Posts Tagged ‘Capital Punishment’
Support clemency for Troy Davis
originally published: May 2009
Troy Davis faces execution for the murder of Police Officer Mark MacPhail in Georgia, despite a strong claim of innocence.
7 out of 9 witnesses have recanted or contradicted their testimony, no murder weapon was found and no physical evidence links Davis to the crime.
The Georgia Board of Pardon and Paroles has [...]
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Delara Darabi was executed..
originally published: 1st May 2009
all credits: Stop Child Executions
Stop Child Executions sadly regrets to confirm that the Iranian female juvenile Delara Darabi was executed early morning today in the prison yard of the northern city of Rasht, Iran.
Delara Darabi was convicted of a alleged murder when she was 17 years old.
In violation of Iran’s own [...]
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“As long as the international community and United Nations do not officially and seriously hold the government of the Islamic Republic and individuals within it fully responsible for such obvious crimes against children and humanity and as long as the gross human rights violations in Iran are being ignored by the leaders and governments [...]
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