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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The New Zealand Initiative · 9 September 2024 English
They were careful not to budget projections, through the stretched push their luck by trumpeting the “achievement”, statistics that are commonplace in advertising, hence the last mention of the achievement …
to going into it ... On PSM approach.113 Capital Punishment I would have been a fervent retentionist …
Amnesty International · 3 September 2024 English
Responding to the Aprajita Woman and Child (West Bengal Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill adopted today by the West Bengal state government that introduces the death penalty for the offence of …
Amnesty International · 21 August 2024 English
This is a joint statement by seven organizations gravely concerned by developments in Singapore since early August 2024. The authorities carried out two executions in violation of international safeguards on …
is co-signed by: Amnesty International Capital Punishment Justice Project FIDH – International Federation … Concerning the Treatment of Prisoners Awaiting Capital Punishment”, 8 August 2024; and “Issuance of Correction … Concerning the Treatment of Prisoners Awaiting Capital Punishment”, 11 August 2024. 8 Transformative Justice …
Amnesty International · 18 August 2024 English
Joint letter requesting urgent action towards UN human rights monitoring and investigation in Bangladesh
Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) 5. Capital Punishment Justice Project 6. CIVICUS: World Alliance …
NYU: New York University · 16 August 2024 English
Defense Secretary Austin's decision to discard the 9/11 plea deals at the Guantanamo military commissions is a missed opportunity for the United States to achieve a rule of law-compliant conclusion …
UN: The United Nations · 13 August 2024 English
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Law Council of Australia · 12 August 2024 English
The Law Council opposes the imposition or execution of the death penalty in all circumstances for all people.1 It is the position of the Law Council that no person should …
highlighting the disproportionate use of capital punishment on people experiencing poverty and ethnic … international law obligations not to reinstate capital punishment or to execute: William Schabas, The abolition … 109 111. In addition to its opposition to capital punishment in all cases for all people, Australia should … vocally oppose the use of such experimental capital punishment methods on the basis that they amount to … regional coalition of countries opposed to capital punishment.122 Recommendations • The Australian Government …
Amnesty International · 9 August 2024 English
The court must now end al-Ghamdi's long and painful ordeal by quashing his conviction and ordering his unconditional release.
Amnesty International · 6 August 2024 English
This execution lays bare the Iranian authorities resolve to use the death penalty as a tool of political repression.
EU: European Union · 2 August 2024 English
China exceeds all other countries that apply capital punishment in 2022; urge China to create full transparency …
