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Racial Disparities
By Death Penalty Focus, on 1 January 2009
2009
Arguments against the death penalty
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The race of the victim and the race of the defendant in capital cases are major factors in determining who is sentenced to die in this country. In 1990 a report from the General Accounting Office concluded that “in 82 percent of the studies [reviewed], race of the victim was found to influence the likelihood of being charged with capital murder or receiving the death penalty, i.e. those who murdered whites were more likely to be sentenced to death than those who murdered blacks.
- Document type Arguments against the death penalty
- Themes list Discrimination,
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The North Carolina Racial Justice Act
By North Carolina Coalition For A Moratorium / YouTube, on 1 January 2009
Arguments against the death penalty
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House Bill 472 and Senate Bill 461, known as The North Carolina Racial Justice Act, addresses racial discrimination in capital sentencing. This video featuring death row exonoree Edward Chapman, talks about racial bias and how the Racial Justice Act attempts to assure that race would not play a role in who gets the death penalty.
- Document type Arguments against the death penalty
- Themes list Discrimination,
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كار با برنامه حقوق بشر سازمان ملل متحد کتابی برای راهنمایی جامعه مدني
By United Nations / Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, on 1 January 2008
2008
Arguments against the death penalty
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اين كتاب راهنما خطاب به همه فعالان جامعه مدني، ازجمله سازمان هاي غيردولتي، اما نه فقط آنها، توضيح مي دهد چگونه جامعه مدني مي تواند با نهادها وسازوكارهاي گوناگون حقوق بشرسازمان ملل همكاري كند
- Document type Arguments against the death penalty
- Themes list Networks,
- Available languages Как работать по Программе ООН в области прав человека Справочник для гражданского общества参与联合国人权事务 民间社会手册Working with the United Nations Human Rights Programme A Handbook for Civil SocietyTrabajando con el Programa de las Naciones Unidas en el ámbito de los Derechos Humanos Un manual para la sociedad civilTravailler avec le programme des Nations Unies pour les droits de l’homme: un manuel pour la société civile
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End the Death Penalty, Mike Farrell on Meet the Bloggers
By Meet the Bloggers / YouTube, on 1 January 2008
Arguments against the death penalty
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Meet the Bloggers talks about the death penalty with two anti death penalty campaigners. The cases of Troy Davis and Montell Johnson are discussed and issues such as discrimination, retribution, the cost of the death penalty, religion and sentencing alternatives are touched upon. Short clips on the Death Penalty in Mexico, Amnesty Internationals campaign and how you can help fight the death penalty are all discussed here.
- Document type Arguments against the death penalty
- Themes list Networks,
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Alternatives to the Death Penalty
By Death Penalty Focus / Alternatives to the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2008
Arguments against the death penalty
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In every state that retains the death penalty, jurors have the option of sentencing convicted capital murderers to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The sentence is cheaper to tax-payers and keeps violent offenders off the streets for good. The information is California specific.
- Document type Arguments against the death penalty
- Themes list Sentencing Alternatives,
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Stephen Bright v. Death Penalty
By Moblogic TV / YouTube, on 1 January 2008
Arguments against the death penalty
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Renowned capital defense attorney Stephen Bright discusses the death penalty in light of recent Supreme Court decisions.
- Document type Arguments against the death penalty
- Themes list Networks,
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Stop the Death Penalty: Worldwide Abolition Now
By Amnesty International, on 1 January 2007
2007
Arguments against the death penalty
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This video by Amnesty International talks about how the administration of the death penalty is cruel, often sought after unfair trials and how innocent people have been wrongfully convicted. Voice over by Colin Firth.
- Document type Arguments against the death penalty
- Available languages Diaporama animé sur la peine de mort dans le mondeفيديو حول عقوبة الاعدام يسردها الممثل كولن فيرثFotogalería: historias de todo el mundo sobre la pena capital
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Jeremy Irons talks about the death penalty
By Amnesty International, on 1 January 2007
Arguments against the death penalty
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This video features Jeremy Irons who speaks about the death penalty and arguements commonly made for it.
- Document type Arguments against the death penalty
- Themes list Networks,
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Leaflet World Day 2007: Stop the Death Penalty, the World Decides
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 January 2007
Arguments against the death penalty
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To inform the public and invite everyone to take action, this leaflet: presents arguments against the death penalty, presents the campaign for a worldwide moratorium on death penalty, presents the World Day against the Death penalty, invites all citizens and organisations to take action and to sign the international appeal for a worldwide moratorium on executions.
- Document type Arguments against the death penalty
- Themes list Networks,
- Available languages Brochure journée mondiale 2007 : Non à la peine de mort ! Le monde décide
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The Constitution in Crisis Pt 4
By The New School / Fora TV, on 1 January 2007
Arguments against the death penalty
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Bryan Stevenson discusses criminal justice in the United States. He discusses the influence of race in the outcome of criminal justice cases and uses social statistics to give the listeners a broader view of why the US state prisons are comprised of more of one race or another. Between chapter 4 and 8 Stevenson discusses the seemingly inherent racial bias to the administration of capital punishment in the United States.
- Document type Arguments against the death penalty
- Themes list Minorities, Discrimination,