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Illinois Death Penalty Abolition Bill Goes to Governor!
Tonight the Illinois Senate joined the Illinois House or Representatives in voting to abolish the death penalty. If Governor Pat Quinn signs the bill into law, Illinois will become the…
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Illinois Death Penalty Abolition Bill Passes House!
Today, the Illinois House of Representatives voted to abolish the death penalty. The bill now goes to the Illinois Senate, which will debate and vote on it very soon.
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A Perverse Equality in Malawi and Other Gay Rights News
[caption id="attachment_16565" align="alignleft" width="202" caption="Uganda's proposed "Anti-Homosexuality Bill" received support from Christian groups © Demotix/Edward Echwalu "][/caption] Last year, a couple was imprisoned for several months in Malawi following a…
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Brutal Assassination of Salman Taseer is Call to Abolish Pakistan's Blasphemy Laws
Salman Taseer the Governor of Punjab was brutally assasinated on Tuesday January 4, 2011. He was a vocal opponent of Pakistan's Blasphemy Laws.
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Will Gov. Schwarzenegger Grant Clemency?
Kevin Cooper has been on death row in California for 25 years. There are major unresolved doubts about his guilt and many have called on outgoing Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to…
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The Four Biggest Death Penalty Trends in 2010
The unworkable and degrading nature of capital punishment in the U.S. continued to reveal itself throughout 2010. The pace of executions slowed considerably as the year progressed, and the last…
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37 Iraqis at risk of imminent execution
On December 16 Deputy Justice Minister Busho Ibrahim said in an interview that Iraq will execute 37 people who have exhausted all legal remedies and their death sentences have been…
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Politics + Executions = Comedy Gold!
In emails that have come out during the appeal of New Hampshire’s one and only death sentence, we have learned that former New Hampshire Attorney General (and current U.S. Senator-elect)…
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Iranian Authorities Irresponsibly Endanger Lives of Human Rights Activists in Squalid Prison
Two seriously ailing human rights defenders—Emadeddin Baghi and Ebrahim Yazdi—are both back in Evin Prison, suffering from the squalid conditions there and not receiving proper medical care.
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Texas Prosecutors Giving Death Penalty Hearing the Silent Treatment
As a hearing to determine whether the Texas death penalty is unconstitutional began yesterday, prosecutors announced that they will remain silent throughout the process. They have attempted to appeal to…
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Is Texas Death Penalty Unconstitutional?
Houston District Judge Kevin Fine will be deciding whether the Texas death penalty is unconstitutional because it risks executing the innocent. A hearing that begins on Dec. 6 will consider…
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Death Penalty Abolition Passes Illinois House Committee
With efforts to fix their flawed capital punishment system proven to be a failure, state lawmakers in a committee of the Illinois House have voted to abolish the death penalty…