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- There could be no greater indictment of the death penalty than the fact that in practice it is really a penalty reserved for people from lower socio-economic groups. This turns it into a class-based form of discrimination in most countries, thus making it the equivalent of an arbitrary killing.
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Oct 6, 2017 · There could be no greater indictment of the death penalty than the fact that in practice it is really a penalty reserved for people from lower socio-economic groups. This turns it into a class-based form of discrimination in most countries, thus making it the equivalent of an arbitrary killing.
Poverty and the death penalty are inextricably linked in all four corners of the world, meaning that, in addition to being an inhuman, ineffective and irreversible penalty, capital punishment is also profoundly unjust and discriminatory.
Feb 26, 2019 · Poverty and the death penalty were linked, including due to financial access to legal recourse. The death penalty was disproportionately applied to racial and ethnic minorities, foreigners, sexual minorities and women and there was discrimination in the application of the law.
4 days ago · The death penalty has long come under scrutiny for being racially biased. Earlier in the twentieth century when it was applied for the crime of rape, 89 percent of the executions involved black defendants, most for the rape of a white woman.
Apr 24, 2014 · In death penalty cases, the odds are often stacked against the poor, ethnic minorities and other minority groups, who often lack access to effective legal representation, which is frequently...
Instead, the death penalty creates a breeding ground for human rights abuses under the guise of security. It violates human dignity and disproportionately impacts marginalised groups. Since the last World Day against the Death Penalty, there have been some positive developments.
Oct 16, 2018 · “There have been major positive developments towards the universal abolition of the death penalty with 160 countries having either abolished it or else stopped carrying out executions. However, where executions are still carried out, they disproportionately affect the poor,” said Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Andrew Gilmour.
