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Death Penalty 2013: Small Number of Countries Trigger Global Spike in Executions
Alarming levels of executions in an isolated group of countries in 2013 saw close to 100 more people put to death around the world compared to the previous year, a…
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The Top 10 Things You Need to Know About Amnesty’s Death Penalty Report
Although 2013 saw more executions than in previous years and several countries resuming executions, there was also progress towards abolition in all regions of the world.
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Death Sentences and Executions 2013
Despite the setbacks in 2013, there has been a steady decline in the number of countries using the death penalty over the last 20 years, and there was progress in…
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Changing Hearts and Minds in India
Kadambari Gladding discusses turning the tide of public option in India, where public option increasingly favors the death penalty.
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5 Death Penalty Myths Debunked
History is littered with human rights violations that were supported by the majority, but which were subsequently looked upon with horror.
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More Than 500 Sentenced To Death in ‘Grotesque’ Ruling in Egypt
Today's mass death sentences handed down by an Egyptian court are a grotesque example of the shortcomings and the selective nature of Egypt's justice system.
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Executing Innocents: What We Can Learn From Glenn Ford
Mr. Ford, an African American man sentenced to death by an all-white jury for a crime he didn't commit, was freed last night after 30 years on death row.
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BREAKING: New Hampshire House Votes to Repeal Capital Punishment
The fight is not over. The repeal bill must now go before the State Senate. Join me in calling on the state legislature to abolish the death penalty in New…
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Amnesty International USA Applauds New Hampshire House of Representatives
In response to today’s passage of the death penalty repeal bill in the New Hampshire House of Representatives, Amnesty International USA Executive Director Steven W. Hawkins issued the following statement.
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Amnesty International USA Responds to Prospective Glenn Ford Release
In response to reports that Glenn Ford, Lousiana's longest-serving death row inmate, is about to be freed, Amnesty International USA Senior Campaigner Thenjiwe Tameika McHarris made the following statement.
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The Death Penalty is Just the Tip of an Iceberg of Injustice
On Wednesday, the New Hampshire House of Representatives will vote on a bill that when signed into law would end the death penalty in the state.
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We Must Stop Kansas from Moving Backwards
As the world begins to abandon the death penalty and move towards justice, the Kansas Senate, by deciding to move this bill forward, took a giant step backwards.