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Number of people released from America's death row with evidence of innocence since 1973
Abolition U.K is a grassroots organisation formed in 2008. We are the only nationwide grassroots organization focused solely on the issue of death penalty abolition. We aim to strengthen the international dimension of the struggle against capital punishment.
We recognise the death penalty is the ultimate, irreversible denial of human rights. By working towards the abolition of the death penalty we look to end the cycle of violence created by a system tarnished with fatal flaws and injustices.
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Abolition Efforts Underway in Kansas
The Senate Committee in the U.S State of Kansas has voted to send the repeal bill to the floor of the Kansas Senate. If the bill is successful Kansas will be the first State to end executions this year, following Governor Richardson's decision to abolish the death penalty in his State of New Mexico last year.
Delaware to Use One Drug Lethal Injection
Following Ohio, Delaware has become the latest State since the Baze v. Rees Supreme Court decision in 2008 to ratify new execution procedures. This decision will inevitably lead to executions resuming in Delaware.
We work to end the death penalty that:
•kills innocent people
•is arbitrary and unfairly applied
•is racist
•targets the poor
•is not a deterrent
•costs more than a life sentence
•does not provide closure
•perpetuates the cycle of violence by creating more victims
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