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The Death Penalty Saves Lives (Hell in a Handbasket)

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:16:16 GMT

This blog post by Shannon Love discusses a recent NY Times article. It seems that the death penalty saves lives. Factors fluctuate from case to case, but it would appear that anywhere from 3 to 18 innocent lives are saved...

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Muslim “scholar” declares death penalty ok for apostasy ( a.k.a. growing a brain and leaving islam) (Infidels Are Cool)

Thu, 15 May 2008 18:13:38 GMT

No shock here, from the ‘religion’ of ‘peace’. Apostasy Punishable By Death: Top Adhaalath Scholar The leader of the religious Adhaalath party scholars’ council has said he advocates the death penalty for those who convert from Islam to another religion, as well as amputation of hands for certain types of theft. In an interview with Minivan News, Sheikh [...]

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Muslim “scholar” declares death penalty ok for apostasy (Infidels Are Cool)

Thu, 15 May 2008 18:13:38 GMT

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Death Penalty (Hull House NC)

Thu, 15 May 2008 16:47:00 GMT

Death Penalty Rep. Rick Glazier and others called on leaders across the country Wednesday to scrutinize the death penalty and its application to help prevent executing innocent inmates. Glazier, D-Cumberland, spoke in the legislative auditorium as part of a panel that included legal scholars, a filmmaker, a minister and a Chicago Tribune investigative journalist. The discussion stemmed from the national...

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Death Penalty Declining: What's Next? [TalkLeft] (The Liberal Blog Network)

Thu, 15 May 2008 16:22:47 GMT

Stephen Bright of the Southern Center for Human Rights , a champion in the defense of capital cases and a personal hero of mine, discusses what's next for the death penalty in the video above and in a blogpost today at MoBlogic.tv . Although public opinion polls continue to show support for the death penalty, imposition of the death penalty is down by more...

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Death penalty documentary drives pleas for more scrutiny (NewsObserver.com - Local & State)

Thu, 15 May 2008 05:30:00 GMT

Rep. Rick Glazier and others called on leaders across the country Wednesday to scrutinize the death penalty and its application to help prevent executing innocent inmates.

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Letter: To End the Death Penalty (New York Times)

Thu, 15 May 2008 05:13:36 GMT

I spend 20 hours a week working as a volunteer to end the death penalty. I write letters to the editor and op-ed articles, and I am the chairwoman of the San Francisco chapter of Death Penalty Focus, a grass-roots anti-death-penalty organization.

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'Innocence' argument dramatically changed death penalty public support, policy (Eurekalert)

Thu, 15 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

( Penn State ) The recent execution of a convicted murderer in Georgia and a Supreme Court ruling upholding the constitutionality of a form of lethal injection have prompted fears of a rush to executions nationwide. But American public support for the death penalty has fallen dramatically over the last 20 years shaped by a unique set of forces, and a new book by Penn State researchers...

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Death penalty possible for sword-slaying Stuart couple (Florida Sun Sentinel)

Wed, 14 May 2008 23:45:00 GMT

Within 10 to 15 days, prosecutors could submit a recommendation about pursuing the death penalty against a couple accused of using a sword to kill her stepfather, a Stuart man whose body turned up at a Palm Beach County landfill.

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Digest: 5 at Guantanamo face death penalty (Baltimore Sun)

Wed, 14 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

... a few minutes of each other, starting about 7:30 p.m., authorities said.5 at Guantanamo face death penaltyMIAMI // A Pentagon official has formally approved death penalty charges against reputed mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four other men, all confined at the Guantanamo military prison, for allegedly conspiring in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, according to their...

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Japan urged end death penalty, aid "comfort women" (Reuters) (News)

Wed, 14 May 2008 20:59:04 GMT

Reuters - Japan was urged by friends and critics in the United Nations Human Rights Council on Wednesday to abolish the death penalty and take concrete steps to settle the long-standing issue of wartime "comfort women."

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Japan urged end death penalty, aid “comfort women” (OTB News)

Wed, 14 May 2008 19:05:23 GMT

GENEVA (Reuters) - Japan was urged by friends and critics in the United Nations Human Rights Council on Wednesday to abolish the death penalty and take concrete steps to settle the long-standing issue of wartime “comfort women”. Share This

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Japan urged end death penalty, aid "comfort women" (Reuters)

Wed, 14 May 2008 18:38:34 GMT

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Death penalty hearing in racially motivated killing postponed (kansascity.com)

Wed, 14 May 2008 16:57:00 GMT

A federal court hearing to consider penalty options for a Kansas City man convicted in the racially motivated murder of a pedestrian was postponed today.

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Hatemonger To Speak At US School (Flopping Aces)

Fri, 16 May 2008 01:55:39 GMT

... by Western governments through UN agencies and Christian missionaries. • Yasin advocates for the death penalty for homosexuality. • Yasin justified the terrorist bombings in Bali because of years of Western oppression. • Yasin says that the Quran permits wife-beating and that equal rights for women is a “delusion” and “foolishness”. • Yasin calls the beliefs of Christians and Jews...

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MEMRI: Western Countries Cancel Iraqi Debt, Gulf Countries Don't (Solomonia)

Fri, 16 May 2008 01:39:10 GMT

... as top national secrets, and the revelation of such data to unauthorized persons could bring the death penalty. Therefore, it was only after the fall of the regime that the extent of Iraq's enormous sovereign debt, estimated at the time in excess of $120 billion, was to become a public record. After the invasion of Iraq in April 2003, it became evident that the country's economic...

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Kirk keeps politics on the agenda (News Scotsman)

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:57:13 GMT

Since the then prime minister outlined justifications for her views on capitalism and social reform, the Kirk has been immersed in political issues. Two decades ago it was an outspoken critic of the Tories, the poll tax and Trident.This year the Assembly, which opened yesterday, will turn itself to Iran, the death penalty, gambling and affordable housing. In the coming days the Kirk's...

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The Die Is Cast (Bowie's Blog)

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:14:00 GMT

... as much. Any talk of a "TORY SECRET AGENDA" is now impossible. Even though the Tories support the death penalty, locking up Omar Khadr , calling the fetus a legal "person," lying about their total military budget, offering MP's "financial considerations" for their votes, floor crossing in exchange for cabinet seats, and allowing Rob Anders to speak in public. So you Liberals (that's...

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In Iran, Covert Christian Converts Live With Secrecy And Fear. (h.hoffman's blog)

Thu, 15 May 2008 19:39:55 GMT

In Iran, Covert Christian Converts Live With Secrecy And Fear. Full article on Religion Page A draft Iranian law would mandate the death penalty for apostasy http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/world/2008/05/08/in-iran-covert-chri... By Anuj Chopra Posted May 8, 2008 TEHRAN, IRAN—Illyas, 20, precariously straddles two worlds. At home with his family, he's a devout Christian who wears...

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Live by the Study, Die by the Study (Chicago Boyz)

Thu, 15 May 2008 19:18:51 GMT

According to a NY Times story: According to roughly a dozen recent studies, executions save lives. For each inmate put to death, the studies say, 3 to 18 murders are prevented. The effect is most pronounced, according to some studies, in Texas and other states that execute condemned inmates relatively often and relatively quickly. I can only [...]

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