UN urges death penalty moratorium in US
[JURIST] UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
[official website] spokesperson Rupert Colville issued a statement [UN
News Centre report] on Friday
urging the US to impose a moratorium on the use of the death penalty
following a botched execution [JURIST report] performed in Oklahoma last
week. The OHCHR asserted that the execution of Clayton Lockett, who
died of a heart attack following a failed attempt to execute him using a
new mixture of lethal injection drugs,...
[more].
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