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Document(s)
End of its Robe: How Killing the Death Penalty can Revive Criminal Justice
By Brandon L. Garrett , on 1 January 2017
2017
Book
United States
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Brandon Garrett hand-collected and analyzed national data, looking for causes and implications of this turnaround. End of Its Rope explains what he found, and why the story of who killed the death penalty, and how, can be the catalyst for criminal justice reform.
- Document type Book
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Due Process , Public debate, Death Penalty, Country/Regional profiles,
Document(s)
DPIC Study Finds No Evidence that Death Penalty Deters Murder or Protects Police
By Death Penalty Information Center, on 1 January 2017
Article
United States
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- Document type Article
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Deterrence , Member organizations, Death Penalty,
Document(s)
India and the Death Penalty Using the Media: How an Event Can Influence the Establishment of the Death Penalty
By Ensemble contre la peine de mort (ECPM), on 1 January 2017
NGO report
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- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Public debate, Member organizations, Death Penalty,
Document(s)
Press article: reporting the death penalty
By Ensemble contre la peine de mort (ECPM), on 1 January 2017
NGO report
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- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Public debate, Member organizations, Death Penalty,
Document(s)
In Defense of the Right to Life: International Law and Death Penalty in the Philippines
By Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines , on 1 January 2017
Academic report
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This study is a joint collaboration between international law expert Dr Christopher Ward SC, Senior Counsel of the New South Wales Bar and Adjunct Professor of the Australian National University, and the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines.
- Document type Academic report
- Themes list International law, Death Penalty, Country/Regional profiles,
Document(s)
Factsheet for Lawyers 2017
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2017
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Factsheet for lawyers – World Day Against the Death Penalty 2017
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Due Process , Fair Trial, Legal Representation, Death Penalty,
- Available languages Fiche pratique pour les avocats 2017
Document(s)
Factsheet for Parlementarians 2017
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2017
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Parlementarians Factsheet for the World Day Against the Death Penalty.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Public opinion, Public debate, Discrimination, Death Penalty,
- Available languages Fiche d'information pour les parlementaires 2017
Document(s)
Exonerated: A History of the Innocence Movement
By New York University (NYU) / Robert J. Norris, on 1 January 2017
Book
United States
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In response to recent exonerations, federal and state governments have passed laws to prevent such injustices; lawyers and police have changed their practices; and advocacy organizations have multiplied across the country. Together, these activities are often referred to as the “innocence movement.” Exonerated provides the first in-depth look at the history of this movement through interviews with key leaders such as Barry Scheck and Rob Warden as well as archival and field research into the major cases that brought awareness to wrongful convictions in the United States.
- Document type Book
- Countries list United States
Document(s)
Prisoners on Ohio Execution List Defined by Intellectual Impairment, Mental Illness, Trauma and Young Age
By Fair Punishment Project, on 1 January 2017
Academic report
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26 individuals that Ohio intends to execute each suffer from some combination of severe mental illness, intellectual disability, serious childhood trauma from physical and sexual abuse, or were young adults with impaired judgment when they committed their crimes.
- Document type Academic report
- Themes list Mental Illness, Intellectual Disability, Death Penalty,
Document(s)
Death Row Doctors
By New York Times, on 1 January 2017
Multimedia content
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Dr. Carlo Musso took an oath to do no harm. So why does he take part in executions?
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Public debate, Methods of Execution, Death Penalty,

