Continued Use Of The Death Penalty In The United States Is Straining Its Relatio

"As more and more countries turn their backs on the death penalty -- about 124 countries are now abolitionist in law or practice -- áthe U.S. finds itself increasingly isolated on this fundamental issue," Rob Freer of Amnesty International told IPS. Continued implementation of the death penalty has eroded U.S. moral authority in the international community, Freer said, adding, "the U.S.'s claim to be the global human rights champion rings a little more hollow with each execution." The majority of the world's governments, including European nations, Lebanon and Canada, now refuse to extradite criminal suspects to the United States without first obtaining guarantees that the death penalty will not be sought or imposed, according to Amnesty statistics. http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=33556

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