Fin de la pena de muerte en Benín
Today, August 19, 2011, Benin has permanently abolished the death penalty and removed it from its judicial order after a long period of suspension of executions, thus becoming the 106th country in the world...
Categoría: No a la pena de muerte
El Mundo 8/7/2011: Texas ejecuta al preso mexicano Humberto Leal; México condena la ejecución
Texas ejecutó el jueves al mexicano Humberto Leal García, poco después que la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos rechazó actuar en un caso que generó preocupaciones sobre violaciones de tratados internacionales.
The Guardian 5/7/2011: Obama tries to stop execution in Texas of Mexican killer
US president warns Texan authorities that execution would put America in breach of international legal obligation President Barack Obama is attempting to block the execution in Texas on Thursday of a Mexican man because it...
El estado de Illinois elimina oficialmente la pena de muerte
Agencia EFE, 2/7/2011 Efe | Chicago Actualizado sábado 02/07/2011 17:50 horas La pena capital quedó abolida hoy oficialmente en el estado de Illinois (EEUU) al entrar en vigor la ley que, además, conmutó por...
The Huffington Post (23/6/2011): 35 años de la reinstauración de la pena de muerte en EEUU
Receiving Death Penalty Is As Random As Being ‘Struck By Lightning’: Report
Los Angeles Times (20/6/2011): Death penalty costs California $184 million a year, study says
Taxpayers have spent more than $4 billion on capital punishment in California since it was reinstated in 1978, or about $308 million for each of the 13 executions carried out since then, according to...
