Carter says it amounts to cruel and unusual punishment and justices should reintroduce ban that stood from 1972 to 1976 Ed Pilkington in New York theguardian.com, Monday 11 November 2013 1 Jimmy Carter said: ‘The only consistency today is that the people… Continue Reading →
Capital punishment: not the answer in a civilised society — Sarmad Ali The death penalty undermines human dignity, and there is no conclusive evidence available that it deters the crime rate and miscarriage of justice The last 20 years have… Continue Reading →
Radha Kapoor Sharma : Mon Oct 28 2013, The world is moving away from capital punishment, but Indian politicians are pandering to the lowest common denominator in public sentiment. October 10, 2013, the 11th World Day Against the Death Penalty, was… Continue Reading →
Supreme Court urged to consider absolute prohibition of torture New Delhi The Supreme Court resumes on 10 writ petitions involving 18 death row convicts challenging the rejection of mercy pleas by the President on the ground of delay, Asian Centre… Continue Reading →
October 23, 2013 Monica Vincent The use of the death penalty undermines human dignity; there exists no conclusive evidence of its deterrent value; and miscarriage of justice leading to its imposition is irreversible and irreparable The last 20 years have… Continue Reading →
By RAJEEV DHAVAN PUBLISHED: 21:41 GMT, 20 October 2013 | Does the injunction, thou shalt not kill, apply to the state’s death penalty? The International Commission of Jurists, Geneva (of which I am now an Hony. Commissioner) has correctly declared: “Capital punishment is… Continue Reading →
AP | Oct 11, 2013, Iraq has hanged 42 prisoners convicted of terrorism-related charges, including a woman, the country’s justice ministry said. BAGHDAD: Iraq has hanged 42 prisoners convicted of terrorism-related charges, including a woman, the justice ministry said on Thursday, in… Continue Reading →
A landmark in the fight against capital punishment in the US By Shannon Jones The United States remains one of the few advanced industrialized countries in the world that still practices capital punishment. Since the US Supreme Court reinstated the… Continue Reading →
Sohail Khan Thursday, October 10, 2013, Agencies ISLAMABAD: A constitutional petition was filed in the Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday seeking conversion of 450 prisoners’ death penalty into imprisonment by cancelling their death warrants. Dr Muhammad Aslam… Continue Reading →
World Day against Death Penalty: By PARMJIT SINGH Published: October 10, 2013 New Delhi, India (October 10, 2013): According to a press statement sent to the Sikh Siyasat News (SSN) by the Amnesty International India [a]t least 23 people in India… Continue Reading →
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