Amnesty International Week of Student Action

Article image Adding thousands of voices against the death penalty for child offenders
"The act I committed to put me here was not just heinous, it was senseless. But the person that committed that act is no longer here. I'm sorry that John Luttig died. And I'm sorry that it was something in me that caused all of this to happen to begin with. Tonight, we tell the world that there are no second chances in the eyes of justice. No one wins tonight. No one gets closure. No one walks away victorious."

Final statement of Napoleon Beazley, child offender, executed in the USA, May 2002.

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Alleged child offenders awaiting trial, Karachi, Pakistan, June 2003.

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