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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NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research · 4 April 2024 English
Do jobs and income-transfer programs affect crime? The answer depends on why one is asking the question, which shapes what one means by “crime.” Many studies focus on understanding why …
burglary or robbery… It is apparent that capital punishment is quite common in modern America … though …
Amnesty International · 3 April 2024 Persian
This research briefing documents the horrifying surge in executions in Iran in 2023, the highest in eight years. More than half of the executions were for drug-related offences amid a …
Amnesty International · 3 April 2024 English
Robust international action is urgently needed to halt a horrifying surge in executions that saw Iran’s prisons transformed into sites of mass killings in 2023, said Amnesty International. In a …
Amnesty International · 3 April 2024 Spanish
Fears are mounting that thousands of people have been sentenced to death and are at risk of execution or are facing investigations or prosecution on capital drug-related offences, amid a …
Amnesty International · 3 April 2024 English
This research briefing documents the horrifying surge in executions in Iran in 2023, the highest in eight years. More than half of the executions were for drug-related offences amid a …
ratified in 1994, provides that neither capital punishment nor life imprisonment without possibility …
Amnesty International · 3 April 2024 English
Fears are mounting that thousands of people have been sentenced to death and are at risk of execution or are facing investigations or prosecution on capital drug-related offences, amid a …
Amnesty International · 3 April 2024 French
Fears are mounting that thousands of people have been sentenced to death and are at risk of execution or are facing investigations or prosecution on capital drug-related offences, amid a …
DPG: Delhi Policy Group · 30 March 2024 English
The engagement between the regional grouping of Southeast Asian countries, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and China will play a critical role in determining the future of security …
Australia. Additionally, Indonesia’s use of capital punishment on Australian drug traffickers remains a …
HRI: Harm Reduction International · 27 March 2024
Since 2007, HRI has been at the forefront of advocating for the abolition of the death penalty for drug-related offences worldwide, including via the Death Penalty for drug offences: Global …
These figures confirm how drug control and capital punishment are closely intertwined, and how full abolition …
Amnesty International · 25 March 2024 English
Amnesty International welcomes the government’s commitment to investigate and prosecute human rights violations by its security forces and to uphold the principle of non-refoulment for Rohingya refugees. Regrettably, the government …
