print email comment close Death Penalty URL: http://www.amnestyusa.org/death-penalty/page.do?id=1011005 Description: Amnesty International (AI) USA's death penalty abolition page has news and reports relating to worldwide use of capital punishment. Features fact sheets; developments, by country; and international human rights standards, beginning with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. Also reports on the execution of offenders who are juveniles, foreign nationals, or mentally ill. Includes links to related resources. Publisher: Amnesty International USA Extra Keywords Gregg v. Georgia state sponsored killing executions human rights protocol 13 Library of Congress Subject Headings: Capital punishment LII Database Information: Record 6572 created by Martha Gifford on 08/06/2002 Last modification on 12/21/2008 Published: 08/06/2002   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/6572