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Capital Punishment

August 24, 2010 Fembot's Feeling Critical Today: Karzai, Body-policing, Chinese ... Send by thedailyhavis ?The draft amendment eliminates capital punishment for 13 economy-related non-violent offenses, a drop of 19.1 percent.?" Though capital punishment is never acceptable, and not the right of the state, this seems like a move in the right [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 24, 2010 Death Penalty: Judicial Killing In The Free World Send by The Guardian Significantly, Chiba is a long-time abolitionist: her appointment, campaigners hoped, would mark the beginning of the end of capital punishment. [...] Rating: 1 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 24, 2010 More On Mitch, Taxes, Hollywood Send by Henshaw Capital Punishment: Typically, Hollywood liberals are opposed to the death penalty. The movie, The Life of David Gale is a fine example. Well, actually it's not a good example. The idiots that put that film together were obviously [...] Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 24, 2010 Rich Whitney On The Issues Posted by Willian Smith Green Party candidate for Governor Rich Whitney has uploaded a long list of position statements, which I want to share with you. You can read the answers to my questions to him when he visited Woodstock in May here. RICH WHITNEY RELEASES POSITIONS ON TWENTY CRUCIAL ISSUES IN ILLINOIS Carbondale, IL? [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 24, 2010 Brad Pitt: I'd Reconsider My Views On Death Penalty Due To BP Oil ... Posted by Willian Smith Brad Pitt has said that he would consider executing those responsible for the BP oil spill if he was in power. [...] Rating: 1 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 24, 2010 Petit: Support Candidates Who Back Death Penalty - The Bristol ... Posted by Willian Smith Hayes' attorneys also argued that capital punishment should be rejected in his case because Rell violated Hayes' due process rights when she referred to the case and Dr. Petit in her veto message. Judge Jon Blue did not immediately [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 24, 2010 Remembering Clark Pinnock By Wayne Northey Posted by Willian Smith As you may have heard, Clark Pinnock died of a heart attack August 15, 2010. Doug Koop has written an article on Clark in Christianity Today. I reflected lots on Clark since hearing the news two days ago upon our return from a wilderness camping trip to South Barriere Lake near Kamloops. I felt comp [...] Rating: 1 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 24, 2010 Proposed China Death Penalty Reforms May Have No Great Impact On ... Send by Camanabaytimes The draft amendment to China's criminal code would, if passed, reportedly remove the death penalty as a punishment for white collar crimes such as tax fraud, and for smuggling valuables and cultural relics. [...] Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 24, 2010 Hong Kong Hostages Die In Manila Bus Hijack Send by [email protected] (Alice Xin Crimes include one that says capital punishment will not be applied to people above 75 at the time the crime is committed. The China Daily also reported that: Most of the 13 crimes dropped in the proposal have rarely seen the death [...] Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 24, 2010 China Death Penalty Changed : The Loop Send by lturner CHATTANOOGA, TN (UTC/AP) ? China, which executes more people each year than any other country, said Monday it is considering dropping capital punishment for economic crimes. A draft amendment to the country's criminal code proposes [...] Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 24, 2010 Death Penalty News: North Carolina Crime Lab Audit Too Late For ... Send by Death Penalty News Capital punishment would be more effective as a preventive measure if it were administered prior to the crime. Woody Allen When life is holding by a thread, how expensive the price of thread! Daniel Pennac [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 24, 2010 Ksl.com - Utah Group Aims To End Use Of Capital Punishment Posted by Willian Smith Two months after Utah executed a condemned killer by firing squad, a community coalition opposed to capital punishment is trying to foster a statewide conversation to end its use. [...] Rating: 1 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 24, 2010 US Jamaicans Urge Return Of Capital Punishment | Jamaica's Most Wanted Posted by Willian Smith NEW YORK, USA ? Incensed by last week's murder of eight people in the St Catherine community of Tredegar Park, as well as previous murders this month, some. [...] Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 24, 2010 Matt C. Abbot Talks With Fr. John Triglio About Capital Punishment ... Send by Doug Lawrence ?Unlike abortion, which is intrinsically evil in every situation, capital punishment is a natural right of the state. Like war, however, the death penalty is not an absolute right. Both have significant restrictions and criteria in [...] Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 24, 2010 Utah Group Aims To End Capital Punishment Send by www.durangoherald.com SALT LAKE CITY - Two months after Utah executed a condemned killer by firing squad, a community coalition opposed to capital punishment is trying to foster a statewide conversation to end its use. [...] Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 24, 2010 Death Penalty Should Stay: NHRC Chairperson - India News - IBNLive Posted by Willian Smith The former CJI says there are adequate safeguards provided in the law with regard to capital punishment. [...] Rating: 1 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 24, 2010 Sentencing Law And Policy: Putting The Punishment Of Stoning In ... Send by Doug B. Note for people who believe the Bible condones capital punishment: a young woman accused of adultery (John 8: 1-11) was about to be stoned to death. Jesus, acting as today's Supreme Court, gave a specific ruling about how capital [...] Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 24, 2010 Capital Punishment Can't Bring Back Loved Ones Send by www.citizen-times.com There is a lot of current hype about the death penalty and the Racial Justice Act. I lost my father and stepmother to murder, and one of the killers is on death row now. As I have learned more and more about capital punishment over the years, it has become clear that the system is biased and broken in many ways. It seems like a system so extreme ought to at least be fair racially and otherwise [...] Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 24, 2010 Express Teach - Learn English Online: Model Answer - Ielts Writing ... Send by Miranda Hoplaros Although some criminals may fear being punished by being put to death for their actions, I believe there is no direct relationship between capital punishment and committing less crime. Firstly, many acts of violence go unpunished. [...] Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 24, 2010 For Victims, Against The Death Penalty: Working With Victims Who ... Send by Susannah Sheffer [...] from states that use the death penalty, individuals who had never before spoke with victims who are opposed to the death penalty, and individuals who were themselves ambivalent about capital punishment and wanted to learn more. [...] Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 24, 2010 Stabroek News - Death Penalty 'spectacular Failure' In Crime Fight Send by Iana Seales SASOD's consultations yesterday resulted in suggestions that civil society ought to lobby legislators to implement changes in the laws, particularly the new legislation which was recently tabled to allow non-capital punishment for [...] Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

August 24, 2010 Capital Punishment In The United States - Wikipedia, The Free ... Posted by Willian Smith Capital punishment in the United States varies by jurisdiction. In practice it applies only for aggravated murder and more rarely for felony murder or contract killing. [1] [...] Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

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