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No Execution For Mumia Abu-Jamal
Prosecutors have given up their quest to execute Mumia Abu-Jamal -- his sentence will now be commuted to life without parole. He should have gotten a new trial.
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Amnesty International Welcomes Decision on Mumia Abu-Jamal Case
In response to the Philadelphia prosecutors’ decision not to seek another death sentence for Mumia Abu-Jamal, Laura Moye, director of Amnesty International’s Campaign to Abolish the Death Penalty, made the…
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Death Penalty Coalition Including Amnesty International Urge Asia to Stop Executions and Unfair Trials in New Report
A hard-line group of Asian countries are defying the global trend against the death penalty and putting to death thousands of people after unfair trials every year, the Anti-Death Penalty…
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Amnesty International Hails Martina Davis Correia as “Hero of the Human Rights Movement”
Following the announcement that Martina Davis Correia, the longtime activist against the death penalty and sister of Troy Anthony Davis, had succumbed to cancer, Curt Goering, chief operating officer, Amnesty…
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Giving Thanks for a Sister and Prophet: Martina Davis Correia
Martina Davis Correia, longtime death penalty activist and sister of Troy Davis, has passed on. We remember and honor her courage, strength and determination in standing up for human rights…
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7 Discriminatory (or Deadly) Countries for LGBT People
In countries with anti-LGBT laws, punishment can include flogging, imprisonment, and even death. Here are 7 countries Amnesty International has particular concerns about.
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Amnesty International Appalled By Belarus’ Death Penalty Sentences
The two death sentences handed down in Belarus today followed a trial that has failed to meet international fair trial standards, said Amnesty International.
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California's Big Death Penalty Moment
By this time next year, the death penalty could be a thing of the past in California, if Californians who care about justice and human rights get involved NOW.
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Give Thanks For Halting Of Oregon Executions
Yesterday, Governor John Kitzhaber of Oregon declared a moratorium on all executions in his state. He should be thanked for taking such a principled stand.
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Oregon Execution Is Off
A Dec. 6 execution is still on in Oregon, where the last execution was in 1997. Gary Haugen is volunteering for death, but Governor Kitzhaber can stop it.
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Amnesty International Urges Libya to Transfer Saif al-Islam to the International Criminal Court
The National Transitional Council (NTC) must transfer Saif al-Islam Gaddafi to face investigation at the International Criminal Court (ICC), Amnesty International said today after reports that he has been captured…
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Absolute Power Corrupts, Human Rights Protect
Two death penalty cases - Reggie Clemons in Missouri and Fatima Badi in Yemen - show how states cannot be trusted with the absolute power of the death penalty.