A new report by the ACLU’s Capital Punishment Project dis­cuss­es the United States’ posi­tion on the death penal­ty in the face of inter­na­tion­al con­cerns regard­ing this prac­tice. The report, How the Death Penalty Weakens U.S. International Interests, notes that many oth­er nations are mov­ing toward abo­li­tion of cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment and are crit­i­cal of spe­cif­ic aspects of the death penal­ty in the U.S. Among the top­ics fea­tured in this resource are the ongo­ing inter­na­tion­al efforts to abol­ish the death penal­ty, for­eign inter­ven­tion in U.S. cap­i­tal cas­es, inter­na­tion­al extra­di­tion cas­es involv­ing the death penal­ty, rul­ings by the International Court of Justice, and how the death penal­ty has affect­ed America’s war on ter­ror. (ACLU Report: How the Death Penalty Weakens U.S. International Interests, December 2004) Read the report in PDF for­mat. See International Death Penalty and Resources.

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