DEATH PENALTY IN THE UNITED STATES

Summary

That this House notes the recent report by Columbia University which describes America's capital punishment system as flawed because more than two-thirds of convictions have to be overturned on appeal; notes with concern that the state of Texas has executed 218 people, more than any other state and about a third of the country's total, since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976; welcomes the fact that the state of Illinois has recently suspended all executions because of doubts about the guilt of those on death row; and calls on the Government to urge all American states to suspend capital punishment in the interests of justice and humanity.

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1. 13 June 2000

   Early Day Motion

   That this House notes the recent report by Columbia University which describes America's capital punishment system as flawed because more than two-thirds of convictions have to be overturned on appeal; notes with concern that the state of Texas has executed 218 people, more than any other state and about a third of the country's total, since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976; welcomes the fact that the state of Illinois has recently suspended all executions because of doubts about the guilt of those on death row; and calls on the Government to urge all American states to suspend capital punishment in the interests of justice and humanity.

   Source: Early Day Motion

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• Hilary Benn · Labour · Primary sponsor

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