'The USA must finally recognize the death penalty as a human rights issue on which it should offer exemplary leadership.' amnestyusa
, the organization notes that Biden made history when he was elected as the first U.S. president to oppose the death penalty, asking,"Whither the Biden death penalty promise?"
The report released Monday"stems from Amnesty International's concern that the clock is running on the Biden pledge with little to show for it."approaching this week, Amnesty said, now"is an opportune moment for the U.S. administration and members of Congress to be reminded that the world is waiting for the USA to do what almost 100 countries have achieved during this past half-century—total abolition of the death penalty.", the U.S.
Seventeen months into Biden's administration, Mazzola added,"as memories of that shameful episode fade, it seems that the political will for abolition is dissipating also.", even as it has labeled itself as a global human rights champion," said Mazzola."Yet international human rights law requires abolition of the death penalty within a reasonable timeframe."
The report also calls on the president to"support a public information campaign about abolition aimed at demonstrating the facts about arbitrariness, racial bias and impact, errors and other realities of capital justice; the requirements of international human rights law; and the national and global trends towards abolition."
Maintain the moratorium on executions until abolition of the federal death penalty is signed into law and all federal death sentences have been commuted;Work actively to vacate every current federal death sentence rather than oppose relief;
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