| 单词 | death penalty |
| 例句 | The death penalty can be imposed fairly only after carefully considering all the reasons why death might not be the appropriate sentence, and that didn't happen in Herbert's case. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Between the passage of Alabama's new death penalty statute in 1975 and the end of 1988, there had been only three executions in Alabama. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Alabama is among the growing list of states that make the murder of a person under the age of fourteen a capital offense punishable by the death penalty. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z If his plea is simply guilty, then the State demands the death penalty for these black crimes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Supreme Court ruled the death penalty for nonhomicides unconstitutional and international law strongly disfavors the practice. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He added that we had been justly convicted and were lucky not to have received the death penalty, which we probably deserved. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When Walter McMillian arrived on Alabama's death row—just ten years after the modern death penalty was reinstituted—an entire community of condemned men awaited him. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z What if they give him the death penalty? Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z So defendants like Walter McMillian, even in counties that were 40 or 50 percent black, frequently found themselves staring at all-white juries, especially in death penalty cases. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Walter’s release coincided with increased media interest in the death penalty, triggered by the increasing pace of executions. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He told us about being pressured by the sheriff and the ABI and threatened with the death penalty if he didn't testify against McMillian. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Almost banning the death penalty through a popular referendum in an American state would have been unimaginable just a few years earlier. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “I feel morally and intellectually obligated simply to concede that the death penalty experiment has failed,” said U.S. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z But outside of the death penalty arena, civil rights advocates have long been reluctant to leap to the defense of those viewed as criminals. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z This new information led the prosecutor to drop the charges, sparing Ms. Lee a capital trial and, potentially, the death penalty. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Threatened with the death penalty, she joined a growing community of women imprisoned for having unplanned pregnancies and bad judgment. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z But just to make sure, the same week, the new Nazi government had enacted a separate measure imposing the death penalty on those who published “treasonable articles.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Herbert was advised to deny any culpability but ultimately argued that this was reckless murder, not capital murder, which could be punished with life imprisonment but not the death penalty. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z So even in a death penalty advocate’s best-case scenario, capital punishment could explain only one twenty-fifth of the drop in homicides in the 1990s. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Several states were seriously debating ending the death penalty. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He broke down the issues with the death penalty simply but persuasively, and I hung on every word, completely engaged by his dedication and charisma. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z So why did Obama, on the campaign trail, go out of his way to announce disagreement with a Supreme Court decision ruling the death penalty for child rapists unconstitutional? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The study conducted for that case revealed that offenders in Georgia were eleven times more likely to get the death penalty if the victim was white than if the victim was black. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Finality, not fairness, had become the new priority in death penalty jurisprudence. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The State decided to invoke an unprecedented theory of “transferred intent” to make the crime eligible for the death penalty. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It is extremely unlikely, therefore, that the death penalty, as currently practiced in the United States, exerts any real influence on crime rates. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Prior to rendering a verdict, jurors expressed concerns about Mrs. Colbey being subject to the death penalty, so the State agreed not to pursue an execution if she was found guilty. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I went back to law school with an intense desire to understand the laws and doctrines that sanctioned the death penalty and extreme punishments. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z A friend or a relative might say something about how they supported the death penalty—just not for Walter—and he would find himself shaken. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Even if — especially if — we did not receive the death penalty, there were practical reasons not to appeal. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Not that this is likely, but if the death penalty were assessed to anyone carrying an illegal gun, and if the penalty were actually enforced, gun crimes would surely plunge. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Even in death penalty cases, the Court grants review only in a small percentage of the cases filed. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It was the first time the Court had issued a categorical ban on a punishment other than the death penalty. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It had been converted, following the abolition of the death penalty in New York State, to a vocational building with modest print, drafting, woodworking, welding, and small-engine shops. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Increased penalties were ordered for membership in illegal organizations; sentences from five years to the death penalty were instituted for “furthering the aims” of communism or of other banned organizations. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The judge could go for the death penalty if they plead not guilty. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z The death penalty was taken off the table after Tony agreed to cooperate with the state. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Some, like McCleskey, have been killed because of the influence of race in the death penalty. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z In 2005, the Court recognized that differences between children and adults required that kids be shielded from the death penalty under the Eighth Amendment. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It was an accusation that could bring jail or even the death penalty. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z In a few years, some of the appellate court judges would be attacked and replaced in partisan judicial elections by candidates who complained about the court's rulings in death penalty cases. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z In 2005, there were fewer than seventy-five juvenile offenders on death row when the Court banned the death penalty for kids. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Walter and I traveled to legal conferences and spoke about his experience and about the death penalty. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Racial violence has been rationalized, legitimated, and channeled through our criminal justice system; it is expressed as police brutality, solitary confinement, and the discriminatory and arbitrary imposition of the death penalty. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z This was a summary court-martial with the death penalty. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z He wondered whether Wisconsin had the death penalty. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z By the end of the decade, some justices had become openly critical of the review that death penalty cases received. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z A film crew from Ireland came to Alabama to make a short documentary about the death penalty that would feature Walter's case and the cases of two other Alabama death row prisoners. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Warren McCleskey was a black man facing the death penalty for killing a white police officer during an armed robbery in Georgia. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z And because the death penalty is rarely given for crimes other than homicide, its deterrent effect cannot account for a speck of decline in other violent crimes. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Although I had worked on several death penalty cases with clients who had execution dates, I'd never before been present at an execution. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Once the Court’s opinion was released, however, it became clear the case was about much more than the death penalty. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Clearly, the man on the stand had done something so awful, so abhorrent, that it must be a death penalty case. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z And even if you disregard that part of it, there was strong evidence that the death penalty should not be imposed because of Herbert's trauma, military service, and childhood difficulties. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z In all death penalty cases, spending time with clients is important. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z These findings were replicated in every other state where studies about race and the death penalty took place. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Most gunshot victims don't die after nine months, and it was surprising that the state was seeking the death penalty in this case. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The presiding judge upheld the M’Naghten Rule, and the jury gave the state the death penalty it demanded. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Assume for a moment that the death penalty Is a deterrent. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z New York State, for instance, has not as of this writing executed a single criminal since reinstituting its death penalty in 1995. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z It took a minute or two, but as soon as it was quiet again, Mr. Chatham cleared his voice and said, “The state will not seek the death penalty in this case.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Concerns about innocence and the death penalty were intensifying, and support for the death penalty in opinion polls began to drop. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Even smaller numbers accompanied the Court's decisions banning the death penalty for non-homicide offenses. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z George was convicted and given the death penalty. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I was in a poor rural county in Alabama after another trip to pull records in a death penalty case when I was invited to speak at a small African American church. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Senate Judiciary Committee scheduled hearings on innocence and the death penalty a few months after Walter’s release, and we both testified. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Following my first McMillian argument, we had filed almost two dozen death penalty appeals, and the court was starting to respond to our advocacy. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Our death penalty work had also taken a hopeful turn. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z This lady’s grandson might be facing life imprisonment without parole, but given the overwhelming number of death penalty cases on our docket, I couldn’t rationalize taking on his case. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z California voters also came very close to banning the death penalty; the ballot initiative lost by only a couple of percentage points. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z And any person they told about the mission could face the death penalty as well. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Figuring out Alabama civil and criminal law while managing death penalty cases in several other states kept me very busy. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The racial terrorism of lynching in many ways created the modern death penalty. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I told the congregation that Walter’s case had taught me that the death penalty is not about whether people deserve to die for the crimes they commit. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Alabama's capital statute requires that any murder eligible for the death penalty be intentional, but it was clear that Herbert had no intent to kill the child. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z You’d think we were debating the death penalty or some heated war topic. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z This was the highest number of executions in a single year since the beginning of the modern death penalty era in 1976. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z This sentimental business about abolishing the death penalty simply encourages crime. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I had dealt with Nunnelly in several other death penalty cases. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The execution intensified Darrow’s already deep hatred of the death penalty. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The study found that defendants charged with killing white victims received the death penalty eleven times more often than defendants charged with killing black victims. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Chief Justice William Rehnquist urged restrictions on death penalty appeals and the endless efforts of lawyers to stop executions. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The State's lawyer argued that this was a routine capital murder case and that the death penalty had been appropriately imposed. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z But in 1989, driven by a change in the Supreme Court's treatment of death penalty appeals and shifts in the political winds, the attorney general's office began vigorously seeking executions of condemned prisoners. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Continued litigation about lethal injection protocols and other questions about the reliability of the death penalty slowed the execution rate in Alabama dramatically. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z In almost every state, juries made the decision to impose the death penalty or life in prison without parole. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Kemp, a case that presented convincing empirical evidence that the race of the victim is the greatest predictor of who gets the death penalty in the United States. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She started sending notes congratulating me and EJI whenever we won a death penalty appeal. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Abolitionists were becoming hopeful that more profound death penalty reform or possibly a moratorium might be achievable. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Given our success in other death penalty cases, he must have feared the very real possibility of the appellate court's overturning Walter's conviction. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z An appellate court might decide that de Wet had been too lenient and that we deserved the death penalty. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Beyond the general anti-media sentiments in the South, the death penalty was particularly polarizing. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I'd already worked on lots of death penalty cases in several Southern states, sometimes winning a stay of execution just minutes before an electrocution was scheduled. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Bagwell's public complaints made it hard for courts to appoint other civil lawyers for last-stage appeals in a death penalty case, not that they were particularly inclined to do so. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Yessir,” the guard said, confirming this, “they got the death penalty.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Both—though they oversaw Sing Sing’s executions— were against the death penalty. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The majority observed that significant racial disparities had been found in other criminal settings beyond the death penalty, and that McCleskey’s case implicitly calls into question the integrity of the entire system. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I didn't have a basic grasp of the complex appeals process that shaped death penalty litigation, a process that would in time become as familiar to me as the back of my hand. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z On its face, the case appeared to be a straightforward challenge to Georgia’s death penalty scheme. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He had been preparing for a traditional legal career until he came down to work with us one summer and became fascinated by the issues that death penalty cases presented. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I turned the other police misconduct cases over to other lawyers because my death penalty docket was so full. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He also observed that Allen, who was released on bond in September 2010, was coerced into accepting the Alford plea with the threat of the death penalty. Finding redemption without DNA proof 2012-10-13T15:00:00Z All ways of looking at the death penalty turn our eyes to the murder victim’s family members. “This is life row”: When family members of murder victims oppose the death penalty 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z “The death penalty will make things even more dangerous for girls,” he warns. Convicted Delhi rapist: “When being raped, she shouldn’t fight back” 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z The only difference is that I was discussed in Parliament under the Treason Act, which at that time carried the death penalty. Q&A: Former Sex Pistol John Lydon 2010-04-27T22:44:00Z The hysteria culminated in Trump’s ad calling for the death penalty. An Artist Revises the Racist News Coverage of the Central Park Five 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z Prosecutors had initially sought the death penalty, but after a plea bargain, the man accused of killing him was convicted of accessory to murder. Complicated Legacy of a Gospel Singer 2014-04-28T20:45:33Z Trash Cuisine will also feature testimonials drawn from some of the other 94 countries worldwide where the death penalty remains in use, including Thailand and Malaysia. Belarus Free Theatre to bring battle against death penalty to UK 2013-03-27T12:40:58Z Her story reveals the moral implications and the psychological toll of the death penalty—even on the law-enforcement personnel who implement it. Weekend Reading: Observing Executions, Italian Earthquakes, Nico Muhly on Beyoncé 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z Defense Secretary said on Monday that the death penalty could be sought in the justice system against the soldier, but portrayed the shooting as an isolated event that would not alter withdrawal plans. Afghan government team attacked, Taliban fume over massacre 2012-03-13T12:20:08Z Its digressive structure keeps returning to the 10 but covers a lot of ground, interweaving their story with insights about racial injustice in education or in the unequal application of the death penalty, for instance. It Started With a Kiss. Then Film Scholars Found More. 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z In 1994, according to Gallup, 80 percent of Americans favored the death penalty for convicted murderers; last year that number was down to 55 percent. Review: ‘Dead Man Walking’ Opens a Met Season Heavy on the New 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z So if we do a show on death penalty — because Belarus is the only country in Europe with the death penalty. Belarusian political dissidents on spreading their message of freedom: ‘We never know when our life will end’ 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z Ibar works with the Spanish consulate to get citizenship as the European country, which is against the death penalty. In the provocative "Miramar Murders," a suspect is apprehended but justice still remains in question 2021-03-14T05:00:00Z Facing a possible death penalty, he confessed all - that he was a forger. Can you love a fake piece of art? 2012-06-03T23:24:04Z He had been leading the fight against legislation proposing the death penalty for H.I.V.-positive men and prison for anyone failing to turn in a known homosexual. Critic’s Notebook: Human Rights Watch Film Festival at Lincoln Center 2012-06-14T21:54:07Z Nkoli had faced the death penalty with 21 other political leaders in the Delmas treason trial, but had been acquitted and released. Beverley Ditsie: the South African woman who helped liberate lesbians everywhere 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z In early 2011, when it looked as though Connecticut’s death penalty was headed for repeal, Petit met with two State Senators who were on the fence. Death Penalty opponents’ unlikely allies 2012-08-20T18:52:00Z America: Land I Love In Christian Perspective laments that the death penalty, and thus the sanctity of life, have become less hip. 7 absurd things America’s kids are learning thanks to conservatives 2014-03-04T13:00:00Z It begins like a documentary on the death penalty, becoming more and more unreal as the arguments are pursued in seven Brechtian chapters. Nagisa Oshima 2013-01-15T12:43:54Z Stafford Smith thinks the US will unquestionably abolish the death penalty: "In my lifetime, hopefully, depending upon how many gin and tonics I drink." Clive Stafford Smith: 'The jury system in this country is utter insanity' 2012-07-08T19:00:02Z Cheever thus supported the death penalty as one of the last bulwarks again Hell-on-Earth. 5 things you may not know about death penalty 2013-04-03T13:05:00Z “The 60 percent who support the death penalty don’t care either way,” he told me. Last Meals on Death Row, a Peculiarly American Fascination 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z He also faces federal murder charges in the 2009 killing of a 20-year-old Navy petty officer in her Virginia barracks, and federal authorities are seeking the death penalty. New arrests in two wrongful conviction cases 2012-05-15T21:06:00Z "I wrote the book to invite people to question the death penalty system." Ala. attorney questions death penalty in new book 2012-01-27T19:50:09Z Belarus is the only country in Europe that uses the death penalty. Natalia Kaliada: 'In Belarus it's very simple – everything's repressed' 2012-06-02T23:05:29Z Brazile, in an interview with Fox News host Megyn Kelly last week, denied having received a debate question about the death penalty in advance. CNN drops Donna Brazile as pundit over WikiLeaks revelations 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z The campaign is expected to kick off within the next two months and will be designed to prompt changes on issues such as the death penalty and juvenile sentencing, Budnick said in an interview. Movies with a message make impact beyond Oscars glitz 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z His client was facing the potential death penalty. An inside look at HBO’s brutal true-crime doc “Mommy Dead and Dearest” 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z But what really emboldened me was his near fetish for death and the death penalty. In defense of grave dancing: It’s true that Scalia was a human being, but I still refuse to mourn a-holes like him politely 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z "There is discussion of the death penalty, understandably, I think, in this situation, which makes us very nervous," Browne said. Family of suspect in Afghan killings 'shocked' 2012-03-16T05:39:00Z Oddly enough, this project grew from the legal work of a death penalty defense lawyer, Bryan Stevenson. Following the Civil Rights Trail 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z Ms. Lou sat on a jury that decided the death penalty for a man convicted of a double murder who was then executed in 2006. What’s on TV Monday: ‘Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind’ and ‘Sacred Games’ 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z “There are some survivors that come to immediate spontaneous forgiveness, and there are others that would advocate for the death penalty,” she says. Perspective | Enough with naming and shaming: It’s time for restorative justice in Hollywood. 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z As Garrison’s brave example demonstrates, death penalty abolitionists cannot be intimidated by threats of violence. 5 things you may not know about death penalty 2013-04-03T13:05:00Z The publisher, who has never met Franklin face-to-face, says he does not believe the death penalty is a deterrent. Flynt: Don't execute man who shot me 2013-10-18T12:06:43Z Nashiri’s is the first death penalty case to move forward in the military commissions. Memorial for America’s conscience 2012-05-24T20:20:00Z He’s also reconsidered his positions on gun control and the death penalty, which he had adopted as a right-wing student at Berkeley. The Plight of the Political Convert 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z Most countries in Europe do not have the death penalty. Heggie’s `Dead Man Walking’ gets Met Opera premiere in 20-21 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z Twenty-eight states retain the death penalty in statute; 28 executions have occurred since Clemency won its Sundance award. Alfre Woodard: 'We want all those with a stake in the death row business to see this film' 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z By the end of the 18th century you could receive the death penalty for at least 250 different crimes. Review | ‘The Club’ spotlights the stars of 18th-century British culture — and invites some new members 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z Courtroom dramas have that aplenty in the fate of the victim and the danger – imprisonment, or the death penalty in some countries – in which the defendants find themselves. Louise Doughty: rereading the best courtroom dramas 2013-06-21T18:00:01Z And what are his feelings about the death penalty? You’ve Got the Wrong Idea About Martin McDonagh 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z “The Innocent Man” is coming out at a time when true-crime series, such as the podcast “Serial” and the documentary “Making a Murderer,” are changing some minds about criminal justice, incarceration and the death penalty. John Grisham’s ‘The Innocent Man’ Becomes a Documentary Series 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z At one point, in tracing the subsequent career of Mr. Libby’s prosecutor, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, Mr. Stewart ends up badly confused about the facts surrounding Illinois’s suspension of the death penalty in 2000. Books Of the Times: Looking for Truth in All That Lying 2011-06-12T22:09:47Z “There was a lot of anger among victims’ family members who don’t support the death penalty,” Mujahid told The Crime Report. Death Penalty opponents’ unlikely allies 2012-08-20T18:52:00Z Some episodes detail specific rulings — like the 1962 redistricting case that drove one justice to “a nervous breakdown” — while others explore broader topics like the death penalty, race-based jury selection and sexism within the court. 7 Podcasts For History Buffs 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z We see it in death penalty cases; we saw it on the hunting of Osama Bin Laden after the September 11 attacks. We’re hard-wired to want vengeance: “Those are the brain systems that are old — they’re the ones we share with dogs and rats and deer” 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z When They See Us uses archive footage of Donald Trump giving an inflammatory and overtly racist television interview, and works his appalling newspaper ad calling for the return of the death penalty into the story. Feel-bad TV: why are we obsessed with small-screen tragedy? 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z Dannel Malloy signed into law a bill that repealed the death penalty for all future cases, while leaving past death sentences in place, including those handed down to Komisarjevsky and Hayes. Death Penalty opponents’ unlikely allies 2012-08-20T18:52:00Z A majority of Americans want to retaliate with the death penalty if James Holmes, on trial for the 2012 shooting that killed 12 people inside a Colorado movie theater, is convicted. Lonnae O’Neal: What’s underneath the forgiveness and activism? 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z That same year, Donald Trump took out a full-page advertisement in four of the city’s major newspapers advocating for the return of the death penalty, stating he wanted the criminals “to be afraid”. Ava DuVernay set to take on Central Park Five series for Netflix 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z Fifty-five percent of Americans, meanwhile, support the death penalty for those convicted of murder. 6 countries that still use lethal injection to kill prisoners 2014-05-08T12:30:00Z For each episode, they are given questions from the panel on issues such as Israeli settlements, the death penalty and how to revive the struggling economy. Palestinians chose a new president _ on reality TV 2013-05-10T06:30:20Z In saying he was dismissing charges in the Pasanbegovic's slayings, DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin noted that the death penalty now has been abolished in . Charges against serial killer are dropped 2011-08-24T16:57:00Z Next week, it is to debate the death penalty. Heady Advice From a Hard-Living Heavy Metal Frontman 2011-06-09T15:15:25Z Zwick was in Washington last week to talk to anyone who would listen about “Trial by Fire,” not just as a movie but as a persuasive call for the elimination of the death penalty. How director Ed Zwick is trying to keep pace with a changing Hollywood, long after his ‘Glory’ days 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z If convicted by the jury, he would face the death penalty. Paw and order: Dormie, the dog who went on trial for cat murder 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z She is a doer – actions not words – but there is the rub ... partaking in direct action at this time could get you the death penalty. 'Hope has started to grow': Maxine Peake on Corbyn, people power and Peterloo’s radical legacy 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z Prosecutors first sought the death penalty then offered Allen a deal ensuring that he would serve at least 60 years. Finding redemption without DNA proof 2012-10-13T15:00:00Z While I struggle with the ethics of the death penalty for humans guilty of murdering another human, I think I could personally flip the switch on anyone who treats an animal this way. New Self-Help Books for Pet Parents 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z Trump was heavily involved in the case at the time, taking out ads demanding the death penalty for the defendants. Are women people? 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z It could also be used, he said, as justification for supporting or opposing the death penalty. Last Meals on Death Row, a Peculiarly American Fascination 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z It was the second defeat for Connecticut death penalty opponents in two years. Death Penalty opponents’ unlikely allies 2012-08-20T18:52:00Z He announced new emergency measures and vowed to be tougher on perpetrators, but some women weary of years of such pronouncements have suggested that South Africa bring back the death penalty for rapists. Meghan visits memorial to murdered South African woman 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z By her recollection, she had to sit through three days of agonizing deliberation and then the prosecutor asked her if the defendant should be given the death penalty. The Media Equation: TV Justice Thrives on Fear 2011-05-22T22:00:04Z We never considered pushing for the death penalty because I firmly believe that I am not the one to choose who lives and who dies. Lucy McBath on the “Religion” of Guns in America 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z Prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty when the case goes to trial next month. Hearing set for man charged in 'Cathouse' death 2012-04-19T12:58:08Z Some elected officials called for PFC Manning to receive the death penalty. Manning’s laywer: She didn’t receive a fair trial 2014-03-27T16:33:00Z While much of the focus was on the new law, the protesters said they would also like to see the Republican governor and state lawmakers scrap the death penalty in Tennessee altogether. News briefs from around Tennessee at 1:58 a.m. EDT 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z The fact that the play is set in 1958, when the British death penalty is still in force, makes his blunder a potentially deadly one -- until, of course, an unexpected contrivance lightens the tone. A blowhard lawyer? That's the joke in 'The Dock Brief' in Venice 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z “I know from researching her and her trial, back in the nineties, that they really did almost kill her, because they kept going back and forth in California about the death penalty.” Anna Deavere Smith Contains Multitudes 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Connecticut became the 17th state to abolish the death penalty in April. Death Penalty opponents’ unlikely allies 2012-08-20T18:52:00Z The judge, who will be replaced, posted "The death penalty is the only just outcome of this case" on a Facebook page. Norway killer on trial: "I would have done it again" 2012-04-17T11:39:05Z “The Phantom,” a documentary from Patrick Forbes, examines a case that in recent years has been cited as an example of a likely wrongful conviction that ended in the death penalty. ‘The Phantom’ Review: The Death Penalty for a Doppelgänger 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z After the second senator, Andrew Maynard, followed suit, there was no longer enough votes to repeal Connecticut’s death penalty and the bill never made it to the Senate floor. Death Penalty opponents’ unlikely allies 2012-08-20T18:52:00Z Bills to abolish the death penalty have either been introduced or will be introduced this year in a number of states, including Alabama, California, Florida, Colorado, and others. 5 things you may not know about death penalty 2013-04-03T13:05:00Z I didn’t make the cut because I oppose the death penalty. Comics writer Jason Aaron talks “Star Wars,” “The Punisher” and “Southern Bastards”: “The Confederate flag has no place flying over the state capital” 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z But in this age of stop and frisk, racial profiling, mandatory sentencing, the death penalty, and life without parole, not to mention execution-by-cop, the real answer is: I can’t. America’s criminal injustice system: A private eye sheds light on the gross indignities suffered by the poor 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z And I think that question dictates that we end the death penalty. The author of ‘Just Mercy’ says we’ve made talking about race political — and that has to change 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z What motivates Queen to run stems from her own experience defending black men facing the death penalty and points to her love for them. What ‘Queen & Slim’ Gets Right About Black Women 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z As the movie star’s daughter, Serafima Romashkina, explains, the social world of Stalin’s elite is like “Edith Wharton with the death penalty.” ‘One Night in Winter,’ by Simon Sebag Montefiore It notes that states that allow capital punishment are struggling to purchase enough lethal drugs because some pharmaceutical companies and exporting countries object to the death penalty. Death penalty report cites value of taping interrogations 2014-05-09T10:58:00Z A sentence of life without parole is in some ways almost as bad as the death penalty. Juvenile sentencing 2012-07-03T14:34:00Z A few months later, prosecutors announced that they were seeking the death penalty for Chad. The true story behind the "doomsday mom" accused of killing her two children in "Sins of Our Mother" 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z The journalist Maurice Chammah’s sober, densely reported first book, “Let the Lord Sort Them,” promises a history of “the rise and fall of the death penalty.” Why the Death Penalty Is Dying: A New Book Tells the Surprising Story 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z Walker, 19, and Rodgers, 18, face the death penalty or life in prison without the possibility of parole if convicted. 4 charged in Los Angeles death of rising rapper Pop Smoke 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z But as a piece of drama, and indeed polemic against the death penalty, Better Man is affecting and unsettling television. Better Man - TV review 2013-07-25T22:49:05Z Glynn served on the Peace and Social Action Committee of the Brooklyn Friends Meeting, and he participated in its weekly vigil outside the State Supreme Court building to protest against the death penalty. An Overlooked Novelist’s Unfinished Epic About the Lives of Forgotten Men 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z Ms. Badinter is married to a lawyer, professor and politician, Robert Badinter, who fought successfully to end the death penalty in France. Cultural Studies: Elisabeth Badinter Defends the Imperfect Mother 2010-06-04T19:00:00Z It had been forwarded to me by a psychologist with whom I once worked on a death penalty case. America’s criminal injustice system: A private eye sheds light on the gross indignities suffered by the poor 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z For nine and half years, beginning in 1994, a group of Quakers from Brooklyn meeting worshiped in silence outside the New York State Supreme Court building on Wednesday afternoons to protest the death penalty. Can You Gather With God Over Zoom? 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z At the new location, Mr. Baldwin had gotten back into character as Harland Rust, a notorious outlaw who helps his grandson escape the death penalty, fleeing with him on horseback. Alec Baldwin Returns to ‘Rust’ Set as Charges He Faced Are Dropped 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z That type of timeline is unheard of in federal court, especially in a death penalty case. Memorial for America’s conscience 2012-05-24T20:20:00Z “I don’t know what happened, I wasn’t there,” one death penalty lawyer I work with regularly says to shut off such speculation. America’s criminal injustice system: A private eye sheds light on the gross indignities suffered by the poor 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z While Oliver's stance on pumpkin spice may not be as enlightening as his examination of drones or climate change or the death penalty, you have to respect the depth of feeling with which it's delivered. John Oliver has no love for pumpkin spice 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z The sun is setting on the second day of a fast and vigil to abolish the death penalty. The priest, the exonerated death row inmate and their continued battle against the death penalty 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z “And whether you think the death penalty is moral or not,” when it’s used “where the legal system is corrupt, that needs highlighting.” Katie Leung Stars in ‘One Child’ by Guy Hibbert 2014-11-30T05:00:00Z The letter argued that the death penalty appeals process forced victims’ families to relive the trauma of facing their loved ones’ murderers over and over again. Death Penalty opponents’ unlikely allies 2012-08-20T18:52:00Z Mohammed and his four co-defendants could receive the death penalty if convicted of charges that include nearly 3,000 counts of murder for their alleged roles orchestrating and aiding the Sept. Army tank made of cupcakes 2012-06-15T14:54:00Z A recent Gallup poll found that Americans considered marital infidelity the worst thing a person could do, beating suicide, abortion, human cloning, and the death penalty. 4 reasons humans are so bad at sexual monogamy 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z “For me the death penalty was no longer an abstract thing,” Mr. Hargreaves told me recently. Last Meals on Death Row, a Peculiarly American Fascination 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z He said he hoped the drama would spur debate about China’s executions the way “A Short Film About Killing,” a 1988 movie by Krzysztof Kieslowski, spurred debate about the death penalty in Poland. Katie Leung Stars in ‘One Child’ by Guy Hibbert 2014-11-30T05:00:00Z “They’re not about guilt or innocence,” Mr. Herzog said of “Into the Abyss” and the “On Death Row” series, which focus on men facing life imprisonment or the death penalty. ‘The Imposter’ and a Sense of Balance 2012-07-06T14:30:00Z But the death penalty is still with us in all its ugliness. Readers recommend: songs about capital punishment – results 2013-07-11T13:00:00Z There is no other logic to the death penalty as we administer it. “Dead Man Walking,” Revisited: A Prophetic Argument Against Capital Punishment 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z His prominence has faded since 2011, when after a series of appeals, the Philadelphia district attorney agreed to drop the death penalty. Brown University Acquires the Papers of Mumia Abu-Jamal 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z He doesn’t believe in a constitutional divide between church and state, favors the death penalty, rejects immigration reform, demands the repeal of Obamacare, and takes a strict “originalist” view of the meaning of the Constitution. Robert Reich: Ted Cruz is even more dangerous than Donald Trump 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z Not only was the Bloody Code in force, so named because of the sheer number of crimes attracting the death penalty, but the system was stacked against the defendant. TV highlights 04/07/2012 2012-07-03T18:59:01Z Also Fyodor, employed at a meatpacking plant and probably ill-fatedly dating a vegetarian and logician, Timo, who is opposed to the slaughter of animals but supports the death penalty for mass shooters. For ‘The Late Americans,’ Grad School Life Equals Envy, Sex and Ennui 2023-05-21T04:00:00Z Like many conservative theologians of the day, Cheever feared that abolishing the death penalty would invite God’s wrath. 5 things you may not know about death penalty 2013-04-03T13:05:00Z He also agreed to a plea bargain with prosecutors, which entailed that he would help investigators identify victims in order to avoid the death penalty. From "Capturing the Killer Nurse" to "The Good Nurse," here's the true story of Charles Cullen 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z Like much that seems immovable, the death penalty is ancient. Why the Death Penalty Is Dying: A New Book Tells the Surprising Story 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z How would the nation react to a majority of black people calling for the death penalty for Roof and other racist killers? Lonnae O’Neal: What’s underneath the forgiveness and activism? 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z Jaffe, who almost accidentally became a capital defense specialist after being appointed to a death penalty case three decades ago, uses Padgett's case and others to write that the system is badly flawed. Ala. attorney questions death penalty in new book 2012-01-27T19:50:09Z Cuyahoga County prosecutor Timothy McGinty has said he will pursue “each act of aggravated murder” — and a conviction could lead to the death penalty. Is killing a fetus murder? 2013-05-17T20:11:00Z With the death penalty of his diagnosis looming, Walt wakes from the slumber of an unfulfilling life, evolving from feckless drudge to reluctant part-time criminal, then gradually to something worse. Magazine Preview: The Dark Art of ?Breaking Bad? 2011-07-06T12:20:00Z He seemed to prefer reasoned, dispassionate debate, whether about abortion or the death penalty or anything else. Scott Stewart wasn’t well known in the antiabortion world. Now he’s leading the charge to overturn Roe at the Supreme Court. 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Moreover, when white people are shown images of apes they are subsequently more likely to support the death penalty against black people. Roseanne and America’s white victim complex: Why canceling her show isn’t enough 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z As I’ve said before, if we demand a career death penalty for every interesting but volatile personality, we are demanding a more boring world. Is This Thing On? Why Social Media Keeps Taking Down Media Celebs 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z Koch was known as a liberal, but after the mayhem, he ran on a platform that featured bringing back the death penalty. How Ronald Reagan Triumphed 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z In October, she’s meeting with death penalty opponents in Nebraska, where 11 people are currently on death row. Death Penalty opponents’ unlikely allies 2012-08-20T18:52:00Z Certainly one fellow Upper East Sider pushed that narrative: Donald Trump took out newspaper adverts demanding the death penalty be reinstated, referring to the boys as “murderers”, even though Meili survived. I rejected fairytales as a kid. Who needs them, when there are real wolves nearby? 2019-06-08T04:00:00Z It wasn’t, Holt was quick to point out, that the experience caused him to oppose the death penalty. Lester Holt’s path from country music DJ to the most powerful perch in news 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z It begins with a tense back-seat argument about the death penalty and eventually turns its gaze on poverty, violence, sexism and censorship. Review: In ‘Taxi,’ a Filmmaker Pushes Against Iranian Censorship From Behind the Wheel 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z In the driest of all the essays, we get an academic discussion about plea bargains and whether they are more or less likely to be used in resolving federal death-eligible cases in death penalty states. What real lawyers think about Breaking Bad – and why it should be taught in class 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Tehran, which imposes the death penalty frequently for crimes such as drug dealing and murder, is not known to have executed any U.S. citizen as a spy. Iran sentences American to die for spying 2012-01-09T12:02:00Z Where does that leave a “good guy” such as Batman, who operates as both judge and jury, even applying the death penalty, with zero tolerance or oversight? What if superheroes aren’t really the good guys? 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z Misumi was in prison for several decades for two other murders and will probably face the death penalty if he’s found guilty. Review: In ‘The Third Murder,’ Guilty as Charged Isn’t the Whole Story 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z Although military lawyers have said they will consider seeking the death penalty, Browne said he would try to ensure that didn't happen. Family of suspect in Afghan killings 'shocked' 2012-03-16T05:39:00Z Tweaking out in Florida, she becomes fixated on abolishing the death penalty; she tweezes out all her leg hairs individually; she spends days online tracking the status of Mir, the Russian space station. The Chaotic, Beautiful Larks of Elizabeth Wurtzel 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z The death penalty is bad enough, but the refusal to allow a grieving mother to have the cold corpse of her child is beyond obscene. Clive Stafford Smith: Belarus Free Theatre risk life and death 2013-06-10T11:11:56Z Support for the death penalty has been declining in recent years, but in Texas, Abbott hasn’t relaxed his position. All eyes on Texas governor as calls grow to halt execution 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z He’s charged with capital murder, which carries the death penalty. John Grisham Brings Back His Hero Jake Brigance for a Third Case 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z But this involving documentary, while sympathetic to opponents of the death penalty, isn’t focused on sorting out the ethical rights and wrongs of the practice. | 'Incendiary: The Willingham Case': ?Incendiary,? a Documentary About Willingham Case ? Review 2011-10-06T22:57:37Z "In every case, my fervent stance against the death penalty precludes a person or the government from taking any life, for any reason," he writes. Ala. attorney questions death penalty in new book 2012-01-27T19:50:09Z At the time, the death penalty was mandatory for murder; capital punishment wasn't abolished in Britain until 1969. ‘Downton Abbey’ and History: A Look Back 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z “I can make every case now a death penalty case.” “Would we even be here if Julian Acox was white?” Race, self-defense and making of a murder charge 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z Gunman James Holmes is due to be formally charged today and could face the death penalty if found guilty. Aurora shootings force Warner Bros to film new ending to Gangster Squad 2012-07-30T11:16:05Z Yet the facts were incontestable, the verdict and sentence assured: guilty, and life imprisonment, the death penalty being a thing of the past in France. Emmanuel Carrère’s Disconcertingly Personal and Utterly Gripping Prose 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z The prosecution seeks the death penalty when it serves them, and agrees to a plea deal when the accused can afford a lawyer who can make the trial sufficiently complex. “Dead Man Walking,” Revisited: A Prophetic Argument Against Capital Punishment 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z It took jurors only about an hour of deliberating before they recommended the death penalty. Death row teens: He’d committed a vicious murder at 16, but was he really incapable of change? 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z He was facing the death penalty and offered a chance to exchange that for 30 years if he lied against McMillian. "Just Mercy": Freeing an innocent man shouldn't be this hard 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z Roof, now facing the death penalty, is representing himself. Don’t execute Dylann Roof — that’s exactly what he wants 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z In January the US attorney general announced the federal government would seek the death penalty against the 20-year-old terrorist. Boston marathon survivor story to become film 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z Belarus is the last European country to employ the death penalty, and was urged last year to abandon the policy by the EU and Human Rights Watch in the wake of two high-profile executions. Belarus Free Theatre to bring battle against death penalty to UK 2013-03-27T12:40:58Z Such reservations are, in any case arguably less important than both the profound questions this drama prompts about the death penalty, and the fruits of the director/actor relationship between Da and Hii. Better Man - TV review 2013-07-25T22:49:05Z On Tuesday, Costa Rican authorities asked Colombia to halt the Jimenez's deportation because the suspect risked being killed in Guatemala and Costa Rica does not accept the application of the death penalty to its citizens. Suspect in slaying of singer arrives in Guatemala 2012-03-14T16:42:11Z “What always strikes me is that support in China for the death penalty mirrors identical support in the U.S.,” Katie Leung Stars in ‘One Child’ by Guy Hibbert 2014-11-30T05:00:00Z Tabloid headlines compared the teens to a wolf pack, and Donald Trump took out newspaper ads calling for the return of the death penalty in New York state. ‘When They See Us’ actors revisit the Central Park Five case 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z The original book revolves around the question of whether the death penalty is justified even in cases of reprehensible violent crime. ‘Dead Man Walking’ is a new opera for old audiences 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z Made in the tradition of a Civil Rights drama but set in more contemporary times, “Just Mercy” confronts larger social issues including criminal justice reform, the death penalty and racial profiling. Jordan, Foxx debut injustice drama ‘Just Mercy’ at film fest 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z Despite the specter of the death penalty, abolitionists held their ground. 5 things you may not know about death penalty 2013-04-03T13:05:00Z The documentary "Incendiary," about an arson case in Texas that resulted in the death penalty, will have a special screening Tuesday at Pacific Place. STIFF, transgender, preservation fests unspool 2012-05-03T20:19:06Z “I think in the legislature, they were a bit caught off guard by it, because they were used to hearing from Dr. Petit and other supporters of the death penalty,” Mujahid said. Death Penalty opponents’ unlikely allies 2012-08-20T18:52:00Z “Me and two other inmates thought we were going to the gas chamber. I was potentially facing the death penalty.” The hardest man in Hollywood 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z This novel from a noted New Zealand author recreates the 1955 murder case that helped overturn her country’s death penalty. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z In cases like these, cringe functions as cancel-lite: somewhere between a traffic ticket and a death penalty sentence in the court of social media opinion. That’s So Cringe! 2021-04-11T04:00:00Z Should it be advocates, like activists who oppose abortion and insist that they should be called “pro-life” even if they favor the death penalty? Perspective | Words matter. So these journalists refuse to call GOP election meddling an ‘audit.’ 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z I was recently contacted by an organization in Zimbabwe that’s campaigning for the abolition of the death penalty. Writing About a Past Injustice Helped Her See What Has and Hasn’t Changed 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z Authorities hope their success will showcase the benefits of such programs in a country with strict penalties for drug-related crimes, including the death penalty. Jailhouse rock; Indonesian inmates perform concert behind bars 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z The new draft of the Democratic Party platform released Friday envisions abolition, and says the death penalty “has no place in the United States of America.” The priest, the exonerated death row inmate and their continued battle against the death penalty 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z Though many support the government’s new law to impose the death penalty, some fear it could backfire. Delhi gang rape trial sparks Indian media frenzy 2013-03-28T15:29:00Z If convicted of murder, he could face the death penalty. Japanese man accused of killing Briton pens book 2011-01-26T14:16:04Z The one-upmanship is dizzying, with characters reeling off statistics about drones, the death penalty, the credit crisis, African leaders and Willie Nelson like auctioneers at a cattle show. Television Review: ‘The Newsroom’ Returns, With Some New Faces and Issues 2013-07-12T21:33:38Z Similarly, “Sessions spent a lot of time yelling at us about the death penalty, despite the fact that the F.B.I. plays no role of any kind in whether to seek the death penalty.” In ‘The Threat,’ Andrew McCabe Issues the Latest Warning Call About Trump’s America 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z He also is a committed activist in the causes of death penalty abolition and the improvement of services for children, like his own son, who have autism. Steve Earle’s outlaw heart 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z Up The Junction started a debate about backstreet abortions, The Big Flame about workers’ rights and Three Clear Sundays about the death penalty. Ken Loach: ‘If you’re not angry, what kind of person are you?’ 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Stevens was convicted of murder in the first two killings and manslaughter in the third and found eligible for the death penalty. Rick Stevens, Funk-Soul Singer Convicted of Murder, Dies at 77 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z Media eyewitnesses have been a feature of state and federal executions for decades, and almost every death penalty state has some kind of law or regulation about allowing media witnesses, Dunham said. The state said an execution happened ‘without complication.’ Reporters in the room had a different story. 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z But they can avoid the death penalty by stealing Capone’s ledger books and thereby providing proof of massive income tax evasion. 'Boardwalk Empire' recap: Chalky and Nucky out for revenge 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z That, in turn, helped sustain the death penalty by emphasizing the notion that they deserved it. Last Meals on Death Row, a Peculiarly American Fascination 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z A jury recommended the death penalty on Tuesday. Looking at an Artist’s Portraits of the Charleston Shooting Victims 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z Anyone else who obtained this expensive dye would face the death penalty. Solving the Mystery of Ancient Ink Origins 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z And she claims that “This book is being published to raise awareness of the immorality of the death penalty. Severely mentally ill people need treatment, not execution.” “He has a disease that changed his brain” — Aurora shooter’s mom pleads for mercy 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z The federal murder count carries a mandatory minimum sentence of life in prison and the maximum sentence of the death penalty. Alleged gang members charged in slaying of Chicago rapper 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z One of them, Michael Perry, is interviewed as he awaits execution, and the ethics of the death penalty, which Mr. Herzog avowedly opposes, is among the film’s concerns. Critic?s Notebook: Hiding Up in Telluride, Silver Mined on Screens 2011-09-05T22:03:11Z Separately, prosecutors will announce Monday whether they will seek the death penalty. Hearing still on for reporter in Colo. shootings 2013-03-29T16:37:08Z He, Manson and three others were sentenced to death, but the sentences were commuted to life in prison when the death penalty was briefly outlawed in California in 1972. Judge stops LAPD warrant for Manson follower tapes 2012-10-18T20:14:14Z In his book, my grandfather wrote that, the day before, the public prosecutor told him he would be seeking the death penalty for all eight men. My grandfather's whole family were murdered – but he found a way to forgive the killers 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z “Clemency” is distressing, but the film will also generate empathy for its consideration of the death penalty. Alfre Woodard is devastating in the beautifully bleak death-penalty drama "Clemency" 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z The museum was founded in 1988, “with the idea that torture and death penalty belong in the museum”, and includes information for visitors on the work of Amnesty International and human rights treaties. 20 of the world’s creepiest museums 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z Some surprised themselves by embracing the death penalty. “And everybody cried”: The callous murder of the Harvey family and the song it inspired 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z Since then, public opinion about the death penalty has shifted. “Dead Man Walking,” Revisited: A Prophetic Argument Against Capital Punishment 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z For in this deeply cynical tale, set in the final days of the death penalty in England, we see how “justified” murder, no longer state sanctioned, survives by other means. Review: ‘Hangmen,’ Offering the Last Word in Gallows Humor 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z "Into the Abyss: A Tale of Death, A Tale of Life": Werner Herzog's new documentary looks at the death penalty and executions. Weekend Preview: Wine and Bikes, Train Expo 2011-11-16T22:34:10Z He was placed behind bars pending trial; if found guilty, he would have received the death penalty. Larry David and death row: the amazing tale of how Curb saved one man's life 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z In her review for The Times, Janet Maslin wrote that the film “makes the horrors of the death penalty grotesquely clear,” but that “much of it is very gentle.” What’s on TV This Week: ‘Sam Now’ and ‘Jeopardy! Masters’ 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z In a detailed explanation of how a death penalty trial works, Bidish Sarma says defense lawyers could learn a lot from the show writers’ ability to spin a yarn. What real lawyers think about Breaking Bad – and why it should be taught in class 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z In the opener, the district attorney’s office seeks the death penalty in a grisly murder case. TV highlights: The season finales of ‘Scandal’ and ‘The Big Bang Theory’ 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z Texas remains the death penalty capital of the U.S. even as executions nationwide hover at historic lows. All eyes on Texas governor as calls grow to halt execution 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z Of course, “most people” doesn’t include people who opposed the death penalty. 7 absurd things America’s kids are learning thanks to conservatives 2014-03-04T13:00:00Z The “Breaking Bad” finale is set up as a series of wins for Walter — he defeats his enemies and secures his family’s finances — ending in a death penalty on his own terms. ‘Saul’ Great, Man 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z Burns told would-be jurors last week that anyone opposed to capital punishment need not worry because Illinois abolished the death penalty this year. Jury selection in Hudson family murder trial 2012-04-09T11:03:09Z She speaks out against the death penalty, lobbies for legislation on criminal-justice reform and evidence preservation, and meets with prisoners who have been freed. From Waitress to Brother?s Savior, Then Hollywood Hero 2010-10-12T22:57:00Z A death chamber is not a problem, it reiterated, because the death penalty is legal in the United States and “the norms of our society are reflected in its laws.” There’s No Reason for an Architect to Design a Death Chamber 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z Mr. Drew's dozens of films included "The Chair," a 1963 documentary about a death penalty case in Illinois, and "784 Days That Changed America: From Watergate to Resignation," winner in 1982 of a Peabody award. Robert Drew, Cinema Verite Documentarian, Dies at 90 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z He is an executioner in Oldham, England, a desolate town near Manchester, in and around the day in 1965 when the death penalty for murder was banned in Britain. Martin McDonagh’s ‘Hangmen,’ a Mordant Stage Homecoming in London 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z He told me that for people who carry out the death penalty, the real, enduring cost is emotional. “I executed 62 people. I’m sorry”: An executioner turned death-penalty opponent tells all 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z This may be because many of the other countries that impose the death penalty, like China, Iran and Saudi Arabia, do not have news media free enough to report the details of executions. Last Meals on Death Row, a Peculiarly American Fascination 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z He faces the death penalty for the July 20, 2012 mass shooting in an Aurora, Colorado movie theater that left twelve people dead and seventy injured. “He has a disease that changed his brain” — Aurora shooter’s mom pleads for mercy 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z Jeff Ashton writes in Tuesday's "Imperfect Justice: Prosecuting Casey Anthony" that he would have been happier if the prosecution team had left the death penalty off the table. Retired prosecutor aims at Anthony attorneys 2011-11-15T12:36:09Z The early Blue Collar shows included political jokes, like defenses of the death penalty and cracks about Hillary Rodham Clinton and Senator Edward M. Kennedy. Critic’s Notebook: The Original Blue Collar Comedy Tour Stars 2013-05-17T20:33:55Z “It is odd how in payment for nearly taking a life Mr. Barker has saved one, and that is certainly a good argument as any against the death penalty,” Cook reflects. An Overlooked Novelist’s Unfinished Epic About the Lives of Forgotten Men 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z And I don’t live in a state with the death penalty. Guilty pleasure: how Making a Murderer tapped into our weakness for true crime 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z The tide is clearly turning against state-sanctioned killing in the name of the law. What many Americans do not know is that debates about the death penalty are as old as the nation itself. 5 things you may not know about death penalty 2013-04-03T13:05:00Z The death penalty was not imposed on any of those defendants. Public Libraries, Life Without Parole and Other Letters to the Editor 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z A bipartisan band of bloodlust resurrected the death penalty, needling the annual count back up to a peak of 98 executions in 1999. Why the Death Penalty Is Dying: A New Book Tells the Surprising Story 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z It seems as if his wish has come to fruition, as Lemak says in the video that she would have preferred the death penalty. Lemak: 'They didn't get to live their lives' 2012-03-25T19:40:00Z Revoke the death penalty, such thinking went, and famines will strike, plagues will sweep across the plains, rivers will flow backwards — God will destroy us. 5 things you may not know about death penalty 2013-04-03T13:05:00Z His first credited movie role was a small part as a police lieutenant in “I Want to Live!,” a 1958 drama with Susan Hayward as a woman facing the death penalty. Gavin MacLeod, ‘Mary Tyler Moore’ and ‘Love Boat’ Actor, Dies at 90 2021-05-29T04:00:00Z After his work with the NAACP, he led a nonprofit group dedicated to ending the death penalty. A new mission for Amnesty International: Bringing human rights home Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater said he plans to seek the death penalty. 2nd man charged in 'Cathouse' slaying in Oklahoma 2012-08-23T20:25:13Z “Here’s this nice-looking person on the stage all but threatening you with a spiritual death penalty,” Mr. Marcus writes, “and turning you into a jury that convicts yourself.” Books of The Times: ?The Doors,? by Greil Marcus - Review 2011-11-15T21:52:12Z From there, the death penalty began again to die. Why the Death Penalty Is Dying: A New Book Tells the Surprising Story 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z He wrote powerfully about hunger and poverty in the United States, about systematic flaws with the death penalty, massive defense budgets in peacetime, and corporate greed. Robert Sherrill, self-described ‘independent radical’ journalist, dies At this writing, no one knows whether Dzhokhar will receive the death penalty. ‘The Brothers,’ Masha Gessen’s Book About the Boston Marathon Bombers 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z The act of Parliament that suspended the death penalty in 1965 does not erase those traits. Review: ‘Hangmen,’ Offering the Last Word in Gallows Humor 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Oliver admits that lethal injection often goes undiscussed because of its sensitivity and the variance of reasons both for and against the death penalty. John Oliver on lethal injections: 'horrifying' and 'unpredictable' 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z At the time, the death penalty was mandatory for murder; capital punishment wasn't abolished in Britain until 1969. ‘Downton Abbey’ and History: A Look Back 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z Having defended the introduction of the law in a letter to the European parliament, Brunei announced that the death penalty moratorium would be extended. George Clooney vows to keep up pressure on Brunei over gay-sex death penalty 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z Cliff Russell, whose firefighter brother Stephen Russell, 40, was killed at the World Trade Center, said he was comfortable with the death penalty for the defendants and wished them "the worst death possible." 9/11 suspects in court at Guantanamo 2012-05-05T15:32:00Z He has not spoken publicly about the case since her sentencing, when he asked that his ex-wife be spared the death penalty so she would spend the rest of her life haunted by her actions. Lemak: 'They didn't get to live their lives' 2012-03-25T19:40:00Z National Rifle Association spokesperson Dana Loesch tweeted King's specific response about the need for due process — and men essentially receiving the death penalty — with the endorsement "Gayle King drops some serious sense here." Gayle King thinks the #MeToo movement needs due process: "The man instantly gets the death penalty" 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z The Golden Dagger was a recognition of a book which the reviewer Jonathan Cecil described in the London Evening Standard as "masterly ... essential reading for both advocates and opponents of the death penalty". Martin Beales obituary 2010-07-22T16:56:00Z Yes, I do defend people against the death penalty, but so far all my defendants have probably been guilty — of something. America’s criminal injustice system: A private eye sheds light on the gross indignities suffered by the poor 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z The death penalty report, authored by a committee of former high-level prosecutors, judges, law enforcement officers and correctional officials, was issued by The Constitution Project, a nonprofit organization that neither supports nor condemns capital punishment. Death penalty report cites value of taping interrogations 2014-05-09T10:58:00Z Channel 4, it added, had signposted the fact the drama was set in a fictional Britain that had the death penalty in several ways. Gary Glitter complaint dismissed 2011-07-18T15:34:46Z He admits he was not aware of the death penalty before his conviction but “now that I do know, I’m going to do everything I can to put an end to it.” Why Etan Patz still haunts us 2012-05-25T18:00:00Z She has since been fighting to spare Ramirez’s life and abolish the death penalty. The Prison Within: inside a moving documentary about restorative justice 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z Minors are not eligible for the death penalty in Ohio. Classes resume at Ohio high school after shooting 2012-03-02T14:49:00Z The United Nations and other international human-rights organizations consider the death penalty a violation of human rights. Prison Architecture and the Question of Ethics 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z The actor has a reputation as a warmongering neo-con – he was in favour of invading Iraq and once said of the death penalty: “I would have no problem pushing the switch while having dinner.” John Malkovich: 'I had a lot of violence growing up, but so what?' 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z Perhaps surprisingly, given the drift of Trump’s America, recent polls suggest that a record low percentage of people believe the death penalty to be morally acceptable. Alfre Woodard: 'We want all those with a stake in the death row business to see this film' 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z She said she learned that one of the questions during a televised town hall meeting in March of that year would involve the death penalty. Fox News hires Donna Brazile, liberal pundit ousted from CNN in 2016 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z Even as they traveled the world advocating to abolish the death penalty, basic human interactions and mundane activities like grocery-shopping triggered panic attacks. Against all odds: the most incredible love story you'll read today 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z And some politicians are proposing life sentences and even the death penalty for men "caught in the act". Tonight's TV highlights: World's Worst Place To Be Gay 2011-02-14T07:59:00Z As a side note, in Guatemala, women are legally excluded from the death penalty. 6 countries that still use lethal injection to kill prisoners 2014-05-08T12:30:00Z As we prepared for trial, Theresa and I worried that the detective was right: that he could make any case seem like a death penalty case. “Would we even be here if Julian Acox was white?” Race, self-defense and making of a murder charge 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z The death penalty in the US and how social media is changing behaviour. Blind date: ‘He saves lives, even on a night out’ 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z Colorado prosecutors seek death penalty for Aurora shooter Topics: , , , , , , , James Holmes, left, and defense attorney Tamara Brady appear in district court in Centennial, Colo. for his arraignment. Colorado prosecutors seek death penalty for Aurora shooter 2013-04-01T16:23:00Z Morgan had four, each one ending in the death penalty and each overturned on appeal. Death row teens: He’d committed a vicious murder at 16, but was he really incapable of change? 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z Oliver himself admits he is against the death penalty because of its ineffectiveness, its cost, but above all, because “it’s wrong”. John Oliver on lethal injections: 'horrifying' and 'unpredictable' 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z Non-fiction writer Rene Denfeld draws on her work as a death penalty investigator in her first novel, "The Enchanted", the story of a prisoner who invents a horrible, liberating beauty deep underground. Book Talk: Oregon writer finds beauty, redemption on death row 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z Even so, he is aware people will support the death penalty so, despite his understanding, he says more people pay attention to the method. John Oliver on lethal injections: 'horrifying' and 'unpredictable' 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z After Paco had spent eight years on death row and following intervention by the charity Fair Trials Abroad, the Spanish government and the UN, the new president, Gloria Arroyo, abolished the death penalty. The Crimson Petal and the White and Innocent! Paco & the Struggle for Justice: TV review 2011-04-07T07:00:00Z Exposing the racial animus at the heart of the death penalty was not easy. Just Mercy: new film that captures the start of a brilliant civil rights career 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z All three face mandatory life sentences; prosecutors did not seek the death penalty in the case. Three Convicted in 2018 Murder of Rapper XXXTentacion 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z The actor was the most high profile of 100 people involved in the Mumbai bombings trial which ended in 12 people receiving the death penalty and lifetime sentences for others. Bollywood's Sanjay Dutt set for jail after court rejects review 2013-05-10T11:03:39Z “Maybe most emblematic of that is ‘A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,’ but also ‘Just Mercy,’ a really tough film about the death penalty … and ‘Jojo Rabbit.'” ‘Joker,’ Tom Hanks’ Mr. Rogers pic among TIFF selections 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z This is where the novel hits its stride, with an unflinching look at capital punishment, no doubt influenced by the author’s own experiences as a newspaper reporter covering the death penalty in Alabama. School Newspaper Editor Bears Witness 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z In your TED Talk you speak about a woman in Germany who talked about how the death penalty would be unconscionable in Germany — to systematically execute people based on their history. Lawyer and activist Bryan Stevenson on building racial justice: “This work is just beginning” 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z Growing up, she developed a passion for Thomas Hardy that persists to this day, and she credits Tess of the D'Urbervilles with sparking her lifelong opposition to the death penalty. Jane Gardam 2011-01-10T08:00:00Z The case could qualify for the death penalty, but no determination has been made regarding that issue, Hagerman said. Young Dolph shooting suspects plead not guilty in Memphis 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z Soering was nineteen when he was incarcerated, having avoided the death penalty. A New Chapter in a Double-Murder Case 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z This thoroughly reported account charts evolving attitudes toward the death penalty in America and covers the people and legal cases that have slowly brought it to near extinction. New in Paperback: ‘Let the Lord Sort Them’ and ‘The Five Wounds’ 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z The death penalty had been discussed with Army lawyers, said Browne, and was still on the table as a possible sentence. Afghan massacre suspect upset at 4th tour 2012-03-16T11:35:00Z The next year, she led the charge to oust the first female Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court, Rose Bird, who had consistently overturned death penalty verdicts that came before her. Sharon Tate: Unwitting victims’ rights martyr 2013-04-02T20:02:00Z The firm’s director, a towering figure in death penalty jurisprudence named Stephen Bright, took Stevenson under his wing and taught him justice, southern-style. Just Mercy: new film that captures the start of a brilliant civil rights career 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z The death penalty remark that is frequently used against him he blames on an interviewer from the Guardian, who, he claims, provoked him. Homage to Harold Pinter 2011-08-07T20:31:01Z He faces multiple charges of murder and attempted murder, and prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. Hearing for Holmes' insanity plea delayed 2013-05-30T19:58:15Z At trial, he was convicted within hours and the prosecution did in fact ask for the death penalty, but was denied. The Media Equation: TV Justice Thrives on Fear 2011-05-22T22:00:04Z Almost a decade later, Rudolph confessed in a plea bargain to avoid the death penalty. Kathy Bates: 'I told Clint that after 50 years, I feel like I've hit the big time' 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z “They were caught off guard by how many victims’ family members were against the death penalty.” Death Penalty opponents’ unlikely allies 2012-08-20T18:52:00Z They announced their intention to seek the death penalty against Holmes in court on Monday. Colorado prosecutors seek death penalty for Aurora shooter 2013-04-01T16:23:00Z “You realize the promise that you wouldn’t face the death penalty, or additional charges that carry the death penalty — that was Mr. Holder’s pledge. The current Justice Department has made no such promises.” Five Novelists Imagine Trump’s Next Chapter 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z Punishments range from incarceration to the death penalty. Being Gay Is Illegal in Many Countries. L.G.B.T.Q. Travelers Are Going Anyway. 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z But he is no main character, no De Gaulle or Mitterrand: he will never deliver a speech à la Jean Jaurès, never abolish any death penalty. Nicolas Sarkozy, the murderer of the Princess of Cleves 2011-03-23T09:30:01Z The event, and descriptions of Lockett writhing in pain, reignited the national debate over the death penalty and caused President Obama to ask the attorney general to review it. Death penalty report cites value of taping interrogations 2014-05-09T10:58:00Z By the time of her trial, at which she pleads guilty and demands the death penalty, she is stiff, straight, defiant. Review: ‘I, Olga Hepnarova,’ Carrying Out a Vow of Vengeance 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z Since the church courts did not inflict the death penalty, this was no small matter. Thomas Becket, Warrior, Priest, Rebel, Victim by John Guy - review 2012-05-18T21:55:07Z But the number of Professor Green’s plates keeps growing: She plans to continue painting as long as there is a death penalty. ‘The Last Supper,’ by Julie Green, at Arts Center in Oregon 2013-01-25T23:50:40Z Schiff generally opposed seeking the death penalty and was frequently inclined to agree to plea bargains. Steven Hill, a star of ‘Law & Order’ as DA Adam Schiff, dies at 94 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z Bostonians are overwhelmingly opposed to the death penalty in general, and only 15 percent of the city’s residents wanted Tsarnaev to receive a death sentence, according to a poll conducted by the Boston Globe. ABC News guest: “The death penalty is going to go the way of opposition to gay marriage” 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z He escapes the death penalty by agreeing to have a double of himself created, then watch that duplicate be executed. Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, supporters of the death penalty say it will be harder to abolish executions in the Golden State, where about two-thirds of the population supports the practice, according to a September 2011 poll. Death Penalty opponents’ unlikely allies 2012-08-20T18:52:00Z A 1972 ruling by the California Supreme Court found the state's death penalty law at the time unconstitutional and his death sentence was changed in 1977 to life in prison with the possibility of parole. Charles Manson's psychological records part of parole review 2012-04-11T11:09:00Z The day began in controversy when the court dismissed a lay judge because he posted a comment on a page days after the massacre saying the gunman should face the death penalty. Norway killer on trial: "I would have done it again" 2012-04-17T11:39:05Z Apparently in Bombay the death penalty applied across a range of offences, from murder to breaking a china cup in someone's home. Macaulay by Zareer Masani – review 2013-07-22T09:00:00Z I was moved by the stories told by my newfound Belarussian friends about the death penalty back in their homeland. Clive Stafford Smith: Belarus Free Theatre risk life and death 2013-06-10T11:11:56Z However, he was given a life sentence rather than the death penalty that Bangladesh's laws permit. It is shocking to see young, well-intentioned people demanding the death penalty. Of Blood and Fire by Jahanara Imam, translated by Mustafizur Rahman – review 2013-03-01T18:19:01Z Writing a play about the death penalty should put you squarely in the middle of a moral debate. A Playwright Whose Time Seems to Be Now 2011-02-09T22:29:09Z The former escapes the death penalty, while the latter is executed. Are We Getting Smarter? by James R Flynn – review 2012-09-28T09:02:01Z Klaas believes the moratorium is an example of a roadblock to execution engineered by death penalty opponents. Death Penalty opponents’ unlikely allies 2012-08-20T18:52:00Z Although most states have the death penalty, most have abolished or paused executions in recent years. The state said an execution happened ‘without complication.’ Reporters in the room had a different story. 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z The prosecutor sought the death penalty, but a mistrial was ruled by the judge because a law enforcement officer told a jailer before the trial not to say nice things about him in court. SC prison holds writing program for prison inmates 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z Writing about Fagin’s light-fingered protégés in “Oliver Twist,” Dickens must have scoured old news articles about the 6,000 pick-pocketing children whose work for gangland bosses carried a death penalty as late as 1808. Jane Austen Writes, Napoleon Fights and Britain Becomes Modern 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z Whether we are in favour or against the death penalty, it seems the trappings that surround the dreadful act draw us in. Readers recommend: songs about capital punishment – results 2013-07-11T13:00:00Z Renteria “will be executed despite recently uncovered evidence of actual innocence, evidence that he is innocent of the death penalty,” Tivon Schardl, one of the defense lawyers, said in court documents. Texas inmate faces execution for 2001 abduction and strangulation of 5-year-old girl 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z On the campaign trail, Mr. Trump says fentanyl dealers should face the death penalty. China agrees to crack down on fentanyl chemicals and pill presses, Biden says 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z The guide also spells out examples on what it means to uphold human dignity, including rejecting gender transitions, racism, assisted suicide, euthanasia, the death penalty and an economy of exclusion that harms people. Ousted Texas bishop rallies outside US bishops meeting as his peers reinforce Catholic voter values 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z He has said he would institute the death penalty for human traffickers and drug dealers. Trump's second-term agenda: punish enemies, fire government workers 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Prosecutors originally sought the death penalty in the case, but withdrew the motion in August 2022. Suspect convicted of 2nd-degree murder in 2018 shooting of a deputy US marshal in Tucson 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Prosecutors already have stated their intent to seek the death penalty for Kohberger if he is convicted by a jury. One year after Idaho stabbings, here’s where murder case stands 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z The charge of premeditated murder carries a possible death penalty. The son of a Spanish actor pleads not guilty in Thailand to most charges in the killing of a surgeon 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z Earlier this year, Malaysia's parliament voted to remove the country's mandatory death penalty. Malaysian killer released from Australian immigration detention 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z Malaysia in April passed legal reforms to abolish the mandatory death penalty, allowing people facing the punishment to seek a sentencing review. Australia frees Malaysian man held over Mongolian woman's murder 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z Trump has called for the death penalty for drug smugglers and those who traffic women and children. Trump’s plans if he returns to the White House include deportation raids, tariffs and mass firings 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z Alabama is set to execute a prisoner in January by nitrogen hypoxia, the first time that method of imposing the death penalty will be used in the U.S. Alabama will be first U.S. jurisdiction to execute inmate using nitrogen 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z Attorney’s Office filed notice that it would not seek the death penalty for the killings of Clark and Sunday Powers. Drug conspiracy run from prisons flooded rural Alaska with fentanyl 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z Two Republican state legislators who say they strongly support the death penalty, Reps. Oklahoma board recommends the governor spare the life of a death row inmate who argued self-defense 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z Under Australian law, a person cannot be deported if they face the death penalty. Australia frees Malaysian man held over Mongolian woman's murder 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z Former President Donald Trump, then just a brash real estate executive in the city, took out large ads in newspapers that implored New York to bring back the death penalty. Exonerated ‘Central Park Five’ member set to win council seat as New York votes in local elections 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z Iran imposes a death penalty on repeat drug smugglers and dealers but runs a series of rehab programmes for addicts. Dozens killed in fire at Iranian drug rehab centre 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z James DePasquale, a defense attorney for Pressdee, said the new charges were not unexpected and that they are working to avoid a potential death penalty. A Pennsylvania nurse is accused of killing 4 patients, injuring others with high doses of insulin 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z “Every first-degree murder case, I have to ask the state if they are going to commit to going to committee to seek the death penalty,” Jones said. Suspect in Tupac Shakur's killing, an admitted Crips 'shot caller,' won't face the death penalty 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z That law, which allows the death penalty for some homosexual offenses, has widespread support at home, but has been condemned by rights campaigners and others. African countries to seek extension of duty-free access to US markets 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z Gaza, he added, “is an open-air prison where everyone has been given the death penalty simply because they are Palestinian.” Thousands rally in downtown L.A. against Israel's air and ground war in Gaza 2023-10-28T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, imprisoned Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi won the Nobel Peace Prize earlier this month in recognition of her tireless campaigning for women’s rights and democracy, and against the death penalty. Iranian teen injured on Tehran Metro while not wearing a headscarf has died, state media says 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z “We are deeply shocked by the verdict of death penalty and are awaiting the detailed judgment,” the Indian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. India ‘deeply shocked’ by death sentence for 8 of its citizens in Qatar 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z Steve Wolfson told reporters after Thursday’s hearing that prosecutors had talked about the death penalty and determined it was not a case in which they would seek it. Suspect in Tupac Shakur's killing, an admitted Crips 'shot caller,' won't face the death penalty 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z Latah County Prosecutor Bill Thompson has said he intends to seek the death penalty. Idaho judge upholds indictment against man accused of fatally stabbing 4 college students 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z A trial date has yet to be set after Kohberger waived his right to a speedy trial, but prosecutors already have stated their intent to pursue the death penalty if a jury finds him guilty. Judge in Kohberger murder case announces decision on cameras in the courtroom 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z The district attorney, who notoriously campaigned on a pledge to not seek the death penalty in capital cases, said if Bohm were convicted on all counts, “sentencing could be extensive.” Driver sped at 104 mph in Malibu crash that killed 4 Pepperdine students, D.A. says 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z Mr. Innocent faces a maximum sentence of life in prison — and possibly the death penalty — if arrested and convicted of all charges. U.S. prosecutors indict Haitian gang leader in death of American woman killed during kidnapping 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z They cannot face the death penalty due to their ages. Sept. 2024 date set for trial of 2 teens as adults in fatal Vegas bicyclist crash seen on video 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z The charge of revealing state secrets carries a sentence ranging from life in prison to the death penalty, according to Umair Niazi, one of Khan’s defense lawyers. Pakistani court indicts former Prime Minister Imran Khan on charges of revealing official secrets 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z A brash victims’ rights advocate and Army veteran, Hatami has repeatedly attacked Gascón’s decision to bar prosecutors from seeking the death penalty and chastised his boss for not meeting with families dissatisfied with his policies. D.A. George Gascón faces 9 challengers in one of the largest primary fields in L.A. history 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z Some, including Mr McWilliams, who supports the death penalty, thought that the new drug combinations had different effects than the original formula. Death row: The secret hunt for lethal drugs used in US executions 2023-10-21T04:00:00Z The death penalty is generally unconstitutional for offenses that do not cause the death of the victim, the U.S. Republican White House hopefuls embrace killing criminals to fight crime 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z The former president has reiterated previous calls for drug dealers to receive the death penalty, despite legal scholars questioning its constitutionality. Analysis: Republican White House hopefuls embrace killing criminals to fight crime 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z In times of war, desertion can carry the death penalty. Army private who fled to North Korea charged with desertion, held by US military, officials tell AP 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z Milton seemingly announced himself a proponent of the death penalty Wednesday, touting on stage that he had sentenced a man to death and won death verdicts as a prosecutor. D.A. George Gascón faces 9 challengers in one of the largest primary fields in L.A. history 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z But despite concerns, the Supreme Court has repeatedly upheld the legality of the death penalty - and the use of lethal injection drugs. Death row: The secret hunt for lethal drugs used in US executions 2023-10-21T04:00:00Z Criminal justice reform advocates have long fought against an expansion of the death penalty, citing its disparate toll on communities of color. Republican White House hopefuls embrace killing criminals to fight crime 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z Supreme Court holds that the application of the death penalty for crimes that do not result in the death of the victim is generally unconstitutional. Analysis: Republican White House hopefuls embrace killing criminals to fight crime 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z His attorney said prosecutors agreed to take the possibility of the death penalty off the table in exchange for the plea. Man who killed 2 South Carolina officers and wounded 5 others in ambush prepares for sentencing 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z The issues discussed range from whether priests can marry to the morality of death penalties. American Catholics Call for Climate Action after Pope Francis Encourages Change 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z Today, the death penalty continues, but it has declined steadily, and concerns about the methods used remain. Death row: The secret hunt for lethal drugs used in US executions 2023-10-21T04:00:00Z By lowering the threshold for the death penalty, increasing numbers of minority groups will be "caught up in that widening dragnet," he said. Republican White House hopefuls embrace killing criminals to fight crime 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z In 2008, the court left open the possibility of the death penalty for "drug kingpin activity," though it has never been applied. Analysis: Republican White House hopefuls embrace killing criminals to fight crime 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z Hopkins will be sentenced later, but his attorney Boyd Young told media outlets after the hearing that prosecutors agreed to take the death penalty off the table. South Carolina man pleads guilty to ambush that killed 2 officers and wounded 5 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z If Murphy’s execution takes place, it would occur on World Day Against the Death Penalty, an annual day of advocacy by death penalty opponents. Texas prepares for inmate’s execution in hopes that Supreme Court allows it to happen 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z Although she does not oppose the death penalty, she is critical of the methods currently being used. Death row: The secret hunt for lethal drugs used in US executions 2023-10-21T04:00:00Z A snapshot of the death penalty’s slow decline in the United States would be a blur, fading and indecipherable. Jedidiah Murphy and the evolving debate on mental illness and capital punishment 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z If Murphy’s execution took place Tuesday, it would have occurred on World Day Against the Death Penalty, an annual day of advocacy by death penalty opponents. Appeals court upholds order delaying this week’s execution of Texas inmate for deadly carjacking 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z Under Nevada law, the most severe sentence the teens could receive on the murder charge, if convicted, is 20 years to life in state prison, not the death penalty. 2 teens indicted on murder, battery charges in fatal hit-and-run of bicyclist captured on video 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z “These charges carry harsh sentences and potentially even the death penalty.” he said. UN expert: Iran is unlawfully detaining human rights activists, including new Nobel peace laureate 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z Paul Cassell, a Professor of Law at University of Utah who supports the death penalty, said the drug issue has been seized upon by campaigners. Death row: The secret hunt for lethal drugs used in US executions 2023-10-21T04:00:00Z Some states have fully abolished the death penalty. Jedidiah Murphy and the evolving debate on mental illness and capital punishment 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z The award-making committee urged Iran to release Mohammadi, one of the nation's leading activists who has campaigned for both women's rights and the abolition of the death penalty. Jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi wins 2023 Nobel Peace Prize 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z “There are cases right now … that we have people on death row who don’t deserve the death penalty,” McDugle said. Republican-led Oklahoma committee considers pause on executions amid death case scrutiny 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z Rehman said he is “extremely concerned at reports of confessions extracted through torture and of the death penalty having been implemented after court proceedings that substantially violated the right to fair trial.” UN expert: Iran is unlawfully detaining human rights activists, including new Nobel peace laureate 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z He believes the shortage of lethal injection drugs is "used as a kind of choke point to block the death penalty". Death row: The secret hunt for lethal drugs used in US executions 2023-10-21T04:00:00Z And progressive prosecutors in some counties have stopped using the death penalty — or at least stopped using it quite as much. Jedidiah Murphy and the evolving debate on mental illness and capital punishment 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z As a centrist Democrat, Feinstein was criticized by people on the left, including for her support for the death penalty, and in her later years, for working with Republicans. Vice President Harris among scheduled speakers at memorial for Dianne Feinstein in San Francisco 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Oklahoma residents in 2016, by a nearly 2-to-1 margin, voted to enshrine the death penalty in the state’s constitution, and recent polling suggests the ultimate punishment remains popular with voters. Republican-led Oklahoma committee considers pause on executions amid death case scrutiny 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z In most secular courts in Nigeria, the stiffest penalty for a blasphemy charge is two years in prison, while it carries a death penalty in the Islamic courts active in the north. An atheist in northern Nigeria was arrested. Then the attacks against the others worsened 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z He supports the death penalty, but was "ready to get out of it" and now does pastoral outreach in prison. Death row: The secret hunt for lethal drugs used in US executions 2023-10-21T04:00:00Z “Death sentences from Los Angeles are a stark illustration of the racism endemic in the death penalty,” Cassandra Stubbs, director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Capital Punishment Project, told The Times. Jedidiah Murphy and the evolving debate on mental illness and capital punishment 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z In most secular courts in Nigeria, the stiffest penalty for a blasphemy charge is two years in prison, while it carries a death penalty in the country’s Islamic courts, active in the majority Muslim north. An atheist in northern Nigeria was arrested. Then the attacks against the others worsened 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Working for free, he also played a key role in helping overturn the mandatory death penalty in Uganda, saving the lives of 417 people. Britain's Keir Starmer plots painstaking path to power 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z Democrats are seeking to bring down the world-famous "Trump Tower" and impose what some are calling "the corporate death penalty" upon me. "The Trump empire ... will fold like a stack of cards," says former prosecutor 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z “For anyone who believed that the death penalty only punishes the worst of the worst, these executions were a rude awakening,” she said. Fuller picture emerges of the 13 federal executions at the end of Trump’s presidency 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z And public support for the death penalty has fallen. Jedidiah Murphy and the evolving debate on mental illness and capital punishment 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z He was sentenced to death, but the death penalty is no longer applied in Congo, and is generally commuted to life imprisonment. Congo colonel found guilty of murder for role in Goma massacre in Aug 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z Trump has called it a “a corporate death penalty” and insisted the judge is unfair and out to get him. New York trial underway Monday in case Trump calls ‘a scam’ accusing him of lying about wealth 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z Trump called it a “a corporate death penalty.” Donald Trump says he will be in courtroom for New York trial scrutinizing his business practices 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z Trump, who is listed as a potential witness and could end up face-to-face with Engoron in court, called the judge’s fraud ruling “the corporate death penalty.” Who is Arthur Engoron? Judge weighing future of Donald Trump empire is Ivy League-educated ex-cabbie 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z “The death penalty is disappearing from whole regions,” said Robert Dunham, director of the Death Penalty Policy Project. Jedidiah Murphy and the evolving debate on mental illness and capital punishment 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z She made her entry on the state political scene being booed at a Democratic convention for defending the death penalty. Column: Feinstein's stubbornness kept her in office too long. But it also defined her success 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z “That means the death penalty for human traffickers,” the narrator says. Trump, DeSantis teams bet on border madness to energize GOP voters 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z Former Vice President Mike Pence wants to crack down on mass shootings with a new law for an expedited death penalty for those who pull the trigger. Pence vows to expedite death penalty for mass shooters 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Pence, on gun violence, called for an expedited death penalty for school shooters. Candidates fight for second place in another Trump-less debate 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z It wasn’t until 2005 that Texas became the last death penalty state to allow life without parole as an alternative to death. Jedidiah Murphy and the evolving debate on mental illness and capital punishment 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z Cuba has denied any involvement in the war in Ukraine and its authorities say those fighting for hire as mercenaries or involved in trafficking could face long prison sentences or even the death penalty. Cuba, Russia working on case of Cubans recruited for Russian army - ambassador 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z A TV spot from the pro-DeSantis Never Back Down committee promotes his vow to impose the death penalty on drug dealers. Trump, DeSantis teams bet on border madness to energize GOP voters 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z "It's essentially the equivalent of the corporate death penalty for the Trump Organization in New York state," conservative attorney George Conway said on CNN on Tuesday night. Trump and sons rage after judge delivers "the corporate death penalty for the Trump Organization" 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z “If I thought that seeking the death penalty was going to bring Ryan back to us, I would seek it without any reservation,” he said in a recent news conference. Fiancée remembers slain California deputy’s goodbye kiss days after they got engaged 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z John Creuzot — is one of the progressive prosecutors who has stopped using the death penalty quite as much. Jedidiah Murphy and the evolving debate on mental illness and capital punishment 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z The ruling is what lawyers call the "corporate death penalty." The Trump family fraud exposed: Ivanka gets lucky with Trump Org. case 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z Crusius still faces a separate trial in a Texas court that could end with him getting the death penalty. Texas Walmart shooter agrees to pay more than $5M to families over 2019 racist attack 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z Prosecutors have decided not to seek the death penalty against Richins after conferring with the victim’s father and two sisters. Jailhouse letter adds wrinkle in case of mom accused of killing husband, then writing kids’ book 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z Saudis who speak out against his policies, even on anonymous social media accounts with few followers, can face long prison sentences or even the death penalty. Saudi crown prince says in rare interview ‘every day we get closer’ to normalization with Israel 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z Aside from that, some states — including Illinois, Colorado and Virginia — decreased their death row populations by abolishing the death penalty altogether. Jedidiah Murphy and the evolving debate on mental illness and capital punishment 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z Defense and prosecution attorneys had been negotiating a possible deal that would have the defendants plead guilty in exchange for being spared the death penalty. A panel finds torture made a 9/11 defendant psychotic. A judge will rule whether he can stand trial 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z Some of the highest profile wrongful conviction cases have come in the context of the death penalty, where men and women have been set free from death row because of new evidence coming to light. How to Handle Being Wrongfully Accused 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z Last month, Collin County prosecutors said they also would not seek the death penalty. Texas prisoner accused of killing 22 older women is slain by cellmate 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z The U.S. agreed not to pursue the death penalty as part of its extradition negotiation with Mexico, the newspaper reported. Son of drug kingpin 'El Chapo' pleads not guilty to U.S. trafficking charges 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z Top executives have been hit with severe punishments, including the death penalty. China police detain staff at Evergrande wealth unit 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z Oklahoma has executed more inmates per capita than any other state since the 1976 reinstatement of the death penalty. A preacher to death row inmates says he wants to end executions. Critics warn he’s only seeking fame 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z Cuban authorities said those fighting for hire as mercenaries or involved in trafficking could face long prison sentences or even the death penalty, depending on the severity of the crime. Cuba issues conflicting statements on use of its citizens in Ukraine war 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z Latah County Prosecutor Bill Thompson has said he intends to seek the death penalty, and the case is scheduled for trial this fall, although it could be postponed. Bryan Kohberger, charged in the slayings of 4 Idaho college students, wants cameras out of courtroom 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z The notion that someone you’ve never met who’s this icy professional you meet for five minutes is going to risk the death penalty. Richard Linklater’s ‘Hit Man,’ with a movie-star turn by Glen Powell, is a Toronto festival hit 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z Police said the suspects arrested in Indonesia could face the death penalty for violating what are among the world's harshest anti-narcotics laws. Indonesia police arrest 39 people linked to regional drug syndicate 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z Hood said he plans to continue advocating for death row inmates and against the death penalty. A preacher to death row inmates says he wants to end executions. Critics warn he’s only seeking fame 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z "Thank you for showing the historical truth about those times, about the fate of Poles under the German occupation. The death penalty was intended to instil terror," he said. Beatification for Polish family murdered for sheltering Jews 2023-09-10T04:00:00Z He is currently facing eight charges of conspiracy to murder, linked to political violence in India, and could receive the death penalty. Jagtar Singh Johal: Sunak raises the detention of Scot with Indian PM 2023-09-09T04:00:00Z They are the most serious murder charges available in Virginia after it abolished the death penalty in 2021. New murder charges brought against the man accused of killing UVA football players 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Such extraordinary prison sentences are common in Turkey since the abolition of the death penalty in 2004 to aid efforts to join the European Union. Thodex cryptocurrency boss jailed for 11,196 years in Turkey for fraud 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court ultimately ruled that "the jury selection process was both eminently reasonable and wholly consistent" with legal precedents, and upheld the death penalty sentence. Who can even serve at Trump’s trials? 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z The terms under discussion would have the five Guantanamo detainees plead guilty and serve life sentences in exchange for being spared the death penalty. Biden refuses to grant some of the conditions that 9/11 defendants were seeking in plea negotiations 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z Henry County Prosecuting Attorney LaChrisha Gray on Wednesday declined to comment on the constitutional question, but she said she is still seeking the death penalty. Missouri inmate convicted of killing cop says judges shouldn’t get to hand down death sentences 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z Sir Keir's commitment to tackling injustice extended to his legal career, which included working to get rid of the death penalty in the Caribbean and Africa. Keir Starmer: Labour leader hoping for keys to Downing Street 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z As governor, Richardson signed legislation in 2009 that repealed the death penalty. Bill Richardson, a former governor and U.N. ambassador who worked to free detained Americans, dies 2023-09-02T04:00:00Z If the case involved the death penalty, jurors might be sequestered. Who can even serve at Trump’s trials? 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z Several of the survivors then spoke out publicly against a deal that would spare the five accused a trial and the risk of a death penalty. Biden refuses to grant some of the conditions that 9/11 defendants were seeking in plea negotiations 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z Humane, painless and quick — these are the words used every time death penalty supporters market a new execution method. Alabama nitrogen hypocrisy: America's latest fantasy death-penalty solution 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z Mitchell, 34, has been charged with murder, and prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against him. Sheriff announces prison transport policy changes following killing of deputy 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z “Repression in Saudi Arabia has reached a terrifying new stage when a court can hand down the death penalty for nothing more than peaceful tweets,” said Joey Shea, a researcher at Human Rights Watch. Saudi man receives death penalty for posts online, latest case in wide-ranging crackdown on dissent 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Tsarnaev's lawyers appealed the death penalty, saying in part that the trial judge should have asked what media coverage jurors had seen or read about the case to ensure a fair jury. Who can even serve at Trump’s trials? 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z Alabama lawmakers approved nitrogen hypoxia as an alternate execution method in 2018 as death penalty states faced difficulty obtaining lethal injection drugs and ongoing litigation challenging the humaneness of lethal injection. Alabama describes proposed nitrogen gas execution; seeks to become first state to carry it out 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z Given the horrors that inmates in Alabama and other death penalty states have experienced during recent lethal-injection executions, it is understandable that he would want to avoid dying by that method. Alabama nitrogen hypocrisy: America's latest fantasy death-penalty solution 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z He awaits trial on four other murder counts in Atlanta where he faces the death penalty if convicted. Overview of recent U.S. mass shootings motivated by hate 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z |
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