusion of the hearing to reexamine evidence in the death penalty case against Reggie Clemons in Missouri
September 21, 2012
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On One-Year Anniversary of Troy Davis Execution, Amnesty International and NAACP Urge Attorney General Eric Holder to Investigate Misconduct in Death Penalty Cases
Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) are calling on U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate growing concerns over prosecutorial and police misconduct in capital cases.
September 20, 2012
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Extraordinary Reexamination of Evidence in Highly Flawed Missouri Death Penalty Case Opens Possible “Path Forward to Truth and Justice”
More than two and a half years into its global campaign to spare Reggie Clemons’s life and expose the serious mistakes that led to his death sentence, Amnesty International said today it is hopeful that a Missouri judge will bring to light the “highly disturbing” aspects of the 19-year-old case.
September 12, 2012
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Amnesty International Remembers the Victims of the September 11th Attacks
Those responsible for the September 11th attacks must be brought to justice in fair trials in federal court without recourse to the death penalty.
September 11, 2012
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Iraqi Authorities Must Conduct “Thorough, Impartial and Transparent” Investigation into Wave of Bomb Attacks and Shootings
A wave of bomb attacks and shootings across Iraq on Sunday reportedly killed at least 81 people, many of them civilians, and left scores more injured.
September 11, 2012
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Gambia Must Impose Moratorium on Executions
Amnesty International reiterates call for moratorium on executions in Gambia, as 38 people still on death row are at imminent risk of execution.
August 30, 2012
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Reported Executions in Gambia a ‘Giant Leap Backwards’
Amnesty International has received credible reports that nine individuals were executed last night in Gambia and that more are under threat of imminent executions today and in the coming days.
August 24, 2012
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Amnesty International Calls Supreme Court Failure to Stop Texas Execution of Man with Low I.Q. “Highly Disturbing”
Amnesty International said today it is "highly disturbing" that the U.S. Supreme Court – ignoring its own decade-old ruling – refused to prevent the execution in Texas of Marvin Wilson, despite his low I.Q. of 61.
August 7, 2012
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Texas On Verge of Executing Mentally Disabled Man
Amnesty International called on Texas to reverse “shameful” decision to execute man with IQ of 61.
August 3, 2012
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Man and Woman Stoned to Death in Northern Mali
Amnesty International condemned the 'gruesome and horrific' act as another abuse as Militias continue to impose fundamentalist Islamic law.
July 31, 2012
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Extra-Judicial Killings, Enforced Disappearances, Torture and Sexual Abuse Documented in Mali Counter-Coup
Soldiers loyal to the military junta carried out widespread human rights abuses, according to a new Amnesty International report.
July 30, 2012
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Zimbabwe Urged to Remove Death Penalty in New Constitution
Amnesty International once again calls on Zimbabwe authorities to strike death penalty provision from latest draft of new Consitution.
July 26, 2012