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I Faced Death by Incarceration. The UN Heard My Plea to Abolish Life Sentences.

November 29, 2023 by susie day

Robert Saleem Holbrook: Truthout – Decades ago, most people had never even heard the term “death by incarceration,” the racially discriminatory and cruel practice commonly known as life imprisonment. Now in 2023, the United Nations has condemned it and called on the United States to abolish it....

Read moreI Faced Death by Incarceration. The UN Heard My Plea to Abolish Life Sentences.

UN Human Rights Committee Calls for Moratorium on Life Without Parole in U.S.

November 3, 2023 by susie day

November 3, 2023: Groups fighting Death By Incarceration traveled to Geneva to brief committee for its review of U.S. compliance with human rights treaty

Read moreUN Human Rights Committee Calls for Moratorium on Life Without Parole in U.S.

UN Special Rapporteurs criticize U.S. death-by-incarceration sentences

October 17, 2023 by susie day

October 17, 2023: RAPP members join delegation to United Nations, Geneva Switzerland • testify on racial discrimination in prison sentencing

Read moreUN Special Rapporteurs criticize U.S. death-by-incarceration sentences

DEATH BY INCARCERATION IS TORTURE: The Cruelty of Life Imprisonment in the United States

September 18, 2023 by susie day

September 12, 2023: "Isn’t part of the human experience learning from mistakes and becoming better? . . . We transgress, we’re held accountable, we transform, and then we make amends. Death by incarceration strips people of this experience..."

Read moreDEATH BY INCARCERATION IS TORTURE: The Cruelty of Life Imprisonment in the United States

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