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Document(s)
The High Cost of the Death Penalty
By Death Penalty Focus, on 8 September 2020
2020
Arguments against the death penalty
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A fact sheet on the cost of the death penalty in the United States. Life emprisonment without parole is suggested.
- Document type Arguments against the death penalty
- Themes list Transparency, Death Penalty, Financial cost,
Document(s)
Death Penalty and Arbitrariness
By Amnesty International - USA, on 8 September 2020
Arguments against the death penalty
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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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Death Penalty and Deterrence
By Amnesty International - USA, on 8 September 2020
Arguments against the death penalty
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An argument against deterrence is made by looking at a survey which found that during the last 20 years, the homicide rate in states with the death penalty has been 48 to 101 percent higher than in states without the death penalty.
- Document type Arguments against the death penalty
- Themes list Deterrence ,
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Human Rights and the Death Penalty in the United States
By The Advocates for Human Rights, on 8 September 2020
Arguments against the death penalty
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This sheet details what human rights are in relation to the death penalty and the USA. It discusses racism, inadequete legal representation and the unjustifiable cost of the death penalty in the US.
- Document type Arguments against the death penalty
Document(s)
Religion and the Death Penalty
By Death Penalty Information Center, on 8 September 2020
Arguments against the death penalty
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In recent years, a growing number of religious organizations have participated in the nation’s death penalty debate. The purpose of this Web page is to provide access to information regarding the efforts of these faith groups and to highlight recent developments related to religion and the death penalty.
- Document type Arguments against the death penalty
- Themes list Religion ,
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Inadequete Legal Representation
By Death Penalty Focus, on 8 September 2020
Arguments against the death penalty
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Perhaps the most important factor in determining whether a defendant will receive the death penalty is the quality of the representation he or she is provided. Almost all defendants in capital cases cannot afford their own attorneys. In many cases, the appointed attorneys are overworked, underpaid, or lacking the trial experience required for death penalty cases.
- Document type Arguments against the death penalty
- Themes list Legal Representation,
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Death Penalty and Innocence
By Amnesty International - USA, on 8 September 2020
Arguments against the death penalty
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This webpage talks about innocence and the death penalty: Examples of innocence in three cases in the United States and factors leading to wrongful conviction.
- Document type Arguments against the death penalty
- Themes list Innocence,
Document(s)
Death Penalty Cost
By Amnesty International - USA, on 8 September 2020
Arguments against the death penalty
esMore details See the document
This factsheet deals with the cost of the death penalty in the United States using figures from a study conducted by the Californian Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice.
- Document type Arguments against the death penalty
- Themes list Networks, Financial cost,
- Available languages La Pena de Muerte Cuesta Más
Document(s)
Death Penalty and Race
By Amnesty International - USA, on 8 September 2020
Arguments against the death penalty
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From initial charging decisions to plea bargaining to jury sentencing, African-Americans are treated more harshly when they are defendants, and their lives are accorded less value when they are victims.
- Document type Arguments against the death penalty
- Themes list Discrimination,
- Available languages La Pena de Muerte tiene Tendencias Racistas
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Anything But Humane
By Amnesty International - USA, on 8 September 2020
Arguments against the death penalty
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A fact sheet on the lethal injection in the United States. This page details the process of lethal injection with statements of US health professional associations on participation in execution.
- Document type Arguments against the death penalty
- Themes list Lethal Injection,

