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9 May 2008

Levar Walton, who suffers from serious mental illness, is scheduled to be executed in Virginia on 10 June. He was sentenced to death in 1997 for the murders of ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/039/2008

Afghanistan: Death penalty
9 May 2008

The Supreme Court of Afghanistan has upheld around 100 death sentences issued by lower courts against individuals convicted of crimes including murder, rape, kidnapping ...

Urgent Action       ASA 11/005/2008

Iran: Further information on imminent execution: Behnoud Shojaee
8 May 2008

The execution of juvenile offender, Behnoud Shojaee, which was scheduled to take place on 7 May, has been stayed for a month on order of the Head of the Judiciary ...

Urgent Action       MDE 13/066/2008

USA (Georgia): Further information on Death penalty / imminent ...
7 May 2008

William Earl Lynd was executed in Georgia on the evening of 6 May. He was sentenced to death in 1990 for the murder of his friend Virginia (“Ginger”) Moore on 23 ...

Urgent Action       AMR 51/037/2008

Oral Statement by Amnesty International Item 7 (k): Report of the ...
7 May 2008

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: AFR 01/002/2008 (Public). Date: 07 May 2008. ORAL STATEMENT BY AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. ...

Document       AFR 01/002/2008

Pakistan: Further Information on Imminent Execution, Manjit ...
6 May 2008

The man known to the Pakistani authorities as Manjit Singh, who relatives claim is Sarabjit Singh, has had his execution stayed indefinitely.

Urgent Action       ASA 33/014/2008

India: The Death Penalty in India: A lethal lottery: A study of ...
2 May 2008

Summary Report 1. The Death Penalty in India: A Lethal Lottery. A study of Supreme Court judgments in death penalty cases 1950-2006. Introduction. ...

Report       ASA 20/006/2008

Bahrain: Death penalty/fear of imminent execution: Mizan Noor Al ...
2 May 2008

PUBLIC AI Index: MDE 11/001/2008. 02 May 2008. UA 119/08 Death penalty/fear of imminent execution. BAHRAIN Mizan Noor Al Rahman Ayoub ...

Urgent Action       MDE 11/001/2008

Death penalty | Amnesty International
2 May 2008

The death penalty violates the right to life. It is the ultimatecruel, inhuman and degrading punishment. It has no place in a moderncriminal justice system.

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India: Time to end the lethal lottery of India’s death penalty ...
2 May 2008

(New Delhi): The first major study into India’s legal judgements ondeath penalty cases has revealed that the system is riddled with fatalflaws and that the only ...

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