Dieter Hoffmann

Germany

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The chopped-up heart is a symbol for each type of execution. In the case of a miscarriage of justice, the death penalty can not be repealed. Death is final. The offender is also cut off from affection and understanding. The death penalty can never be just.
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Death is not justice


Our 2010 project asked for the universal abolition of the death penalty.
For us it’s simple. The death penalty is a violation of human rights. Article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states: “No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.” How does that fit with beheading, stoning, hanging, lethally injecting or shooting someone?

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DEATH PENALTY IS NOT JUSTICE

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