Capital punishment News
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Annapolis -
Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley yesterday signed abolition of capital punishment into law in Maryland in a move welcomed by campaigners Amnesty International. Maryland becomes part of a worldwide trend away from state-sanctioned execution.
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Annapolis -
Both houses of the Maryland General Assembly have now voted to abolish the death penalty, setting the stage for the state's Democrat governor to sign the repeal into law.
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San Francisco -
A German-born woman has been released from death row, after a San Francisco court overturned her conviction. Debra Mike has been on death row for more than 20 years. Is this another reason to scrap the death penalty?
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The Japanese government on Thursday executed three inmates, marking its first executions since conservative Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took office in December, the Justice Ministry said.
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An intellectually disabled Georgia man scheduled to be executed for killing a fellow prison inmate has been granted a last-minute reprieve.
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Barring an eleventh-hour reprieve, the US state of Georgia is set to execute a convicted multiple murderer by lethal injection on Tuesday evening.
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Bedford -
Michael Sherrard had a long career as a barrister, QC and recorder, but his name will be forever linked with that of James Hanratty and one of the most notorious murders in British criminal history.
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London -
Clive Stafford Smith's Reprieve organisation is complaining about convicted murderers being executed with "Do It Yourself" drugs, but there is a speedy and "humane" alternative.
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Sacramento -
Voters in California rejected ballot measures that would have ended capital punishment and required the labeling of many genetically modified foods, while approving an initiative that abolishes "three strikes" mandatory life prison sentencing.
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San Francisco -
By voting against repealing California's death penalty I am not voting for capital punishment, I am voting against life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, which is but another form of death sentence.
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Capital punishment Blogs
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Like the existence of God or the meaning of life, the death penalty appears to be one of those eternal questions that...
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She will merrily sing "Amazing Grace" and other classics if she’s asked to; the woman carries a tune very well....
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Recently, there had been calls from various quarters to abolish the death sentence in Malaysia. Malaysia is one of the...
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