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May 21, 2013
Saudi Arabia must halt a "disturbing" rise in death penalty usage that has resulted in at least 47 state killings in the country already this year.
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May 2, 2013
Maryland joined the overwhelming global trend towards ending the death penalty today when Governor Martin O’Malley signed the abolition of capital punishment into law.
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April 9, 2013
At least 682 executions were known to have been carried out worldwide, two more than in 2011. However, the 682 figure does not include the thousands of people who were believed to have been executed i...
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March 15, 2013
AIUSA hailed the repeal of the death penalty in Maryland today and urged Governor O’Malley to commute the sentences of all five prisoners remaining on death row.
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