United States of America: Time to reject the culture of death

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Index Number: AMR 51/168/2001
Date Published: 20 November 2001
Categories: USA, Americas

Since the 11 September attacks President George Bush has made numerous references to "civilization", and yet there has been little sign that the USA intends to reevaluate its relationship with judicial killings in ways that make abolition of the death penalty more likely.