AUSTRALIANS AGAINST CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

Governor Abbott shows mercy in Texas: https://www.texastribune.org/2018/02/22/texas-gov-greg-abbott-thomas-whitaker-death-sentence/?utm_campaign=trib-social-buttons&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

Texas governor commutes death penalty on advice from clemency board: https://deathpenaltynews.blogspot.com.au/2018/02/texas-governor-abbot-commutes-death.html?spref=tw  

The Supreme Court of the United States issued a stay of execution in favour of Vernon Madison against Alabama on competency grounds: https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/the-supreme-court-stopped-alabama-from-executing-a-man-over?utm_term=.oxglVDl6OD#.qvXkBlkJml

Gambia announces moratorium on the death penalty: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gambia-justice/gambia-announces-moratorium-on-death-penalty-idUSKCN1G20V2 https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/africa/2018-02-19-gambia-announces-moratorium-on-death-penalty/

https://deathpenaltynews.blogspot.com.au/2018/02/new-mexico-swift-end-for-house-bill-to.html

This Tony Moore article in the Brisbane Times shows how Queenslanders came to know how barbaric and pointless capital punishment is. It is a lesson

Media Statement-14/2/2018 10 SENTENCED TO DEATH BECAUSE DELAY OF COMING INTO FORCE LAW THAT ABOLISHES MANDATORY DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING Abolish Death Penalty We,

Next week, Alabama is planning to execute Vernon Madison, who is incompetent with dementia and has no recollection of the crime he committed more than