Amnesty International has released its annual report on the status of capital punishment around the world. Entitled "Amnesty International Global Report: Death Sentences and Executions 2017," you can read it online in its pdf format.
2017 Report: Numbers Have to Be Higher than Reported
The 48-page report covers "the judicial use of the death
Amnesty International has released its annual report on capital punishment around the world. How does the United States fare in comparison to countries like China, Iran, or Saudi Arabia?
Death Penalty in the USA Compared to Other Nations
From their report:
For the first time since 2006, and only the second time since 1991,
Amnesty International has released its latest study of the death penalty worldwide. A particular concern: China and its continued secret executions.
China’s Death Penalty
We discussed the China Death Penalty (with the Death Penalty Vans) in a series of earlier posts written by Sin-Ting Mary Liu.
See, e.g., "In Depth Look at the
More executions are taking place in the world today than they have in the past 25 years.
For details, check out this week’s TIME magazine story, reporting on findings released in a recent Amnesty International report.
China Is Number One in Death Penalty Executions
The country that is killing the most people via the
Clive Stafford Smith, the Director of Reprive in Great Britain, has been corresponding with Terry about Pakistan’s death penalty and the case of Shafqat Hussain.
Reprive has been working hard to help the man who was only 14 years old when he was sentenced to death. Reprive has been fighting to save him from
Mental Health Problems and The Death Penalty
October 10, 2014, will be the sixth time that the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty has recognized the international problem of people suffering from mental illness being sentenced to death.
Go here to check out the schedule of events.
On 10
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Anthony George of the Guardian wrote Terry and asked if this video could be placed on the blog. Here it is, honored to be asked.