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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...
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While the Conservative government wrestles with a Federal Court judgment striking down its controversial, hands-off clemency policy, Ronald Smith â the Canadian death-row inmate in Montana whose case sparked the issue â remains focused on his ultimate...
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Justice Minister Rob Nicholson says the government wants time to study a ruling by Justice Robert Barnes of the Federal Court of Canada. (Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick) The federal government must help an Alberta man convicted of murder in the United...
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