AI ask for a global moratorium on executions

New York, 16 October. Three men, Sakae menda (Japan), Edward Edmary Mpagi (Uganda) and Ray Krone (USA), sentenced to death for crimes they did not commit, today urge member states of the United Nations General Assembly to support a resolution for a global moratorium on executions.

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[AmnestyInternational]

A video about Mr Menda's experiences will be appearing very shortly.

Thanks

Amnesty International

[DanTheMan333]

amnesty=a great group of people

[wifimini]

Menda must feel left out.

[wers233]

A person who has killed must die.....it's as simple as that.

[John Doe]

It is, because these "more people dying" are monsters. Prove that it doesnt. We have 300 million people, way more than Europe, so there will be more crimes.

[AnarchistInTheUK]

In america it doesn't. And more people dieing isn't ok because you cant them claim that killing is wrong because the government is doing it

[John Doe]

When you say "more people die", this is one circumstance where it is okay, since they killed innocents. And some say it does deter crime.

[AnarchistInTheUK]

but it doesn't stop crime so in a way more people die and it doesn't set an example

[John Doe]

Innocent executions are preventable through reform, and they deserve it.

[AnarchistInTheUK]

someone somewhere is always being executed for something they didn't do and at the end of the day capital punishment doesn't deter crime so why have it...may as well abolish it and look into rehabilitation and legal system reform

[John Doe]

How is it beyond reform?

[AnarchistInTheUK]

its beyond reform abolish it

[John Doe]

Y'know, I strongly support the death penalty, but the justice system is so flawed, that innocent executions can be prevented. We need serious reform.