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America’s Death Penalty: Between Past and Present
By David Garland / Jonathan Simon / Douglas Hay / Michael Meranze / Randall McGowen / New York University (NYU) / Rebecca Mc Lennan, on 8 September 2020
2020
Book
United States
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This volume represents an effort to restore the sense of capital punishment as a question caught up in history. Edited by leading scholars of crime and justice, these original essays pursue different strategies for unsettling the usual terms of the debate. In particular, the authors use comparative and historical investigations of both Europe and America in order to cast fresh light on familiar questions about the meaning of capital punishment.
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- Countries list United States
- Themes list Networks,
Member(s)
Penal Reform International (PRI)
on 30 April 2020
Penal Reform International (PRI) is an independent international non-governmental organisation that structures its work through a policy programme, regional programmes, and a governance and strategy programme that ensures learning and impact. Registered in The Netherlands (registration no 40025979), PRI operates globally with offices in multiple locations. We work to promote criminal justice systems that uphold […]
2020
United Kingdom
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Justice Project Pakistan Death Penalty Database
By Justice Project Pakistan, on 1 January 2019
2019
Multimedia content
Pakistan
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n the course of its advocacy and litigation work, JPP has developed a substantial collection of data sets on death row. With technical support from HURIDOCS, it has now developed open source data sets based on existing research on death row and on age determination under the Juvenile Justice Systems Ordinance. This project marks the beginning of the process of making the information publicly available, allowing the public and academic institutions to generate their own findings and base their campaigns on verified data.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Countries list Pakistan
- Themes list Statistics,
- Available languages Urdu : جسٹس پراجیکٹ پاکستان کا ڈیٹا بیس
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Filling The Void
By CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform / Bill Leonard / Maggie Smart, on 1 January 2014
2014
Book
United States
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‘Filling The Void’ is a brutal record of Bill Leonard’s troubled childhood and youth.The memoir provides a shocking insight into the neglect and abuse that he suffered as a child at the hands of his parents and stepfather and gives a frank account of the murders that led to his incarceration. It reveals the horrendous conditions in which Bill is held in Ely State Prison, Nevada and gives a graphic description of the barbarous treatment that he has received at the hands of his prison guards. It also details and examines the flawed process that earned him the death penalty and describes his struggle for self-rehabilitation through a process called neuroplasticity. This is the life story of a man who has suffered a great deal, who has passions that aren’t always under control. A man who loves order and truth but hasn’t always been able to engage in them. Someone who is hugely motivated to learn and develop his abilities. Someone who ought to be alive for a long time. This is Bill Leonard – and this is his story.
- Document type Book
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Death Row Conditions, Death Penalty,
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Injustice: Life and Death in the Courtrooms of America
By Clive Stafford Smith / Harvill Secker, on 1 January 2012
2012
Book
United States
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A new book by Clive Stafford Smith, a British lawyer who has defended death row inmates in the U.S., offers an in-depth view of capital punishment in America. In Injustice: Life and Death in the Courtrooms of America, Stafford Smith examines the case of Kris Maharaj, a British citizen who was sentenced to death in Florida for a double murder, to expose problems in the justice system.
- Document type Book
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment, Innocence,
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When Law and Ethics Collide — Why Physicians Participate in Executions
By Atul Gawande / New England Journal of Medecine 354(12), 1-13., on 1 January 2006
2006
Article
United States
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Evidence from execution logs showed that six of the last eight prisoners executed in California had not stopped breathing before technicians gave the paralytic agent, raising a serious possibility that prisoners experienced suffocation from the paralytic, a feeling much like being buried alive, and felt intense pain from the potassium bolus. This experience would be unacceptable under the Constitution’s Eighth Amendment protections against cruel and unusual punishment. So the judge ordered the state to have an anesthesiologist present in the death chamber to determine when the prisoner was unconscious enough for the second and third injections to be given — or to perform the execution with sodium thiopental alone.The California Medical Association, the American Medical Association (AMA), and the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) immediately and loudly opposed such physician participation as a clear violation of medical ethics codes. “Physicians are healers, not executioners,” the ASA’s president told reporters. Nonetheless, in just two days, prison officials announced that they had found two willing anesthesiologists. The court agreed to maintain their anonymity and to allow them to shield their identities from witnesses. Both withdrew the day before the execution, however, after the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit added a further stipulation requiring them personally to administer additional medication if the prisoner remained conscious or was in pain. This they would not accept. The execution was then postponed until at least May, but the court has continued to require that medical professionals assist with the administration of any lethal injection given to Morales. This turn of events is the culmination of a steady evolution in methods of execution in the United States.
- Document type Article
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Lethal Injection,
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The inevitability of error: experiences from former death row exonerees
By Witness to Innocence, on 1 January 2017
2017
Multimedia content
United States
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Death row exonerees bios
- Document type Multimedia content
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Right to life, Death Row Conditions, Death Row Phenomenon, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, Death Penalty, Country/Regional profiles,
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The Pros and Cons of Life Without Parole
By Bent Grover / Catherine Appleton / British Journal of Criminology, on 1 January 2007
2007
Article
United States
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The question of how societies should respond to their most serious crimes if not with the death penalty is ‘perhaps the oldest of all the issues raised by the two-century struggle in western civilization to end the death penalty’ ( Bedau, 1990: 481 ). In this article we draw attention to the rapid and extraordinary increase in the use of ‘life imprisonment without parole’ in the United States. We aim to critically assess the main arguments put forward by supporters of whole life imprisonment as a punishment provided by law to replace the death penalty and argue against life-long detention as the ultimate sanction.
- Document type Article
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Sentencing Alternatives,
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Preventing the Reinstatement of Capital Punishment in the Maldives
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, Nasheen Kalkat - Reprieve, on 10 August 2021
2021
Campaigning
Maldives
Public Opinion
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Findings from a preliminary study concerning the local abolitionist movement, risksto related civilsociety organizations and the identification of capacity building opportunities.
- Document type Campaigning
- Countries list Maldives
- Themes list Public Opinion
- Available languages Empêcher le retour de la peine capitale aux Maldives
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Compliance with ICJ Provisional Measures and the Meaning of Review and Reconsideration Under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations: Avena and other Mexican Nationals (Mex. v. U.S.)
By Linda E. Carter / Michigan Journal of International Law, on 1 January 2003
2003
Article
Mexico
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For the third time in a span of five years, a country has brought suit against the United States in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for violations of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (VCCR) in capital cases. 1 And, for the third time, the ICJ has issued an order of provisional measures. The most recent order indicates that: “the United States shall take all measures necessary to ensure that [three named Mexican defendants] are not executed pending final judgment in these proceedings.” (Avena case)
- Document type Article
- Countries list Mexico
- Themes list Foreign Nationals,
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Let’s Make a Deal: Waiving the Eighth Amendment by Selecting a Cruel and Unusual Punishment
By Jeffrey L. Kirchmeier / Connecticut Law Review, on 1 January 2000
2000
Article
United States
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This Article addresses the issue of whether a criminal defendant may waive the Eighth Amendment prohibition on cruel and unusual punishments by selecting an unconstitutional punishment over a constitutional punishment. The Article begins with a discussion of the Supreme Court’s Eighth Amendment jurisprudence, followed by a discussion of areas where the Court has allowed defendants to waive Eighth Amendment protections in various contexts. Then, the Article discusses court decisions that have addressed whether one may waive Eighth Amendment protections by choosing a cruel and unusual punishment. Generally, this issue has arisen in three contexts: (1) where defendants are given the punishment option of banishment; (2) where sex offenders are given the punishment option of castration; and (3) where capital defendants are given an execution method option that violates the constitution. The Article explains that at least in the context of punishment type, a defendant’s choice should not waive Eighth Amendment protections. First, the ban on cruel and unusual punishments is a right that differs significantly from other constitutional criminal rights because it serves a broad societal purpose. Second, the waiver of this right differs from the waiver of other criminal rights because such waivers do not benefit the individual or society. Finally, to allow such waivers would strip the Eighth Amendment of meaning by permitting legislatures to create any punishment options it desired. Therefore, the Article concludes that the Eighth Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishments cannot be waived by an individual.
- Document type Article
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment,
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Malaysia: On Death Row
By Al Jazeera, on 1 January 2019
2019
Multimedia content
Malaysia
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In Malaysian jails, more than 1,200 prisoners are on death row. For them, news that the government was planning to abolish the death penalty provided a much-needed glimmer of hope. But many Malaysians want to keep the law as it is, saying capital punishment deters criminals and helps keep citizens safe. Families of murder victims say the only way to get justice for their loved ones is by hanging the perpetrators. 101 East meets the people on either side of this emotional life-and-death debate and investigates if Malaysia is ready to abolish the death penalty.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Countries list Malaysia
- Themes list Moratorium , Murder Victims' Families, Death Row Phenomenon,
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Crackdown on China’s human rights lawyers deepens
By Amnesty International, on 1 January 2011
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
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Social Media Toolkit
By Harm Reduction International, on 1 January 2015
2015
Campaigning
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This document has been developed to support you in getting behind and amplifying the World Day and launch of the report ‘The Death Penalty for Drug Offences Report – Global Overview 2015’ via social media on 8 October 2015.
- Document type Campaigning
- Themes list Drug Offences,
- Available languages Kit Réseaux sociaux
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Experimenting with Death: An Examination of Colorado’s Use of the Three-Judge Panel in Capital Sentencing
By Lutz, Robin / University of Colorado Law Review, on 1 January 2002
2002
Article
United States
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Mr. Page committed an atrocious crime. He did not know his victim, Peyton Tuthill, a young woman who had recently graduated from college and moved to Denver. But he was in her house, looking for money and items to sell, when she returned from a job interview. Instead of leaving her home, Mr. Page stayed to beat Peyton Tuthill, tie her up, stab her, slit her throat, rape her repeatedly, and eventually, kill her. Clearly, Ms. Tuthill did not deserve to die such a tortured death. Clearly, her death resulted from an egregious crime. However, the answer to the question of whether Mr. Page should be executed for committing this murder is not as clear. Some would answer affirmatively, others negatively. An important question is: who should decide?
- Document type Article
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Networks,
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Judy Kerr: Murder Victim Family Member
By California Crime Victims for Alternatives to the Death Penalty / YouTube, on 1 January 2009
2009
Working with...
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Judy Kerr talks about her experience as a murder victim family member and her opposition against the death. Responding to violence with violence is not the answer.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Networks,
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Execution by lethal injection – a quarter century of state poisoning
By Amnesty International, on 1 January 2007
2007
NGO report
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Any potential increase in executions or lobbying for the death penalty as a result of the use of lethal injection is of serious concern. The increased pressure on medical professionals to participate in executions also raises serious ethical and human rights issues. This paper reviews developments with respect to lethal injection executions over the past decade.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Lethal Injection, Statistics,
- Available languages Ejecución por inyección letal: Un cuarto de siglo de muertes por envenenamiento a manos del Estado
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Last Day of Freedom
By Dee Hibbert-Jones / Nomi Talisman, on 1 January 2015
2015
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When Bill Babbitt realizes his brother Manny has committed a crime he agonizes over his decision: should he call the police? Last Day of Freedom, a richly animated personal narrative, tells the story of Bill’s decision to stand by his brother in the face of war, crime and capital punishment. The film is a portrait of a man at the nexus of the most pressing social issues of our day – veterans’ care, mental health access and criminal justice.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Murder Victims' Families,
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Eyewitness Evidence: A guide for law enforcement
By US Department of Justice, on 1 January 1999
1999
Working with...
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This Guide combines research and practical perspectives. The growth of social science research into the eyewitness process coincided with parallel efforts of law enforcement agencies to improve their own procedures. This Guide benefits from the inclusion of the diverse perspectives of TWGEYEE members; the group included not only researchers but also prosecutors, defense lawyers, and working police investigators from departments of all sizes and from all regions. This Guide represents a combination of the best current, workable police practices and psychological research.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Networks,
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Akmal Shaikh
By Reprieve, on 1 January 2009
2009
Legal Representation
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It was during this time Akmal met a man who claimed to be in the music industry; he told Akmal he could help him realise his dream of becoming a pop, When Akmal landed in China on 12 September 2007 the police stopped him, searched his bag, where they alleged they found around 4 kg of heroin, and arrested him on drug charges sensation and sent him to Kyrgyzstan to meet with his “colleagues”. In Kyrgyzstan Akmal was asked to accompany one of the men to China. The man claimed to own a nightclub there and said he wanted Akmal to sing in his club. Excited at the prospect, Akmal agreed to travel to China with him; Before boarding the plane Akmal was asked to carry this mans suitcase, he did so without knowing that there were drugs in it.
- Document type Legal Representation
- Themes list Networks,
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Monitoring and Evaluation
By Louisa Gosling / Bond - For International Development, on 1 January 2010
2010
Campaigning
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Monitoring is the routine tracking of the key elements of programme/project performance, usually inputs and outputs and some of the outcomes, through record-keeping, regular reporting and surveillance systems as well as observation and studiesyour. Evaluation attempts to link a particular output or outcome directly to an intervention after a period of time has passed. An evaluation is usually carried out at some significant stage in the project’s development, e.g. at the end of a planning period, as the project moves to a new phase, or in response to a particular critical issue. This guide explains how to conduct monitoring and evaluation of your projects.
- Document type Campaigning
- Themes list Networks,
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Factsheet for Parliamentarians
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2016
2016
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While the death penalty remains, persons with mental disabilities are at risk of being sentenced to death and executed in breach of international standards. This briefing paper provides concrete examples of what can be done to address this risk, including by ensuring that all states have laws that embed international protections in their domestic legislation and by extending protection to those with [serious] mental illness not covered by existing proscriptions against executing persons affected by “insanity”.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Mental Illness, Intellectual Disability,
- Available languages Fiche pratique pour les parlementaires
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Factsheet – Lawyers
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
2020
Academic report
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While the death penalty remains, persons with mental disabilities are at risk of being sentenced to death and executed in breach of international standards. This briefing paper provides concrete examples of what can be done to address this risk, including by ensuring that adequate mental health expertise is available for defendants in capital cases in which mental or intellectual disabilities are claimed as a factor.
- Document type Academic report
- Themes list Mental Illness, Intellectual Disability,
- Available languages Fiche pratique pour les avocats
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Capital Punishment Curriculum
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2009
2009
Campaigning
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This course is intended to introduce a comparative study of the death penalty in abolitionist versus retentionist countries, based on the prohibition of this punishment in International conventions. It is designed primarily for use in US law schools, with emphasis on US law, but should prove instructive in other locations.
- Document type Campaigning
- Themes list Networks,
- Available languages 世界反死刑联盟 2009 年废除死刑教材 以法学院为对象之课程设计
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Poster – 12th World Day
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
2020
Academic report
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Poster of the 12th World Day against the Death Penalty dedicated to mental health:Mental disorder is never a crimeCare. Don’t kill
- Document type Academic report
- Themes list Mental Illness, Intellectual Disability,
- Available languages плакат - Всемирный день海報 - 2014 年世界反死刑日Cartel - Día Mundial 2014بوستر اليوم العالمى 2014پوستر روز جهانی سال 2014Affiche Journée mondiale 2014
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Ratification Kit for Parliamentarians
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2017
2017
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Parliamentarians are essential to the process of abolition in several ways. They are central to law-making in their own countries and in most countries, the ultimate decision on ratification rests with parliament, which must approve ratification. This new tool will help them understand the importance and the process of ratification and it will help civil society engage with them.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list International law,
- Available languages Kit de ratification pour les parlementairesKit de ratificación para los parlamentarios
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The Failed Failsafe: The Politics of Executive Clemency
By Cathleen Burnett / Texas Journal on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights, on 1 January 2003
2003
Article
United States
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This article discusses the role of executive clemency in light of the current political environment. Attending to the political aspects of the capital litigation process gives insight into the trends in the use of executive clemency
- Document type Article
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Clemency,
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Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG)
on 15 December 2023
As a human rights documentation NGO, TJWG has published biennial reports on public executions in North Korea based on interviews with North Korean defectors in 2017, 2019 and 2021. TJWG has also been calling for the complete abolition of the death penalty in North and South Korea, which has maintained it in the laws even […]
2023
Republic of Korea
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Death penalty in India Presentation
By Shreya Rastogi, on 1 January 2017
2017
Multimedia content
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Presentation of Shreya Rastogi, from the University of New Dehli, for the plenary session on poverty and the death penalty which took place during the 2017 General Assembly of the World Coalition
- Document type Multimedia content
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Pictures at an execution: The condemned in art
By BBC / Jason Farago, on 1 January 2014
2014
Article
United States
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This article discusses a new art exhibition in Los Angeles which aims to humanise condemned prisoners. It continues to situate the exhibition in the greater context of the depiction of the death penalty in art history. The conversation this article raises is the link the death penalty in art history has with creating a public discussion. From the sword to the electric chair, the death penalty has inspired challenging art, writes Jason Farago.
- Document type Article
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Public debate,
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Detailed Factsheet – World Day 2023
By World coalition against the death penalty, on 2 October 2023
2023
Campaigning
World Coalition
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Detailed factsheet on the link between torture and the death penalty, to mark the 21st World Day against the Death Penalty.Detailed factsheet on the link between torture and the death penalty, to mark the 21st World Day against the Death Penalty.
- Document type Campaigning / World Coalition
- Available languages Fiche détaillée - Journée mondiale 2023
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Coordination Eveil et cause pour l’Unité nationale et la lutte contre l’esclavage
on 30 April 2020
The Coordination Eveil et cause pour l’Unité nationale et la lutte contre l’eclavage is a non-governmental organization focused on the fight against slavery and its aftereffects. Created on 22 February 2012, it promotes a culture of Human rights and strenghten the national unity and and the bonds of love and brotherhood between every part of […]
2020
Mauritania
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Whom the State Kills
By Harvard Law Review / Scott Phillips / Justin Marceau, on 1 January 2020
2020
Article
United States
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An unexpected feature of the modern death penalty is the fact that most persons sentenced to death are not executed […]. Death sentences are remarkably poor predictors of who will ultimately be executed. An even more salient feature of the death penalty is the fat that race matters […]. Rarity and race, then, stand as hallmarks of the American death penalty. But until now the interaction of these two phenomena has not been studied. This Article examines whether race is relevant for understanding the fate of the unfortunate few […]. By combining Baldus’s sentencing data whith original execution data, we demonstrate that the overall execution is susbsentially greater for defendants convicted of killing a white victim than for those convicted of killing a Black victim.
- Document type Article
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Discrimination,
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Felony-Murder in Ohio: Felony-Murder or Murder-Felony?
By Dana K. Cole / Ohio State Law Journal, on 1 January 2002
2002
Article
United States
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Ohio’s aggravated felony-murder rule and felony-murder death penalty specification provisions apply where a death occurs “while committing or attempting to commit” certain enumerated felonies. In a line of cases beginning in 1996, the Ohio Supreme Court broadly interpreted this statutory language to include situations where the intent to commit the underlying felony was formed subsequent to the death, as a complete afterthought. With these cases, the Ohio Supreme Court departed from the majority view that the intent to commit the underlying felony must precede or co-exist with the death. The author argues that this new statutory interpretation represents an unwarranted expansion of the felony-murder rule that disregards the statutory language, ignores the underlying purpose of the rule, and dispenses with traditional safeguards designed to ameliorate its harshness. The author further argues that applying this new statutory interpretation to the felony-murder death penalty specification potentially selects for death those who are not necessarily the most deserving of this ultimate punishment. The author suggests that the solution must be a legislative one.
- Document type Article
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Capital offences, Arbitrariness,
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South Korea’s changing capital punishment policy: The road from de facto to formal abolition
By Byung-Sun Cho / Punishment and Society, on 8 September 2020
2020
Article
Republic of Korea
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The most recent executions in South Korea took place in December 1997, when 23 people were executed at short notice on the same day. Similarly, nineteen executions occurred in 1995 and 15 in 1994, in each instance occurring all on the same day. These group executions seem to reflect cultural factors that monthly statistics alone do not capture. No executions have occurred since 1998, but this de facto suspension has not been reinforced by law. Since 1999, lawmakers have thrice endorsed a bill favoring life imprisonment without parole in place of the death penalty, but each time the proposal has stalled and failed to move forward. The need remains to develop a culturally appropriate pro-abolition argument that could persuade the Korean public that the death penalty is unworkable and wrong. On 21 January 2007, in the Inhyeokdang case, the Korean Court acquitted 8 persons who had been executed 32 years earlier. The hope is that, in light of strong arguments based on the risk to innocent persons and the irreversibility of capital punishment, Korea will effectively transition from de facto to formal abolition.
- Document type Article
- Countries list Republic of Korea
- Themes list Trend Towards Abolition,
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Abortion, Capital Punishment, and the Politics of “God’s” Will
By Kimberly J. Cook / William and Mary Bill of Rights Journal, on 8 September 2020
Article
United States
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In her paper, Professor Kimberly J. Cook uses statistics to illustrate the role the Christian Right plays in the public discourse over two issues permeated with religious overtones: abortion and the death penalty. She shows how the Christian Right’s approach to these issues is based on an ideological notion of ‘Justice ” that is primarily focused on vengeance and punishment, to the exclusion of forgiveness. Professor Cook’s exploration of the modern roots of this ideology leads to a movement dating from the 1960s known as Christian Reconstructionism, which advocates using state action to enforce its unique interpretation of “God’s Will.” This interpretation not only advocates an expansive view of the death penalty, but also patriarchal gender roles backed by force of law, religious intolerance, and the manifest goal of establishing a global Christian theocracy. Though it has been publicly disavowed by mainstream Christian Fundamentalists, Professor Cook argues that Reconstructionism has become the cornerstone of the Christian Right. To support this assertion, she compares current Christian Right socio-political goals with Reconstructionist theology. Professor Cook concludes with a warning that the Christian Right’s political power, coupled with its Reconstructionist influenced ideology, places our constitutional protections at risk.
- Document type Article
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Religion ,
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MVFHR 飄洋過海來看你:看見被害人 20100704 台北信義誠品
By Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty / Murder Victims' Families for Human Rights / YouTube, on 1 January 2011
2011
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這部短片是2010年美國被害人團體來台的報導(很抱歉,晚了一年才整理出來),今年,MVFHR將再度來台,並且也邀請日本的被害人團體一起在台灣巡迴演講「夜照亮了夜:身為被害人」(http://www.taedp.org.tw/index.php?load=read&id=964)
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Murder Victims' Families,
- Available languages MVFHR Asia Speech Tour in Korea & Japan
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Lobbying Kit
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2017
2017
Lobbying
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The kit aims at providing step-by-step advice on how to lobby government decision-makers at all stages of the ratification process. It includes: model letters , model press release, advice on how and when to use information contained in this kit.
- Document type Lobbying
- Themes list Networks,
- Available languages Kit de Lobbying
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I don’t want another kid to die: Families of Victims Murdered by Juveniles Oppose Juvenile Executions
By Robert Renny Cushing / Susannah Sheffer / Murder Victims' Families for Human Rights, on 8 September 2020
2020
NGO report
United States
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“I don’t want another kid to die” is a report about the juvenile death penalty from the perspective of family members of victims killed by juvenile offenders and parents of juvenile offenders who have been executed.
- Document type NGO report
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Juveniles, Murder Victims' Families,
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Advancing drug policy reform: a new approach to decriminalization
By Global Commission on Drug Policy, on 1 January 2016
2016
NGO report
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The Global Commission produces technical and policy reports to ground evidence-based recommendations in human rights, health and development. Political reports focus on drug policy reform generally and provide recommendations to countries in areas such as decriminalization; health and security; alternatives to incarceration for low-level people involved in the production, transport or selling of drugs; more intelligent measures against violent organizations and policy innovations such as legal, regulated markets.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Drug Offences, Sentencing Alternatives, Death Penalty,
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Counting executions: data analysis by justice project pakistan
By Justice Project Pakistan, on 1 January 2017
2017
Academic report
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Facts and figures of the executions in Pakistan from december 2014 to May 2017
- Document type Academic report
- Themes list Death Penalty, Country/Regional profiles,
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Crime and punishment: Public perception, judgment and opinion
By Penal Reform International / M. Chernyanskaya / A. Akulenko / SATIO Group, on 1 January 2013
2013
NGO report
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In 2013, PRI commissioned a detailed survey of public opinion about crime, punishment and the death penalty in Belarus.Market researchers, Satio, conducted the survey, interviewing 1,000 participants. The results show that opinions around capital punishment are more varied and nuanced than is often stated, while public attitudes about crime in general are strongly affected by respondents’ social position, background and emotions.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Public opinion,
- Available languages Преступление и наказание: восприятие, оценки, отношение общества
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Searchable Execution Database
By Death Penalty Information Center, on 1 January 2011
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
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Film: “Execution”
By Steven Scaffidi / Ghost Rider Pictures, on 8 September 2020
2020
Academic report
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Amnesty International Presents a Groundbreaking Film Event That Takes the Audience to the Front Row of an Execution–Regal Cinemas opens its doors in eight major cities across America for this first-of-a-kind motion picture less than 1 week after California’s attempt to repeal the death penalty fails.
- Document type Academic report
- Themes list Innocence,
Document(s)
Saudi Arabia: Defying world trends – Saudi Arabia’s extensive use of capital punishment
By Amnesty International, on 8 September 2020
NGO report
Saudi Arabia
arfrMore details See the document
This document examines the death penalty in Saudi Arabia and how it is sustained by a mixture of legal, judicial and political factors, whose redress requires a strong political will from the Saudi Arabian government together with a consistent concern and assistance by the international community.
- Document type NGO report
- Countries list Saudi Arabia
- Themes list Religion , Country/Regional profiles,
- Available languages السعودية :تحدي الاتجاهات العالميةالاستخدام الواسع لعقوبة الإعدام في السعوديةArabie Saoudite: Un recours massif à la peine capitale
Document(s)
Innocence
By The North Atlantic Innocence Project / The Innocence Project / YouTube, on 1 January 2009
2009
Arguments against the death penalty
More details See the document
This event was held by the North Atlantic Innocence Project. The video explores post conviction evidence that can prove innocence after conviction. Testimonials from the exonerated, a victim and from a police officier who works on post conviction cases.
- Document type Arguments against the death penalty
- Themes list Innocence,
Document(s)
Innocence Lost: A Play About Steven Truscott
By Beverley Cooper / Centaur Theater Company, on 1 January 2013
2013
Working with...
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In 1959, the Canadian justice system nearly killed an innocent 14-year-old boy. The fact that Steven Truscott was wrongly convicted of the rape and murder of 12-year-old Lynne Harper that year, and sentenced to hang, now seems surreal. All the more so since he’s alive and well and living quietly with his family after 10 years of unjust incarceration – and many more years as an obscure factory worker, father and grandfather, after suffering the consequences of a destroyed reputation.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Public opinion, Innocence,
Document(s)
AFRICAN CHARTER ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS
By African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, on 8 September 1981
1981
United Nations report
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ARTICLE 4Human beings are inviolable. Every human being shall be entitled to respect for his life and the integrity of his person. No one may be arbitrarily deprived of this right.ARTICLE 5Every individual shall have the right to the respect of the dignity inherent in a human being and to the recognition of his legal status. All forms of exploitation and degradation of man, particularly slavery, slave trade, torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment and treatment shall be prohibited.
- Document type United Nations report
- Themes list International law,
- Available languages Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples
Document(s)
Individual Statement of Commissioner Renny Cushing
By Death Penalty Information Center, on 1 January 2010
2010
Working with...
More details See the document
Individual Statement of Commissioner Renny Cushing
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Murder Victims' Families, Death Penalty, Country/Regional profiles,
Document(s)
Ratification Kit – Morocco
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
2020
Academic report
Morocco
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This Ratification Kit is designed for government decision-makers. It gives the procedure to ratify or accede to the Protocol and arguments to convince target countries to endorse it. Governments are not likely to have an expert understanding of the Second Optional Protocol. This document may contain answers to government concerns that will be addressed to you during your lobbying action.
- Document type Academic report
- Countries list Morocco
- Themes list International law,
- Available languages Kit de ratification - MarocKit de ratificación - Marruecos
Document(s)
Ratificationt Kit Angola
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2017
2017
Lobbying
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This Ratification Kit is designed for government decision-makers. It gives the procedure to ratify or accede to the Protocol and arguments to convince target countries to endorse it. Governments are not likely to have an expert understanding of the Second Optional Protocol. This document may contain answers to government concerns that will be addressed to you during your lobbying action.
- Document type Lobbying
- Themes list International law,
- Available languages Kit de ratification AngolaKit de ratificación Angola
Document(s)
Ratification Kit – Madagascar
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
2020
Academic report
Madagascar
frMore details Download [ pdf - 524 Ko ]
This Ratification Kit is designed for government decision-makers. It gives the procedure to ratify or accede to the Protocol and arguments to convince target countries to endorse it. Governments are not likely to have an expert understanding of the Second Optional Protocol. This document may contain answers to government concerns that will be addressed to you during your lobbying action.
- Document type Academic report
- Countries list Madagascar
- Themes list International law,
- Available languages Kit de ratification - Madagascar
Document(s)
Ratification Kit – Dominican Republic
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
Academic report
Dominican Republic
fresMore details Download [ pdf - 144 Ko ]
This Ratification Kit is designed for government decision-makers. It gives the procedure to ratify or accede to the Protocol and arguments to convince target countries to endorse it. Governments are not likely to have an expert understanding of the Second Optional Protocol. This document may contain answers to government concerns that will be addressed to you during your lobbying action.
- Document type Academic report
- Countries list Dominican Republic
- Themes list International law,
- Available languages Kit de ratification - République dominicaineKit de ratificación - República Dominicana
Document(s)
Ratification Kit – Togo
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
Academic report
Togo
frMore details Download [ pdf - 143 Ko ]
This Ratification Kit is designed for government decision-makers. It gives the procedure to ratify or accede to the Protocol and arguments to convince target countries to endorse it. Governments are not likely to have an expert understanding of the Second Optional Protocol. This document may contain answers to government concerns that will be addressed to you during your lobbying action.
- Document type Academic report
- Countries list Togo
- Themes list International law,
- Available languages Kit de ratification - Togo
Document(s)
Ratification Kit – Sierra Leone
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
Academic report
Sierra Leone
esfrMore details Download [ pdf - 199 Ko ]
This Ratification Kit is designed for government decision-makers. It gives the procedure to ratify or accede to the Protocol and arguments to convince target countries to endorse it. Governments are not likely to have an expert understanding of the Second Optional Protocol. This document may contain answers to government concerns that will be addressed to you during your lobbying action.
- Document type Academic report
- Countries list Sierra Leone
- Themes list International law,
- Available languages Kit de Ratificación – Sierra LeoneKit de ratification - Sierra Leone
Document(s)
Ratificationt Kit – Cambodia
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
Academic report
Cambodia
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This Ratification Kit is designed for government decision-makers. It gives the procedure to ratify or accede to the Protocol and arguments to convince target countries to endorse it. Governments are not likely to have an expert understanding of the Second Optional Protocol. This document may contain answers to government concerns that will be addressed to you during your lobbying action.
- Document type Academic report
- Countries list Cambodia
- Themes list International law,
- Available languages Kit de ratification - CambodgeKit de ratificación - Camboya
Document(s)
Ratification Kit – Samoa
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 13 July 2022
2022
Academic report
Samoa
esfrfresMore details Download [ pdf - 199 Ko ]
This Ratification Kit is designed for government decision-makers. It gives the procedure to ratify or accede to the Protocol and arguments to convince target countries to endorse it. Governments are not likely to have an expert understanding of the Second Optional Protocol. This document may contain answers to government concerns that will be addressed to you during your lobbying action.
- Document type Academic report
- Countries list Samoa
- Themes list International law,
- Available languages Kit de Ratification - SamoaKit de ratification - SamoaKit de ratificación - Samoa
Document(s)
Capital Punishment, 2009 – Statistics Tables
By Bureau of Justice Statistics / US Department of Justice, on 8 September 2020
2020
NGO report
United States
More details See the document
At yearend 2009, 36 states and the Federal Bureau of Prisons held 3,173 inmates under sentence of death, which was 37 fewer inmates than at yearend 2008. This represents the ninth consecutive year that the population has decreased. California, Florida, Texas, and Pennsylvania held half of all inmates on death row as of December 31, 2009. The Federal Bureau of Prisons held 55 inmates.
- Document type NGO report
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Networks, Statistics,
Document(s)
Kit Cities for Life – 2016
By Community of Saint Egidio, on 8 September 2020
Academic report
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The International DayCities for Life – Cities against the DeathPenalty, is the largest international mobilization ofthe abolitionist movement.Its objective is to establish a dialogue within thecivil society on the topic and involve localadministrators, aiming at abolishing the deathpenalty and making the rejection of violence thetrue identity of a city and its citizens.
- Document type Academic report
- Available languages Kit pour les Villes contre la peine de mort - 2016Kit Ciudades contra la Pena de Muerte - 2016
Document(s)
on 1 January 2020
2020
Book
India
More details See the document
In Abolishing the Death Penalty: Why India Should Say No to Capital Punishment, Gopalkrishna Gandhi asks fundamental questions about the death penalty. Is taking another life a just punishment or an act as inhuman as the crime that triggered it? Does having capital punishment in the law books deter crime? His conclusions are unequivocal: Cruel in its operation, ineffectual as deterrence, unequal in its application in an uneven society, liable like any punishment to be in error but incorrigibly so, these grievous flaws that are intrinsic to the death penalty are compounded by yet another—it leaves the need for retribution unrequited and simply makes society more bloodthirsty.Examining capital punishment around the world from the time of Socrates onwards, the author delves into how the penalty was applied in India during the times of Asoka, Sikandar Lodi, Krishnadevaraya, the Peshwas and the British Raj, and how it works today.
- Document type Book
- Countries list India
- Themes list Public debate, Deterrence , Trend Towards Abolition, Right to life, Death Penalty, Country/Regional profiles,
Member(s)
Norden Directions
on 30 April 2020
Norden Directions is an Australian non-government organisation founded in 2009. It focuses on policy in relation to social justice and human rights issues both within Australia and overseas. It has contributed to the abolition of the death penalty internationally in public debate over the past decade. Its Director, Professor Peter Norden AO, is an experienced […]
2020
Australia
Document(s)
Infinite Hope: How Wrongful Conviction, Solitary Confinement, and 12 years on Death Row Failed to Kill My Soul
By Anthony Graves / Beacon Press, on 1 January 2018
2018
Book
United States
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Autobiography of Anthony Graves, an innocent exonerated from death row in the USA. In the summer of 1992, a family was beaten and stabbed to death in Somerville, Texas. The perpetrator set the house on fire to cover his tracks, deepening the heinousness of the crime and rocking the tiny community to its core. Authorities were eager to make an arrest. Five days later, Anthony Graves was in custody.Graves was indicted, convicted of capital murder, sentenced to death, and, over the course of twelve years on death row, given two execution dates. He was not freed for eighteen years, two months, four days.
- Document type Book
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Innocence, Death Row Conditions, Death Penalty,
Document(s)
Capital Punishment & Social Rights Research Initiative – Texas
By Barbara Laubenthal, on 12 February 2023
2023
Multimedia content
Death Row Conditions
United States
More details See the document
The Capital Punishment and Social Rights Research Initiative assesses and analyzes the access of men and women on U.S. death rows to social rights such as health care, social contacts, visitation, communication, recreation and spiritual support. CPSR’s info series on living conditions on death row, state by state. Part 1: Texas
- Document type Multimedia content
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Death Row Conditions
Document(s)
Death Sentencing in Black and White: An Empirical Analysis of the Role of Jurors’ Race and Jury Racial Composition
By William J. Bowers / Marla Sandys / Benjamin D. Steiner / University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law, on 1 January 2001
2001
Article
United States
More details See the document
Do black jurors view a crime or its appropriate punishment differently than their white counterparts? Are their perspectives influenced by the race of the defendant or victim? Are blacks on white-dominated capital juries intimidated or coerced into voting for the death penalty?
- Document type Article
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Networks,
Document(s)
Towards an Islamic Critique of Capital Punishment
By Robert Postawko / Journal of Islamic and Near Eastern Law, on 1 January 2002
2002
Article
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
More details See the document
In general, Muslim nations recognize the validity of the death penalty, and many frequently impose it. According to Amnesty International, between 1985 and mid-1988, Saudi Arabia executed 140 prisoners for the crimes of murder, robbery with violence, drug smuggling or distribution, and adultery. During the same period, Pakistan executed 115, primarily for the crime of murder. Hundreds every year faced the firing squad in Iraq for murder, desertion, treason, sabotage, and economic corruption. At the same time, the Islamic Republic of Iran executed more than 743 inmates for murder, drug crimes, political offenses, prostitution, adultery and other “moral offenses,” including “being corrupt on earth” and “being at enmity with God.” In face of the widespread acceptance of the death penalty within the Muslim world, this essay explores the contours of an Islamic argument against capital punishment. The argument is not, and cannot be, an appeal for the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances. It does call into question, however, the legitimacy – indeed, the legality in accordance with the principles of classical Islamic law, or the Shari’ah – of capital punishment as it is practiced in the era of Islamization.
- Document type Article
- Countries list Iran (Islamic Republic of)
- Themes list Religion , Capital offences, Most Serious Crimes,
Document(s)
When the Wall has Fallen: Decades of Failure in the Supervision of Capital Juries
By Jose Felipe Anderson / Ohio Northern University Law Review, on 1 January 2000
2000
Article
United States
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Although there is no constitutional requirement that a jury participate in the death penalty process, most states do provide, through their capital punishment statutes, that a jury will participate in the decision. The preference for jury sentencing in these circumstances reflects a reluctance to leave power over life solely in the hands of one judge. Still, some scholars have long criticized juries for administering punishment.
- Document type Article
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Fair Trial,
Document(s)
Digital Security and Privacy for Human Rights Defenders
By Frontline, on 1 January 2007
2007
Working with...
enesMore details See the document
What do we do when things go wrong? When our computers break down and annihilate years of hard work? When our emails do not reach the addressees or when we cannot access a website? How do we react to a news story of a virus damaging computers around the world, or to an email purportedly from a friend, asking to open the attached file? Uninformed decisions lead to bad choices, and blind reliance on technology often results in costly mistakes. This book is not aimed at a computer wizard. Its purposes are educating ordinary computer users and providing them with solutions to problems of privacy and security in a modern digital environment.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Networks,
- Available languages Viêt Namese : Những biến chuyển về mặt Pháp Lý về sự riêng tư trên Internet và quyền tự do ngôn luận ảnh hưởng đến công việc và sự an toàn của những nhà Đấu Tranh Nhân Quyền toàn cầu.Seguridad y Provicidad Digital para los Defendores de los Derechos Humanos
Document(s)
Mongolian : АЗИ ТИВ ДЭХ ЭНЭРЭЛГҮЙ ШУДАРГА БУС ЯВДАЛ Шударга бусaap шүүх явдлыг зогсоож, цаазын ялыг халъя
By Amnesty International / Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network, on 8 September 2020
2020
NGO report
enenenenenenenenzh-hantMore details See the document
Ази, Номхон далайн бүсэд дэлхийн бусад орнуудыг нийлүүлж тооцсоноос ч илүү олон хүнийг цаазалж байна. Үүнээс гадна тэр хүмүүсийг шударга бус шүүхээр шүүсэн байх магадлалтай бөгөөд энэхүү шийтгэл нь асар ичгүүргүй, шударга бус болох нь улам ойлгомжтой болсоор байна.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Fair Trial,
- Available languages Korean : 아시아에서의 치명적 불의 불공정 재판을 멈춰라, 사형집행을 중단하라.Thai : การประหารชีวิตที่อยุติธรรม ในภูมิภาคเอเชีย ยุติการพิจารณาคดีที่ไม่เป็นธรรม ยกเลิกการประหารชีวิตUrdu : یفاصناان کلہم ںیم ایشیا ںیرک متخ توم ےازس ،دنب تامدقم ہنافصنمریغTagalog : NAKAMAMATAY NA KAWALAN NG KATARUNGAN SA ASYA Itigil ang Di Makatarungang paglilitis, Itigil ang PagbitayJapanese : 不当に奪われる生命 ~アジアにおける不公正な裁判を止め、 死刑執行の停止を~Hindi : एशिया में घातक अन्याय: समाप्ति अनुचित परीक्षण, सज़ाएँ बंद करोIndonesian : KETIDAKADILAN YANG MEMATIKAN DI ASIA Akhiri peradilan yang tidak adil, hentikan eksekusiLethal Injustice in Asia: End unfair trials, stop executions亚洲的致命不公: 终止不公审判,停止处决
Document(s)
Korean : 아시아에서의 치명적 불의 불공정 재판을 멈춰라, 사형집행을 중단하라.
By Amnesty International / Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network, on 8 September 2020
NGO report
enenenenenenenenzh-hantMore details See the document
아시아∙태평양 지역에서는 세계 나머지 모든 곳을 다 합친 것보다 더 많은 사람이 사형을 당한다. 게다가 불공정한 재판을 받고 사형당할 가능성까지 감안하면 사형이 얼마나 부당한 제도인지 명백히 드러난다. 공정한 재판을 받지 못한 채 사형이 집행된 후에는 이를 되돌이킬 방법이 전혀 없다.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Fair Trial,
- Available languages Thai : การประหารชีวิตที่อยุติธรรม ในภูมิภาคเอเชีย ยุติการพิจารณาคดีที่ไม่เป็นธรรม ยกเลิกการประหารชีวิตUrdu : یفاصناان کلہم ںیم ایشیا ںیرک متخ توم ےازس ،دنب تامدقم ہنافصنمریغTagalog : NAKAMAMATAY NA KAWALAN NG KATARUNGAN SA ASYA Itigil ang Di Makatarungang paglilitis, Itigil ang PagbitayMongolian : АЗИ ТИВ ДЭХ ЭНЭРЭЛГҮЙ ШУДАРГА БУС ЯВДАЛ Шударга бусaap шүүх явдлыг зогсоож, цаазын ялыг халъяJapanese : 不当に奪われる生命 ~アジアにおける不公正な裁判を止め、 死刑執行の停止を~Hindi : एशिया में घातक अन्याय: समाप्ति अनुचित परीक्षण, सज़ाएँ बंद करोIndonesian : KETIDAKADILAN YANG MEMATIKAN DI ASIA Akhiri peradilan yang tidak adil, hentikan eksekusiLethal Injustice in Asia: End unfair trials, stop executions亚洲的致命不公: 终止不公审判,停止处决
Document(s)
Thai : การประหารชีวิตที่อยุติธรรม ในภูมิภาคเอเชีย ยุติการพิจารณาคดีที่ไม่เป็นธรรม ยกเลิกการประหารชีวิต
By Amnesty International / Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network, on 8 September 2020
NGO report
enenenenenenenenzh-hantMore details See the document
ในเอเชียแปซิฟิกมีจ
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Fair Trial,
- Available languages Korean : 아시아에서의 치명적 불의 불공정 재판을 멈춰라, 사형집행을 중단하라.Urdu : یفاصناان کلہم ںیم ایشیا ںیرک متخ توم ےازس ،دنب تامدقم ہنافصنمریغTagalog : NAKAMAMATAY NA KAWALAN NG KATARUNGAN SA ASYA Itigil ang Di Makatarungang paglilitis, Itigil ang PagbitayMongolian : АЗИ ТИВ ДЭХ ЭНЭРЭЛГҮЙ ШУДАРГА БУС ЯВДАЛ Шударга бусaap шүүх явдлыг зогсоож, цаазын ялыг халъяJapanese : 不当に奪われる生命 ~アジアにおける不公正な裁判を止め、 死刑執行の停止を~Hindi : एशिया में घातक अन्याय: समाप्ति अनुचित परीक्षण, सज़ाएँ बंद करोIndonesian : KETIDAKADILAN YANG MEMATIKAN DI ASIA Akhiri peradilan yang tidak adil, hentikan eksekusiLethal Injustice in Asia: End unfair trials, stop executions亚洲的致命不公: 终止不公审判,停止处决
Document(s)
Urdu : یفاصناان کلہم ںیم ایشیا ںیرک متخ توم ےازس ،دنب تامدقم ہنافصنمریغ
By Amnesty International / Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network, on 8 September 2020
NGO report
enenenenenenenenzh-hantMore details See the document
ںیم سا ۔ےہ یتاج ید توم ےازس وک دارفا ہدایز ےس ایند یقاب ںیم ےطخ کفسیپ ایشیا ںیم ےجیتن ےک تعامس ہنافصنمریغ ںیہنا ہک ےئاج ایل رک لماش یھب وک ناکما سا رگا ۔ےہ یتاجوہ حضاو یفاصناان یعومجم یک ازس سا وت یئگ ید ازس
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Fair Trial,
- Available languages Korean : 아시아에서의 치명적 불의 불공정 재판을 멈춰라, 사형집행을 중단하라.Thai : การประหารชีวิตที่อยุติธรรม ในภูมิภาคเอเชีย ยุติการพิจารณาคดีที่ไม่เป็นธรรม ยกเลิกการประหารชีวิตTagalog : NAKAMAMATAY NA KAWALAN NG KATARUNGAN SA ASYA Itigil ang Di Makatarungang paglilitis, Itigil ang PagbitayMongolian : АЗИ ТИВ ДЭХ ЭНЭРЭЛГҮЙ ШУДАРГА БУС ЯВДАЛ Шударга бусaap шүүх явдлыг зогсоож, цаазын ялыг халъяJapanese : 不当に奪われる生命 ~アジアにおける不公正な裁判を止め、 死刑執行の停止を~Hindi : एशिया में घातक अन्याय: समाप्ति अनुचित परीक्षण, सज़ाएँ बंद करोIndonesian : KETIDAKADILAN YANG MEMATIKAN DI ASIA Akhiri peradilan yang tidak adil, hentikan eksekusiLethal Injustice in Asia: End unfair trials, stop executions亚洲的致命不公: 终止不公审判,停止处决
Document(s)
Tagalog : NAKAMAMATAY NA KAWALAN NG KATARUNGAN SA ASYA Itigil ang Di Makatarungang paglilitis, Itigil ang Pagbitay
By Amnesty International / Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network, on 8 September 2020
NGO report
enenenenenenenenzh-hantMore details See the document
Mas maraming tao ang pinarusahan ng kamatayan sa Rehiyong Asya-Pasipikokung ikukumpara sa pinagsamang iba pang bahagi ng mundo. Idagdag pa rito ang probabilidad na sila ay binitay pagkatapos ng di-makatarungang paglilitis, at lalong lilinaw ang garapal na inhustisya ng parusang ito.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Fair Trial,
- Available languages Korean : 아시아에서의 치명적 불의 불공정 재판을 멈춰라, 사형집행을 중단하라.Thai : การประหารชีวิตที่อยุติธรรม ในภูมิภาคเอเชีย ยุติการพิจารณาคดีที่ไม่เป็นธรรม ยกเลิกการประหารชีวิตUrdu : یفاصناان کلہم ںیم ایشیا ںیرک متخ توم ےازس ،دنب تامدقم ہنافصنمریغMongolian : АЗИ ТИВ ДЭХ ЭНЭРЭЛГҮЙ ШУДАРГА БУС ЯВДАЛ Шударга бусaap шүүх явдлыг зогсоож, цаазын ялыг халъяJapanese : 不当に奪われる生命 ~アジアにおける不公正な裁判を止め、 死刑執行の停止を~Hindi : एशिया में घातक अन्याय: समाप्ति अनुचित परीक्षण, सज़ाएँ बंद करोIndonesian : KETIDAKADILAN YANG MEMATIKAN DI ASIA Akhiri peradilan yang tidak adil, hentikan eksekusiLethal Injustice in Asia: End unfair trials, stop executions亚洲的致命不公: 终止不公审判,停止处决
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Japanese : 不当に奪われる生命 ~アジアにおける不公正な裁判を止め、 死刑執行の停止を~
By Amnesty International / Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network, on 8 September 2020
NGO report
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アジア太平洋地域における死刑の執行数は、世界の他の地域の合計数よりも多い。その上、不公正な裁判で処刑された可能性や、死刑の著しい不正義が明らかに なっている。誤判で死刑判決が言い渡されると、取り返しがつかない。アジア 太平洋地域の人口の95パーセントが、 死刑を存置
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Fair Trial,
- Available languages Korean : 아시아에서의 치명적 불의 불공정 재판을 멈춰라, 사형집행을 중단하라.Thai : การประหารชีวิตที่อยุติธรรม ในภูมิภาคเอเชีย ยุติการพิจารณาคดีที่ไม่เป็นธรรม ยกเลิกการประหารชีวิตUrdu : یفاصناان کلہم ںیم ایشیا ںیرک متخ توم ےازس ،دنب تامدقم ہنافصنمریغTagalog : NAKAMAMATAY NA KAWALAN NG KATARUNGAN SA ASYA Itigil ang Di Makatarungang paglilitis, Itigil ang PagbitayMongolian : АЗИ ТИВ ДЭХ ЭНЭРЭЛГҮЙ ШУДАРГА БУС ЯВДАЛ Шударга бусaap шүүх явдлыг зогсоож, цаазын ялыг халъяHindi : एशिया में घातक अन्याय: समाप्ति अनुचित परीक्षण, सज़ाएँ बंद करोIndonesian : KETIDAKADILAN YANG MEMATIKAN DI ASIA Akhiri peradilan yang tidak adil, hentikan eksekusiLethal Injustice in Asia: End unfair trials, stop executions亚洲的致命不公: 终止不公审判,停止处决
Document(s)
Hindi : एशिया में घातक अन्याय: समाप्ति अनुचित परीक्षण, सज़ाएँ बंद करो
By Amnesty International / Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network, on 8 September 2020
NGO report
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संयुक्त दुनिया के बाकी की तुलना में एशिया – प्रशांत क्षेत्र में और अधिक लोगों को क्रियान्वित कर रहे हैं. इस संभावना है कि वे एक अनुचित परीक्षण के बाद मार डाला गया जोड़ें, और इस सज़ा के सकल अन्याय सब भी स्पष्ट हो जाता है.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Fair Trial,
- Available languages Korean : 아시아에서의 치명적 불의 불공정 재판을 멈춰라, 사형집행을 중단하라.Thai : การประหารชีวิตที่อยุติธรรม ในภูมิภาคเอเชีย ยุติการพิจารณาคดีที่ไม่เป็นธรรม ยกเลิกการประหารชีวิตUrdu : یفاصناان کلہم ںیم ایشیا ںیرک متخ توم ےازس ،دنب تامدقم ہنافصنمریغTagalog : NAKAMAMATAY NA KAWALAN NG KATARUNGAN SA ASYA Itigil ang Di Makatarungang paglilitis, Itigil ang PagbitayMongolian : АЗИ ТИВ ДЭХ ЭНЭРЭЛГҮЙ ШУДАРГА БУС ЯВДАЛ Шударга бусaap шүүх явдлыг зогсоож, цаазын ялыг халъяJapanese : 不当に奪われる生命 ~アジアにおける不公正な裁判を止め、 死刑執行の停止を~Indonesian : KETIDAKADILAN YANG MEMATIKAN DI ASIA Akhiri peradilan yang tidak adil, hentikan eksekusiLethal Injustice in Asia: End unfair trials, stop executions亚洲的致命不公: 终止不公审判,停止处决
Document(s)
Illegal Racial Discrimination in Jury Selection: A Continuing Legacy
By Equal Justice Initiative, on 1 January 2010
2010
NGO report
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Today in America, there is perhaps no arena of public life or governmental administration where racial discrimination is more widespread, apparent, and seemingly tolerate than in the selection of juries. Nearly 135 years after Congress enacted the 1875 Civil Rights Act to eliminate racially discriminatory jury selection, the practice continues, especially in serious criminal and capital cases.
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Networks,
Document(s)
Wrongful Convicitions in Californian Capital Cases
By Death Penalty Focus, on 1 January 2008
2008
Legal Representation
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This report details the cases of thirteen men and one woman who were convicted of first degree murder in California and later freed after a court concluded that they had been wrongfully convicted.
- Document type Legal Representation
- Themes list Networks,
Document(s)
Handbook of Forensic Psychiatric Practice in Capital Cases
By Death Penalty Project, on 1 January 2018
2018
Working with...
More details See the document
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Mental Illness, Public debate, Death Penalty,
Document(s)
Premeditated: meditations on capital punishment
By Malaquias Montoya / University of Notre Dame, on 1 January 2004
2004
Working with...
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Meditations on Capital Punishment, Recent Works by Malaquias Montoya features recently created silkscreen images and paintings, and related research dealing with the death penalty and penal institutions.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Death Row Conditions,
Document(s)
Myth #8 – Executions help victims’ families to heal
By Reprieve / Emmanuelle Purdon , on 8 September 2020
2020
Academic report
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MYTH: Executions help victims’ families to heal. FACT: Whilst we cannot speak for all victims’ families, it is clear that not all families are healed after the execution. Rather, the death penalty creates more victims and more brutality.
- Document type Academic report
- Themes list Retribution, Murder Victims' Families,
Document(s)
Step by Step : Journey of Hope
By Journey of Hope / YouTube, on 1 January 2007
2007
Arguments against the death penalty
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This is a video following the Journey of Hope in Texas, a group lobbying for abolition in Texas.They tour Texas giving talks on the death penalty and they promote a message of love and not retribution. This video includes testimonies from murder victim families and exonerees.
- Document type Arguments against the death penalty
- Themes list Networks,
Document(s)
Ray Krone
By Amnesty International / YouTube, on 1 January 2008
2008
Legal Representation
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Ray Krone was on death row in Arizona State Prison for two years (and eight years in prison) before he was freed after DNA tests proved his innocence in 2002.Mr. Krone became the 100th death row inmate to be proven innocent in the United States of America since 1973. Mr. Krone was twice convicted for a murder he did not commit. Mr. Krone tell his story in this video.
- Document type Legal Representation
- Themes list Networks,
Document(s)
Iran must halt execution of web programmer
By Amnesty International - Canada, on 1 January 2012
2012
Legal Representation
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Saeed Malekpour was sentenced to death in December 2010 following what appears to have been an unfair trial, without access to his lawyer, and amid allegations that he was tortured and forced to confess to crimes which he did not commit. Iran must not execute this web programmer sentenced to death after one of his web programs was used to post pornographic images without his knowledge, Amnesty International said today, as the Iranian authorities continue their crackdown on bloggers and other users of the internet.
- Document type Legal Representation
- Themes list Networks,
Document(s)
Fundraising from Trusts, Foundations and Companies
By Billy Bruty / Bond - For International Development, on 1 January 2010
2010
Working with...
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Each trust has a legally binding trust deed that defines the beneficiaries, objectives and geographical area for its charitable activities. The more narrowly defined trusts may only support a certain age group, cause or locality. Those trusts with a wide remit will often be legally defined with objectives that are for “General Charitable Purposes” with “Worldwide Beneficiaries”. Many trusts will also change their policies to focus on topical or specific geographical priorities. It’s important to know where the heart of decision making lies and it can be very different across a number of trusts, and change according to the different stages of their ‘lifecycle’.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Networks,
Document(s)
A global approach to human rights case law
By HURIDOCS, on 1 January 2013
2013
Working with...
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Our vision is to build a database that brings together all the case law of international human rights bodies. It will be the first to make human rights case law available in a coherent manner, break new grounds in terms of accessibility and on top of that will encourage sense-making by adding tools that help the user to go beyond the text.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Public opinion,
Document(s)
Article: “Troy Davis: Why Poster Boys Don’t Matter”
By David R. Dow / Guerinca, on 8 September 2020
2020
Academic report
United States
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Is the Troy Davis case the tipping point on the capital punishment debate? Unfortunately, not until the majority of Americans believes that killing—even an unquestionably guilty murderer—is wrong.
- Document type Academic report
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Innocence,
Document(s)
Department of Public Information Non-Governmental Organizations
By United Nations / Department of Public Information Non-Governmental Organizations, on 8 September 2020
Working with...
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The NGO Relations Cluster is the link to over 1,500 Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) associated with the Department of Public Information and supports their efforts to interact effectively with the United Nations in their areas of expertise.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Networks,
- Available languages Sección de las Organizaciones no Gubernamentales联合国新闻部非政府组织Section des Organisations Non GouvernementalesНеправите Неправительственные организации (льственные организации)
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Japanese : 誤判の必然性 死刑事件における司法
By Death Penalty Project, on 8 September 2020
NGO report
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本報告書は日本、アメリカ、台湾、カリブ海諸国、シエラレオネ共和国及びイギリスにおける実例と調査結果から、世界的な動向を紹介するものである。国際人権法は、不当な有罪判決及び無実あるいは公正な裁判を受けていない人間への死刑執行の可能性を認めている。その結果、国際基準は死刑事件に厳格な基準を課すこと及びより高度な適正手続きを適用することを目指している。各国に対して死刑の適用において厳密な手続的規則の尊重を求める自由権規約及びその他の国際基準については、付録に記載した。
- Document type NGO report
- Themes list Fair Trial, Innocence, Death Penalty,
- Available languages The inevitability of error: The administration of justice in death penalty cases
Document(s)
Briefing Tools for Practictioners: Legislators
By Quaker United Nations Office, on 1 January 2019
2019
Working with...
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QUNO’s tool for parliamentarians.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Juveniles, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, Death Penalty,
- Available languages Outil d'information pour les professionnels : legislateurs
Document(s)
Briefing Tools for Practictioners: Educators
By Quaker United Nations Office, on 1 January 2019
Working with...
frMore details Download [ - 0 Ko ]
QUNO’s tool for educators.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Juveniles, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, Death Penalty,
- Available languages Outil d'information pour les professionnels : enseignants
Document(s)
Briefing Tools for Practictioners: Defense Lawyers
By Quaker United Nations Office, on 1 January 2019
Working with...
frMore details Download [ - 0 Ko ]
QUNO’s tool for defense lawyers.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Juveniles, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, Death Penalty,
- Available languages Outil d'information pour les professionnels : avocats de la défense
Document(s)
Briefing Tools for Practictioners: Media
By Quaker United Nations Office, on 1 January 2019
Working with...
frMore details Download [ pdf - 241 Ko ]
QUNO’s tool for media.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Juveniles, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, Death Penalty,
- Available languages Outil d'information pour les professionnels : médias
Document(s)
Briefing Tools for Practictioners: Sentencers
By Quaker United Nations Office, on 1 January 2019
Working with...
frMore details Download [ pdf - 266 Ko ]
QUNO’s tool for judges.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Juveniles, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, Death Penalty,
- Available languages Outil d'information pour les professionnels : juges
Document(s)
Juan Melendez-6446
By Comision de Derechos Civiles / Luis Rosario Albert, on 1 January 2014
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)
Who Are We Hanging?
on 1 January 2019
2019
NGO report
More details See the document
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)
A Deadly Case of Mistaken Identity
By Sam Olukoya / IPS, on 1 January 2011
2011
Legal Representation
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The worst day of Olaniyi Emiola’s life was Mar. 17, 1998. At least it was for Olaniyi Emiola, 22, the spare motor parts trader. For Olaniyi Emiola, the armed robber, it was a lucky escape as another man with the same name had been wrongly sentenced to death for a crime he committed.
- Document type Legal Representation
- Themes list Innocence,
Document(s)
Summary Report for the United Nations Human Rights Council March 2013
By Abdorrahman Boroumand Foundation for the Promotion of Human Rights and Democracy in Iran, on 1 January 2013
2013
Article
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
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The report depicts the prisonners convicted of ordinary crimes’s treatment in Iran
- Document type Article
- Countries list Iran (Islamic Republic of)
- Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment, Torture,
Document(s)
The Truth About False Confessions and Advocacy Scholarship
By Richard A. Leo / Criminal Law Bulletin, on 1 January 2001
2001
Article
United States
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In 1998 Richard A. Leo and Richard J. Ofshe published a study of false confession cases entitled, The Consequences of False Confessions: Deprivations of Liberty and Miscarriages of Justice in the Age of Psychological Interrogation, which drew a response from Paul Cassell (1999), The Guilty and the Innocent : An Examination of Alleged Cases of Wrongful Conviction from False Confessions. In this article, the authors demonstrate that Cassell s article misreports the research and analysis contained in Leo and Ofshes 1998 article, and that Cassell s attempt to challenge Leo and Ofshes classifications of nine out of sixty false confessions is erroneous because Cassell excludes or presents an incomplete picture of important facts in his case summaries, selectively ignores enormous inconsistencies, implausibilities and/or contradictions in the prosecution s cases, and fails to acknowledge the existence of substantial exculpatory, if not dispositive, evidence. To illustrate the problems and biases in Cassell s commentary, this article discusses at length one of Cassell s challenges, the Barry Lee Fairchild case, in the main body of the article and in a detailed appendix analyzes the eight other cases (Joseph Giarratano, Paul Ingram, Richard Lapointe, Jessie Misskelley, Bradley Page, James Harry Reyos, Linda Stangel, and Martin Tankleff). Leo and Ofshe provide a point by point refutation of Cassell s assertions in all nine cases, demonstrating that all nine individuals were, as originally classified, almost certainly innocent of the crimes to which they had confessed.
- Document type Article
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Networks,
Document(s)
DO EXECUTIONS LOWER HOMICIDE RATES?: THE VIEWS OF LEADING CRIMINOLOGISTS*
By Michael L. Radelet / Tracy Lacock / The journal of criminal law and criminology, on 1 January 2009
2009
Article
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This study is about the question of whether the death penalty is a more effective deterrent than long-term imprisonment has been debated for decades or longer by scholars, policy makers, and the general public. In this Article the authors report results from a survey of the world’s leading criminologists that asked their expert opinions on whether the empirical research supports the contention that the death penalty is a superior deterrent.
- Document type Article
- Themes list Deterrence ,
Document(s)
Death by Design: Capital Punishment As a Social Psychological System
By Craig Haney / Oxford University Press, on 1 January 2005
2005
Book
United States
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In Death by Design, research psychologist Craig Haney argues that capital punishment, and particularly the sequence of events that lead to death sentencing itself, is maintained through a complex and elaborate social psychological system that distance and disengage us from the true nature of the task. Relying heavily on his own research and that of other social scientists, Haney suggests that these social psychological forces enable persons to engage in behavior from which many of them otherwise would refrain. However, by facilitating death sentencing in these ways, this inter-related set of social psychological forces also undermines the reliability and authenticity of the process, and compromises the fairness of its outcomes. Because these social psychological forces are systemic in nature –built into the very system of death sentencing itself –Haney concludes by suggesting a number of inter-locking reforms, derived directly from empirical research on capital punishment, that are needed to increase the fairness and reliability of the process.
- Document type Book
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Networks,
Document(s)
The Phantom
By Patrick Forbes, on 10 August 2021
2021
Multimedia content
Innocence
Public Opinion
United States
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THE PHANTOM tells the story of one of the darkest episodes in the long history of American justice. A story of how the State of Texas knowingly sent an innocent man to his death and left a serial killer at large. A case in which – for the first time – it can be conclusively proven that the US courts executed a blameless man.
This film uncovers the shocking truth behind a tale of murder, corruption and lies that unfolded in the dusty, desperate streets of a Texas oil town nearly thirty years ago.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Innocence / Public Opinion