Amnesty International and the Death Penalty (1997)

Amnesty International and the Death Penalty (1997)
Amnesty International - Against the Death Penalty
The death penalty is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment and violates the right to life.
Execution is irrevocable and can be inflicted on the innocent.
The death penalty has never been shown to deter crime more effectively than other punishments.
Execution is an act of violence and violence tends to provoke violence. The imposition and infliction of the death penalty is brutalising to all who are involved in the process.
The death penalty is frequently used as an ins…