Global death penalty report [HOC]

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Global death penalty report [HOC]

August 31, 2007 12:19:00 pm

The Death Penalty Worldwide, Hands Off Cain, August 30, 2007 [finding that the number of executions worldwide increased slightly in 2006 despite a decrease in the number of countries that employ capital punishment]. Read the full text of the report. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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