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Document(s)
Seven Dates With Death
By Mike Holland, on 1 January 2019
2019
Multimedia content
United States
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In Louisiana in the late 50s, Moreese Bickham, who was the oldest living survivor of death row, killed two members of the Ku Klux Klan to save his own life. He was sentenced to death and believes he was lucky enough to even have a trial as a black man in the south. Due to mental toughness, a timely supreme court decision, and a lot of hope, Bickham survived his death sentence. Whether he knew it or not, after that day, his life was not going to get any easier
- Document type Multimedia content
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Minorities, Death Row Conditions, Electrocution,
Document(s)
Who Are We Hanging?
on 1 January 2019
NGO report
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The index, created by Justic Project Pakistan, gives statistical information on the use of the death penalty in Pakistan.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Statistics, Country/Regional profiles,
Document(s)
Mapping the Fate of the Dead (Killings and Burials in North Korea)
By Transitional Justice Working Group, on 1 January 2019
NGO report
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The Transitional Justice Working Group’s 2019 report “Mapping the Fate of the Dead: Killings and Burials in North Korea” is based on four years of research(2015-2019) to document and map three types of locations connected to human rights violations in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea):
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Death Penalty, Country/Regional profiles,
Document(s)
Ratification Campaign Update 25- June 2019
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2019
Lobbying
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This document presents the recent evolution of the campaign as of 20 June 2019. This update gives information about the campaign development (status of ratifications, actions taken by the World Coalition and its members) and suggest taking action in the target countries
- Document type Lobbying
- Themes list International law,
- Available languages Evolution de la campagne de ratification 25 - juin 2019
Document(s)
Facts and Figures 2019
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2019
World Coalition
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Facts and figures from Amnesty International’s 2019 report on death sentences and executions in 2018
- Document type World Coalition
- Themes list Juveniles, Methods of Execution, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, Statistics,
- Available languages Faits et chiffres 2019
Document(s)
The Egypt Death Penalty Index
By Reprieve / Daftar Ahwal Data Research Center, on 1 January 2019
Multimedia content
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The Egypt Death Penalty Index is a joint initiative of Reprieve and the Daftar Ahwal Data Research Center. The Index tracks Egypt’s use of capital punishment between 25 Janurary 2011 and 23 Septembrer 2018.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Death Penalty, Country/Regional profiles,
Document(s)
Does the death penalty give victims closure? Science says no
By Linda Lewis Griffith / San Luis Obispo Tribune, on 1 January 2019
Article
United States
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This article deals with one of the main arguments of defenders of the capital sentence: is the death penalty a source of relief for the victims?
- Document type Article
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Public debate, Death Penalty,
Document(s)
Trial by fire
By Edward Zwick, on 1 January 2019
Multimedia content
United States
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Trial by Fire is the true-life Texas story of the unlikely bond between an imprisoned death row inmate (Jack O’Connell) and a mother of two from Houston (Laura Dern) who, though facing staggering odds, fights mightily for his freedom. Cameron Todd Willingham, a poor, uneducated heavy metal devotee with a violent streak and a criminal record, is convicted of arson-related triple homicide in 1992. During his 12 years on death row, Elizabeth Gilbert, an improbable ally, uncovers questionable methods and illogical conclusions in his case, and battles with the state to expose suppressed evidence that could save him.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Death Row Conditions, Death Penalty, Country/Regional profiles,
Document(s)
The Pakistan Capital Punishment Study. A Study of the Capital Jurisprudence of the Supreme Court of Pakistan
By Reprieve / Fundation for Fundamental Rights, on 1 January 2019
NGO report
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The Pakistan Capital Punishment Study is the result of a two-year long research and analysis project undertaken by lawyers and academics at the Foundation for Fundamental Rights (‘FFR’) in Pakistan and international legal non-profit organization, Reprieve.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Death Penalty, Country/Regional profiles,
Document(s)
Drug-related Offences, Criminal Justice Responses and the Use of the Death Penalty in South-East Asia
By Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, on 1 January 2019
International law - United Nations
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Most of the world’s countries or territories have either abolished the death penalty or no longer use it. More than half of those that retain the death penalty, of which many are in South-East Asia, do so for drug-related offences. Most prisoners on death row in South-East Asia have been convicted of drug-related offences, although law and practice vary considerably among countries that retain the death penalty.
- Document type International law - United Nations
- Themes list Death Penalty, Statistics,

