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Gambia’s Execution Spree: “We Don’t Know Who Will Be Next!”
Gambia must stop executions of at least 38 prisoners, many convicted after unfair trials.
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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.
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The Reggie Clemons Interview: ‘I Know I’m Innocent’
A man may be executed for being an accomplice to murder -- but the circumstances of the crime are murky. Reggie Clemons gave an exclusive interview to The Guardian where…
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Reggie Clemons: Death Row Inmate Getting Another Chance
After nearly 20 years on death row, Missouri is finally re-examining the Reggie Clemons case -- a case tainted by police brutality, racial bias and prosecutorial misconduct.
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Virginia Rebuked For “Abhorrent” Actions In Death Penalty Case
Justin Wolfe's conviction and death sentence have been thrown out, and VA prosecutors have been taken to task for suppressing evidence.
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Who Deserved To Die This Week?
Who "deserves" execution (if anyone) is the central moral question in the death penalty debate; our system is terrible at determining who deserves to die.
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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,…
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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.
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How Texas Can Execute a Man with an IQ of 61
Marvin Wilson has an IQ of 61, but faces execution thanks to an unscientific set of questions created by a Texas court to determine mental disability.
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Abused In Childhood Then Sentenced To Die: 5 Stories
Why do people with severe child abuse in their backgrounds keep ending up on death row? Are they really the "worst of the worst"?
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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.
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Iraq Urged to Halt Executions after Court Upholds 196 Death Sentences
Amnesty International called on Iraqi authorities to halt executions after almost 200 death sentences were upheld in court