Die Todesstrafe ist keine angemessene Antwort auf Mord und Kriminalität. Wo sich der Staat zum Richter über Leben und Tod aufschwingt, nimmt nicht Gerechtigkeit ihren Lauf, sondern Rache und Vergeltung.
Die Botschaft von Amnesty International lautet deshalb unmissverständlich: Staaten können nicht gleichzeitig die Menschenrechte achten und die Todesstrafe verhängen und vollstrecken.
Aus diesem Grund setzt sich Amnesty International seit über 30 Jahren gegen diese Strafe ein. Und dies mit zunehmendem Erfolg: Immer mehr Staaten schaffen diese Strafe ab. Dennoch bleibt noch viel zu tun, Jahr für Jahr werden tausende Menschen hingerichtet. (Amnesty International)
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Arthur Tyler is scheduled to be executed in Ohio on May 28th, 2014 – Letter to the Governor of Ohio
This week, Arthur Tyler will have his interview with the Ohio Parole Board. As we approach Mr. Tyler’s clemency hearing, your letters to Governor Kasich become increasingly important.
Ohioans to Stop Executions.How can I help?
Clayton Darrell Lockett is scheduled to be executed in Oklahoma on April 22nd, 2014
Death row inmates ask for stay of executions –
E-mail Governor Fallin
Lawyers for two Oklahoma death-row inmates say that despite adverse rulings for condemned killers from Missouri and Texas before the U.S. Supreme Court, they believe their challenge to the state’s execution law won’t meet the same fate.
Clayton Lockett and Charles Warner sued the state in February over what they called a „veil of secrecy“ surrounding execution protocols and the origins of drugs used in lethal injections.
Recent cases in Missouri and Texas also seeking information on drug suppliers were not taken up by the U.S. Supreme Court, though lawyers for Lockett and Warner say they aren’t concerned because they’re not pursuing claims in federal court.
Lockett and Warner are both scheduled to be executed later this month.
Abolish the Death Penalty in New Hampshire
Two thirds of the world has abolished the death penalty in law or in practice. 18 states in the US have done the same.
Stand in solidarity with organizers and activists in New Hampshire, who are closer than ever to ending the death penalty in that state. Together we will abolish the death penalty throughout the nation and the world!
Tenneesee: Governor Haslam – Do not resume executions in Tennessee
As someone who spent 10 years in prison for a crime I didn’t commit (three of those on death row), I have grave concerns about Tennessee’s plan to resume executions this year. I now call the great state of Tennessee my home, and I don’t want to see our state risk executing the innocent when we have less costly alternatives available. Paul House, Michael McCormick, and Gussie Vann, are all individuals who were sentenced to death in Tennessee, only decades later to be exonerated, after evidence of their innocence was finally considered. Given the problems with Tennessee’s current death penalty system, we cannot trust the system to get it right 100% of the time. Please join me in asking Governor Haslam not to resume executions in Tennessee. Thanks for your support,
Ray Krone
(Ray Krone became the nation’s 100th death row exoneree when he was released from prison in Arizona in 2002.)
See also TV: Colbert Nation – The Word – Silent But Deadly
http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/o639ag/the-word—silent-but-deadly
Egypt: Stop the Mass Execution
A kangaroo court in Egypt just sentenced 528 people to death.
http://de.euronews.com/2014/07/05/aegypten-harsche-urteile-gegen-fuehrende-islamisten/
Thanks to Nathalie in France for the information
Petition for Michelle Byrom
Via Heidi Isabelle Moan, Norway
WONDERFUL NEWS.
The Supreme Court of Mississippi has overturened MICHELLE BYROM’s death sentence and ordered a new trial
Email to the Governor of Texas regarding the execution on Mexican citizen Ramiro Hernandez on April 9th, 2014
Dear Governor,
Mentally retarded Mexican citizen Ramiro Hernandez-Llanas is a Mexican national who has been on death row in Texassince 2000. Although the U.S. Supreme Court prohibited the application of the death penalty to persons with mental retardation in Atkins v. Virginia (2002) Mr. Ramiro Hernandez is scheduled to be executed in Texas on April 9th, 2014, also in violation of the Vienna Convention.
In accordance with the Council of Europe and the European Union I oppose the death penalty in all cases, and especially when considering the life of a mentally retarded Mexican citizen, and his right to seek assistance from the Mexican consulate.
In September 2013, Secretary of State John Kerry urgedTexasnot to set an execution date for Mr. Tamayo. He warned that the execution could have serious diplomatic repercussions and that it would be “extremely detrimental to the interests of theUnited States”—including by damaging relations between theUSandMexico, and complicating theUSgovernment’s ability to help American nationals detained abroad. SuchUScitizens benefit from the Vienna Convention, with consular visits ensuring food, medical care and legal representation. – Mexican officials – including the country’s foreign minister and its ambassador to theUS– have reportedly intervened, seeking a stay of execution and asking forTexasto cooperate with the judgment of the International Court of Justice.
Unfortunately Texasexecuted Mr Tamayo. In a similar case, Texasset an execution date for Mr. Ramiro Hernandez on April. 9th, 2014
I am asking you to commute the death sentence of Mr. Ramiro Hernandez to life without parole and to grant a stay, respectively, thus allowing the US Congress to enact urgent legislation to implement the International Court of Justice’s Avena judgment.
Sincerely,
African-American Robert Lavern Henry is scheduled to be executed in Florida on March 20th, 2014
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Feb. 14 (UPI) — Florida Gov. Rick Scott has signed a death warrant for convicted killer Robert Lavern Henry, the day after the execution of Juan Carlos Chavez. his office said.Chavez, convicted for the 1995 rape, dismemberment and death of Jimmy Ryce, 9, in Redland, Fla., was put to death Wednesday.Scott announced Thursday he had signed an order for the execution of Henry, who bludgeoned and burned two Deerfield 
Park, Fla., coworkers in a 1987 staged robbery.Henry’s execution is scheduled for MaCall and write Governor Scott and demand he stop the execution of Robert Henry, and tell him NO CRUEL COCKTAIL in my name! Governor’s office: 850-488-7146, email: rick.scott@eog.myflorida.com
Support the 1,200 Detainees on Hunger Strike Near Seattle
Information via MumiaNYC:
Please call:
Michael P. Reid
Deputy Assistant Director
Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
202-732-4432
Ohio: Petition for Arthur Tyler who will be executed on May 28, 2014 unless the Gonvernor intervenes.
28, 2014 unless the Gonvernor intervenes.
This campaign below is only for residents of the state of OH.
I am asking you to participate in this urgent action even if you are no resident in Ohio respectively in the USA
If you are no resident in the USA insert state: other, and your national zip. It works (Thank you for contacting Governor Kasich. Your message will be reviewed as quickly as possible).
More information at http://j4atyler.wix.com/justice4arthurtyler
An Injury to One is an Injury to All! Free Marissa Alexander
Free Marissa Now member and victim’s advocate, Sumayya Fire, stated, „Remember that this entire case boils down to a woman defending her life from her husband who attacked her, strangled her, threatened to have her killed, whose beatings have sent her to the hospital and likely caused her to have premature labor. A husband who confirmed in a deposition that he beat her, that he was in a rage when he attacked her, and that he has beaten other women with whom he was involved. Remember that when Marissa Alexander fired her warning shot to save her own life, she caused no injuries. Now she’s facing the very real possibility of spending the rest of her life in prison for that act of self-defense. That should send a chill down the back of every person in this country who believes that women who are attacked have the right to defend themselves. Anyone who believes that domestic violence is unjust should be deeply shaken by Corey’s abusive prosecution of Marissa Alexander and advocating for Alexander’s freedom.“