Issue ads that appear to focus on an issue but actually dismantle an opposing candidate are the major tool of campaign finance abuse. The United States has become the major human rights abuser in the Western Hemisphere, according to Amnesty International, and is in contravention to the United Nations Convention Against Torture, according to the United Nations. Both point not only to increasing reports of police brutality in the United States, but to growing use of torture in US prisons.
Racial discrimination appears to be a factor.
Less than two percent of California's 513 death row inmates were represented by retained counsel. Finally, the organizations note that the American prison population is two million, the highest in American history and climbing swiftly. The lifeblood of democracy is accurate information. Three US government services keep it flowing to us. Yet or therefore, some elements in the US Congress seek to incapacitate these services.