End the Death Penalty

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Troy Davis has spent over 18 years on death row for a murder he maintains he did not commit. The USA's highest court has granted Troy another chance to prove his innocence and avoid execution.

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Amnesty International opposes the death penalty because it is a violation of two fundamental human rights, as laid down in Articles 3 and 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:

the right to life, and
the right not to be tortured or subject to any cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment

The death penalty is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment. It is irrevocable and can be inflicted on the innocent. It has never been shown to deter crime more effectively than other punishments.

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