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California executions on hold since 2006 likely won't resume soon
SAN FRANCISCO — No inmate has been executed in California since 2006, and a ruling Thursday by a state appeals court is likely to further delay executions for years. A three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal unanimously decided...
Tags: Punishment, Prisons, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Michael Jackson
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Appeals court deals California another setback on executions
SAN FRANCISCO — A California appeals court unanimously decided Thursday that the state’s lethal injection regulations were not properly vetted, a decision that is likely to further delay executions. No inmate has been executed in...
Tags: Punishment, Prisons, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Letters to editor: Texting, Mother Nature, and executions
Why are our legislators so slow to pass laws that save lives? According to the article "Holiday brings FHP seat-belt crackdown" in Thursday's Sentinel, it took years to push the seat-belt law, which has saved thousands of lives, from a secondary offense...Tags: Belle Isle, Memorial Day, Laws, Florida Highway Patrol, Awards and Prizes
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PNG reinstates death penalty after gruesome sorcery killings, rapes
ReutersBy Rob Taylor CANBERRA, May 29 (Reuters) - Papua New Guinea has reinstated the death penalty and repealed controversial sorcery laws after a string of gruesome "witch" killings and gang-rapes, with capital punishment to be used for some corruption...Tags: Conservation, Murder, Environmental Issues, Exxon Mobil Corporation, United Nations
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Do you really support the death penalty?
After watching the Jodi Arias sentencing trial for a few days, I found its bright spot was educating Americans on how the death penalty affects us all. Arias' case has been ongoing for about five months now, and with the jury failing to reach a unanimous...Tags: Punishment
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Efforts to restore capital punishment fall short
Maryland's death penalty will be wiped from the books in October now that efforts to reinstate capital punishment have fallen short. The petition drive to halt repeal of the death penalty ended Friday afternoon, when organizers said they could not...
Tags: Jamin B. Raskin, Referenda, Labor Legislation, Martin O'Malley, Interior Policy
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Soldier accused Afghan massacre describes killings
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (AP) — The American soldier charged with killing 16 Afghan civilians during nighttime raids on two villages last year pleaded guilty Wednesday then described shooting each victim, telling a military judge he has asked...
Tags: Murder, Prosecution, Armed Forces, Kandahar Massacre (2012), Valium (drug)
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AP: Soldier to admit Afghan massacre
SEATTLE (AP) — The Army staff sergeant charged with slaughtering 16 villagers in one of the worst atrocities of the Afghanistan war will plead guilty to avoid the death penalty in a deal that requires him to recount the horrific attack for the first...
Tags: Prisons, Prosecution, Armed Forces, Kandahar Massacre (2012), Valium (drug)
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Appeals court affirms Michigan death sentence
DETROIT (AP) — An appeals court on Tuesday upheld the rare federal death sentence of a western Michigan man who was convicted of killing a woman in a national forest in 1997 before she could testify against him in a rape case. Michigan outlawed...
Tags: Forestry and Timber, Punishment, Murder, Prisons, Crime, Law and Justice
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Execution looms for felon who raped, killed girl, 10
Nearly 23 years ago, 10-year-old Christine McGowen was raped and murdered in her bed by a sex offender who sneaked into her northwest Orange County home. On Wednesday, 56-year-old Elmer Carroll, who killed the fifth-grader who loved hide-and-seek,...
Tags: Abusive Behavior, Murder, Prisons, Nintendo Company Ltd., Punishment
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Pennsylvania should abolish the death penalty
Are you in favor of the death penalty? Why? Many people say we need it because the death penalty deters crime, but that is not true. In 2012, the National Research Council evaluated statistical studies only to conclude "that the studies do not provide...
Tags: Prisons, Politics, Riegelsville, Martin O'Malley, Bethlehem Township (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)
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Should Gov. Scott speed up executions?
Gov. Rick Scott is doing the right thing by taking his time before signing the Timely Justice Act. And, after taking his time and thinking about it, he needs to veto it. This is the bill that would speed up the state’s death penalty process....
Tags: Punishment, Prisons, Government, Regional Authority, Politics
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