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Document(s)
Condemned to Die
By Mark Davis / SBS, on 1 January 2011
2011
Legal Representation
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Presenter Mark Davis travels to Indonesia with the mother of Bali Nine member Myuran Sukumaran, as she visits her son for the first time since his final death sentence appeal was rejected.
- Document type Legal Representation
- Themes list Drug Offences,
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Incendiary: the Willingham case
By Steve Mims / Joe Bailey Jr. / Yokel, on 1 January 2011
Legal Representation
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This film, by Steve Mims and Joe Bailey Jr., is just what its title implies: a match being lit to a tinderpile of flimsy evidence that led to the execution of Cameron Todd Willingham in Texas in 2004 after his 1992 conviction for setting the fire that killed his three babies.
- Document type Legal Representation
- Themes list Innocence,
Document(s)
Into the Abyss
By Werner Herzog / Skellig Rock (Werner Herzog Film) / Channel 4 (Spring Films), on 1 January 2011
Legal Representation
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We do not know when and how we will die. Death Row inmates do. Werner Herzog embarks on a dialogue with Death Row inmates, asks questions about life and death and looks deep into these individuals, their stories, their crimes. There are interviews (video).
- Document type Legal Representation
- Themes list Death Row Conditions,
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Executions by County in the United States
By Death Penalty Information Center, on 1 January 2011
NGO report
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Although counties do not carry out executions, in almost all states the decision to seek the death penalty is made by the county district attorney. A small number of counties are responsible for a disproportionate number of the executions in the United States. Search results can be sorted by county.
- Document type NGO report
Document(s)
The Last Word: Rewriting the American death penalty
By Lawrence O’Donnell / MSNBC, on 1 January 2011
Campaigning
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Sept. 22: The execution of Troy Davis drew an unprecedented amount of media attention. But where was the outrage over Derrick Mason who was put to death in Alabama today? MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell has more in the Rewrite.
- Document type Campaigning
- Themes list Fair Trial, Innocence, Arbitrariness,
Document(s)
Searchable Execution Database
By Death Penalty Information Center, on 1 January 2011
NGO report
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This new database search includes the county of conviction, as well as gender of victim. All results will display in chronological order by default. To sort by other criteria, click on the headings for those fields in the search results.
- Document type NGO report
Document(s)
Dead Reckoning: Executions in America
By Greg Mitchell / Sinclair Books , on 1 January 2011
Book
United States
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The fast-paced new book, “Dead Reckoning,” offers a critical overview of capital punishment in America, along with a vivid discussion of current issues central in today’s debate, based on many interviews. Along the way, Mitchell turns to a wide cast of notable abolitionists, from Charles Dickens and Mark Twain to Albert Camus and Christopher Hitchensو and Steve Earle.
- Document type Book
- Countries list United States
Document(s)
The situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : note by the Secretary-General
By United Nations, on 1 January 2011
NGO report
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The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 16/9, which establishes the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
- Document type NGO report
- Available languages Положение в области прав человека в Исламской Республике Иран: Записка Генерального секретаря伊朗伊斯兰共和国的人权状况 秘书长的说明La situación de los derechos humanos en la República Islámica del Irán: Nota del Secretario GeneralLa situation des droits de l’homme en République islamique d’Iran: Note du Secrétaire général
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Crackdown on China’s human rights lawyers deepens
By Amnesty International, on 1 January 2011
NGO report
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This report updates Amnesty International’s Breaking the law: Crackdown on human rights lawyers and legal activists in China (ASA 17/042/2009) published in 2009. It makes little mention of death penalty but it is an excellent source on the situation of human rights lawyers in China.
- Document type NGO report
Document(s)
The Story of Chiou Ho-shun
By Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty / Ho Chao-ti, on 1 January 2011
Legal Representation
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Chiou Ho-shun, a death row inmate in Taiwan, may be executed at any time. He said, ‘ I hope you can save me, but if it’s too late, please scatter my ashes in the Longfeng harbour, and buy a meatball, come and see me.’
- Document type Legal Representation
- Themes list Torture,