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Report: Death penalty a waste of money
Washington :: DC :: USA | 19 days ago
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States are wasting millions of dollars on the death penalty when funds could be used elsewhere in the U.S. economic crunch, a report indicated. "With many states spending millions to retain the death penalty, while seldom or never carrying out an execution,...
Tags: Death Penalty Information Center, capital punishment, police chiefs
Pro-life, but with a few requirements
One of the responses to my post on health care yesterday asked why if health care is a right, isn't it also a right for the unborn. It's a good question. I am a Roman Catholic who tries to maintain a nuanced view on the question of abortion, and folks...
Tags: abortion, capital punishment, life issues
Petition calls for world to stop death penalty
Melbourne :: Australia | 3 months ago
Credibility Lee Rush is the father of convicted drug smuggler 23-year-old Scott Rush, who faces being put to death in Indonesia. Lee Rush says capital punishment is not the answer to crime. "I have dealt, face to face, with people in extreme the other way, that strongly...
Tags: capital punishment, Lee Rush, death penalty
Colo. Senate votes against repealing death penalty
Denver :: CO :: USA | 6 months ago
Credibility The Colorado Senate on Wednesday rejected a proposal to abolish the death penalty and fund cold case investigations with the savings from ending capital punishment prosecutions. Four Democrats sided with Republicans, voting 18-17 to narrowly defeat the...
Tags: Colorado Senate, death penalty, Colorado Bureau of Investigations, House, cold cases, capital punishment, senate votes, legislative session, repealed death
Canadian's hopes dashed as Montana keeps death penalty
Billings :: MT :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility A committee of the Montana legislature has voted down a bill that would have abolished capital punishment in the state where Ronald Smith, the only Canadian on death row in the U.S., is awaiting his fate. In a 10-8 vote on Monday, the judiciary committee...
Tags: Associated Press Montana, capital punishment, death penalty, Ronald Smith
House passes death penalty restrictions
Annapolis :: MD :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility All eight of Frederick County's state lawmakers voted against a bill to restrict use of the death penalty in Maryland. The House of Delegates approved the bill Thursday by a vote of 87-52...David Brinkley and Alex Mooney, both Republicans, opposed the...
Tags: Maryland House of Delegates, death penalty, BREAKING NEWS House, Sen. Alex Mooney, Frederick County, capital punishment, Martin O\'Malley
NH legislators endorse repealing death penalty
Concord :: CA :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility New Hampshire's first death sentence in 50 years - the House voted Wednesday to repeal capital punishment. The chamber voted 193-174 to send the repeal bill to the Senate, where its fate is uncertain. Gov. John Lynch, a Democrat, said he would veto the...
Tags: death penalty, John Lynch, capital punishment, N.H. House, House of Representatives
Capital punishment deserves the ax to preserve rights of justice, liberty
Albuquerque :: NM :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility In light of New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson’s decision to repeal capital punishment in New Mexico, Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., is re-introducing legislation to eliminate the death penalty in the United States, a policy already in place in Wisconsin. In...
New Mexico governor bans death penalty
Santa FĂ© :: Argentina | 7 months ago
Credibility New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson signed a law abolishing the death penalty in his state after lawmakers approved the measure, his office said Wednesday. "I have decided to sign legislation that repeals the death penalty in the state of New Mexico,"...
Tags: New Mexico, Bill Richardson, mexico governor, capital punishment, signing legislation, richardson signing, N.M, ban death
Md. House panel considers death penalty changes
Annapolis :: MD :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility Supporters of a death penalty ban in Maryland urged a House committee today to accept compromise legislation to limit the use of capital punishment, but a prosecutor argued the measure doesn't make sense in practical terms. Gov. Martin O'Malley , who...
Tags: Maryland Senate, death penalties, capital punishment, House Judiciary Committee, Martin O\'Malley, text messages, Baltimore
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