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Document(s)
2016 World Day report
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2017
2017
NGO report
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On 10 October 2016, the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty along with abolitionist activists worldwide marked the 13th World Day against the Death Penalty by drawing attention to the death penalty for terrorism. This report presents the activities organised for the 13th world day and the media coverage it received.
- Document type NGO report
- Available languages Rapport Journée mondiale 2016
Document(s)
Application form – Call for Actions in the Maldives and Turkey (18th World Day)
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
2020
Multimedia content
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Call for actions on the World Day in the Maldives and Turkey
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Death Penalty,
Document(s)
Flyer for the UN Protocol Ratification Campaign
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2017
2017
Lobbying
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This leaflet gives details about the importance of the Protocol for the abolitionist movement and explains the reasons behind this ratification campaign.
- Document type Lobbying
- Themes list International law,
- Available languages Folleto - campaña de ratificaciónBrochure campagne de ratification Protocole ONU
Document(s)
Caribbean Human Development Report – Human Development and the Shift to Better Citizen Security
By United Nations Development Programme, on 8 September 2020
2020
NGO report
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The Caribbean Human Development Report reviews the current state of crime as well as national and regional policies and programmes to address the problem in seven English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago. The new study recommends that Caribbean governments implement youth crime prevention through education, as well as provide employment opportunities that target the marginalized urban poor. A shift in focus is needed it says, from a state protection approach to one that focuses on citizen security and participation, promoting law enforcement that is fair, accountable, and more respectful of human rights.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Death Penalty,
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Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions: Report of the Special Rapporteur, Philip Alston
By United Nations / Philip Alston, on 1 January 2004
2004
International law - United Nations
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The analytical part of the report focuses in depth on a narrow range of issues, with an overall emphasis on accountability. The four principal topics addressed are: (i) genocide and crimes against humanity; (ii) violations of the right to life in armed conflict and internal strife; (iii) capital punishment; and (iv) violations of the right to life by non-State actors.
- Document type International law - United Nations
- Themes list Trend Towards Abolition,
- Available languages ح ا لا ت ا لإ ع د ا م خ ا ر ج ن ط ا ق ا ل ق ض ا ء أ و ب إ ج ر ا ء ا ت م و ج زة أ و ت عس ف ا ً تقرير المقرر الخاص فيليب ألستونВнесудебные казни, казни без надлежащего судебного разбирательства или произвольные казни: Доклад Специального докладчика Филипа АлстонаExécutions extrajudiciaires, sommaires ou arbitraires: Rapport du Rapporteur spécial, M. Philip Alston法外处决、即审即决或任意处决问题特别报告员; 菲利普·奥尔斯顿Las ejecuciones extrajudiciales, sumarias o arbitrarias: Informe del Relator Especial, Philip Alston
Document(s)
Shattered Justice – Crime Victims’ Experiences with Wrongful Convictions and Exonerations
By Kimberly J. Cook, on 12 August 2022
2022
Book
United States
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Shattered Justice presents original crime victims’ experiences with violent crime, investigations and trials, and later exonerations in their cases. Using in-depth interviews with 21 crime victims across the United States, Cook reveals how homicide victims’ family members and rape survivors describe the painful impact of the primary trauma, the secondary trauma of the investigations and trials, and then the tertiary trauma associated with wrongful convictions and exonerations. Important lessons and analyses are shared related to grief and loss, and healing and repair. Using restorative justice practices to develop and deliver healing retreats for survivors also expands the practice of restorative justice. Finally, policy reforms aimed at preventing, mitigating, and repairing the harms of wrongful convictions is covered.
- Document type Book
- Countries list United States
Document(s)
Inside Death Row with Trevor McDonald Part 2
By YouTube, on 1 January 2014
2014
Multimedia content
United States
More details See the document
- Document type Multimedia content
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Death Row Conditions, Death Row Phenomenon, Death Penalty,
Document(s)
Death by hanging
By Nagisa Oshima, on 1 January 1968
1968
Multimedia content
Japan
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- Document type Multimedia content
- Countries list Japan
- Themes list Hanging, Death Penalty,
Document(s)
Inside Death Row with Trevor McDonald Part 1
By YouTube, on 1 January 2014
2014
Multimedia content
United States
More details See the document
- Document type Multimedia content
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Death Row Conditions, Death Row Phenomenon, Death Penalty,
Document(s)
Oleg Alkaev, former head of Belarus’s death row
By Amnesty International / Daily Motion, on 8 September 2020
2020
Academic report
Belarus
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Colonel Oleg Alkaev, who was Director of remand prison (SIZO)6 No. 1 in Minsk and ordered a number of executions. He gave this testimony to Amnesty International, a member of the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty.
- Document type Academic report
- Countries list Belarus
- Themes list Networks,
- Available languages Oleg Alkaev, ex-directeur du couloir de la mort biélorusse
Document(s)
Mike Farrell: Paul House and Death Row
By Air America Media / YouTube, on 1 January 2009
2009
Arguments against the death penalty
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Mike Farrell talks about the death penalty in the United States. Amongst many things he speaks about innocence, deterrence and retribution.
- Document type Arguments against the death penalty
- Themes list Networks,
Document(s)
Death Watch Diary
By Robert Towery / Amazon Digital Services, on 1 January 2012
2012
Book
United States
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Robert Towery was denied clemency by the state of Arizona on Friday March 2, 2012 and was executed on Thursday March 8th in Florence, Arizona. He was 47 years old. The last 35 days of his life, Robert was placed on “Death Watch” where his every move was recorded and chronicled by prison officials. Robert kept a diary and he sent his writings to his attorneys. Robert authorized his lawyers to release his diary after his execution.
- Document type Book
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment, Death Row Conditions,
Document(s)
Killer Art: Florida’s Death Row Artists
By Chris Dahl / CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, on 8 September 2020
2020
Book
United States
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Art and letters from the men who await death in the Union Correctional Institution in Raiford, Florida
- Document type Book
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment, Death Row Conditions, Country/Regional profiles,
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BN at 6 – Our Stories, Our Miracles: Sentenced to Death, An Innocent Man Steps Out After 24 Years in Prison – Olatunji Olaide shares his story of Survival, Freedom & Hope
By Adeola Adeyemo / Bellanaija, on 8 September 2020
Article
Nigeria
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Olatunji Olaide was wrongfully arrested and subsequently sentenced to death. He shares the harrowing experience of his time in prison and his survival and freedom with BN and how he kept his head high in the face of the storm.We hope that you are inspired by it.
- Document type Article
- Countries list Nigeria
- Themes list Innocence,
Document(s)
Into the Abyss
By Werner Herzog / Skellig Rock (Werner Herzog Film) / Channel 4 (Spring Films), on 1 January 2011
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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In the Place of Justice: A Story of Punishment and Deliverance
By Wilbert Rideau / Knopf, on 1 January 2011
Book
United States
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A death row inmate finds redemption as a prison journalist in this uplifting memoir. In 1961, after a bungled bank robbery, Rideau was convicted of murder at the age of 19 and received a death sentence that was later commuted to life in prison.
- Document type Book
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Death Row Conditions,
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,
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Videos of the 4th World Congress
By Ensemble contre la peine de mort (ECPM), on 1 January 2010
2010
Arguments against the death penalty
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This video was filmed at the 4th World Congress Against the Death Penalty in Geneva in February 2010. Speaker is Elizabeth Zitrin at the opening session.
- Document type Arguments against the death penalty
- Themes list Networks,
- Available languages Les vidéos du 4ème congrès mondial
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The Second Execution of Romell Broom
By Michael Verhoeven / Michael Verhoeven, on 1 January 2012
2012
Multimedia content
United States
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On September 15, 2009, the State of Ohio tried to execute Romell Broom and failed. Ohio claims it has a right to try again. This film explores the legal and moral questions surrounding this unique case.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment, Death Row Conditions, Lethal Injection,
Document(s)
When the State No Longer Kills: International Human Rights Norms and Abolition of Capital Punishment
By Sangmin Bae / State University of New York Press, on 1 January 2007
2007
Book
Republic of Korea
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This book tries to explain what leads a state to abolish capital punishment or impose a moratorium, by offereing in-depth analyses of four countries: Ukraine, South Africa, South Korea and the United States. Focusing on the role of political leadership and domestic political institutions, Bae clarifies the causal mechanisms that lead to state compliance or noncompliance with the norm.
- Document type Book
- Countries list Republic of Korea
- Themes list Moratorium ,
Document(s)
NGO Media Outreach: Using the Media as an Advocacy Tool
By Coalition for the International Criminal Court, on 1 January 2003
2003
Working with...
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A guide for NGOs to use media effectively. This guide explains the importance of media, how to create contacts, how to prepare a media outreach campaign, how to deliver a campaign to the media and how to use available resources to support your media campaign.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Networks,
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Film: “The Execution of Wanda Jean”
By Liz Garbus / New Video Group, on 8 September 2020
2020
Academic report
United States
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In THE EXECUTION OF WANDA JEAN, award-winning filmmaker Liz Garbus continues her investigations into the American criminal justice system with the compelling story of convicted murderess Wanda Jean Allen
- Document type Academic report
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Trend Towards Abolition,
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Innocents Convicted: An Empirically Justified Factual Wrongful Conviction Rate
By D. Michael Risinger / Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, on 1 January 2007
2007
Article
United States
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To a great extent, those who believe that our criminal justice system rarely convicts the factually innocent and those who believe such miscarriages are rife have generally talked past each other for want of any empirically-justified factual innocence wrongful conviction rate. This article remedies at least a part of this problem by establishing the first such empirically justified wrongful conviction rate ever for a significant universe of real world serious crimes: capital rape-murders in the 1980’s. Using DNA exonerations for capital rape-murders from 1982 through 1989 as a numerator, and a 406-member sample of the 2235 capital sentences imposed during this period, this article shows that 21.45%, or around 479 of those, were cases of capital rape murder. Data supplied by the Innocence Project of Cardozo Law School and newly developed for this article show that only 67% of those cases would be expected to yield usable DNA for analysis. Combining these figures and dividing the numerator by the resulting denominator, a minimum factually wrongful conviction rate for capital rape-murder in the 1980’s emerges: 3.3%. The article goes on to consider the likely ceiling accompanying this 3.3% floor, arriving at a slightly softer number for the maximum factual error rate of around 5%. The article then goes on to analyze the implications of a factual error rate of 3.3%-5% for both those who currently claim errors are extremely rare, and those who claim they are extremely common. Extension of the 3.3%-5% to other capital and non-capital categories of crime is discussed, and standards of moral duty to support system reform in the light of such error rates is considered at length.
- Document type Article
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Innocence,
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Incendiary: the Willingham case
By Joe Bailey Jr. / Indira Barykbayeva / YOKEL production, on 1 January 2011
2011
Legal Representation
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After its national release in October, “Incendiary: The Willingham Case” is now available on DVD and through Apple’s iTunes Movie Store.The film examines the execution of Cameron Todd Willingham in Texas for the murder of his children by arson and centers around evolving standards of scientific evidence and the notion that an innocent man was executed
- Document type Legal Representation
- Themes list Innocence,
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World Day Poster 2022
By the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 9 June 2022
2022
Campaigning
World Coalition
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20th World Day on “Torture and the death penalty”.
- Document type Campaigning / World Coalition
- Available languages 2022 ملصق اليوم العال مPoster Spanish – 2022 Día Mundial contra la Pena de MuertePoster Farsi 2022 - بیستمین روز جهانی علیهمجازات مرگAffiche Journée mondiale 2022Poster Russian 2022 - 20Й ВСЕМИРНЫЙ ДЕНЬ ПРОТИВ СМЕРТНОЙ КАЗНИPoster Chinese 2022- 第20届世界反死刑日
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Poster World Day 2009
By World Coalition against the death penalty , on 10 October 2009
2009
Campaigning
Trend Towards Abolition
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Poster world day against the death penalty 2009
- Document type Campaigning
- Themes list Trend Towards Abolition
- Available languages Affiche journée mondiale 2009
Document(s)
USA: Death in Florida
By Amnesty International, on 1 January 2017
2017
Academic report
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In March 2017, Rick Scott, Governor of Florida, responded to a State Attorney’s decision not to pursue the death penalty because of its demonstrable flaws by ordering her replacement with a prosecutor willing to engage in this lethal pursuit. Since then the governor has transferred 27 capital murder cases to his preferred prosecutor. Two of these cases have already resulted in juries voting for death sentences.
- Document type Academic report
- Themes list Fair Trial, Legal Representation, Country/Regional profiles,
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Remedies for California’s Death Row Deadlock
By Judge Arthur Alarcon / Southern California Law review, on 8 September 2020
2020
Article
United States
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This Article identifies the woeful inefficiencies of the current procedures that have led to inexcusable delays in arriving at just results in death penalty cases and describes how California came to find itself in this untenable condition. The article makes recomendations.
- Document type Article
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Fair Trial,
Document(s)
17 Indians Tortured, Sentenced to Death
By Amnesty International, on 1 January 2010
2010
Legal Representation
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Seventeen Indian migrant workers have been sentenced to death in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), after an unfair trial, for the murder of a Pakistani national.Some of the 17 are said to have been tortured to make them “confess.” They may be at risk of further torture.
- Document type Legal Representation
- Themes list Networks,
- Available languages Torturados y Condenados a Muerte 17 Indios
Document(s)
Justice Advocates Project
By Death Penalty Focus, on 1 January 2012
2012
Multimedia content
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The Death Penalty Focus Justice Advocates Project empowers people with firsthand experience of the death penalty system to become advocates for fairness and justice by telling their personal stories to the public. Justice Advocates include the wrongfully convicted and law enforcement professionals, who bring their varied experiences of the flaws and dangers of the death penalty system to the public discourse
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Innocence,
Document(s)
Poster World Day 2003
By World coalition against the death penalty , on 10 October 2003
2003
Campaigning
Trend Towards Abolition
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Poster World Day 2003
- Document type Campaigning
- Themes list Trend Towards Abolition
- Available languages Affiche journée mondiale 2003
Document(s)
Iran Annual Report Oct ’17 – Oct ’18
By Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), on 1 January 2018
2018
NGO report
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Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA)- On the World Day Against the Death Penalty, the Center of Statistics at Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRAI) has published its annual report, in efforts to sensitize the public about the situation of the death penalty in Iran.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Death Penalty, Statistics, Country/Regional profiles,
Document(s)
Malawian Traditional Leaders’ Perspectives on Capital Punishment
By Cornell Law School / Malawi’s Paralegal Advisory Services Institute (PASI), on 1 January 2018
NGO report
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On 18 April 2018, the Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide and Malawi’s Paralegal Advisory Services Institute (PASI) released their report on “Malawian Traditional Leaders’ Perspectives on Capital Punishment” before a group of public officials and stakeholders in Lilongwe.The report analyses data from surveys of 102 traditional leaders in villages across Malawi. Clifford Msiska, the National Director of PASI, informed an audience in Lilongwe that over ninety percent of traditional leaders surveyed did not support the use of the death penalty to punish individuals convicted of murder. Only six traditional leaders stated that death was the appropriate penalty for murder. The rest preferred a term of years, life imprisonment with opportunity for early release, or (least frequently of all) life imprisonment with no opportunity for release.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Public opinion, Public debate, Death Penalty, Country/Regional profiles,
Document(s)
Children, Yet Convicted as Adults
By Abdorrahman Boroumand Foundation for the Promotion of Human Rights and Democracy in Iran, on 1 January 2019
2019
NGO report
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In May 2019, at least 85 alleged juvenile offenders were sitting on death row in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Last year, seven child offenders were executed, and since the year 2000, Iran has put to death at least 140 individuals for offenses they allegedly committed as children. Today, on World Day Against the Death Penalty, Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran (ABC) releases an original report titled, Children, Yet Convicted as Adults, which challenges Iran’s justifications for the use of capital punishment against child offenders, examines the question of maturity through the lens of empirical scientific research, and calls on the Islamic Republic to take immediate action to ensure that no individual is put to death for crimes committed as a child
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Juveniles, Death Penalty,
Document(s)
Annual Report on Human Rights 2009
By United Kingdom Foreign & Commonwealth Office, on 1 January 2010
2010
Government body report
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During 2009, we continued to strive for the global abolition of the death penalty. We made our opposition to it clear in our engagement with countries around the world, both bilaterally and in partnership with the EU. Bilaterally, we continue to fund work in the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East and Eastern Asia from our Human Rights Strategic Programme Fund. This includes working with key NGO partners, such as the Death Penalty Project and the Centre for Capital Punishment Studies at Westminster University in London. We also continued to raise the death penalty directly with governments, including China, Jamaica and the US.
- Document type Government body report
- Themes list Trend Towards Abolition,
Document(s)
Imposing a Cap on Capital Punishment
By Adam M. Gershowitz / Missouri Law Review 72(1), 73-124., on 1 January 2007
2007
Article
United States
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This article argues that because prosecutors have discretion to seek the death penalty in too many cases, they lack the incentive to police themselvesand choose carefully. Put simply, because there are few legal constraints — and virtually no political constraints — on the sheer number of cases in which prosecutors can pursue the death penalty, the Government is not under sufficient pressure to limit its use of capital punishment to only the most heinous cases. As a result, two things happen. First, the death penalty is sought and meted out in some cases, which though terrible, are no worse than the thousands of other murder cases in which prosecutors pursue only life imprisonment. Second, because prosecutors file too many capital cases, the criminal justice system lacks the resources to focus sufficient attention on each one.
- Document type Article
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Arbitrariness, Most Serious Crimes,
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Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
By Bryan Stevenson / Spiegel & Grau, on 1 January 2014
2014
Book
United States
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Bryan Stevenson, founder of the Equal Justice Initiative in Alabama, has written a new book, Just Mercy, about his experiences defending the poor and the wrongfully convicted throughout the south. It includes the story of one of Stevenson’s first cases as a young lawyer, that of Walter McMillian, who was eventually exonerated and freed from death row. McMillian, a black man, had been convicted of the murder of a white woman in Monroeville, Alabama. His trial lasted just a day and a half, prosecutors withheld exculpatory evidence, and the judge imposed a death sentence over the jury’s recommendation for life. Archbishop Desmond Tutu said of the book, “Bryan Stevenson is America’s young Nelson Mandela, a brilliant lawyer fighting with courage and conviction to guarantee justice for all. Just Mercy should be read by people of conscience in every civilized country in the world to discover what happens when revenge and retribution replace justice and mercy. It is as gripping to read as any legal thriller, and what hangs in the balance is nothing less than the soul of a great nation.”
- Document type Book
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Due Process , Fair Trial, Death Penalty,
Document(s)
2010 World Day Report on the USA
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2010
2010
Campaigning
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It presents all the actions that were taken for the 2010 World Day on the USA.
- Document type Campaigning
- Themes list Networks,
- Available languages Rapport Journée mondiale 2010: Etats-Unis
Document(s)
List of signatories to the Second Optional Protocol by region
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2014
2014
Lobbying
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List of states that have signed and/or ratified the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Classifyied by region of the world as of 1st July 2011.
- Document type Lobbying
- Themes list Networks,
- Available languages Liste des Etats signataires du deuxième Protocole facultatif par région
Document(s)
RECOMMENDATION 1246 (1994) on the abolition of capital punishment
By Council of Europe / Parlamentary Assembly, on 1 January 1996
1996
Regional body report
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The Parliamentary Assembly deplores the fact that the legislation of eleven Council of Europe member states and seven states whose legislative assemblies enjoy special guest status still provides for the death penalty.
- Document type Regional body report
- Themes list International law,
Document(s)
Killing the Willing: “Volunteers,” Suicide and Competency
By John H. Blume / Michigan Law Review, on 8 September 2020
2020
Article
United States
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Every death-row volunteer inevitably presents us with the following question: Should a death-row inmate who wishes to waive his appeals be viewed as a client making a legal decision to accept the justness of his punishment, or as a person seeking the aid of the state in committing suicide?
- Document type Article
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Networks,
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Film “THE ROAD TO LIVINGSTON”
By The Austin Film Society / Chelsea Hernandez, on 8 September 2020
Academic report
United States
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Delia Perez-Meyer, an elementary school teacher, has taken a weeklyjourney from the classroom to death row for the past 12 years. She tells of her personal voyage, beginning from a place of frustration to acceptanceand hopeful activism.
- Document type Academic report
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Women, Innocence,
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Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions: Report of the Special Rapporteur, Bacre Waly Ndiaye
By United Nations / Bacre Waly Ndiaye, on 1 January 1997
1997
International law - United Nations
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This report is submitted pursuant to Commission on Human Rightsresolution 1997/61 of 16 April 1997 entitled “Extrajudicial, summary orarbitrary executions”. It is the sixth report submitted to the Commissionon Human Rights by Bacre Waly Ndiaye and the fifteenth submitted to theCommission since the mandate on “Summary and arbitrary executions” wasestablished by Economic and Social Council resolution 1982/35 of 7 May 1982.
- Document type International law - United Nations
- Themes list Trend Towards Abolition,
- Available languages حالات الإعدام خارج نطاق القضاء أو بإجراء اتموجة أو تعسفاً تقرير المقرر الخاص باكرة والي ندايةВнесудебные, суммарные и произвольные казни: Отчет специального докладчика Бакре Вали Ндиай (Bacre Waly Ndiaye)Exécutions extrajudiciaires, sommaires ou arbitraires: Rapport du Rapporteur spécial, Bacre Waly Ndiaye法外处决 即审即决或任意处决: 特别报告员巴克雷瓦利恩迪亚耶先生Las ejecuciones extrajudiciales, sumarias o arbitrarias: Informe del Relator Especial, Bacre Waly Ndiaye
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Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions: Report of the Special Rapporteur, Ms. Asma Jahangir
By United Nations / Asma Jahangir, on 1 January 1999
1999
International law - United Nations
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This report is submitted pursuant to Commission on Human Rightsresolution 1998/68 of 21 April 1998 entitled “Extrajudicial, summary orarbitrary executions”. It is the first report submitted to the Commission byMs. Asma Jahangir and the sixteenth submitted to the Commission since themandate on “summary and arbitrary executions” was established by Economic andSocial Council resolution 1982/35 of 7 May 1982.
- Document type International law - United Nations
- Themes list Trend Towards Abolition,
- Available languages حالات الإعدام خارج نطاق القضاء أو بإجراء اتموجة أو تعسفاً تقرير المقرر الخاص اسمة جهانقيرВнесудебные, суммарные и произвольные казни: Отчет специального докладчика Асмы Джахангир (Asma Jahangir)Exécutions extrajudiciaires, sommaires ou arbitraires: Rapport de Mme Asma Jahangir, Rapporteuse spéciale法外处决即审即决或任意处决: 特别报告员阿斯玛贾汉吉尔女士Las ejecuciones extrajudiciales, sumarias o arbitrarias: Informe de la Relatora Especial, Sra. Asma Jahangir
Document(s)
REPORT ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN JAMAICA
By IACHR , on 1 January 2013
2013
NGO report
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The report presents the conclusions of monitoring by the IACHR in recent years, including an on-site visit to Jamaica in December 2008, several public hearings on human rights in the country, as well as a constant exchange of information with the State and civil society organizations.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Country/Regional profiles,
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The ECHR in 50 questions
By Council of Europe, on 1 January 2014
2014
Working with...
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This document describes the European Court of Human Rights, how it was formed, how many judges sit on the court, the proceedings at the court, etc. These and many more questions about the Court are answered in this text.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Networks,
- Available languages German : Der Gerichtshof in 50 FragenUkrainian : ЄСПЛ у 50-ти запитанняхLe CEDH en 50 questions
Document(s)
What is the ODIHR
By Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), on 1 January 2009
2009
Working with...
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The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) is one of the world’s principal regional human rights bodies.It promotes democratic elections, respect for human rights, tolerance and non-discrimination, and the rule of law. ODIHR is the human rights institution of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), an intergovernmental body working for stability, prosperity and democracy in its 56 participating States.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Networks,
- Available languages Polish : Czym jest ODIHR?Greek : Τι είναι το ODIHR;German : Was ist das ODIHR?Что такое БДИПЧ?Qu’est-ce que le BIDDH?
Document(s)
Bringing Reliability Back In: False Confessions and Legal Safeguards in the 21st Century
By Steven A. Drizen / Bradley R. Hall / Peter J. Neufeld / Richard A. Leo / Wisconsin Law Review / Amy Vatner, on 1 January 2006
2006
Article
United States
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In this Article, we point out the failures of the legal tests governing admissibility of confessions, tracing the historical development of these flawed standards. We propose a new standard that we believe reinvigorates the largely forgotten purpose of the rules—reliability of confession evidence—in part by requiring the electronic recording of custodial interrogations.
- Document type Article
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Networks,
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Innocence Lost … and Found: An Introduction to The Faces of Wrongful Conviction Symposium Issue
By Daniel S. Medwed / Golden Gate University Law Review, on 1 January 2006
Article
United States
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Each wrongful conviction signifies an acute failure of the criminal justice system, a loss of innocence for those of us who want to believe in its merits, each exoneration constitutes an affirmation of the system’s potential value – not so much in the sense that the post-conviction system “works” (given that it often does not) but that learning about the uniquely human details of individual exonerations serves as a powerful motivating force to revamp the process through which guilt or innocence is adjudicated. Our criminal justice system is changeable, its flaws possibly remediable, and it is this prospect of a revised, superior method of charging and trying those accused of crimes.
- Document type Article
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Due Process , Innocence,
Document(s)
Exonerated: A History of the Innocence Movement
By New York University (NYU) / Robert J. Norris, on 1 January 2017
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)
Anatomy of a Miscarriage of Justice: The Wrongful Conviction of Peter J. Rose
By Susan Rutberg / Golden Gate University Law Review, on 1 January 2006
2006
Article
United States
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This Article examines one case in which students and lawyers from Golden Gate University’s Innocence Project won the exoneration of Peter J. Rose, a man who served nearly ten years of a twenty-seven year State Prison sentence for the rape and kidnap of a child before DNA proved his innocence. The analysis of this case focuses on how the conduct of two police detectives, the prosecutor and the defense attorney contributed to this miscarriage of justice.
- Document type Article
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Innocence,
Document(s)
Death Row Doctors
By New York Times, on 1 January 2017
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,
Document(s)
Execution Facility Tour of North Carolina Death Row
By Scott Langley / YouTube, on 1 January 2010
2010
Arguments against the death penalty
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This video gives a tour of the death row facilities at North Carolina. It also explores the protocol for execution by lethal injection.
- Document type Arguments against the death penalty
- Themes list Lethal Injection,
Document(s)
Pakistani Christian Woman Sentenced to Death
By Amnesty International / British Pakistani Christian Association, on 1 January 2010
Legal Representation
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On 8 November, the 45-year-old mother of five children was found guilty of blasphemy and sentenced to death under Section 295B and 295C of Pakistan’s Penal Code, for insulting the Prophet Muhammad, by a court in Nankana, around 75km (45 miles) west of the city of Lahore in Punjab province.
- Document type Legal Representation
- Themes list Networks,
Document(s)
Victim’s son objects as Texas sets execution in hate crime death
By Karen Brooks / Reuters, on 8 September 2020
2020
Academic report
United States
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As Texas prepares to execute one of his father’s killers, Ross Byrd hopes the state shows the man the mercy his father, James Byrd Jr., never got when he was dragged behind a truck to his
- Document type Academic report
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Murder Victims' Families,
Document(s)
Contradictions in Judicial Support for Capital Punishment in India and Bangladesh: Utilitarian Rationales
By Saul Lehrfreund / Carolyn Hoyle / Asian Journal of Criminology, on 1 January 2019
2019
Article
Bangladesh
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This article draws on two original empirical research projects that explored judges’ opinions on the retention and administration of capital punishment in India and Bangladesh. The data expose justice systems marred by corruption, incompetence, abuses of due process, and arbitrary and inconsistent treatment of defendants from arrest through to conviction and sentencing. It shows that those with the power to sentence to death have little faith in the integrity of the criminal process. Yet, a startling paradox emerges from these studies; despite personal knowledge of its flaws, judges have trust in the death penalty to deter crime and to realise other sentencing aims and feel retention benefits society. This is explained by reference to utilitarian values. Not only did our judges express strongly utilitarian justifications for sentencing people to death, in terms of their erroneous belief in its deterrent effect, but some also articulated utilitarian justifications for misconduct in pre-trial processes, suggesting that it was necessary to break the rules to secure convictions when the system was dysfunctional and ineffective.
- Document type Article
- Countries list Bangladesh
- Themes list Arbitrariness, Death Penalty,
Document(s)
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
By UK Film Council, on 1 January 2005
2005
Multimedia content
United Kingdom
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Motion picture on the life and times of Albert Pierrepoint – Britain’s most prolific hangman.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Countries list United Kingdom
- Themes list Public debate, Trend Towards Abolition, Death Penalty,
Document(s)
Law, society, and capital punishment in Asia
By David T. Johnson / Franklin E. Zimring / Punishment and Society, on 1 January 2008
2008
Article
Japan
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Students of capital punishment need to study Asia, the site of at least 85 percent and as many as 95 percent of the world’s executions. This article explores the varieties of Asian capital punishment in two complementary ways. Cross-sectionally, the impression of uniformity that comes from classifying 95 percent of the population of Asia as living in executing states breaks down when closer attention is paid to the character of capital punishment policy within retentionist nations. Temporally, the general trajectory of capital punishment in the Asian region seems downward (though generalizations about patterns in this part of the world are undermined by significant data problems). Asia is also a useful territory for testing the generality of theories of capital punishment based on European experience. Looking forward, Japan and South Korea, two developed nations in Asia that still retain the death penalty, may indicate what other Asian nations are likely to do as they develop. Ultimately, Asia either will become a major staging area for world-wide abolition or the campaign against capital punishment will fail to achieve global status.
- Document type Article
- Countries list Japan
Document(s)
Psychological Assessments in Legal Contexts: Are Courts Keeping “Junk Science” Out of the Courtroom?
By Tess M. S. Neal / Psychological Science in the Public Interest, on 1 January 2020
2020
Article
United States
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This article reports the results of a two-part investigation of psychological assessments proposed as expert evidence in legal context.
- Document type Article
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Mental Illness, Death Penalty,
Document(s)
State-sponsored Homophobia: A world survey of laws prohibiting same sex activity between consenting adults
By Daniel Ottosson / International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA), on 1 January 2010
2010
NGO report
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The purpose of this annual report on State-sponsored Homophobia, as stated since its first edition in 2007, is to name and shame the states which in the 21st century deny the most fundamental human rights to LGBTI people, i.e. the right to life and freedom, in the hope that with every year more and more countries decide to abandon the ‘community’ of homophobic states.Compared to last year’s report, where we listed the 77 countries prosecuting people on ground of their sexual orientation, this year you will find ―only‖ 76 in the same list, including the infamous 5 which put people to death for their sexual orientation: Iran, Mauritania, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Yemen (plus some parts of Nigeria and Somalia). One country less compared to the 2009 list may seem little progress, until one realizes that it hosts one sixth of the human population.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Homosexuality,
- Available languages Portuguese : Homofobia do Estado: Uma pesquisa mundial sobre legislações que proíbem relações sexuais consensuais entre adultos do mesmo sexoHomophobie d'État: Une enquête mondiale sur les lois qui interdisent la sexualité entre adultes consentants de même sexeHomofobia de Estado: Un informe mundial sobre las leyes que prohiben la actividad homosexual con consentimiento entre personas adultas
Document(s)
Guilty Until Proven Innocent: An Analysis of Post-Furman Capital Errors
By Talia Roitberg Harmon / Criminal Justice Policy Review, on 1 January 2001
2001
Article
United States
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The issue of erroneous convictions in capital cases has recently gained considerable nationwide media attention. This article builds on prior research by examining 76 cases of inmates who were released from death rows between 1970 and 1998 because of doubts about their guilt. By using sources, or persons who have extensive insider knowledge about these cases, as well as published court opinions, it was possible to identify the causes of the wrongful convictions as well as the significant events that led to the discovery of the miscarriages of justice. The data indicate that prosecutorial misconduct, perjury of witnesses, police misconduct, and racial discrimination were influential factors that led to the wrongful convictions. In addition, continued investigation by the defense attorney, new witnesses coming forward, and/or a confession from another person were the factors most often leading to the discovery of errors. These findings suggest that there have not been any significant changes in causes of erroneous convictions since the implementation of contemporary safeguards. As a result, policy changes are suggested to decrease the chances of erroneous executions.
- Document type Article
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Innocence,
Document(s)
The Last Meals Project
By The Last Meals Project, on 8 September 2020
2020
Working with...
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This series visually documents the face and last meal of a convicted killer and is without question honest and true. This will be an ongoing project as executions continue to take place in the United States.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Networks,
Document(s)
Convicting the Innocent: Where Criminal Prosecutions Go Wrong
By Brandon L. Garrett / Harvard University Press, on 1 January 2011
2011
Book
United States
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Very few crimes committed in the United States involve biological evidence that can be tested using DNA. Convicting the Innocent makes a powerful case for systemic reforms to improve the accuracy of all criminal cases.
- Document type Book
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Innocence,
Document(s)
The last executioner
By Tom waller , on 1 January 2014
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)
The Executioner’s Song
By Norman Mailer / Vintage , on 8 September 2020
2020
Book
United States
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Norman Mailer tells Gary Gilmore’s story, and those of the men and women caught up in his procession toward the firing squad, with implacable authority, steely compassion, and a restraint that evokes the parched landscapes and stern theology of Gilmore’s Utah.
- Document type Book
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Networks,
Document(s)
Cross-National Variability in Capital Punishment: Exploring the Sociopolitical Sources of Its Differential Legal Status
By Terance D. Miethe / Hong Lu / Gini R. Deibert / International Criminal Justice Review, on 1 January 2005
2005
Article
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Guided by existing macrolevel theories on punishment and society, the present study explores the independent and conjunctive effects of measures of sociopolitical conditions on the legal retention of capital punishment in 185 nations in the 21st century. Significant correlations are found between a nation’s retention of legal executions for ordinary crimes and its level of economic development, primary religious orientation, citizens’ voice in governance, political stability, and recent history of extrajudicial executions. Subsequent multivariate analyses through qualitative comparative methods reveal substantial context-specific effects and wide variability in legal retention even within countries with similar sociopolitical structures. These results are then discussed in terms of their theoretical implications for future cross-national research on punishment and society.
- Document type Article
- Themes list Networks,
Document(s)
Pennsylvania capital post-conviction reversals and subsequent dispositions
By Death Penalty Information Center / Robert Brett Dunham, on 1 January 2018
2018
NGO report
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In Pennsylvania, death-row prisoners whose convictions or death sentences are overturned in state or federal post-conviction appeals are almost never resentenced to death, a new Death Penalty Information Center study has revealed. Since Pennsylvania adopted its current death-penalty statute in September 1978, post-conviction courts have reversed prisoners’ capital convictions or death sentences in 170 cases. Defendants have faced capital retrials or resentencings in 137 of those cases, and 133 times—in more than 97% of the cases—they received non-capital dispositions ranging from life without parole to exoneration. Only four prisoners whose death sentences were reversed in post-conviction proceedings remain on death row
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Death Penalty, Statistics, Country/Regional profiles,
Document(s)
Witness to Innocence – from death row to freedom
By Witness to Innocence, on 8 September 2020
2020
Academic report
United States
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Errors have been made repeatedly in death penalty cases because of: poor legal representation, racial prejudice, prosecutorial misconduct, the presentation of erroneous evidence, false confession, junk science, eyewitness error. Once convicted, a death row prisoner faces enormous obstacles in convincing any court that he or she is innocent.
- Document type Academic report
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Networks,
Document(s)
Death sentences and executions in 2008
By Amnesty International, on 1 January 2009
2009
NGO report
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This document summarises Amnesty International’s global research on the death penalty. Information was gathered from various sources including official statistics (where available), non-governmental and inter-governmental organizations, human rights defenders, the media and interviews with survivors of human rights violations.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Statistics,
- Available languages أحكام الإعدام الصادرة وما نُفِّذ من أحكام في عام 2008СМЕРТНЫЕ ПРИГОВОРЫ И КАЗНИ В 2008 ГОДУCONDAMNATIONS À MORT ET EXÉCUTIONS RECENSÉES EN 2008CONDENAS A MUERTE Y EJECUCIONES EN 2008
Document(s)
2018 World Day – Report
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
2020
NGO report
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Report of the 2018 World Day Against the Death Penalty, on the conditions of detention on death row.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Death Row Conditions, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, Death Penalty,
- Available languages Journée mondiale 2018 - Rapport
Document(s)
European Aid for Executions : How European Counternarcotics Aid Enables Death Sentences & Executions in Iran and Pakistan
By Reprieve, on 8 September 2020
NGO report
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Information gathered by Reprieve andpublished for the first time in this reportexposes how counter-narcotics aidprovided to Iran and Pakistan by Europeangovernments has ended up enabling andencouraging death sentences and executionsfor drug offences in those countries. Thereport’s findings are the product of two yearsof research, synthesising unpublished deathrow data obtained from Iranian and Pakistaniprisons with data on European counter-narcotics aid delivered through the UnitedNations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Drug Offences, Networks, Statistics,
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Factsheet for Police Personnel – 2020 World Day
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty / Reprieve, on 8 September 2020
Academic report
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On the occasion of the 2020 World Day, focusing on the right to access to counsel, Repreive and the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty released a facthsheet for police officers.
- Document type Academic report
- Themes list Due Process , World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, Death Penalty,
- Available languages Fiche d'information pour la police - Journée mondiale 2020
Document(s)
Factsheet for Media Representatives – 2020 World Day
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty / Reprieve, on 8 September 2020
Academic report
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On the occasion of the 2020 World Day, focusing on the right to access to counsel, Reprieve and the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty released a facthsheet for media representatives.
- Document type Academic report
- Themes list Fair Trial, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, Death Penalty,
- Available languages Fiche d'information pour les journalistes - Journée mondiale 2020
Document(s)
Coping with Innocence after Death Row
By Kimberly J Cook / Saundra D Westervelt / Contexts, on 1 January 2008
2008
Working with...
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The enduring images of exonerees are of vindicated individuals reunited with family and friends in a moment of happiness and relief, tearful men embraced by supporters who have long fought for their release.We think of these moments as conclusions, but really they’re the start of a new story, one that social science is beginning to tell about how exonerees are greeted by their communities, their homes, and their families, and how they cope with the injustice of their confinement and rebuild their lives on the outside.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Networks,
Document(s)
Call Tender Evaluation 2021
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 15 June 2021
2021
World Coalition
Maldives
Philippines
Turkey
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External Evaluation of the project “Preventing the risk of resurgence of the death penalty in three abolitionist countries” of 36 months in the Maldives, Philippines and Turkey
- Document type World Coalition
- Countries list Maldives / Philippines / Turkey
- Available languages Appel d'Offre Evaluation 2021
Document(s)
Racial Disparities
By Death Penalty Focus, on 1 January 2009
2009
Arguments against the death penalty
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The race of the victim and the race of the defendant in capital cases are major factors in determining who is sentenced to die in this country. In 1990 a report from the General Accounting Office concluded that “in 82 percent of the studies [reviewed], race of the victim was found to influence the likelihood of being charged with capital murder or receiving the death penalty, i.e. those who murdered whites were more likely to be sentenced to death than those who murdered blacks.
- Document type Arguments against the death penalty
- Themes list Discrimination,
Document(s)
Overview of the Capital Trial Process
By Capital Punishment in Context, on 8 September 2020
2020
Working with...
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This document briefly goes through the steps involved in a death penalty case, from the point of arrest to judge sentences.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Networks,
Document(s)
An Ancient Precedent: Reflections on the Tale of Korea’s Abolitionist King
By Damien P. Horigan / Korean Journal of International and Comparative Law, on 8 September 2020
Article
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
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This article will first briefly describe the current situation in the two Koreas and the local anti-death penalty movement before turning to an examination of an ancient Korean precedent for abolition based on an understanding of Buddhist teachings.
- Document type Article
- Countries list Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- Themes list Networks,
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Facing their last moments with a smile: The Chinese women about to be executed for drug smuggling
By Rick Dewsbury / Mail Online, on 1 January 2011
2011
Campaigning
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The moving images could show any group of young women as they go about their daily lives in prison. But just hours – and in some cases minutes – after the pictures were taken, each of the four women were led into a concrete yard and executed.
- Document type Campaigning
- Themes list Death Row Conditions,
Document(s)
An Innocent Man: Hakamada Iwao and the Problem of Wrongful Convictions in Japan
By David T. Johnson / The Asia-Pacific Journal, on 1 January 2015
2015
Article
Japan
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The main aim of this article is to explore the problem of wrongful convictions in Japanese criminal justice by focusing on the case of Hakamada Iwao, who was sentenced to death in 1968 and released in 2014 because of evidence of his innocence.
- Document type Article
- Countries list Japan
- Themes list Fair Trial, Innocence,
Document(s)
Making up for Lost Time : What the Wrongfully Convicted endure and how to Provide Fair Compensation
By The Innocence Project, on 1 January 2010
2010
Working with...
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It’s an accepted principle of fairness in our society to compensate citizens who, through no fault of their own, have suffered losses. When a person’s land has been seized for public use, they receive adequate repayment. Crime victims and their families receive financial compensation in all 50 states. Yet, strangely, the wrongfully imprisoned, who lose property, jobs, freedom, reputation, family, friends and more do not receive compensation in 23 states of the nation. These recommendations for state compensation laws have been developed by the Innocence Project after years of working with exonerees and their families, legislators, social workers and psychologists.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Networks,
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The Right to a Fair Trial
By Council of Europe, on 1 January 2006
2006
Working with...
frMore details See the document
This handbook is designed to provide readers with an understanding of how legal proceedings at national level must be conducted in order to conform with the obligations under Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights. It is divided into chapters, each of which treats a different aspect of the guarantees contained in the article.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Networks,
- Available languages Le droit à un Procès équitable
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Child Rights and the League of Arab States
By Childrens Rights Information Network, on 1 January 2011
2011
Working with...
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This document provides a list of the members of the Arab League and the origins of the organisation. It also describes its composition and provides contact information.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Networks,
Document(s)
Dangerousness, Risk Assessment, and Capital Sentencing
By Aletha M. Claussen-Schulza / Psychology, Public Policy and Law / Marc W. Pearceb / Robert F. Schopp, on 1 January 2004
2004
Article
United States
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Judges, jurors, police officers, and others are sometimes asked to make a variety of decisions based on judgments of dangerousness. Reliance on judgments of dangerousness in a variety of legal contexts has led to considerable debate and has been the focus of numerous publications. However, a substantial portion of the debate has centered on the accuracy and improvement of risk assessments rather than the issues concerning the use of dangerousness as a legal criterion. This article focuses on whether dangerousness judgments can play a useful role in capital sentencing decisions within the framework of “guided discretion” and “individualized assessment” set forth by the Supreme Court of the United States. It examines the relationship between these legal doctrines and contemporary approaches to risk assessment, and it discusses the potential tension between these approaches to risk assessment and these legal doctrines. The analysis suggests that expert testimony has the potential to undermine rather than assist the sentencer’s efforts to make capital sentencing decisions in a manner consistent with Supreme Court doctrine. This analysis includes a discussion of the advances and limitations of current approaches to risk assessment in the context of capital sentencing.
- Document type Article
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Networks,
Document(s)
Adieu to Electrocution
By Deborah W. Denno / Ohio Northern University Law Review, on 1 January 2000
2000
Article
United States
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Much has been written about why electrocution has persisted so stubbornly over the course of the twentieth century. This Article focuses briefly on more recent developments concerning why electrocution should be abolished entirely. Part I of this Article describes the facts and circumstances surrounding Bryan as well as Bryan’s unusual world-wide notice due to the gruesome photos of the executed Allen Lee Davis posted on the Internet. Part II focuses on the sociological and legal history of electrocution, most particularly the inappropriate precedential impact of In re Kemmler. In Kemmler, the Court found the Eighth Amendment inapplicable to the states and deferred to the New York legislature’s determination that electrocution was not cruel and unusual. Regardless, Kemmler has been cited repeatedly as Eighth Amendment support for electrocution despite Kemmler’s lack of modern scientific and legal validity.
- Document type Article
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Electrocution,
Document(s)
WMA Resolution to Reaffirm the WMA’s Prohibition of Physician Partecipation in Capital Punishment
By World Medical Association, on 8 September 2020
2020
NGO report
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The World Medical Association has strengthened its opposition to capital punishment with a resolution at its recent conference in Bangkok that “physicians will not facilitate the importation or prescription of drugs for execution.”
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Trend Towards Abolition,
Document(s)
Caught in a Web Treatment of Pakistanis in the Saudi Criminal Justice System
By Human Rights Watch / Justice Project Pakistan, on 8 September 2020
NGO report
Pakistan
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Report about the treatment of Pakistanis in the Saudi criminal justice system
- Document type NGO report
- Countries list Pakistan
- Themes list Discrimination, Foreign Nationals,
Document(s)
Retribution and Redemption in the Operation of Executive Clemency
By Elizabeth Rapaport / Chicago Kent Law Review, on 1 January 2000
2000
Article
United States
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In this Article, my goal is to raise doubts about the adequacy of the neo-retributive theory of clemency and stimulate reappraisal and development of what I will call the “redemptive” perspective. To this end I will present an exposition and critique of neo-retributive theory of clemency.
- Document type Article
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Retribution, Clemency,
Document(s)
Swahili – Ripoti ya kimataifa ya amnesty international: hukumu za kifo na watu walioadhibiwa kifo 2023
on 29 May 2024
2024
NGO report
Trend Towards Abolition
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Ufuatiliaji wa Amnesty International wa matumizi ya adhabu ya kifo duniani ulibaini watu
1,153 wanaofahamika kuwa walinyongwa mwaka 2023, ambalo ni ongezeko la asilimia
31 kutoka 883 mwaka 2022. Hata hivyo nchi zinazowanyonga watu zilipungua kwa
kiwango kikubwa kutoka 20 mwaka 2022 hadi 16 mwaka 2023
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Trend Towards Abolition
Document(s)
Circumstances of Offense: Robert “Saint” Bailey on Death Row
By Chris Dahl / CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, on 8 September 2020
2020
Book
United States
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This book is a first-hand account of the life of Simon City Royals gangster Robert “Saint” Bailey who is currently on Death Row in Raiford, Florida. He killed a law enforcement officer in 2005.
- Document type Book
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Innocence, Country/Regional profiles,
Document(s)
Capital Punishment in Twentieth-Century Britain. Audience, Justice, Memory
By Lizzie Seal / Solon, on 8 September 2020
Book
United Kingdom
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Drawing on primary research, this book explores the cultural life of the death penalty in Britain in the twentieth century, including an exploration of the role of the popular press and a discussion of portrayals of the death penalty in plays, novels and films. Popular protest against capital punishment and public responses to and understandings of capital cases are also discussed, particularly in relation to conceptualisations of justice.
- Document type Book
- Countries list United Kingdom
- Themes list Trend Towards Abolition, Death Penalty, Country/Regional profiles,
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Still Unfair, Still Arbitrary — But Do We Care?
By Samuel L. Gross / Ohio Northern University Law Review, on 8 September 2020
Article
United States
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My assignment is to try to give an overview of the status of the death penalty in America at the beginning of the twenty-first century. I will try to put that in the context of how the death penalty was viewed thirty years ago, or more, and maybe that will tell us something about how the death penalty will be viewed thirty or forty years from now.
- Document type Article
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Public opinion, Public debate,
Document(s)
Confronting Capital Punishment in Asia: Human Rights, Politics and Public Opinion
By Roger Hood / Oxford University Press / Surya Deva, on 1 January 2013
2013
Book
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This book shows that the majority of Asian countries have been particularly resistant to the abolitionist movement and tardy in accepting their responsibility to uphold the safeguards. The essays contained in this volume provide an in-depth analysis of changes in the scope and application of the death penalty in Asia with a focus on China, India, Japan, and Singapore. They explain the extent to which these nations still fail to accept capital punishment as a human rights issue, identify impediments to reform, and explore the prospects that Asian countries will eventually embrace the goal of worldwide abolition of capital punishment.
- Document type Book
- Themes list Trend Towards Abolition, Death Penalty, Country/Regional profiles,
Document(s)
Reflections on the guillotine: An essay on capital punishment
By Albert Camus, on 1 January 1957
1957
Book
enfrzh-hantMore details See the document
- Document type Book
- Themes list Beheading, Death Penalty,
- Available languages Italian : Riflessioni sulla pena di morteRéflexions sur la guillotine思索斷頭台
Document(s)
Commentary on Counsel’s Duty to Seek and Negotiate a Disposition in Capital cases (ABA Guideline 10.9.1)
By Russell Stetler / Hofstra Law Review, on 1 January 2003
2003
Article
United States
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The ABA’s revised Guidelines have squarely addressed the importance of seeking and negotiating dispositions in capital cases as a core component of effective representation in matters of life and death. Pleas have been available in the overwhelming majority of capital cases in the post-Furman era, including the cases of hundreds of prisoners who have been executed. There are no precise empirical data on this question. Plea negotiations are typically confidential, with both parties maintaining a posture of plausible denial if negotiations fail. The prosecutor may find it harder to argue to jurors that justice in a particular case requires a sentence of death if they know that he had offered the defendant a life sentence only weeks before. Defense counsel may not want to advertise her willingness to plead to first-degree murder if the case proceeds to trial and she is arguing to the jurors that the proof supports only second-degree. In addition, there are cases where a plea was acceptable to both sides, but negotiation never began because each side waited for the other to initiate discussions.
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- Countries list United States
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Quest for Justice: Defending the Damned
By Richard Jaffe / New Horizon Press, on 1 January 2012
2012
Book
United States
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In Quest For Justice, the author takes readers into the Bo Cochran and Eric Rudolph cases, along with those of Randall Padgett and Judge Jack Montgomery, in a conversational, story-driven narrative that offers personal insights and intimate views into these complex individuals and cases.
- Document type Book
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Due Process ,
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Barbara Bechnel: Witness to the execution of Stanley Tookie Williams
By YouTube, on 1 January 2009
2009
Legal Representation
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A witness to the lethal injection execution of Stanley Tookie Williams describes what she saw at his execution. Stanley Tookie Williams execution was botched and he experienced 35 minutes of pain because part of the lethal injection 3 drug procedure did not work effectively.
- Document type Legal Representation
- Themes list Networks,
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Incendiary: the Willingham case
By Steve Mims / Joe Bailey Jr. / Yokel, on 1 January 2011
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,
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Living with murder, the video documentary: Meet those touched by Detroit homicide
By Suzette Hackney / Kathy Kieliszewski / Romain Blanquart / Detroit Free Press, on 1 January 2011
Legal Representation
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More than 3,300 people have been murdered in the City of Detroit since 2003. In this Detroit Free Press documentary, meet some of the families who have lost loved ones to homicide, are searching for justice and trying to come to terms with their losses.
- Document type Legal Representation
- Themes list FRONTPAGE
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The Innocents
By Taryn Simon, on 1 January 2002
2002
Working with...
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The Innocents documents the stories of individuals who served time in prison for violent crimes they did not commit. At issue is the question of photography’s function as a credible eyewitness and arbiter of justice.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Innocence,