Moving away from the death penalty : arguments, trends and perspectives /
editor: Ivan Šimonović.
- New York : United Nations, 2014
- 297 páginas : ilustraciones
• Preface – Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General • Introduction – An Abolitionist’s Perspective, Ivan Šimonovi´c Chapter 1 – Wrongful Convictions • Kirk Bloodsworth, Without DNA evidence I’d still be behind bars • Brandon Garrett, DNA evidence casts light on flaws in system • Gil Garcetti, In the United States, growing doubts about the death penalty • Saul Lehrfreund, Wrongful convictions and miscarriages of justice in death penalty trials in the Caribbean, Africa and Asia Chapter 2 – Myth of Deterrence • Carolyn Hoyle & Roger Hood, Deterrence and public opinion Chapter 3 – Discrimination • Damien Echols, The terrors of prison fade slowly • Stephen Braga, Damien Echols and the West Memphis Three Case • Steve Bright, Imposition of the death penalty upon the poor, racial minorities, the intellectually disabled and the mentally ill • Arif Bulkan, The death penalty in the Commonwealth Carribean: Justice out of reach? • Usha Ramanathan, The death penalty in India: Down a slippery slope • Alice Mogwe, The death penalty in Botswana: Barriers to equal justice • Innocent Maja,The death penalty in Zimbabwe: Legal ambiguitites Chapter 4 – Values p.169 • Mario Marazziti, World religions and the death penalty • Paul Bhatti, Towards a moratorium on the death penalty Chapter 5 – Trends and Perspectives • Salil Shetty, Global death penalty trends since 2012 • Federico Mayor, Leadership and the abolition of the death penalty