Troy's hearing date has been changed!

The new date for Troy's evidentiary hearing is June 23, 2010. Originally, the judge set the hearing date for June 30; however, following requests from lawyers involved, the date was moved to June 23.On his hearing date, Troy will finally be able to present crucial evidence about his case that may prove his innocence.

Troy has nearly been executed three times for a murder he may not have committed. This announcement comes after several months of waiting and is a big opportunity to present new testimony and evidence in a court of law.

Starting now, and leading up to his hearing date, it will make all the difference to Troy to know that we're standing in his corner.

» Pledge to stand with Troy Davis the day before his hearing date - now June 22nd

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Worldwide death penalty statistics

We recently released our annual report on global death penalty statistics.

While the use of the death penalty continues to decrease worldwide, a handful of countries accounted for the sheer majority of executions this past year – China, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and the United States.

But many important steps are being taken to finally close the book on capital punishment once and for all. In fact, for the first time since Amnesty International started keeping records, not a single execution was carried out in all of Europe. Furthermore, the UN General Assembly is progressing in its efforts to turn resolutions calling for a worldwide moratorium on the death penalty into reality.

» Learn more about the status of the death penalty worldwide

» Read the full Death Penalty Statistics report (PDF)

» VIDEO: Watch interviews of former death row inmates

Stop Child Offender Executions in Iran

Iran is one of the only countries in the world that still executes children and child offenders. At least 15 child offenders have been executed in Iran in the last two years. On October 16, 2008, The Government of Iran announced an end to this shameful practice, but on October 18 Iran clarified that this directive would not apply to child offenders sentenced to qesas or retribution. The vast majority of the more than 130 juveniles sentenced to death in Iran still face execution.

To learn more about this issue, read Juveniles still to face the noose in Iran. Download this action in PDF or MS Word formats.

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