X-Message-Number: 29468
From: "Mark Plus" <>
Subject: Moving towards a more civilized world
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 20:46:34 -0700

Amnesty International reports a dramatic decrease in capital punishment in 
recent years:

http://web.amnesty.org/pages/392-260407-feature-eng

"Death penalty on the decline

"Momentum is growing for an end to capital punishment after Amnesty 
International's (AI) latest analysis revealed a big drop in executions.

"The Annual Death Penalty Statistics   launched in Rome on Friday   show a 
worldwide trend towards abolition with an encouraging 25 per cent decrease 
in executions and death sentences in 2006."

This trend complements nicely the Human Security Report's conclusion in 2005 
that armed conflicts have declined substantially in recent years as well:

http://www.humansecurityreport.info/

If these trends continue, cryonicists can point to them as evidence that our 
future resuscitators could awaken us in a society that places more value on 
human life than we currently see.

Mark Plus

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