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Annual death penalty report released
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.
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.
End the Death Penalty
China once again have ignored international opinion and executed nine in connection with the Xinjiang riot this year. Are we going to show are indignation?
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Someone once said to me, “Planet earth is the dark planet of pain in this universe, yet the finest finishing school in the galaxy, and we all come down here to learn via the fruits of our actions. We simply have to learn the lesson of love.” But do we?
I write to those who implement the death sentence, ask them if they believe in GOD, or "That-which-is-beyond-the-range-and-reach-of-Human-Thought." Perhaps there is even such a thing as reincarnation and karma, that we all reap what we sow, that everything we think, say, and do is noted by some scribe on a higher level of consciousness. All we can do is keep bashing at ‘em, and utilising the power of words to topple their reasoning until something happens inside them… and it will one day.
Dave777. Christmas 2009
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China once again have ignored international opinion and executed nine in connection with the Xinjiang riot this year. Are we going to show are indignation?
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Are we going to write to the Saudi government about their recent executions? I'd like to urge them to end all executions there!
i'm here for the same reason to her. ( up me )
It's a criminal perversion to simply step over human life
Is it possible to stop the death penalty execution in China, and just change it to a lifetime imprisonment?
i'm rosy i'm here to give my support to troy davis, i know of this case from richard of keane, i think to thogether we reallt can save this man
I am fully aware of police procedures and know how easy it is to "give" someone who is innocent of a crime a guilty tag.
When I look at my situation at that of Troy Davis I cringe. I could lose my pension but Troy could have (and still may) lose his life.
When I look at my situation at that of Troy Davis I cringe. I could lose my pension but Troy could have (and still may) lose his life.
This nwill be strange for most folks. I am a police officer who has been suspended from duty for over a year and for something I have not not done. I have endured a year of hell worrying about whether I would lose my pension, my house etc. It transpires that my management have decided in the last week that I am totally innocent of the crime I was accused of.