News & Commentary about Human Rights and the Death Penalty
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Dec 14, 2022
From the Death Penalty to Marijuana, Clemency is a Tool For Justice
Jun 2, 2022
Using Cyanide Gas in Executions is an Affront to Jewish Values
Nov 14, 2017
At Guantánamo, a Death Penalty Case Without a Death Penalty Lawyer
Nov 7, 2016
U.N. Investigator Talks About the Future of Solitary and the Death Penalty
Sep 29, 2011
The Right to Life Denied: Death Penalty Violates the Constitution and International Law
Nov 18, 2010
World Community Calls on U.S. to Abolish the Death Penalty
Dec 10, 2009
We Must Do Better
Oct 9, 2009
World Day Against the Death Penalty
Oct 1, 2009
ACLU Highlights Flaws in American Capital Punishment
May 29, 2009
UN Special Rapporteur Recommends Reforms to U.S. Death Penalty System