Amnesty international recorded at least 690 executions in 20 countries in 2018, a decrease of 31% compared to 2017 at least 993. No matter what the crime, who the alleged criminal is, or the method proposed to execute them. Crimes that are currently punishable by death in bangladesh are set out in the penal code 1860. When we began that work in 1977, only 16 countries had totally abolished the death penalty. Martina visited amnesty ireland in 2010 to raise awareness about his case. Amnesty international commonly known as amnesty or ai is a nongovernmental organization with its headquarters in the united kingdom focused on human rights. Most of the world has rejected the death penalty, and national support for the death penalty has plummeted. Amnesty internationals ais latest information shows that. Over twothirds of the countries in the world 9 have now abolished the death penalty in law or practice. Abolish death penalty amnesty malaysia amnesty international. Use of the death penalty declined worldwide in 2017, according to the amnesty internationals annual global report on capital punishment.
At least 18 people have been executed despite serious doubts about their guilt. Examination of the death penalty 3 several states including alabama hb 216, florida hb 4011, and missouri hb1855. Another 2,531 people were condemned to death by execution last year, while some 19,504 prisoners around the world are on death row. The death penalty and human rights death penalty information. Death penalty is also known as the capital punishment, where the person is put to death by the state for a crime. Death sentences and executions 2017 amnesty international 4 note on amnesty internationals figures on the use of the death penalty this report covers the judicial use of the death penalty for the period january to december 2017. In 2009 the overwhelming majority of all known executions took place in five countries china, iran, saudi arabia, iraq and the usa. The death penalty is used to punish crime in 56 of 198 countries worldwide. Recent developments in the death penalty in florida, 2001. Amnesty international, death sentences and executions in 2018.
There is a global trend towards abolishing the death penalty. Amnesty international recorded commutations or pardons of death sentences in 29 countries. Amnesty campaigned for troy since issuing a report on his case in 2007. Supreme court reinstated the death penalty in 1976, 80% of all executions have taken place in the south 37% in texas alone. Facts and figures about amnesty international and its work. Amnesty international recommends that the authorities promptly table draft legislation to address the significant flaws outlined in this report to prevent the arbitrary imposition of the death penalty, as a first step towards the full abolition of this punishment. These include waging war against bangladesh, abetting mutiny, giving false evidence upon which an innocent person suffers death, murder, assisted suicide.
Abolish death penalty amnesty international ireland. Death penalty information center november 2010 death penalty pennsylvania ave washingtoni dc f 2025467142 rnnastyusaorgabolish 0 2025440200 amnesty international. See amnesty international, facts and figures on the death penalty. Pakistan put 326 people to death in 2015 after the country lifted a sixyear moratorium on the execution of civilians in december 2014, following the taliban attack on a school in peshawar. The death penalty and international human rights standards. Facts and figures about amnesty international and its work for human rights the beginning amnesty international was launched in 1961 by british lawyer peter benenson. Comedian romesh ranganathan has a few things to say to. In china, some of the serious cases of corruption as well as human trafficking are suffered for wrong doing by death penalty. Also, it will analyze the pros and cons, the potential strengths and weaknesses of. Amnesty opposes the death penalty at all times regardless of who is accused, the crime, guilt or innocence or method of execution. We oppose the use of the death penalty in every single case. The human rights organization recorded 2,591 death sentences imposed in 53 countries in 2017, down 17% from the 3,117 death sentences it recorded from 55 countries in 2016.
For data on executions after 2001, see clark county prosecuting attorneys office. The iranian authorities do not publish official figures or data on the countrys use of the death penalty including the number of individuals on death row. Facts and figures general amnesty international was founded in 1961 by british lawyer peter benenson after he read about. Amnesty internationals latest information shows that. In 2015, mongolia also passed a new criminal code abolishing the death penalty which will come into effect later in. There is a wealth of mounting evidence that proves this fact.
However, based on monitoring work done by amnesty international and other human rights organizations, several thousand people are believed to be on death row in iran. Note on amnesty international figures on the use of the death penalty. In all the cases death penalty is opposed by amnesty international without exception regardless of forming part of offender, nature of crime or the method which is used by the state to put a prisoner to death. The death penalty remains a controversial issue in many governments and states all over the world. Death penalty the death penalty is the ultimate denial of human rights. Capital punishment in bangladesh is a legal form of punishment for anyone who is over 16, however in practice will not apply to persons under 18. The death penalty legitimizes an irreversible act of violence by the state and will inevitably claim innocent victims. Download these fact sheets updated as of april 1, 2020. Executions worldwide have fallen to their lowest levels in a decade, according to a new report released april 9, 2019 by amnesty international. Death penalty other bibliographies cite this for me. Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is a government sanctioned practice. For 40 years, we have been working to end executions. Abolitionist and retentionist countries over half the countries in the world have now abolished the death penalty in law or practice.
The statistics assess known executions worldwide except in china, where figures thought to be in their thousands remain classified as a state secret. The death penalty in france on 19 february 2007, the french parliament meeting in congress at versailles ensured that abolition of the death penalty would be irreversible by inserting a clause into the constitution stating that noone shall be sentenced to death article 661. The death penalty is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment. This figure represents the lowest number of executions that amnesty international has recorded in the past decade. It is the highest number of executions amnesty international has ever recorded for pakistan. Death penalty facts 60 facts about death facts 2020. The death penalty debate amnesty international and other human rights groups report that over half the countries in the world have abolished the death penalty in law or practice. Amnesty opposes the death penalty in all cases without exception regardless of who is accused, the nature or circumstances of the crime, guilt or innocence or method of execution. Capital punishment and the death penalty background although more than half the countries of the world have abolished the death penalty in law or practice since adoption of the universal declaration of human rights over 50 years ago amnesty international, 1998, the practice of.
See amnesty international, united states of america. Death penalty, iran executed at least 3172 people in 2007, almost twice as many as in. Death sentences and executions 2018, the human rights organization says it recorded at least 690 executions in 20 countries. In 2015, four countries fiji, madagascar, the republic of congo and suriname abolished the death penalty for all crimes. Death penalty facts updated july 2011 the death penalty and international human rights standards. Over half the countries in the world have now abolished the death penalty in law or practice. Amnesty international recorded at least 993 executions in 23 countries in 2017, down by 4% from 2016 1,032 executions and 39% from 2015 when the organization reported 1,634 executions, the highest number since 1989. Act 5000120 amnesty international april 20 death penalty facts and figures 2012 amnesty international april 20 index. Amnesty international wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. These are the sources and citations used to research death penalty. At amnesty international, we firmly believe that no one including any government has the right to take away someone elses life. Amnesty internationals global monitoring of the use of the death penalty points to an overall decrease in states resort to this punishment in 2016.
Additionally, iran and malaysia two staunch supporters of the use of the death penalty for drugrelated offences adopted legislative amendments that could reduce the use of the mandatory death penalty for these offences. This bibliography was generated on cite this for me on sunday, september 24, 2017 ebook or pdf. Innocence and the crisis in the american death penalty 2004 international perspectives on the death penalty. Death penalty refers to the sentence of death imposed by a court of law on an offender who has committed a capital offense. The total number of executions decreased from the historical high figure reported in 2015. Amnesty international welcomed the abolition of the death penalty in the philippines in 1987 and strongly opposed its reimposition in 1993. Since 1973 more than 153 people are excused from death sentence. As per amnesty international, around prisoners were executed in 2017. In particular, amnesty international brought attention to. His newspaper appeal, the forgotten prisoners, was published worldwide on 28 may 1961 and brought in more than 1,000 offers of support for the idea of an international campaign to.
Nearly one million people worldwide signed a petition against his execution. New death sentences in texas have decreased precipitously since peaking in 1999, when. According to amnesty international an international ngo, 140 countries are abolitionist in law or practice and 58 retain the. At least 686 people were executed in 2018 according to amnesty international. Moreover, even though a wide variety of offenses were eligible for the death penalty, death sentences and executions were more frequently. Amnesty backs calls from doctors to release refugees immediately 3 april 2020 4. According to a 2009 poll, 54% of the british population are in favour of the death penalty. Amnesty international is a global movement of more than 3 million supporters, members and. China is the worlds most active death penalty country. At the end of 2018, 106 countries a majority of the worlds states had abolished the death penalty in law for all crimes, and 142 countries more than twothirds had abolished the death penalty in law or practice.
Studies citing amnesty international 19891995 estimated that from the 1980s to the 1990s, there were between 200 and 2,000 executions each year in china. The death penalty in bexar county the death penalty in harris county the death penalty in north texas. The death penalty 228 appendix 12 1987 exclusive of crimes committed under military law or in time of war. The organization says it has more than eight million members and supporters around the world. A matter of life and death amnesty international ireland. But the true extent of the use of the death penalty in china is unknown as data is treated as a state secret.
Iran, saudi arabia, viet nam, and iraq, according to amnesty international. Florida department of corrections, death row roster. Death penalty and arbitrariness, amnesty international. Death sentences and executions in 2016 amnesty international. Facts and figures on the death penalty the following document is regularly updated on the amnesty international website.
Florida death penalty fact sheet floridians for alternatives to the. False informant testimony is the top cause of wrongful convictions. In total, 102 countries have done so a majority of the worlds states. Death sentences and executions 2018 amnesty international. Death penalty pennsylvania ave washingtoni dc f 2025467142 rnnastyusaorgabolish 0 2025440200.
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