US move to resume death penalty bucks trend: UN

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GENEVA: The United Nations human rights office said on Tuesday (Jul 30) the Trump administration's decision to reinstate the death penalty at the ...

GENEVA: The United Nations human rights office said on Tuesday the Trump administration's decision to reinstate the death penalty at the federal level goes against the domestic and international trend to abolish or halt executions.

"And there have been reports in the United States showing, using DNA evidence etc, that innocent people have been executed there," he said.Advertisement US President Donald Trump has called for increasing the use of the death penalty for drug traffickers and mass shooters, a request the Justice Department has since laid the groundwork to carry out.

 

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