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Why (Your Candidate's Name Here) Will Win the Debate

Peter A. Ubel | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Death Penalty, Psychology, John McCain, Presidential Debates, Barack Obama, 2008 Election, Politics News
Peter A. Ubel

Debates are polarizing not simply because of their ridiculous formats, with red lights blinking when the time is up, and with embarrassing questions from the moderators...

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Our Civilized Murders

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Racism, Troy Davis, Death Penalty, Troy Davis Execution, Politics News
Allison Kilkenny

Two hours before Troy Davis was scheduled to die, the Supreme Court granted him a stay of execution. Now they will decide whether to hear Davis' appeal and become witness to the incredible racism and corruption of the justice system.

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Another Innocent Man, Another Wake-up Call for the Criminal Justice System

Kirk Noble Bloodsworth | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Death Penalty, Capital Punishment, Justice Project, Johnnie Earl Lindsey, Politics News
Kirk Noble Bloodsworth

Thanks to post-conviction DNA testing, Johnnie Earl Lindsey was freed from a Texas prison on Friday after serving 26 years for a crime he didn't commit.

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Faith-Based Cruelty: The Other Georgia

Paula Gordon | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Faith-Based, Executions, Troy Davis, Death Penalty, Evidence, Georgia, Politics News
Paula Gordon

What day and time you will die? I, for one, have no interest in knowing. Troy Anthony Davis, almost certainly an innocent man, knows. He'll die Tue...

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Executing the Innocent?

David C. Fathi | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Death Penalty, Execution, Politics News
David C. Fathi

Since 1973, 129 persons -- including five in Georgia -- have been released from death rows in the United States because of evidence that they were innocent.

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Jocks 4 Justice (Including the Great Jim Brown) Say:

Dave Zirin | Posted 10.18.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Troy Davis, Jim Brown, Etan Thomas, Nfl, Sports, Death Penalty, Entertainment News
Dave Zirin

We the undersigned Jocks 4 Justice call upon the Governor, the Supreme Court, or any controlling authority, to stay Troy Davis' execution.

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The Divided States of America: One Nation Under Two Gods

Michelle Haimoff | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Elections, Charity, Liberals, Mccain, Obama, Democratic Party, 2008 Presidential Election, Government, 2008 Election and Abortion, Politics, God, Abortion Laws, Conservatives, Jesus, Barack Obama Religion, Obama 2008, Religious Right, Election 2008, Health Care, Republican Party, Family, Abortion, Democratic Convention, John McCain, Democratic National Convention, McCain Palin, United States, Christian Right, Evil, Democrats, 2008 Election, Republican Convention, 2008 Election and Gender, Election, Barack Obama, 08 Election, Barack Obama 2008, Religion, John McCain 2008, Family Values, Breaking Politics News, Religion and Politics, Christianity, Death Penalty, Presidential Election, Separation of Church and State, Republican National Convention, Republicans, Politics News
Michelle Haimoff

These diametrically opposed, partisan visions of America can never be reconciled because both parties feel that they are fundamentally saving the other party from itself.

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Impeachment? Truth and Reconciliation Commission? Hell, No -- Haul George Bush into a Court of Law, Part 4

Russ Wellen | Posted 09.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, John Conyers, Death Penalty, Justice Department, Iraq, U.S. Military, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, House Judiciary Committee, Politics News
Russ Wellen

Vincent Bugliosi talks about his appearance before the House Judiciary Committee. RW: You wrote, "I strongly believe without absolutely knowing that...

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Impeachment? Truth and Reconciliation Commission? No, Haul George Bush into a Court of Law, Part 2

Russ Wellen | Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Murder, George Bush, John Conyers, US Military, Impeachment, Death Penalty, Iraq, Justice Department, House Judiciary Committee, Prosecution, Politics News
Russ Wellen

Vincent Bugliosi talks about prosecuting George Bush and his appearance before the House Judiciary Committee appearance.

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Impeachment? Truth and Reconciliation Commission? Never Mind That -- Haul George Bush into a Court of Law, Part 1

Russ Wellen | Posted 09.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Murder, George Bush, John Conyers, Helter Skelter, US Military, Vincent Bugliosi, Justice Department, Impeachment, Charles Manson, Death Penalty, Iraq, House Judiciary Committee, Prosecution, Politics News
Russ Wellen

Bugliosi's agenda: Once Bush is out of office, let's drag his butt into a court of law. But the media's perception that much of the public can't conceive of prosecuting a president in a court of law is probably accurate.

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An Unlikely Pair

Mike Farrell | Posted 09.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Lawyers, Death Penalty, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Judges, Criminal Justice System, Death Penalty Debate, Death Penalty California, Politics News
Mike Farrell

This Piece Was Co-written by Donald A. McCartin We are an unlikely pair -- not "The Odd Couple," but close. Forty-five years ago, one was a successfu...

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What Will it Take to Reform California's Death Penalty?

Byron Williams | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Capital Punishment, California, California Politics, Death Penalty, Justice System Death Penalty, Death Penalty California, Politics News
Byron Williams

Californians must confront how badly they want to be in the execution business. Is having a death penalty worth more than investing in the state's social and economic infrastructure?

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Switching Sides On The Death Penalty

Diane Dimond | Posted 07.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Life Without Parole, Louisiana Child Rape Case, Child Rape, Rape of a Child Under the Age of 12, Crimes Against the State, Death Penalty, Hypocrite, U.S. Supreme Court, Supreme Court, Troy King Attorney General of Alabama, Politics News
Diane Dimond

There is an inner voice in my head that can't stop screaming! I've heard it since last week when the US Supreme Court declared the rape of a child under 12 should not be punished by death. That, a majority of the court ruled, is not a "proportional punishment."

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To Win, Presidential Candidates Move ... Left

Bill Scher | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Infrastructure, Faith-Based Initiatives, Mccain, Environment, Fisa, Death Penalty, Obama, Iraq, Nafta, Guns, Barack Obama, Politics News
Bill Scher

The punditocracy won't tell you, but Barack Obama and John McCain are moving to the Left. Take Iraq. Sensing that voters did not react kindly to McCa...

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On Fellow Disgruntled Shareholders of Obama's Campaign

Max and the Marginalized | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Centrist, Death Penalty, 4th Amendment, Barack Obama, Politics News
Max and the Marginalized

In a quest to impress the three people who drive lifted trucks who might vote Democratic, Obama will inevitably end up looking as ridiculous as he should look trying to achieve that end.

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Was Obama Wrong to Veer Right?

Peter Clothier | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gun Control, Death Penalty, Barack Obama, Second Amendment, Obama Gun Policy, Obama Death Penalty, Obama Second Amendment, Obama Guns, Politics News
Peter Clothier

Let's acknowledge, bitter though it may be, a majority of Americans would not cast a vote for anyone who did not make public avowals like those Obama made about gun control and the death penalty.

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Understanding Obama's Recent Right Turn

Stephen Ducat | Posted 07.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Death Penalty, FISA Bill, Moral Values Democrats, Reframing, Barack Obama, Politics News
Stephen Ducat

Obama's resort to triangulation is an admission of a serious limitation -- that he does not believe in his own ability to reframe issues in a way that makes a progressive stance the one that is obviously the most moral.

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The Death Penalty - A Quick Primer

Malcolm Friedberg | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Coker v. Georgia, Death Penalty Debate, Kennedy v. Louisiana, Death Penalty, Supreme Court and Child Rape, Scotus Blog, Scotus, United State Supreme Court, Politics News
Malcolm Friedberg

The Supreme Court's decision this morning to ban use of the death penalty in cases of child rape is consistent with its historical position on the issue.

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From Draconian Drug Laws to Life Without Parole -- Join the Movement Against Harsh Sentencing

Anthony Papa | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Death Penalty, War on Drugs, Drug Sentencing, Mandatory Minimums, Politics News
Anthony Papa

Now is the time to question what it means for society to turn from state-sanctioned executions to punishments that impose what many prisoners describe as "in-house death sentences."

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Wasting Money on a Ineffectual Policy

Byron Williams | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Death Penalty, Lethal Injection, Supreme Court Lethal Injections, Politics News
Byron Williams

The Supreme Court this week upheld Kentucky's use of lethal injection, rejecting the claim that it violates the Eighth Amendment's cruel and unusual punishment clause.

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Masking Justice, Supreme Court Style

Andrew Gumbel | Posted 04.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Kentucky Executions Moratorium, Supreme Court, Chief Justice John Roberts, Execution, Supreme Court Death Penalty, Supreme Court Executions, Kentucky, Death Penalty, Lethal Injection, John Roberts, Cruel and Unusual Punishment, Supreme Court Lethal Injections, Politics News
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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China Defends High Death Penalty Use As Olympics Approaches

AP | Posted 04.23.2008 | Home

Read More: China Executions, Executions, China Defends Death Penalty, Death Penalty, Beijing Olympics, Olympics, Amnest International, China, Home News

China limits the death penalty to a small number of serious criminals and does not have any plans to abolish it, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. T...

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Focus Of Detainee Trial Is Likely To Suit Bush

NY Times | Steven Lee Myers | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Warwire, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, War on Terror, Guantanamo Detainee Trial, Guantanamo Detainees, Death Penalty, Guantanamo Death Penalty, Politics News

Harsh interrogations and Guantánamo Bay, secret prisons and warrantless eavesdropping, the war against Al Qaeda and the one in Iraq. On issue after i...

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Supreme Court To Decide: Can Death Penalty Be Imposed On People Who Rape Children?

Washington Post | Robert Barnes | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: US Supreme Court, Death Penalty, Rape, Politics News

The Supreme Court said yesterday that it will decide whether the death penalty may be imposed on someone who rapes a child, reopening the issue of whi...

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New Jersey Set To Ban Death Penalty, First State Since 1965

AP | TOM HESTER Jr. | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: 1965, Death Penalty, New Jersey Death Penalty Vote, Politics News

With New Jersey on the cusp of abolishing capital punishment, death penalty foes are hoping the move will inspire other states to do the same. New Je...

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