Saturday, 19 October 2024, 10:39 am
Press Release: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
16 October 2024
We are seriously
concerned by the impending execution of two men in the
United States of America. This would follow the execution of
six people in five different US states over a 12-day period
last month. This rise in the rate of executions is deeply
worrying.
Robert Roberson is due to be executed on 17
October in Texas, despite substantial evidence of wrongful
conviction. Derrick Ryan Dearman is also scheduled to be
executed in Alabama the same day.
We oppose the death
penalty, as a matter of policy, in all circumstances. It is
incompatible with the fundamental right to life and raises
the unacceptable risk of executing innocent people. Evidence
also suggests it has little to no effect in deterring
crime.
We urge the United States to join the growing
global consensus towards universal abolition of the death
penalty – beginning by promptly imposing a moratorium on
executions.
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