Death penalty 2012: Despite setbacks, a death penalty-free world came closer

Headline Title:  Despite setbacks, a death penalty-free world is closer 10 April 2013 Despite some disappointing setbacks in 2012, the global trend towards ending the death penalty continued, Amnesty International found in its annual review of death sentences and executions. 2012 saw the resumption of executions in several countries that had not used the death penalty in some time, notably India, Japan, Pakistan and Gambia, as well as an alarming escalation in executions in Iraq. But the use of the death penalty continues to be restricted to an isolated group of countries, and progress…

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