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JUSTICE FOR TESSLYNN O'CULL

Kelli S. — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:54:05 +0000

The purpose of this petition is to provide a statement of intent to follow protocol in getting Jesse Compton (#12351178) executed for the brutal murder of three (3) year old Tesslynn Elizabeth O'Cull. Below is an actual acount of the unspeakable acts of torture againist Tesslynn O'Cull by Jesse Compton.

Source: JUSTICE FOR TESSLYNN O'CULL

Jeremy Irons on the death penalty

Aggy — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:42:22 +0100

Delara Darabi - a set on Flickr

OldGreg — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:48:17 +0100

I am Delara Darabi 20 years old, sentenced to death. It is three years now that I try to defend myself using colors, forms and words.

Source: Delara Darabi - a set on Flickr

Stop Child Executions In Iran

OldGreg — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:25:09 +0100

Child executions violate international law

Source: Stop Child Executions In Iran

Campaign to End the Death Penalty

OldGreg — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:43:38 +0100

The Campaign to End the Death Penalty (CEDP) is the only national membership-driven, chapter-based grassroots organization dedicated to the abolition of capital punishment in the United States. We have active chapters in cities and campuses across the country -- from Berkeley, California, to Austin, Texas to Chicago, Illinois.

We work hand in hand with those who have experienced the horrors of death row firsthand--death row prisoners themselves their family members--and work to ensure that their voices are at the forefront of our movement.

Source: Campaign to End the Death Penalty

International Standards on the Death Penalty

Aggy — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:02:52 +0100

This document gives extracts from international instruments and other authoritative statements relevant to the abolition of the death penalty, arranged by subject. Many of the texts quoted in this document set out safeguards and restrictions on the use of the death penalty. Important safeguards on the conduct of death penalty cases in situations of armed conflict are set out in the laws of armed conflict and these standards are cited in the Appendices.

Source: International Standards on the Death Penalty

The exclusion of child offenders from the death penalty under general international law | Amnesty International

Aggy — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:39:37 +0100

In October 2002 the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights held that "a norm of international customary law has emerged prohibiting the execution of offenders under the age of 18 years at the time of their crime" and that "this rule has been recognized as being of a sufficiently indelible nature to now constitute a norm of jus cogens". This paper examines the evidence supporting the conclusion that the use of the death penalty against child offenders (people convicted of crimes committed under the age of 18) is prohibited under customary international law and as a peremptory norm of general international law

Source: The exclusion of child offenders from the death penalty under general international law | Amnesty International