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Two More Child Offenders Face Execution in Iran Tomorrow
Just five days after the execution of child offender Delara Darabi in Iran, the government there is set to kill two more juvenile offenders tomorrow. This news comes despite widespread…
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Juvenile Offender Executed in Iran This Morning
Amnesty International learned today about the tragic and very unexpected execution of Delara Darabi this morning in Iran. Delara had been given a two month stay of execution by Ayatollah…
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Global Day of Action for Troy Davis, May 19
On April 16, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Troy Davis’ application for permission to file a new petition in Federal Court. This denial cannot be appealed, but Davis’…
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Tweet to help Amnesty win $100k for human rights!
Today, please send Twitter messages supporting Amnesty International to actor Hugh Jackman @RealHughJackman. The actor is asking fans to help him choose a charity worthy of his $100,000 donation and…
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Stop These Executions!
Delara Darabi faces imminent execution. Like many sentenced to death in Iran, she was convicted of a crime committed when she was a child. Almost no other country in the…
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Who Wants To Know?
Yesterday, the Seattle Times reported that Washington State’s execution team resigned, out of concern that their identities might be revealed during the course of a pending lawsuit over that state’s…
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Bad News, Good News
The bad news is that the United States is still among the top executioners in the world. The good news is that the numbers are down. According to an Amnesty…
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New Mexico Abolishes Death Penalty!
Tonight, a little after 6 PM mountain time, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson signed into law a bill abolishing the death penalty in his state. After weeks of publicly wrestling…
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One More Step Forward
Yesterday, the New Mexico Senate Judiciary Committee voted 6-5 in support of HB 285, the bill that repeals New Mexico’s death penalty. This is the committee that, in the past,…
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Finality
The Saturday New York Times story on Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Presiding Justice Sharon Keller contains this gem: "We can’t give new trials to everyone who establishes, after conviction,…
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Death Penalty Abolition in Maryland: UPDATE 2
The Maryland Senate this morning voted for a “compromise” on the bill formerly known as the repeal bill. In this compromise legislation, the death penalty would be restricted to cases…
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Death Penalty abolition in Maryland is moving forward
By procedural votes of 25-22 and then 24-23, the Maryland Senate brought the death penalty repeal bill to the floor where, sometime this afternoon or evening, it will be debated…