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Author: aacp
Australians Against Capital Punishment is a community group formed in early 2007 to advocate for a total abolition of the death penalty across the globe, and to call on our government to once again commit itself to opposing the death penalty in all cases, in all countries wholeheartedly.
We try to raise awareness of the issue through public forums, petitions, letterwriting, leafleting as well as through the media.
We welcome anyone aboard who shares our goals.
Mr Sisi’s Use of the Death Penalty
Condemning protestors to death is the worst form of authoritarianism: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-09/egypt-sentences-75-to-death-over-2013-sit-in/10217810?pfmredir=sm
The Terrible Tragedy of China’s Use of the Death Penalty
This article brings home the horror and the lasting hurt: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-10/inside-chinas-capital-punishment-system/10214480?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_content=&utm_campaign=%5bnews_sfmc_newsmail_am_df_!n1%5d%3a8935&user_id=5b2ffa08f03425a05aff0a71803448967e7f88cd2a762fdc2a73d66d83100bf8&WT.tsrc=email&WT.mc_id=Email%7c%5bnews_sfmc_newsmail_am_df_!n1%5d%7c8935ABCNewsmail_topstories_articlelink This mother has grieved for 10 years for her executed son
The View from the Next Cell: Involuntary Witness to State Sanctioned Murder
What it is like to be next door to the death cell: https://pen.org/execution-day-involuntary-witness-to-murder/ Michael Lambrix: the author
Racist Jury Selection and Sabotage by Own Counsel
Will the appeals system prevent this racist induced injustice: https://theappeal.org/did-prosecutors-use-a-cheat-sheet-to-strike-black-jurors-in-north-carolina-death-penalty-case/
A Free Market Argument Against the Death Penalty
Every which way you look, capital punishment is wrong: https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/article_be06c81c-aa12-11e8-a34d-e7e3c866cda9.html
Execution in Taiwan condemned as Political Act
The Tsai government in Taiwan rushed to execute a man by firing squad on 19 days after sentence was handed down. This is a particularly
Richard Bourke: Amazing lawyer; Amazing Person
This report of an interview with Richard Bourke gives an excellent insight into what it likes conducting anti-death penalty cases in the US: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-28/richard-bourke-death-row-lawyer/10152880
AUSTRALIANS AGAINST CAPITAL PUNISHMENT 