As the proposed date for the execution of Nagaenthran Dharmalingam grows closer, criticism has continued to grow internationally. Among the voices raised have been those
Singapore’s Proposal to Execute Man with Severe Intellectual Disabilities Roundly Condemned
Singapore’s intended execution of Mr Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam, a Malaysian man with severe mental disabilities, on Wednesday, 10 November 2021 is a shameful breach of
Oklahoma botches the execution of John Grant
Despite a delay of more than 6 years since its last execution, Oklahoma botched the execution of John Grant, carried out on 28 October 2021.
Law Council of Australia launches its new improved policy against the death penalty to mark World Day Against the Death Penalty
To mark World Day Against the Death Penalty (10 October 2021), the Law Council of Australia has released its revised Policy Statement on the Death
IBAHRI calls for universal abolition of the death penalty
To mark the 19th World Day Against the Death Penalty, the Human Rights Institute of the International bar Association called for universal abolition of legalised
Encouraging moves towards abolition in Utah:
A number of prosecutors in Utah are coming together to agitate in favour of abolishing the death penalty in that State: https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/sl-co-da-building-coalition-of-prosecutors-to-end-the-death-penalty-in-utah and https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/utah-county-attorney-says-he-will-no-longer-seek-the-death-penalty-in-future-court-cases. A
Litigating the Racist Nature of the Death Penalty
Lawyers for Walter Raglin who was sentenced to death for the 1996 murder of musician, Michael Bany, have filed a motion seeking a new trial
A christian perspective on why the death penalty is wrong
Shane Claiborne discusses Pope Francis’s August 2 condemnation of the death penalty and the strange fact that some Christians are proponents of the death penalty
AUSTRALIANS AGAINST CAPITAL PUNISHMENT 