Tag Archives | death penalty
Troy Davis

10 hours to live – please act now!

21 September 2011 · Thinking · Comments { 7 }

Troy Davis is almost certainly innocent, but he is still scheduled to be executed at 7pm EST today (midnight UK time). There is no physical evidence against him – he was convicted of murder purely on the testimony of witnesses, seven of whom have since recanted their testimony. Several said they were coerced by police [...]

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Hakamada Iwao

22 November 2008 · Thinking · Comments { 0 }

In Japan, a prisoner on death row wakes up every morning not knowing if he will be executed that day. The prisoner doesn’t know his execution date until the morning it is to be carried out. His family only finds out after the execution has already taken place. Hakamada Iwao has been on death row [...]

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