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Factsheet for Parliamentarians: Death Penalty and Poverty
The disproportionate severity of criminal sanctions towards poverty-stricken individuals is a matter of public debate, which should be tackled by parliamentarians, as elected representatives of the people.
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In many countries across the world, the gap between the lowest and highest income has been increasing. This phenomenon is only deepening the disparities on how the justice systems approaches defendants from lower social classes from those from higher social classes, including how the death penalty is applied.
This is why members of the World Coalition against the Death Penalty have decided to devote the 15th World Day against the Death Penalty to the issue of poverty, to highlight how capital punishment affects disproportionately populations which are disadvantaged economically and disenfranchised.
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- Publication Type: Factsheet
- Author(s): World Coalition Against the Death Penalty; Parliamentarians for Global Action