Amesty International's 2011 Report - Death Penalty

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http://www.amnesty.org/en/annual-report/2011/americas#header-6
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Forty-six prisoners – 45 men and one woman – were put to death in the USA during the year. This brought to 1,234 the total number of executions carried out since the US Supreme Court lifted a moratorium on the death penalty in 1976.

In Guatemala, Congress passed legislation in October that could lead to the resumption of the use of the death penalty. However, the President vetoed the bill, and in December Guatemala voted in favour of the UN General Assembly resolution calling for a moratorium on the use of the death penalty.

In December, Cuba commuted the sentences of the last three prisoners facing the death penalty.

Although death sentences were handed down in the Bahamas, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, no executions were carried out.
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The only country in the Americas to put people to death was the United States.

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1. Rachel is discussing this right now n/t