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World Day against the Death Penalty
Oct. 10th, 2010 07:22 pm10th October is World Day against the Death Penalty. Here are some death penalty facts:
You can read more about Amnesty International's work on the death penalty on the AIUK site.
- More than two-thirds of the world (139 countries) has abolished the death penalty in law or practice
- China executes more people every year than all other countries in the world put together
- There are over 3,000 prisoners on death row in the United States. In Pakistan there are an estimated 7,000
- The world's longest-serving death row prisoner is Hakamada Iwao, who has been on death row in Japan since 1968
- Troy Davis has been on death row in the US for 19 years; 7 of the 9 witnesses against him have changed their testimony, but a judge in Savannah recently rejected his appeal
You can read more about Amnesty International's work on the death penalty on the AIUK site.
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