Numbers
500 detainees held for 4 years (so far) without being charged
50,000 detainees in 42 detention facilities during military operations
300 recorded cases of alleged abuse
100 detainees hidden from the Red Cross
40+ deaths by police taser
59 state-sponsored executions
5 released from death row for innocence
70 child offenders on death row

And that's just in 2004. Read Amnesty International's report on your United States.