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Truthdig (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
A once-temporary ban on the death penalty is now set to be enshrined into Russian law, permanently banning the practice as Russia prepares to join the majority of the world’s countries who have also explicitly denounced the practice. The BBC: Russia’s ban on the death penalty will remain when a current legal suspension expires on 1 January, the country’s Constitutional Court has ruled....
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The Hotline on Call (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
It's a boon for opposition researchers as AG Eric Holder 's decision to bring terrorism suspects to trial in NYC has both parties backpeddling on previous statements. A Dem source passes along statements from Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Jeff Sessions (R-AL) praising earlier terrorist trials in the U.S. Both members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sessions and Graham spent 11/18 blasting Holder...
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The Plank (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Josh Gerstein at Politico flags a pretty dubious argument (see also here ) against seeking the death penalty for the alleged 9/11 plotters: They're being tried in New York, which doesn't currently have a death penalty statute, so doesn't it offend federalism for federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty there? No, it doesn't. As a strictly legal matter, federal criminal law and state criminal...
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FP Passport (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Today, Greg Craig, the White House's top legal advisor, stepped down from the post he once described as his dream job. The speculation over the much-respected lawyer's resignation has been swirling for months, reaching a fever pitch back in October, when the New York Times published a story on the controversy in the White House office of legal counsel. Craig's resignation comes on the day the administration...
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TalkLeft (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
The LA Times reports that death row inmates in California have better living conditions and more privileges that those doing life in the state's maximum security prisons. Law Prof. Doug Berman of Sentencing Law and Policy provides his take. Mine is somewhat different. The problem with the LA Times article is that it focuses on why inmates prefer death row, one reason being the better conditions and...
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The Bearded Man (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Howzit Once again, Roy Bennett is the focus of our attention as the State attempts to pin terrorism and weaponry charges on him. The fact that this case somehow makes the headlines when it would be common sense that the needs, wants and requirements of the Zimbabwean people just shows where Mugabe and his people are coming from... " The trial on terrorism charges of Roy Bennett, a close aide of...
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Blue Jersey: Covering NJ like a rug (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
While every one of the state's five Republicans marched in lockstep with John Boehner and Eric Cantor by opposing health care reform, seven of eight New Jersey Democrats voted for the historic health care reform bill. Among Democrats, only 3rd District Congressman John Adler voted no. Of the 39 Democrats who voted against H.R.3962, only four come from more Democratic districts than NJ-03. Some 30 Democrats...
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The Plank (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
At Doublethink, Sonny Bunch cites the horrifying murders committed by Steven Hayes and Joshua Komisarjevsky in Cheshire, CT in 2007, and concludes : As far as I am concerned, those two have made their lives forfeit. I want the state to take vengeance upon them for the evil that they have done. If they were to be drawn and quartered and their remains were scattered to the four corners of the continental...
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TalkLeft (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Recognizing the difficulty that death row inmates have in bringing innocence claims before the court, Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) has introduced H.R. 3986, "The Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act." (Received by e-mail from Amnesty International USA , no link yet:) When a person facing execution has strong evidence of his innocence, he should have ample opportunity to bring those claims back...
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Blogcritics: Politics (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
The death penalty is a very controversial subject. It's questionable if the method being used it appropriate.
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Blogcritics: Politics (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
The death penalty is a very controversial subject. It's questionable if the method being used it appropriate.
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TalkLeft (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)into law today. While it contains improvements to trial by military commission, the procedures are still flawed and should have been scrapped in favor of federal criminal trials. From the ACLU : The NDAA makes improvements to the military commissions but fails to bring those tribunals in line with the U.S. Constitution and international...
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Foreign Policy (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
A Ugandan Parliamentarian wants to outlaw homosexuality and prescribe the death penalty for having sex while HIV positive. The worse news is, he might actually get what he wants.
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DownWithTyranny! (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
"As many states face further deficits, it is an appropriate time to consider whether maintaining the costly death penalty is being smart on crime." "The death penalty may serve some politicians as a rhetorical scare tactic, but it is not a wise use of scarce criminal justice funding." -- from the Executive Summary of the report "Smart on Crime: Reconsidering the Death Penalty...
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American Power (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Mark McClain, the so-called "Pizza Store Killer," was put to death by lethal injection Tuesday evening. The Georgia Department of Corrections issued a pre-execution press release, " McClain Execution Media Advisory ." And the Atlanta Journal-Constitution has a report, " State Executes Pizza Store Killer ": Condemned inmate Mark McClain was killed by lethal injection at...
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patrickguillard | 10/10/2008
October, 10th is the World-wide and European Day against Death Penalty. For this occasion, a joint declaration was signed by the Presidents of EU and Council of Europe Institutions
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shugaray | 08/30/2008
Woman Convicted Of Microwaving Child To Death
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gumir | 03/28/2008
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