Arguments against the death penalty

Death Penalty and Arbitrariness

By Amnesty International - USA, on 8 September 2020


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This sheet details the factors which contribute to the arbitrariness of the death penalty in the USA.

  • Document type Arguments against the death penalty
  • Themes list Arbitrariness,



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