Death Penalty Debate

Since When Don't We Put a Price Tag on Justice?

Ty Alper | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Capital Punishment, Death Penalty, Safe California Act, Budget Cuts, Death Penalty Debate, Jerry Brown, California, California Budget, California Death Penalty Cost, California Death Penalty, Crime News
Ty Alper

Faced with unassailable evidence that the death penalty in California costs hundreds of millions of dollars per year, supporters tend to respond with what is intended to be a conversation stopper: "You can't put a price tag on justice."

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The Death Penalty Option: I Support It

Ed Koch | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: New York Death Penalty, Death Penalty, Death-Penalty-New-York, People v. LaValle, Death Penalty Debate, Death Penalty Connecticut, New York News
Ed Koch

I support having the penalty available as an option in particularly heinous murders. The reason being that many more innocent lives would be saved because of the deterrence factor.

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Did This Man Suffer Cruel And Unusual Pain During Execution?

Reuters | Steve Robrahn | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Video, Thomas Kemp, Death Penalty Debate, Death Penalty Review, Tim Gabrielsen, Thomas-Kemp-Executed, Kentucky, Death Penalty, Kentucky Death Penalty, Single-Drug Lethal Injection, Lethal Injection, Three-Drug Lethal Injection, Thomas-Kemp-Execution, Lawyer Tim Gabrielsen, Crime News

(Reuters) - A Kentucky judge ordered state officials to consider using a single drug to carry out executions instead of a series of three drugs used b...

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Shifts Seen In Support For Death Penalty Around The Country

Posted 04.25.2012

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By Kevin Johnson USA Today WASHINGTON (RNS) The campaign to abolish the death penalty has been freshly invigorated this month in a series of actio...

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Victims Support Death Penalty Repeal in Connecticut

Andrea Lyon | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Victims, Death Penalty, Death Penalty Debate, Abolition, Connecticut, Crime News
Andrea Lyon

A recent study by former Yale Law School Professor Donohue has shown that the death penalty is given in Connecticut far more based on race and location of the victim than any other factor.

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Laura Bassett

Death Sentences In U.S. Fell To Record Low In 2011: Report

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 12.15.2011

Read More: u.s. Executions, Troy Davis Execution, Death Sentences, Death Penalty, Video, Death Penalty Debate, Politics News

The number of new death sentences issued in the U.S. dropped from 112 in 2010 down to 78 this year, marking the first time the number has fallen below...

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Two Volunteers for Execution, Two Governors Who Would Not Let Them Die

David Protess | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Chicago News, Death Penalty, Moratorium, John Kitzhaber, George Ryan, Gary Haugen, Oregon, Illinois Death Penalty Abolished, Death Penalty Moratorium, Death Penalty Debate, Armchair Detective, Chicago News
David Protess

While abolitionists cheered the news that Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber had declared a moratorium on executions last week, the public reacted with surprise. Oregon has the death penalty?

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Willful Ignorance In Texas Execution?

Radley Balko | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Texas, Hank Skinner, Dna Testing, Hank Skinner Texas, Death Penalty Debate, Texas Death Penalty, Death Penalty, Criminal Justice, Rick Perry Death Penalty, Medill Innocence Project, Innocence, Hank Skinner Death Penalty, Politics News
Radley Balko

A week from today, Texas death row inmate Henry "Hank" Skinner is scheduled to be executed for the 1995 murders of Twila Busby and her two adult sons....

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Cheers Or Tears? What Confucius Would Say About Texas Executions

Rodney L. Taylor, Ph.D. | Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Rick Perry, Ethics, Death Penalty, Capital Punishment, Confucius and the Death Penalty, Texas Death Penalty, Death Penalty Debate, Ethics of Death Penalty, Confucianism, Rick Perry Death Penalty, Religion News
Rodney L. Taylor, Ph.D.

Confucius is rarely heard in contemporary debate. But what indeed would Confucius make of this latest public ovation for what the audience perceived to be the benefits of capital punishment?

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The Next Death Penalty Battleground

Alec Baldwin | Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Capital Punishment, Death Penalty Debate, Troy Davis Execution, Death Penalty, California Death Penalty, SAFE California, Troy Davis, Politics News
Alec Baldwin

A quick glance tells us the most active killing states comprise the "Old South," and a look at the racial makeup of death row today suggests to many that it is a relic of slavery. But a closer look tells us even more.

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The Death Penalty Is Political Sport At Its Most Barbarous

Sister Mary Ann Walsh | Posted 12.07.2011

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Sister Mary Ann Walsh

When the audience cheered the death penalty accomplishment, I felt like I was at the Colosseum surrounded by Romans giving thumbs down to a beleaguered Christian before the lions. It is barbaric.

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What I Learned At My Arrest At Troy Davis' Execution

Stephen Dear | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Troy Davis, Nonviolence, Ethics, Activism, Death Penalty, Religion and Politics, Capital Punishment, People of Faith Against the Death Penalty, Death Penalty Debate, Troy Davis Execution, Troy Davis Funeral, Religion News
Stephen Dear

Stand with me and say, "I am here to stop the execution of the next Troy Davis -- and every single person living on death row."

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The 'Lynching' Of Troy Davis And White Christianity

Alexander Mikulich, Ph.D. | Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Troy Davis, Christianity, Christian Theology, Lynching, Racism in America, Race in America, Institutional Racism, Death Penalty Debate, Troy Davis Execution, Death Penalty and Race, Christianity in America, Death Penalty, Ethics, Religion News
Alexander Mikulich, Ph.D.

It is time to contend with our complicity in the enduring legacy of lynching in the contemporary practice of the death penalty. It contradicts our claims of being Christian and democratic.

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Prayers For Troy Davis

Posted 11.22.2011

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Before Troy Davis was executed late Wednesday night (Sept. 21) he received an outpouring of prayer and support from around the world. The global prote...

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Life Or Death? Sisters Of Murdered Man Debate Death Penalty

Loganville-Grayson Patch | Posted 11.22.2011

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Following the controversial execution of Troy Davis, two Georgia sisters whose brother was murdered discuss their views on the death penalty....

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Troy Davis' Attorneys To Issue Late Appeal Before Scheduled Execution

Posted 11.21.2011

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By GREG BLUESTEIN, The Associated Press ATLANTA -- With less than half a day left to live, Troy Davis faced execution Wednesday despite a furious c...

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Death Row Inmate Denied Clemency Despite Doubts Of Guilt

AP | GREG BLUESTEIN | Posted 11.20.2011

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ATLANTA — Yet another appeal denied, Troy Davis was left with little to do Tuesday but wait to be executed for a murder he insists he did not co...

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Trymaine Lee

WATCH: Troy Davis' Execution Date Set By Georgia Authorities

HuffingtonPost.com | Trymaine Lee | Posted 11.07.2011

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Years of public appeals, pleas of innocence and international support have yet to prevent what may be Troy Davis' fate: Prison officials in Georgia ha...

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Thank You, Governor Quinn

Andrea Lyon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Governor Quinn, Death Penalty, Illinois Death Penalty, Prosecutors, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Illinois Death Penalty Abolished, Death Penalty Debate, Chicago News
Andrea Lyon

Gov. Quinn has asked us all to step away from vengeance, from error and heartache and instead to concentrate on preventing violence and assisting the victims of violence. We can do that, can't we?

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Why the Legislature Is Right and Lisa Madigan Is Wrong About the Death Penalty

Mark Osler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mark Osler

The death penalty has failed in Illinois, and should not be resuscitated.

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Laura Bassett

Fewer Executions In 2010

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 05.25.2011

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Executions declined in all four regions of the U.S. in 2010 and dropped by more than half over the past decade, according to a report released Tuesday...

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Laura Bassett

Death Penalty May Be Ruled Unconstitutional In Texas

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- At a hearing scheduled for Monday, December 6, a district court in Texas will decide whether the death penalty is unconstitutional in th...

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Author Faces Jail Time For Criticizing Singapore's Death Penalty

The Independent | Posted 05.25.2011

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A British author faces a possible jail term in Singapore after being convicted yesterday of contempt of court for criticising the city-state's judicia...

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Officials Move To Resume Executions In California

AP | PAUL ELIAS | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO — Death row inmate Albert Greenwood Brown on Tuesday morning was handed a "death warrant" – the first such document delivere...

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Condemned Man's Last Request: Don't Screw It Up

Robert Weller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Death Penalty Debate, Executions, Capital Punishment, California Executions, Death Penalty, California Death Penalty, Lethal Injection, Los Angeles News
Robert Weller

A California man convicted of rape and murder 40 years ago has asked that his execution be stopped because the state can't guarantee it will be pain free.

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