DEATH PENALTY IN 2010
One more country abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 2010 while at least 23 countries carried out executions in 2010. The death penalty was often imposed after unfair trials and for non-lethal crimes. Read more
The death penalty is the ultimate denial of human rights. It is the premeditated and cold-blooded killing of a human being by the state. This cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment is done in the name of justice.
It violates the right to life as proclaimed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Amnesty International opposes the death penalty in all cases without exception regardless of the nature of the crime, the characteristics of the offender, or the method used by the state to kill the prisoner.