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Can the Death Penalty for Terrorists Fuel Violence?
The Washington Independent —
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Attorney General Eric Holder (WDCpix) When Attorney General Eric Holder announced earlier this month that the suspected plotters of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks would be tried in civilian court, he also promised to seek the death penalty for all of them. But the heated debate that followed over the supposed ...6 hours ago -
National Briefing | Midwest: Ohio: Doctor’s Help Was Sought During Failed Execution Attempt
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As an execution team tried to find a vein during an effort at lethal injection, prison staff members sought help from a doctor — a move generally discouraged by ethical and professional medical rules.13 hours ago -
Taking out the trash
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News.com.au - CHINA today executed two people for their role in a tainted milk scandal that killed at least six children and further sullied the made-in-China brand. Nearly 300,000 children fell ill last year after drinking milk intentionally laced with melamine, a toxic industrial compound that can give a fake ...1 day ago -
Taking out the trash
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News.com.au – CHINA today executed two people for their role in a tainted milk scandal that killed at least six children and further sullied the made-in-China brand. Nearly 300,000 children fell ill last year after drinking milk intentionally laced with melamine, a toxic industrial compound that can give a fake ...1 day ago -
China executes two for tainted milk scandal
The Guardian - guardian.co.uk —
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Official news agency says death sentences carried out on pair who added industrial chemical to infant formula China executed two men today for their roles in a tainted milk powder scandal in which at least six children died and more than 300,000 became sick. Zhang Yujun was executed for endangering public safety and ...1 day ago -
1326: Hugh Despenser the Younger, King Edward II’s lover?
ExecutedToday.com —
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On this date in 1326, the power behind Edward II’s throne — and the presumed lover in his bed — was hanged, drawn and quartered and pointedly emasculated in a grisly public execution as the Queen and her lover took control of England. (Wince.) The younger Despenser, being carved up in an illustration from ...1 day ago -
Review of Louisianas Post-Conviction Process
The StandDown Texas Project —
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" Kimball: Justice must be efficient but fair ," is one of two articles written by Alison Bath for the Shreveport Times. Both appeared in Sundays edition. In September, LouisianaSupreme Court Chief Justice Catherine D. Kimball announced theformation of a court committee to study the states ...1 day ago -
More Harm Than Good: Why Capital Punishment Doesn’t Work
The Criminal Lawyer —
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Without much media fanfare, the Supreme Court has already decided two capital-punishment cases this month. The first, Bobby v. Van Hook , came down on the 9th, and dealt with a case from early 1985. Nearly 25 years ago, Van Hook went looking for someone to rob, trolled a Cincinnati gay bar, and seduced a guy he ...1 day ago -
The Latest Lethal Injection News From Ohio
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" New lethal injection policies put Ohio at center of legal and ethical debate over executions ," in todays Cleveland Plain Dealer is written by Aaron Marshall. Death row inmates and advocates on both sides of the capital punishmentdebate across the country have had their eyes on Ohio since the recentannouncement ...2 days ago -
More on the Forensic Science Commission
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Dave Montgomery reports, " New forensic commission e-mail policy goes in wrong direction, lawmaker says ." The article appeared in the Saturday edition of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Members of a state commission examining the case of Cameron ToddWillingham have been asked to delete e-mail correspondence, a ...2 days ago -
Highlighting the Atkins Scholarship
The StandDown Texas Project —
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In the preceding post , Adam Liptak noted scholarship by John Blume, Sheri Lynn Johnson, andChristopher Seeds," An Empirical Look at Atkins vs. Virginia and its Application in Capital Cases ." Heres the abstract: InAtkins vs. Virginia, the Supreme Court declared that evolving standardsof decency and the Eighth ...2 days ago -
Continued Coverage of Juvenile Sentencing Reform
The StandDown Texas Project —
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Adam Liptaks latest Sidebar column is, " Standards for Juvenile Punishment ." Its available at the New York Times website and is scheduled for tomorrows print edition. An extended excerpt: The law is made up of rules and standards. Here is an example of a rule, established by the Supreme Court in Roper v. ...2 days ago -
Crime and Punsihment: 1 Dies, 1 Lives
The StandDown Texas Project —
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That the title of an Austin American-Statesman editorial. It appeared in the Saturday edition. LINK Two criminals, both with guns fired at the scene. Two shooting victims. One dies, one does not. Two trials, both for capital murder because of a state law thatmakes all participants in a crime that includes ...2 days ago -
Sidebar: Standards for Juvenile Punishment
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The effects of a decision on executing mentally retarded inmates could offer a lesson on punishment for juveniles.2 days ago -
Sonia Gandhi assures support to wives of Hemant Karkare, Vijay Salaskar
Thaindian News —
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New Delhi, Nov 23(ANI): The wives of 26/11 Mumbai terror attack martyrs, Hemant Karkare and Vijay Salaskar, called on Congress Party president Sonia Gandhi here on Monday.The meeting came just three days before the first anniversary of the 26/11 terror in Mumbai, where 10 heavily armed gunmen went on a rampage and ...2 days ago -
VIDEO: TATCHELL URGES LGBT COMMUNITY TO STAND WITH MUSLIMS RESISTING SHARIA LAW
Gay London videos and news, gay interviews, gay clubbing, gay health, gay comment and gay views on HOMOVISION.TV Gay TV, gay London videos and news, gay interviews, gay clubbing, gay health, gay comment and gay views on HOMOVISION.TV —
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At Saturday’s protest against Sharia Law, Peter Tatchell urged members of the UK gay community to stand shoulder to shoulder with Muslim people around the world who are resisting Sharia law.Talking to HOMOVISION, he said: “In so many countries, like Uganda, Pakistan, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia and Iran, LGBT people are ...2 days ago -
Widows of 26/11 martyrs meet Sonia
Thaindian News —
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New Delhi, Nov 23 (ANI): The wives of 26/11 martyrs, Hemant Karkare and Vijay Salaskar, called on Congress Party president Sonia Gandhi here on Monday.The meeting came just three days before the first anniversary of the 26/11 terror attacks during which Karkare and Salaskar died while fighting terrorists near Cama ...2 days ago -
1974: Black Saturday in Ethiopia
ExecutedToday.com —
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November 23, 1974 was “Bloody Saturday” in Ethiopia for that day’s* surprise purge of some threescore politicians and soldiers by the ruling Derg. It was barely ten weeks since the Derg — an Amharic word word “committee”, in this case a leftist military junta — had formally overthrown Emperor Haile ...2 days ago -
Iran’s Death Penalty Is Seen as a Political Tactic
Ad Orientem —
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CAIRO — A flurry of executions and death sentences in Iran has raised concern that the government is using judicially sanctioned killing to intimidate the political opposition and quell pockets of ethnic unrest around the nation, human rights groups and Iran experts said. In Iran, where there is precedent for ...2 days ago -
Who’s Afraid of a Fair Trial?
Firedoglake —
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Chickenhawk The Washington Post’s Michael Gershon wrote the most cowardly chickenhawk op-ed I have seen in a long time. I know I should not take the bait, but somehow can’t stop myself. He asks: So how did Holder become the most destructive member of Barack Obama’s Cabinet? Apparently Gershon finds ...2 days ago
