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20 de ene. de 2021 · In its last six months, the United States government has put 13 prisoners to death. Do you think capital punishment should end?
21 de sept. de 2021 · Proponents of abolishing the death penalty because innocent people may be executed argue that humans are fallible and the justice system is flawed, putting more Black and brown people on death row than are guilty of capital crimes, and that we cannot risk executing one innocent person just to carry about retributive “justice.”
9 de oct. de 2023 · The imposition of the death penalty against persons exercising their right to peaceful political protest is a deeply worrying trend. Abolition of the death penalty is the only viable path for States to fully respect the human rights of convicted persons.
28 de feb. de 2023 · Yet, the remaining 77 countries failed to meet the “most serious” standard, she said, with 11 nations implementing the death penalty for capital offences that should not be criminalized at all,...
When Amnesty International started its work in 1977, only 16 countries had totally abolished the death penalty. Today, that number has risen to 112 – more than half the world’s countries. More than two-thirds are abolitionist in law or practice.
Here are 10 reasons why it’s time to abolish the death penalty now: 1. There was more than a 50% increase in 2015 executions from 2014. Amnesty confirmed 1,634 executions in 2015, 573 more than the previous year and the highest Amnesty has recorded in 25 years.
Death penalty. Human Rights Committee (CCPR) About. The use of the death penalty is not consistent with the right to life and the right to live free from torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. There is growing consensus for universal abolition of the death penalty.
