Irene Khan : Statement About the Death Penalty

Amnesty International's Secretary General, Irene Khan makes a statement about the death penalty. This video was made coincide with the launch of the Amnesty International report "Death Sentences and Executions in 2008"

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News & Politics

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• Death Penalty
• Amnesty International
• Irene Khan
• Capital Punishment

[dannay]

Essentially, imo, a "right" execution will never justify a wrongful one.

[dannay]

I used to subscribe to that reasoning as well. My issue with state-sanctioned "murder" is that you trust the State to use that punishment fittingly. But while we can assume places like the USA wil not hand the penalty down arbitrarily, it is not the same for all countries. China & the Middle East lead statistics in capital punishment; capital crimes include apostasy, petty theft, & "endangering national security". In Iran minors can -- and have -- been put on death row. I can't support that.

[ss0rca]

Murder has no place in the 21st century, yet it takes place by the dozens every day in the U.S. alone. As long as there are murders occurring(they will never stop), we the people reserve the right to the option of capital punishment.

[vthilton]

World justice through world sharing will create the kind of world peace that will end crimes against humanity.

[Grimwed]

this bitch needs to get screwed badly then maybe she wouldn't support murderous trash.

[clavie05]

there are a genocide in Iraq, childen and women been kill everyday, Human right did nothing for them. Stoping divert public attention by speaking of execution in Asia.

Justice for 2 millions Iraqis innocents death !!!

[clavie05]

2 millions Iraqis death after US invasion, talk about that Bitch !!!

[Ctasker5]

I understand that execution is something we don't want to happen - but in the United States, execution is used for those who have committed extremely major crimes such as murder. I am not sure of the other countries, but in America that is a form of punishment and is very rarely executed. Those who have created horror have to feel the horror they have caused on intention. Those are my opinions about the death penalty ONLY in the United States.

[dkrustyklown]

This cunt's big-assesd hairdo has no place in the 21st century.

[luciferscock]

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[amidapc]

Also, these conscripted jurors will be forfeited basic legal rights of labor. If they meet sexual & power harassment in court made by judicial officer & the accused (these types of harassments are often happened in Japan courts), they cannot make a protest or claim damages by become a member of labor union.

In contrast to these risks, they will receive only $90 per day from government during a trial.

[amidapc]

Japanese are now believed to be at imminent risk of violation of fundamental human rights.

The "lay judge law" (saiban-in-seido) has been enforced from May 21. District courts will randomly conscript Japanese into jurors and make them sentence judgment which including "Death Penalty" at atrocious criminal suit. This judgment will be made by jurors majority vote, not by unanimous vote. So minority opinions which assert innocent will be ignored and it will cause false charges.