death penalty
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Liberals are trying to outlaw the death penalty while trying to enshrine into law the right to use marijuana.
In America’s ‘Uncivil War,’ Republicans Are The Aggressors | Perry Bacon Jr. (perry.bacon@fivethirtyeight.com) | February 8, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightVirginia’s governor says he supports legalizing marijuana Both issues mark a sharp change for a longtime conservative state, but abolishing the death penalty has drawn far more emotional debate.
Virginia legislature votes to abolish the death penalty | Gregory S. Schneider, Laura Vozzella | February 5, 2021 | Washington PostThe bill to abolish the death penalty provoked a far harsher political response.
Virginia General Assembly poised for historic votes to legalize marijuana and end death penalty | Gregory S. Schneider, Laura Vozzella | February 4, 2021 | Washington PostLisa Montgomery was executed in Indiana early Wednesday morning, becoming the first woman to die under the federal death penalty in nearly seven decades.
U.S. executes its first female death row inmate in decades | Ann Marimow, Robert Barnes | January 13, 2021 | Washington PostConvicted murderers eligible for the death penalty typically have a history of other aggravated crimes.
The last time a woman was executed for a federal crime, a kidnapping riveted the nation | Samantha Schmidt | January 12, 2021 | Washington Post
The only great thing he did as governor was to insist that the death penalty was just wrong.
Mario Cuomo: An OK Governor, but a Far Better Person | Michael Tomasky | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTHe rebuffed calls to institute the death penalty, and his last term as governor ended in his defeat.
Mario Cuomo, a Frustrating Hero to Democrats, Is Dead at 82 | Eleanor Clift | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTIts blasphemy law, which carries the death penalty, is frequently invoked and just as frequently misused.
Pakistan’s Dance With Terrorists Just Backfired and Killed 132 Children | Chris Allbritton | December 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was the moment that led Ryan to order a moratorium on the death penalty in Illinois.
Wrongly Imprisoned for 15 Years Thanks to an Innocence Project | Jacob Siegel | November 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn the dense atmosphere of tobacco and conspiracy, one hot topic has been the death penalty.
Ukraine Rebels Love Russia, Hate Gays, Threaten Executions | Anna Nemtsova | October 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSuch was the temper of the time, that had he been captured alive he would surely have suffered the formal legal death penalty.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin MalleyHis sentence of the death penalty was then in accord with the judgment of the best mental experts.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin MalleyAny man found away from his post from this point on is in open mutiny and can expect the death penalty.
Greylorn | John Keith LaumerThe death penalty, the usual decree of the court, was generally inflicted by hanging.
The Modern Ku Klux Klan | Henry Peck FryWith savage glee he inflicted the death penalty on his foe, and went on his way exulting.
The Rise of the Russian Empire | Hector H. Munro
British Dictionary definitions for death penalty
the death penalty capital punishment
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