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Document(s)

Italian Poster 2014

By World Coalition against the death penalty , on 10 October 2014


2014

Campaigning

Trend Towards Abolition


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Italian Poster 2014

  • Document type Campaigning
  • Themes list Trend Towards Abolition

Document(s)

Japanese Poster 2014

By World Coalition against the death penalty , on 10 October 2014


Campaigning

Trend Towards Abolition


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Japanese Poster 2014

  • Document type Campaigning
  • Themes list Trend Towards Abolition

Document(s)

The Role of Race in Washington State Capital Sentencing, 1981-2014

By Katherine Beckett / University of Washington, on 1 January 2014


2014

Academic report


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This report assesses whether race influences the administration of capital punishment in Washington State, and if so, where in the process it matters.

  • Document type Academic report
  • Themes list Discrimination, Death Penalty, Country/Regional profiles,

Document(s)

Juan Melendez-6446

By Comision de Derechos Civiles / Luis Rosario Albert, on 1 January 2014


Working with...


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This educational guide accompany the documentary Juan Melendez 6446.

  • Document type Working with...
  • Themes list Innocence, Death Penalty, Country/Regional profiles,

Document(s)

Juan Melendez-6446

By YouTube / Comision de Derechos Civiles, on 1 January 2014


Working with...


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Juan Melendez-6446 portrays the story of a New York born Puerto Rican immigrant who was accused of murder in the state of Florida, a crime he did not commit. Juan Melendez was sentenced to death in a trial that only lasted 5 days. He was on death row for 17 years, 8 months and 1 day, until his exoneration on January 3, 2002.

  • Document type Working with...

Document(s)

Inside Death Row with Trevor McDonald Part 2

By YouTube, on 1 January 2014


Multimedia content

United States


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  • Document type Multimedia content
  • Countries list United States
  • Themes list Death Row Conditions, Death Row Phenomenon, Death Penalty,

Document(s)

Inside Death Row with Trevor McDonald Part 1

By YouTube, on 1 January 2014


Multimedia content

United States


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  • Document type Multimedia content
  • Countries list United States
  • Themes list Death Row Conditions, Death Row Phenomenon, Death Penalty,

Document(s)

Victim Gender and the Death Penalty

By John H. Blume / Theodore Eisenberg / Sheri Lynn Johnson / Cornell Law Review / Martin T. Wells / Valerie P. Hans / Amelia Courtney Hritz / Caisa E. Royer, on 1 January 2014


Article


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Do the characteristics of the victim determine a murderer’s punishment?Theory and research both suggest that they do. This Article focuses on thegender of the murder victim, in particular, how victim gender influences deathseeking and death penalty sentencing decisions. First, the Article reviews theexisting evidence supporting a “female victim effect” which theorizes that crimesinvolving female victims are punished more harshly than crimes with malevictims. It also presents and assesses various theoretical explanations for thefemale victim effect. Second, the Article analyzes cases from a comprehensivedataset of Delaware capital trials, exploring how cases with male and femalevictims differ. It then considers which of the theoretical explanations for afemale victim effect best explain death penalty decisions in this sample of cases.

  • Document type Article
  • Themes list Women, Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment, Discrimination, Death Penalty,

Document(s)

The last executioner

By Tom waller , on 1 January 2014


Multimedia content

Thailand


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Inspired by true event, The last executioner is the story of Chavoret Jaruboon, the last person in Thailand whose job was to execute by gun.

  • Document type Multimedia content
  • Countries list Thailand
  • Themes list Firing Squad,

Document(s)

Iran: The use of the death penalty for drug-related offences as a tool of political control

By Taimoor Aliassi / IRAN HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW, on 1 January 2014


Article

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

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The Iranian authorities use the drug issue to enforce their rule and repress ethnic nationalities and members of opposition groups. Whenever it faces escalating crises, internally or externally, new and harsher laws against drugs and addicts are adopted and public hangings of members of ethnic nationalities increase dramatically. The following periods of hangings and drug laws illustrate this policy.