The Saudi government has announced reforms in the area of the death penalty and capital punishment: https://news.yahoo.com/activists-cautious-saudi-floggings-death-penalty-reforms-165550308.html. The reform are said to abolish capital punishment
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Another Year of Helping People Faced with the Death Penalty
Read the annual report of London based anti-death penalty group, the Death Penalty Project: https://www.deathpenaltyproject.org/knowledge/dpp-annual-report-2019/
Amazing Stories of Injustice and Redemption from Death Penalty Project
Read these amazing stories of life on death row and beyond: https://www.deathpenaltyproject.org/our-stories/
Amnesty’s Annual Report on the Death Penalty
Generally, executions around the world have further dropped in number but some countries, including Saudi Arabia, buck this favourable trend: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/04/death-penalty-2019-saudi-arabia-executed-record-number-of-people-last-year-amid-decline-in-global-executions/
When Death Penalty Project Started
Death Penalty Project’s pioneer, Saul Lehrfreund, speaks inspirationally about how the work of DPP started and the progress made since then and the challenges still
Federal Court Gives Trump Yellow Light to Recommence Executions
In a split decision, a Federal Appeals Court removes injunction on Federal Executions but sends case back to lower court for further argument: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/trump-administration-can-resume-executions-but-not-just-yet-divided-appeals-court-rules/2020/04/07/492e703c-6224-11ea-b3fc-7841686c5c57_story.html
UK Supreme Court finds government’s action in providing information to assist imposition of the death penalty illegal
The UK government provided information to the US without seeking assurances that the death penalty would not be sought. That was not only immoral. It
Malawi Story with a Happy Ending
They lost Richard Chipoka’s records. No one knew why he was sentenced to death in the first place. The death penalty is made even more