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Latest News

USA: Stay of execution for Troy Davis
September 24, 2008

USA: Amnesty International Praises Stay of Execution for Troy Davis
September 23, 2008

USA: Activists, Concerned Citizens March for Davis on Thursday
September 17, 2008

Japan: Should adopt death penalty moratorium
September 15, 2008

USA: Amnesty International Condemns Parole Board Decision to Allow the Execution of Troy Davis
September 15, 2008

USA: Groundswell of Support for Troy Davis in Days Leading Up to Clemency Hearing, Reports Amnesty International
September 12, 2008

Argentina: Death penalty abolished
September 12, 2008

USA: Amnesty International, NAACP Rally for Troy Davis
September 08, 2008

Sudan: Hundreds held without charge after 10 May attack
August 20, 2008

Iran: Suspension of stoning executions a welcome step if carried out
August 15, 2008

Mexican national executed in Texas
August 07, 2008

Iran: Iranian Government Must Ensure Suspension of Stoning is Not a Hollow Promise, Urges Amnesty International
August 06, 2008

USA: Texas execution violates international law
August 06, 2008

Iran: Announcement of suspension of stoning a welcome step if carried out
August 06, 2008

USA: Governor Rick Perry must halt Medellin execution immediately, says Amnesty International
August 04, 2008

Iran flies in face of global execution trend
July 29, 2008

Chinese authorities' broken promises threaten Olympic legacy
July 28, 2008

Liberia: President must veto death penalty bill
July 18, 2008

Olympics promises for human rights - the China Debate
July 17, 2008

Laos: Official moratorium on the death penalty – an opportunity for Laos
July 16, 2008

Guantánamo military commission hearings resume
July 09, 2008

Kurdish boy executed in Iran
June 11, 2008

Oral Statement by Amnesty International Item 7 (k): Report of the Working Group on the Death Penalty
May 07, 2008

Secret video shows horror of Saudi beheading
April 28, 2008

India: Time to end the lethal lottery of India's death penalty system
April 28, 2008

Saudi Arabia: Amnesty International Obtains Secret Video Showing Horror of Beheading in Saudi Arabia
April 25, 2008

Iraq executions follow apparently unfair trials
April 18, 2008

US Supreme Court rules lethal injections constitutional
April 18, 2008

USA: Supreme Court's Lethal Injection Ruling Has Limited Long-Term Impact
April 16, 2008

Amnesty International calls on governments to lift the veil of secrecy around executions
April 15, 2008



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Testimonials from Ray Krone (sentenced to death in the U.S. for a crime he didn't commit) and Mpagi Edward Edmary (sentenced to death in Uganda for a crime that never happened)

Dan Rather Reports: Did Texas Execute Innocent Men?

Deadly Silence (about Phillip Workman, executed in Tennessee on May 9)

Death Penalty Mistake (about Leonel Herrera, executed in Texas in 1993)

Executing the Insane: The Case of Scott Panetti

Insanity on Death Row - CBS 60 Minutes (about Gregory Thompson, a mentally ill prisoner facing execution in Tennessee)

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