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Ficha Informativa para los Parlamentarios sobre la Pena de Muerte y Pobreza
La desproporcionada severidad de las sanciones penales hacia las personas afectadas por la pobreza es una cuestión de debate público, que debería ser abordada por los parlamentarios como representantes electos del pueblo.
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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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- Tipo de publicación: Factsheet
- Autor/es: World Coalition Against the Death Penalty; Parliamentarians for Global Action