Capital Punishment
Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is the state-sanctioned homicide of a person as punishment for a crime. The sentence ordering that someone is punished with the death penalty is called a death sentence, and the act of carrying out such a sentence is known as an execution. A prisoner awaiting his or her execution is condemned and is "on death row". Crimes that are punishable by death are known as capital crimes, capital offences or capital felonies, and vary depending on the jurisdiction, but commonly include serious crimes against the person such as murder, mass murder, aggravated …
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Amnesty International · 11 November 2024 English
In December 2024, 211 FIFA member associations will vote on whether to approve Morocco, Portugal and Spain as hosts of the 2030 men’s World Cup and Saudi Arabia as hosts …
Amnesty International · 11 November 2024 Arabic
In December 2024, 211 FIFA member associations will vote on whether to approve Morocco, Portugal and Spain as hosts of the 2030 men’s World Cup and Saudi Arabia as hosts …
Amnesty International · 11 November 2024 French
In December 2024, 211 FIFA member associations will vote on whether to approve Morocco, Portugal and Spain as hosts of the 2030 men’s World Cup and Saudi Arabia as hosts …
Amnesty International · 11 November 2024 Spanish
In December 2024, 211 FIFA member associations will vote on whether to approve Morocco, Portugal and Spain as hosts of the 2030 men’s World Cup and Saudi Arabia as hosts …
Amnesty International · 11 November 2024 Portuguese
In December 2024, 211 FIFA member associations will vote on whether to approve Morocco, Portugal and Spain as hosts of the 2030 men’s World Cup and Saudi Arabia as hosts …
Amnesty International · 4 November 2024 English
Richard Moore, a 59-year-old Black man, was executed in South Carolina on 1 November 2024 for the murder of a white convenience store clerk in 1999. Richard Moore was unarmed …
Amnesty International · 4 November 2024 Spanish
Richard Moore, a 59-year-old Black man, was executed in South Carolina on 1 November 2024 for the murder of a white convenience store clerk in 1999. Richard Moore was unarmed …
Amnesty International · 1 November 2024 French
Alabama has scheduled Carey Grayson to be executed on 21 November 2024. In 1996, he became the last of four young males to be convicted of a 1994 murder. At …
Amnesty International · 1 November 2024 English
Alabama has scheduled Carey Grayson to be executed on 21 November 2024. In 1996, he became the last of four young males to be convicted of a 1994 murder. At …
nonsensically, in a constitutional rule permitting capital punishment for Grayson, who was 19 at the time, but …
Amnesty International · 1 November 2024 Spanish
Alabama has scheduled Carey Grayson to be executed on 21 November 2024. In 1996, he became the last of four young males to be convicted of a 1994 murder. At …
