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Cruel and Unusual Punishment

U.S. Shouldn't Jail Youth For Life

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

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Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

How the Supreme Court rules in two cases concerning juvenile incarceration could determine whether sentencing juveniles to life without parole is cruel and unusual punishment.

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Does a Botched Execution Constitute Double Jeopardy?

Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

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Judge H. Lee Sarokin

Despite our personal desire for vengeance and punishment, it should not be the function or policy of the government to impose the death penalty.

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Torture, American-Style

Anne-Marie Cusac | Posted 05.29.2009 | World

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Anne-Marie Cusac

What astonished me was not the Abu Ghraib torture, but the public's shock and dismay. How could people be so surprised when so many of the same practices had already happened here?

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Masking Justice, Supreme Court Style

Andrew Gumbel | Posted 04.24.2008 | Politics

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Andrew Gumbel

Shame on the Supreme Court for preferring to inhabit their cocoon of respectability on lethal injections -- justice masked by legalese -- than to face the facts.

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