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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
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,
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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
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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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
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,
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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)
Rethinking the Study of Miscarriages of Justice: Developing a Criminology of Wrongful Conviction
By Richard A. Leo / Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, on 1 January 2005
2005
Article
United States
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This article provides a brief history of the study of miscarriages of justice in America. It analyzes the field of wrongful conviction scholarship as three distinct genres: the big-picture studies, the specialized-causes literature, and the true-crime genre. It also analyzes what these literatures have contributed to knowledge about miscarriages as well as their limitations. This article attempts to rethink the study of miscarriages of justice to systematically develop a more sophisticated, insightful, and generalizable criminology of wrongful conviction.
- Document type Article
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Innocence,
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2020
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2021
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Évaluation finale externe d’un projet de 36 mois sur l’abolition de la peine de mort en Afrique
By FIACAT, on 13 March 2018
1. OrganisationLa Fédération internationale de l’Action des chrétiens pour l’abolition de la torture, la FIACAT, est une organisation internationale non gouvernementale de défense des droits de l’homme, créée en 1987, qui lutte pour l’abolition de la torture et de la peine de mort. La Fédération regroupe une trentaine d’associations nationales, les ACAT, présentes sur quatre […]
2018
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2020
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on 9 June 2022
2022
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on 9 June 2021
2021
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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,
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Inside Death Row with Trevor McDonald Part 1
By YouTube, on 1 January 2014
2014
Multimedia content
United States
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- Document type Multimedia content
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Death Row Conditions, Death Row Phenomenon, Death Penalty,
Document(s)
Inside Death Row with Trevor McDonald Part 2
By YouTube, on 1 January 2014
Multimedia content
United States
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- Document type Multimedia content
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Death Row Conditions, Death Row Phenomenon, Death Penalty,
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,
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In the Place of Justice: A Story of Punishment and Deliverance
By Wilbert Rideau / Knopf, on 1 January 2011
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,
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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 ,
Member(s)
ACAT Liberia
on 30 April 2020
Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture in Liberia (ACAT Liberia) is an NGO based in Liberia. Created in 2003 and accredited in 2004, it fights to have a society free of torture and death penalty. To reach these goals, their main actions are: – Education and awareness, – advocacy, assistance, – cooperation, – […]
2020
Liberia
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
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,
Member(s)
Droits et paix
on 30 April 2020
Rights and Peace (Droits et Paix) is a Cameroonian organisation working to construct a fairer and more peaceful society which respects human rights. Its main goals are to protect and promote fundamental human rights and individual freedoms, promote peace and non-violence, and humanise and improve conditions of detention in Cameroon. Its main activities encompass referral […]
2020
Cameroon
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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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2020
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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)
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)
The sleeping voice
By Benito Zambrano, on 1 January 2011
2011
Multimedia content
Spain
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- Document type Multimedia content
- Countries list Spain
- Themes list Women, Death Penalty, Country/Regional profiles,
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)
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,
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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)
Leaflet – 15th World Day
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
2020
Multimedia content
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The 2017 World Day leaflet provides information about poverty and the death penalty and presents 10 reasons why the death penalty is used discriminatorily, and often against the poor as well as arguments against the death penalty.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Discrimination,
- Available languages Brochure Journée Mondiale 2017
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Leaflet – 13th World Day
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
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The 2015 World Day leaflet provides information on the issues surrounding drug crimes and the death penalty. It also gives arguments against the death penalty.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Drug Offences, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty,
- Available languages Leaflet arabic 2015листовка - Всемирный день 2015r单张 - 2015 年世界反死刑日Folleto - Día Mundial 2015بسته حاوی اطلاعت : 2015 روز جهانی علیه مجازات اعدامBrochure Journée Mondiale 2015
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Leaflet – 14th World Day
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
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The 2016 World Day leaflet provides information about the countries that have the death penalty for terrorism and presents 10 things you should know about the death penalty for terrorism as well as arguments against the death penalty.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Terrorism,
- Available languages Leaflet arabic 2016Brochure Journée Mondiale 2016
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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,
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Ratification Kit – Burkina Faso
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 13 July 2022
2022
Lobbying
Burkina Faso
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This Ratification Kit is designed for government decision-makers. It gives the procedure to ratify or accede to the Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, 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
- Countries list Burkina Faso
- Available languages Kit de Ratificación - Burkina FasoKit de ratification - Burkina Faso
Article(s)
Picture petition for abolition
on 26 February 2010
Hundreds of participants to Geneva 2010 chose to display their commitment in favour of the abolition of the death penalty by having their photograph taken.
2010
Switzerland
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,
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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)
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,
campaign_in_favour_of_the_international_and_regional_protocols_on_abolition
on 19 October 2020
2020
Document(s)
10 Steps to Writing a UPR Stakeholder Report
By The Advocates for Human Rights, on 1 January 2014
2014
Working with...
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This four-page document proposes a roadmap for organisations interested in submitting reports to the United Nations’ Universal Periodic Review of Human Rights.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list International law,
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,
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Sentencing in Capital Cases
By Death Penalty Project, on 1 January 2018
2018
Book
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This book provides practical assistance to members of the judiciary, defence lawyers, prosecutors and others working on capital cases on the sentencing principles and procedures that have been adopted in common law jurisdictions following the abolition of the mandatory death penalty.
- Document type Book
- Themes list International law, Trend Towards Abolition, Mandatory Death Penalty, Death Penalty,
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Capital Punishment in Twentieth-Century Britain. Audience, Justice, Memory
By Lizzie Seal / Solon, on 8 September 2020
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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Awaiting Death
By Penal Reform International, on 1 January 2008
2008
Multimedia content
Kyrgyzstan
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This film gives an insight into prison life for 174 men convicted and sentenced to death or to life imprisonment in Kyrgyzstan.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Countries list Kyrgyzstan
- Themes list Retribution, Country/Regional profiles,
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)
Reflections on the guillotine: An essay on capital punishment
By Albert Camus, on 1 January 1957
1957
Book
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- 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)
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
2011
Legal Representation
More details See the document
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
Document(s)
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 ,
Document(s)
Model letter to governments
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2017
2017
Multimedia content
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With this letter, you will be able to call upon the government officials of retentionist countries to request that thesocio-economic status of the defendants facing the death penalty is taken into account as a mitigating factor.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, Death Penalty,
- Available languages Modèle de lettre aux gouvernements
Document(s)
Mobilisation Kit
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2018
2018
Campaigning
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Produced to guide organisers, the kit suggests action and provides information about World Day and the theme chosen. For example, the section called “10 things you can to do on 10.10” suggests 10 activities to carry out within the framework of World Day such as participation in an art project, organisation of an event, or writing to those sentenced to death. It also suggests 10 tips for successful action.
- Document type Campaigning
- Themes list World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, Death Penalty,
- Available languages Kit de mobilisation
Document(s)
Still Unfair, Still Arbitrary — But Do We Care?
By Samuel L. Gross / Ohio Northern University Law Review, on 8 September 2020
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)
On Mother’s Day
By Saaramaria Kuittinen / The Cockpit, on 8 September 2020
Multimedia content
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A challenging, poetic and relatable piece of physical theatre in the round. On Mother’s Day is the story of Ramón, an endearing and friendly inmate, who spends his life running from violence only to find it within himself. It is a visually arresting ensemble performance about childhood, identity, and lost time. The script is based on seven years of letters between the writer Saaramaria Kuitinen and convicts on death row. Now, Ekata Theatre’s newest piece takes this material and uses a unique style of engaging visual storytelling, humour, and ensemble work to present a hard-hitting critique of the dehumanisation of the victims in the capital punishment system.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Death Row Conditions, Death Row Phenomenon, Death Penalty,
Document(s)
Fair Trial Standards in the Maldives in Dhivehi
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, Maldivian Democracy Network , on 10 August 2021
2021
Campaigning
Fair Trial
Legal Representation
Maldives
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އް ތަ ޑު ނގަ ން މި ގެ ތު ޢަ ރީ ޝަ ރި ވެ ފު ސާ ން އި ގެ ޭޖއް ރާ ހި ވެ ދި
2020ސް ވަ ދު ރާ ކު ގަ ހަ ފާ އި ގަ ރު ވަ ން ފެ ގެ ޔޭ ނި ދު ށް ޅަ ކޮ ދެ ބާ ދަ އަ ގެ ރު މ
- Document type Campaigning
- Countries list Maldives
- Themes list Fair Trial / Legal Representation
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
More details See the document
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.
- Document type Article
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Legal Representation,
Article(s)
Amnesty International 2013 Annual Report
on 27 March 2014
2014
Member(s)
Center for Constitutional Rights
on 30 April 2020
Center for Constitutional Rights is an American NGO based in New York. The Center for Constitutional Rights is committed to fighting injustice on many fronts, as demonstrated by the breadth of our cases as well as our organizing work. CCR works on a wide range of issues: illegal surveillance and attacks on dissent, Criminal Justice […]
2020
United States
Document(s)
Working with Victims: A Guide for Activist
By Murder Victims' Families for Human Rights, on 1 January 2009
2009
Working with...
More details See the document
The common assumption is that all victims’ family members support the death penalty. We cannot expect to abolish the death penalty without presenting an alternative view. Victims’ voices have a powerful effect – lawmakers have voted against the death penalty as a result of hearing victims’ testify for abolition. Including victims’ stories when working for abolition is strategically wise and is essential to bringing new people into the abolition movement. Here are a few suggestions. We encourage activists to consult with MVFHR for further guidance.
- Document type Working with...
- Themes list Networks,
Document(s)
Documentary: An eye for an eye
By Ilan Ziv, on 1 January 2016
2016
Multimedia content
United States
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The powerful documentary AN EYE FOR AN EYE, conveys message of forgiveness and healing. Directed by award winning filmmaker Ilan Ziv, AN EYE FOR AN EYE tells the story of death row inmate Mark Stroman, and the friendship he ultimately forges with one of his surviving victims Rais Bhuiyan, who sets about to save Stroman from death row.With unprecedented access and in-depth interviews, the film charts this riveting drama of revenge, change and forgiveness. A powerful human drama that carries a warning and a message of hope in our troubled times.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Countries list United States
- Themes list Capital offences, Murder Victims' Families, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, Death Penalty, Country/Regional profiles,
Document(s)
Capital Punishment: Strategies for Abolition
By William A. Schabas / Peter Hodgkinson / Cambridge University Press, on 1 January 2004
2004
Book
Georgia
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The editors of this study isolate the core issues influencing legislation so that they can be incorporated into strategies that advise governments in changing their policy on capital punishment. What are the critical factors determining whether a country replaces, retains or restores the death penalty? Why do some countries maintain the death penalty in theory, but in reality rarely invoke it? These questions and others are explored in chapters on South Korea, Lithuania, Georgia, Japan and the British Caribbean Commonwealth, as well as the U.S.
- Document type Book
- Countries list Georgia
- Themes list Networks,
Member(s)
The Sunny Center Foundation
on 30 April 2020
2020
Ireland
Article(s)
7th World Congress LIVE on Twitter!
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 26 February 2019
Follow the 7th World Congress Against the Death Penalty taking place in Brussels from 26 February to 1st March 2019 on Twitter: #7congressECPM
2019
Public Opinion
Form_SmallGrants2020_Philippines-1.docx
on 8 September 2020
Form_SmallGrants2020_Philippines-1.docx
2020
Philippines_Brochure2021_FR_v3_BD
on 23 March 2021
2021
PHIL_2_page_handout_EN
on 10 August 2021
2021
prison-conditions-in-jamaica-2011
on 19 April 2022
2022
EN-World-Day-2023-Report-Final-Short-version
on 7 June 2024
EN-World-Day-2023-Report-Final-Short-version
2024
EN_World Day 2021 Report_v1.0_final with annexes
on 8 July 2022
2022
2022 World Day Report
on 12 June 2023
2022 World Day Report
2023
EN_World Day 2021 Report_v1.0_final without annexes
on 10 June 2022
2022
DPIC-report-2021
on 13 January 2022
2022
Document(s)
Dolores Story of Hope and Redemption
By Coalition for the Abolition of Death Penalty in ASEAN (CADPA), on 1 January 2016
2016
Multimedia content
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Dolores’ world was turned upside down when her husband was arrested. Then the news came that he would be executed. But the abolition of the death penalty has given his whole family a second chance, turning this story, at least until now into one of redemption.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Public debate, Networks, Death Penalty,
Document(s)
Behind Bars
By Penal Reform International, on 1 January 2012
2012
Multimedia content
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This 2012 documentary film ‘Behind Bars’ was produced under the EU funded project ‘Progressive Abolition of the Death Penalty and Alternatives that Respect International Human Rights Standards’.The film reflects the application of life sentence, conditions of lifers and long sentenced prisoners and the State’s attitude towards these offenders in the countries of the South Caucasus.
- Document type Multimedia content
- Themes list Death Row Conditions,
Member(s)
Ville de Dijon
on 30 April 2020
The City of Dijon, France, is a member of the World Coalition.
2020
France
Member(s)
Ordine Provinciale dei Medici-Chirurgi e degli Odontoiatri di Firenze
on 30 April 2020
The Provincial Order of Doctors, Surgeons and Dentists in Florence is a member of the World Coalition.
Italy
Document(s)
FACTS AND FIGURES 2020/2021
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 30 June 2021
2021
Campaigning
Terrorism
Women
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2020/2021 Facts & Figures Sheet for the World Day Against the Death Penalty
- Document type Campaigning
- Themes list Terrorism / Women
- Available languages FAITS ET CHIFFRES 2020/2021
Document(s)
Mobilisation Kit
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2018
2018
Campaigning
fresMore details Download [ pdf - 1617 Ko ]
Produced to guide organisers, the kit suggests action and provides information about World Day and the theme chosen. For example, the section called “10 things you can to do on 10.10” suggests 10 activities to carry out within the framework of World Day such as participation in an art project, organisation of an event, or writing to those sentenced to death. It also suggests 10 tips for successful action.
- Document type Campaigning
- Themes list World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, Terrorism,
- Available languages Kit de mobilisationKit de movilización
Document(s)
Mobilisation Kit
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2018
Campaigning
esfrMore details Download [ pdf - 2885 Ko ]
Produced to guide organisers, the kit suggests action and provides information about World Day and the theme chosen. For example, the section called “10 things you can to do on 10.10” suggests 10 activities to carry out within the framework of World Day such as participation in an art project, organisation of an event, or writing to those sentenced to death. It also suggests 10 tips for successful action.
- Document type Campaigning
- Themes list Drug Offences, World Coalition Against the Death Penalty,
- Available languages KIT DE MOVILIZACIÓNKit de mobilisation
Document(s)
Ratification Kit – Kazakhstan
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 8 September 2020
2020
Lobbying
Kazakhstan
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This Ratification Kit is designed for government decision-makers. It gives the procedure to ratify or accede to the Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, 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
- Countries list Kazakhstan
- Available languages Kit de Ratificación - KazajstánKit de ratification - Kazakhstan
Document(s)
Ratification Kit – Marshall Islands
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 13 July 2022
2022
Lobbying
Marshall Islands
esfrMore details Download [ pdf - 184 Ko ]
This Ratification Kit is designed for government decision-makers. It gives the procedure to ratify or accede to the Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, 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
- Countries list Marshall Islands
- Available languages Kit de Ratificación - Islas MarshallKit de ratification - Îles Marshall
Document(s)
Ratification Kit – Suriname
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 13 July 2022
Lobbying
Suriname
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This Ratification Kit is designed for government decision-makers. It gives the procedure to ratify or accede to the Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, 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
- Countries list Suriname
- Available languages Kit de Ratificación - SurinamKit de ratification - Suriname
Document(s)
Ratification Kit – Congo
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 13 July 2022
Lobbying
Congo
esfrMore details Download [ pdf - 155 Ko ]
This Ratification Kit is designed for government decision-makers. It gives the procedure to ratify or accede to the Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, 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
- Countries list Congo
- Available languages Kit de Ratificación - CongoKit de ratification - Congo
Document(s)
Ratification Kit – Guinea
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 13 July 2022
Lobbying
Guinea
esfrMore details Download [ pdf - 189 Ko ]
This Ratification Kit is designed for government decision-makers. It gives the procedure to ratify or accede to the Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, 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
- Countries list Guinea
- Available languages Kit de Ratificación - GuineaKit de ratification - Guinée
Document(s)
Ratification Kit – Fiji
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 13 July 2022
Lobbying
Fiji
esfrMore details Download [ pdf - 154 Ko ]
This Ratification Kit is designed for government decision-makers. It gives the procedure to ratify or accede to the Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, 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
- Countries list Fiji
- Available languages Kit de Ratificación - FiyiKit de ratification - Fidji