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This Mortal Boy

By Fiona Kidman / Penguin, on 1 January 2018


2018

Book

New Zealand


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A revealing novel based on real events and real people.Albert Black, known as the ‘jukebox killer’, was only twenty when he was convicted of murdering another young man in a fight at a milk bar in Auckland on 26 July 1955. His crime fuelled growing moral panic about teenagers, and he was to hang less than five months later, the second-to-last person to be executed in New Zealand.But what really happened? Was this a love crime, was it a sign of juvenile delinquency? Or was this dark episode in our recent history more about our society’s reaction to outsiders?Black’s final words, as the hangman covered his head, were, ‘I wish you all a merry Christmas, gentlemen, and a prosperous New Year.’ This is his story.

  • Document type Book
  • Countries list New Zealand
  • Themes list Death Penalty,

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Last Woman Hanged

By Caroline Overington / Harper Collins, on 1 January 2018


Book


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In January 1889, Louisa Collins, a 41-year-old mother of ten children, became the first woman hanged at Darlinghurst Gaol and the last woman hanged in New South Wales. Louisa Collins was hanged at a time when women were in no sense equal under the law — except when it came to the gallows. They could not vote or stand for parliament — or sit on juries.

  • Document type Book
  • Themes list International law, Death Penalty,

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Anti-death penalty group launches handbook

By Manila Bulletin, on 1 January 2018


Article

Philippines


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The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines-Episcopal Commission on Prison Pastoral Care, together with the Free Legal Assistance Group, the Commission on Human Rights, and other members of the Anti-Death Penalty Task Force, have launched a handbook opposing the capital punishment and the drug war.

  • Document type Article
  • Countries list Philippines
  • Themes list Drug Offences, Death Penalty,

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Myuran Sukumaran: Another Day in Paradise

By Myuran Sukumaran / Bendigo Art Gallery, on 1 January 2018


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Another Day in Paradise is the first major exhibition by Myuran Sukumaran along with a series of newly commissioned artworks by leading Australian artists, Abdul-Rahman Abdullah, Megan Cope, Jagath Dheerasekara, Taloi Havini, Khaled Sabsabi, Matthew Sleeth.It presents the significant body of work produced while incarcerated in Bali’s Kerobokan Prison, Denpasar and during the final 72 hours of his life spent on Nusa Kambangan Island. For Myuran, painting was a means of communicating with the world and a redemptive practice.

  • Document type Working with...
  • Themes list Death Row Conditions, Death Row Phenomenon, Death Penalty,

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Factsheet on how to conduct a prison visit

By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty / FIACAT, on 1 January 2018


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Factsheet on how to conduct a prison visit – World day 2018

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Call for actions in Barbados and Eastern Caribbean

By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty / Greater Caribbean For Life, on 1 January 2018


Multimedia content


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The Greater Caribbean For Life (GCL) and the World Coalition are part of a joint project which aims to create a platform for death penalty reform in Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, leading to eventual abolition.

  • Document type Multimedia content

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Factsheet for Prison Staff

By Penal Reform International / World Coalition Against the Death Penalty , on 1 January 2018


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Factsheet for prison staff – World Day Against the Death Penalty 2018.

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Factsheet for Lawyers

By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2018


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fr
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Factsheet for lawyers – World Day Against the Death Penalty 2018

  • Document type Working with...
  • Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment, Death Row Conditions, Death Row Phenomenon,
  • Available languages Fiche pratique pour les avocats

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Detailed factsheet on living conditions on death row

By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2018


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Detailed factsheet on living conditions on death row

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Capital Punishment in Pennsylvania: The Report of the Task Force and Advisory Committee

By Joint State Government Commission, on 1 January 2018


Government body report


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Senate Resolution No.6 in 2011 called for a study of the contemporary capital punishment system in the Commonwealth. Pennsylvania is among the 31 states and the federal government that authorize capital punishment. During the last four decades in Pennsylvania, hundreds of murderers have been convicted and condemned to death; however, there have been only three executions.This study follows others on the same or related topics, including those conducted by the American Bar Association and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Committee on Racial and Gender Bias in the Justice System. The SR6 report is the culmination of work done by the Justice Center for Research at The Pennsylvania State University, the Interbranch Commission on Gender, Racial and Ethnic Fairness, and an advisory committee comprised of judges, public defenders, district attorneys, victim advocates, inmate advocates, clergy, law enforcement officials, and other expert stakeholders.

  • Document type Government body report
  • Themes list Death Penalty, Statistics,