Death Penalty News December 1991

Index AI : ACT 53/005/1991
Date de publication : 1 décembre 1991

1. China: executions follow mass sentencing rallies in drug cases; 2. Canada: Prisoners extradited to face capital charges in the USA; 3. Nigeria: Commutations in coup attempt case; 4. Switzerland: Progress towards abolition; 5. India: Prisoner escapes execution after hangman faints. 6. Mongolia: Death penalty statistics released. 7. USA: Book reviews: Welcome to hell by Jan Arriens, The death penalty in America: current research, ed. Robert M Bohm